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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

DEC 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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How to Generate Free Website Traffic FAST
Willie Crawford

It goes without saying that if you don't have website traffic the other components of your web business can't work very effectively. Without eyeballs on your sales letter, you won't make any sales! There are many ways to generate fast free website traffic, but many of them aren't readily available to the average, lesser-known marketer.

Internet Marketing and Viral Marketing
Scott Lindsay

Viral marketing is a unique tool designed to create so much buzz about the article itself that even the largest sites will want to publish it. Those who use this technique have seen incredible spikes in their site visitation simply because viral marketing can provide a quick boost in traffic. In a campaign where viral marketing is successful traffic can go from a few hundred visitors to several thousand.

Engineering Smarter Landing Pages
Dan Lok

Not all landing pages are created equal. How well they convert rests solely on how well you engineer them. Let’s discuss thought, design, engineering and how they make a difference. Smarter landing pages are 'human friendly.' They're based on what is known about people and what people like and don't like. And that knowledge isn't arbitrary. It's based on research, marketing testing and facts.

3 Key Points in Online Marketing to Avoid Tanking Your Results
Paul Marshall

With all the changes in Google AdWords and the increased competition, organic SEO looks more and more attractive to most of us. The key is for your website optimization to out-perform your competition, without over spending with an online marketing consultant. Remember, affordable Search Engine Optimization is about increasing quality traffic, then converting that traffic to a sale or a sales lead.

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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

DEC 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

Using Google Adsense and Free Blogs
Matthew Bredel

Successful Internet marketers make money from blogging, entrepreneurs subsidize their income and amateurs use blogging to make a few extra dollars as well. Whatever your goals are, it just takes some time and research to find out if you can make money by blogging.

How an Online Forum Helped My Internet Marketing Business
Martin Hurley

Compared to some, my 'online internet marketing success' is small. I'm just a remote speck of sand in the giant sandpit of life. But, there are some things I've learned that may help you. One thing I've noticed about Internet marketing is that sometimes we forget just how far forward we've progressed. You actually may not be aware of how successful you have become!

Hey! Why the Long Sales Pages?
Mark Silver

Let's be clear: those sales pages are there to do one thing and it's not selling. The pages are holding a conversation with the reader. What conversation? The same conversation you would have if you were trying to fill a seminar and someone called you to ask about it. I've had plenty of those conversations and I bet you have too. How long are you on the phone? Twenty minutes? Thirty minutes? An hour? Time flies when you're connecting heart-to-heart.

Business Success: Avoiding the Crash
Mark Walters

It comes without warning. At first the business owner notices their productivity level decreasing. Then they notice they have a hard time solving problems. Next, they feel tired and start experiencing pain in their neck, shoulders and back. There is no reason to panic. This is called The Crash and is quite common among work-at-home business owners.

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Monday, December 07, 2009

DEC 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for LEADERSHIP

What Is Positive Thought?
Gary M. Miller

What one person thinks is positive, another person may think is negative but people are often mistaken. There must be a way of determining what is really positive and what is really negative in life. What is that method that determines a positive thought from a negative thought? One psychiatrist, Dr. David R. Hawkins, has proposed the idea that some thoughts are detrimental to our general health as human beings and others tend to promote health and life in all living beings.

How to Be in Charge (without Being a Jerk)
Judy Murdoch

Earlier this year, I was working at a sales training seminar and we were on the topic of handling customer objections. A participant who owns a massage therapy practice was asking how to best address a prospective client who didn't want to follow his recommended course of treatment. We then asked other audience members to share their experience. A couple people spoke up and their advice, however well-intended, felt off to me.

Motivation - The Defining Moment of Self-Improvement
Jordi Shoman

For any aspect of self-improvement, there has to be a reason for you to start and keep going. That is your motivation – the reason for doing what you do. In order to attempt any sort of improvement in your life, you need to be motivated in some way to get started.

How to Build Trust at Work
Christos Varsamis

You may be a skillful, effective employer but if you don't trust your personnel (and personnel trusting you) then the chances of improving and expanding your business are extremely limited. It's not critical for the employees to like the boss but they need to have trust. If not, the leader won't be able to lead and workers will have little motivation at work.

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Friday, December 04, 2009

DEC 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

List Building - 5 Steps to Generate Viral Traffic to Your Website
Alan Cheng

If you can create viral traffic then you've won the battle for traffic generation. Driving traffic is a continuous task, so viral traffic that grows on its own is a dream for all online business owners. But not many online business owners know or even try to implement viral traffic. Here are 5 steps to creating viral traffic so that your traffic building efforts produces the most visitors and subscribers.

What Is The Difference Between Netbooks And Laptops?
Titus Hoskins

The one question that keeps constantly popping up with laptop buyers: what is the difference between netbooks and laptops? If you're buying the latest mobile computer, should you go with a netbook or laptop? What are the major differences and which one should you buy?

4 Strategies to Help You Make Money from Your Website
Trey Pennewell

People always seem to be looking for new ways to make money online. There is nothing wrong with being innovative and trying new methods to make money. The problem is when people, seeking new methods, forget to pay attention to the proven methods of making money online. What has worked in the past for successful webmasters is still working today and will likely continue to work into the foreseeable future. There are 4 primary areas that a webmaster must focus on to be successful.

Improve Your Link Popularity with Website Promotion
Bruce Swedal

So you finally started your website. You have updated it with some high quality, unique and relevant content to make your visitors stick around. So now what? Now all you have to do is get those visitors to come. Let them know about your website by building links that point towards your website and gain some link popularity. There are a couple different kinds of links you will be interested in. The first is one-way links and the second is reciprocal links.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

DEC 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for MARKETING

Email Marketing for Your Small Business - Selecting the Right Server
Chris Malta & Robin Cowie

There are many different methods for promoting your business online, but the email campaign is still one of the most effective. However you choose to promote your business, don't overlook the power of email marketing to increase your customer base and improve your sales volume.

Jump-Start Your Article Writing - Tips for Entrepreneurs
Kimberly Clay

Article writing is extremely important to Internet entrepreneurs who wish to succeed. But sometimes circumstances arise when the articles just aren't coming. Writer's block happens to the best of us. I have cases of it all the time. I'll be sitting at my keyboard, staring into a blank screen, just hoping that a decent thought will jump into my head and I can start typing again. One minute goes by, then two, then ten, and nothing happens. Drat!

Great Business Is Great Marketing
James Copper

The greatest entrepreneurs in the world are also the greatest marketers. Just think of Donald Trump and Richard Branson. No one can accuse them of hiding their light under a bushel. One can imagine how they enter any business meeting, completely at ease and in control of the situation. They have branded themselves and their businesses so strongly that they are unassailable in the marketplace.

5 Postcard Marketing Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid
Bob Leduc

Postcards have proven themselves to be highly effective for marketing in the 21st century. But marketers often sabotage their own success with postcards by making some common mistakes in using them. Here are 5 postcard marketing mistakes many marketers make and some easy ways to avoid them.