You may have created the best website in the world and have the product everyone wants or needs but unless you get found by the search engines then it will take months if not years to build the traffic to your site. We talked in the past about Squidoo (if you are not yet registered click the preceding link) , Gumtree, US Free Ads, backlinks, signatures, business cards but just this last weekend I came across a post on a website that I follow that was very interesting and can be massively helpful in generating traffic.

Before I share with you the site I just want you to think about something really important. If you come across something really good you have 3 options 1. keep it to yourself , 2. share it with others close to you or option 3. copy it and pretend you are the author.

Options 1. is plain selfish and can’t be justified. Option 2 is OK but you don’t really get the best return and option 3 – well it is not the right thing to do.

The post I found this weekend is on a site called Maxblogpress.com and has been a site that I’ve watched and used for several years. It is foccsed on wordpress blogs and has produced some great little ideas but the article today is all about being found by the search engines and is so topical today that I can’t tell you how excited i am about it all. It shows you how to get several key websites to list your sites and thatway get more traffic and more potential sales. The post to go and have a look at is called how to be listed by killer startups.

If you want go and have a look at killerstartups.com

makes very interesting reading and is well worth the time to explore. Please also sign up for the Maxblogpress.com newsletter which has been of consistently high quality.

Ok – now I know that to talk about business cards might seem a little like teaching granny to suck eggs but there is far more to having and using a business card than you might at first imagine. So what should your business card have on it:

• your name – not you and your partners – just your name
• your contact details – telephone and e mail are the best
  • make sure your e mail is not paul@freeserve.net but use a domain name
  • use a freephone number – it improves the response rate by 100%
• what you do – particularly important if your business name doesn’t give a clue – Mclune Associates
  • bespoke accounting software
  • importer of designer label childrens wear
  • business start up advisor
  • health coach
  • software retailer
  • IT Wireless Networks
• A Tag Line or Memory Hook

So take some time and make your card work for you. One last tip never give out your card without getting one first!

Vista Print do some of the best cards you can get and very often all you pay is the postage

Paul Barton

‘helping you create what matters’