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Top 6 Reasons Businesses Need to Use Cheap SEO Services

If you are running a business and you want to increase your chance of success i.e. get a well recognised name and boost revenue, you need to start searching for advertising solutions which can help you. There are many expensive marketing strategies out there, but SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is one of the most underestimated and also one of the most effective advertising solutions currently available.

By choosing a trustworthy and affordable company or service providers on Fourerr that offers cheap SEO services, you can truly benefit from a good internet marketing campaign and see results. So why should your business use SEO?

Here are the top 6 reasons why you should:

1) High ROI when using cheap SEO Services

The higher level on Return on Investment is reason enough to get SEO in your marketing strategy. By using a cheap service that optimises your site so that it is easier to find via search engines, you are saving money and yet still getting an affordable marketing solution which can generate sales and therefore more money for your business.

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Cheap SEO Services on Fourerr

2) Increased Sales

Due to the better visibility of your site, you are much more likely to get more sales simply by optimising
your site and your link pages. The easier your site is to find, the more likely you are to generate more
sales. You can use SEO services to make your site more easily searchable, but you can also use them
to alter the structure of your site as well in order to make the transactions easier for a customer – the
easier a sales page is to get through, the more likely customers are to complete a transaction.

3) More Traffic

High visibility for you business will ultimately lead to large numbers of new visitors that come to your
site via links from search engines, social media profiles, article directories or blogs. Large volumes of
traffic increase your credibility as a business and will draw even ore unique visitors to your site.

4) Targeted Traffic

Large numbers of traffic can work for a range of businesses but if you truly want a responsive flow of
traffic that are most likely to buy your products, you need to use cheap SEO services to save money and
get you the right type of quality traffic. When you have more responsive traffic i.e. people that like your
brand and your products, you are more likely to get returning customers.

5) Better Branding

Branding is about improving your reputation as a company. With more visitors responding to blog posts,
buying your products and leaving reviews, telling other people about brands or even mentioning you on
social networking sites, you can use your SEO strategy to help gain new customers’ trust.

6) User Friendly

If your site has a user friendly layout, good structure, quality content and simple navigation, you are
going to increase your chances of getting new visitors as well as drawing old visitors back to your site to
make additional purchases.

If you are looking for Cheap SEO Services then check out our dedicated page with affordable SEO Services which can boost your business with a low ROI.

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How Can Fourerr Help Small Online Businesses?

Firstly, Happy Easter to you all! I hope you had a lovely time with families and taking part in lots of Easter egg hunts…

Secondly, welcome to the summer. Most of us wouldn’t believe it was summer with the cold temperatures still hovering. Let’s hope for some sunshine soon! (This is London!)

Around this time of year, many people start to think about starting businesses or even developing their current business. If you work online, there is nothing quite like the summer months to motivate you into developing a more successful company with more clients, customers, better branding and maximised profitability.

So, how can Fourerr help you as a small online business? Here’s how:

Cheap Outsourcing Services

Fourerr offers cheap ($4 to be precise!) gigs that elsewhere can cost hundreds of dollars. Whether it is web development, SEO marketing, creating a presence on social media, or simply creating a new logo for your business, there are gigs to match your needs on the site.

By saving money on small tasks that you outsource, you can put more money into developing other areas of your business and stay on top of your finances.

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Outsource your business on Fourerr and take control!

Skilled Freelancers at Your Disposal

The freelancers that post gigs on Fourerr are there because they want to help. Make the most of their flexibility, their different skills, and their cheap prices. Use other buyer’s reviews and feedback to get an idea about the quality of work the seller produces and always ask them questions about their gig and check response times as well as professionalism – a good seller will answer in good time as well as in a friendly manner.

Flexible Workers

Fourerr sellers are required to put an estimated delivery time on their gigs in order to give you, the buyer, an idea about when you can expect your gig to be delivered. Because of this, you can plan your business accordingly. For example if you’re using one person to design a banner for your website, one seller to write the content for the homepage, and another to program widgets, you can make sure that you have them all within a short timescale so that you can get your website or ecommerce business up and running as soon as possible!

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Fourerr Flexible and Virtual Assistants for your business

Control Employee Budget

You no longer have to employee an assistant full-time to get jobs done. Instead, you can hire Fourerr sellers as and when you need the work done. You also can avoid hourly costs and pay just the fixed price of $4 to get data entry, proofreading or other admin tasks done quickly and efficiently. Set out a budget of $4 per freelancer to test each seller’s skills before hand and then invest some of your budget in ordering multiple gigs if this is what you need.

Save Money on Marketing

Social media, SEO and other online marketing is essential for boosting small online business visibility and credibility. Use Fourerr social network experts, SEO gurus and e-marketing pros to target customers and draw even more traffic to your site.

What’s next?

Thanks for reading!

PS: Leave us a comment below if Fourerr has been able to help your online business. Share your success story in comment area below.

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Responding with a Video: Top 4 Methods to Boost Traffic

Video sharing sites such as YouTube or on blogs that use videos is a great way of generating traffic. On YouTube there are over 800 million visitors every month, with 70% of that traffic coming from the US.

Responding with and to a video is a great way of generating traffic and boosting credibility and ratings – here’s how to do it:

Spark a Discussion

Once you have posted a video on YouTube, link it back to your site and feel free to let people comment on it. Spark discussions about the content, about related subjects or just simply thank people for coming to view your video – interaction is a great way of building links with the online community.

Self Promotion

Posting a video isn’t enough you need to advertise and promote it as much as you can to try and boost your views and ratings. You’re not allowed to post your video URL to other clips on YouTube, but there’s nothing to stop you doing it on Facebook and Twitter!

Gain Clients, Friends and Followers

When you’re promoting your business, brand or a product or service you want to sell, you will undoubtedly get interested parties that want to know more. By replying to questions or asking them yourself to other video viewers, you can draw people back to your site and to your clip again and again.

Create Great Video Content

Don’t own the video skills needed for making a professional looking YouTube clip? Wouldn’t even know how to turn on a video camera? Leave it to the pros!

Once of the most important methods of generating traffic via a YouTube video is to create a great clip, but if you don’t know how to do it, outsourcing the project to someone who knows what they’re doing is a great idea.

Right here on Fourerr there are many creative, professional video artists ready to take your order. If alternatively, you have the skills to make a video and want to help someone, just post a video gig under the “Video” category and start making some money.

Here are some important things to remember when you are creating your (hopefully very successful) video clip:

  • Keep it Short – the most popular videos on YouTube are mainly less than 1 minute in length. If you can get your point across in a shorter amount of time than that, you will automatically be more appealing to your fast-paced internet users.
  • Funny or Witty – YouTube users love a bit of humour. Find funny ways of putting your point across and you may even bring back viewers over and over again.
  • Edgy – Not everything needs to be hilarious, but if you want to post something edgy, though provoking or artistic, this is also likely to get a great response from your target audience.
  • Leave them in Suspense – Not always a necessary technique, but if you are planning on making a series of videos, make sure they can all interlink and leave a cliff hanger at the end of each one. This way, they’ll come back for more!

Are you in need of a good Video? Search our list of Video Creation services and if you can’t find a good service then take action and put yourself out there and suggest a Video Creation service by placing a Bid Want on Fourerr.

Share below in the comments one of the video’s you have created as a response to a Video.

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The Top 5 Reasons to Translate Your Website

With millions of web users online every day and over 350 million websites, it is definitely easy enough to feel like a small fish in a big pond. Trying to draw people to your sites is one of the difficult ventures that you may embark upon as a website owner, and no matter how many advertising methods you try, it may all feel like it is vain. Translating your site is one major step you can make toward reaching out to more people and improving credibility, sales and ratings.

Want to know the top 5 reasons why you should translate your website? Read on…

1) Boost Your Credibility

When you are advertising a local business, no matter whether you are a website designer, an insurance sales company or a seamstress, translating your website might not be on the top of your priorities. However, a local business should do so in order to prove that they are just as credible and offer just as good quality services as other international companies. Showing a translated site shows a willingness to deal with people in all countries.

2) Get Recommendations

When you open up your site to people from all over the world by giving them the option of viewing your website in their own language, you are more likely to gain fans. Recommendations from regular visitors to your site will see you get more impressions from your ads, make more sales and reach out to a whole new demographic.

3) Increase Sales

If a visitor comes to your site and it is simply written in one language, you are isolating them straight away. You may be offering a product that they could benefit from, but as they can’t understand the site they will more than likely move on. With a translated site they will be able to view your products and services as any other user would and perhaps make a purchase. By opening up your site to others, you are therefore increasing the likelihood of making a sale!

4) Reach Out to More Web Users

People all over the world use the internet, and by allowing them to view a translated version of your site, you can speak to those people. If the site is translated well, the visitors to your site will also be able to understand more about your brand and the services or products that you are offering rather than having to patiently translate everything themselves.

5) Be the Best in Your Field

Don’t leave it up to Google to translate your site! Stand out from all the other sites out there and offer translation options in multiple languages to reach out to new clients and customers. This will show a willingness to reach out to others and communicate.

Buyers – Make sure your site at least has two translation options, if not more – use Fourerr to get help from Native speakers from other countries or professional translators.

Sellers – Got a talent for translating? Post a translation gig on Fourerr and start making big bucks!

Are you translating your website? Do you translate websites? Let us know how you go about this?

Leave some  comments here below?

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Micro Entrepreneurs making hundreds of dollars on Fourerr

The dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “a person who organises and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk”. A micro entrepreneur is a new take on the entrepreneurial lifestyle – no longer do we have to think of BIG business plans to make BIG money; instead we have the magic of the micro job site to help us reach our goals.

A micro job site such as Fourerr is simply an online platform for people to buy and sell small jobs known as ‘gigs’. These gigs cover a whole range of categories, and each gig can be purchased for a small amount of money (i.e. just $4).

Micro entrepreneurs are a new breed of business developers. Rather than making their money at high costs, the mind set is completely different – sell lots of small things for smaller amounts of money, which will ultimately accumulate to a larger income.

How Can the Micro Entrepreneurs Out There Benefit Me?

Save Time – Small tasks take time and one of the great benefits of using Fourerr is that it can save you loads of time by getting someone else to do the tasks you simply don’t have time to do! Whether it is proofreading, completing data entry tasks, help with programming or just general assistance with developing your business, Fourerr holds sellers ready to do the small tasks for you so you can focus on the ‘big stuff’!

Save Money – Fourerr is one of the cheapest gig marketplaces online and with gigs at just $4 which elsewhere you would often pay ten times that amount, you can get the same quality of work.

Help Reduce the Workload – Using Fourerr, you can actually think about hiring a virtual assistant to use on a regular basis. Once you have found a seller you like that you know delivers a top quality service, you can go back to them again and again and order multiple gigs, overall saving you time, money and also saving you from the stress of too heavy a workload!

Why Become a Micro Entrepreneur?

Make Money – $4 doesn’t sound like a lot but once you have been on Fourerr for a while, even 100 sales of $4 makes you $400…and that doesn’t sound too bad does it? But with the new changes introduced lately on Fourerr, this process can be multiplied quicker without further interaction and you can earn true passive income.

Find New Clients – Developing a network of people to work for and with is a great thing about working on Fourerr. Rather than hunting around on a number of freelancing sites, Fourerr allows you to create business connections with people that are interested in the services that you have to offer.

Find People to Work for YOU – Although you yourself may be making money by selling your services online, you can also use Fourerr to

Reduce Financial Strain – Even if you don’t make your millions on Fourerr, the money that you do earn from your gig sales can certainly help you out. A monthly Fourerr income can help you with your rent, food or utility bills, and help reducing the financial strain can’t be bad can it?

With new clients, a solid income and more business connections, being a micro entrepreneur using Fourerr is the best way of moving forward in your adventure to become truly successful.

How has Fourerr helped you? Do you have any micro-entrepreneurial tips you want to share with the Fourerr blog readers?

Just leave a comment!

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7 Things you might not know about Me, owner of Fourerr

Micro jobs sites like Fourerr are becoming increasingly popular, and with the surge of people turning to micro jobs for outsourcing projects or earning an extra income, it makes sense to tell you a little about myself. My name’s Thomas De Vos and I’m the CEO of Fourerr.com. Let me introduce myself to you, the Fourerr community so that you can put a face to the name! So here it is, some things you probably won’t know about me, my work and my overall vision for the future of Fourerr.

Thomas De Vos, on Safari

1) I’ve won an Award …

I’ve done a lot of programming in my time and have even received an award for ‘Website of the Year’ in 2000 by Vauxhall and the Belgium National Television. The website was called http://www.rijbewijs.be but this is no longer active in 2012.

2) I’m an Online Business Owner

…and have been since 2001. I take particular interest in educational sites and have had several online businesses over the years. Apart from this I have been doing a lot of consultancy work for UK based financial institutions.

3) I Love Triathlon

I’m a fitness fanatic; I love the triathlon and will be competing in my first Full Ironman in Lanzarote in May. For those of you who don’t know, Ironman is a competitive triathlon event with a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile (marathon) run…back to back without a break! It is one of the harshest physical challenges out there, but I love it because triathlon is all about dedication, self motivation and determination. Aiming beyond your own limits and discovering that human beings can achieve more than imaginable inspires me to stretch my own limits and aspirations, not only in the sport but also in everyday life.

4) I’m a Family Man

I have 4 children and have been married to my wife Shereen since August 2000 and I love her more than ever. She is truly my rock, and someone I can rely on every single day of the year, every minute of the day. She is totally amazing. Without her, Fourerr wouldn’t be where it is today. Thanks Sweetheart, if you are reading this.

5) I Love Skiing

I think that we have established with the “I love triathlon” section that I love physical activities, but I find skiing and being in the mountains truly exhilarating. It makes me feel free and like I can conquer the world. Being out all day on the slopes and then returning to a chalet with a drink of hot chocolate milk (yes, milk!) is very refreshing for body and mind. The mountains, the white canvas of snow beneath a deep blue sky is the most beautiful thing on the planet which I could easily stare at for hours.

Java Cakes - delicious

6) I love Jaffa Cakes

Everyone has a weakness, and mine is Jaffa Cakes.  I’ll be honest with you; a full packet never survives longer than two minutes when I’m around!

7) My Vision for Fourerr

I want to be able to bring together two types of people; Buyers and Sellers provide them with a friendly platform so that they can benefit from each other’s skills and knowledge. My personal aim for Fourerr is about being the best in customer support and truly show that support by communicating with our Fourerr community and beyond. Not just a short term promise, I want Fourerr to provide myself and all of its users with a healthy, supportive and prosperous long term relationship.

If you are doing something special, or have a certain lifestyle, or are dedicated about your own projects here on Fourerr or off line then share it with us in the comment section.

Cheers, have a great day, and please share this post!

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Remember, Remember the Fifth of November… Bonfire Night!

So Fourerr says ‘goodbye’ to Halloween and a big ‘hello’ to Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes or Fireworks Night. Although this day is steeped in history, it is at this time of year in Britain that people around the country gather to watch various fireworks displays. These displays, both public and private are so popular  that it has got me thinking – can our gigs have the same impact as that of the ‘BANG!’ of a firework?

It starts with a spark…

It starts with a spark... The spark travels down the fuse...

So what is the ‘spark’ when it comes to selling gigs? Well, it is the buzz you create around that particular gig. Whether you are selling something creative or something business related, you need to let people know that you are there to offer our services.

Talk to your friends face to face or tell your friends, family, and colleagues about your gig by advertising it on social networks. Whatever you do to create an awareness of your gig, you are bound to increase sales.

The spark travels down the fuse…

Once the ‘spark’ ignites someone’s interest in your gig, it is then up to you to deliver great quality work every time to let the process continue. Creating the initial interest in your gig is no good if you can’t follow through with it, so make sure you are offering high quality gigs and a friendly and reliable service.

Also try to think what you can offer buyers that others might not be able to. For example this could be a quicker turnaround than other sellers, or perhaps more value for money, or maybe even unique skills or talents. Whatever it is, make sure our buyers know why you are the best at what you do and why they should buy your gig again and again.

…BANG!

Bang ... dollars in your pocket

Bang ... dollars in your pocket

So you’ve advertised your gig, people know who you are and you’ve got sales coming in: This is the ‘BANG!’ you have been waiting for. Once sales start coming in and you are producing the best quality gigs that you can, you will be making a steady flow of money. It’s all about consistency – if you keep delivering excellent quality work and you are an easy seller to communicate with (fast and friendly replies can win anyone over!) then you are guaranteed to do well on Fourerr.

So keep those sparks flying and make sure your gig has an impact on Fourerr – be as creative as you like with your gigs because you never know, someone out there may want to buy it. With all those sparks surrounding your gigs, there is surely soon to be a fantastic culmination and flurry of gig orders that create the ultimate firework display you have been searching for!

Happy Selling!

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