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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for MARKETING

Below you will find summaries from the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 2 weeks of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine are presented. Articles rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas (leadership, business and management, marketing and productivity). Key links for the 3 Minute Learning website include:
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The Road to Online Marketing Success Requires Commitment

Bill Platt

Unsuccessful online marketers are notorious opportunity seekers: they give an opportunity only a couple of weeks to start showing results before changing directions to chase the next flavor of the week. It almost seems that the majority of online marketers are chasing get-rich-quick schemes rather than trying to develop a legitimate business. Those who are successful online are the kind of people who make a solid commitment to a particular business model and make a long-term commitment to a realistic marketing plan.

10 Easy Ways to Increase Sales

Terri Seymour

One of the most common questions asked by Internet business owners is “How can I increase sales?” Many articles, ebooks and reports have been written on this subject and trying to absorb that information just tends to make us more confused than ever! Discussed are some easy, innovative ideas to increase sales that anybody can implement into their online marketing strategies.

How the Experts Promote Their Products for Free

Ultimate Traffic Master

Too many people believe that you can make money online simply by creating a website and then sitting back waiting for people to click on affiliate links or buy products. The problem is that they are missing the key ingredient to online success: promotion. If no one knows that your website exists how can they be expected to find it? Here are some pointers that you should keep in mind when writing articles to promote your website.

Creating a Motto or Slogan That Promotes Your Business

Marcia Yudkin

Catchphrases, mottoes and slogans truly influence customers and that's why you want one for your own company. In just three steps, here's how to make one up for your company.

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Sunday, June 06, 2010

June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

Below you will find summaries from the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 2 weeks of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine are presented. Articles rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas (leadership, business and management, marketing and productivity). Key links for the 3 Minute Learning website include:
Free Articles
Video News Feeds
Special Interest Articles
3ML Amazon Store
Books and Audio

Top 10 Startup Mistakes That Almost Always Lead to Business Failure

K. MacKillop

Over two-thirds of new businesses fail within the first few years. Protect your business startup against these ten common startup mistakes and get on the road to a successful company.

The Google Gadget that Makes Selling Online a "Snap"

Merle

If one or all of the following applies to you, please raise your hand:
~~ "I want to sell something on the Net"
~~ "I have no technical or coding skills" or
~~ "I don't want to be bothered with a merchant account"
Do I have your attention now?

3 Lessons to Achieve Authentic Greatness from Steve Jobs

Valery

After giving up the seemingly impossible battle to overcome something called a kernel panic (who thinks of these names?) on my computer, I reached out to YouTube to replenish my soul. I discovered the video of the 2005 Stanford University commencement speech given by Steve Jobs. So surprised and moved by what he had to say, I watched the video three times. Here are the three key empowering lessons, reminders of what I sometimes forget when stressed.

5 Hidden Pitfalls of Using Creative Spelling in Your New Company Name

Marcia Yudkin

Many companies put the quirks of the English language to work by concocting an alternate spelling of a key word for their name. This associates their organization with a certain quality while standing out with a unique-looking name. However, creative spelling in a name has five significant disadvantages.

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Friday, June 04, 2010

June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for LEADERSHIP

Use Self-Hypnosis to Make Your Stress Disappear

Hypnosis Really Works

It is an unfortunate fact of modern life that negative stress plays an increasing part in many people’s lives. Even the most easy-going people experience negative stress and anxiety occasionally. It is helpful to know that your stress can be made to disappear with self-hypnosis. Use the following tips and enjoy improvement in your stress levels.

Did You Know That You Can't Predict Peaks, Troughs and Pressures?

Leon Noone

There are many theories about management. Few of them are developed by successful, practicing managers. The reality is that no one finds out what day to day management is like until they occupy a management role. Very often new managers discover that their expectations are inaccurate. And it's a lot harder too.

Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Instead of seeing yourself as a victim of circumstances, of your past, of your parents, of events or of luck, why not start to monitor your thoughts and consciously change them from negative to positive? You will likely discover that changing your thoughts changes your feelings and actions, as well as outcomes. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by experimenting with changing your thoughts!

Stop Stressing - Log It and Block It

Larry Tobin

An interesting thing about the human mind is that it tends to work largely on autopilot. Whether it is showering, driving to work or making breakfast, there are large parts of our daily routines that occur without needing much conscious thought. This is a normal, healthy behavior. If we had to stop and consider or manually cause every single action in our lives, we'd be slow moving creatures indeed. That said, there are times that this tendency can give us trouble.

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Thursday, June 03, 2010

June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

URL Shortening Services Are Holding You Hostage!

Willie Crawford

One of the most useful tools to come along in recent years for online marketers is URL shorteners. There are sites where you can paste a long, ugly URL into a form and the site will give you a much shorter URL to use in your emails, newsletters and promotions. (There are also scripts that you can install on your server, that allow you to generate your own shortened URLs, what I prefer due to the great control it gives you.)

Online Fax - What Is An Online Fax Provider?

Titus Hoskins

While email or online fax has become very popular with small business owners and individuals, understanding what exactly is an online fax provider is much more complicated. The whole process confuses some people, especially those who are not web savvy or are new to computers. So perhaps a full explanation would prove helpful.

Google's "Display Ad Builder" Makes You Look Marvelous

Merle

If you use Google Adwords for your pay-per-click advertising, you'll want to pay attention. Google has introduced a new tool for their users called Display Ad Builder. Its purpose is to help you make professional graphical ads with no design experience.

How to Get Great Traffic to Your Website

David O'Connell

For Internet marketing there are essentially two major ways of building traffic on a website. There are the free methods that consume time and energy and offer a continuous stream of visitors with little or no upkeep. And there is paid methods such as cost-per-action and cost-per-click advertising that offer ROI based on how much money you are willing to pay per visitor or per lead. Both methods can be profitable.

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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for MARKETING

What Do You Need to Know About Advertising Agencies?

James Copper

Advertisement agencies are firms that help you to advertise in a professional and a cost-effective way. Advertising agencies are becoming more popular thanks to the reliability and efficiency of their work. With the tremendous growth and competition in advertising, it is becoming more difficult to advertise your product at the lowest possible cost. Every local, national, international company wants to advertise about their products and services and this has contributed to the increasing prices of advertising.

Online Marketing: Can You Achieve SEO with a WordPress Site?

Paul Marshall

Online marketing consulting wisdom now recognizes that sites built with content management or "blog" software like WordPress are indistinguishable from any other website. Additionally, the software can provide unique and powerful SEO tools.

Keys to Attracting Win-Win Strategic Alliances

Judy Murdoch

The most potent marketing strategy for any small business owner is not a great website, lots of Facebook friends or a killer networking plan. The marketing strategy that will get you faster and farther than anything else put together is developing strategic alliances with other businesses so you can promote each others’ products and services. Strategic alliances are powerful.

3 Ways to Market Your Business Like an Olympian

Online PR Book

Train like an Olympian. Devon studies speakers and people being interviewed. He watches what they say and how they present themselves. He practices his speeches over and over again even though he already knows it well. "Study your craft like an Olympian," he said.

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