I run an embroidery digitizing business and would like to increase my customer base, I have already tried online advertising with many providers, such as Google Adwords, Yahoo and the likes.

Unfortunately nothing seems to work – I have done my own Search Engine Optimization – and even though my site is listed in the top 10 of Yahoo organic search, I have not been receiving any significant enquiries.

I also tried my hands on direct marketing, by mailing postcards – that doesn’t seem to work either and I might I add – its very expensive.

Besides, I reckon that most of the businesses involved in retail embroidery are still not using internet as a means of communication, sales or outsourcing.

I am planning on advertising in newspapers and the thing that I can’t seem to decide is that should I go for ‘Thrifty Nickels’ or ‘Penny Savers’ to get the most for my money.

The basic consideration is that the ads should have a longer shelf life and big circluation and inexpensive.

I am trying to find a search engine optimization company for months. The problem is, is that there are many promises but they are unreliable. I spend a lot of money without any results. How to find a company you can rely and trust ?

I am female and have a female friend who I was not so close to, but because we met at mutual friends party recently, we started to talk on the phone. At first I wanted to be a friend with her. But then as we talk, she started to ask me to do things for her. At the beginning, I was doing what she wanted me to do, like mail her some products that she couldn’t get at where she lives, making a logo and other designs that she needed for her website (I am a graphic designer). I was doing it for her thinking I should help her out because she is my friend.

And then she asked me to give her a ride to bring a small furniture (something that’s not so big and I would carry by myself) back to her home, knowing that my car is in a parking lot 1 hour away and I need to take trains to get to the parking lot. – I did not help her do this because I was getting suspicious of her using me.

And then she needed a place to stay because she has no job. I live in a small apartment but actually I know she has more money than me because she was on salary for more than 3 years and I just started to work after college. – I did not do this either because I could see I would definitely have problems.

Another problem I have is that I get so tired after talking with her. She has her own opinions and would tell me whatever she thinks even if it is something to deny my whole ideas. I am kind of a person who tries not to hurt my friends by telling negative things about them even if I maybe thinking in my mind. I do tell them what I think if I think I should, but if it is something that can never help them by telling but only hurt them, I would never tell them.

Now, she needs me to find a job for her. She asked me to introduce her to a company where I work. I knew she needed a job so I could not say NO. I could not deny her freedom of applying for wherever she wants to work.

BUT… it’s really bothering me…. If it’s somebody whom I can truly recommend to other people and whom I would enjoy working with, I would be happy to introduce the person, but unfortunately it’s not the case. There are so many places to work, but why the same company? My boyfriend also works there and if she gets accepted, she will be working in the same department he works and I am not in the department. I know it maybe a small thing I should just let go, but it keeps bothering me. I already introduced her and it seems like she is going to start with part-time there.

She says things like she would help her friends out if they need help. I have never asked her to do anything for me yet as I don’t need anything from her, but she has never offered anything for me either. She said she will buy me a dinner because I helped her out but she never does. It may sound immature to expect something in return for something I did for her, but I just want to see anything that persuades me to believe she is not just using me but she is my friend. My other good friends always offers me a lunch or dinner or cook for me or whatever they can do at the time to show me appreciation and that makes me believe that they are my friend because they like me, but not because they can use me.

What do you think of this person? Am I small-minded for not being able to accept this situation? Any idea you can suggest to be able to accept this situation?
Thanks for quick responses!! Just to add a detail, in fact, she is very hard worker. She was very successful in the last job. She is just in a break now. She has very high confidence and that is one of the reasons why it is difficult to be with her….

That was the question I kept asking me myself. But after some extensive research, it always come to, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Even this site that does provide Free E-mail Marketing, http://itshrunk.com/e183e0 , and even provide you with a Free start-up list, only doing so because they make money if they help you make money.

So guess what? I partnered with them. Keyword, partnership.

But if you know of anything that is free online, let us know.

I am doing a research project and need to create a web site that features hundreds of photos. Each photo has a lengthy caption. The site visitor needs to be able to do a keyword search and call up all the photos whose captions match the keywords in their search. Some of the photo captions need to have hot links to other pages. In essence, the site is a home page, a searchable photo database with text that describes the photos, a message board or email link, and about 10 more pages of text about other topics.
I have never done a web site. I have a domain name and a web host. The easy part. Now, what program to use? I’d appreciate your opinion as to whether I should spend the money and buy DreamWeaver or if I could use the free KomPozer or how I could determine if one of the web-builder programs offered by the web hosting companies might work ????
Thanks for your help!

I am beginner at Internet work, and i have my own website
so I would like to inserts some Advertisements of products
belongs companies on my website and earn some money
accordingly.

Im starting to get into poker a bit more seriously and i bought Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book as a beginner-novice starting point but it still has terms and concepts that im still not fully aware of. Things like "two to one on your money" or "money favorite" or phrases like that im not sure what they are and what they mean. Is there a good website or beginner book that explains these things and everything else i need to know in terms of lingo and concepts that will help me understand the poker strategy books and what theyre talking about?

Any books, good up to date websites, or classes? I’ve got a business and need it to come up in the search engines better. I have meta tags, but don’t know much html.

How do I know what Yahoo and Goggle are looking for. The tech pages they have are over my head.

Are 3rd party companies worth the money to have them do this for me?

I came to know about that there are jobs like social marketing , search engine optimisation,blogging ,……. Through which we can earn money is that really true tat we can earn and become an entrepreniuer?

I have been designing a website for a coffee shop that my dad and brother own. I have been using WordPress, which, for a first timer is actually pretty easy to learn. I’m a quick study and am reasonably intelligent, and WordPress has been pretty easy to use but lacks the capabilities that I am looking for in web design software. I have my own business and would like to create my own web page, but I would like for my page to be able to handle commerce. WordPress is blogging software, which is perfectly fine for a coffee shop (actually, kinda preferable!) but for someone who does not speak computer languages like XML and HTML, I need something that is kind of a drag and drop type software that has capabilities beyond blogging software.

Does anyone have any suggestions for software that would cost less than 0? is that even a reasonable amount? I don’t know anything about this stuff! All I know is that i’d prefer to do this myself as opposed to paying someone a ton of money to do it for me!

Thanks!

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Hey, am i beginner and i need a website for guitar lessons without paying money.I go to Youtube sometimes but there lessons aren’t that great,Is there any kind of website without paying money and with a good teachers? thanks for helping:D

Alquilar una película y mirarla en casa en lugar de ir al cine. Su contribución de cada período de pago financiará…

• La capacitación y materiales para diez tutores voluntarios del programa pre-GED. Esto apoyará a un joven que quiere terminar el bachillerato.

• Materiales para artes y manualidades que apoyan el desarrollo de niños.

• Dos días de comida para una familia de cuatro personas, ayudándola a ahorrar dinero para pagar la renta.

Privarse de la bolsa de papas fritas con su almuerzo. Su contribución de cada período de pago financiará…

• El costo de la matrícula de la escuela del verano para seis estudiantes para que puedan continuar con su educación, incluso en el verano.

• El costo para dos familias de mudarse del refugio a viviendas permanentes

• Software sobre el acoso y las habilidades en la resolución de conflictos por un semestre, aliviando la violencia juvenil en la comunidad

Privarse de ir al restaurante una vez por semana. Su contribución de cada período de pago financiará…

• Cincuenta libros que ayudarán a los niños a leer, escribir, o hablar inglés

• Seis sesiones de terapia, incluso el tiempo para el manejo de casos, para seis niños, adolescentes, o familias.

• Materiales escolares para 50 estudiantes al comienzo del ano escolar, ayudándolos a terminar el bachillerato.

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Instead of going to a movie, rent one at home. Your donation of per pay period can provide…

• Training and materials for ten volunteer tutors in the Pre-GED program – increasing a youth’s chance of graduating

• Art and craft supplies that help children engage in early childhood activities that support their development

• Two days of food for a family of four freeing up money for rent

Skip the daily bag of chips with lunch. Your donation of per pay period can provide…

• Summer school tuition for up to six students, so that they can continue learning even in the summer months helping them engage in school

• Moving costs for two families to move from a shelter into stable housing and prevent children from living in shelters

• Computer software for one semester on bullying and conflict resolution skills – reducing youth violence in the community

“Eat in” one more meal per week. Your donation of per pay period can provide…

• Fifty books that children can use to help them learn – improving their English reading, writing or speaking skills

• Six children, adolescent or family therapy sessions with a therapist, including case management time

• School materials for 50 youth to start the school year – increasing their chances of graduating from high school

I have just launched a new website and I have a question about how the keywords work. In the near future I will be contracting a professional SEO company to take care of these matters but in the meantime I have 5 worth of Google Adwords credits that I would like to get started with. Mostly because I want to familiarize myself with some useful techniques to take care of this on my own in the future and save some money. And I would rather make a mistake with these credits than my own money.

I’ve started a campaign and at first it was running ok but within a few hours they all stopped appearing on the search results with my specified keywords.

A little about my website, I’ve created a local auction site where people can post legitimate live auctions within their communities for cash deals and local pick up or delivery. Its free with no insertion or final value fee’s. I believe this is the safest way to go. If anyone reading this has ever browsed Kijiji than you would have a better idea of how things work. What separates my site from kijiji is that its an auction platform rather than classified. We use similar elements in regard posting within your community, meeting seller and only using cash.

I have researched many keywords such as kijiji toronto, kijiji oshawa and the results showed that the competition was very low and the CPC avg was extremely low. The search’s per month on these keywords were very high, so I decided to use about 20 similar keywords and some without the use of kijiji. I figure that people who are interested in posting classifieds might also be interested in posting free auction listings. Most of my ads have my domain than the city, an example would be, mydomain toronto; mydomain ottawa; mydomain alberta etc… So there are exact matches with keywords within my title and my keywords and when I check the keyword analysis tool its telling me that my ads are not displaying and most of them are scoring 4/10 or lower. 3 are showing and are 5/10 but they do not have reference to kijiji.

Is there a way to work these keywords into my ads? They are very relevant to my website and I have set my max CPC value much higher than the highest bid being {content}.24. Why are my ads not displaying? Do I need to have both Kijiji and the region within my ad?

Please contact me at employedbyme@gmail.com if you need more details. I don’t want to spam my site on yahoo so I have chosen not to display the link. Thanks for any info you can give.

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