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Singapore isn't just keeping taxes the same. They're lowering taxes. Such is the news from Simon Black, author of www.sovereignman.com. Here's the article where Simon shares some impressive states of how entrepreneur friendly Singapore is.
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Optimized blog posting for dance studio owners isn't something that comes natural for most people but it is something that can pay big dividends if done correctly. Now that I'm writing professionally, I thought it might be nice to mention and briefly discuss the issue of how well studios owners use the time and effort they put into their blog posts.
First of all, I'm going to assume that any really progressive studio has a blog, preferably a WordPress blog, and is using that blog to push their commercial message out to the general viewing and searching public. Any studio owner who isn't doing that is missing a big chance to automate some of their publicity and marketing. Blog posts, if done correctly, do get seen by their targeted audience.
But assuming that most successful dance studios do have a blog (I know several that do), the question arises whether or not they are making each word on that blog as powerful and effective as possible. It's one thing to just be 'chatty' (like I have often been in the past) but it's quiet another thing to have a blog and blog posts designed to maximize that most critical thing for most business.......income and profits.
The most basic thing a studio owner should think about is specifically how to optimize each blog post so that the keywords within it are recognized and indexed by Google.
Here's some key questions to consider:
There is a 'best practices' for things such as this and if your competitor is doing it better than you, I guaranteed it's costing you business. Good content definitely has it's value to the reader but if the ready never sees your post because it wasn't formatted correctly then much of the effort you put into that post is wasted.
These kinds of things, also known as 'on page optimization' is something I've been studying a lot lately and because I know that very few blog posts in the dance business are properly optimized, I'm starting a new service as follows:
I'll do blog posts from 350-800 words on any subject you the blog/studio owner might desire. Prices start at $20 per individual blog post and come down if you order packages of 3 or more posts at a time, paid in advance.
Plus, if you don't have a nice Wordpress blog, I'll even set-up and host one for you.....also very economically. Just drop me an email at xpatflipper@gmail.com or skype me at 'atwill4'.
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Jane Guardame is the building manager and broker of not only the big condo where I'm staying in Manila right now but she's also very active in other areas of Metro Manila real estate brokerage.
Jane handles deals for apartments, homes, business spaces and pretty much anything that a true professional real estate broker should do for you.
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I just read about a new law that looks like it might make it through the state of Michigan's legislative process. I don't care what the 'emergency' is....it doesn't sound like 'democracy in action' to me. It sounds rather like a bunch of bureaucrats who just assume it's their right and responsibility to start throwing their weight around.
I recognize that when there's a crises sometimes decisions have to be made quickly. But what ever happened to getting 'the people' involved? This new law sounds like it has the potential to ruin a lot of lives.
Click through and read the basic....what do you think?
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I'm in Manila now. My cell phone number is (63) 091 6625 3961.
'63' is the country code for The Phlippines. The '091' is some kind of local prefix that pertains to whether one is dialing a cellphone or a landline. I don't totally understand that part of the system. But maybe you can get it to work anyway.
I've also got a Skype 'US' number of.... 575 219 4844. When you dial that, I think it's supposed to ring through on my Skype. And if I'm not at the computer it's supposed to roll over to my local cellphone number.
That's the way I had it working in S.Korea anyway and, if I haven't done it correctly yet, I'll eventually have it working that way here. I just saw something on the Skype site about 'download Skype Mobile'. I have no idea what that's all about but I'll explore it soon.
I'm still contendign with some internet qualityh issue where I'm staying now. It's wireless and it doesn't seen to have the strengh to pull some of the sites I like to go on. But I'm hoping to get that problem resolved soon.
When I do, it's my intention to make some more specific offerings and promotions on some web services that will be of value to some of my readers. Stay tuned!
And don't hesitate to gimme a call if you'd just like to chat for a bit!
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