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Rick Henkin                                                                  Karl Kasca
 
 
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In This Issue:
 
  • Tip of the Week
  • Have a topic idea? Let us know
  • 1 new article for Members
 
Tip of the Week
 
Increasing Your Online Visibility
 
This week we have several Tips for you to increase the visibility of you and your business online:

 

Facebook- Claim your UserName

Instead of having a series of meaningless letters and numbers to describe your facebook page you can now claim your own Facebook Username.  To do this, just go to: http://www.facebook.com/username/ and claim your name.  
NOTE: Do this as soon as possible, so you'll claim your name before others get to it first!

Try to get "www.facebook.com/firstname.lastname" first (if it's still available), e.g., http://www.facebook.com/karl.kasca.
Otherwise you might need to get creative in uniquely identifying yourself.
For more info on this see: How To Secure Your Facebook Username (Vanity URL).*

If you have a Facebook Fan Page for your business you can also claim a custom username for it as well, but you'll need to have a Facebook Fan Page and wait until June 28th, 2009.
For more info on this see: Good News: Small Brands Can Get Custom Facebook URLs Too

And if you don't have a Facebook Fan Page yet, then log into IOP and see our article/video on:
Facebook: How To Set-Up A Facebook Fan Page

Bing- Not just Microsoft's new search engine, but a new way for your business and website to be found

You've probably heard that Microsoft has a new search engine called Bing.  It's actually a relaunch of MSN, which later became MS-Live search.

In any case, for website owners it's a new opportunity to have your website be found.  To enhance being found you can do two things: 1) Create a Business Listing and 2) Submit your site's URL (web address) so Bing will find your website and crawl it.

1) Create a Business Listing
  • First go to the Bing Webmaster Center and click "Sign in to use the tools".
  • You'll be prompted to sign in with your Windows Live ID.
    • You may have one of these IDs already if you have a Hotmail or Microsoft account. 
    • Otherwise, you'll have to sign up for a Windows Live ID.
  • Click on Business Listings* under "Drive more traffic".

2) Submit your site's URL
  • While you're at the Bing Webmaster Center, also Submit your site's URL* so Bing will crawl the links on your website and find your other webpages.

    • And note that you don't have to sign in to do this.

Google Local- Add your Business to Google Maps

Of course Google also has a way you can be found locally:

Go to Google Maps.
Click: Put your business on Google Maps
Login to Google & go to Google Local Business Center.
If you don't have a Google account (e.g., Gmail), you'll need to create one.
Click: Add new business button.
If your business has many locations you can Upload a data file.
 

Yahoo Local- Add your Business to Yahoo Maps

Go to Yahoo! Local.
Click Add a Business way down under Local Resources.
And no, you don't even have to sign in!

 Have a topic idea?
 
The primary reason that Karl and I've together this website is to help you make more money. We know the things that you need to know, but we also want to hear about the topics that are of special importance to you.
 
Email me with your topic ideas at:
 
 
 
 
New article for Members
 
Alt Tags Text- Using alternative text for images can supercharge your findability in Google and other search engines. Here's why...Login to read more
 
 
 
Best Wishes,
 

Rick Henkin and Karl Kasca
 

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