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1. Exposure / Branding

For a small business, sometimes half the battle for success is exposure. If handled correctly (no spam), Social Media is an effective tool for generating awareness for your brand. You can use Social Media to promote content and knowledge expertise. Plus, as we'll see in a later point, Social Media provides many opportunities for networking.

Tip: Use your company name in your Twitter handle. For Example: @LevelTen_Colin

2. Customer Service

Bankruptcy Marketing Services Specialists at LevelTen Interactive

In the turbulent world of today’s economy, bankruptcy has become a painful and consistent reality. Companies that have been financial institutions have fallen victim to the market’s continued drop, however major corporations are not only the visible hits by the economy. Small to mid-sized businesses have been hit hardest by the crash, and many do not know where to turn to obtain the correct and accurate bankruptcy assistance they need.

Restaurants, dry cleaners, apartment management companies,

A plug-in extends the abilities of a web browser. They are small pieces of software that allow your browser to display/execute additional files. Popular plug-ins enable your browser to display animation, play audio, video, etc.

e-Commerce is the process of buying products and services online. The most typical form of e-commerce is an online catalog (shopping cart) that allows users to select products and pay for them by credit card. e-Commerce is a very popular mechanism for companies large and small to sell their wares on a world-wide market.

e-Commerce requirements

• Shopping Cart
  Online catalog that allows users to select products to purchase at 'check out'.
• Merchant Account
  

A web site search directory indexes a web site based on an independent description of a site. While directories perform many of the same functions of a web page search engine, their indexing format is different. The main difference is that directories do not spider your site to gather information about it. Instead they rely on a few text entries, typically a site title, domain name, and description, to determine which keywords describe your site.

Non-linked promotion uses the Internet as a general mass marketing medium. An example might be a animated or video clip presentation of a movie trailer or a banner ad for an retail store where neither links to another web resource. While this form of marketing is rarely used the vast number of consumers on the Internet does transform it into a mass marketing medium.

Further Reading

Web site promotion refers to any activity that may lead users to your site. Proper site promotion is vital for creating a qualified Internet audience. Marketing not only creates traffic for your site but also targets your visitors, molds their expectations, and enhances long-term branding.

A Blog is a nickname for a weblog. A weblog is a frequently updated online journal. It can have a single author or a group of authors. Blog sites are usually focused in topic, but it is certainly not a requirement.

Publishing

When combined with XML feeds, blogging is an easy way for an individual to publish content in a quick and efficient method. Since users can subscribe to a feed, an individual can "push" updates to the user, without any action on the end user's part.

Further Reading

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