Maximizing the Benefits of Google Plus to Your Website

When Google+ was first launched, people thought that it will compete with Facebook. But later on, many people enjoy the benefits from both social network. While Facebook has groups and pages for business purposes, Google+ also launched Google+ pages as its counterpart. Utilize Google Plus and let your business prosper. Here are some of the features you can take advantage of along with recommended tips.

• Google+ button can improve your search engine result pages ranking.

Add the +1 button to your websites to attract more user interaction. Clicking the +1 button for a specific post of website is like giving upvotes, synonymous to liking or digging a particular post.

This feature has a great impact to organic search results. If you want to get the most out of it, simply add the HTML codes to your website or install a plugin that will generate the +1 button on your desired site location.

According to SEO experts and practitioners, Google +1 is the new ranking signal not to mention that it is associated with Google.

• Get reports from Google +

It would be better to track down the number of +1 your pages or posts are getting. To get timely reports, check your Google Webmaster Tools account. It has a reporting area where you can see Google +1 Button activity on your website.

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Task Management Tips to Maximize Office Efficiency

Improving office efficiency is a task typically assigned to office managers and administrators, but all employees and supervisors can take steps to increase productivity in the workplace. A medical office, in particular, requires that physicians and their staff members work quickly with maximum efficiency in order to address the various needs of their patients.

The front desk staff of a medical office, which usually consists of administrative medical assistants, represents the “face” of the practice as this is where patients sign-in before receiving treatment. They need to complete a high volume of clerical tasks typical to other front desk jobs as well as arrange lab tests, update medical records and make sure that insurance forms and other questionnaires have been correctly filled out by the patients. Keeping a record of important calls, using prioritized “to-do” lists and making sure that essential paperwork is organized enough to be correctly distributed to their supervisors will give front desk workers the time they need to answer patients’ questions with a friendly smile.

Registered nurses and their assistants, especially in large metropolitan hospitals, have to keep track of a large number of patient details such as medication dosage amounts and vital statistics, which is why learning to manage time is one of the most important goals for a new nurse. While electronic medical records software (EMR) has greatly increased efficiency in this area, many RNs like Jennifer Tucker carry a personalized spreadsheet with them to keep track of their work. Head nurses who work in large offices and hospitals must also learn to delegate appropriate tasks to less experienced nurses and medical assistants, as it is impossible for one person to meet the demands of every patient.

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How to Improve the Conversion Rate In Your PPC Campaign

We all know that the main idea of a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign is to produce revenue. This means that it is not enough to simply put an ad on a page and hope people will click it. There are several things that can be done to increase the conversion rate in PPC campaigns.

Increase the traffic flow

It is a well known fact that you cannot sell something, if you have no customers. The first step to improving your conversion rate is to increase your flow of traffic. Although there are differing opinions about what actually draws traffic, most experts agree that good solid content always works. It may not work as quickly as some other methods have in the past, but it consistently works.

Make sure traffic is targeted

One mistake people make is that they assume a lot of traffic always means a lot of conversions. The flaw in this logic arises when visitors to your site arrive there by simply wandering aimlessly until they land on a website. They may have absolutely no interest in the topic of your site. Still, they may look around the site for a few minutes before deciding to move on to something different. There is very little chance that this type of visitor will ever become a conversion in your campaign. Instead, make sure that the traffic is targeted to the topic of your page. If visitors are already interested in your topic before they arrive on your page, there is a much greater chance that they will click the links to create more conversions.

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Vista Land Reports P2.6-B Income

Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., the country’s largest homebuilder, reported a 20 percent growth in net income for the first nine months of 2011 to P2.61 billion from P2.17 billion in the same period last year — on track to another banner year.

In a press briefing, Vista Land chief financial officer Ricardo B. Tan Jr. said real estate revenues were P9.9 billion, up 21 percent from P8.21 billion in the first nine months of 2010.

The company had stated earlier this year that it was targeting about P3.4 billion in earnings and approximately P24 billion pesos in sales for the full year.

Vista Land reported that it delivered record sales of P6.2 billion for the third quarter of 2011, bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to P18.3 billion.

The company said that it was confident it would meet or even exceed its net income and sales targets for fiscal year 2011.

“We are on track for another year of solid growth in sales, revenues, and net income” said Vista Land president Manuel Paolo Villar.

via: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341317/vista-land-reports-p26b-income

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Fed Lowers Its Forecast for Growth, but Takes No Steps

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve significantly reduced its forecast of economic growth through 2013, acknowledging that it had once again overestimated the nation’s recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.
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Despite the bleak forecast, however, the Fed said that its policy-making committee had decided against taking new measures to stimulate growth at a two-day meeting that concluded Wednesday. The Fed’s chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said that the central bank already was pushing hard to spur growth and create jobs.

“We have taken a lot of actions,” Mr. Bernanke said at a news conference after the announcement. He added that Congress, by contrast, was not doing enough to pull the levers of fiscal policy. Lawmakers are gridlocked over a new jobs proposal from the White House, and a special bipartisan committee charged with reducing the deficit is struggling to reach agreement by Thanksgiving.

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