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		<title>Stop Fighting with Your Current Website: Build a Professional Website Painlessly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now! Build Your Own Professional-Looking Website in 60 Minutes or Less Without a Web Designer or Programmer

Plus, You Don’t Have to Know a Lick of HTML Code – Here’s How YOU Can Do It Right Now…
 
 
Websites, websites, websites!!! Any business that does not have a professional-looking website in today’s business economy has already [...]]]></description>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Now! Build Your Own Professional-Looking Website in 60 Minutes or Less Without a Web Designer or Programmer</h2>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Plus, You Don’t Have to Know a Lick of HTML Code – Here’s How <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">YOU</span></em> Can Do It Right Now…</strong></h3>
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<p>Websites, websites, websites!!! Any business that does not have a professional-looking website in today’s business economy has already doomed their business to failure. Point Blank!!!</p>
<p>Truth be told, your business can’t even look at growth in this Web 2.0 society without one… How else will your prospects, who are looking for your products and services, find your business online if you do not have a website?</p>
<h3>But I know and feel your frustration when it comes to websites…</h3>
<p>In fact, like me, you probably have some BIG questions, right? Questions like:</p>
<ul>
<li>How do <strong><em>YOU</em></strong> get a professional-looking website with all the bells and whistles without paying up the wa-zu?</li>
<li>How do you use it to position <strong><em>YOU </em></strong>as<strong><em> “The Expert”</em></strong> in your industry and how do <strong><em>YOU</em></strong> market your products and services online to your target market?</li>
<li>And most importantly, how can <strong><em>YOU</em></strong> not be held hostage at the mercy of a web master who’ll charge you monthly just to make the tiniest changes?</li>
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<p>All legit questions right? Well, with our system you don’t have to worry about any of that… Really!</p>
<p>See, no other system on the market today turns the tables on web designers and put you in the driver’s seat for a successful internet strategy…</p>
<p>No other system on the market today offers you a quick, easy, and straight forward method for creating professional-looking websites – “at will.” As well as, teaching you how to find and obtain your own domain and hosting &#8211; all without draining your bank account as dry as the Arizona desert.</p>
<p>Best of all, no other program on the market today maximizes FREE web tools, guides you step-by-step, and gives you a plug-n-play marketing strategy to explode your business success, while at the same time, shortening your learning curve by over 250 hours – guaranteed!</p>
<p>In fact, if you wanted to set up your own website with all the bells and whistles of a <a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/stop-fighting-with-your-current-website-build-a-professional-website-painlessly/">Fonder Consulting Business Blog / Website</a>, using old as the hills design strategies, not only would it cost you a mint, but you’d also have to pull a rabbit out of your hat to get it to work right the very first time…</p>
<h2>Don’t believe me?  Check for yourself.</h2>
<p>I know personally ‘cuz I’ve been pulled through the ringer just like you… Tell ya what, call up your nearest web designer and ask for a quote and see what comes back to you.</p>
<p>Ask them about features our system already has. Features like:</p>
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<li><strong><em><img style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border-right-width: 0px" title="Google" src="http://fonderconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Google.png" border="0" alt="Google" width="59" height="60" align="right" /> A push-pull method of automatically communicating with search engines like Google, MSN, and Yahoo.</em></strong> This powerful feature allows you to experience higher search engine rankings without even trying…</li>
<li><strong>A powerful password protected backend</strong> to manage information like posts, pages, themes (the actual look and feel of the business blog / website), comments, audio &amp; video, categories, and so much more.</li>
<li><strong>An off-the-charts content management system</strong> that automatically archives and stores information. It’s like having your own personal filing cabinet on the web.</li>
<li><strong>A tracking system </strong>to see who is visiting your website and what search phrase did they type in to find you.</li>
<li><strong>A one-of-a-kind plug-in management section</strong> that allows you to continue to add functionality to your business blog / website – all for FREE.</li>
<li><strong>A simple method of creating your own graphics</strong> without PhotoShop or any high-priced software packages &#8211; just using software that almost every business already uses.</li>
<li><strong><img style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border-right-width: 0px" title="Mail" src="http://fonderconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Mail.png" border="0" alt="Mail" width="59" height="60" align="right" /> A talk back system which allows your prospect &amp; readers to post comments</strong> about information you published</li>
<li>Plus much more…</li>
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<p><strong><em>BIG WARNING: </em></strong>Be prepared to give your arm and your leg as a down payment to your webmaster!</p>
<p>Plus, watch them quote a monthly fee that’ll siphon money from your bank account every time you want to make the slightest change… The choice is yours.</p>
<p>Or… Throw one up yourself and have fun editing it! If you have time to learn HTML, PHP, or any other code language – have at it.</p>
<h2><strong>OK, so how much is your internet<br />
success and time worth to you?</strong></h2>
<p>I don’t know about you, but for me, <strong><em>TIME IS MONEY!</em></strong> And if I can streamline successes in my business, then I’m all in.</p>
<p>So now I bet you’re wondering, <strong>“How much is this going to cost me?”</strong></p>
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		<title>Are You Saying: &#8220;Give It Away?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I believe every customer wants when landing on your site is proof that you know what you are talking about.

They want something for nothing.  And do you know what I say?  Give it to them!

I know this goes against your inner shrewd business person, but trust me (come on, was that well played) this works.]]></description>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">One thing that I believe every customer wants when landing on your site is proof that you know what you are talking about.</span></h3>
<p>They want something for nothing.  And do you know whrat I say?  Give it to them!</p>
<p>I know this goes against your inner shrewd business person, but trust me (come on, was that well played) this works.</p>
<p>One of the best ways to prove that you are at the top of your industry is to give away helpful hints in the form of a blog (see our <a title="Online Marketing and Website Creation Tips - FonderConsulting.com" href="http://fonderconsulting.com/website-creation/tips/">tips</a> section).</p>
<p>But to get the most bang for you buck you need to make sure you couple your blog articles with Article Marketing.</p>
<p>Article Marketing is a simple concept, you take the articles or tips that you have written and allow others to put them on their website.  Here is the catch, they have to keep your links in their articles.</p>
<p>Here is a quick step-by-step to get you started doing Article Marketing.</p>
<ol>
<li>Create an account on GoArticles.com.</li>
<li>Write a unique and helpful article pertaining to your industry.</li>
<li>At the bottom put a line like: “My Business is a leader in My Industry and you can find out more information at: mywebsite.com.”  Of course replace My Business, My Industry and mywebsite.com with your business, industry and website.</li>
<li>Link those three phrases to your website, so for example:  <a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/">Fonder Consulting</a> is a leader in <a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/">online marketing and website creation</a> and you can find out more information at: <a href="http://FonderConsulting.com">http://FonderConsulting.com</a>.  Notice how my business, industry and website are all linked.</li>
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<p>Now your article, with links to your website will not only be on GoArticles.com but many other websites that display their content.</p>
<p><a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/contact-us/">To launch an innovative online marketing plan like Article Marketing give us a ring.</a></p>
<blockquote><p>NOTE: If you want to submit your articles to more than one place just use your favorite search engine and search for “article directory” – there are tons.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Successful User Experience: You Have to Define It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of your sales reps has just come back from a sales call (if you don’t have sales reps, pretend) and you are in the debriefing meeting.  You are going over how the meeting went and what the outcome was; we can put these outcomes in order of most successful to least successful.

Has a check [...]]]></description>
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<p>One of your sales reps has just come back from a sales call (if you don’t have sales reps, pretend) and you are in the debriefing meeting.  You are going over how the meeting went and what the outcome was; we can put these outcomes in order of most successful to least successful.</p>
<ol style="padding-left: 240px">
<li>Has a check in hand.</li>
<li>Has a Purchase Order in hand.</li>
<li>Has a request for a quote.</li>
<li>Has a follow-up meeting.</li>
<li>Has a “call me later.”</li>
<li>Has a “don’t ever come back.”</li>
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<p>You have to do the same thing with your website.  What is a successful user experience on your website?  If you have a website make a list (if you don’t, <a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/website-creation/">we can create rocking website for you</a>).</p>
<p>The list might include a sale if you have an eCommerce website.  The list might include a quote request.  If you are a brick and mortar business, then success might be printing out a map to your location.  Maybe it is a phone call.  Whatever you define success as, just make sure it can be tracked.  You wouldn’t pay a sales rep who didn’t make any sales.  Why keep your website if it doesn’t produce success.</p>
<p><a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/contact-us/">Let Fonder Consulting help you define and achieve success in your business.</a></p>
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		<title>Viral Marketing, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking &#8211; &#8220;Say What?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viral Marketing, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking; what does it all mean?
There are so many different types of alternative forms of online marketing now, it is hard to keep them all straight.  It is even harder to figure out which is right for you.
Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking is simply taking your favorite web links and making them [...]]]></description>
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<p>Viral Marketing, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking; what does it all mean?</p>
<p>There are so many different types of alternative forms of online marketing now, it is hard to keep them all straight.  It is even harder to figure out which is right for you.</p>
<h3>Social Bookmarking</h3>
<p>Social Bookmarking is simply taking your favorite web links and making them public for all to share.  The added benefit is that you can find all your bookmarks in one place if you are using somebody else’s computer.  How does this help from a marketing front?  Social Bookmarking would fall under the “every little bit helps” category.</p>
<p>Users searching the web can stumble onto your bookmarks and decide to explore them.  There is a side benefit of generating back-links to your site, but that is conversation for another day.</p>
<h3>Social Networking</h3>
<p>Social Networks are websites that allow users to interact with each other, so instead of every user being a passive “reader” – each user is an active “participant” of the shared ideas.  The most famous Social Networking website is probably Facebook.  Facebook allows its users to share photos, video, messages, links and much more.  But there is a catch, only your “friends” can view what you are posting, so in a sense, you are only reaching the people you know already.</p>
<p>I would say that is the first mistake small business owners make when marketing via a social network, they don’t take into account who can actually view their offer.</p>
<p>My favorite social network is YouTube.  YouTube is a social network for people who enjoy video.  You can leverage this social network by generating your own videos to reach them.</p>
<h3>Viral Marketing</h3>
<p>Viral Marketing is a loose term that just means you are going to market your product using your users as hosts to your message (virus).  Viral Marketing can be done via social bookmarking or social networking.</p>
<p><a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/online-marketing/">If you want to turn your product into a virus that spreads &#8211; contact us.</a></p>
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		<title>Google Local – Untapped Potential to Drive Traffic to Your Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would say the most common question that is asked of me is: &#8220;How do I get my website on the first page of Google &#8211; FAST?&#8221; I always respond with Google AdSense. Google AdSense is the program that displays the paid advertisements on the right side of any Google search results pages. They are [...]]]></description>
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<p>I would say the most common question that is asked of me is: &#8220;How do I get my website on the first page of Google &#8211; FAST?&#8221; I always respond with Google AdSense. Google AdSense is the program that displays the paid advertisements on the right side of any Google search results pages. They are quick and easy to set-up and in minutes you can be on the first page of Google.</p>
<p>Do you know what the second question is… &#8220;Well how do I do it for free?&#8221;</p>
<p>That is where Google Local comes in. Google Local provides the Google Map results that show on the first page of any Google search result page. They are usually presented in a &#8220;lettered&#8221; list with little red &#8220;push pin&#8221; icons on a map to show you all the listings.</p>
<p>Did you know that these listings are 100% FREE? Did you know that with these listings you can list many informational items on your business such as: phone number, website, description, hours of operation and even coupons. <a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google-local-untapped-full.pdf" target="_blank">All you have to do to get listed in Google Local is follow the steps outlined in this “how-to” manual.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fonderconsulting.com/website-creation/" target="_blank">Do you need a website for your small business, ask me how to get off the ground.</a></p>
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