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Plugins for WordPress…Part One Quite possibly one of my favourite subjects and I’ve been known to while away many an hour (full blown day) just testing out new plugins for the awesome WordPress platform. I’d like to share some of my ‘Must Haves‘ here, there are of course many, many more lists out there from other folks [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Plugins, Plugins Everywhere so Which Ones Should You Choose? [part one] Related posts:Membership Software I Use and Recommend for WordPress It’s important to get the right membership software from the... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

If you are selling anything online, testimonials and/or references go a long way into aiding a potential customer to make a choice. Great testimonials with links to the person who submitted it are better as they are more verifiable should the customer wish to do so. They probably won’t but they’ll be more confident because [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business What to Do when You Have No Testimonials No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Whether it’s your team of staff managing your customer service or you, there are simple things that you can do to go the extra mile and really encourage customer loyalty. Not only does it help to build your brand, it actually comes and pays you back ten-fold. Here are a few ways that you can consider [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business 7 Ways to Ensure Customer Loyalty – Part 1 Related posts:55 Ecommerce Tips That Totally Rock 1)     Your site title is an important SEO benefit but...5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Website Or Else You Could be Throwing Money Away… It is... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Only to Get Met With That Look? I’m sure most of us ‘Internet Marketers’ have experienced it in some way or another. It’s why we feel such a bond with our online peers, and why we often spend too much time on Social Networks. These people online ‘get you’, they understand the language you speak, the [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Ever Tried to Explain What You ‘Do’ Online? [Free Gift] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Top eCommerce Tips that are powerful for traffic and conversion and have a massive impact. Easy to implement, get started today! - Nikki

I’ve decided to write about the launch of a new course, because I think that following what’s going on behind the scenes could be beneficial to you. So, to give you a little background; I have developed a training course primarily aimed at Work at Home Mums. I’m not segmenting myself off, as anyone is ‘allowed’ [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Work at Home Mum – How to Build a WAHM Business Part 1 Related posts:Why Mumpreneurs Really Do Need to Know About SEO Do You Know How to Optimize Your Site? I... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Setting Up a Shop the right way will determine your long term success. If you already have an eCommerce store and are wondering why you have few customers, low conversion or little traffic then perhaps it’s time to consider some aspects of running an online store that often don’t occur to a new estore owner. How [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business ‘Setting Up a Shop’ eCommerce Guide Related posts:55 Ecommerce Tips That Totally Rock 1)     Your site title is an important SEO benefit but...Do You really Want to Rank For That? Finding the Right Keywords Time and time again I see...How to SEO with the Ecommerce Course Tell Me How to SEO…. After working with and around... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

It’s important to get the right membership software from the offset as it will save you hours of time and a lot of money. When I opened my first membership site, which now has over 800 members, I used the popular Ning platform which is great for creating Social Networks – so for that, it served [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Membership Software I Use and Recommend for WordPress No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Do You Know How to Optimize Your Site? I rather got on my soapbox the other day regarding Search Engine Optimisation, because it’s getting to the point where I think it’s more a case of many people just not ‘being bothered’ to learn it rather than just not ‘getting it’. And this bothers me why? Well, I [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Why Mumpreneurs Really Do Need to Know About SEO No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Twitter feedback and long experience brings you the best 55 ecommerce tips for estore owners. - Nikki

Tell Me How to SEO…. After working with and around folks (mainly work at home mums) with online businesses for the past couple of years, it hasn’t gone un-noticed how people are starting to (finally) savvy up to the importance of optimizing their websites. It’s not enough to have a brilliant idea and just ‘go with it’ [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business How to SEO with the Ecommerce Course No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Finding the Right Keywords Time and time again I see web masters flogging themselves to death to rank for a certain keyword. They believe that if they can only get to page one on Google with this keyword then the floodgates of wealth will open. After weeks (sometimes months) of trying, they finally make it to the [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Do You really Want to Rank For That? Related posts:Poking Google in the Proverbial Eye When you go to Google and search for something, you... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

When it comes to social networking nothing is written in stone so you need to use your common sense. Below I have outlined some of the more common faux-pas of Social Networking. Stick to the Netiquette and avoid the following and you won’t go far wrong. Shoving your business down other people’s throats is utterly tasteless [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business 5 Social Networking Faux Pas to Avoid No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

I love Hootsuite – it does everything you need if you use Twitter for business (in addition to pleasure). The two main qualities that I really like are the ability to schedule Tweets and the Stat-counter – oh and the really easy user interface and did I mention the multi a/c use? It’s nicely laid out, easy [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business HootSuite – Best Twitter Client for Scheduled Tweets and Tracking No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

1)     Your site title is an important SEO benefit but more importantly it will attract click throughs when constructed properly. Use it wisely! 2)     You must ensure that the images you use in your shop are of high quality. Customers will be quite put off by low quality pictures as they will perceive the product to [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business 55 Ecommerce Tips That Totally Rock Related posts:Poking Google in the Proverbial Eye When you go to Google and search for something, you... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

It’s true folks, there is a thief among us and thankfully for you, you just got the heads up on the culprit. The Internet has been going around and silently stealing hours of time from innocent souls on a daily basis – have you fallen victim to its wily ways? I’m Outing The Internet Time Thief! I [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Where Did the Time Go? Related posts:How Much is Your Time Worth? What would your hourly rate be? £6ph? £8ph? Maybe you’d...How to Structure a WAHM Day Structuring Your Day Who am I to tell you... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Having the freedom to work online is something that many people desire, many people actually do and many people will fail to ever achieve. That is a simple fact and there is no hoodoo voodoo working its mojo, giving some folks a break and others a damn hard time. The fact is this; the people who [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Perserverence, Patience and Passion No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

When you go to Google and search for something, you get back a whole load of relevant search results within a millisecond. It’s at this point that you raise the inner cup of thanks to the ‘Google Gods’ for delivering the information that you were looking for. And indeed you should – for Google rocks! However, the [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Poking Google in the Proverbial Eye No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Free Downloadable PDF If ever there was a good place to start, this is it. Now available as a completely free download to you today. Just right click and ’save as’ on the book on the left and then get stuck in. Easy format for printing if that is your preferred method – either way just read [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business Napoleon Hill – Think and Grow Rich Free PDF Download No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

There is no denying the sheer ‘WoW’ factor of StomperNet – the faculty members are world class, the forums are an absolute goldmine of information which alone would stand you in good stead with your business, and then there is the huge volume of media in there that you can learn from. These courses within the [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business StomperNet – An Insiders reView No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Structuring Your Day Who am I to tell you how to structure your day? And doesn’t it get on your nerves when you keep reading these unrealistic articles about ‘Time Management’ and how you can work from home, whilst being a mum, a cook, a cleaner, a chauffeur, a teacher, a helper, a listener and… well [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business How to Structure a WAHM Day No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

Or Else You Could be Throwing Money Away… It is said that a visitor to a website makes their mind up whether to stay within 3-5 seconds of landing on your site. This is the average time – some people will decide in a second. So below are just 5 simple ways that you can ensure you [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business 5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Website No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

What would your hourly rate be? £6ph? £8ph? Maybe you’d be charging more like £15 an hour or more. How much is an hour of your time worth to YOUR business? If you take into account the amount of marketing you could do – it could be £25 per hour or £50 per hour or [...] Post from: Nikki Backshall - WAHM Coach Head to the blog for loads more quality information for your WAHM Business How Much is Your Time Worth? No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. - Nikki

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I was asked an interesting question over on Web Mums recently and it has stirred up some further questions via the various media outlets I use. I know that this is something that many of you often wonder about and can relate to, so I thought it would be interesting to share it with you [...]

The Twitter snobbery war rages on, who do we trust and do we really need to trust anyone other than ourselves? Twitter is one of the most powerful Social Tools around but there has always been debates on how best to use it and lately accusations of Twitter Snobbery. Below is a video that Perry Belcher made [...]

And by that I mean that it is impossible! By definition, the term ‘Optimized’ means; tr.v. op·ti·mized, op·ti·miz·ing, op·ti·miz·es To make as perfect or effective as possible. Computer Science To increase the computing speed and efficiency of (a program), as by rewriting instructions. To make the most of. . So you see, you cannot over optimize something. If something is ‘perfect’ [...]

When choosing a brand name for your business with the intention of creating a website, the case study below highlights one domain name pitfall to avoid making yourself. When you are choosing a domain name, the name you decide upon will very much depend on your purpose for having a domain name in the [...]

If you are a marketer of information products then it is industry standard to build a list of subscribers. This list is one of your biggest business assets as you can send regular offers and news to increase your revenue. So why it is that selling physical products online from your e-Commerce store should be any [...]

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