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Actual for You - Submitting your Site to Yahoo! Directory
Lost: 200 emails gone missing. Last seen on the 25.10.2003
Sound familiar? Ever wondered what happens to those unopened emails that you see in your stats from your latest email campaign/newsletter? Yep, you guessed it-their mail servers are doing it for them. This is what is referred to as a "False Positive". It means that although the recipient has opted in to receive your newsletter, for some reason or another, the mail server's filters have deemed it to be Spam and, in most cases deleted it, before the recipient has had the chance to give their verdict on whether it was worth opening or not. In order to protect themselves (and presumably us) against the onslaught of unwanted emails, the servers have implemented filters, which are designed to stop Spam in its tracks. Of course there a
ug in the keyword "blogging" and hit search. You should get a wide variety of sites returned but what we want to pay attention to is the "Related Directory Categories", and what you see is "Weblogs" and "Weblogs about Blogging". Jackpot. I think we fit into these categories, one issue though, "Weblogs" category is to broad and is one of the "Top Categories". OuSound familiar? Ever wondered what happens to those unopened emails that you see in your stats from your latest email campaign/newsletter? Yep, you guessed it-their mail servers are doing it for them. This is what is referred to as a "False Positive". It means that although the recipient has opted in to receive your newsletter, for some reason or another, the mail server's filters have deemed it to be Spam and, in most cases deleted it, before the recipient has had the chance to give their verdict on whether it was worth opening or not. In order to protect themselves (and presumably us) against the onslaught of unwanted emails, the servers have implemented filters, which are designed to stop Spam in its tracks. Of course there a
Build Your Brand Without Busting Your Budget
Coke. Pepsi.Adidas. Nike.Levi's. You.You? Yes, you.For the home-based business owner, establishing a brand is key to success. Powerhouse corporations spend millions of dollars establishing their brands in the hearts and minds of their target audience. However, for most small business owners, buying a commercial during the Super Bowl is simply not in the budget. It's not in mine, anyway.So what can small business owners do to establish their credibility and become known in the hearts and minds of their target market? Is it possible to create a brand on a budget?More importantly, can it be done quickly? Because we all know that speed is life, and if you're living on internet time, there's nothing like now
Yahoo is a tough engine to get your blog into, least if you are trying to get in without paying. I have determined to try to find a way to get listed without paying, but that takes patience. A few weeks have passed since I attempted to submit to Yahoo! Directory and since then I have received nothing in emails from them, nor do I find my site listed in the directory yet. Oddly enough my website is showing up in the yahoo web search sporadically. So I figured its time to resubmit, but this time I think we will try some new things and discuss our methods.Coke. Pepsi.Adidas. Nike.Levi's. You.You? Yes, you.For the home-based business owner, establishing a brand is key to success. Powerhouse corporations spend millions of dollars establishing their brands in the hearts and minds of their target audience. However, for most small business owners, buying a commercial during the Super Bowl is simply not in the budget. It's not in mine, anyway.So what can small business owners do to establish their credibility and become known in the hearts and minds of their target market? Is it possible to create a brand on a budget?More importantly, can it be done quickly? Because we all know that speed is life, and if you're living on internet time, there's nothing like now
Since we submitted our site to Yahoo! via the free submission, then there is a chance that the editor didn't have time to review it. So we keep trying. Especially since we didn’t receive a email with a announcement to our listing or a denial.
To get listed in the directory, for free, you need to do some research first.
Note: Be sure to read http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/appropriate.html and any other Yahoo! suggest information first. It does help.
Start out with writing down search terms that are the most defining to your site. For oursite the list looks something like this "blogging", "income from blogging", "how to blog", "professional blogging", "blogging tips", "blogging help" etc… So lets start out with searching the directory with our first search term "blogging". First navigate to the http://dir.yahoo.com and plug in the keyword "blogging" and hit search. You should get a wide variety of sites returned but what we want to pay attention to is the "Related Directory Categories", and what you see is "Weblogs" and "Weblogs about Blogging". Jackpot. I think we fit into these categories, one issue though, "Weblogs" category is to broad and is one of the "Top Categories". Our
5 Bulletproof Business Secrets For Graphic Designers & Advertisers
What You Will Learn By Reading ThisThis article covers getting your own blog, finding great FREE content for it, how to get interviews from famous designers for your blog, setting up a list and driving traffic to your site. Read on, o great one!Be A List Rock Star In No TimeWhy, you say? Why should I get a list? Well, one, your opinionated right?Get Your Own Megaphone, & Force The World To Listen To YouOk, starting from scratch, you are a creative person. All creative people, you, have big strong opinions. These opinions can hurt you and help you! The best thing to do if you cannot shut up is get your own megaphone, a blog, for instance. If you go to www.blogger.com and you can get your o
ctory yet. Oddly enough my website is showing up in the yahoo web search sporadically. So I figured its time to resubmit, but this time I think we will try some new things and discuss our methods.What You Will Learn By Reading ThisThis article covers getting your own blog, finding great FREE content for it, how to get interviews from famous designers for your blog, setting up a list and driving traffic to your site. Read on, o great one!Be A List Rock Star In No TimeWhy, you say? Why should I get a list? Well, one, your opinionated right?Get Your Own Megaphone, & Force The World To Listen To YouOk, starting from scratch, you are a creative person. All creative people, you, have big strong opinions. These opinions can hurt you and help you! The best thing to do if you cannot shut up is get your own megaphone, a blog, for instance. If you go to www.blogger.com and you can get your o
Since we submitted our site to Yahoo! via the free submission, then there is a chance that the editor didn't have time to review it. So we keep trying. Especially since we didn’t receive a email with a announcement to our listing or a denial.
To get listed in the directory, for free, you need to do some research first.
Note: Be sure to read http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/appropriate.html and any other Yahoo! suggest information first. It does help.
Start out with writing down search terms that are the most defining to your site. For oursite the list looks something like this "blogging", "income from blogging", "how to blog", "professional blogging", "blogging tips", "blogging help" etc… So lets start out with searching the directory with our first search term "blogging". First navigate to the http://dir.yahoo.com and plug in the keyword "blogging" and hit search. You should get a wide variety of sites returned but what we want to pay attention to is the "Related Directory Categories", and what you see is "Weblogs" and "Weblogs about Blogging". Jackpot. I think we fit into these categories, one issue though, "Weblogs" category is to broad and is one of the "Top Categories". Ou
Charismatic Communication - Discovering and Building a Mutual Space with Your Audience - Part One
Charismatic communication demands a transaction between speaker and listeners, and, as with most forms of fair-trading, customer satisfaction is predicated on exchanging things of equal value. For example, in exchange for a piece of electronic equipment at your local electrical store, you hand over its alleged value in dollars. In effect, the salesman buys your money with the piece of equipment.Similar dynamics apply when you seek to buy people's commitment to your proposals or ideas. So, what currency do you need to use to purchase attention and a fair hearing from your audience? The currency comes in three denominations:1. Discovery 2. Groundwork 3. DialogueYou can choose to spend a reasonable amount of time in discovery
ially since we didn’t receive a email with a announcement to our listing or a denial. Charismatic communication demands a transaction between speaker and listeners, and, as with most forms of fair-trading, customer satisfaction is predicated on exchanging things of equal value. For example, in exchange for a piece of electronic equipment at your local electrical store, you hand over its alleged value in dollars. In effect, the salesman buys your money with the piece of equipment.Similar dynamics apply when you seek to buy people's commitment to your proposals or ideas. So, what currency do you need to use to purchase attention and a fair hearing from your audience? The currency comes in three denominations:1. Discovery 2. Groundwork 3. DialogueYou can choose to spend a reasonable amount of time in discovery
To get listed in the directory, for free, you need to do some research first.
Note: Be sure to read http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/appropriate.html and any other Yahoo! suggest information first. It does help.
Start out with writing down search terms that are the most defining to your site. For oursite the list looks something like this "blogging", "income from blogging", "how to blog", "professional blogging", "blogging tips", "blogging help" etc… So lets start out with searching the directory with our first search term "blogging". First navigate to the http://dir.yahoo.com and plug in the keyword "blogging" and hit search. You should get a wide variety of sites returned but what we want to pay attention to is the "Related Directory Categories", and what you see is "Weblogs" and "Weblogs about Blogging". Jackpot. I think we fit into these categories, one issue though, "Weblogs" category is to broad and is one of the "Top Categories". Ou
Taghuchi Testing: Double Your E-Newsletter Conversions
If you’re really interested in using your e-newsletter to add value then you’re probably already measuring it in terms of conversions. You might be calling those conversions opening rate, click-through rate, seminar signups, sales, whitepaper downloads or a range of other metrics. Regardless of how you measure conversions you’re almost certainly trying to improve your results and testing is the only way to consistently do that.What’s more, if you’re like most people you’d be happy to improve those conversions a few percentage points on each e-newsletter. Well, what if there was a way to double or triple the number of conversions you receive?Impossible? There is way and the secret is to vastly improve your a
writing down search terms that are the most defining to your site. For oursite the list looks something like this "blogging", "income from blogging", "how to blog", "professional blogging", "blogging tips", "blogging help" etc… So lets start out with searching the directory with our first search term "blogging". First navigate to the http://dir.yahoo.com and plug in the keyword "blogging" and hit search. You should get a wide variety of sites returned but what we want to pay attention to is the "Related Directory Categories", and what you see is "Weblogs" and "Weblogs about Blogging". Jackpot. I think we fit into these categories, one issue though, "Weblogs" category is to broad and is one of the "Top Categories". OuIf you’re really interested in using your e-newsletter to add value then you’re probably already measuring it in terms of conversions. You might be calling those conversions opening rate, click-through rate, seminar signups, sales, whitepaper downloads or a range of other metrics. Regardless of how you measure conversions you’re almost certainly trying to improve your results and testing is the only way to consistently do that.What’s more, if you’re like most people you’d be happy to improve those conversions a few percentage points on each e-newsletter. Well, what if there was a way to double or triple the number of conversions you receive?Impossible? There is way and the secret is to vastly improve your a
Dealing With Poor Performance
Recent research in business management demonstrates the over riding importance of positive work relationships in building a profitable company. Business schools which have historically focused on the task dimensions of leadership are beginning to get the message and are putting more emphasis on building interpersonal skills in future managers. This approach is coming to be known as "relationship-leadership."The relationship-leadership approach to managing people differs from traditional management practices in many subtle ways. To demonstrate the difference, we will look at an alternative way of dealing with an employee's poor perform-ance.Let's start with a story. Tom just joined the organization as a salesman. He comes to t
ug in the keyword "blogging" and hit search. You should get a wide variety of sites returned but what we want to pay attention to is the "Related Directory Categories", and what you see is "Weblogs" and "Weblogs about Blogging". Jackpot. I think we fit into these categories, one issue though, "Weblogs" category is to broad and is one of the "Top Categories". Our chances of getting listed here is about nil. So lets hit "Weblogs About Blogging". Take note that there is no more sub-categories and there is only 31 sites listed here, that’s a good thing.Recent research in business management demonstrates the over riding importance of positive work relationships in building a profitable company. Business schools which have historically focused on the task dimensions of leadership are beginning to get the message and are putting more emphasis on building interpersonal skills in future managers. This approach is coming to be known as "relationship-leadership."The relationship-leadership approach to managing people differs from traditional management practices in many subtle ways. To demonstrate the difference, we will look at an alternative way of dealing with an employee's poor perform-ance.Let's start with a story. Tom just joined the organization as a salesman. He comes to t
Ok, so now we have found our category, lets get to the submission. Click the "Suggest a Site" link on the page. Now you should be brought to a page that is titled appropriately "Suggest a Site to the Yahoo! Directory". On this page you will have one of 2 views; The first gives you a choice to either submit the site via the "Standard" Submit (the free one!) or the "Yahoo! Directory Submit (with the 7 Day Guarantee and $299 us dollar fee!). The second view you may get shows ONLY the paid submit. If you get this, you have 2 choices. Either find another category that fits your site and shows you the "Standard" submit, or Pay. Since we have the option of "Standard" submission, we are going to try that. We click the "Standard Consideration" option and verify that the category is correct and hit continue. You will have to login/register with Yahoo! ID if you haven't already. The next screen should be the main submission form.
The Yahoo Directory Suggest a Site form is pretty simple to fill out. If you really don’t care, just fill out the appropriate fields and hit submit. But that's probably not going to help you in your chances nor is it going to help your directory listings if you happen to get accepted. So here we need to pay
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