again explained how we would need to continue the momentum with search engine placement. I explained how this would benefit the site and help her grow her business. She declined to do the search engine placement so that she could add two more pages to the site and stick with in her budget. I again emphasized that it really didn't matter how detailed the site was if people could not find her website when using one of the major search engines.Weeks after the site went live I received a frantic call from her explaining that she had gone on Google and typed in a few keywords to search her site out. She even once including the exact name of her company and the city she was located in. She was crazed that nothing about her business came up. Of course I explained once again that this is why search engine placement was as important as the actual website development. It wasn't until that moment that a light bulb went off and she realized that if her business was going to draw clients from the internet that she must start investing monthly into search engine placement as part of her long term marketing goals. A few months after we started helping her reach this long term goal with monthly search engine placement I checked back in with her. At this point she informed me that she had so many people finding out about her business from her website that she was ready to move forward and add a shopping cart on to her site. She figured she could at least double her profits with this addition. She was thrilled to have a store front business and a hee thousands of available loans merely at your fingertips - just use any internet search engine. Secondly, get to know the loan criteria for each small business loan that you apply for. The reasoning behind this is because approval criteria from one lender to another can differ. Take note that you and your small business should match the provider's criteria as close as possible. This may enhance your ability of being approved. Thirdly, do some homework on your business standing. Know that business credit scores are commonly checked on even joint owners of a small business. Don't be afraid in asking the lender information on everybody that they will run credit checks on. Gather the needed business credit scores from all of the resources that the lender will be pulling credit scores on and then approach the lender to find out what their standard is. This too may help you meet the criteria in being approved.Finally, pay close attention to what the lenders, "approval points," are. This is worth grabbing a piece of paper and jotting down. Take note of the, "approval points," that the lender is targeting. Before you have the lender check your points, take the time to see if you meet those points. Simple reas