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“Green” is a word that has become synonymous with environmental sustainability and/or earth friendly products, services and businesses. When used in a business context it identifies a company or organization as being aware of how consumer activity impacts our world and is taking the necessary steps to lessen their carbon footprint or negative environmental impact. More than ever, consumers choose to spend their money with businesses that identify themselves in some way as being "green." Because of this new demand, consumers are relying on directory websites that identify these businesses, and offer a way for these businesses to clearly identify themselves as a green business. Asheville, NC has become a city that has embraced and helps to empower the new wave of green business ventures. Along with organic markets, community cooperatives, and sustainable cottage industries, the JBA Network has created the Green Business Association, a free certification and directory service that identifies local, as well as, national and international companies who have made the commitment to helping our environment.

Going green might seem like a big step, and you might be unsure of where to begin. A good first step in transitioning to a green business is to create a paper-minimum or paperless office environment. The average US office worker uses approximately 12,000 sheets of paper per year; a large portion of this is not saved long-term, but handed around and then thrown away. Instead of printing multiple copies of a single document, you might consider emailing the document or posting it on a company intranet repository. When collaboration is necessary on a report or other company document try using a word processing program that allows you to track changes instead of putting your the old fashioned red pen to a paper document. [stats from: http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=984779 ]

By eliminating the bulk of your paper use, you will be cutting down on the waste that is harmful to the environment, and saving money at the same time. When you do need to print and keep documents buy and use recycled products that have a high post-consumer content. And don't forget to recycle the paper that comes into your office, like catalogs, envelopes, paper bags, etc.

You can find more tips on creating a paperless work environment and other ways to go green by visiting greenbusinessassociation.com. Once you have made the commitment and have taken the necessary steps to become a green business, you can add the Green Business Association's Green Business Seal to your website. This seal shows your customers that you are an environmentally conscious and green minded company! Your business will also be included in the upcoming online directory of North Carolina Green Businesses, which will include your company description and contact information.

At JBANetwork's MyNewsletterBuilder, we strive to provide our customers with green email marketing solutions. By using email instead of other marketing vehicles, you're saving paper, ink and toner, and the fuel emissions from distributing them. And, what's more, when you're sending out targeted email to your subscribers, you're not wasting energy sending out unsolicited email. That's right... even sending and receiving email creates carbon emissions. In fact, 33 kilowatt hours of energy is wasted each year on the sending, receiving, and filtering of spam email. In layman's terms, that's the same amount of emissions created by 3.1 million cars burning 2 billion gallons of gasoline!

So many activities, even the sending of email, has some effect on the environment, but when you use opt-in email campaigning and deliver a high quality email content to your recipients, you'll be doing great things for your business, your customers, and, most importantly, our planet.

If you were placing an ad in a newspaper or magazine, you'd probably be as specific as possible so you could most effectively reach your audience, right? Think about your website in the same way- as a tool you should optimize for your audience so you can get the maximum amount of business from it. And optimizing your website for your audience is of no use if they never see it -- which is where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in.

Regardless of how great your product or service is, it will be of no use to anyone if no one finds it, right? When you've come to this conclusion, hiring an experienced, effective professional SEO company should be next on your list of priorities, and the experts at BuzzSEO are happy to offer a free consultation on how you can optimize your website for search engines. Boost traffic to your site, increase sales, and watch your business grow via our proprietary analytics software. In an online where 87 percent of users click on the first page of search engine results, don't leave your website's success to chance.

There are many ways you can use the internet to build your business, but with the prevalence and efficiency of email, it really is the best bet for reaching the largest number of people with the minimum amount of expense and effort. Sending regular email out to your subscribers will keep them informed about the latest news and updates from your company, and regularly updating your subscribers will help them to stay connected and familiar with your company and the products and services you offer.

MyNewsletterBuilder offers a comprehensive list of email marketing solutions that extend far beyond just email, including the ability to add audio and video to your newsletters, surveys, images, and montages. And the list management tools and tracking software will help you build your subscriber list steadily and keep doing what works, and adjusting what doesn't.

If you're not sure where to get started with your email marketing campaign, why not start with MyNewsletterBuilder's 30 day free trial? There's no risk involved, and all you have to gain is subscribers, more traffic to your website, and more money coming into your business.

Your website is often the first point of contact between your potential customers and your business. That being said, what does your business' "front door" say? A good search engine ranking will certainly direct traffic to your website, but keeping internet users on your website should really be the goal. The key to effective web design is communicating with your visitors in such a subtle way that they don't even realize it. Even better, a website with well-written content that delivers your business's message inside of an easy-to-navigate site design will please both visitors and search engine spiders alike.

When you trust Big Blue House Designs with your website redesign needs, we'll make sure your site is easy for users and search engines to navigate, includes several specific calls to action, and loads quickly, all while improving your website's search engine ranking. Whether you have an idea in mind to improve your site by adding a blog, a content management system, developing and equipping your website for e-commerce, or other goals you have in mind, Big Blue House Designs experienced team of designers, programmers, and writers will help you get there.

An effective email strategy will grow your business quickly and easily, and using email as your marketing medium is the cheapest, most effective tool you'll find. At MyNewsletterBuilder we'll help you increase your subscriber base and appear more favorably to your current subscriber base, all while driving more customers to your site or online store. Our team of email experts, customer service specialists, writers, and designers will help you customize an email marketing campaign as unique as your company.

We'll even write and design your newsletters for you, placing them in your account ready for your approval, personalization, and sending. And when you send your email campaign from our white listed servers, you can rest assured in our 99 percent delivery rate. Whether you're sending your email out to five subscribers or five million, you won't believe the results that will come from using email marketing, from more traffic to your website to increased sales. And more than just some sentences inside a message, our newsletters are dynamic reader experiences complete with unique content, engaging images, and you're just a few clicks away from adding audio and video to make your emails really pop. And with the fully enabled 30-day free trial we offer, what do you have to lose? Nothing but a virtually unlimited amount of new subscribers and increased site traffic and sales, so try MyNewsletterBuilder today!

Adding a blog to your website is an easy way to up the SEO on your website. Why? The most obvious reason is that it seems every major site has a blog these days... it's the "hip" thing to do. But blogs have become so popular because people enjoy reading them. And for the webmaster they're often not much trouble to upkeep. The more you update your blog with interesting, relevant, high quality content, the more satisfied your readers will be. This means they'll keep coming back to your site, clicking on your ads, and buying your products and services. And even better, search engine algorithms place a greater weight on site that frequently update their content, so installing a blog on your site offers twofold benefits.

At BuzzSEO we can install a blog on your site with a content management system that allows you to update it yourself... or our team of SEO writers can do it for you at the frequency you specify. We'll craft original content to update your blog that will have your readers looking forward to the next entry. So thanks to your blog you'll get increased traffic to your website from its higher placement on the search engine results pages, and your visitors will be engaged with your blog copy. We can even add an RSS Feed to your blog so that every time we update your blog your subscribers can be notified via their RSS reader.

But regardless of whether you write your own content or recruit us to do the writing for you, adding a blog to your website is one of the easiest things you can do to improve the content of your website while also giving your site's SEO a boost. For more tips on how you can improve your website's SEO, contact BuzzSEO today for a free estimate.

If Spring Fever's getting the best of you and you're itching to get to a concert or festival, head to JukeboxAlive for tons of ideas. A visit to JukeboxAlive is your onestop for music news and social networking. Check out the event calendar (embed link here) or search for events by band or venue name or zipcode. When you click on a specific event, you'll have access to venue information, music and video clips from the artist, and there's even a tool that lets you RSVP, signup for an event reminder, and invite your friends.

If you're new to the JukeboxAlive community, join today... you'll never tire of the ever growing, eclectic selection of bands we offer. And if you love music and are already one of the 75 percent of Americans particpating in social media, why not combine the two? You can personalize your JBA profile with photos, fill out the questionnaire to let the JBA community know more about you, and express yourself by adding songs from your favorite JBA Artists. You can even showcase a band you love and use your own creativity to create a montage with music and images to post on your profile, your website, other social networking profiles, and anywhere else you'd like to display it.

If you've been thinking over having your site optimized for search engines, consider this: 62 percent of internet users click on the first page of the search engine results. This means that if your site doesn't come up on the first page your of results, the chances of your site getting visited or very low. This means that it doesn't matter how great your business is, how great your products and services are... think about the importance of SEO with the appeal of a magazine cover-- if your site isn't visible to the public, the contents of your website are worthless because it's unlikely many people will see them.

BuzzSEO's search engine optimization services will help your site climb higher in the search engines through optimizing your site's copy with low competition high traffic keywords and phrases, link building, and various other both onpage and offpage SEO tactics. Regardless of your site's needs, BuzzSEO can accommodate. Want to add a blog to your site so you can frequently update your content? We can do that... we'll even write the blog updates if you'd like. We can also write articles related to your website and submit them to online databases that will increase authority and traffic to your site, and when archived the small investment in this articles will more than pay for themselves in the authority and traffic you'll enjoy for years to come.

When you know that only 23 percent of users either refine their keyword search or progress to the second page of search engine results, it should start to make sense that you can't afford not to have your site optimized for search engines. And when you can get a free SEO consultation for your website from BuzzSEO, you have nothing to lose but visitors to your website who will click your ads, and buy your products and services.

What's better than social networking and email marketing services, you might wonder? How about combining both these services into one effective music marketing tool? MyNewsletterBuilder's email marketing services and JukeboxAlive.com's unique fusion between a music site and social network have partnered to create marketing tools for music professionals. With music newsletter templates you can send your subscribers content that will inform, entertain, and encourage them to respond to your calls to action and pass on the word- and your newsletter- to their friends.

Imagine the refreshing change your multimedia and content-rich music newsletter will be to your subscribers who are bored with text only email marketing campaigns devoid of creativity and compelling them to do nothing more than clicking the delete button. Now picture this: a music newsletter with a one click streaming audio player, dynamic slideshows of featured artists, tour dates, and downloadable podcasts. You may even choose to include links to purchase featured musicians' songs, albums, and tickets to upcoming shows. It doesn't get any easier for subscribers. And with MyNewsletterBuilder's custom tools built for music professionals by music professionals, it's nearly effortless for you, too. You're only a few clicks away from importing music, video, images, logos, playlists, tour information, and any other information from your JukeboxAlive account directly into your newsletter.

Thanks to MyNewsletterBuilder's easy to use music newsletter templates, your email marketing campaign will stand out from the scores of other emails your subscribers are receiving in their inboxes. Turn your email marketing campaign into a multimedia experience and reap the benefits of a music newsletter campaign that is a cut above the rest. Count on MyNewsletterBuilder to help you get the word about the artists you promote and-- trust us-- you'll never go back to plain text emails again.