How-To Guides

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  • How to Use Stress Diaries to Identify Your Work Stresses

    We all feel stress sometimes. Stress is the natural response of our body to help us deal with difficult situations. Without it, we would be unable to survive. The problem is that nowadays, most people have too much of it. This can not only be detrimental to your health, it can also hurt your business. That’s why it’s a good idea to figure out what stressors are causing you problems…

  • How to Respond To Negative Customer Feedback

    If you are a business owner, you’re eventually going to get some negative feedback from your customers or other people you work with or for. While your initial reaction is probably to get mad or upset, negative feedback is actually a good thing. It means that your customers are giving you an opportunity to improve your business. The most important thing to remember when getting negative feedback is to not…

  • How to Produce a Successful Ezine

    A popular ezine is a great way to make money, sell new products, and increase your web traffic. The key is putting together a quality product. The first step in starting an ezine is to pick a topic. This sounds easy enough, but is a very important step. You need to find a topic that people want to read about so you get subscribers and advertisers, but you also don’t…

  • Eight Tools to Help Increase Engagement on Facebook

    There are a number of tools you can use to increase your audience’s engagement on Facebook. Here are some suggestions. 1. Facebook Insights Facebook’s own analytics suite should always be your starting point when it comes to analyzing what is going on at your site. In this way, you can see what is working best and do more of it. Metrics to look out for include: * Likes * Comments…

  • How to Attract and Keep Contributors to Your Ezine

    If you have a successful business but are looking to increase your profit, an ezine is a great way to do that. Regular newsletters can be used to sell your own products as well as those of others, and can also be a great way to increase traffic to your sites. But the backbone of a good ezine is good content. Contributors are vital to creating a product that people…

  • Five Tips to Creating E-products

    While the dot-com boom has pretty well subsided, savvy businessmen and women are still making a pretty penny using the internet. The key to making money is to know what you’re doing and how to market yourself. One great way to make money is through e-products. Here are five tips on how to achieve it: 1. Go with what you know – There are certain products online that are going…

  • Five Ways of Saving Money in Your Small Business

    In today’s market, being a successful small business owner means that you need to be frugal, yet you still need to be able to make money at the same time. Here are a few ways for you to cut costs around the office. 1. Make friends. It’s true that there is strength in numbers. By partnering with other businesses, you can share costs for things like advertising, or reduce costs…

  • How to Build Suspense in Your Content

    A lot of content on the internet just seems to be the same old thing, with nothing new, exciting or noteworthy that deserves being paid attention to. One of the best ways to stand out from this is to create suspense. This can be accomplished in a couple of ways. Journalistic Writing versus Blogging Journalistic writing is the kind of writing used by newspaper and magazine writers. It centers around…