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When attempting to draw traffic to your website, it is important that you gain a full understanding of some of the standard methods for increasing traffic—and some of the nonstandard methods as well. All is fair in the world of internet advertising, so no matter what strategy you use, use it well. One excellent strategy involves using write-ups or articles to attract business.

62% of visitors to any given site arrive due to articles in newspapers, magazines, and websites. This is achieved through press releases that include a website and contact information. Radio interviews and free seminars serve the same purpose. They are opportunities to promote your website, so don’t pass those up. Many also write articles to be distributed to numerous online article publication sites. These articles help to demonstrate your expertise at the same time that they provide a link to your website, so these are one of the best online advertising methods available. However you decided to structure your online advertising and linking strategies, be sure to include any and all potential write-ups you can get. They not only tell about your company, but they offer association with the news agency that sponsored the write-up as well, which adds to your clout.

People with disabilities can have a tough time finding gainful employment in today’s day and age. Whether their disabilities stem from serving in the armed forces, birth defects, traumatic incidents, or any other cause, the effect is the same. Life moves slower for the disabled and transporation is perennially problematic. But today the disabled are opening their own businesses in record numbers. Recent research reports from Rehabilition Services Admninistration show:

• 20 to25% of participating disabled people are interested in starting their own businesses
• At least 50% of disabled business owners receive help in their endeavors through the Disabled Businesspersons Association
• More than half of entrepreneurs with disabilities started their businesses with investments of less than $10,000
• three in five disabled-owned businesses are partnerships of two to three people

With the advantage of online business as well as the benefits of teamwork, disabled people today have more opportunities than ever to open their own businesses, thus create their own jobs. As technology develops, choices abound for the disabled among us, and that can only be good news for the entire community.

Show business folks know about poise. Making a great first impression is their business, and when actors have to go from one go-see to another, one audition to another, they know that looking their best and performing at the top of their game is essential. Those in other business pursuits would do well to take some tips from actors and other show business people. After all, your business interview is your audition, and just as an actor may have to play a role, sing, or dance at an interview, you will have to do the corporate professional version of this.

Tip #1: roll with the punches. So many actors have practiced for days to be perfect at an audition, only to trip on a camera cord and fall flat on their faces. Does that mean they won’t get the part? Certainly not! How you recover from a fall tells so much about your character, your sense of humor, your determination, and your poise than anything else! So, if something goes wrong, show them you can roll with the punches.

Tip #2: always have professional “pictures.” Actors need pictures to complete the package for an audition. As a business person, your resume or CV is your picture. It is not just a picture of you, but of your experience, including the people you have worked with or are connected to, and your aptitudes. Be confident about this “picture.” Don’t apologize for it, don’t over-explain it. Let it speak for itself.