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Polldaddy survey is a poll software. It is easy to use it and the poll can be created and can run on your websites in minutes. How does it look like? there are more than 10 themes to choose from, one example is listed below:

It is always a good idea to add some interactivity with your audience. A simple poll can serve the purpose quite well. What’s more, the collected answers can be analyzed by the software and then becomes more useful. Trend and opinion can be identified, which is invaluable for any business.

Polldaddy offers 3 schemes. The basic one is for free, the other two charge $200 and $899 per year, with advanced features and better customer service. Another benefit with the paid schemes is that they have the link to Polldaddy moved away. However, for the quick feedback collection, I think it is worthwhile to give it a try.

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We all know how important Powerpoint slides are for any business. You may be very familiar with Microsoft Powerpoint, but do you know that you can create, edit , publish and share your powerpoint slides without Microsoft Powerpoint software. Yes, what you need is internet and you can get it done. Here I would like to introduce two online powperpoint editor I personally like a lot.

1.    Sliderocket

2. 280 Slides

The best online powperpoint editor. The working environment is neat and comfortable. It is easy to move around since the layout is similar to Microsoft Powerpoint. You can import slides as well to download slides. So conveniently designed that I personally think it is a great idea to store and edit slides there.Of course, you can share with the world your slides easily. You can even make them searchable in Flickr and Youtube.

Both editors are greatly created. I have benefited from using them. I bet you will enjoy the same benefit once you start to explore them.

by Cynthia Minnaar

Have you reached the stage that you are sick of the rat rate and having to centre your life around getting to work on time, being dictated to by a boss, joining the rush hour to get home and then repeating the process day in day out? Or, perhaps you need a second income to cope with the rising costs. Affiliate Marketing could just be the feasible route for you to take.

So what is affiliate marketing? Basically it is a business opportunity that enables the home business entrepreneur to earn passive income by marketing products for other businesses. You can earn commissions from your direct sales as well as, in some cases, from other affiliates that you introduce to the opportunity.

If you feel that affiliate marketing may be just what you are looking for, here are some important tips to ensure your success:

1. The importance of choosing your niche

The best way to choose your niche is to determine where your interests lie and make a list of the types of products you are interested in. Then search for affiliate companies that sell the type of products you are interested in marketing. It is really important that you choose the best affiliate company or products to market. Ideally you need to look for long standing, reputable, high paying ones.

2. Set-up your website or blog

Once you have chosen your products you then need to display them on a website or blog. Don’t be tempted to just put a whole lot of banners on your site. Remember that people are looking for information so write reviews of each product and be sure to give clear instructions on how they can order the product or sign up as an affiliate too A video is also a great way to let your visitors know about the benefits and how to use the products. Be sure to optimize your website for the search engines with carefully chosen keywords too.

3. Offer your website visitors a freebie

Everybody loves to get something for nothing so offer your website visitors freebies too. It could be in the form of free report, articles, or an ebook. You can use useful, free content to spread the word about your products and opportunity and therefore they translate into more referrals and sales for you.

4. Generate targeted traffic to your website

It does not matter if you have the best affiliate products and programs on offer, the most informative information or the most fantastic website on the internet, without targeted visitors you will not get anywhere.

How do you generate targeted traffic? Okay, so you have optimized your website now you need to do off-site optimization which is also called link building. You can use internet marketing methods such as article marketing, blogging, word of mouth, social networking, forum posting, submitting your site to the online directories, all of which will, in time, attract targeted visitors to your site.

It will be hard for you to fail as an affiliate marketer if you follow all of the abovementioned affiliate marketing tips.

About the Author:
Cynthia Minnaar runs her own successful online affiliate business full-time from home and is also a staff member of The Niche Power Group. Discover how they can help you achieve success with affiliate marketing.

Have you heard of Google Chrome? Yes, Google again brought us a fantastic gift: this time, an internet browser. It looks like

Here is a brief introduction from Google. Have a look and you may want to try Google Chrome yourself.

by Tessa Stowe

Selling is all about the whys. There are some very important whys that you want answered and there are some very important whys your prospect wants answered. If you focus on these whys, selling will become a lot easier for you plus it will be easier for your prospects to buy from you.

So what are these whys and why are they so important?

When you are talking to a prospect the whys that you want answered are:

1. The real ‘reason why’ they want this problem solved or they want to obtain this outcome.

You want to find the ‘reason why’ because you need to discover the ultimate outcome they want. If you know the ultimate outcome they want, you will not only increase your chances of gaining a client but you will also probably make an even larger sale. Also, if you think about it, you need to know the ultimate outcome your prospect is looking for before you can propose the solution that is going to give them this ultimate outcome.

Let me clarify this with a very simple example. If someone wants to buy a drill, they are wanting to buy an outcome which is the hole. If you go one step further and you find out the ‘reason why’ they want the hole, you will find the ultimate outcome. If they said they want holes so they can put up shelves, you could now focus the conversation on a solution which will give them the ultimate outcome they are looking for: shelves. You have now increased your chances of making a sale as you are now focusing on giving them what they really want: shelves. Plus by focusing on a solution that gives them shelves, you could probably include additional components and make an even larger sale.

2. Why they want this ultimate outcome NOW.

You want to find out why they want this ultimate outcome now as you need to know if there is a compelling reason to take action now. If there is no compelling reason to take action now, chances are high that they will not make a decision now. If there is no compelling reason you will probably be wasting your time, money and resources in pursuing a sale that is not going to happen now.

So just as you have whys you want answered so too does your prospect. The whys your prospect wants answered are:

1. Why should I buy this product or service?

Your prospect wants to know what’s in it for me (WIIFM) if I buy your product or service? What problem does your product or service solve and what outcome is it going to deliver? What difference is your product or services going to make for me? Is there a justification for buying your product or service? Why is it important for me to buy your product or service now instead of later?

2. Why should I buy this product or service from you?

Once your prospect has made the decision that they want to buy a product or service like yours to solve a problem or achieve an outcome, they will probably also think they can buy this product or service from other companies as well. It is at this point they start asking themselves all sorts of questions about you. Are you capable of solving this problem and delivering the outcome? Will you do what you say you will do? Can I trust you? What risk am I exposing myself to if I buy from you? Will I get the outcome I want if I buy from you? Why should I buy from you instead of your competitors?

If you look at your sales conversations and all your steps in the sales process, they really are about finding out and answering these whys. In essence you want to find out why they want a problem solved now so you can know if they are really a prospect. In essence your prospect wants to know why they should even be interested in your products and services and if they are, why they should buy from you. Selling really is all about the whys.

Tessa Stowe teaches small business owners and recovering salespeople simple steps to turn conversations into clients without being sales-y or pushy. Her FREE monthly Sales Conversation newsletter is full of tips on how to sell your services by just being yourself. Sign up now at http://www.salesconversation.com

For sure we can make money from blogs. But how? This is a brief intro video you may find useful.

Have you seen “Advertise Here” logos? They serve as an effective way to attract advertisers to your site. 125×125 pixel square ads are now the most popular size. According to tutorialblog, the following ad logo is not a good one. Why? You’d better read the explanation at this post.

Instead, the following 8 free logos are much better. Best of all, you can simply paste them on your site or blog. So, why don’t you download them now?

You must have heard of Linkedin.com, a place for professionals to manage contacts, build and maintain a network. But, does it function only as a connection community? Below is a video which will let you take a different view at your connections in Linkedin. Actually with the help, you can rediscover your network and get things done.

Sharing with others a document seems to be easy: attach the file and send it as email. However, if you want to invite the recipient to edit the file, s/he has to send the file back to you for re-editing. The same document will thus be saved several times on both sides. It is not convenient, it wastes energy from both sides. Luckily Google provides Google Docs for people to share, to collaborate. As always, this fantastic service is for free! If you have a small team, if you have to group edit one document, try this service, you will like it.

Just read a great post “The Unsurpassable Productivity List: A Handy Guide to Getting Important Things Done” from Zenhabits, feel excited to share with you the list.

The list contains articles in the following areas:

• Get things done
• Tools help get things done
• simple productivity system
• limit your week work
• inbox
• Top 30 Tips for Staying Productive and Sane While Working From Home
• and lots more