Tracey DeLeeuw
Get selling online fast. Small business can leapfrog other businesses right now. Tools are FREE and easy. Here is my take on what you should do and why and where and how and when. I try and stress the benefits – but every business is different and will experience the value of the internet differently.
I’ve been doing this for 16 years. These are my best tricks. There are more. Tell me your stories and we’ll grow this list.
I am soon launching a new small business marketplace for selling services called bizdrive.biz. Bizdrive.biz features many of these and is designed to be a turnkey business site for you that you can use with many other sites as part of a super plan – or just get started and grow at your pace on my site. We can plug in to your site, or your linkedin or wherever you already are. I invited you to join * buy * sell * grow at bizdrive – and enjoy the 40 tips we have for you.
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40 ways to grow online ( FREE or under $ 40) - Tip # 1 & 2 - Internet Sales and Marketing
Time: 2:30 Minutes
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Start selling business services online for FREE or under $ 40 using web tools. Tracey De Leeuw - Veteran Internet Strategist - provides 40 easy ways to get online, market your business and sell your services. You don't have to be technical at all. Using FREE and easy tools - you can investment your TIME and leverage your entrepreneurial tendencies to GROW. If you don't have TIME - then pre-register at http://www.bizdrive.biz and get GROWING fast.... for $ 25.00 (This video series
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Setup a Small Business to Sell Online - Tip # 3 & 4 - Your Business Name
Time: 2:49 Minutes
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Start selling business services online for FREE or under $ 40 using web tools. Tracey De Leeuw - Internet Consutant, Strategist, Specialist and Partner at http://www.smartspeed.ca and creator of www.bizdrive.biz- provides 40 easy ways to get online, market your business and sell your services. You don't have to be technical at all. Using FREE and easy tools - you can investment your TIME and leverage your entrepreneurial tendencies to GROW. Tips # 3 & 4 focus on setting up yo
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Shopping Carts and Payment Processing - Tip # 5 & 6 - Sell Online
Time: 3:22 Minutes
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Add a catalogue, shopping cart and payment processor to start selling now. Add paypal payment processing! Using eBay or Amazon - a small business can sell products fast! 'Do it your - self ers' - your Domain Host or ISP has tools to help you! If you sell SERVICES or Products & SERVICES - you may need a different solution. Shameless PLUG for http://www.bizdrive.biz --- The SMALL BUSINESS Marketplace to list and sell your SERVICES --- and the only place on the web where you
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Word of Mouth Referrals and Etiquette- Tip # 7 & 8 - Sell Online and Market your Small Business
Time: 2:08 Minutes
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Tracey De Leeuw - Internet Strategist and CEO of http://www.Bizdrive.biz - a new small business services marketplace - shares 16 years of internet 'must do' tips to help grow a small business online - FREE or for less then $ 40. Tips # 7 & 8 Grow your small business and market your services online using word of mouth advertising and referrals from Customers. Connect to your social networks and build online trust for your brand. Tell your Customers and your Friends you are open for
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Newsletters Internet Marketing - Tip # 9 &10 - Small Business Online Selling
Time: 1:37 Minutes
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Tracey De Leeuw - an expert eBusiness Strategist and CEO of http://www.bizdrive.biz shares 40 'must do' tips to grow a small business online. Tip # 9 & 10 Summary Small business sells services online using email and newsletters to be in touch with prospects and customers and partners. Referrals and recommendations help build trust and create powerful email messages. References help get new business. Newsletters and email make high value communications easy. SAVE TIME and grow eff
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Trustmarks, Credentials - Tip # 11 & 12 - Trust increases online sales
Time: 2:07 Minutes
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Sell your Small Business Services Online by leveraging your credentials and TRUST. Third party firms verify your education, credentials and certifications for you. Credentials help customers do their research. Compete using your ASSETS and education. Differential with Association and Professional Directory links. Be seen in all the Business Directories. Market yourself proactively. Directory listings increase links to your website, raising your search engine rank when people are search fo
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VIRAL Growth using Content - Tip # 13 - Sell Your Business Services Online
Time: 2:36 Minutes
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Tracey De Leeuw - Internet Strategist to some of North America's largest companies and best small businesses - brings you her top 40 'must do' internet tips to help setup and grow a small business online. These 40 tips can be done one by one. It is time consuming - but valuable. If a business owner doesn't have time to learn 40 individual systems - they can simple use bizdrive.biz as their online business centre and use our integrated suite of internet marketing and customer service tools.
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Multiply Your Online Presence - Tip # 14 - Sell Small Business Services
Time: 2:05 Minutes
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Tracey De Leeuw - Internet Strategist to some of North America's largest companies and best small businesses - brings you her top 40 'must do' internet tips to help setup and grow a small business online. Tracey is the founder and CEO of http://www.bizdrive.biz - a small business marketplace where you can sell and deliver unique SERVICES. Over 25 tools have been integrated together at http://www.bizdrive.biz to make is very EASY to increase sales, reduce service delivery costs, increase prof
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JOIN Forums and SHARE your Expertise - Tip # 15 - Sell Small Business Services Online
Time: 3:42 Minutes
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Since 1993 Tracey De Leeuw has helped large and small businesses all over North America get online and get selling. Tracey's helpful '40 ways to sell and grow online for FREE or under $ 40' are practical and affordable ways for a small business to set up shop and get selling fast. Tracey is an internet strategist and CEO of the new 'small business SERVICES marketplace' http://www.bizdrive.biz - designed to help a company and it's staff sell, quote and deliver services - and outst
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Blogging with VALUE - Tip # 16 - Internet Marketing for Small Business
Time: 2:32 Minutes
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Tracey De Leeuw - Internet Strategist to some of North America's largest companies and best small businesses - brings you her top 40 'must do' internet tips to help setup and grow a small business online. Tracey is the founder and CEO of http://www.bizdrive.biz - a small business marketplace where you can sell and deliver unique SERVICES. Over 25 tools have been integrated together at http://www.bizdrive.biz to make is very EASY to increase sales, reduce service delivery costs, increase prof
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Social Bookmarking, Tags and Monitoring - Tip # 17 & 18 - Sell and Grow Business Online
Time: 2:24 Minutes
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Tracey DeLeeuw - Internet Strategist to some of North America's largest companies and best small businesses - brings you her top 40 'must do' internet tips to help setup and grow a small business online. Tracey is the founder and CEO of http://www.bizdrive.biz - a small business marketplace where you can sell and deliver unique SERVICES. Over 25 tools have been integrated together at http://www.bizdrive.biz to make is very EASY to increase sales, reduce service delivery costs, increase profi
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Online VIDEO marketing and business COLLABORATION - Tip # 19 & 20 - Internet Marketing
Time: 2:42 Minutes
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Tracey De Leeuw - Internet Strategist for 16 years to some of North America's largest companies and best small businesses - brings you her top 40 'must do' internet tips to help setup and grow a small business online. Tracey is the founder and CEO of http://www.smartspeed.ca - an internet and ebusiness consulting strategy firm and the creator of http://www.bizdrive.biz - an online small business service marketplace where you can sell and deliver unique SERVICES. Over 25 tools have been
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Affiliate Links GROW Traffic - Tip # 21 - Internet Marketing for Small Business
Time: 2:49 Minutes
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Affiliate marketing and link sharing drives traffic to your small business website. Share traffic with complimentary sites. Excellent definition and picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing Monetize your exit traffic - if they are leaving anyway - why not send them somewhere interesting and relevant - and make some money while you are at it. Small Businesses who JOIN http://www.bizdrive.biz take advantage of our FREE Affiliate Marketing system. Banner and text ad
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Online Marketing and Selling Tools - Tip # 22 - Internet Marketing for Small Business
Time: 1:21 Minutes
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Who has time to run 20 different systems? At http://www.bizdrive.biz - the NEW service marketplace for Small Business who want to sell online and using internet marketing tools to grow their business - we have integrated all the sales and marketing tools into one easy to use - end-to-end eCommerce system. Our Affiliate marketing systems enables you to profile your business and your services, then turn those 'service offers' into banner ads and text link ads that can be placed on every web
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Small Business Be Found Online - Tip # 23 -Keyword phases in descriptions
Time: 2:27 Minutes
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Selling small business services and products online is easier if you understand the rules of the game. Here's an important another one: Being found in a search is an important aspect of selling online. A business must be labeled so customers find them when they search on certain words and phrases. These are called keywords. Use them on a webpage and within the description of the webpage. You can look: (these are hidden - but search engines see them) - click View on your browser m
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Classified Ad Marketing - Tip # 24 & 25...Internet Marketing for Small Business
Time: 3:06 Minutes
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Classified Ad marketing Craiglist, Kijiji, Oodle and other sites accept ads for products and services, new and used. These ad systems aggregate local ads make them availabe internationally. Oodle propogates by connecting to big communities. Kijiji is growing. They make money selling featured ads, banners and links. Managing online ads is an important part of an ad campaign. Be ready! Use the tools of the site to know when people have questions. Be ready with answers. Post as often as
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Classified Ad Marketing Online - Tip # 25 + Sell Small Business Services Online
Time: 1:58 Minutes
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Http://www.bizdrive.biz is a small business eBusiness solution used to help turn classified ad marketing online into sales. Market your small business on Craigslist, Kijiji, Oodle and your local classified ad sites - and close the deal and deliver the service using easy and affordable tools from www.bizdrive.biz. Turn FOR SALE to SOLD by adding a bizdrive.biz BUY NOW button to your classified ads. If you plan to do a classified ad campaign, plan to succeed by having the proper responses rea
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Multimedia Press Releases - Tip # 26 - Internet Marketing for Small Business
Time: 2:00 Minutes
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Promote your small business online using Multimedia Press Releases featuring high value information. Include video, links, .pdf documents, audio, how2 guides, research and more - for optimal interactivity value! Online press releases have many benefits for small businesses because they have a long and valuable shelf life and document a business' history. Press releases online provide additional means for engaging with more viewers, converting them to buyers and future prospects, and
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eBooks as a Marketing Tool Online - Tip # 27 & 28 - Knowledge and Specialty Marketing
Time: 3:12 Minutes
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What do eBooks and Helpdesks have in common? eBooks help you share your knowledge and expertise with the world - and helpdesks help you answer questions and provide service to the prospects who have questions and want answers after they found you online. See the video for links. Join http://www.bizdrive.biz Small Business Marketing for Selling Services Online and Growing Your Business Pre-register now and save! ONLY $ 25.00 a year to be a Member! 30% off if you are a member of
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Buy and Sell with Trading Partners - Tip # 29 & 30 & 31 - Small Business BONUS
Time: 3:40 Minutes
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Small Businesses that want to grow their online presence and use the internet to help increase sales and reduce costs can find new products, services and partners with ease. Find a new product to sell. Find new contractors to add to project work and enhance your offer. Find new distributors for your goods and services and new partners to resell you! Save money buying and increase profits on sales. Take efficiencies to a whole new level by collaborating on service delivery with a hybri
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Collaboration + eCommerce - Tip # 32 - Buy and Sell Services Online
Time: 2:42 Minutes
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Tip # 32 Collaboration with Customers and collaborating with trading partners, consultants and contractors are great ways to reduce costs, improve profitability, increase customer service and reduce project risks considerably. Tools such as google docs and microsoft sharepoint, and others bring trading partners, staff, contractors and customers into one environment to share information, collaborate and stay on the same page. Project management using collaboration tools reduces not prod
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CRM Customer Relationships Online - Tip # 33 + 34 - Service Marketplace Advantage
Time: 2:42 Minutes
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Client Relationship Management - CRM - Customer Relationship Management - CRM This means staying in touch with prospects and customers regularly and providing them with high value information on a timely and regular basis so they will buy from you and stay loyal to you and refer new business to your business. Maximizer, ACT, Salesforce.com are among the most popular. Even Outlook can be used for CRM if you have a great plan and stick to it. Its not really the tool you use - it's how and
Security for Small Business Selling Online - Tip # 35 - Trust, privacy and tools
Time: 2:34 Minutes
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Affordable security isn't just for the banks anymore! Darren Jones, expert security consultant and Partner at www.Smartspeed.ca, IT and Security auditor and President of Bizdrive.biz, explains security and building trust in business interactions in this 6 part series of Tips. Security, Trust, Privacy and other core elements of information security are discussed in plain language, with easy and low cost tools recommended and linked to products and recommended reading.. Darren is a C
Online Antivirus for Small Business - Tip # 36 - How to not GIVE or GET viruses
Time: 4:39 Minutes
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Darren is a security consultant, auditor, practitioner and Partner at www.smartspeed.ca and President of http://www.Bizdrive.biz This video discusses the risks and solutions for online anti-virus protection and small business software. Darren has extensive experience with these technologies. He makes it sound easy. To him it is :) A small business should understand security and privacy and trust. Hire professionals if a breach could land you on the front cover of a newspaper in a BAD
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Firewalls and Intrusion Protection - Tip # 37 - Internet Security for Small Business
Time: 5:14 Minutes
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Darren Jones, CMA, Security Auditor, Consultant and Partner at www.smartspeed.ca and President of www.bizdrive.biz - discusses the issues of firewall protection and intrusion detection and solutions that are affordable for small business. He recommends these security products: ZoneAlarm http://www.zonealarm.com Computer Associates - http://www.CA.com -CA Internet Security Suite 2007 -CA PestPatrol Anti-Spyware 2007 -CA Anti-Virus 2007 -CA Anti-Spam 2007 -CA PC MacLAN -CA Persona
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Security for Small Business Buying and Selling Online - Tip # 38 - Credentials + Identity + Trust
Time: 3:00 Minutes
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Buy safely. Sell securely. Darren Jones, CMA, Security Auditor, Consultant and President of www.bizdrive.biz gives valuable advice and insights on security and trust for small businesses buying and selling online. The first element of TRUST online is Identity. Who you are legitimizes what you say. If who you are can not be verified - what you say and promise is difficult to believe. A small business selling services delivered by experts are best served to verify the identity and
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Trust-based Service Marketplace - Tip # 39 - Selling Services http://www.bizdrive.biz
Time: 2:28 Minutes
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Darren is an information security professional and a Certified Management Accountant with a focus on process controls in Business IT Systems. In this section, Darren uses our own best practices at http://www.bizdrive.biz to illistrate how Trust can and should be established between business partners - and what both parties should expect in a transaction. bizdrive.biz is used in this example because it illistrates the best ways WE know how to do this stuff, plus there are no better examples
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Privacy and Trust mean Security - Tip # 40 - Growing Small Business Online
Time: 2:31 Minutes
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Darren Jones, President of Bizdrive.biz - has been a trusted security professional for almost 20 years, an Executive, a CMA and an experienced IT auditor. In this video he explains privacy and methods to protect privacy and still do marketing and create trust. Privacy is a core component of security online and a share responsibility online.. Learn how to protect your customers and your information and adhere to government regulations so you can grow your business online with confidence




























