Ready to Do Marketing Full Time? 10 Important Points to Consider

Written by Olga Farber Becker


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Web-Site Savvy for Small Business Owners

Written by Peggie Arvidson-Dailey


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6.Make sure your website is easy to read. Use headings and sub-headings. Keep your sentences short. Use bullets and lists to make important points. Set apart important text by bolding or using a different color.

7.Make it easy for your potential clients to reach you. Have a link on every page to your e-mail address and include your phone number on every page.

8.Ensure that you home page makes it abundantly clear who you are and what you do. Don’t make them guess.

9.Use terms like YOU and YOUR rather than terms like WE and US. Your potential clients want to know what benefits you can provide to them. Make them feel how you can solve their problems.

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16.Avoid using all caps.

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Peggie Arvidson-Dailey is the founder of Pet Care Business University and the Pet-Care Business Success System™. She is the author of the “Maintain your Love Affair with Your Pet” Series and several articles on finding and maintaining happy customers for Pet-centered businesses. As a trainer and coach she has helped people across the country create and build the pet-care business of their dreams. Visit http://www.peggiespets.com for more information.


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