BestWebsite.com Reveals the Essential 9

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The BestWebsite® Essential 9™ from internet entrepreneur Nelson Bates' new book, Best Website: Simple Steps to Successful Websites, reveals the nine most important things you can do right now to make your website a remarkable success.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) October 18, 2007 — The BestWebsite® Essential 9™ from internet entrepreneur Nelson Bates' new book Best Website: Simple Steps to Successful Websites, reveals the nine most important things you can do right now to make your website a remarkable success.

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1. "Create a Remarkable Website: It is far cheaper to build a remarkable website than it is to advertise an average one. Come up with a remarkable aspect for your product, service, business etc. then incorporate it into your website." Give people a reason to talk about your website and they will do your promotion for you. (20-40hrs, $500 varies widely)

2. Proper Keyword Research: Use WordTracker and Google Suggest to properly select the right keywords and begin search engine optimization on your website. (10-15hrs, $59)

3. Setup a Free Squidoo.com Page: This is an excellent way to boost your search engine rankings by creating links from your Squidoo page, back to your website. It is also an excellent way to generate valuable traffic from the Squidoo community. (2-5hrs, Free)

4. Create Articles that Provide Useful Information: Start by creating three or four articles that provide useful information related to your product or service. Then post them on your website and target the keywords you selected earlier. (5-10hrs, Free)

5. Digg, Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon your Articles: Use these free services to let the world know about your articles. These services also provide a dramatic boost in your search rankings. (2-4hrs, Free)

6. Purchase a Yahoo Directory Listing: This is a great way to get a link from the #1 website in the world to your website. A Yahoo employee reviews your website, categorizes it and then places a link to you. Both Yahoo and Google check if you have this link and boost your search engine rankings. (1hr, $299/yr)

7. Press Release with PRWeb and Majon: This is a fantastic way to be able to choose keywords in your press release that are posted on their top ranked websites that link back to yours. Not only do they significantly enhance your search engine rankings, they also announce your business and products to the media. (3-5hrs, $308)

8. Laser Targeted Purchased Advertising: Find top websites in your industry and purchase advertising from them. This may be one of the best methods for gaining substantial traffic. Not only do you get traffic from the websites you advertise on, but also drastically increase your search engine rankings because important websites in your industry are linking to you. (20hrs research, $100 and up)

9. Google Analytics and Yahoo Search Submit: The more the search engines know about you the better. Don't make them guess. By installing Google Analytics on your web pages and submitting your website to Yahoo Search Submit, you let them gain valuable knowledge about your website and in turn, they will rank you better! (5-10hrs, Google Free, Yahoo $59/yr)

Approximate total time and money spent low end — 68 hours, $1,325
Approximate total time and money spent high end — 110 hours, $3,525+

The Essential 9™ is from the book Best Website: Simple Steps to Successful Websites. Visit us at www.BestWebsite.com for a free copy while supplies last.

For interviews, please contact Nelson Bates directly at 407-855-7112.

You're welcome to reprint The Essential 9™ Most Profitable Website Strategies wherever you'd like, please cite BestWebsite.com as the source

WebHostingBuzz Updates its Reseller Web Hosting Plans

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An industry leader in reseller hosting, WebHostingBuzz, has announced the release of its new startup reseller hosting options along with a major update of it's main reseller program.

Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) October 18, 2007 — WebHostingBuzz.com, a leading provider of reseller hosting, has today announced it's launch of startup reseller hosting. In a statement, the company said,
"We have launched startup reseller hosting to make it more affordable for people to enter the reseller hosting market. With a $5 starting price point, the ability to host up to 60 domains per package, full WebHostManager access plus our unique Free Domain for Life features".

WebHostingBuzz has been an industry leader in reseller hosting for some time now. Earlier in the year it provided the 'Free Domain for Life' deal in which customers signing up to certain deals get a domain name for free for the life time of their account. "Over 10,000 domain names have been registered as part of our Free Domain for Life program", said Safvan Malik, WebHostingBuzz CEO in a recent statement. In addition to domains, WebHostingBuzz offers free WHMAP client management licenses to all resellers.

WebHostingBuzz has also recently revamped it's line of fully managed dedicated servers servers.

 

New Research Reveals Best Practices for Marketing to B2B Technical Buyers

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New survey from Enquiro Research details what influences B2B technical buyers during the purchasing process.

Kelowna, BC (PRWEB) October 17, 2007 — Marketers have a 76% chance of engaging and influencing technical buyers' B2B purchasing decisions through search marketing, according to a new study from Enquiro Research. This and other study findings are available in Enquiro's newly-published B2B whitepaper which focuses on marketing specifically to the technical buyer – namely, the person within an organization who ensures that a purchased solution meets the company's technical requirements.

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Survey data of more than 1,000 technical B2B buyers shows that for over 89%, working online is a definitive part of the purchase decision. When it comes to business-to-business buying decisions, online influences such as vendor websites, search engines, and industry information websites are notably surpassing offline influences such as word-of-mouth and trade publications.

The survey also showed that the most important types of information for technical buyers are comparative pricing, product information and implementation testimonials. As they enter the later research phase and start compiling information to begin the actual negotiation, many B2B buyers rely on vertical search engines to help gather the detailed information they require. For technical buyers, these are indeed the largest influencers during the negotiation phase.

The objective of the survey was to discover how users research B2B buying decisions online and how this varies by role within a company and by purchase phase. How do users navigate from awareness, through the research and negotiation phases to the actual purchasing decision? What is the balance between online and offline influences? Do purchasers use search engines and, if so, which search engines and why? Do they use specific B2B search engines? When do they refer to a vendor's site or an industry information site and what do they look for specifically?

"We're encouraged by the results of our survey and the overall trend we're seeing in the market with more B2B buyers looking online during the purchasing process," said Gord Hotchkiss, CEO of Enquiro. "This presents a great opportunity for B2B marketers to target prospects in entirely new ways."

"We've found a substantial value in collaborating with Enquiro," said Julie Mason, general manager of Kellysearch.com. "Their research helps us provide our customers with even more actionable marketing insight on this important segment of the B2B marketplace."

"Marketing to a B2B Technical Buyer" is based on research conducted by Enquiro in collaboration with Kellysearch and MarketingSherpa. The whitepaper is available online at www.enquiroresearch.com.

About Enquiro
One of North America's leading search marketing firms, Enquiro provides online marketing and research solutions to a client base which includes several leading B2B and Fortune 500 companies. Its strategies are based on its own industry research and expertise in usability, and natural and sponsored search. Enquiro has also authored eye tracking studies which have given marketers a greater understanding of user interaction with the major search engines and defined "Google's Golden Triangle."

About Kellysearch
Launched in January 2001, Kellysearch.com is a comprehensive online buyers' guide and B2B vertical search engine, with more than two million company listings from over 155 countries world wide. Kellysearch.com is backed by the financial resources of world wide publishing company Reed Elsevier. With monthly averages of 2.6 million unique users and 8.6 million page views, Kellysearch.com is the leading global search engine for industry-to-industry business. For more information, please contact Kellysearch.com at 1-800-550-0827, or visit www.kellysearch.com.

Parature Releases Free White Paper on Customer Support In a Web 2.0 World

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White Paper Explores How to Leverage Technology to Enable Customer-Self-Service and Reduce Calls and Emails by Up to 80 Percent

Vienna, VA (PRWEB) October 17, 2007 — Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer support and help desk software, announced today the release of a free white paper offering customer support professionals best practices on how to leverage technology in a Web 2.0 world. The white paper entitled “Customer Support in a Web 2.0 World – How to Reduce Calls and Emails to Your Support Center by Up to 80 Percent” is available online at http://www.parature.com/res_whitepapers.aspx.

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In a Web 2.0 world, there is increasing pressure to find better ways to deliver exceptional customer support. Customers, today, are more demanding because they can be; they recognize that they have more options as to who gets their business and therefore have more freedom to abandon providers that don’t provide them with the quality service they insist upon. However, the Web 2.0 platform doesn’t just empower customers, it empowers organizations with the opportunity to leverage automated, multi-channel customer support software to enable customer self-service; to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of support teams; and provide world-class customer support. “Customer Support in a Web 2.0 World – How to Reduce Calls and Emails to Your Support Center by Up to 80 Percent” explores how to effectively manage customer service representatives and facilitate optimal performance, while simultaneously providing customers with the quality of service they demand, citing examples of organizations that have successfully accomplished this objective.

Parature is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider that enables organizations to fundamentally change the way they support their customers by enabling customer self-service, increasing customer retention and reducing the cost of support. The Parature suite of modules is seamlessly integrated into one solution allowing organizations to effectively manage all of their support needs. This dynamic, online software provides all of the tools necessary to resolve issues quickly and reliably, increasing satisfaction ratings.

“Parature is committed to helping organizations deliver superior customer service, not only through our powerful on-demand software, but also through valuable written content,” stated Parature CEO and President Duke Chung. “Parature has conducted in-depth research to provide relevant and thought provoking insight into industry trends that will enable organizations to provide exceptional customer service and exceed their client expectations.”

To view Parature’s white paper library visit: http://www.parature.com/res_whitepapers.aspx

About Parature, Inc.
Parature is the global leader in on-demand customer support and help desk software. Our web-based support suite enables organizations to fundamentally change the way they support their customers while significantly reducing costs. The Parature suite of modules empowers associations, businesses, academic institutions, and government agencies with the ability to provide critical service information on a 24/7 basis while reducing the inbound support load through customer self-service. As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider, we deliver our solutions over the Internet using a secure, scalable application and system architecture, which allows our customers to eliminate expensive up-front hardware and software costs and to quickly deploy and adopt our on-demand software. Parature helps support over 6,000,000 end-users worldwide and is headquartered in Vienna, VA. For more information about Parature please visit www.parature.com or call 1.877.GO.PARATURE.

New Document Destruction Web Site Helps Companies Become HIPAA Compliant

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A new web site that helps various entities with document management has opened its online directory of document shredding service providers.

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2007 — For businesses working towards HIPAA compliance, there is a resourceful and up-to-the-minute web site to help them locate a local service.

Document-shredding.org is an online directory site which lists various services including mobile document destruction, on site document destruction and other paper shredding services.

"We wanted to create a directory of secure document disposal services that cater to businesses and organizations all across the United States. With new regulatory laws requiring entities to strictly monitor their paper records, there is a big demand for help in this area. We are primarily a directory site that facilitate the process" says Glen Johnson, the owner of the site.

Advantages of using a shredding service:

 

  • Containers: Most shredding companies will provide steel locking containers for office use. Whenever an employee has to toss out a document with confidential information, they can simply put it in the bin, rather than shred it themselves.
  • "Certificates of Destruction". This is good to have in case there are any legal issues.
  • It's easy. Why would anyone bother disposing of documents when mobile shredding services are available? Mobile shredding is probably the easiest, most secure, and most rest freeway of disposing of documents.
  • Securely Shredded — The certified processes make it impossible to reconstruct data.
  • Not very expensive: It may only cost pennies to get rid of lbs of documents.

And there are many more good reasons to hire a professional.

With so many recent high profile instances of document mismanagement, it is more important than ever for businesses who deal with confidential records to have a solid system in place. Even in the digital age, sensitive documents are still used by many entities and the need for proper care is a must to avoid fines.

A lot of the companies in our directory are certified, and most of them can provide prospective clients with more information on the procedures involved in a shredding schedule.

The document shredding site lists services for all of the major cities in the USA and also has contact information for many of these companies. In addition, you can find out more about laws on business document shredding.

To find a service, simply visit http://www.document-shredding.org

 

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Top 10 Most Confusing Yet Widely Used High Tech Buzzwords for 2007

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The Global Language Monitor (www.LanguageMonitor.com) has found the most confusing yet frequently cited high tech buzzwords in 2007 to be iPOD, Flash, Cookie, Nano and Kernel followed by Megahertz, Cell (cell as in cell phone), Plasma, De-duplication, and Blu-Ray. The study was released earlier today, on the 13th anniversary of the 'cookie,' the invention that made the World Wide Web practical for widespread surfing, communication, and e-commerce.

San Diego, CA and Henderson, NV (PRWEB) October 17, 2007 — In a worldwide internet and media analysis, The Global Language Monitor (www.LanguageMonitor.com) has found the most confusing yet frequently cited high tech buzzwords in 2007 to be iPOD, Flash, Cookie, Nano and Kernel followed by Megahertz, Cell (cell as in cell phone), Plasma, De-duplication, and Blu-Ray.

The study was released earlier today, on the 13th anniversary of the 'cookie,' the invention that made the World Wide Web practical for widespread surfing, communication, and e-commerce.

Paul JJ Payack, President of the Global Language Monitor, said "Educational metrics such as the Flesch Test would place a typical paragraph using these words at the Third-grade reading-level. At the same time, most college graduates, even from the most prestigious engineering schools such as MIT, Stanford, and CalTech would be challenged to precisely define all ten. Once again, the High Tech industry has failed its basic language proficiency test."

The analysis was completed using GLM's Predictive Quantities Indicator (PQI), the proprietary algorithm that tracks words and phrases in the media and on the Internet. The words are tracked in relation to frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets. This analysis was performed in earlier this month.

The Most Confusing Yet Frequently Cited High Tech Words of 2007 with Commentary follow:

1. iPOD: We all know the brand, but what exactly is a 'pod'? A gathering of marine mammals? The encasement for peas? The evacuation module from 2001: A Space Odyssey?    

2. Flash: As in Flash Memory. Given it is easier to say than " I brought the report on my EEPROM chip with a thin oxide layer separating a floating gate and control gate utilizing Fowler-Nordheim electron tunneling".

3. Nano: Widely used to describe any small as in nanotechnology. Like the word 'mini' which originally referred to the red hues in Italian miniature paintings, the word nano- is ultimately derived from the ancient Greek word for dwarf.

4. Cookie: Without cookies with their 'persistent state' management mechanism the web as we know it, would cease to exist.

5. Kernel: The core layer of a computer operating system serving as a connection to the underlying hardware. Ultimately derives from the Old English cyrnel, for corn.

6. Megahertz (MHz): Named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz, signifying a million cycles per second in computer processor (and not clock) speed. Next up: GigaHertz (GHz) and TeraHertz (THz), one billion and one trillion cycles.

7. Cell (as in Cell Phone): Operating on the principle of cells, where communicate through low-power transceiver to cellular 'towers' up to 6 miles away (which is why you can connect to ground stations from airplanes at 35,000 feet). The phone connects to the strongest signal which are then passed from tower to tower.

8. Plasma (as in Plasma Television): A top word in the last survey still confusing large-screen TV buyers.

9. De-duplication: One of the newer buzzwords meaning removing duplicated data from a storage device, as in 'we're in the process of de-duping the silo'. Ouch!

10. Blu-Ray (vs. HD DVD). New technology for high capacity DVDs reminiscent of the VHS/Beta wars of the 1980s.

Most Confusing Acronym: SOA (Service-oriented Architecture); IBM had to write a book to explain it!?

Other terms being tracked included terabyte, memory, core, and head crash. Now you can watch Global Language Monitor on YouTube buy clicking on: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=LanguageMonitor&p=r

About the Global Language Monitor
Global Language Monitor analyzes and catalogues the latest trends in language the world over, with a particular emphasis on Global English. Currently, GLM is counting the number of words in the Global English Codex. The Million Word March currently stands at 995,116.

A worldwide assemblage of academics, professional wordsmiths and bibliophiles supports the GLM to monitor the latest trends in the evolution of language, word usage and word choices. For more information, call 1.925.367.7557 or go to www.LanguageMonitor.com.

 

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OnForce Enters Canada with v4.3

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(TheForceField.net) October 16, 2007 — OnForce, Inc. released v4.3 of its platform today, officially expanding into The Great White North . According to an announcement posted on the company blog at  http://blog.onforce.com approximately 100 Canadian Providers are now active and hundreds more are awaiting approval to join the platform. OnForce currently boasts over 11,000 Service Providers in its US operation.

The Canadian platform includes many of the same features and services as its American counterpart as well as those specific for the Canadian marketplace. "…we have taken into consideration the elements that are unique to Canada", Sr. Director of Provider Programs Lauren MacLeod wrote in the company blog. "Most notable are the complexities of tax for both buyers and providers. GST and PST are both fully calculated within the product to enable our users to more easily conduct business in Canada."

The company publicly announced its intention to enter the Canadian market earlier this year and preparations for the move have been underway for months.

 

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Video Ad Directory Launching With Free Classifieds Listings for Advertisers

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A comprehensive video ad directory will soon let advertisers target consumers through online video ads. LeadsByVideo.com, a free video ad sharing service that delivers high quality targeted traffic to advertisers, today announced their intention to launch a video ad directory.

(PRWEB) October 16, 2007 — A comprehensive video ad directory will soon let advertisers target consumers through online video ads. LeadsByVideo.com, a free video ad sharing service that delivers high quality targeted traffic to advertisers, today announced their intention to launch a video ad directory. Video classifieds listings in the business directory are free and compliment the no cost lead acquisition service currently offered to advertisers.

Consumers browsing video ads in the business directory will be able to view information about businesses both local, national and international much like TV ads. Additionally, they will have access to any discounts and coupons offered by the advertiser as well as printable directions to the physical address of specific businesses via Google Maps.

For advertisers to be listed in the classified video ad directory they will need to have a promotional video advertisement. LeadsByVideo will be leveraging their video creation service (launching October 2007) to give advertisers an easy and affordable way to profit from online video marketing.

The launch of the video ad directory is a product development strategy designed to attract more video viewing consumers to LeadsByVideo.com. This makes the site an ideal video classifieds marketplace for business advertisers to showcase their products and services to targeted consumers through set video ad categories.

Bolstered by it's innovative business directory and video creation service, LeadsByVideo will continue to influence the online video ad industry by delivering the highest quality targeted traffic to advertisers.

To learn more or test the effectiveness of your video marketing campaign visit http://www.leadsbyvideo.com

AOL to Lay Off 2,000 Starting Tomorrow

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Charlotte, NC (TheForceField.net) October 15, 2007 — America OnLine will lay off 2,000 of its 10,000 employees starting tomorrow, according to a company e-mail sent this morning. The e-mail, obtained by a former analyst Merrill Lynch, Henry Blodget, and posted in its entirety on The Silicon Valley Insider soon after its release, said the layoffs are to begin Tuesday October 16th and continue for the next two months. However, at least one individual responding to the Silicon Valley Insider report claimed one HR employee was escorted out of the offices of AOL today.

The e-mail, sent by AOL president Randy Falco, touted the company's aquisitions and achievements and outlined its goal of transitioning from an ISP that is subscription based to an advertising based company. The layoffs were announced in the last four paragraphs of the e-mail.

 "As a part of this realignment, tomorrow we begin a reduction in force that will, over the next couple of months, affect a total of about 2,000 people out of our worldwide workforce of 10,000", Falco wrote.

"Everyone impacted by this reduction deserves our thanks and respect for their contributions to the company", Falco continued. "We will aid these individuals in their transition to new opportunities as much as possible, most importantly with what we believe are generous severance packages. "

Falco then returned to touting his vision for the company.  "So where is this taking AOL?" he added. "Put simply, my vision for AOL is to build the largest and most sophisticated global advertising network while we grow the size and engagement of our worldwide audience."

Comments believed to be those of employees posted on The Silicon Valley Insider underneath the e-mail indicate the enthusiasm for his vision was not shared.

 

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