2. Have a clear purpose or message.

3. Use a conversational tone.

4. Provide a “Tell Your Friends” link on your blog.

5. Study the competition.

6. Practice SEO basics. (Use keyword-rich title tags, descriptions and only link to quality sites.)

7. Keep your blog posts relevant, natural, accurate and current.

8. Use 40% keywords / 60% non-keywords in your blog post titles.

9. Submit your URL to blog directories. (There are paid and free directories you can use, just google
them to find more)

10. Create blog categories that contain keywords.

11. Remember, CONTENT IS KING. Write something that is new, useful and relevant.
Don’t forget to regularly update older posts.

12. Keeping blogging and vary the blog topics, content length and posting times.

13. Use guest bloggers on your blog. Add links from their blogs and establish your site’s link community.

14. Don’t use duplicate content.

15. Recognize your posters with a “thank you” and include their name.

16. Ask to be a guest blogger on other related blogs. Don’t forget to leave a back link.

17. Send a personal thank you email to people who have commented on your posts.

18. Don’t place ads on your blog posts.

19. Use publishing authorities to help build credibility on your posts.

20. Got a fantastic looking blog/website, submit it to design galleries. This will help expand the site’s reach and who knows, get you some recognition for having a great site.

21. Ask contacts to promote your blog content.

22. Focus on ranking for 3 key words or phrases to start. These keywords should appear in your title tags and within the site’s content.

23. Purchase ad links on relevant niche sites.

24. Participate in your link community.

25. More people are on-line Monday thru Friday so blog post then to maximize exposure.

26. Write content for various experience levels. For beginners to advance.

27. Cite the sources of your content. This adds credibility. It also provides a trail for a reader interested
in reading more.

28. Connect within a market or topic segment.

29. Poll your readers. Everybody’s got an opinion.

30. Provide a survey, which allows buyers to rate your services and products.

31. Write about popular brands or celebrities where possible. Name brands get picked up by spiders.

32. Offer free stuff to give away. Free still works on the web. Free is nice.

33. Answer questions on Google groups, this helps build credibility and shows your expertise. Be sure to leave your back link.

34. Add images and video content to your posts.

35. Use QA sessions on your blog.

36. Syndicate content outside of your blog. Use sites like “Ezine”. Post your piece and pick up in-bound links to your blog for your effort.

37. Submit industry or topical news to general news sites. This adds credibility and another back link.

38. Link amongst your related blog posts using the keywords you’re optimizing your blog for as the anchor text.

39. Keep the tone, style and topicality of your blog consistent for the first two months until spiders get it. Then you can branch out your topics to expand reader interest.

40. Use helpful networking tools including LinkedIn, MeetUp and MyBlogLog. These sites provide real world contacts. When available, leave your back link.

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1. Personality
Write you first blog so it reflects your personality and about who you are. Start by telling a story. Make it personable and interesting.

2. Opinion
Don’t be afraid to post your opinions in your blog’s overall subject matter.

3. Participation
Don’t just post a blog and forget about it. If your readers leave a comment, don’t forget to respond to that person. Make your readers feel important  by talking with them, not just at them.

4. Value
Write about something that is useful and interesting to your readers. The blog needs to add value to the reader’s lives, ensuring them to stay and take the time to read what you have to say. Post something that is unique and in your own voice, with your own opinions and in a conversational manner.

5. Availability
Make sure to update your blog frequently. Don’t just blog post and disappear. Readers will keep coming back if you are reliable and they will count on you for useful information. Otherwise they will look elsewhere.

MAC•JAC Graphics & Web Design can help you start blogging from a new wordpress website. We provide training to help you get started. Our website packages are affordable and we work with anyone’s budget.

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Remember, blogging not only helps potential customers see you as a professional, but it also helps build trust.
Also, blogging will help give your website that extra boost in google ranking. 

When it comes to websites and blogging – CONTENT IS KING

Instead of looking at a business wall filled with random discussions, wouldn’t it look so much better and more professional, with a customized branded banner and designer landing page.

MAC•JAC can design you a custom banner that goes down the left hand side of your business profile page. And, included in your package you will also get 2 panels, one for non-fans and one for your fans to see when they visit your business page on Facebook.

These pages can have the same look and feel as your business cards, website and other promotional material you may have for your business.

Here’s some of the benefits and design elements you could incorporate into a good design.

Here’s the list:

1. Post a status update and mention your facebook page.

2. Upload photos from an event or occasion, get your fans
to tag themselves in the picture. This will post to their
walls and lead to additional traffic for you.

3. Offer an incentive for people to sign up.

4. If  you contact the admin of a facebook group with some valuable
content that adds value to their readers and then in turns helps build yours.

5. Send text messages.

6. Install a Facebook Badge.
A simple and effective way to link your facebook profile.
Badges are simply images and will load fast.

7. Install a facebook “Like Box” into your site.
An excellent way to allow visitors to become fans without leaving your website page.

8.  Use status tagging.
A new feature to facebook. It allows you to tag any page or person by entering the @ sign and then typing the name of the page or person you want to tag.
EXAMPLE: @macjacgraphics

9. Use the “suggest to friends” feature on your page.

10. Install a “Like” Button into your site.

11. Connect your page to Twitter.

12. Link to Your Page as a Place of Employment.

13. Allowing comments on your landing page, will broadcast to news feeds
and lead to more traffic to your page.

14. Promote your facebook page in traditional media, such as, newspapers, radio, TV, unfortunately, these can be costly.

15. Newsletter Promotion.
Send a link to your fan page.

16. Email Signature.
Include a link to your fan page.

17. Get business cards promoting your Facebook page.
EXAMPLE: www.facebook.com/MAC.JACgraphics

18. Use Fiverr.
The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5.

19. Create a customed “Landing Page” for your business facebook page.

20. Run a “FANS ONLY” contest.
There is rules on facebook about running contests, so checkout Statements of Rights and Responsibilites before you run one.

21. Seek new opportunities to build links that will send traffic to my Fan Page.

22. Comment on blogs and in the website section use a link to your fan page.

23. Link your facebook page from your linkedin profile.

24. Upload video to facebook.
When you embed a facebook video on another website this video includes a watermark link to the fan page it came from. Exceptionally powerful.

25. Watermark your videos with a link to your website.

26. Create a memorable URL
If you go to facebook.com/username you will be able to create a custom URL for your page. Remember that this cannot be changed once it is set, so choose wisely.

27. Strive to deliver an awesome experience for those who interact with your brand.

28. Use Hyperlinks often.

29. Drive your fans back to your website for new blog posts.

30. Use Facebook insights, there you can analyze what activities drive the most growth.

31. Use Facebook insights, there you can determine the gender and age of the people visiting. With this knowledge you can now focus your content to appeal to those people.

32. Talk and blog about your page.

33. Learn more about Facebook. To learn more about facebook enroll in our FREE facebook ecourse. 

34. Make sure that your “Like Box” is featured prominently.

35. If your blog content is really good this will drive the growth of your page in a serious way.

36. Install a like button into your posts.If you have a self hosted wordpress blog I recommend installing the WP FB Like plugin.

37. Make a Facebook like sign

38. There are several services out there that sell facebook likes.

39. Use Facebook ads. FB ads can be targeted based on age, location and interests. 

40. Turn your customers into fans.
If someone likes you enough to buy your product then there is a good chance that they will like you on facebook as well.

41. Advertise your Facebook page.When I signed up for my Hosting account with GoDaddy I was able to get a free Facebook advertising coupon for $50 and I believe they are still offering this promotion.

42. Facebook posts get the most engagement early in the morning and a few hours before bed.

43.  Get an attractive profile picture. Currently the maximum profile picture size is 200 x 600 pixels.

44. Do a “fan of the month” promotion.Offer a monthly prize, such as a cool free product or service related to your brand, and the competition for this title will only increase.

45. Message your friends and ask them to join.

46. A call to action is more likely to get clicked than a link alone, so go with “Join my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/MAC.JACgraphics” instead of simply: “www.facebook.com/MAC.JACgraphics” 

47. Create a redirect URL.
Here is an article on how to redirect a webpage.

48. Gave away shirts (or mugs, or stickers) with your facebook url included.

49. The more friends you have, the better your chances will be that some of these friends will join your fan page.

50. Share this article with your facebook friends.

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1. Must have a snappy headline or tagline.

2. Best to use bright and colorful graphics.

3. Always focus and list the key benefits of your product or service.

4. It’s always good to list a testimonial or two and case studies.

5. Organize the page with boxes, borders and areas of contrast
colors to keep it easy to read.

6. Use bolded titles and subtitles. It’s best to avoid ALL CAPS, it’s harder to read.

7. Limit the amount of typefaces on one page.

8. Have someone else proofread.

9. If you are on a budget, try using bright-colored paper and print with black ink.
Use shades of grey and use contrasting background areas.

10. Offer a discount or special price coupon on your flyer.

We can help you create a winning flyer by using these proven techniques. I am sure you will see big results in your marketing efforts.

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Below is one of our flyer examples.

Here at MAC•JAC we do affordable vector drawings of all kinds. Prices start as little as $75.00. Contact us today, for your free quote.

Here at MAC•JAC, we do photo repair, photo touchups and photo restoration.

Have any old wedding photos that have yellowed over the years?

Have any precious torn photos, you would love to put back together?

Have any small hard to see photos, you would love to blow up?

Have a favourite picture of  yourself, that needs a touchup, before displaying it on
your website or business card?

I can help preserve and turn all those family treasures into digital files that you can keep safe forever.

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Here are 12 examples that will help get people to keep your business card close by:

1. Map/directions to your office.

2. Print a special discount offer or coupon on the back.

3. If you do seminars, print key principals on the back.

4. Benefits from using your service.

5. How to request a free catalog.

6. Your 30 second introduction.

7. A calendar.

8. Put pictures of your products.

9. An offer where they can get a free report from your website.

10. Leave a place to write a reminder about their next appointment.

11. Use one or two customer quotes/testimonials.

12. An itemized checklist.

Here at MAC•JAC Graphics and Web Design, we can help you design
a business card, perfect for your business needs. Our prices include
for both single or doubled sided cards.

1000 = $75 (everything included)