The Entrepreneurial Tips Blog Begins...

The Entrepreneurial Tips Blog Begins...

Wow! I can't believe I'm actually making my first blog entry on the "Internet Marketing Tips Blog for The Traveling Vineyard ." Since this is my first post, I'd like to lay the foundation for what one should expect as I blog away on the various topics listed further down the page.

What prompted this bog in the first place?

Well, after writing articles, publishing eBooks and training entrepreneurs for umpteen years (or longer) , I've been convinced by my followers, supporters, detractors, foes and even my dog, "Herbie" that I should devote a little time each week blogging about all this weird internet stuff that seems to dominate at least 50% of my brain.

Two things that might pop in your head about now are:

1. An internet marketing tips blog? How will that help my business?
2. -and- If only 50% of Dan's brain is full of this stuff, does that make him a half wit?

I might can help you on the first item, but even I am a bit foggy on what dominates that other 50% on my brain :-) So let's focus on marketing ideas to help you promote Food-Beverage, Party Supplies & Tableware .

In a nutshell, I have helped network marketers, website owners, bloggers, internet entrepreneurs, affiliates, and even big companies improve their internet strategies. But what I enjoy most is working directly with the average "Joe" or "Josephine".

I started out not knowing any of this techno-geek stuff. Yes, that was about 10 years ago. But today after acting like a loofa sponge for all these years, I've learned a trick or two about making money on the web. My goal is to cut to the chase and offer you hands-on strategies that will increase prospects, customers and visitors to your sites and blogs.

I'll be posting tips and stratiegies on anything and everything, as long as it works. It is likely that you are doing some things wrong or inefficiently and if you are like most, you're spending far more money than you should on 'stuff' that has questionable results.

Even though this particular blog will focus on strategies for The Traveling Vineyard and how to market Food-Beverage, Party Supplies & Tableware , I may from time-to-time give examples from other industries or areas to demonstrate a strategy or idea. It's your job to apply the concepts to YOUR particular site, blog, product or service.

Below are a few of the areas I'll help you with:

• Blogging
• Generating internet leads
• Web page ideas (to increase results)
• Landing or destination pages
• Opt-in mail list ideas
• Content creation ideas
• Profiting from Adsense or Contextual ads
• Search engines and Pay per click
• Tags (the keywords of blogs and...)
• Networking through "social systems"
• The how and why of newsletters
• RSS feeds (the why and how)
• Creating your own Press Releases
• and Making Money on the Web

In addition, I've written a few 'how-to' articles specifically to help get your internet marketing strategy on-track. You might find these internet marketing articles for The Traveling Vineyard interesting or helpful.

Finally, you may be asking WHY I decided to do a blog specifically for The Traveling Vineyard ? The truth is, I run separate blogs for many types of of entrepreneurs. This is only one of my blogs!

Rest assured I am not a recruiter, I'm not active in any 'company', and I do not sell or share names on any of my opt-in lists. 100% of my money is made from helping others (like you) manage a successful online marketing campaign. My style is "go cheap" but hang tight with "quality". Doing a little, very consistently over a long period of time is my modus operandi. I'm a teacher first and a web developer and entrepreneur second (close second!). Occasionally I offer classes, sometimes I offer eBooks, and I have web systems that many subscribers use to improve their traffic, content and results online. That's the deal.

If you like what you're reading here I suggest you get the RSS or XML feed (look for the little orange feed buttons).

That's it for now, see you again soon (bring a note pad next time :-)