Site Update Area
This is where we list the latest site updates, including
links to the areas so you can check out new information without the need
to search through the entire site. As site updates occur, we will list
them here chronologically by date. We will also include a brief description
of what was added. We want to make your experience on our site as painless
as possible. So we offer this area as a means to keep you up to date without
having to spend a lot of time to get there.
02/12/2004 Comment Ability Added and an Ongoing Tutorial
Started
We now have added comment ability to our articles. Now
you can interact a bit with SCGP and other readers to find out what others
think about our articles. We have also added another part of the Search
Engine Positioning articles. This time we decided to do a case study based
on a present client. This is a continueing article that will look at site
design from the ground up.
You will learn the research behind the design process,
optimization research, plus gain links to the tools we use to provide
our professional design services. This is a must read article for those
of you who are thinking or pursueing the website design career, or are
already running their own business, but looking for process guidelines
to improve their design service offerings. You'll want to bookmark the
table of contents page and return often to see what we add next.
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02/08/2004 Three New Articles Added
Search
Engine Positioning Part IV and Search
Engine Positioning Part V have now been added. Look into how link
relevancy and link popularity play into your search engine positioning
campaigns. The
Business Side of the Website Design Business is also now available.
These are our latest articles and most up to date pieces.
For those of you looking for the free stuff, you can now
find links to that by clicking our free stuff button on the left nav panel,
or by visiting the free page
here. We are now offering Sanders Consultation Group Plus content
to fellow webmasters. If you like our articles and would like to be able
to use
them on your site, then this is the place to check
it out.
We have been working on link updates and fixing bad links
from the site restructure. We think we have them taken care of now. Don't
forget, most of the articles now have a navigational index page. You have
to click on the outlines to get to the pages of information. As always,
thanks for your continued support of Sanders Consultation Group Plus.
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02/02/2004 Tutorial added & Emotional Marketing Cut
Down
The
PREsell Concept tutorial added. Wondering what the PREsell concept
is and how it relates to your marketing efforts? Read this article and
we'll outline it for you and tell you how to implement the PREsell concept
to leverage your marketing efforts. We also broke down the emotional
marketing tutorial. Now you can navigate through it with page links.
We've also added related article links to some of the tutorials. Just
more links to make your naviagation for information easier. Please don't
forget. We have been moving some pages around here at SCGP. When you find
them, please follow the new link and re-bookmark them. We won't be leaving
the pages up much longer, so please bookmark the new pages ASAP.
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01/24/2004 Search Engine Positioning Part III, Generators,
and More Links
Search
Engine Positioning Part III, access logs and spiders is now available.
We look into access log analysis to help with search engine positioning,
how to use the logs to fix bad links to improve spidering, and knowing
when your pages have been spidered. We break down the log data and offer
links to automated means to help you with your analyzation needs.
We've also added four
new generators to the site. Now you can drop by and use advanced button
and menu generators to help you with your page coding needs. Plug the
variables into the generator forms and pick up your very own custom menus
and buttons. Check out the list in our webmaster's
area, or the generators
page.
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01/17/2004 Search Engine Postitioning Part II Tutorial
Added
So you've built your site, optimized it for search engine
submission, and uploaded it to your server. You've also set up some strategic
link swaps with some prominent sites, and submitted it to the search engines,
but it isn't showing up, or there is no record your site has even been
indexed by Google or Yahoo. Now what do you do? That's what we are going
to discuss in this article. Check out the
rest of the article in the webmaster's resource area.
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01/14/2004 Cut down the Affiliate Strategy Article to make
it more navigable
We cut down the Affiliate
Strategy Article to make it more navigable and added an index page
so you can skip around to the areas that interest you the most. We are
also working on templating our second installment of Search Engine Positioning
Part II - The relationship Between the Search Engines, and Ways to Get
Listed When all Your Past Attempts Have Failed, and preparing it for upload.
This will be another multipart article with more sections to come. Check
back to catch that one within the next couple days. Again, as always,
thanks for your continued support of Sanders Consultation Group Plus.
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01/13/2004 Added a Blog, Site Tweaks, and Other Small Changes
We added a Blog to
Sanders Consultation Group Plus. You can access it here.
We have also done some site tweaking for better search engine placement,
so some of the files you have bookmarked, you may not be able to find,
or you may need to re-bookmark them following the present links. For a
brief time, we will be leaving the old files and layout in tact. Within
the next month, depending on search engine results, we will be removing
the old files. Please make sure to bookmark them again now. We have also
cut the CANSPAM
article down into separate pages, with an index to lead you to areas
of interest. It can be found here.
We are also working on finishing up our second installment of Search Engine
Positioning Part II - The relationship Between the Search Engines, and
Ways to Get Listed When all Your Past Attempts Have Failed. Check back
to catch that one within the next couple days. Again, as always, thanks
for your continued support of Sanders Consultation Group Plus.
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01/05/2004 Added New Tutorial to the Webmaster Resources
Area
Lately, there’s been allot of buzz about the recent legislation
relating to email, specifically in the form of the CANSPAM
Act of 2003. From reading prominent discussion boards and talking
with other webmasters and self employed individuals, there seems to be
allot of confusion as to what the CANSPAM
Act is and how it will impact our future marketing campaigns. In this
article, I will attempt to shed some light on the underlying meaning of
this 21 page law (in PDF format directly downloaded from congress itself,
it is 21 pages long), and attempt to offer suggestions to keep your marketing
efforts within Uncle Sam’s guidelines
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12/31/2003 Added New Tutorials to the Webmaster Resources
Area
Today we added a new tutorial to these self employment
area on Self
Employment Opportunity Time Constraints. This article looks into the
time it takes to complete various tasks associated with self employment
opportunities. Look at what's required for those wanting to start their
own self employment ventures, and get a realistic idea before you commit
to failure. Education is power, and this is a must read for those who
want to take a realistic look at their self employment endeavors and determine
if they are really cut out for what it is going to take to be self employed.
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12/29/2003 Added New Tutorials to the Webmaster Resources
Area
Today we added a new tutorial to the webmaster's
resource area on Site
Design for Better Search Engine Positioning - Part I. This article
looks at designing your pages for better search engine positioning through
content topics, link popularity, link relevance, and page designs incorporating
Flash. We also look at ways to improve site spidering by the search engines,
and increase your rankings in search results. This is not an all inclusive
topic, and we will continue on with this series in future additions. We
also updated the partner's page to
reflect our partners and how they help Sanders Consultation Group Plus.
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12/23/2003 Partnered with Adlandpro
Today we partnered with Adlandpro to bring our webmaster
visitors even more resources. As we continue to strive to provide our
own tutorials and resources, we also search the web for those sites that
we feel would help benefit our visitors. Adlandpro is such a site. You
can visit their page on our server here.
There is allot of information there to supplement our own webmaster
resource area. Feel free to stop by and check out what Adlandpro has
to offer webmasters.
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12/16/2003 Site Map Created, 5 New Articles, & Email
Page Update
Updated the email
definition page to reflect the current email addresses here at Sanders
Consultation Group Plus. Also completed the site
map page, so now you can click that link to get to areas of our site
you might not have found through the regular navigational bars. Still
adding sponsors an updating other pages throughout the site. Keep checking
back, and thanks for dropping by. The Self
Employment Area has also been updated with 5 new articles. Stay tuned,
there's still more to come.
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12/15/2003 Site Design Updates
Overhauled the site colors a bit, changing the yellow out
for black to make viewing a little easier on the eyes. Changed some of
the font and font colors, and added a couple more table columns and rows
for upcoming sponsor banner placement. Still working on NEW tutorials
to update the webmaster area, and researching some links to add to other
resources. Keep checking back, and thanks for your patronage.
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12/11/2003 Affiliation With Commission Junction
What can we say about CJ? These guys are IDEAL for anyone
parking their site on a free host. They have over 1000 different programs,
you can join as many as you want, and their system helps you rotate your
adds on your site for free. Browse different programs by merchandise type,
and add their code to your smart zones at CJ. Then get the code, place
it into your pages, and voila, instant banner content rotation. What better
way to keep your banners fresh than through a site that serves them for
you, and PAYS you to do it. Check them out, you have nothing to loose,
it's all free. SOME programs you have approval for before you can promote
them.
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12/06/2003 - Re-Affiliation With SFI
We decided to realign ourselves with SFI and promote their
business strategies. They have a wealth of information for those who endeavor
to become self employed. If it has to do with print or internet marketing,
they have you covered. And that isn't even mentioning their fine line
of products.
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11/27/2003 - Jumped to a Paid Hosting Solution
We took the plunge and decided to go with a paid hosting
solution. We wanted more control over our site, and the ability to run
more server side processes to help automate the site a bit. We chose Yahoo
as our hosting solution to ensure continued site access and up time. Just
another step we took to ensure our availability to our customers.
01/23/2002 - Affiliation With Bpath
This has been a while in the making, but has finally come
through. The owner has finally negotiated with Bpath
to admin their webmaster community. Bpath
is currently working on expanding this area, and is in the process of
evaluating new content to be added to the area. Bpath
maintains a presence in 30 countries, including the US, Canada, United
Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Holland, Sweden, Israel, Mexico,
Australia, and China. Bpath
operates local administrators, providing customer support in 13 different
languages. Advertise your business on our network of 46 international
communities of 30 countries, in 12 different languages, and 15 special
interest categories. Whether your target audience is in Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, Asia Pacific or the Americas, Bpath
has the advertising solution!
*****According to PC Magazine "If your goal is to
attract an international crowd to your website, Bpath
has the solution for you."*****
To read more about Bpath and the FREE services they have
available to help webmasters accomplish their goals, please click this
link
.
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12/28/2001 - Professional Library Added
Today we added an area to show our visitors what kind of
information we have gathered to show you what to do, or that qualifies
us to be able to offer the services we offer. This new area shows what
kind of research we have done, what we have read, and where our actual
experience comes from. You can find it at this link Professional
Library.
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12/27/2001 - New tutorial added
Today we added another tutorial article on "Emotional
Marketing ". This article looks into the strategy of emotional
marketing and how catering to this kind of marketing principle and
your visitors can pay off big in sales and affiliate program click throughs.
The article takes a practical look at a marketing principle that most
new webmasters/website designers never think of. The article deals with
basic principles that will keep your visitors coming back, and keep the
trust factor in place that will generate more traffic through word of
mouth advertising.
Forgive us, but over the holidays we were playing cook
because our significant other was still recovering from surgery. We will
try to get back on track with the promised two articles per week within
the next site update. Our apologies, and we will try not to let that happen
again.
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12/23/2001 - New tutorial added along with more targeted
quality links
Today we added another tutorial article on "Affiliate
Strategy". This article looks into the strategy of affiliate
programs and increasing your chances at being successful in affiliate
marketing. The goal is to become successful and make money, but most webmasters
and website designers fail to plan properly to help insure their income.
This article looks at the planning involved, and the questions to ask
when choosing affiliate program(s) that are a good fit for your site and
you.
We are also looking at providing better quality links to
our visitors. We have found a program that helps to rotate links through
our site, and have began with the Webmaster Training Area. The adds include
webmaster tools, hosting services, financial services, business to business
products/services, and other general types of products. All links on the
site are now designed to pop open in new windows ( if they will take a
visitor away from the site ), and if you click a link that does not pop
open a new window, then please contact us and let us know. Information
should include the page URL it happened on, and the link clicked.
We are also working hard to make sure that our visitors
are provided with reputable links that deliver what they tell visitors
they are going to get at the link. Should you have any problems with any
of the link companies, we would appreciate you letting us know. We want
to provide our visitors with links to reputable products/services. Should
those links not be of high caliber, we want to remove them from our site.
We ask your help in making sure that Sanders Consultation Group Plus only
links to the best quality links on the web. If you have a problem with
one of our links, please contact us and let us know. Information should
include page URL, company, and link clicked.
We are also working on getting at least 2 articles added
to the site a week, more if time permits. Again, as always, thanks for
dropping by, and please come back again. Just a reminder, if you like
the site, then please refer a friend.
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12/17/2001 - New FREE newsletter links added, and our first
tutorial available
Added a link to the new free
newsletter area of the site. Just sign up with the new portal,
and you can chose to receive it or not. Yes, we have finally decided
to launch a newsletter to help keep our visitors updated. We are
still working out the content details, but feel free to sign up
in advance for the free service.
We will have site update notices in the newsletter along with our
company service specials and any additional services we may be providing.
We are still deciding if this will be a monthly or weekly newsletter
that would also possibly include some periodic additional volumes
for special customer information requirements. We have also made
our first tutorial on webmaster issues available with more to come.
Our first tutorial "Time
Management" looks into the downfalls of bad time management
skills in relation to the success, and mental health of today's
webmasters and website designers.
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12/16/2001 - Partnership with SFI & Cognigen to offer
more services to our visitors
Added some new links to the site to include some partnered
services we have added. We have now joined forces with SFI and Cognigen
to be able to provide some additional services to our visitors and potential
customers. Cognigen provides telecom solutions including long distance,
calling cards, dial-drounds, conference calling, voice messaging, internet
access, satellite TV, cellular/PCS, paging service, computers, home security,
I-Net telephony, callback service, and web services. They take a Progressive
Insurance Company approach to customer service. Like Sanders Consultation
Group Plus, they focus on potential customer service satisfaction, even
if it isn't from their own services. Visit the site and get quotes from
various providers to find the best services at the most competitive prices.
SFI is a complete solution for home based businesses and MLM opportunities.
They also offer some telecom services, but focus more on other products
and services related to home based business. You can also access these
links anytime at the bottom of the pages through the Telecom Services
(Cognigen) and Other services (SFI) links.
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12/12/2001 - Website optimization and other possible services
Today and over the past days has been a lot of work in
site submission, and site optimization for the search engines. We have
removed some of the "Under Construction" notices to let our
customers know which areas are presently complete, and which pages are
still in development. We are working on another round of updates for areas
of the site still under construction, and more examples of our abilities.
Please bear with us and continue to check back often. We are also presently
evaluating the possibility of an online ezine area, and a mailing list
for site update notification, and other information pertaining to Sanders
Consultation Group Plus. We have also been researching some affiliate
programs, and are trying to keep the site as clean as possible, but don't
be surprised if future uploads display more banner adds. Your patronage
is appreciated, and we look forward to your continuing support.
12/06/2001 - Promotional service pricing upload
Today we uploaded some promotional service pack bundles
for both business and residential customers. Residential customers, please
bear with us as we continue to design the pages for your area. Business
customers please bear with us also as we continue to finish the design
of the business pages. You can access the promotional offers now here
Promotional Specials .
We also added some links to site design examples in our portfolio section.
You can now access our portfolio here Site
Portfolio.
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12/04/2001 - Site division into business and residential
customer areas
Split the site as planned. It is now broken down into business
and residential customer areas. Please be patient with us as we continue
to work on getting our price plans together. We are presently researching
competition to make sure that our pricing falls in line with them. We
want to serve our customers, but serve them fairly at the same time. You
can now access that split here.
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12/03/2001 - Upload of company information pages
Uploaded the initial company information pages, including
contact information, services, partners,
and others. These areas are now accessible through the bottom text link
navigational tables. These text links were inactive at the time of the
original site upload on 12/2. Most of the site skeleton is now online,
and links are all active. We have decided to change the format to separate
content as discussed in the 12/2/2001 site update note. Groundwork is
presently being done to accomplish that, and additional image creation
and editing is required before we move forward with it. We project that
within the week the site should be divided. You can access that information
now here.
12/02/2001 - Initial site upload
Uploaded the site to Geocities servers. Since the site
is still not in its entirety as thought in scope, some pages are marked
with notes indicating they are not quite yet complete. More thoughts about
site layout and possible changes to original format being explored and
tested at this time. We are thinking about dividing the site into business
and residential customer areas. Our experience shows that business needs
tend to differ from residential needs, and thus we feel there should be
some distinction between the two. We also believe that by chopping out
services that businesses need in a residential site service area will
help our residential customers find services quicker. It's all about making
things easier for our customers.
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