Look Sharp. Play Sharp.

Written by Claire Cunningham


“Look sharp. Play sharp.” That pithy statement comes courtesy of one of my older daughter’s softball coaches. His teams always hadrepparttar whitest pants and socks. They didn’t win every game, but they did well – better than expected. And his words stuck with me.

In business looks matter too. From your product to your place of business, your firm will be judged by how you look. So having a professional logo is especially important.

Look at your logo, and how it’s used. Does it show any of these signs?

1)Ragged edges; looks hand-drawn (and isn’t supposed to) 2)Stiff, stilted or out-dated design 3)Design doesn’t fit your industry 4)Inconsistent use of color, design

If you answered “Yes” or “Hmmm, I’m not sure” to any of these, call in a professional. Expect to pay $50-100/hour for consultation. Around $500 to clean up an existing logo. $1,500 for new logo design. $1,000-2,500 for business stationery design (letterhead, envelopes, labels, business cards.) $5,000 and up for a full blown corporate identity program.

Got Spiders?

Written by Isaiah Hull


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Got Spiders?

Many internet marketers blow mountains of start-up cash on their websites just trying to break into search engine rankings. I was one of these internet marketers.

I spent cash on get-rich-quick submission services that claimed they would submit my page to thousands of seach engines. . .for a small fee. I spent money to get registered with big name search engines. I even spent money on search engine optimization services.

And then I waited. . .

I waited to see SOME response--any response--from all of this work I had done. I waited forrepparttar 120286 spiders to reach my pages and rank my page for everyone to see. I waited for my blown marketing funds to come back to me in profits. . .

But they never did. The spiders took weeks. The page rankings were dismal. I was ready to give up.

And then I received this vital piece of information from a fellow marketer:repparttar 120287 more links you have on bigger websites,repparttar 120288 faster your page is spidered. . .

That's right: Since search engines rank higher-PR sites more often, they will find your page a lot faster if you get your link on a highly-trafficked website!

Not only will they find your site faster, but they will also return to it faster and rank it for FREE. This is all in addition to receiving a huge PR boost for having a link on a high-PR site.

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