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Think Locally, Act Locally

January 29, 2012 By Michael G. Stults Leave a Comment

Are you trying to find a way to market online? Are you a traditional local business needing to expand online? We all have heard no matter how new you are to any type of marketing concepts this word called “niche”. Sometimes just reading it makes me want to itch in confusion because it gets used quite frequently. This article is short and is intended to initiate some ideas you may have.

What is a niche?

The very definition of niche is that it is relevant to a specific area of interest. An exact definition out of the ol’ dictionary states: “A special area of demand for a product or service”. “Weddings” could be considered a niche, but it’s not a very specific one. “Wedding Cakes” is more of a niche. You probably get the idea that the more detailed you are, people will gain the impression that you will be able to answer their questions. You will gain the trust if your information provides value. It is important to balance the broad range of knowledge you’ve developed to create a great user experience while you develop your niche/information online.

Think LocallyOn whatever topic your niche is in, sometimes being too specific might pigeonhole yourself but at the same time it could answer people’s question like I stated earlier. With the evolution of the internet, many people are searching online for answers. They may need your product/service but if you don’t position yourself online, then you are losing opportunities. It’s best just to get started and dive in. Otherwise, time will go by and nothing has taken place. [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

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Filed Under: Affiliate Marketing, Blog, Niche Marketing Tagged With: Act Locally, definition of niche, information, Kansas City, Local Business, Niche, product, services, Think Locally

FatCow Hosting and Mail Servers for Google Apps

January 20, 2012 By Michael G. Stults 36 Comments

It came to my attention that in the past when setting up Google Apps via Fatcow Hosting, that Google Apps doesn’t give you much help with what MX records you need to use to make it all work. So I had just a couple of minutes and decided to make this quick post to give you some ideas on how I was able to get it to work for a few of my clients using Fatcow.

Essentially as you may know, that in Google Apps you need to point your MX Records from your hosting company to Google’s.  This gets the major part out of the way to get you started on that process. Visit here to learn more about setting up Google Apps.

Follow these steps to access your MX Records to modify: [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

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Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: FatCow, FatCow hosting, Google Apps Set Up, How to MX Records, MX records for Fatcow

8 Simple Steps to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

December 22, 2011 By Michael G. Stults Leave a Comment

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and search ranking can be a beast to tackle. I typically tell clients that there is no magic pill you can take to just mysteriously show up on the first page of Google.

I hear stories all the time of the local business owner, who are good at their craft receiving a call with someone promising the first page of Google in no time. A few weeks later they wasted a few thousand dollars leaving them in a state of frustration! They are better off reading Search Engine Optimization for Dummies using its SEO checklist to make the changes. This is why WordPress is recommended to give the average Joe the chance to do some of the work themselves. [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

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Filed Under: Affiliate Marketing, Blog, How To, SEO, Wordpress Tagged With: 8 Simple Steps to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), backlinks, Internet Marketing SEO, keyword research tools, Keyword rich domain, permalinks, permalinks SEO, quality content, Search Engine Optimization for Dummies, Search engine traffic, SEO, SEO plugin, site optimization, Social Media, Wordpress

General Stress By The Numbers

December 18, 2011 By Michael G. Stults Leave a Comment

General stress is felt everyday in some shape or form. Most of us wake up in the morning and instantly start thinking about our work place stress because it plays a big part of how we will react to situations. You feel it because if you don't go to work, you won't have a place to live. If you don't feed your body, your health will go down. If you don't perform at work, you will find yourself fearful of being unemployed.  Have you felt stressed over anything lately? [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

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Filed Under: Blog, Life, Stress Tagged With: all about depression, cause of stress, General Stress, General Stress By The Numbers, stress in general, stress relief, symptoms of stress, work place stress, work stress management

Affiliate Marketing – 7 Steps for Beginners

December 11, 2011 By Michael G. Stults 4 Comments

Affiliate Marketing is the core of my day-to-day life. I love it when my wife tries to explain to people what I do. I have to come up with brief examples to help her give the 411 so people not familiar with our business can understand. One time about 3 years ago, we had a lady ask my wife if the company I had worked for at that time was “legitimate” because it had a funny sounding name. This is one of the few business sectors you can have a weird sounding name and it be “professionally acceptable”. [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

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Filed Under: Affiliate Marketing, Blog, How To Tagged With: 7 Steps for Beginners, Affiliate Marketing, Amazon, ClickBank, Ebay, facebook, Google Adwords, How to get started in affiliate marketing, Infograph, LinkShare, Share A Sale

Producteev – Your To-Dos Everywhere You Are

December 9, 2011 By Michael G. Stults 1 Comment

Searching for the latest and greatest tool to be productive? Well, good luck with that Charlie Brown. Producteev is a tool that I ran across over the last 30 days that has seemed to fit into the way I interact online. I have tried them all pretty much and thus far I have felt this has been the easiest to “use”.

I mainly use Chrome as my browser so not only can I easily login from any new tab I open, I can choose to login via Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google Apps. If you’re already logged into Gmail, then it is simple as selecting the icon from your new tab window. I suggest visiting the Chrome Web Store to get the application for Chrome.  [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

www.michaelstults.com/

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: applicaiton, chrome, easy to use, iPhone, Mac, online tool, Organized, Producteev, to-dos

EVERNOTE – Man’s New Best Friend

December 8, 2011 By Michael G. Stults Leave a Comment

Evernote – Remember everything. Capture anything. Access anywhere. Find things fast.
Just when you thought that man's best friend would always be his trusty dog… well welcome the elephant in the room. They are cuddly, big, and if you make them mad they will squash you like an ant. I mean.. I am just saying.

Evernote has been a wonderful tool that I stumbled across last year. It allows me to clip portions of a page, the whole page, and make basic notes. Evernote offers a free account and a paid version for about $45-50 a year which allows for more storage. Honestly… the free account will suit you well in the mean time. [Read more…]

Michael G. Stults
Michael G. Stults

Dynamic, high-energy executive with history of performance-oriented leadership to e-commerce sales and marketing within the online marketing and advertising industry. MichaelStults.com is where I share my thoughts on different marketing methods, wordpress, leadership, and various topics that I feel inspired to write about. Please take time to learn more about Rare Disease at www.BriParDun.com

www.michaelstults.com/

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Browser, chrome, desktop application, Evernote, firefox, life saver, notes, online tool, plugin, productivity, remember things, sharing

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Hi, my name is Michael Stults. I appreciate you stopping by my site. I work in the online marketing industry and when time permits coupled with my two oldest sons' having (now had) a rare neurological disease called Niemann-Pick Type C, I like to write about topics that interest me. I hope at the same time that I can provide something valuable to you in return. ...Read more

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