1. The New Keyword Tool Ignores Traffic From Google Search Network PartnersAny search marketer knows the profiles of each search audience (Google.com vs. partners) can vary widely, with differences in cost-per-click (CPC), click-through rate (CTR), conversion rates, baseline ROI, and more. Seasonal fluctuations in these core metrics also show different patterns, at times.
2. You Can Run Search Query Volume Estimates in Any Geographical Market
In the past, how could you do this? Resisting the temptation to calculate search query volumes off of relative country population sizes, you'd probably have to go to a third-party keyword tool -- but then face all kinds of hazards in harmonizing the data to Google's. Never a pretty picture.
3. You Can Estimate Search Traffic on Mobile Devices
Behaviorally speaking, desktop/laptop search and mobile search are two very different animals. Searcher's intent, query language, context, even screen and browser limitations -- these all vary widely from the big screen to the little screen. The keyword [Italian restaurant] garners more than 16 percent of its query volume from mobile devices, compared to 0.2 percent for the keyword [management consultants]. Isn't it about time we had a tool to help quantify mobile search behavior with that kind of precision?
4. New Data Filters Ease the Heavy Lifting of all That Search Query Data
With the old tool, we'd often find a list with a heavy long tail of keywords showing little or no data. Given that Google would limit the output of any list to 200 items, it often took several tries to build a useful seed list of keywords to analyze. Now we can filter by query volume, competition, estimated CPC, etc. And by the way, Google has done away with the 200 keyword limit.
5. Match Type Targeting is More Intuitive, This Time Around
One of the easiest ways to misinterpret data from the old Keyword Tool was to overlook the potential overlaps of search query data inherent in a broad-matched seed list (example: showing [Italian restaurant] and [Italian restaurant Chicago] on the same list). The risk is still apparent, but with simple check boxes in the new version, it's become much easier to control for these potential errors.
Monday, 27 December 2010
How To Use HTML Meta Tags in your content
If only it were so easy. Let's make it clear:
Let's see two common types of meta tags, then we'll discuss exactly how they are used in more depth:
In the example above, you can see the beginning of the page's "head" area as noted by the <HEAD> tag -- it ends at the portion shown as </HEAD>.
- Meta tags are not a magic solution.
- Meta tags are not a magic solution.
- Meta tags are not a magic solution.
Meta Tag Overview
What are meta tags? They are information inserted into the "head" area of your web pages. Other than the title tag (explained below), information in the head area of your web pages is not seen by those viewing your pages in browsers. Instead, meta information in this area is used to communicate information that a human visitor may not be concerned with. Meta tags, for example, can tell a browser what "character set" to use or whether a web page has self-rated itself in terms of adult content.Let's see two common types of meta tags, then we'll discuss exactly how they are used in more depth:
In the example above, you can see the beginning of the page's "head" area as noted by the <HEAD> tag -- it ends at the portion shown as </HEAD>.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Does Changing ip Effects Domain Search Engine Rankings
The answer is not YES or NO :), it depends
Changing IP has less impact on SE rankings and it can be undergone through ethical promotion in short time.Now Search engines are smart enough to find the change and to find why. You don't have to worry about it.
But, before changing you need to check out the below conditions
(1) your new host should not have loads of banned ip's because of spamming and you should not end up on one of those ip's, it will effect your rankings for sure
(2) your new host should not be often down, this will definitly have an impact on your rankings, check out the uptime before you host
(3) your new host should not ban spiders to save bandwidth, this can have an effect on search engine ranking
Changing IP has less impact on SE rankings and it can be undergone through ethical promotion in short time.Now Search engines are smart enough to find the change and to find why. You don't have to worry about it.
But, before changing you need to check out the below conditions
(1) your new host should not have loads of banned ip's because of spamming and you should not end up on one of those ip's, it will effect your rankings for sure
(2) your new host should not be often down, this will definitly have an impact on your rankings, check out the uptime before you host
(3) your new host should not ban spiders to save bandwidth, this can have an effect on search engine ranking
30 SEO tips within 30days
Having less time to do SEO by your own :) do not worry, now you have a chance to turn your website SEO ready in just 30 days by applying one SEO tip a day? Here are those 30 SEO tips
Tip [1] Add Titles related to targeted keywords, place only important keywords, do not exceed more than 25 characters
Tip [2] Meta description should be unique for each pages with targeted keywords. Do not stuff keywords into Meta description.
Tip [3] Layout pages with CSS, avoid tables
Tip [4] Add Keywords towards H1 tag as page headlines.
Tip [5] Implement Bread crumbs for increasing web site navigation structure example Home >> Service >> SEO
Tip [6] Create Static Header and footer navigation links, Links should be text not as images
Tip [7] Analyze your targeted keywords using Google suggest
Tip [8] Keywords in navigational links play a vital role and have its own importance to search engine eyes
Tip [9] Use most important keyword in file name or URL
Tip [10] Minimize table especially nested tables
Tip [11] Say yes to Quality links and No to Quantity links
Tip [12] Never try to place hundreds of link for a new site on the very first day
Tip [13] Your targeted keywords need to vary a lot in anchors
Tip [14] Always have a good combination of links from new and old sites
Tip [15] Try writing articles having links and have them in the resource page of your site
Tip [16] Images are important, make sure your site logo contains your keyword
Tip [17] Put CSS and JavaScript into external file / folder
Tip [18] Pay special attention to your content
Tip [19] Make sure to have sitemap as text links
Tip [20] Place robots.txt in root on your server
Tip [21] Create Google site map to your web site
Tip [23] Start a blog and participate with other related blogs
Tip [22] Submit site to open directories
Tip [24] Create feed xml and ror xml for xml search engines and directories
Tip [25] Try to avoid automatic directory submission and build manual links
Tip [26] Monitor your hits and traffic by using free Google analytics
Tip [27] Know how to analyze the reports and to optimize the results
Tip [28] Know about redirection methods and theory - 301, 302, and 200 response codes
Tip [29] Implement, understand and react to website analytics reports
Tip [30] Make your body copy sufficiently long and keyword rich
Tip [1] Add Titles related to targeted keywords, place only important keywords, do not exceed more than 25 characters
Tip [2] Meta description should be unique for each pages with targeted keywords. Do not stuff keywords into Meta description.
Tip [3] Layout pages with CSS, avoid tables
Tip [4] Add Keywords towards H1 tag as page headlines.
Tip [5] Implement Bread crumbs for increasing web site navigation structure example Home >> Service >> SEO
Tip [6] Create Static Header and footer navigation links, Links should be text not as images
Tip [7] Analyze your targeted keywords using Google suggest
Tip [8] Keywords in navigational links play a vital role and have its own importance to search engine eyes
Tip [9] Use most important keyword in file name or URL
Tip [10] Minimize table especially nested tables
Tip [11] Say yes to Quality links and No to Quantity links
Tip [12] Never try to place hundreds of link for a new site on the very first day
Tip [13] Your targeted keywords need to vary a lot in anchors
Tip [14] Always have a good combination of links from new and old sites
Tip [15] Try writing articles having links and have them in the resource page of your site
Tip [16] Images are important, make sure your site logo contains your keyword
Tip [17] Put CSS and JavaScript into external file / folder
Tip [18] Pay special attention to your content
Tip [19] Make sure to have sitemap as text links
Tip [20] Place robots.txt in root on your server
Tip [21] Create Google site map to your web site
Tip [23] Start a blog and participate with other related blogs
Tip [22] Submit site to open directories
Tip [24] Create feed xml and ror xml for xml search engines and directories
Tip [25] Try to avoid automatic directory submission and build manual links
Tip [26] Monitor your hits and traffic by using free Google analytics
Tip [27] Know how to analyze the reports and to optimize the results
Tip [28] Know about redirection methods and theory - 301, 302, and 200 response codes
Tip [29] Implement, understand and react to website analytics reports
Tip [30] Make your body copy sufficiently long and keyword rich
TOp 10 seo tips
As we all know Drupal plays a big role in open source development and it is very important that drupal site development should be search engine friendly. To make this we need to focus lots in on-page optimization for search engine readiness and the below list of tips will help you to develop search engine friendly site and spiders can crawl the site very easily without any limits
(1) Rewrite CSS and reduce code size
(2) Design layout using XHTMl and make it lighter better for SEO
(3) Creating Clean URL's, optional using .htaccess
(4) Enable Path module
(5) Configure Meta tag Module
(6) Remove content duplication by URL's with the help of robots.txt File
(7) Enable XML sitemap
(8) Add Custom breadcrumb Module
(9) Enable related links
(10) Global redirects
(1) Rewrite CSS and reduce code size
(2) Design layout using XHTMl and make it lighter better for SEO
(3) Creating Clean URL's, optional using .htaccess
(4) Enable Path module
(5) Configure Meta tag Module
(6) Remove content duplication by URL's with the help of robots.txt File
(7) Enable XML sitemap
(8) Add Custom breadcrumb Module
(9) Enable related links
(10) Global redirects
Seo Tricks
Blekko.com, a new Search Engine that comes up with handy tools for webmasters and SEO's. It is known to be a slashtag search engine. Blekko calls its web crawler as ScoutJet. If you have any pages to be update then you may try crawler@blekko.com and to know about the ScoutJet web crawler, you can visit www.scoutjet.com
Here you start, try Blekko.com with
"yourdomian.com" /link - find site backlinks
"yourdomian.com" /rank - seo info for a site
"yourdomian.com" /seo - shows web data with inbound links, crawl stats, site pages, compare with another site & duplicate content.
Link Builders can make use of a special query to know IBL in order of the most recent link, Yourdomain.com /link /date
And if you need in real-time feed then add /rss to the query like Yourdomain.com /link /date /rss
Here is the SEO feature/toolbar from Blekko
Here is a note on Blekko.com slash tag and you may post your experience in my FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/jagseo/posts/169364039760246
Here you start, try Blekko.com with
"yourdomian.com" /link - find site backlinks
"yourdomian.com" /rank - seo info for a site
"yourdomian.com" /seo - shows web data with inbound links, crawl stats, site pages, compare with another site & duplicate content.
Link Builders can make use of a special query to know IBL in order of the most recent link, Yourdomain.com /link /date
And if you need in real-time feed then add /rss to the query like Yourdomain.com /link /date /rss
Here is the SEO feature/toolbar from Blekko
Here is a note on Blekko.com slash tag and you may post your experience in my FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/jagseo/posts/169364039760246
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Constructing Interactive Online Surveys
A survey on its own may not be enough to interest your regular readers – however, an interactive survey that allows participants to offer input or feedback can improve your relationship with site visitors exponentially. For instance, if you’re considering adding new topics to a discussion board, rather than posting the question in a forum and tallying responses by hand, you can use online survey software to construct a questionnaire that gives you the answers you’re after.
A good online survey software provider will have tools to help you easily set up a survey, as well as quickly analyse the results. When writing your survey, be sure you choose a variety of question types to get the variety of responses you require. Asking the same question in a number of different ways can provide surprising results. Giving your participants a number of ways to respond means you’re more likely to receive a complete picture of what your audience is thinking. Powerful analysis is a snap with online survey software that lets you see the results of your survey in an instant with graphics and charts that are easy to interpret.
A good online survey software provider will have tools to help you easily set up a survey, as well as quickly analyse the results. When writing your survey, be sure you choose a variety of question types to get the variety of responses you require. Asking the same question in a number of different ways can provide surprising results. Giving your participants a number of ways to respond means you’re more likely to receive a complete picture of what your audience is thinking. Powerful analysis is a snap with online survey software that lets you see the results of your survey in an instant with graphics and charts that are easy to interpret.
Use an Online Survey to Poll Visitors Effectively
Whether you run a site offering goods and services, provide news and special reports or have a blog with growing readership, the key to success is keeping your visitors coming back for more. One thing you can do to ensure this happens is to provide your visitors with an opportunity to give you feedback. Online survey software can be a powerful tool for involving your audience in your site.
Sure, putting a poll on the front page asking your site visitors to vote whether they think one political party or another will win the next election is a quick and easy way to involve them. But delving deeper into their reasons for choosing A, B or C can teach you a great deal about the people visiting your pages online. It might seem like a long and complex process, but today’s online survey software makes asking the right people intuitive questions easier than ever. All it takes is a few minutes to craft a survey that’s both professional and engaging.
Sure, putting a poll on the front page asking your site visitors to vote whether they think one political party or another will win the next election is a quick and easy way to involve them. But delving deeper into their reasons for choosing A, B or C can teach you a great deal about the people visiting your pages online. It might seem like a long and complex process, but today’s online survey software makes asking the right people intuitive questions easier than ever. All it takes is a few minutes to craft a survey that’s both professional and engaging.
Uncover New Profit Channels for Your Business by conducting an Online Survey
If you're in business, you already know how essential it is to "listen" to your customers. What you may NOT have realized, though, is that there is no better way to truly understand your customers' deepest desires (the wants and needs that guide and motivate each and every one of their buying decisions) than by conducting a survey.
A carefully constructed survey can be a powerful tool for striking up a personal conversation with your customers to learn exactly how they feel about your company, products, and services -- valuable insights that give you the opportunity to turbo-charge your profits by:
* Gaining a greater understanding of your potential buyers' interests, challenges, values, and lifestyles and using this information to make adjustments to your product or service (or the way it's packaged) to increase usability and appeal.
* Re-writing the benefits emphasized in your salescopy to focus closely on those that are of greatest interest to your target market.
* Discovering new or under-served micro-niches (those tiny groups of customers who are typically ignored by large corporations) and tapping into these additional profit channels.
* Spotting fads and market trends quickly and capitalizing on them before your competitors do.
... all without the typical costs associated with offline surveys, all within a matter of a few days (or even a few hours)!
Of course, writing and distributing surveys has become a bit of a science. Questions need to be carefully worded to avoid biasing the respondent. Formatting issues need to be addressed before you can start writing as this will affect the layout of your questions. And questions of how you will distribute your survey need to be carefully researched to avoid some dangerous (and potentially costly) pitfalls.
Recently, when we put together our own Internet Marketing Center survey (which you can view now by visiting http://www.marketingtips.com/survey) we did extensive research into survey development and distribution. And while we already had quite a bit of experience designing surveys that get results, we were a bit shocked by some of our findings regarding the latest survey distribution solutions.
So we thought we'd pass this information along to you in the form of five simple steps that will allow you to create and distribute your own survey to generate the highest response... while avoiding the costs, pitfalls, and hassles that can be associated with this process.
Step #1 -- Defining Your Objective:
Before you start writing your survey questions, it's important that you take time to clearly map out your objectives: what do you want to accomplish with your survey? Do you want to:
1. Learn what your existing customers think of your product or service?
2. Find out what your visitors think of your web site's functionality?
3. Discover whether or not your newsletter subscribers are satisfied with the articles you've been giving them?
4. Uncover the objections your potential customers have to buying your product?
5. Research market trends and find out whether or not the product you've been thinking about developing is going to be a big hit or a huge flop?
Whatever it is, it's extremely important that you clearly define your objective right from the start as this will affect every step you take from that point forward, from deciding who will receive your survey to writing your questions to choosing a method of distribution.
In fact, once you've defined your goals, it should be abundantly obvious who your survey will target, be it your customers, your newsletter subscribers, your web site visitors, visitors to another web site or newsgroup, etc...
And once you know WHO you're going to be surveying, deciding HOW you're going to survey them becomes much easier. If you're targeting your web site visitors, your survey could appear as a pop-up on your web site. If you're targeting your existing customers, you could send your survey via e-mail. If you're researching market trends and don't have an opt-in e-mail list of your own, you might purchase ad space in an industry newsletter and include a link to your survey.
Whatever it is you want to know, whoever you want to ask, and however you want to collect the data, by defining your objective and then building your survey with it in mind at all times, you'll save yourself loads of time and money. Plus, you'll also ensure that the results you get provide you with the strategic information you need to make smart business decisions and increase your online income.
Step #2 -- Writing Effective Questions:
The questions you write will ultimately determine the usefulness of the answers you collect, so pay careful attention not only to what you ask, but how you ask it. Poorly worded questions can result in useless, biased answers and can even cause participants to lose interest and leave your survey incomplete.
Points to keep in mind when writing your questions include:
1. Keep your questions short and to the point. By using simple language and avoiding jargon and acronyms, you make your questions easy to read and increase the probability that your respondents will complete your survey.
2. Avoid writing questions that make assumptions. For example, you shouldn't ask "Is your dog male or female?" without leaving room for the possibility that respondents may not own a dog.
3. Avoid asking leading questions such as: "Through phone conversations with my customers, I've learned that most people prefer to receive their newsletter in text format as opposed to HTML. How do you prefer to receive your newsletter?" The stated preference will bias the results.
4. Avoid questions that ask respondents to reveal sensitive or embarrassing information (or if you must ask the question, place it towards the end of your survey, after a few non-threatening but related questions).
5. Limit the number of open-ended questionsyou ask (i.e., questions that require a written response) as these are less likely to be answered. Well-written multiple choice and scaled questions (i.e., questions that ask the respondent to rate something) are generally preferred because they're faster to answer.
Most important, be careful that you don't succumb to the temptation to ask every question you can think of, regardless of whether or not it contributes to your objectives. Do you REALLY need to know the middle name of their grandmother's first cousin? Probably not...
The fewer questions you ask, the more responses you'll receive. And more responses equals more accurate, more useful data!
Step #3 -- Formatting Your Survey:
The way you design your overall survey and lay out each question is going to have a huge impact on how your questions are interpreted and whether or not your survey is completed.
Designing your questions:
Obviously, how you design and format your questions is going to be affected by how you choose to distribute your survey. If you're e-mailing the survey to your customers in a plain text format, you're going to be more restricted in the types of questions you can ask because there are only a handful of ways you can format the answers. On the other hand, if your survey will be Web based, you have the option of using bolding, color, and graphics to enhance readability.
Of course, limitations aside, you have quite a few formatting options to choose from when designing your survey questions, including:
* Multiple choice questions
* Open-ended questions (e.g. "What do you think about...? Answer:_______")
* Rating scales (e.g. "On a scale of 1 to 10 -- 1 being Strongly Agree and 10 being Strongly Disagree -- do you think...")
* Agreement scales (e.g. "The sky is blue." Do you: Strongly Agree / Agree / Not Sure / Disagree / Strongly Disagree)
* Check boxes (e.g. "Check the statement that most closely describes how...")
As I've already mentioned, you'll want to limit the number of open-ended questions you ask, as respondents typically prefer multiple choice style questions. However, when presenting possible answers to multiple choice questions, it's usually a good idea to include an "Other" option; this leaves room for answers and possibilities that you may not have thought of.
Ordering your questions:
While you shouldn't immediately bombard your respondents with your toughest questions, you should try to place the questions that you most want answered closer to the beginning of your survey as opposed to the end. That way, if respondents decide not to complete the entire survey, at least you'll have answers to your most important questions.
Of course, with that said, you should be sure to start your survey with a few easy questions that get the respondent comfortable answering your questions and develop a rapport with them. This will help to ensure that when you ask the tough questions, respondents won't shy away and you'll get more accurate, honest answers.
Also, be careful to ask questions in a logical order. Just like good writing is structured to guide the reader through the text, a well-designed survey flows naturally through a logical sequence of questions that keeps respondents answering. By jumping around, asking unrelated questions, you'll confuse people and drive them away.
Step #4 -- Deciding How You'll Distribute It:
You basically have three choices for distributing your survey. You can:
a) Send the survey directly in an e-mail.
Obviously, the biggest advantage of doing your survey by e-mail is that it's FREE (assuming you have your own opt-in e-mail list). You can design your survey in just a few short hours, e-mail it to your customers and subscribers, and start receiving results within hours.
The drawbacks are that you're limited in the questions you can ask by the plain text format; you must enter the results you generate by hand into a database or spreadsheet, which can be very time-consuming; and compiling and analyzing the results can be confusing (especially if you're not very good at math).
If you have a few hundred customers or subscribers, and you have only 10 to 15 questions you'd like to ask, an e-mail survey might be the most cost-effective choice for you. However, if you want to survey a larger group, or if you'd like to include more customization, a web-based survey may better suit your needs.
b) Host the survey on your web site.
The beauty of designing a web-based survey is that you can not only include HTML enhancements like color and graphics, you also have the option of making it "dynamic," which means you can customize the questions each person will answer based on their responses to a few key questions.
For example, if you sold three products on your web site, you might want to ask different questions about each. Rather than forcing all of your survey respondents to wade through questions about products they don't own, you could design a dynamic survey that asks "Which of the following products do you own? Check all that apply." Based on the respondent's answer, the dynamic survey would automatically customize the questions that follow.
Unfortunately, the do-it-yourself web-based survey can be really difficult to implement unless you're prepared to hire a programmer or you have advanced programming skills yourself beause:
* Building your own survey to customize the questions to individual respondents, track the results, store the results, and the manipulate them into useful reports is a huge undertaking.
* The survey software that's available (ranging in price from $299 to $799+) typically needs to be customized, which once again means you need advanced programming skills.
... Quite frankly, unless money isn't an object and you have a skilled programmer at your disposal, hosting your survey directly on your site really isn't worth the time and expense given the third-party solutions that are now available.
c) Use a third-party survey provider who will host the survey on their site.
If you are planning to survey more than a couple of hundred people, a third-party survey provider is the route I'd personally recommend you go (in fact, this is how we recently implemented our own survey) -- you'll get all the benefits of a fully-customized, dynamic survey with real-time tracking and analysis of your results without the programming headaches and expense.
Depending on the survey provider you choose, you'll either be asked to fill out your questions in a special template they'll give you OR you'll be asked to send them your questions in a simple Word document. Either way, the survey provider will look after all of the technical "behind-the-scenes" programming issues.
If you have a large number of opt-in e-mail subscribers that you plan to survey, another big benefit of third-party survey hosting is that you don't get stuck with the increased bandwidth charges that come with hosting the survey on your own site.
Plus, even though your survey is hosted on their web site, your survey respondents will never know they've left your web site. Most survey providers offer full customization of your survey with your logo, your graphics, and your web site colors, all of which appears in a frame set on your site (your survey is still hosted on the survey provider's site, but the survey pages are "called" from their site into a frame set on your site).
Of course, with all of that said, when we were preparing to choose a third-party provider for our most recent survey, we spent a lot of time carefully researching all of the options available, and based on what we learned, I would like to offer you a couple of words of caution:
* You should always remain 100% in control of your opt-in e-mail list. To distribute your survey to your customers and subscribers, some third-party providers will insist that you give them your opt-in e-mail list. (This is especially common among "free" and "low cost" providers.) Don't do it! This is your private property and you have a responsibility to your customers and subscribers to protect their personal information. Don't hand this over to anyone, ever!
* Be wary of those survey providers who offer "free" or "low cost" services. There are frequently hidden costs that can snowball very quickly. For example, some survey providers will quote you a price for 300 or 500 or 1,000 responses, but then charge you a fee of as much as $1.60 (or more) per response over your quota.
Deals that sound too good to be true usually are. The reality is, if you have more than a few hundred subscribers and you plan to ask more than 10 basic questions, you need a professional survey provider, not some $20 deal that requires you hand over your entire opt-in e-mail list to strangers, and not some service that charges you "per response" over a set quota.
The third-party provider we finally settled on to host our survey had none of those "surprise charges," and we maintained full control of our customer and subscriber list. We just sent them a Word document with all of our questions, and they put together a very professional-looking, dynamic survey using the logos, colors, and design we wanted. They even double-check and test the logic of your survey questions to make sure everything flows and makes sense.
I think what really impressed us most about this company is that they're not intent on two-bitting you to death with "extra" charges for the essential services you need. In fact, we found them to be priced 30-50% lower than their closest competitors. Plus, they're really dedicated to ensuring you get the best results from your survey and their customer service far exceeded our expectations.
If you'd like to check them out for yourself, you can visit http://www.marketingtips.com/livesurveys. Right now, they're offering a $100 gift certificate to anyone who tries out their demo, to be used towards your first market research project with them. Honestly, after the endless hours of extensive research we put into this, I really can't recommend anyone higher.
Step #5 -- Persuading Them to Participate
Once you're ready to launch your survey, you'll need to turn your attention to persuading your customers and subscribers to actually fill it out. Here are a few suggestions for maximizing your response rate:
* Offer an incentive like a free gift or enter respondents into a special prize draw (this will increase the response you receive by as much as 17%).
* Let respondents know that their answers will be kept in the strictest of confidence.
* Tell them you want their honest opinions, good and bad.
* Provide your contact information for those people who want to verify where the survey is coming from.
* End your survey with a nice thank you that lets respondents know you've received their answers and when they can expect to receive their gift, or that you've entered them in your special prize draw.
These simple, but effective little steps can have a dramatic impact on the overall response you receive to your survey. Remember, offer a benefit to your customers and subscribers that rewards them for participating and lets them know that you'll be using the results to improve your product, service, or newsletter to benefit them!
A carefully constructed survey can be a powerful tool for striking up a personal conversation with your customers to learn exactly how they feel about your company, products, and services -- valuable insights that give you the opportunity to turbo-charge your profits by:
* Gaining a greater understanding of your potential buyers' interests, challenges, values, and lifestyles and using this information to make adjustments to your product or service (or the way it's packaged) to increase usability and appeal.
* Re-writing the benefits emphasized in your salescopy to focus closely on those that are of greatest interest to your target market.
* Discovering new or under-served micro-niches (those tiny groups of customers who are typically ignored by large corporations) and tapping into these additional profit channels.
* Spotting fads and market trends quickly and capitalizing on them before your competitors do.
... all without the typical costs associated with offline surveys, all within a matter of a few days (or even a few hours)!
Of course, writing and distributing surveys has become a bit of a science. Questions need to be carefully worded to avoid biasing the respondent. Formatting issues need to be addressed before you can start writing as this will affect the layout of your questions. And questions of how you will distribute your survey need to be carefully researched to avoid some dangerous (and potentially costly) pitfalls.
Recently, when we put together our own Internet Marketing Center survey (which you can view now by visiting http://www.marketingtips.com/survey) we did extensive research into survey development and distribution. And while we already had quite a bit of experience designing surveys that get results, we were a bit shocked by some of our findings regarding the latest survey distribution solutions.
So we thought we'd pass this information along to you in the form of five simple steps that will allow you to create and distribute your own survey to generate the highest response... while avoiding the costs, pitfalls, and hassles that can be associated with this process.
Step #1 -- Defining Your Objective:
Before you start writing your survey questions, it's important that you take time to clearly map out your objectives: what do you want to accomplish with your survey? Do you want to:
1. Learn what your existing customers think of your product or service?
2. Find out what your visitors think of your web site's functionality?
3. Discover whether or not your newsletter subscribers are satisfied with the articles you've been giving them?
4. Uncover the objections your potential customers have to buying your product?
5. Research market trends and find out whether or not the product you've been thinking about developing is going to be a big hit or a huge flop?
Whatever it is, it's extremely important that you clearly define your objective right from the start as this will affect every step you take from that point forward, from deciding who will receive your survey to writing your questions to choosing a method of distribution.
In fact, once you've defined your goals, it should be abundantly obvious who your survey will target, be it your customers, your newsletter subscribers, your web site visitors, visitors to another web site or newsgroup, etc...
And once you know WHO you're going to be surveying, deciding HOW you're going to survey them becomes much easier. If you're targeting your web site visitors, your survey could appear as a pop-up on your web site. If you're targeting your existing customers, you could send your survey via e-mail. If you're researching market trends and don't have an opt-in e-mail list of your own, you might purchase ad space in an industry newsletter and include a link to your survey.
Whatever it is you want to know, whoever you want to ask, and however you want to collect the data, by defining your objective and then building your survey with it in mind at all times, you'll save yourself loads of time and money. Plus, you'll also ensure that the results you get provide you with the strategic information you need to make smart business decisions and increase your online income.
Step #2 -- Writing Effective Questions:
The questions you write will ultimately determine the usefulness of the answers you collect, so pay careful attention not only to what you ask, but how you ask it. Poorly worded questions can result in useless, biased answers and can even cause participants to lose interest and leave your survey incomplete.
Points to keep in mind when writing your questions include:
1. Keep your questions short and to the point. By using simple language and avoiding jargon and acronyms, you make your questions easy to read and increase the probability that your respondents will complete your survey.
2. Avoid writing questions that make assumptions. For example, you shouldn't ask "Is your dog male or female?" without leaving room for the possibility that respondents may not own a dog.
3. Avoid asking leading questions such as: "Through phone conversations with my customers, I've learned that most people prefer to receive their newsletter in text format as opposed to HTML. How do you prefer to receive your newsletter?" The stated preference will bias the results.
4. Avoid questions that ask respondents to reveal sensitive or embarrassing information (or if you must ask the question, place it towards the end of your survey, after a few non-threatening but related questions).
5. Limit the number of open-ended questionsyou ask (i.e., questions that require a written response) as these are less likely to be answered. Well-written multiple choice and scaled questions (i.e., questions that ask the respondent to rate something) are generally preferred because they're faster to answer.
Most important, be careful that you don't succumb to the temptation to ask every question you can think of, regardless of whether or not it contributes to your objectives. Do you REALLY need to know the middle name of their grandmother's first cousin? Probably not...
The fewer questions you ask, the more responses you'll receive. And more responses equals more accurate, more useful data!
Step #3 -- Formatting Your Survey:
The way you design your overall survey and lay out each question is going to have a huge impact on how your questions are interpreted and whether or not your survey is completed.
Designing your questions:
Obviously, how you design and format your questions is going to be affected by how you choose to distribute your survey. If you're e-mailing the survey to your customers in a plain text format, you're going to be more restricted in the types of questions you can ask because there are only a handful of ways you can format the answers. On the other hand, if your survey will be Web based, you have the option of using bolding, color, and graphics to enhance readability.
Of course, limitations aside, you have quite a few formatting options to choose from when designing your survey questions, including:
* Multiple choice questions
* Open-ended questions (e.g. "What do you think about...? Answer:_______")
* Rating scales (e.g. "On a scale of 1 to 10 -- 1 being Strongly Agree and 10 being Strongly Disagree -- do you think...")
* Agreement scales (e.g. "The sky is blue." Do you: Strongly Agree / Agree / Not Sure / Disagree / Strongly Disagree)
* Check boxes (e.g. "Check the statement that most closely describes how...")
As I've already mentioned, you'll want to limit the number of open-ended questions you ask, as respondents typically prefer multiple choice style questions. However, when presenting possible answers to multiple choice questions, it's usually a good idea to include an "Other" option; this leaves room for answers and possibilities that you may not have thought of.
Ordering your questions:
While you shouldn't immediately bombard your respondents with your toughest questions, you should try to place the questions that you most want answered closer to the beginning of your survey as opposed to the end. That way, if respondents decide not to complete the entire survey, at least you'll have answers to your most important questions.
Of course, with that said, you should be sure to start your survey with a few easy questions that get the respondent comfortable answering your questions and develop a rapport with them. This will help to ensure that when you ask the tough questions, respondents won't shy away and you'll get more accurate, honest answers.
Also, be careful to ask questions in a logical order. Just like good writing is structured to guide the reader through the text, a well-designed survey flows naturally through a logical sequence of questions that keeps respondents answering. By jumping around, asking unrelated questions, you'll confuse people and drive them away.
Step #4 -- Deciding How You'll Distribute It:
You basically have three choices for distributing your survey. You can:
a) Send the survey directly in an e-mail.
Obviously, the biggest advantage of doing your survey by e-mail is that it's FREE (assuming you have your own opt-in e-mail list). You can design your survey in just a few short hours, e-mail it to your customers and subscribers, and start receiving results within hours.
The drawbacks are that you're limited in the questions you can ask by the plain text format; you must enter the results you generate by hand into a database or spreadsheet, which can be very time-consuming; and compiling and analyzing the results can be confusing (especially if you're not very good at math).
If you have a few hundred customers or subscribers, and you have only 10 to 15 questions you'd like to ask, an e-mail survey might be the most cost-effective choice for you. However, if you want to survey a larger group, or if you'd like to include more customization, a web-based survey may better suit your needs.
b) Host the survey on your web site.
The beauty of designing a web-based survey is that you can not only include HTML enhancements like color and graphics, you also have the option of making it "dynamic," which means you can customize the questions each person will answer based on their responses to a few key questions.
For example, if you sold three products on your web site, you might want to ask different questions about each. Rather than forcing all of your survey respondents to wade through questions about products they don't own, you could design a dynamic survey that asks "Which of the following products do you own? Check all that apply." Based on the respondent's answer, the dynamic survey would automatically customize the questions that follow.
Unfortunately, the do-it-yourself web-based survey can be really difficult to implement unless you're prepared to hire a programmer or you have advanced programming skills yourself beause:
* Building your own survey to customize the questions to individual respondents, track the results, store the results, and the manipulate them into useful reports is a huge undertaking.
* The survey software that's available (ranging in price from $299 to $799+) typically needs to be customized, which once again means you need advanced programming skills.
... Quite frankly, unless money isn't an object and you have a skilled programmer at your disposal, hosting your survey directly on your site really isn't worth the time and expense given the third-party solutions that are now available.
c) Use a third-party survey provider who will host the survey on their site.
If you are planning to survey more than a couple of hundred people, a third-party survey provider is the route I'd personally recommend you go (in fact, this is how we recently implemented our own survey) -- you'll get all the benefits of a fully-customized, dynamic survey with real-time tracking and analysis of your results without the programming headaches and expense.
Depending on the survey provider you choose, you'll either be asked to fill out your questions in a special template they'll give you OR you'll be asked to send them your questions in a simple Word document. Either way, the survey provider will look after all of the technical "behind-the-scenes" programming issues.
If you have a large number of opt-in e-mail subscribers that you plan to survey, another big benefit of third-party survey hosting is that you don't get stuck with the increased bandwidth charges that come with hosting the survey on your own site.
Plus, even though your survey is hosted on their web site, your survey respondents will never know they've left your web site. Most survey providers offer full customization of your survey with your logo, your graphics, and your web site colors, all of which appears in a frame set on your site (your survey is still hosted on the survey provider's site, but the survey pages are "called" from their site into a frame set on your site).
Of course, with all of that said, when we were preparing to choose a third-party provider for our most recent survey, we spent a lot of time carefully researching all of the options available, and based on what we learned, I would like to offer you a couple of words of caution:
* You should always remain 100% in control of your opt-in e-mail list. To distribute your survey to your customers and subscribers, some third-party providers will insist that you give them your opt-in e-mail list. (This is especially common among "free" and "low cost" providers.) Don't do it! This is your private property and you have a responsibility to your customers and subscribers to protect their personal information. Don't hand this over to anyone, ever!
* Be wary of those survey providers who offer "free" or "low cost" services. There are frequently hidden costs that can snowball very quickly. For example, some survey providers will quote you a price for 300 or 500 or 1,000 responses, but then charge you a fee of as much as $1.60 (or more) per response over your quota.
Deals that sound too good to be true usually are. The reality is, if you have more than a few hundred subscribers and you plan to ask more than 10 basic questions, you need a professional survey provider, not some $20 deal that requires you hand over your entire opt-in e-mail list to strangers, and not some service that charges you "per response" over a set quota.
The third-party provider we finally settled on to host our survey had none of those "surprise charges," and we maintained full control of our customer and subscriber list. We just sent them a Word document with all of our questions, and they put together a very professional-looking, dynamic survey using the logos, colors, and design we wanted. They even double-check and test the logic of your survey questions to make sure everything flows and makes sense.
I think what really impressed us most about this company is that they're not intent on two-bitting you to death with "extra" charges for the essential services you need. In fact, we found them to be priced 30-50% lower than their closest competitors. Plus, they're really dedicated to ensuring you get the best results from your survey and their customer service far exceeded our expectations.
If you'd like to check them out for yourself, you can visit http://www.marketingtips.com/livesurveys. Right now, they're offering a $100 gift certificate to anyone who tries out their demo, to be used towards your first market research project with them. Honestly, after the endless hours of extensive research we put into this, I really can't recommend anyone higher.
Step #5 -- Persuading Them to Participate
Once you're ready to launch your survey, you'll need to turn your attention to persuading your customers and subscribers to actually fill it out. Here are a few suggestions for maximizing your response rate:
* Offer an incentive like a free gift or enter respondents into a special prize draw (this will increase the response you receive by as much as 17%).
* Let respondents know that their answers will be kept in the strictest of confidence.
* Tell them you want their honest opinions, good and bad.
* Provide your contact information for those people who want to verify where the survey is coming from.
* End your survey with a nice thank you that lets respondents know you've received their answers and when they can expect to receive their gift, or that you've entered them in your special prize draw.
These simple, but effective little steps can have a dramatic impact on the overall response you receive to your survey. Remember, offer a benefit to your customers and subscribers that rewards them for participating and lets them know that you'll be using the results to improve your product, service, or newsletter to benefit them!
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Successfully team building in business
In business, it does not matter whether you work in a typical office a shop or a factory. You are built up of a group individuals with specific goals towards producing the goods that the company sells. This is what defines a team. From the most mundane task like answering a phone call, to the most complicated job like designing products, every individual making up the team plays an important role. As a whole, every employee is working towards a common goal which is to earn profit for the company and for themselves. This is what team building is all about. It is the process of enabling a group of people to reach that common goal. That is why it is a good practice for companies to come up with regular team building activities to enhance the oneness of the group and to build a feeling of solidarity and pride of work. A company is made up of different departments which sometimes causes conflicts of interests and individual differences. Team building aims to eliminate these issues.
1. What Is The Main Goal Of The Company?
- You all know that you need the job to make a living and earn profits for the company. Still, not everyone is clear about what the company's core all about
- Your main focus for team building should be a review the of the employee's orientation of the company's goal and objectives
- If you produce goods, what is the product really all about? What message do you want to impart to people as a company?
- If you deal with services, what is your main goal and what service do you actually provide?
- By reviewing these goals, a team member would have a fresh outlook about the company, making them strive harder to reach that common goal
2. What Factors Caused Poor Team Performance In The Past?
Look into your company's successes and failures. Determine which area is in need of improvement and look for ways to do so. By looking into the strengths and weaknesses that each member exhibits, you would know which areas to improve on. Also, this would give you an idea of how to optimize the team's strengths to reach that common goal and contribute to the company's success.
3. How Can You Improve The Way Team Members Interact?
Even siblings of the same genes make up different personalities. As a team, you are made up of individuals from different cultures, and would have various ideas on how to improve the way your company operates. There is bound to be friction of some kind since your team is made up of different individuals. Team building aims to avoid this and bridge the gap by coming up with activities which bond the group. Thinking of fun activities to break the ice and personalize the interaction between members is a great way to start.<
. How Can You Improve The Team's Ability To Solve Problems?
Every company is faced with challenges every now and then. One way to forge team solidarity is to look into past problems and see how they were solved. Ask each team member how they would have handled that particular problem. This would let a leader know which team member has good problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills. The team members may be asked to share ideas and decide together which solution would suit the problem best. This is another way to build team solidarity.
4. How Can You Forge The Support And Trust Level Between Team Members?
A team leader should have people and management skills. However, it is still important for the leader to earn the trust of his team members. Supporting each other is a vital quality that a team should have. Even a simple problem like an employee who disobeys out of sheer contrariness should be looked into. What is causing this team member to contradict his superior? What can be done to improve his attitude? By team building, you can some up with ways to build trust and increase the support level between colleagues.
5. How Can You Apply The Team Building Activities In The Day-To-Day Operation Of The Company?
In the end, after all the activities that the team has performed together, there should be a sharing of experiences and thoughts on what each member has learned about their peers and about the company's goal. These should make them aware of how they can further contribute to the company's success in the future. All in all, team building activities enhance team solidarity. It is good to remember that the whole organization is team working towards the company's main goal. After a set of fun and team building activities which inspire team spirit, each member would have a clear idea of how to improve their attitude towards their peers, their superiors, and especially towards their work.
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1. What Is The Main Goal Of The Company?
- You all know that you need the job to make a living and earn profits for the company. Still, not everyone is clear about what the company's core all about
- Your main focus for team building should be a review the of the employee's orientation of the company's goal and objectives
- If you produce goods, what is the product really all about? What message do you want to impart to people as a company?
- If you deal with services, what is your main goal and what service do you actually provide?
- By reviewing these goals, a team member would have a fresh outlook about the company, making them strive harder to reach that common goal
2. What Factors Caused Poor Team Performance In The Past?
Look into your company's successes and failures. Determine which area is in need of improvement and look for ways to do so. By looking into the strengths and weaknesses that each member exhibits, you would know which areas to improve on. Also, this would give you an idea of how to optimize the team's strengths to reach that common goal and contribute to the company's success.
3. How Can You Improve The Way Team Members Interact?
Even siblings of the same genes make up different personalities. As a team, you are made up of individuals from different cultures, and would have various ideas on how to improve the way your company operates. There is bound to be friction of some kind since your team is made up of different individuals. Team building aims to avoid this and bridge the gap by coming up with activities which bond the group. Thinking of fun activities to break the ice and personalize the interaction between members is a great way to start.<
. How Can You Improve The Team's Ability To Solve Problems?
Every company is faced with challenges every now and then. One way to forge team solidarity is to look into past problems and see how they were solved. Ask each team member how they would have handled that particular problem. This would let a leader know which team member has good problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills. The team members may be asked to share ideas and decide together which solution would suit the problem best. This is another way to build team solidarity.
4. How Can You Forge The Support And Trust Level Between Team Members?
A team leader should have people and management skills. However, it is still important for the leader to earn the trust of his team members. Supporting each other is a vital quality that a team should have. Even a simple problem like an employee who disobeys out of sheer contrariness should be looked into. What is causing this team member to contradict his superior? What can be done to improve his attitude? By team building, you can some up with ways to build trust and increase the support level between colleagues.
5. How Can You Apply The Team Building Activities In The Day-To-Day Operation Of The Company?
In the end, after all the activities that the team has performed together, there should be a sharing of experiences and thoughts on what each member has learned about their peers and about the company's goal. These should make them aware of how they can further contribute to the company's success in the future. All in all, team building activities enhance team solidarity. It is good to remember that the whole organization is team working towards the company's main goal. After a set of fun and team building activities which inspire team spirit, each member would have a clear idea of how to improve their attitude towards their peers, their superiors, and especially towards their work.
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5 tips how to maintain your vehicles view????????
Cars tend to depreciate very quickly, as even small damages can have a big impact on their resale value. However, just by taking a few simple steps, you can help your car maintain as much of its resale value as possible. All it takes is regular checkups and bit of mindfulness.Here are five tips to ensuring that you get the most for your vehicle when it comes time to sell it.
1. Get a Neutral Color
Bright, eye-catching colors might be appealing to those wanting to have a unique car that stands out, but unfortunately such colors are hard to sell. If you want a car that will keep its value the best, go for neutral colors, i.e. black, white or silver.
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2. Regular Maintenance
Take your car to the mechanic on a regular basis and keep the records of all these checkup in a place where you can easily find them. When it comes time to sell, buyers will place higher value on your car if you can show them proof that you’ve been regularly taking it in for professional maintenance.
3. Don’t Smoke, Eat, or Drink in Your Car
Cigarette smell, leftover food smell, food stains and drink stains will decrease the value of your car tremendously. Avoid smoking, eating or drinking in your car and clean your car’s interior on a regular basis.
4. Protect Your Car From Rust
Leaving your car exposed to the elements when idle, especially if you live in a place with lots of humidity, rain or snow, will cause it to rust faster, which is very bad for its resale value. Keep your car parked in a garage if possible or covered with a tarp if not. Find BMW repair in San Diego to replace quickly any components that start to rust, especially important ones like your bake lines.
5. Don’t Ignore Small Blemishes
Paint chips, small scratches and tiny dents make a huge difference in your car’s value. Making sure to avoid these small blemishes and fixing them quickly when they do occur is crucial if you want it to keep its value in the eyes of potential used car buyers. Being free of the little imperfections is what is going to make a car look new and well kept.
1. Get a Neutral Color
Bright, eye-catching colors might be appealing to those wanting to have a unique car that stands out, but unfortunately such colors are hard to sell. If you want a car that will keep its value the best, go for neutral colors, i.e. black, white or silver.
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2. Regular Maintenance
Take your car to the mechanic on a regular basis and keep the records of all these checkup in a place where you can easily find them. When it comes time to sell, buyers will place higher value on your car if you can show them proof that you’ve been regularly taking it in for professional maintenance.
3. Don’t Smoke, Eat, or Drink in Your Car
Cigarette smell, leftover food smell, food stains and drink stains will decrease the value of your car tremendously. Avoid smoking, eating or drinking in your car and clean your car’s interior on a regular basis.
4. Protect Your Car From Rust
Leaving your car exposed to the elements when idle, especially if you live in a place with lots of humidity, rain or snow, will cause it to rust faster, which is very bad for its resale value. Keep your car parked in a garage if possible or covered with a tarp if not. Find BMW repair in San Diego to replace quickly any components that start to rust, especially important ones like your bake lines.
5. Don’t Ignore Small Blemishes
Paint chips, small scratches and tiny dents make a huge difference in your car’s value. Making sure to avoid these small blemishes and fixing them quickly when they do occur is crucial if you want it to keep its value in the eyes of potential used car buyers. Being free of the little imperfections is what is going to make a car look new and well kept.
What was the day when safety car comes out
This is the first in a new series of articles for Car Articles, where I examine incidents that happen during racing. Some articles will be common to motorsport events of various types, others will be specific to particular types of racing. I’ve named the new section Racing 101.
So, safety cars. The purpose of a safety car, as the name suggests, is to help in maintaining a safe environment and track conditions. Normally, a safety car is driven by an experienced driver of the circuit, so he or she has knowledge of the various twists, turns and straights and the best way in which to take them when controlling a high number of vehicles behind.
If a racing incident occurs that is not severe enough to end the race, but does require the use of yellow flags, the safety car is deployed to slow the racing vehicles down. This serves two purposes: firstly it controls the speed of the vehicles and secondly it gives the opportunity for race stewards to deal with whatever incident has taken place.
You may notice, when watching Formula 1 for example, that the safety car comes out and the cars seem to ‘bunch up’ behind. This is true to a certain extent, but there are some strict conditions that must be adhered to by racing drivers. They are:
1) No overtaking the safety car
2) No overtaking (e.g. you must remain in your current position)
3) The car (or bike) must be travelling at a safe speed under yellow flagged conditions
The race leader should be behind the safety car – so if it emerges and backmarkers are behind, they must pass until the car in the lead is positioned correctly. In many motorsport events, the ‘pack’ must stay in formation until the safety car has extinguished the orange lights positioned on the roof and they have passed the start finish line.
In some sports (such as Formula 1), any laps behind the safety car count, whilst those of the BTCC for example do not.
There is the first of your tips to help you understand some of the rules, terms and incidents that can happen when on a race track.
So, safety cars. The purpose of a safety car, as the name suggests, is to help in maintaining a safe environment and track conditions. Normally, a safety car is driven by an experienced driver of the circuit, so he or she has knowledge of the various twists, turns and straights and the best way in which to take them when controlling a high number of vehicles behind.
If a racing incident occurs that is not severe enough to end the race, but does require the use of yellow flags, the safety car is deployed to slow the racing vehicles down. This serves two purposes: firstly it controls the speed of the vehicles and secondly it gives the opportunity for race stewards to deal with whatever incident has taken place.
You may notice, when watching Formula 1 for example, that the safety car comes out and the cars seem to ‘bunch up’ behind. This is true to a certain extent, but there are some strict conditions that must be adhered to by racing drivers. They are:
1) No overtaking the safety car
2) No overtaking (e.g. you must remain in your current position)
3) The car (or bike) must be travelling at a safe speed under yellow flagged conditions
The race leader should be behind the safety car – so if it emerges and backmarkers are behind, they must pass until the car in the lead is positioned correctly. In many motorsport events, the ‘pack’ must stay in formation until the safety car has extinguished the orange lights positioned on the roof and they have passed the start finish line.
In some sports (such as Formula 1), any laps behind the safety car count, whilst those of the BTCC for example do not.
There is the first of your tips to help you understand some of the rules, terms and incidents that can happen when on a race track.
Customer First Strategy Puts Mercedes-Benz First
MULGRAVE, AUSTRALIA – April 8, 2010: As the ongoing Customer First strategy of Mercedes–Benz passenger cars approaches its third year the brand has celebrated a bumper March with some segment crushing results.
With 1483 units sold in March it was a photo finish, but Mercedes-Benz got the cigar.
In the small>$40K segment the B-Class Sports Tourer has more than doubled its sales rate compared to the same period in 2009. This result is despite the absence of the A-Class.
The Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Mr Horst von Sanden said: “The re positioned B-Class that has the versatility of a hatch, the boot of an estate and the ride height of an SUV has cemented its position as a true contender in this developing Small SUV/Crossover market.
“The B180, at a MLP of $36,990, has demonstrated people want versatility, space and luxury in this newly developing niche.”
In the hotly contested Medium >$60K the C-Class has maintained its position as the first choice for customers, with almost one in three buyers choosing the three-pointed star.
Horst von Sanden: “More than two years on from its Wheels Car Of The Year win the C-Class sets the value standard, now offering $3,000 of added value across the four-cylinder range with no price increase, and $7,000 added to the six-cylinder range. The new direct-injection turbocharged four cylinder models already have a very strong order back. I wish I could get more stock – in most cases these cars are sold before they are even manufactured“
von Sanden said that the YTD 58 percent share the nee Mercedes-Benz E-Class commands in the Large>$70K segment is a due to the company’s Customer First strategy, a long-term plan that is “delivering our customers unparalleled luxury, safety, prestige, economy and style in a package that has clearly hit the sweet spot with buyers.
“With the C-Class we simply can’t get enough stock to satisfy current demand.
“The E-Class Coupé and just-released Cabriolet burst through the winner’s tape in March to be the biggest selling model range in the segment.”
“The recently enhanced flagship S-Class sold 25 units in March, and our overall range has its sights firmly set on segment leadership with a comprehensive model range to take the battle right up to its competitors,” concluded von Sanden.
Mazda Rx100 it's not just stylish
There are now less than 100 brand new Mazda RX-8 cars out there to get your hands on – so don’t miss out if you’re in the market for one! The RX-8 is a unique four-seater, four-door sports coupé with sensational looks and practicality and is a car that I’ve often written about in the past because of a unique powerplant it possesses – the Wankel rotary engine.
“British motorists love sportscars and engineering excellence, so it is no wonder that over the last seven years the RX-8 has been close to their hearts. More than 26,000 enthusiastic drivers have purchased an RX-8 in the UK, won over by its truly exhilarating drive, fascinating super-smooth rotary engine and many unique features, combined with everyday reliability and practicality,” comments Mark Cameron, Sales Director, Mazda UK.
The 2010 embodiment of Mazda’s unique sports coupe, the Mazda RX-8 R3, is remarkably impressive for a host of reasons, including its freestyle doors that ensure easy access and also make it a ‘use-me-every-day’ kind of car.
Powered by an improved version of the unique 231ps twin-rotor engine, the latest car delivers a heightened experience with faster steering, chassis and engine responses, more refinement, more equipment and even greater value. It continues to feature the front-midship engine, rear-wheel drive configuration of the original, delivering an ideal 50/50 weight distribution for fantastic handling characteristics.
The highly-specified 2010 RX-8 R3 model is priced at £25,540 on the road.
“British motorists love sportscars and engineering excellence, so it is no wonder that over the last seven years the RX-8 has been close to their hearts. More than 26,000 enthusiastic drivers have purchased an RX-8 in the UK, won over by its truly exhilarating drive, fascinating super-smooth rotary engine and many unique features, combined with everyday reliability and practicality,” comments Mark Cameron, Sales Director, Mazda UK.
The 2010 embodiment of Mazda’s unique sports coupe, the Mazda RX-8 R3, is remarkably impressive for a host of reasons, including its freestyle doors that ensure easy access and also make it a ‘use-me-every-day’ kind of car.
Powered by an improved version of the unique 231ps twin-rotor engine, the latest car delivers a heightened experience with faster steering, chassis and engine responses, more refinement, more equipment and even greater value. It continues to feature the front-midship engine, rear-wheel drive configuration of the original, delivering an ideal 50/50 weight distribution for fantastic handling characteristics.
The highly-specified 2010 RX-8 R3 model is priced at £25,540 on the road.
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Lexus LFA Sports Car
The 2012 Lexus LFA is an awe-worthy piece of Japanese sports car. Only 500 of these mid-engined cars are to be hand-assembled by skilled automotive craftsmen in Japan.
The engine output from the 4.8 liter 10-cylinder powerplant is home to 562 total horses.
Helping to attack the winding curves as well as maintain traction on straight roadways, high-grip tires and sport-tuned suspension will make the LFA feel complete in touch with your surroundings.
Tips to reducing hydrogen n carbon during printer work
Like many people today, you might be mindful of hazards to the natural world and just how we are able to be more responsible considering the purchase and recycling of our own products. This not only comes into play if you are referring to paper products, metal along with other popular recyclable items. In addition there are business equipment organizations that do right by the natural world with particular items. The Canon ImageClass D340 is a good example of a product by a organization which has a standout ecological approach for its distinctive line of laser printers, copy machines and other office equipment.
In this article, we are going to emphasize Canon’s Generation Green program as well as just a few of the methods this provider and others like it are increasingly being aware about their particular side effects on the natural world and also the different factors which can be done to lessen waste material and our own footprint on the globe for our children and grandchildren ahead.
Canon utilizes an effective recycling plan in terms of their own printing device, copy machines as well as other office equipment. They’re focused on the assumption that trying to recycle helps you to develop better times with regard to the future generations to come and their own popular recycling plan is just one instance of how that they operate to further improve the local communities plus the environment at large.
As is the situation with the ImageClass D340 laser printer stated previously, Canon employs a printing selection called 2-in-1 or 4-in-1 printing. These can help to save as much as 75% in paper usage by allowing consumers the option to print out several pages on the individual page.
Along with Canon’s recycling plan is a very thrilling plan of refurbishment. They’ve their own factory that manages the entire waste material course of action in terms of their particular products. So Canon has complete management over what goes on to its recyclable products instead of a 3rd party company as many could be involved in.
Canon was also one of the first printing device organizations to supply its consumers with a toner ink cartridge recycling option. Ink cartridges by Canon laser printers and copy machines are 100% reused with simply no landfill waste material occurring.
The Canon D340 offers an additional environmentally sound attribute with its cartridge toner conserving mode selection. This allows end users the ability to transition the equipment into a mode that should save up to 20% of the cartridge toner, rendering it far more affordable to the consumer and even more helpful for the natural world overall.
Canon also uses something called On-Demand SURF Technology that features a net result of a 75% decrease in the power being used from the equipment. SURF is short for Surface Rapid Fixing and it is a technology which runs on the linear ceramic heater which quickens the heat to allow for faster warm-up rates of speed as well as 1st prints of documents.
Certainly something that you are most likely currently aware of with regards to green organizations, would be the famous Energy Star label, to which Canon also has accomplished. This label certifies that the selected product is actually 25% more effective when compared with other, non-certified models. These products decrease greenhouse gas and save energy as well as money for the purchaser. At the bare minimum, if you want to become environmentally aware when you are generating equipment purchases, you should look for this particular qualification by the corporation you are considering.
In this article, we are going to emphasize Canon’s Generation Green program as well as just a few of the methods this provider and others like it are increasingly being aware about their particular side effects on the natural world and also the different factors which can be done to lessen waste material and our own footprint on the globe for our children and grandchildren ahead.
Canon utilizes an effective recycling plan in terms of their own printing device, copy machines as well as other office equipment. They’re focused on the assumption that trying to recycle helps you to develop better times with regard to the future generations to come and their own popular recycling plan is just one instance of how that they operate to further improve the local communities plus the environment at large.
As is the situation with the ImageClass D340 laser printer stated previously, Canon employs a printing selection called 2-in-1 or 4-in-1 printing. These can help to save as much as 75% in paper usage by allowing consumers the option to print out several pages on the individual page.
Along with Canon’s recycling plan is a very thrilling plan of refurbishment. They’ve their own factory that manages the entire waste material course of action in terms of their particular products. So Canon has complete management over what goes on to its recyclable products instead of a 3rd party company as many could be involved in.
Canon was also one of the first printing device organizations to supply its consumers with a toner ink cartridge recycling option. Ink cartridges by Canon laser printers and copy machines are 100% reused with simply no landfill waste material occurring.
The Canon D340 offers an additional environmentally sound attribute with its cartridge toner conserving mode selection. This allows end users the ability to transition the equipment into a mode that should save up to 20% of the cartridge toner, rendering it far more affordable to the consumer and even more helpful for the natural world overall.
Canon also uses something called On-Demand SURF Technology that features a net result of a 75% decrease in the power being used from the equipment. SURF is short for Surface Rapid Fixing and it is a technology which runs on the linear ceramic heater which quickens the heat to allow for faster warm-up rates of speed as well as 1st prints of documents.
Certainly something that you are most likely currently aware of with regards to green organizations, would be the famous Energy Star label, to which Canon also has accomplished. This label certifies that the selected product is actually 25% more effective when compared with other, non-certified models. These products decrease greenhouse gas and save energy as well as money for the purchaser. At the bare minimum, if you want to become environmentally aware when you are generating equipment purchases, you should look for this particular qualification by the corporation you are considering.
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