Setting the Record Straight

judgingcatWell in my email tonight, I mentioned that I was going to write a blog post and it’s funny how rumors sure fly in the TEland Peyton Place – so I’m setting the record straight.

You know how I always preach it’s not what happens that matters but how you handle  it will make all the difference – well I’m going to hit it head on.  And the one that I heard that am still laughing about is am I trying to take over the TE business and the answer is no actually hell no .

The other rumor that I have heard is that the sites that I am admin at now are going to be closing their doors and that is NO they are not.  Folks sometimes life just happens and you have to deal with it the best you can.

Over the years, in this TEland Peyton Place, I have learned never believe what you hear and go straight to the person and ask when you hear something being said and there has been lot of you that have and enough that I thought I would write this blog post.

Let me put all your minds to ease Handyman Hits, Sleuth Traffic and ClickFred Traffic are here to stay and are not going anywhere.  Like I said earlier, life happens and sometimes you just need a helping hand.  AND that is all that I’m doing helping out some friends and I hope someday when life happens that I have some friends that will help me out.

So many times, I have been accused of being too old school – well maybe I am but I still believe in helping a friend when they need it.  That being said over the years I have left my doors open for lot of people (site owners also) and have been the type of person that drops what I’m doing to help someone else.

I hope that clears the TE “air” a bit and I  will be doing the best job I can as ADMIN of the above sites. As always, the door is always open for suggestions which I will be happy to hear and pass on   to the Owners.”  Just Skype me @ nancyradlinger or email me at either of the sites that I’m admin at or look this Zaney Granny up on Zaney Clicks.

 

Branding – have you learned it yet?

One of the first things that I heard when I started working online that you have to learn to brand yourself, your product, your site etc.  Well I can remember telling the person that told me that they were crazy as how do you learn to brand online.  Branding – have you learned it yet?

Years ago – you could tell alot from a person’s attire, the way they managed themselves when you met them and even sealed deals with handshakes.  Well that isn’t so easy to do online as you can’t always see the person you are dealing with and you really have to careful as everyone has their own story to tell.

Years ago, I was told by a mentor of mine, if you meet someone online before you do any kind of work with that person – go to Google and put in their name.  If this person is let’s say walking the walk and not just talking the talk – you will find out, you will find what that person has been doing, you will learn the good, bad and ugly about that person.

Does that mean that if you do find something bad or ugly – run in the other direction – NO – I have found over the years for SEO purposes many people like to use some of the  keywords for what they are writing at the time and may add scam etc. to the title just to get attention.  Be sure you read ALL and not just the headlines about the person that you are looking up.

Now if that person has done their homework and like my friend told me have branded themselves – they you will be able to see it when you Google them.  Another thing that I like to do is visit social sites also and put in their name, read their profiles and one of the best places that I have found for other business people is APSense.  A friend of mine also wrote a great article on how to brand yourself there – Click Here To Read

Ok I know what you shy people are thinking, I really don’t want to put myself out there it makes me feel uncomfortable and I don’t like talking about myself.  In the TE Land there are many other ways that people are branding themselves – when talking to other listen to how some sites are being branded – here are some examples.

How about a dog named Fred at ClickFred Traffic
Every time you see a Frog now – dont you think about Froggy Hits
Horror Films makes you think of Horror Movie Hits
Mention Cows and who do you think of Mo’s cows at Holy Cow
And we all know about “Flash” at Hot Flash Hits
Can’t forget the one and only Krazy Kaye over at Krazy Exchange
What site has taught us about Marijuana and Kudos to Jon on a great job at Marijuana Hits
How about Teacup Puppies – didn’t even know they existed Teacup Puppy Traffic
Last but not least – the kid on the block – Yuppie over at Yuppie Hits

Saving the best (JMO) example of branding ……….If you have not heard about IT, seen IT, grabbed IT, and even joined IT – well I just don’t know where you have been because I think James has done an excellent job (don’t tell him as IT will go to his head) in branding his site Internet Traffic (IT) 24/7

Social Manual Traffic ExchangeIT is a new Traffic Exchange world.Just Get IT

One more before you go – want to make sure you get it – here is his latest Video

So Branding – have you learned it yet??  I hope by the examples in this post that you will get out there and start branding you, yourself, you logo – YOU need to make your presence known – have fun.