I am sure by now that most of you have heard of the term “skype”.  Sometimes it is used as a verb, “to skype”, and sometimes it is used as a noun.  But what exactly is it?  Skype is an Internet-based voice-over-IP service than can replace your local telephone company for your small business.

The basic Skype service is free and allows you to make voice and video calls with excellent call quality to any other Skype user, anywhere in the world.  Think of it as an interactive email or instant message.  Skype allows you to conduct conference calls with three or more Skype users for free as well.  There are more features available for those who are willing to pay a nominal fee.      

For a small fee each month ($2.95 USD as of this writing) you can get a Skype-In telephone number.  This will allow regular telephone users to dial a number and reach you via Skype.  Not only can you accept incoming calls from regular telephone numbers, Read the rest of this entry

Stores have inventories. Brokers have stocks. Real Estate Brokers have Listing. You, as an online seller have your list. If you want to make money blogging you have to build your list.  It’s hard to sell anything if you have no interested buyers. Even if you have the best product in the whole world and the best website, if no one knows about it, then your online business will go kaput. Having a list of interested buyers makes selling online much easier.

If you are into marketing and sales, you’ve probably heard sayings like “Always be selling” or “Always be closing (the sale).” If you intend to have a successful online business, you should really “Always be list building.” It’s an online marketing basic. Everyone knows that having a well-targeted and responsive list of people is the key on how to make money blogging.  It is essential that you understand that the success of an online business comes from building relationship with a big subscriber base. It is also important that you build good relationships with people who are generally interested in the same subject area as your product or service is.  This will allow you to enter their niche and help you sell the product to them. You have to remember that the most successful online business knows that they can only succeed when the subscriber succeeds or is satisfied.

“Your List” is the list of readers, Read the rest of this entry

Writers block. We all have it. There comes a time in the writer’s life when we are so willing and ready to write and know that we need to write, but as soon as we open the word processor our brain simply flatlines on us.

Bleep. Bleep. BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. Dead.

At this point in time, we panic. We have a deadline. We need to write about something. Anything! But the universe refuses to give you inspiration or a topic to write about. Thinking back as a blogger you have probably written about everything. Some of them could be topics that you are really into, you feel like you have written the best post in the world but your hit count says otherwise. People are not interested at all and then you stop and wonder why this is so.
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