Because online business calls for a wide variety of skills and talents, no one person can or should tackle them all on their own. There are several tasks that can easily and, more importantly, beneficially be outsourced elsewhere. Here are just a few of them.

1 - Website Design - If you are running an online business, you need to put as much time and effort into your website as you would a brick and mortar store. Getting an attractive, easy to use website is not easy and you will find that there are many professional website designers who are looking to wow you with their expertise. This is something that is well-worth the money spent. You’ll be able to rest assured that your website design is attractive and easy to navigate, which is always a plus for turning visitors into buyers.

2 - Search Engine Optimization - If you run an online business, you already know how important search engine traffic is to your success. In order to rank high for your keywords and phrases, hiring a search engine optimization expert or link-building service will help to put you on the map. Search engine optimization, when done correctly, will increase the traffic to your website and is an easy way to get your business name out there for the entire world to see.

3 –Writing - For many people, writing is not a strong point in their business. Therefore, putting well written, action provoking content on their website is a difficult task. However, this is NOT an area to be skimped upon when it comes to online business. The content on a website has a direct effect on search engine rankings. Copy that is neglected will show when it comes to a business’ bottom line. If you find it difficult to get the results you are looking for with your writing, consider outsourcing it to a qualified writer. You will find that there are a ton of freelancers who can help you get the content you want, to help generate sales from your visitors.

4 – Blogging - If you’ve been online for any amount of time, you already know that Web 2.0 and all that goes with it are important parts of your business. One way to add value to your business is to create a blog. You can easily find a qualified contractor to help you update the blog and provide ghostwritten blog posts for you. A great way to keep in touch with customers, clients and others interested in your business, outsourcing your blog tasks will keep you from overextending yourself.

5 - Customer Support - For those who sell a product, whether it’s candles or ebooks, more than likely you will need customer support. Outsourcing is a great deal easier than putting together a full support staff, training them, and then getting them set up with equipment. When outsourcing customer support, you will be making the most out of your time and ensuring that your customers get the most out of their products.

These are only a few of the many business activities that you can outsource.
If you’d like to know more check out www.OutsourceWeekly.com for a step-by-step guide to get started.

by Barry J McDonald.

We all know article writing is the best thing for getting targeted traffic to our website, make us look like an expert on our given topic and fantastic from creating back links to our website for SEO purposes.

But is there is wrong way and right way to write an article??

What should you do?

Commandment no.1

Always put the reader first, with so much information on the internet today people are bombarded with articles, newsletters and mailings every day so why should they take the time to read your article?

You should always give great content, you may feel that you’re spilling the beans or giving away all your secrets, but who says you have to give it all away.

You can give your readers a taster of what you know and then when they’re hooked and find themselves down at the bottom of the article without no where else to go, lead them on to your website where they can either read more about it or if they want can purchase a product to find out more.

We all know that the majority of website have a poor conversion rate (maybe 1%). But by bringing your customer in after reading an article you’ve put the odds in your favor of getting a sale.

Because they’ve gotten to know you because an article has your personality in it, and this helps you can gain more trust because of it. So I suppose you could call your article a pre-sale or a soft sell, rather a website that screams… buy me!…buy me!

Also remember if your visitor has come from an article rather than a click thru from some banner ad or adword ad they now have an easier chance of getting back to your site because they remember you from the article.

And also as a side note… if your article is good quality it’ll probably get passed from one person to another (You never heard anyone say “Hey I saw a great banner ad today you should have seen it!…. or here’s a copy of it!  .. But… this can happen to articles!”)

That concludes today’s lesson, and remember if you do write a good article it’ll get passed around and around, and who know it may be around when you’re grand kids are surfing the net!!

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