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Posted on April 8, 2010 - by admin

Bike for Sale, Excellent Condition

If you have a bike you want to get rid of there are many ways to try to sell it. You can put an ad in the local newspaper. Phrase it similar to this: 26 Inch men’s bike for sale, 10 speed, excellent condition, jet black with red trim. Brand new tires asking $200 call 555-1111 after 6 PM or leave message.

If you live in an apartment building or condo, there may be a central bulletin board. If so, use a 3 x 5 index card with the same information and post it on the board. Some newspapers have an online edition where you can put a classified add in for free.

Make sure to take several photos of the bike from different angles. Potential buyers are more apt to buy something if they are able to see a photo.

Another free way to advertise that you have a bike for sale is on the internet. Do a quick search and you will find several websites where you can list the bike.

Check out all your free options first. Also let your friends, family and co-workers know that you have a bike for sale. Ask them to spread the word for you. The more folks that know the bike is for sale, the better your chances of selling it fast.

Posted on March 13, 2010 - by admin

How to Use Social Bookmarking Sites for Your Business?

There are plenty of social bookmarking sites like digg, stumbleupon, reddit, del.icio etc. They can prove to be very useful for Search Engine Optimisation of your site. The question is how to use them for fast results?

• Hire a worker to create an account for you, fill the necessary details and add a profile picture. This is bit of easy task, so you can do it yourself as well.

• Now, make a lot of friends. Adding friends does not mean just adding randomly, but add relevant ones. Like see a person’s bookmarking history and if there are enough bookmarks related to your business, do not hesitate to add. This requires a lot of research and more importantly, patience.

• Now, bookmark your site. To get seen among the other users, you may require having a huge number of bookmarks. You can easily pay a worker to get bookmarks to your business. These paid bookmarks may or may not be related to your business directly, but they increase the visibility of your business to other members and your friends at the same time.

• Bookmark other related businesses as well. Only sticking to your business may give a bad impression among other users that you are promoting your business (What you are doing off course, but just hide it from others).