http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com For Work-at-Home Entrepreneurs Everywhere! Presented by David Hurley Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/lead-conversion/should-your-conversion-rate-be-the-most-important-website-metric/ http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/lead-conversion/should-your-conversion-rate-be-the-most-important-website-metric/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:37:41 +0000 David Hurley http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/?p=7893 http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/lead-conversion/should-your-conversion-rate-be-the-most-important-website-metric/feed/ 0 http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/motivation/which-of-mike-dillards-categories-are-you-alpha-pre-alpha-or-beta/ http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/motivation/which-of-mike-dillards-categories-are-you-alpha-pre-alpha-or-beta/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:07:36 +0000 David Hurley http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/?p=7865
Alpha types: These are established leaders.
Pre-Alpha types: These are the aspiring leaders.
Beta types: These are the followers.

Mike Dillard writes in Magnetic Sponsoring that you ultimately decide which group you are in according to your state of mind, but how society responds depends on the degree to which you FOLLOW THROUGH by acting according to your beliefs. The “poser” for example, is a case of someone...


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Fortunately, there are some simple ways to make sure that all of your content works well together. Here are four things that you can do to effectively combine different types of content on one website.

Before we get into how to manage your content, it is important to understand the difference between viral content and business content.

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Fortunately, in order to succeed with this type of advertising you don't need to be a master of your craft, in many cases being competent is more than enough to find success, especially if you are operating in a relatively uncompetitive local market.

Here's a quick look at the 5 most common PPC mistakes and how you can easily avoid them.
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David in his den attempting to make a point about something or other...

Here's the second episode of David's Den! Golden Week is upon us here in Japan, a week in which several relatively insignificant national holidays are bunched together and hoards of people snatch a few days off work (ha!) in order to charge around the country - and overseas - like silly buggers getting in each other's way and having an absolutely ghastly time of it. For my part, I shall remain doggedly in my den for the duration... I have spent the day at home beavering away on my online business - except for lunch, and the extended post-prandial snooze, and the late afternoon bit of messing around outside amusing my daughter by trying to match her skipping rope skills. I failed. ]]> http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/davids-den/impressed-with-staged-com-other-tools/feed/ 0 http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/lead-generation-2/a-quick-and-dirty-guide-to-landing-page-form-lengths/ http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/lead-generation-2/a-quick-and-dirty-guide-to-landing-page-form-lengths/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:04:26 +0000 David Hurley http://www.grasp-the-nettle.com/?p=7396
Here's a closer look at landing page form lengths and some general guidelines that will get you started in the right direction.

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The first thing to understand about SOCIAL networking is that you want to avoid the temptation to promote your business. Social networking is about building up relationships with PEOPLE and the best way to do that is to interest them and offer them some kind of value.

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David sat in his den attempting to make a point...

Hello folks!

Welcome to David's Den!

This is the first of my new "regular blog posts" in which I talk about what I've been up to and what stuff has come to my attention in the world of Internet marketing over the past week or so.

Here I am sat in my den plotting and scheming my way towards Internet marketing business success...

Come and join me for a weekly chat to see what's what.

So, what have I been up to this week?

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Typically, a regular blog post will have a specific category and blog title, such as "John's Business Diary" and perhaps a photo of "John" at the head of the article to make it stand out from the rest of the blog content.

Here is a quick look at 4 reasons why you should make this part of your routine.

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