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6 Free Apps to Bolster Your Online Presence

A strong online presence is essential when it comes to the success of your small business.  In fact, according to the marketing firm Optify, it is vital for websites to appear on Page 1 of Google, especially in the top three positions. These spots receive 58.4 percent of all clicks by web users.

In order to increase your credibility and boost your online profile, you have a couple of options to select from.  You can hire a costly professional in the internet marketing field, or take hold of the reins and find ways to bolster your online presence yourself. 

If you take the route of doing it alone, there are several free applications you can take advantage of to help you.  Read on for 7 brilliant tools you may not know exist:

Topics: Business Software Branding apps

Steve Jobs: I'd Rather Quit than Let Something Slide

How do you make decisions?  Is success based on core values or a moving standard based on sales, problems and barriers?  Steve Jobs shared his his thoughts about what matters:

Topics: Steve Jobs Business Success

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

While trying be accomplished and successful, we work all week and get our personal responsibilities done during whatever downtime is available.  Yet, all the while, we spend much of our mental energy figuring out how we can carve out a few precious hours of comfort.

Comfort can be a double-edged sword.  If we languish there too long, we can grow complacent.  Being content with our lot may be the key to inner peace, but too much comfort can stymie creativity.

Topics: Business Success