Focus & Action

Holiday Sales Are All About Backlinks

August 18, 2011 By Jackie Lee 94 Comments

**note** This is a post I published early this year... however it is a great post that's been buried in the archives. Now is the time to get on top of your link building if you want to capitalize on the holiday shopping rush. It takes some time for your links to be found, and to boost your ranking, so get started now! Here's the post! I know, I've backed off on doing a ton of niche marketing, but I'm getting the feedback that my readers haven't. I'm also getting feedback from people … [Read more...]

Jane Deere: Community Blog Review

August 16, 2011 By Jackie Lee 26 Comments

With the changes my business is going through, I've decided to move the Community Blog Review over here. I'm excited to bring it to this community because you guys are great, and have lots of opinions. Let's review the rules: 1. comment with kindness in your heart. We’re all here to help one another grow ~ the best way I’ve found to do that is in a kind and caring manner. Even the parts we think might be done differently we can still approach those comments in a constructive and … [Read more...]

You Only Have One Chance to Make a First Impression…

August 11, 2011 By Jackie Lee 58 Comments

If you've been with me for a while you know this site has gone through many changes... changes related to target market... topics, and definitely themes... Well guess what... it's about to change again, and this time it may be even bigger. I may be changing the entire domain name (but I haven't exactly decided if I'm brave enough for that yet). Here's what's going on... Way back in 2007 I got this wild idea I would help other moms learn how to make money online so they could stay home … [Read more...]

How to Generate Leads from Your Blog

August 9, 2011 By Jackie Lee 14 Comments

It doesn't matter what kind of business you have... whether it's a Network Marketing company you represent or you have your own Etsy store, or even an affiliate marketing site you need customers for ~ generating leads is huge. In fact, it's the life blood of your business. If you're looking at traditional "leads" they can be very expensive and of very low quality... what you want and need are high quality, super targeted leads... you need people who are looking for exactly what you've … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Beat The Summer Slump

August 4, 2011 By Jackie Lee 21 Comments

There are many wonderful things about Summer, like vacations, and swimming, and hiking, and kyaking, and and and... You see what all of those things have in common? They are NOT in the house in front of the computer... As a business owner you may be experiencing what is known as... The Summer Slump That time of year, usually around August where everything seems to just. slow. down. It happens to me, and after talking with some other IM friends I'm pretty sure it happens to just about … [Read more...]

4 Tricks to Change Your Mind and Business

August 2, 2011 By Jackie Lee 16 Comments

I bet I can tell you why you're not successful. It's not because you didn't pick the right niche. It's not because you didn't build enough backlinks. It's not because you don't have enough twitter followers. Nope. It's none of those. I bet you're not seeing the success you so richly deserve because of your head. I'd hazard a guess that at least 80% of success, in anything, is held within the mind. Our thoughts, beliefs, motivations, BELIEFS, and the things we say to ourselves as we walk … [Read more...]

Share Your Vacation In a Way Your Readers Will Love

July 28, 2011 By Jackie Lee 10 Comments

It is that time of year... vacation time. It seems everyone is going on vacation and coming home to blog about it. I do love seeing the pictures, and hearing about your fun times... but I would enjoy it much more if somehow related to the topic of your blog. I do come and read your blog regularly because it's about something I am interested in... so while I love to get to know you, I'd love it even more if I could get something topic related out of it too. Here's some examples: Book … [Read more...]

How To Get More Traffic and Have Fun Doing It

July 26, 2011 By Jackie Lee 35 Comments

I recently watched the movie Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on Netflix. I was totally inspired to do something to better my health. I finally decided to do a 10 day juice fast. I opened an account at Join the Reboot ~ the site that kind of goes along with the movie, started participating. The site is not laid out very well, and things can be difficult to find. I decided to set up my own site so I could track my progress, and keep track of the recipes I liked and hopefully connect with other people … [Read more...]

How to Get Started with Blog Frog

July 19, 2011 By Jackie Lee 23 Comments

This is a guest post from the wonderful Allie of Ramblings of a Wahm. I appreciate her taking the time to clue me in on some of these sites I've never really used... Thanks Allie! "Each time you participate in a BlogFrog Community or visit a BlogFrog member’s blog you gain exposure for your blog." ~The Blog Frog You are a blogger. You have joined Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and any other social networking platform that was thrown at you. You are working on networking and … [Read more...]