http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/ Articles at Business Articles Directory | Small Business Articles en-us http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/earn-extra-money-from-home-making-use-of-rss-feeds-for-your-blogs.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/earn-extra-money-from-home-making-use-of-rss-feeds-for-your-blogs.html Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:05:17 -0500
RSS makes it possible for sites to be able to provide quick summaries of important links and descriptions. This will permit them to syndicate their content by permitting other bloggers to use this summary as part of a list of summaries on a topic of their own choosing. Bloggers utilize what they call a 'feed aggregator' or a 'feedreader' to collect these summaries. These aggregators find RSS feeds to aggregate from selected sites - such as Yahoo and MSN - and selected smaller sites, such as personal blogs and news sites.

When utilizing an aggregator there is a script which can be generated and you may insert it into your blog, this creates an rss feed that draws the news and blog posts from other sites. Having ones own rss feed you can also syndicate your content across the internet. With these rss feeds it is easy to add fresh content to your blog. This in turn saves you significant time as you don't have to try to find all this information on your own.

Using rss feeds helps drive traffic to your site and helps you keep hold of that traffic aided by the addition of new content designed to keep your readers coming back for more. As long as you have chosen a feed aggregator and selected feeds from distinctive sites and blogs you will possess your new content.

With your new updated content all the time, you can ping more often and that will help get higher rankings for your targeted keywords. With the use of this simple RSS feed it can help you out a great deal by allowing you to add fresh content to your blog without actually updating it yourself. Search engines love blogs and especially new content. Another plus is that it will create backlinks to your sites which help with your sites ranking within the serps.

We as internet marketers are always in a constant drive to obtain traffic for our sites and rss feeds are an additional tool in our arsenal to accomplish that goal. If you want the traffic bad enough you will get out there and work for it. ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/what-to-know-about-rss-and-search-engine-optimisation.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/what-to-know-about-rss-and-search-engine-optimisation.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:02:49 -0600
One of the most important elements of a RSS feed is the channel title. The channel title is the first thing a website visitor will see so it should make a first good impression to attract the visitor's interest. Put many keywords in the channel title that are relevant to the general theme of the RSS feed. This will also help search engines to properly categorize your feed. If you are going to use a company name or brand put it at the end of the RSS feed channel title not the beginning.

The channel description should give the reader a general synopsis of the feed's content. While it is good to include keywords and phrases for search engine optimization, the main purpose is to attract human readers. Therefore make it easy to read. Do not include any HTML in the channel description to keep compatibility with RSS readers. Search engines and RSS feed directories use the channel description when building an index to a feed. This makes a channel description a very important element in RSS structure.

RSS feed item titles should be written like a newspaper headline, about 50 to 75 characters long, and should contain keywords. Leave HTML out of titles. A well written title will attract readers.

Proofread your content and correct all grammar, punctuation and spelling errors. Write for humans not robots. You do not want to optimize it to the extent that it is not readable for human beings. You want to capture the reader's interest so they click through to your site.

It is desirable to have your feed get syndicated or be re posted by other publishers. Using anchor text rich with appropriate keywords and phrases is a great technique to achieve this. Anchor text when optimized well will boost your website's ranking.

Old items in your RSS feed should be deleted. Feeds that are too large will slow down RSS readers or not display. Perform regular maintenance on your feed items to prune old items.

An effective technique is to use the H1 and H2 header tags to show item titles. Separate URLs with hyphens not underscores. Include keywords in the header tags to optimize your page.

Images look great in an RSS reader and they help create brand recognition. A good size for an image is 88x31. You do not want the image to be too big. Always use a full URL when inserting an image to avoid broken links in the event the feed is syndicated.

If you use a favicon in your domain's root directory, RSS feed directories will display your site's favorite icon. This will focus attention on your feed over those feeds that do not use a favicon. Employing optimization methods will make your RSS feed an effective marketing technique. Taking the time to implement RSS and search engine optimisation techniques will have a great payback in increase web traffic and revenues. ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/how-to-find-all-the-angel-investors-and-venture-capital-financing-you-ll-ever-need.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/how-to-find-all-the-angel-investors-and-venture-capital-financing-you-ll-ever-need.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:56:51 -0600
Approval decisions that were once made by a group are not being made by an individual or duo with an eye toward optimal capitalization with both short term and long term agendas. As investors are, now more than ever, trying to get as much bang out of their buck, entrepreneurs are in the precarious position of accepting funding from virtually any and every enterprise that is making an offering. That said, it is more important now than ever to swing open your mind to the possibilities of mass exposure of your opportunity to the investment world.

The best way to do this is to simply put your business in constant and automated 'introduction' mode so that you can be found by the moneymen. The best way to do this is to heavily investigate the venture capital industry for executives who have created offshoot programs that have deviated their process from the traditional path of simply approving or declining a transaction.

There are many VC professionals who want to capitalize off of the projects that their firm cannot accept due to underwriting criteria and industrial genre specialization so they are starting these small but well managed financial source databases where members can place their transaction directly in front of thousands upon thousands of angel investors, private investors, hard money lenders, venture capital firms, private equity firms and other alternative finance solutions.

These websites are now the hottest thing in the capital markets and will continue to grow because of the high success rate of individual executives and entrepreneurs who are able to find multiple streams of financing options with the click of a button. ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/public-companies-how-to-make-your-stock-price-soar-a-must-read.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/public-companies-how-to-make-your-stock-price-soar-a-must-read.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:49:12 -0600
Public company structuring and turnaround strategies typically center around the elements of: corporate publicity, individual executive publicity, lack of an experienced publicist, lack of strategic alliances and lack of the proper promotion that is conducive to getting stock investors to pull the trigger.

Corporate publicity can be broken down into the immediate and ongoing use of: press releases, viral marketing video and article submission, corporate blogs, investor relations, market maker or broker dealer that is affective and of course the almighty strategic alliances that build hype and build power behind your brand.

Another major component that most companies are lacking is 'Individual Executive Publicity' by use of press release, viral market: video uploads with interviews and how to type material, article submission and personal blogs that center around the particular industry genre issues. It is important to make each executive stand out like a beacon in the industry and to press the reality or create the reality that your executive staff is composed of the who's who of your industry.

Next you'll need a corporate publicist with a focus on getting your CEO, CFO and/or corporate executives on TV and radio panel discussions as industry authority as well as newspaper and magazine articles and interviews about your company and its executives.

Don't forget the importance of 'Strategic Partnerships'. Announce new partnerships with multiple press releases, photo ops and articles. Pick strategic partners that have name recognition or are about to be in the public eye to piggy back off of the publicity they are receiving.

If you are an OTCBB or Pink Sheets company email campaigns to stock Investors are a quick way to get a nice bump in exposure and stock price but too many of these campaigns done the wrong way can hurt your company so be careful. Your investor relations consultant should have you listed on multiple stock alert services that run ongoing back to back. And the last but not least, the old fashion snail mail 'Direct mail to stock investors' can be the added bang to your stock price rising and stabilizing.

Turning around a company can and expensive proposition today but can increase your company's value exponentially if done by an experienced professional. It's a process that's worth it to companies with an eye toward longevity. ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/chinese-companies-how-to-go-public-in-the-usa.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/chinese-companies-how-to-go-public-in-the-usa.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:45:19 -0600
Chinese companies typically have similar questions and concerns when they contact us such as: How long does it take to go public? What are my options for raising capital with a US structure? Do I need to have an American corporation? How much equity should I give up to the public? Can I merge my Chinese company with my American company to strengthen the American corporation's asset value? And How do we sell the stock to the public once we have a symbol and are ready to trade?

How long does it take to go public? To go public on the OTCBB you need to have a solid business plan and corporate structure, usually a pre-public round is done with a Private Placement Memorandum to offer discounted stock in return for equity seed capital that will fund the 'go public process'. This process can take a few weeks to a few months, it all depends on the deal and what you're offering the investors at this stage. Next you'll want to do your third-party audit and your S1, after your audit is done and your S1 is filed you'll enter into the 'comments' stage where the SEC is going back and forth with you or your lawyer or your consultant (whoever is helping you go public). The comments stage can be anywhere from a couple weeks to a few months, the more unorganized the company, the longer the audit and comments stage will take to complete. The average for an organized company with the audit and S1 prep done simultaneously is around 4 to 6+ months (the more unorganized the company the longer it takes).

What are my options for raising capital with a US structure? Raising capital in the US happens quicker than in other countries because of the vast wealth in North America and its position in the global market place. Invest-able deals are all in the eye of the investor. The challenge is getting in front of investors with a track record of investing in your particular industry genre.

Do I need to have an American corporation? Yes, to go public in the United States, you need to have an American corporation. This doesn't necessarily mean that it has to become your primary corporation. You can use one corporation as your operational entity and one as a subsidiary but to strengthen and stabilize your share price you'll need to eventually show growth and assets in your US entity.

How much equity should I give up to the public? This is a decision that will be made with your attorney and Board of Directors and the decision is based off of your company's industry position, the value of empirical assets like equipment, contracts, patents, current foreign based share holders etc.

Can I merge my Chinese company with my American company to strengthen the American corporation's asset value? Yes absolutely. This is the most popular technique to show current and future shareholders that your company will be a long term public player. The more asset 'skin' you are able to put in the game in the beginning the better for the longevity of your enterprise.

How do we sell the stock to the public once we have a symbol and are ready to trade? During your 'going public' process you'll be attached to a market maker. The market maker, your consultant and your publicist (if you don't have one your consultant will find one for you) will work together at all fronts to help you leverage your new public entity. Your publicist will have authors in newspapers and magazines do write-ups on your company as they help you label yourself globally as a new industry powerhouse, each of your executive team members will also have their own publicity strategies going as well so that your publicist can place them on expert TV and radio panels as industry experts which brings website visitation, new distribution opportunities, personal and corporate branding and investor confidence which is all conducive to an increase in your share price. All of this will bring call volume into your market maker while they are selling your stock to new contacts as well as calling on their established database of investors. The process is typically audited quarterly by your consultant to find dead weight or weaknesses and tighten everything up.

Using the public fundraising strategies based in the US is a wise decision to grow your business. Finding the right consultant is crucial. The right consultant can make or break your efforts to go public in the United States. ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/how-to-make-your-new-public-company-a-massive-success.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/how-to-make-your-new-public-company-a-massive-success.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:06:09 -0600
A sizable portion of your corporate budget as a public company has to be publicity. You need a publicist that will get you on the radio and on television as an industry expert. You need to be mentioned in newspaper and magazine articles. You have to create a presence that forces people to call their brokers to get information about your company and make a move toward stock purchase.

You must take an 'in your face' approach to your public relations strategy and your CEO and even your CFO have to take this as their full time occupation until the company gets the traction it needs and then after you have gained traction, take it up a notch with a simultaneous approach of both publicity and product placement to start rapidly building your brand.

After this, again you should take it up another notch by adding publicity solely to market makers and broker dealers. Get published and buy ad space in journals that cater to this crowd. Do the dog and pony show rounds. Introduce yourself. Tell these industry specialists about your plans for the company this year. Leak out some potential acquisition info that can act as a juicy tidbit to get them to dig deeper.

Now you're ready to take it up a notch again; be seen with the in crowd. By in crowd we mean other professional executives within your industry genre, not competitors but potential strategic partners, get snapshots taken and have your publicist start the hype machine and remember, anything even remotely 'note worthy' should have its own press release sent out to the masses! ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/experience-abolute-domination-over-competitors-starting-now.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/experience-abolute-domination-over-competitors-starting-now.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:52:29 -0600
Its actually quite simple and it all comes down to a decision... a decision to step up and dominate in a no holds barred, bare knuckle fight to the finish. You need to understand and be comfortable with the reality that not everyone will make it. Most of your colleagues and professional friends are not psychologically or professionally built to last, meaning, they are not willing to do 'whatever it takes' to get to that next level.

Here is how it's done: First, decide on what you want, who you want to be and where you want to go in your career. Second, surround yourself with people that have the above characteristics your are seeking to acquire. Chances are, most of these characteristics will be spread out over several different people as opposed to one or two professional who demonstrate your future self so find 10+ people to become well associated with and begin to pattern them. Don't just pattern the outward and obvious characteristics but absorb the aura of their overall presents (calm, cool, collect and maybe even arrogant and rude at times).

What are their hobbies and extracurricular interests as these interests are a contributing factor to who they have become. Next, make a decision! Make a decision to overcome any obstacles that stand in your way. Dump friends and associates who are not supportive as they will only hold you back. You should quickly sever ties with any and all counterproductive individuals and interests that keep you from achieving your goal. Next, every morning as you're getting dressed, brushing your teeth you should also be putting on your psychological garb as well. Slip into the mindset of that person you want to be.

Put blinders on your eyes so there are no distractions. What you will find is that opportunities will seem to fall into your lap because you are willingly submerging yourself into a subculture that has worked for all of those around you who are living the dream that you will soon be part of.

As for domination, you will find that stepping into this new code of conduct and professional character you will begin to steamroll forward, yes some people will be crushed under the wheel of your progress but this is a natural part of evolution. Use the element of arrogance, not in an artificial way that is used by insecure people but in a form of self promotion. Begin to state your opinion on industry specific blogs.

Put out industry niche information videos on viral media sites. Bring internet surfers to your blogs and videos with social and news bookmarking links scattered all over the web. Brand yourself as the 'god' of your industry. Your opinion matters and after others see you opinions and concepts enough they will begin to see these ideas as the norm. They will feel that up until now they have been misinformed and uninformed and you are the person on the cutting edge of your industry. As you build momentum, whatever you do, do not stop! As you build traction of growing your own personal 'brand' and 'subculture' within the industry, this should only influence you to take it one step further with articles submitted to global, high PR article directories and press releases through various channels. This is just the beginning but you are on your way to absolute, industry domination! ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/take-your-company-public-with-a-direct-public-offering-fast-and-simple.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/take-your-company-public-with-a-direct-public-offering-fast-and-simple.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:50:15 -0600
For the former, going public is easy, find a consultant with a solid track record and take your company public, you're ready to go. For those of you who are coming from a weakened position due to lack of capital you should strongly consider taking your company public with a DPO (direct public offering). Typically a DPO starts with a PPM (private placement memorandum) that breaks your company into shares and prepares it for the public eye. Form D is then filed and you're then ready to start raising capital.

The only downside is, most companies have no one to invest in the PPM and their transaction is dead in the water. A DPO is an extremely powerful process which allows you to not only offer shares to your friends, family and professional contacts but you can also team up with an investor finder company that will contact their seed capital investor database to help you raise capital fast and easy if you are willing to sell seed stock at a discount before you go public.

Be prepared to pay a modest fee upfront as well as a small equity position as these investor finder services know full well that power that they possess with their database. If you successfully contract with a real, viable investor finder service, they will most likely want to be the consulting group that takes your company public as well. Be smart; sign on with them as they will have a vested interest in your success.

They will most likely communicate electronically with their database members via email. As interest by the investor group builds, you the company owner, will have to take over the closing as it is illegal for non licensed investor finder services to take over the closing and issuance of shares on behalf of your company.

Think of a DPO with an investor finder service as the golden tuna that can solve all of your problems in one swift movement. You can find these groups by going to your favorite search engine and typing in word combinations like "investor finder'" or "investor finder service". You can team up with a solid investor finder service and they will take you all the way! ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/take-your-company-public-by-partnering-with-a-consulting-firm.-a-must-read.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/take-your-company-public-by-partnering-with-a-consulting-firm.-a-must-read.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:28:06 -0600
The prototypical company that will succeed in going public is either a profitable and mature company or a start-up with contracts in place for capitalization and patented and/or proprietary technology or systems that give it a massive edge over competitors. The decision to go public should be based in the desire for rapid growth and capitalization. The qualities of a company that will succeed on the public forum is one with a solid executive staff, experienced board of directors and a service that is recession proof (Yeah I know, what business is recession proof?), and finished with the actual developmental stage with a solid product or service and identified partners and distribution sources.

If you realistically have a chance at going and staying public you'll attract consulting firms and/or broker dealers and market makers and many times law firms that focus on taking companies public in return for minor upfront fees and a solid equity position. Be careful not to sign on with a company that does not offer a 'one stop shop' or turn-key solutions which includes everything if you are going to be paying an upfront fee and equity. Many solid firms will ask for both fee and equity compensation and it's worth it if they are truly capable of delivering a full range of services.

You should have a polite yet rigorous interview process with the firm before signing on. The ideal situation for a company going public is to partner with a consulting firm or broker dealer who offers absolutely everything you will need to succeed in the pre-IPO and post-IPO market. Expect to pay a fee for corporate structuring, business plan, private placement memorandum and Direct Public Offering to the firms database of investors (if they do not offer an introduction service to investors you should not take them seriously as a full service consulting firm as they are only offering you a sandwich without the bread).

Parts that a consulting firm will partner on if they can truly take your company public from A to Z is the initial Direct Public Offering to an in house group of investors who will invest the capital needed to pay for the audit (though many times this will have to come out of your pocket even if you team of with the best firms in the business), S1 filing and comments, SEC and FINRA approval and ultimately to the point where a market maker or broker dealer is selling your securities to the public. Sometimes it's good to just hire a company that is strictly fee based for your 'going public' ambitions but be prepared to pay hefty fees. If you are a solid corporation with a realistic chance at going public, you'll be able to tell by the tone that consulting firms have with you when you engage them in the initial phone consultation. If you're ready to go public, a proper consultant will be able to identify your position in the market place to fill in the blanks. ]]> http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/investors-how-to-make-triple-your-money-investing-in-pre-public-companies.html http://businessarticlesdirectory.com/internet/rss/investors-how-to-make-triple-your-money-investing-in-pre-public-companies.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:27:01 -0600
The reality is the few that have gained a comprehension for seeking out and getting involved with trades that open the floodgates to massive profits use their own money and operate as part of a small, tight knit group. The members of this 'group' always have their feelers out like tentacles sucking up and analyzing potential transactions, immediately looking for strategic elements and immediately dumping 99% as they don't meet the criteria.

Two major components that professional investors who use their own money and are able to consistently pick winning transactions are companies that are in merger and/or acquisition mode and companies that are seeking seed capital specifically to go public.

Let's focus on the latter. Companies seeking seed capital to go public are often financially viable companies with modest liquidity but are taking on seed investors so that they can meet the SEC minimum criteria of having 40 investors on the books to qualify for going public. Investors that are able to, literally, make millions per transaction have a way of getting into these opportunities by connecting with consultants who take companies public.

If you are able to get involved with these consulting firms and if you have some capital to designate as a seed investor, you can literally be placed in 4,5 or even 6+ pre IPO investments per year. When you are one of the 40 investors in a pre public OTCBB corporation you are usually investing seed capital at a fraction of the future public price by way of DPO (Direct Public Offering). The difference between what you pay for the seed stock and what the company charges per share when public is the profit.

It isn't at all out of the ordinary to buy seed stock at 50 cents and have that stock gain in value of $1.00 to $1.50 when the company goes public and yes, you just made 50 cents to $1.00 net profit on each share. The great thing is you can often invest as a seed investor with as little as $5,000 to $10,000. If you have more capital you can spread it out over multiple pre-IPO opportunities. Seek out the pre- public companies and make a fortune! ]]>