Property For Sale: Cleveland, Tennessee – Vacant Land
Land For Sale – Approx 4.76 Acres In Cleveland, Tennessee
Property Address: Lot 85 Knobb Hill Drive Cleveland, Tennessee 37312
We initially purchased this undeveloped property back in August of 1989. Our initials goals was to one day build a home and retire in this community. Unfortunately life has taken us in a different direction and it is now time for us to let of go of this property located in the beatiful Misty Ridge Subdivision – Section 2.
This property is towards the top of the valley and offers an excellent view of the hollow. There are some community restrictions to help protect your real estate investment such as only single dwelling homes are permitted, no animals except Horses, Cows, Ponies, and your standard household pets, limit 2 animals per property.
This land is roughly 8 miles away from I-75 and an estimated 40 Miles From Chattanoga, TN. Please review the basic information below and should you have any remaining questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
- 2009 Taxes State… 100% Land Value $40,200.00
- 2009 Taxes State… Total Property Value $40,200.00
- 2009 Taxes State… Assessment at 25% = $10,050.00
- 2009 Taxes Have Been Paid In Full; Which Was Roughly $215.00
- Asking Price $29,900.00 As Is
- Brokers Welcome With Interested Parties Only
- Land Contract Will Only Be Considered With 50% Down Payment, Excellent Credit, along with a few other requirements to protect our interest.
For Questions Please Call Pat at 734-657-4644 or email sales@avekhost.com
Video: How to Build a High Traffic Blog
I recently had the pleasure of coming across this presentation by Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek (name of both his book and blog) on “how to build a high traffic blog without killing yourself.”
Generally, I don’t like to sit around and watch videos especially ones that are just shy of an hour long. The reality is that most don’t offer any information of real value. However, I must admit I was instantly engaged in this presentation for some reason and was rewarded with a lot of great stuff.
I have embedded the video below for your convienence and also included some notes below the video in which I took away from this presentation in case you don’t have 50 minutes to check it out.
Notes From Tim Ferriss Presentation:
- Change the word “Category” that appears in most side bars to the word “Topics”.
- Place in the sidebar at the top “Most Popular” section in which offers the ability to select from several different options:
- Current Hits
- All Time Popular
- My Favs
- Perhaps had a similar RSS strategy such as 7 Reasons To Subscribe
- Remove dates from the individual blog page posts. It is okay to keep the dates on the blogs main pages but when someone clicks through a search engine for example credibility can be lost based on how old the post is.
- Add total read time to the post.
- Average person can generally read about 25o words per minute.
- Twitter Opportunities: Polling, Surveys, Personal Diary.
- Be carefull as Twitter can cost you by sending people, especially new visitors, out of your website.
- When you get writters block… write about what makes you angry. Avoid calling individuals or people out as there is enough negativity in the world. Just write about the topic.
- When do I do my best work? For Tim it was between 1AM and 5AM. What time is generally my best. <— I need to discover the answer.
- Edit Posts By Hand… <— An idea I never really thought about
- Ignore SEO on first draft
- If you want to increase SEO afterwards research using Google’s average key word tool; by volume.
- Two topics on one post = Bad Idea
- Short video is good; doesn’t always need to be long to be a valuable addition to your site.
- Don’t always chase the news… It is tiresome.
- Zero Tolerance Policy on blog; “It’s like me inviting you to my home”.
- Add Comment Rules…
- Example: Comment Rules = Comment Rules: Remember what Fonzie was like? Cool. That’s how we’re gonna be — cool. Critical is fine, but if you’re rude, we’ll delete your stuff. Please do not put your URL in the comment text and please use your PERSONAL name or initials and not your business name, as the latter comes off like spam. Have fun and thanks for adding to the conversation! (Thanks to Brian Oberkirch for the inspiration)
- Emails I receive can provide effective ideas for future blog posts
- Comments can also provide ideas for future blog posts
Here are some resources in which I noted throughout the presentation:
- Ever Note – Software
- Tucker Max – Book
- Stumple Upon – Good Traffic Source and impressed with advertising results.
- Digg
- Flickr
This Is Why Your Blog Sucks!
I used to have a boss when I worked in sales that cited a quote all the time which he heard while attending some alcoholic anonymous class.
“If you fail to plan; you plan to fail”.
While I don’t know who should be credited for the quote itself (and honestly I didn’t bother to look it up either); I do know that it couldn’t be closer to the truth. Then he immediately follows up with another quote: “a plan that is not on paper is really no plan at all”. Again, it couldn’t be closer to the truth.
So let’s get to the real reason why you’re reading this article which could be any of the below reasons:
· Your blog already sucks
· Your just starting a blog
· You want to be a better blogger
· You desire deeper reader engagement
· You have a goal of gaining more readers
· Your want to achieve higher levels creativity and energy across your blog
· Or, for whatever other reason you might have
Regardless of the reason(s) you’re here because you care and because you want your blogger to be better, stronger, and more profitable. So I ask you this… Do you have plan for your blog? Is your blog plan in writing?
If you answered no to either one of these questions or no to both you just discovered the real reason why your blog sucks! Sorry to be so blunt but as the quote says “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
Now what are you going to do about it? Since I am not really an arrogant person who goes out and hurts peoples feeling by telling them that there blog sucks; I’m going to provide you with one possible solution to get things turned around.
I recently discovered an eBook workbook titled “31 Days To Build A Better Blog” by Darren Rowse. Typically, I’m not one a guy that purchases a bunch of eBooks claiming to provide you with all this great information as I learned several years back that 99% of them are full of information you already know or just plan worthless material. Since this eBook workbook was just $19.95 I decided to go ahead and purchase it since it wasn’t a large investment and quite honestly I was impressed with it.
31 Days To Build A Better Blog might have been better titled as “31 Tasks Towards A Better Blog” but either way it lives up to its intended purpose of helping you create a better blog site. The concept was simple: bloggers set aside 31 days to be intentional about improving their blogs.
Each day for 31 days your presented with a daily task and teaching to give you concrete ways to take your blog to the next level – the goal being more readers, higher quality content, deeper reader engagement and higher levels of creativity and energy for the blogger.
Challenges included writing tasks, promotion techniques, methods to deepen reader engagement, creating thinking exercises, ideas for breaking through bloggers block and much more.
Once you get this workbook and follow the 31 daily challenges that you can pretty much repeat the tasks every thirty one days or with each separate blog and you’ll have a plan in writing and you’ll be planning for success. Best of all it is only $19.95 in which a money back guarantee is offered. Are you ready to join with 14,000 other bloggers and Kick-Start Your Blog with this 31 Day Challenge?
Download Your Copy of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog for an Investment of $19.95
This 94 page resource (actually it’s 188 pages as there are two pages on each page really) is ready for your download right now. You can order it here.
At 64 cents per daily task this is a resource that is designed to bring life and revitalization to your blog again and again as you continue to use it over coming months and years.
Join over 14,000 other bloggers in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge today.
How to add a paypal button to your blog?
PayPal is one of the most popular forms of exchanging money between company and client as known as a merchant account. If you have WordPress blog you may have a desire to request for donations for the content and time you put into it or perhaps simply want to sell items from your blog.
So, if you’d like to add a PayPal donation button to the posts, pages or sidebar of your self-hosted WordPress blog, this video will show you how.
How To Write and Publish A Post In WordPress
The thing you’ll probably be doing most with your WordPress Blog is writing and publishing posts. This short tutortial will cover how to do this. You’ll truly be amazed how simply it is to write and publish your blog postings or articles using your WordPress Blog.
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Public Relations Marketing
Excerpt from On Target: The Book on Marketing Plans by Tim Berry and Doug Wilson
Public Relations involves a variety of programs designed to maintain or enhance a company’s image and the products and services it offers. Successful implementation of an effective public relations strategy can be a critical component to a marketing plan.
A public relations (PR) strategy may play a key role in an organization’s promotional strategy. A planned approach to leveraging public relations opportunities can be just as important as advertising and sales promotions. Public relations is one of the most effective methods to communicate and relate to the market. It is powerful and, once things are in motion, it is the most cost effective of all promotional activities. In some cases, it is free.
The success of well executed PR plans can be seen through several organizations that have made it a central focus of their promotional strategy. Paul Newman’s Salad Dressing, The Body Shop, and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream have positioned their organizations through effective PR strategies. Intel, Sprint and Microsoft have leveraged public relations to introduce and promote new products and services.
Similar to the foundational goals of marketing, effective public relations seeks to communicate information to:
- Launch new products and services.
- Reposition a product or service.
- Create or increase interest in a product, service, or brand.
- Influence specific target groups.
- Defend products or services that have suffered from negative press or perception.
- Enhance the firm’s overall image.
- The result of an effective public relations strategy is to generate additional revenue through greater awareness and information for the products and services an organization offers.
Goals and Objectives
Good strategy begins with identifying your goals and stating your objectives. What are the goals and objectives behind your public relations strategy and can they be measured and quantified?
Each of these areas may reflect the goals your public relations campaign may seek to accomplish.
Press relations
Communicating news and information of interest about organizations in the most positive light.
Product and service promotion
Sponsoring various efforts to publicize specific products or services.
Firm communications
Promoting a better and more attractive understanding of the organization with internal and external communications.
Lobbying
Communicating with key individuals to positively influence legislation and regulation.
Internal feedback
Advising decision makers within the organization regarding the public’s perception and advising actions to be taken to change negative opinions.
Source: Articles on bplans.com
Business Plan Basics
Business Plan Basics
Courtesy of Palo Alto Software, Inc.
The best way to show bankers, venture capitalists, and angel
investors that you are worthy of financial support is to show
them a great business plan. Make sure that your plan is clear,
focused and realistic. Then show them that you have the tools,
talent and team to make it happen. Your business plan is like
your calling card, it will get you in the door where you’ll have
to convince investors and loan officers that you can put your
plan into action.
Once you have raised the money to start or expand your business,
your plan will serve as a road map for your business. It is not
a static document that you write once and put away. You will
reference it often, making sure you stay focused and on track,
and meet milestones. It will change and develop as your business
evolves.
Do I need a business plan?
Not everyone who starts and runs a business begins with a
business plan, but it certainly helps to have one. If you are
seeking funding from a venture capitalist, you will certainly
need a comprehensive business plan that is well thought out and
contains sound business reasoning.
If you are approaching a banker for a loan for a start-up
business, your loan officer may suggest a Small Business
Administration (SBA) loan, which will require a business plan. If
you have an existing business and are approaching a bank for
capital to expand the business, they often will not require a
business plan, but they may look more favorably on your
application if you have one.
Reasons for writing a business plan include:
- Support a loan application
- Raise equity funding
- Define and fix objectives and programs to achieve those
objectives - Create regular business review and course correction
- Define a new business
- Define agreements between partners
- Set a value on a business for sale or legal purposes
- Evaluate a new product line, promotion, or expansion
What’s in a business plan?
A business plan should prove that your business will generate
enough revenue to cover your expenses and make a satisfactory
return for bankers or investors.
- Executive Summary–features the highlights of your plan and
sells your idea in two pages or less. - Company Summary–a factual description of your company,
ownership, and history. - Products (or Services or both)–describes your products
and/or services and how they stand out from competitive products
and services. - Market Analysis-provides a summary of your typical customers,
competitive landscape, market size, and expected market
growth. - Strategy and Implementation-describes how you will sell your
product, how you will put your plan into action, and establishes
milestones. - Management Summary-provides background on the management
team, their experiences, and key accomplishments. - Financial Plan-contains key financials including sales, cash
flow, and profits.
What makes a successful business plan?
- A well thought out idea
- Clear and concise writing
- A clear and logical structure
- Illustrates management’s ability to make the business a
success - Shows profitability
How do you write a business plan?
Sitting down looking at a blank computer screen as you prepare to
start your business plan can be daunting. You may want to look
at some alternatives that will make the process a bit easier.
Use Business Planning Software
A good business planning software package will provide you with
an outline for a well-developed, objective-based and professional
business plan. Software packages will remove the problem of
starting from scratch by structuring your plan for you. The
software should ask you the right questions that will pull out
the most important underlying concepts within your business idea.
Find out more about the leading software package on the market, Business Plan Pro.
Buy a Book
There are many good books on the market that will help you to
understand what needs to go into a good business plan. You can
read Tim Berry’s newest book, “The Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan“.
Sample Business Plans
Bplans.com has 100+ free sample plans to help guide you through your “writers block”. The sample plans available are in all types of categories from construction to retail, consulting to online businesses.
Hire a Professional
A professional consultant will create the business plan for you,
but you still have to be prepared to think through your business
and understand the underlying concepts in your business idea.
You will have to work closely with the consultant to ensure that
he or she develops a good plan that accurately represents your
business or business idea.
Business planning resources
Here are some of Palo Alto Software’s business planning resources:
- Business Plan Pro – Create professional business plans in hours, not weeks. Step by step quidance and instant downloads available.
- Marketing Plan Pro – Detailed marketing plans are essential to any business. Create yours today with Marketing Plan Pro!.
- Sample Business Plans – Browse 500+ sample business plans. Each sample plan is included in Business Plan Pro.
Business Planning Books – Read books on creating a business plan, and keeping that plan alive. Included is Tim Berry’s newest book “The Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan” and others.
Source: bplans.com
The Essential Contents of a Marketing Plan
The Essential Contents of a Marketing Plan
Excerpt from On Target: The Book on Marketing Plans by Tim Berry and Doug Wilson
Every marketing plan has to fit the needs and situation. Even so, there are standard components you just can’t do without. A marketing plan should always have a situation analysis, marketing strategy, sales forecast, and expense budget.
- Situation Analysis: Normally this will include a market analysis, a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats), and a competitive analysis. The market analysis will include market forecast, segmentation, customer information, and market needs analysis.
- Marketing Strategy: This should include at least a mission statement, objectives, and focused strategy including market segment focus and product positioning.
- Sales Forecast: This would include enough detail to track sales month by month and follow up on plan-vs.-actual analysis. Normally a plan will also include specific sales by product, by region or market segment, by channels, by manager responsibilities, and other elements. The forecast alone is a bare minimum.
- Expense Budget: This ought to include enough detail to track expenses month by month and follow up on plan-vs.-actual analysis. Normally a plan will also include specific sales tactics, programs, management responsibilities, promotion, and other elements. The expense budget is a bare minimum.
Are They Enough?
These minimum requirements above are not the ideal, just the minimum. In most cases you’ll begin a marketing plan with an Executive Summary, and you’ll also follow those essentials just described with a review of organizational impact, risks and contingencies, and pending issues.
Include a Specific Action Plan
You should also remember that planning is about the results, not the plan itself. A marketing plan must be measured by the results it produces. The implementation of your plan is much more important than its brilliant ideas or massive market research. You can influence implementation by building a plan full of specific, measurable and concrete plans that can be tracked and followed up. Plan-vs.-actual analysis is critical to the eventual results, and you should build it into your plan.
Source: bplans.com
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