George Dubec’s Top Ten Internet New Year’s Resolutions for 2008

1 – Establish a budget and develop a twelve month online marketing plan for your website

2 – Establish the KPI (key performance indicators) to track your online marketing campaigns and conversion rates

3 – Make sure you have a recent back-up of your website

4 – Make sure all the prominent pages of your website are optimized for search engines

5 – Build as many quality links as possible to your website

6 – Assign a top level person in your company to manage your website

7 – Plan on updating the information on your website frequently to insure that you will be providing fresh, relevant content for the search engines to spider

8 – Make sure you are properly registered on Local Search on all the major search engines

9 – Consider developing a version of your website for mobile applications (.mobi)

10 – Find out how you can take advantage of social online networking by using blogs, chat rooms, myspace, youtube, discussion groups, news forums, bulletin boards

If you are not able to follow through with the above resolutions for the upcoming new year then you should call experts like WebStream Internet Solutions to help you with design, programming, hosting, online marketing or any of your technical needs at 888-932-2333. Remember that your website is an extension of your business. Most companies are not taking full advantage of their websites! Demand more from your website and consider it an important sales and marketing tool. Make sure that your website is making you money versus costing you money.

George Dubec's Top Ten Personal New Year's Resolutions for 2008

It’s important to take control of your personal life no matter what kind of business you are in or career you have. I am the Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing for WebStream Internet Solutions and I work almost sixty hours per week and sometimes I am in the office seven days a week. Not only do I take care of customers but I write for my blog and produce and host a weekly radio show, “The Internet Business Hour” which is now broadcast in over sixty markets. I make sure that I have the time to balance my life properly with family, children, work, social time and most importantly fitness and health. I may be sixty one years old but I am operating like someone in their thirties. By proper planning you can accomplish everything you need to and want to.

1 – Earn more money to save more money and give more money
Just remember that you won’t ever own anything. You are just using it. Money is like oil, it just helps you slide through life easier!

2 – Spend more time with your family and especially your kids
Your kids are more important than you! Take responsibility for their actions and their lives. You are their real teacher.

3 – Get organized
Find out how to prioritize your time and maximize your efforts. If you are watching TV more than a couple of hours a week then you are not using time wisely.

4 – Exercise a minimum of five (5) times per week (at least for an hour per day)
You really should set a goal for seven (7) days a week for a hard workout at least one hour per day. Workout more and eat less!

5 – Appreciate what you have (enjoy life)
Especially if you live in America. Most of us are living better than the greatest Pharoahs of Egypt.

6 – Eat as healthy and as little as possible
Eat to live not live to eat! Eat less and workout more!

7 – Help others (give without expecting anything in return; you must first give to get)
If you really want to help someone, do it because you want to and not because you are going to get something back. Your reward is your good deed.

8 – No matter what happens learn to say, “So what !!”
In the grand scheme of things nothing is all that important. Being centered and in control of your personal universe is the key.

9 – Become more disciplined, moral, ethical and respectful
When you have a choice to make it’s simple, do what is right and just. Always respect yourself, your parents, your body, your country, other people and especially the earth! Once you lose respect for any of these then you are lost! Learn to say thank you privately and openly to others constantly.

10 – Be careful what you let into your mind (listen to your inner self only as you already know what’s right for you)
Don’t except things on face value. Everyone is trying to get you to see things their way. Find out the background of those that produce the books, music, movies, TV shows and other material that you are exposed to before you let them into your mind.

Bonus Resolution: Try to make yourself better every day in every way!
Make your body look better, work harder on your relationships, get more fit, learn to speak better, write better, be more creative; spend time making more money. Life is a process of never ending self improvement!

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The bottom line of life is that you’re born, you procreate, then you die! Approximately 150 years from now no living human today will still be alive!

2008 is almost here, and you have probably started thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions.

My list above is a jump start for you. So put check marks to as many of the above as possible, even before 2008 starts.

DO YOU WANT TO FEEL GOOD IN 2008?
The better I look, the better I feel!
The harder I work, the better I feel!
The more I workout, the better I feel!
The more money I make, the better I feel!
The more people I help, the better I feel!
The more I learn, the better I feel!
The more I spend time and work with my children, the better I feel!
The more I am thankful, the better I feel!
The better I feel, the more I want to feel better!PS: Who needs Prozac!

Increase E-commerce Conversions

“Better Product Images Are Worth A Thousand Calls to Action”

Having the best possible product images will do wonders for your conversion rate. Research indicates that product images are a major factor in converting visitors. In fact, 83 percent of eBay shoppers skip listings without images, while sites with image galleries get 15% more activity and those with so-called super-size photos show a 24 % spike in sales. A better photo wins every time.

Skimping on the quality of product images and using manufacturer-supplied images is common. To see a great example of product images used well, check out TigerDirect.com. Not only do they show multiple product images; they also redline the features for their visitors. The extra effort is worth it.

George Dubec – Selected as 2008 Internet Advertising Competition Awards Judge

As a past Web Marketing Association (http://www.webaward.org) judge for 2006 and 2007, George Dubec has been invited to participate as a judge for the 2008 IAC Awards. They are expecting a record number of entries from around the world and are grateful for industry leaders to continue to support this worthwhile program.

Judges help set the standard of excellence for online advertising development. Industry leaders have a responsibility to share their expertise to improve what is expected from online advertising and marketing to reward those who are executing creative and marketing strategies effectively.

2008 IAC Awards Call for Entries

The Web Marketing Association is launching its sixth annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards. The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising. The Competition Web site is located at www.iacaward.org and the deadline for entry is January 31, 2008.

The Internet Advertising Competition Awards are open to all organizations and individuals (advertising and interactive agencies, corporate marketing departments, etc.) involved in the process of developing Internet advertising. Entries may be submitted online at www.iacaward.org. The deadline for entry is January 31, 2008 and will be judged on creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting, and use of the medium.

George Dubec, Sr, VP of Marketing and Sales for WebStream Internet Solutions is regarded as an industry leader and Internet Marketing Specialist. He is also the “Voice of the Internet” based on his broadcast radio show “The Internet Business Hour”, which plays in over sixty markets. The show has been on the air now for over six years and has become an industry standard.

If you would like to contact Mr. Dubec, email to gdubec@webstream.net or 888-932-2333 # 222.

32 Important Search Marketing Acronyms

1. BL = Backlink
2. CPC = Cost Per Click
3. CSE = Comparison Shopping Engine or Custom Search Engine (Google)
4. CSS = Cascading Style Sheet
5. DC = Data Center
6. DMOZ = Directory - Mozilla
7. HTML = HyperText Markup Language
8. IBL = Inbound Link
9. IPB9 = Internet Business Promoter
10. LSA = Latent semantic analysis
11. LSI = Latent Semantic Indexing
12. OBL = Outbound Link
13. ODP = Open Direcrory Project, See DMOZ
14. OWBL = One way back link
15. PPA = Pay Per Action
16. PPC = Pay Per Click
17. PR = PageRank
18. RI = Regular index
19. RSS = RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication
20. SE = Search Engine
21. SEM = Search Engine Marketing
22. SEO = Search Engine Optimization (Optimisation)
23. SERP = Search Engine Results Page
24. SI = Supplemental Index
25. SSE = Yahoo! Search Submit Express
26. SSP = Yahoo! Search Submit Pro
27. SWL = SiteWide Link
28. TBPR = Toolbar PageRank
29. TR = Trust Rank
30. VIPS = Visual-block Page Segmentation
31. WP/WP4 = Web Position/Web Position 4
32. XML = Extensible Markup Language

FREE WebStream Seminar

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“Sell Your Products and Services Online”

FREE E-Commerce Seminar
Thursday – December 6, 2007
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Let George Dubec, industry expert, provide valuable information to help you sell your products and services to a local, regional, national or international market. Learn how your website can make money and generate revenues.

FIND OUT:

• How to develop an online sales and marketing plan
• How to design a website that is E-commerce enabled
• How to optimize your E-commerce website for search engines
• How to set-up an easy to use, effective shopping cart
• How to establish a sales oriented Opt-in E-mail program
• How to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
• How to offer sales and feature items on your website
• How to set-up an Affiliate program
• How to get links from other related sites
• How to economically process credit card transactions online
• How to offer incentives and promotions to buy your products and services
• How to get more targeted traffic to your website interested in buying your products and services

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