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Overcome Male Anxiety Approaching Retirement
As a man shifts gears and approaches retirement, it's time to get out of the house, interact socially with peers, and find an outlet to share your worldly expertise and lifelong lessons.
Brand Name Turnkey Website Advice
Low cost cookie cutter website solutions may be practical for small business owners on a limited budget, yet having duplicate content that is just like 1000 other sites drastically impacts the value in seo, or search engine optimization.
Out of Control WWW Domains
If a small business owner does not ask, or know to ask, some registrars will intentionally keep their name as the administrative contact on domains they acquire on behalf of clients thinking they have them locked up as a customer indefinitely.
Choosing Small Business Website Names
There's nothing wrong with getting the dot COM domain name you want, and then registering the other major extensions that are available for the same name. If you are highly successful in your online venture, having the other extensions registered in your name prevents others from attempting to take advantage of your reputation by association.
Solve the Mystery of Lost Business
My sales tips and advice for small business owners when calling about proposals that are pending is assume the contract is open. It must be because they didn't call you. Be positive. If your steps in the sales cycle are "hat in hand" then the confidence factor could be killing your efforts.
Small Business Blog Writing Tips
Compare physical exercise to writing posts for your small business blog, and each requires discipline. Both are easy to avoid without feeling guilty, yet the benefits are certainly important to your health, personal and business.
Small Business Blog Integration Advice
Times have changed. Small business blogs are a great opportunity to provide your customers advice, news, and reviews. The value a blog provides to small business owners is fresh content that you may easily add to your site.
Solutions to Stop Friendly Spam
Unwittingly many small business owners forward junk email without a second thought. Did they really leave out "In God We Trust" on the new US one dollar coin?
Small Business Website Failures
Success online is more than just having a website. Realistic expectations require knowledge of how the internet and search engines work.
Fight Against Phishing to Protect Your Reputation and Money
Crime never takes a vacation, and daily errors in judgment has cost countless people and small business owners in the USA time and money attempting to recover losses from stolen identity.
Another Turnkey Online Business Disaster Report
This is an excerpt from an emailed reply to a small business client who lost more than $10,000 making poor choices buying several online turnkey websites. Read between the lines for important advice to help you avoid this costly mistake.
Tap Customer Referrals, The Hidden Gold Mine
This simple yet effective technique can boost your sales with very little effort. Learn what many small business owners have overlooked and how this easy referral system can help promote your business!
Tips to Add Credibility to Your Web Directory Listings
Quality backlinks add value to search engine rankings; however each website directory has rules that you need to follow to avoid having your efforts backfire.
Overcome Writer's Block to Create New Articles Faster
It's easy to come up with an idea-a-minute instead of spending late nights in tears with writer's block.
Don't Ignore Legal Obligations of The CAN-SPAM Act
Stay informed to avoid problems by unwittingly sending unsolicited spam to your customers.
Evaluate Your Website Risk for Becoming Obsolete
Learn why some web sites may become obsolete in the near future.
My 5 Second Rule for Small Business Owners
Advice for introducing your product or service in person or online
Why You Need to Visit WhoIs
An incredible number of web sites disappear every year, and not intentionally
Press Release System for Free Advertising
Get your small business featured in big time publications
8 Important Elements for Small Business Web Sites
Advice for small business owners to review and evaluate their web design.

Fair Trade
Sustainable Organic Gardening
Garden Notes
Energy Saving Tips

Kosher Food
Internet Partners
Article Directory Installation

Sustainability Quotes

"Every man looks at his wood pile with a kind of affection"
- Henry David Thoreau

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
- Derek Bok

Coaching for socially and ecologically conscious people