The much awaited Library Access!!
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Thanks again for participating in the 2009 Business and Learning Expo!! We had an awesome time and we know that there were a ton of relationships made! You are a huge part of the positivity and energy that was flowing all week long and beyond! We have a HUGE appreciation for you!
The much awaited Library Access!!
The recordings are all edited and available for purchase! The Access Pass is $49.99 and you get access to all 18 recordings (downloadable mp3) of our featured speakers, exhibitors, and special forums. (we even threw in a bonus or two for you!!! )
You can purchase your Access Pass by going to : http://businessandlearning.com/wah-expo/
Affiliates may sell Library Passes!! Just log into your affiliate area for the link that you would use to direct people to the Library Pass Purchase page.
Thanks!
Don’t forget we have networking every Thursday at 9pm ET - http://www.businessandlearning.com/ - for more information.
See you on Thursday!
Tammy
Business & Learning
tammy@businessandlearning.com
Phone : 719-313-1924
http://www.businessandlearning.com
PS. As usual, if you have any comments, questions and/or complaints, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
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Benefits Of Using XSitePro In Your Online Business
XSitePro is software specifically designed for Internet marketers. XSitePro allows its users to easily and quickly build websites. This software offers many advantages that other website design software programs do not. The following are some benefits of using XSitePro in your online business.
Where DreamWeaver and FrontPage software were developed with website designers in mind, XSitePro was made more for everyday users who have little knowledge of web design. XSitePro offers an extensive number of templates that you can use and customize. The software also contains design wizards commonly used by Internet marketers, such as testimonial boxes, highlighted text, Google AdSense, and PayPal logos.
XSitePro features a “what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor” that allows you to see exactly what your web page will look like while you create it. You do not need to know HTML or have prior website building experience in order to create your website. The software will also create your navigation for you.
The software offers many tools to help you with your search engine optimization. For instance, you can create a site map at the push of a button. Having a site map will help the search engines read and find the content on your website. This will increase the amount of traffic that is sent your way.
XSitePro will also analyze your pages for keyword density and, when prompted, provide you with a list of suggested actions you can take to earn higher search engine rankings.
If you are an affiliate marketer, you understand that some people may not click on your affiliate links. Rather, they will pick out the main website of the affiliate link and simply go to the main page. XSitePro has a feature that will create redirect pages that automatically forward visitors to alternative locations, which means you no longer have to use unappealing and unmemorable urls that might put visitors off.
Add a links page to your site that looks great and is easy to update, which means you can benefit from a reciprocal linking campaign (i.e. exchanging links with other sites).
XSitePro allows you to set keywords that are automatically added to the meta tags of every new websites or web pages you create, which saves you a lot of time entering the same keywords again and again.
While Dreamweaver and FrontPage are good for those who have some website building experience and know basic html, XSitePro is a great alternative for the most novice webmaster.
Five Reasons You Should Host Your Own Site
There are many advantages to having a website. Just a few of them include being able to market your business globally, being able to accept orders while you sleep, and allowing people to receive information about your business in real time.
When you put your site online, you have a couple of choices. You can use a free web host or you can pay for web hosting. Your web host is the company that transmits your site onto the World Wide Web.
Web hosting is very affordable, and even those on the tightest budgets should make this a priority. Here are a few reasons why hosting your own site is the better alternative.
First and foremost, using a paid web host will keep your business image professional. When you use a free web host, you may look cheap or inexperienced. That isn’t the image you want to project to potential customers.
Many providers of free web hosting will display banner ads across their users’ sites. Since they are not receiving revenue through payment for their web hosting services, they need to earn revenue somehow. And so, these companies either display their own ads or the ads of others’.
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Do Online Surveys Work?
If you would like to get your visitors’ opinions on your website, products, or services, you can set up an online survey. An online survey can be done via email or through the web. There are many advantages, as well as disadvantages of using online surveys. Here are some reasons why you may want to try one as well as some tips to help you get better results.
The response rate of online surveys will vary. The average seems to be about 30%, however, some people report results as low as 2% and some claim their results have been as high as 90%.
When compared to the alternatives, such as a telephone or direct mail campaign, online surveys are both easy to implement and cost effective. Plus, you can start receiving the results almost immediately after you set it up. You can start implementing any changes your visitors recommend right away. However, the results can be skewed if someone fills out the survey more than one time.
Putting your survey in a pop-up window as your visitor is leaving your website is a great way to include the survey on your website and increase your chances of getting a good response rate. Another tip is to keep your survey page in a similar format as your web page. This way your visitors will know the survey is from you and not a third party.
Try to keep your survey short, as many people will not take the time to answer a long survey. If your first page looks short, people will be more likely to take the survey. Another trick is to keep your navigation simple, using just a “next” button and possibly a “back” button.
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Wow! Last Day at the Expo
Today is the last day of the 2009 Expo ! Can you believe it? The last 2 days have been chock full of great information. We are really looking forward to having you all at the expo today!
Here’s what today looks like schedule wise…
**All times are Eastern!**
12:30 PM Open Chat
01:00 PM Eleanor Prior - Tastefully Simple
01:30 PM Networking
02:00 PM Expert Q&A Forum with Kristen Beireis & Felicia Slattery
02:30 PM Networking
03:00 PM Dr Daisy Sutherland -Dr Mommy, LLC
03:30 PM Open Chat
4:00 to 6:00 pm Networking and Shopping
06:00 PM Q & A Forum
06:30 PM Networking .
07:00 PM Marguerite Wright - Mother Knows Best Herbal Solutions
07:30 PM Networking
Featured Speakers
8:00pm Jennifer Gniadecki - Networking
9:00pm Whitney Hoffman - New Media & Social Media
10:00 PM Expo WrapUp | Grand Prize Giveaway
See ya there!
Tammy & Shannon
Business & Learning / WAH Expo
http://www.businessandlearning.com
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Just a couple of things…
Business and Learning is approaching fast, but today we’d like to talk to you about the current contest at Startup Nation. Many mom-owned business will enter…we’re hoping we can win!
We wanted to remind you about the Startup Nation Contest going on … You can vote for us here (and even better, you can vote once a day!):
Would you like us to vote for you, too? If you are in the Moms in Business Competition on Startup Nation, leave your link in the comments:
http://businessandlearning.com/2009/02/will-you-vote-for-us/
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Make sure to mark your calenders this Thursday for our 9pm EST Topic Chat!
This week we’ll be learning about organization from none other than The Household Helper, Cara Mirabella.
If you’re looking for more control over your home and your business from paper to people, come ask Cara all your questions about getting your home (and home office!) in order.
You can access the conference room at http://businessandlearning.com/events/conference-room/
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Tonight at 9pm EST is our Tuesday Night Networking Chat – don’t miss it!
Hope to see you there!
Tammy & Shannon
BusinessandLearning.com
Phone: 719-313-1924
info@businessandlearning.com
A special thanks to our sponsors:
Will you vote for us?
Here is a bit about the contest …
Everybody knows one. Like a super hero, she balances running a family with the heroics of running her own business. We’re talking about moms in business, of course. And now, StartupNation is conducting its first annual ranking of these astonishing entrepreneurs and the businesses they run.
But, how do we know who’s the best of the best? We’re leaving that to you. Over the next few months, it’ll be your daily votes that will tell us who deserves to be named a winner. The list of the 200 winners will be published in May and will be ranked according to votes accumulated.
So don’t forget you can vote for us DAILY until midnight Pacific Time, March 31, 2009.
Winner of the Passion Contest
I just wanted to say a special thanks for all those who entered our contest, What is your Passion in Business
So without further adieu, The winner is Marguerite Wright of MothersKnowsBest !!
Congratulations Marguerite on winning an exhibitor spot at the upcoming Business and Learning Expo . Please contact Tammy to set up your spot!
Join the Business & Learning Blog Tour !
Yep! That’s right! We are doing an Expo Blog Tour again this year! We had such a great time last year with the Blog Tour; we decided to do it again! Tammy, Shannon and the Expo Team will be visiting the blogs of fellow work at home entrepreneurs leading up to the famous Business and Learning Expo coming March 10-12th.
We will be visiting blogs that belong to Work at Home Entrepreneurs to answer some of their questions about Business and Learning. You can ask us anything about the upcoming expo, the topic driven chats, the new forum, future plans as well as any of our products & services!
We want you!
If you are interested in signing up to become part of our 2nd Annual Business and Learning Expo Blog Tour, please leave us a comment on our blog , no later than Feb 20th, with your blog URL and a question that you would like us to answer.
Once you have done that all that we ask is that you create a post on your blog with information about the blog tour. Feel free to write your own post or tweak this one (we’ll even give you this super cool graphic to use on your site) and include your question. We will then visit your blog with the answers.
It’s a great way to spread the word about Business & Learning’s Spring Expo as well as get some free promotion for your site as well. Who doesn’t like that?
See you on your blog and at the Expo! If you have any questions, please contact us.
Tammy & Shannon
What is your passion in business?
Well Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I’m sure it’s on everyone’s minds, whether you like it or hate it. Valentine’s day reminds us what we are passionate for (or what we are not passionate for )
So of course with this being Business and Learning.. We want to know what is your passion as a business owner?
Of course, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we have to give you something right!?! So we decided to have a contest!
So what are we giving away?
We are giving away one (1) exhibitor spot at the expo
Here is how it works:
1. Post a comment on what your passion is as a business owner. (one comment per person per day)
2. Tweet about it on Twitter using the hashtag #BLpassion (don’t forget to include the URL)
3. blog about the contest! Use the contest url and leave a separate comment.
Each comment, tweet and post counts as one entry. The contest will run starting today till 11:59 ET on Feb 13. We will announce the winners on February 14th.
