Funny Marketing Trick (the “Douchebag Ninja”)

If you’ve been interested in making money online for any amount of time then you’ve probably seen one of those sales videos where the narrating voice tells you to shut down all distractions so you can “receive the most value” when watching the video.

The instruction usually tells you to shut down Facebook, Skype, Twitter, close your other browser tabs, and even (believe it or not) turn off your phone and lock the door of the room you’re in right now.

… And it’s all so you can “receive more value” … yeah, right.

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It’s actually a marketing technique I like to call the Douchebag Ninja.

How to Utilize Google+ for Your SEO Campaigns

google-plus-seoWhen Google+ was first introduced to the public, there have been people who dismissed it as just another social media site that would not be able to match Facebook or Twitter. Indeed, Google+ has fewer users than the other social media sites at present.

However, statistics show that the growth of Google+ users is on a steep rise. Business owners, professionals, and professional SEO services in particular have accounts in Google+. This is because they know how useful Google+ can be in establishing contacts, asserting an online presence, establishing one’s authority in his niche, and, in an SEO’s point of view, optimizing websites.

The following are some tips on how you can maximize Google+ for SEO purposes.

1. Proper profile creation

Make a stellar profile page of yourself. Google+ gives search engines a wider access to its users’ pages, so your profile page will also be indexed and possibly even be shown on the SERPs if the users look for your name or the name of your company.

Make Smart Procrastination Your BEST Friend

boredProcrastination has quite a bad publicity online these days. People start to understand how dangerous it is and how bad it can get over time if you don’t do anything about it.

However, the thing is not nearly as dangerous as some people want us to believe it is. There’s actually a very simple way of using procrastination to your benefit and turning it into something positive.

But before I can tell you how to do it I need to make sure that we’re on the same page here… So what procrastination is actually?

As it turns out, Wikipedia has quite a good definition of procrastination, which isn’t the rule for every entry. Here goes:

How to Set Up a Standing Desk (and Why)

Today’s post is a little different. I’m switching from the online world for a minute to show you how, and why, you should set up a standing desk.

A what?! – Says you.

Well, the idea of a standing desk is quite simple – it’s just a desk that you’re standing by, instead of sitting at.

At first, this doesn’t sound right at all, so let me address some of the FAQs right away:

Is a standing desk suitable for long-hour work?

No.

But before you dismiss the whole idea, think whether it’s really a flaw… Chances are that if you need a working environment where you can spend long hours, you need to find a different job.

Online Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web Design

guideIf you have an online business, or you’re planning to launch one, chances are that at some point you will be searching for a web designer to redesign your current site or create something completely new.

A different path to choose is to buy a premium, out-of-the-box website template.

Either way, no matter which path you choose you still want your website to be well designed and to represent what your business is about.

However, how do you tell what is good web design and what isn’t? Is a website good just because you like it visually? Is everything that looks good suitable for your business? Or maybe we’re not even scratching the surface…?

Unfortunately, we’re not.