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Want to know the one thing that every successful digital marketer does first to ensure they get the biggest return on their marketing budget? It’s simple: goal-setting. This is an absolutely essential practice for any digital marketer who knows how to execute their campaigns in a productive, cost-effective way. With a few. With a few simple tips, you can be doing the same in no time! In this blog, we’ll walk you through the first steps every savvy digital marketer takes to ensure that they’re on target to hit all their marketing objectives. Get ready for revenue!

Remember: even if the channel you’re considering is all the rage right now, it might not fit your brand. Always make informed decisions that directly relate to your company. Otherwise, your message won’t be delivered to its intended audience and you’ll have wasted time, effort and money.

Step #1: Know Your Digital Goals

The first step is clearly identifying which goals you want to achieve. Get specific. Do you want to increase brand awareness? Are you all about locking in leads? Do you want to establish a strong network of influencers that can help you be discovered? How about pushing engagement on social media?

Step #2: Get Specific

A useful tool for narrowing down your goals to ensure they’re viable is the SMART mnemonic. It’s important to get specific to understand exactly what you’re working towards, and help you break down the process of hitting your targets. This is exactly what this mnemonic helps you to achieve.

  • Does the channel reach my intended audience?
  • Is the channel sustainable and affordable within my company’s marketing budget?
  • Will I be able to measure the success of the channel?
  • Does the channel allow me to express my brand’s intended message?
  • Do the channels I’m considering work together to convey my message?

Step #3: Always Remember Your Goals!

Establishing a solid vision for your business is the first step to planning your digital marketing budget. Always keep your final goals in sight when organising anything for your company. When deciding which steps to take next in your business, ask yourself how they will help you achieve the goals you outlined in Step #1. This will ensure that you stay on track and prevent you from spending your budget on anything that won’t help you achieve.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation,
hard work, and learning from failure.
– Paul Tournier

As your budget progresses and evolves, continue referring to your SMART objectives. Stay focused and remember your goals – they will always inform what your next step will be!

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  1. David Parker
    November 16, 2018

    This is a useful post for finding broken links within the website, what about links pointing outwards that are broken? I can use a free web service but wondered if this was possible.

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  2. Harry Olson
    November 16, 2018

    Great tool! I am using a redirect plugin to send all my 404’s to my home page but I think it’s slacking sometimes. I noticed that some other sites have taken over my 404’s somehow.

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Kapalbhati In Vajrasana
26.Kapalbhati In Vajrasana: Blowing in Firm Pose

We begin with breathing and end with breathing to once again bring the focus back to the breath. The previous posture brings toxins to the surface. One way we relieve the body of these toxins is through sweating. The other main way is through strong exhales.


Benefits

  • Detoxifies and cleanses the body by removing stale air and toxins from the lungs
  • Brings mental clarity
  • Strengthens abdominal organs
  • Normalizes bowels
  • Energizes the body
  • Improves oxygenation to the body
  • Improves cardiovascular and respiratory systems
  • Good for high blood pressure


Tips

  • Keep the face relaxed
  • Sit with spine straight as though you are growing taller through the top of the head
Ardha Matsyendrasana
25. Ardha Matsyendrasana: Half Spinal Twist Pose

We work in the series to increase the full mobility of the spine. We stretch forward, backwards and to the side. We end with the twist.


Benefits

  • Compresses and stretches the spine
  • Increases hip and back flexibility
  • Improves digestion
  • Firms the buttocks, thighs and abdomen
  • Improves elasticity, flexibility, circulation and nutrition through spinal nerves and tissues
  • Encourages the free movement of synovial (joint) fluid through the spine
  • Decreases immobility caused be rheumatism
  • Tones the roots of the spinal nerves, thus aiding the sympathetic nervous system
  • Opens bronchial muscles and rib cage
  • Helps prevent slipped disc
  • Relieves lower back pain
  • Helps sciatica and arthritis of the knee
  • Massages kidneys, liver, gall bladder, spleen and bowels


Tips

  • Go slowly into this posture
  • If the posture is done quickly the muscles in the spine that are already flexible will twist
  • Moving slowly will open the tight areas
  • Keep both sides of the buttocks on the floor
  • Bring more weight into the legs and out of the spine, the straighter the spine, the more it will open with a twist
Janushirasana Paschimotthanasa
24. Janushirasana Paschimotthanasa: Head to Knee Stretching


Benefits

  • Stimulates thymus, digestion and immune system Improves flexibility of sciatica and ankle joint
  • Balances blood sugar levels
  • Stretches and strengthens pelvic girdle, hip joints, shoulder muscles and spine
  • Increases circulation to liver, spleen and pancreas
  • Good for diabetes


Tips

  • Bend up the knee as much as necessary to have the forehead fully touch the knee
Sasangasana
23. Sasangasana: Rabbit Pose



Benefits

  • Provides maximum extension of the spine
  • Stretches the spine to increase proper nutrition to the nervous system (increases blood flow)
  • Improves the mobility and elasticity of the spine and back muscles
  • Stimulates thyroid and parathyroid glands through compression, helps balance and regulate metabolism and the distribution of calcium
  • Balances hormones
  • Improves flexibility of the trapezius
  • Improves digestion, glandular problems and helps improve conditions of the sinus, common cold and chronic tonsillitis (strengthens kidneys – purification system in the body)
  • Helps insomnia and depression

Tips

  • Take the time to really round in during the set-up
  • Imagine two spirals; one on the outside – the back of the spine in rolling open, and one in the inside – the front of the body is curling in
  • Pull with the hands and arm strength, roll the weight into the knees so that there is very little weight in the head
Ustrasana
22. Ustrasana: Camel Pose


Benefits

  • Compresses spine, relieving back problems
  • Opens rib cage, lungs and may relieve bronchial problems
  • Strengthens back and shoulder muscles
  • Improves flexion of neck
  • Stretches throat
  • Flushes fresh blood through kidneys
  • Helps eliminate toxins

Tips

  • Start the posture with a very deep breath into the upper lungs
  • Keep the chest and abdomen lifted as you roll the eyes and head back
  • Maintain a tight hold on the heels to give more leverage to lift up towards the ceiling with the chest
  • If you are not holding the heels bring the elbows in closer together behind you to open through the front of the body
Ardha Kurmasana
21. Ardha Kurmasana: Half Tortoise Pose



Benefits

  • A rejuvenation pose
  • Provides deep relaxation
  • Relieves stress
  • Aids migraine prevention or treatment
  • Helps with insomnia
  • Assists in relieving digestion difficulties and constipation
  • Stretches lower parts of lungs, increases lung capacity
  • Excellent for respiratory conditions Increases circulation to the brain
  • Firms abdomen and thighs
  • Increases flexibility of hip joints
  • Improves mobility of shoulder girdle and associated muscle (deltoids, triceps, latissimus dorsi)
  • Increases flexibility in hips

Tips

  • The keys to deepening this posture are enjoying it and taking long slow inhales and letting the muscles soften on the slow inhales
  • Keep the wrists and forearms off the floor
  • Imagine a loosening through the lower back and let the buttocks fall
Supta Vajrasana
20. Supta Vajrasana: Fixed Firm Pose


Benefits

  • Helps conditions of sciatica, gout, varicose veins and rheumatism in the legs
  • Slims and tones thighs, firms calf muscles and strengthens the abdomen
  • Strengthens and improves flexibility of lower spine, knees and ankle joints
  • Lubricates and increases circulation to joints
  • Strengthens and lengthens abdominal muscles
  • Creates a great stretch into hip joints and diaphragm
  • Relieves lower back pain


Tips

  • Try not to compare your body to others, if you have done a lot of running or biking, this may be difficult on your knees. Be patient and try to do the posture even if it is frustrating. Your knees will open as a result of this perseverance
  • Maintain a lift with the upper body as you move into the posture to take tension out of the lower back
  • When arms are up and over the head, reach the elbows not only towards the back wall but also down to the floor
Dhanurasana
19. Dhanurasana: Floor Bow Pose


Benefits

  • Increases circulation to the heart and lungs, improves oxygen intake
  • Opens diaphragm and expands the chest region – improves respiratory conditions Increases spinal strength and flexibility and tone of spinal muscles
  • Revitalizes spinal nerves by increasing circulation to the spine
  • Strengthens, compresses and opens lower, mid and upper spine
  • Improves strength and balance
  • Helps regulate ovaries and prostate gland
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Helps correct poor posture
  • Strengthens concentration and mental determination Improves function of kidneys, liver and spleen
  • Strengthens deltoids, trapezuis, rhomboids, latissimus dorsi and triceps
  • Relieves cervical spondulosis


Tips

  • Imagine bringing the shoulder blades together
  • Eventually the belly button will be resting on the floor, you may need to roll forward
  • Lower spinal strength can be used as is in the previous posture, to lift the legs up higher
  • Keep knees together in line with the shoulder, if knees are hurting chances are they could come closer together
Poorna Salabhasana
18. Poorna Salabhasana: Full Locust Pose

Benefits

  • Firms the muscles of the abdomen, upper arms, hips and thighs Increases spinal strength and flexibility
  • Helps relieve and prevent lower backache
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Increases spinal strength, flexibility and circulation
  • Helps relieve and prevent backache
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Helps cure loss of appetite
  • Helps correct bad posture Improves functions of liver and spleen
  • Strengthens deltoids, trapezius and triceps
  • Compresses and opens spine upon release
  • Relieves cervical spondylosis


Tips

  • Lift using the muscle of the back
  • Eventually the belly button will be resting on the floor, you may need to roll forward
  • Lower spinal strength can be used as is in the previous posture, to lift the legs up higher
  • In the savasana that follows the posture, breathe slowly and imagine the muscles of the spine loosening their hold on the vertebrae
Salabhasana
17. Salabhasana: Locust Pose

Benefits

  • Same benefits as cobra and even more effective in helping conditions of slipped disk and sciatica
  • Improves sluggish digestion
  • Encourages concentration and perseverance
  • Firms buttocks and hips
  • Increases spinal strength, flexibility and circulation
  • Helps relieve and prevent backache
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Helps cure loss of appetite
  • Increases abdominal pressure and regulates intestinal function
  • Strengthens the abdominal wall
  • Helps correct bad posture
  • Improves function of liver and spleen
  • Strengthens shoulder, arm and back muscles
  • Relieves cervical spinylosis and back pain


Tips

  • Be patient if the elbows are tight, slowly they will open leaving you with healthier blood flow through the joint
  • Keep the hips of the leg down on the forearms
  • Work towards using no abdominal strength and getting the body weight into the shoulders
Bhujangasana
16. Bhujangasana: Cobra Pose



Benefits

  • The arching of the spine increases flexibility and strength Improves concentration
  • Rejuvenates spinal nerves Improves flexibility and tone of spinal muscles
  • Massages, works and tones back muscles
  • Helps relieve and prevent lower backache
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Stretches the thoracic region and expands the rib cage, bringing relief from asthma
  • Gentle pressure on the abdomen massages all organs and improves their function
  • Strengthens deltoids, trapezoids and triceps
  • Compresses and opens spine
  • Relieves cervical spondylosis
  • Helps to relieve many utero-ovarine and menstrual problems


Tips

  • Keep the leg muscles tight – thighs are flexed so that the knee caps are raised off the floor
  • Feel the muscles of the lower spine and then work towards using them to lift the upper body off the floor
  • Shoulder are coming back and down and away from ears
Sit Up
15. Sit Up: There is a sit up between every floor posture


Benefits

  • Strengthens and tones the abdomen
  • Open mouth exhalation stimulates diaphragm and eliminates toxins from the lungs
  • Re-aligns spine in preparation for a new posture Increases strength of lower spine
  • Strong exhale also increases energy levels


Tips

  • Work towards keeping the feet together and on the floor during the sit up
  • Think of the yoga sit up as more of a ‘roll up’, rolling the base of the spine up first, then lower abdominals, then the middle and upper torso
  • Keep the lower spine on the floor to protect the lower spine
  • The sit up ends with two strong double exhales
Pavanamuktasana
14. Pavanamuktasana: Wind Removing Pose


Benefits

  • Remove wind, hopefully after class
  • Massages ascending, descending and transverse colon to improve elimination
  • Regulates and normalizes hydrochloric acid levels in stomach Improves and may cure conditions of constipation, flatulence and hyperacidity
  • Relieves lower back pain
  • Improves flexibility of the hip joints
  • Firms and tones muscles of the abdominal wall, thighs and hips

Tips

  • Slide inner thigh away from the rib cage so that eventually the knee will come down to touch the shoulder
  • Press fingers into the hands to maintain a tight grip, slipping will decrease as hands grow stronger
  • As you advance, work on lengthening the neck more by dragging the eyes down to the chest, the base of the skull on the floor and the shoulders away from the ears The more the legs are relaxed, the greater the opening in the hips
Savasana
13. Savasana: Corpse Pose


Benefits

  • Returns cardiovascular circulation to normal
  • Slows heart rate, reduces blood pressure
  • Teaches complete relaxation
  • Stills and calms the mind
  • Allows the body to absorb the benefits of the standing series
  • Build the ability to access relaxation when necessary – in stressful situations, before bed, etc

Tips

  • Be patient and know that there are deep physiological benefits to waking relaxation
  • Listen to your breath and feel how it is moving, not only in the belly but throughout the rest of the body
  • Try to observe the body as though you were taking a step away from it, rather than trying to make the muscles soften
  • Keep the eyes still and relaxed – you can do this by holding your calm gaze steady on one spot on the ceiling
Padangustasana
12. Padangustasana: Toe Stand


Benefits

  • Creates balance and focus in body and mind
  • Strengthens stomach muscles
  • Strengthens hip joints (hips, knees, ankles and toes)
  • Helps relieve arthritis in all leg joints including hips


Tips

  • Go step by step – bring the hands behind the back to straighten the spine before bringing one hand up at a time into prayer position
  • Focus the eyes on one spot, four feet in front of you until you get your two hands into prayer position
  • Roll the weight forward into the ball of the foot
  • Eventually bring the buttocks off the heel
  • Work towards growing long through the spine in the same way that you did in the tree pose
  • Once the two hands are up and the spine is straight, bring the eyes up to look forward into the mirror
Tadasana
11. Tadasana: Tree Pose


Benefits

  • Calms the nervous system in preparation for the floor Savasana
  • Assists in correcting bad posture
  • Increases hip and knee mobility
  • Stretches the spine
  • Releases abdominal tension
  • Relieves lower back pain
  • Strengthens oblique muscles to prevent hernia
  • Good for circulatory problems, arthritis and rheumatism

Tips

  • As with other standing one legged postures, the standing leg remains flexed with the knee cap lifted
  • Imagine gravity rooting the body from the hips down through the floor while feeling a sense of anti-gravity from the waist through the top of the head
  • Flex both buttocks on the side of the bent knee
  • Keep the lower back flat (sometimes a sway back occurs) while lifting the abdomen
Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana
10. Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana: Standing Separate Leg to Knee Pose


Benefits

  • Stimulates the thyroid gland to improve metabolism
  • Good for depression
  • Brings blood through the brain – good for memory loss
  • Good for diabetic conditions
  • Assists in regulating pancreas and kidneys
  • Creates extension of the joints and spine
  • Helps conditions of constipation, colitis, low blood pressure, appendicitis and menstrual disorders
  • Also helps rheumatism of the lower spine
  • Strengthens legs


Tips

  • Setup is very important – as you go into the posture be aware of keeping the back leg thigh turned forward and the hips in one line
  • Look at your belly button throughout the posture to create a deeper compression of the thyroid
  • If the neck becomes sore in the posture, focus on caving the chest inwards
  • Eventually both legs are straight with flexed thighs
  • Priority is always placed on keeping the forehead touching the knee, it is OK to bend the knee and bring it to the forehead
Trikanasana
9. Trikanasana: Triangle Pose


Benefits

  • An excellent cardiovascular workout
  • Slims waistline
  • Opens and increases flexibility of hip joints and opens shoulder joints
  • Helps kidneys, thyroid and adrenal glands
  • Strengthens and tones legs and buttocks
  • Helps regulate hormone levels
  • Helps conditions of constipation, colitis, low blood pressure, appendicitis and menstrual disorders
  • Also helps rheumatism of the lower spine


Tips

  • Lighten the weight in the bent leg by bringing weight into the strait leg – roll the outside of the foot into the floor
  • The bent leg should eventually make a 90 degree angle
  • Push the bent knee away from the mirror until you feel the hip opening as a result
  • Stretch the middle finger of each hand in opposite directions, lengthening the arms and opening the chest
  • Flex the thigh of the straight leg to solidify stance
  • Like ‘Balancing Stick Pose’ try to maintain the slow breathing and calm demeanor
  • In more difficult postures we are re-learning how to react to challenging situations – our instinct is to breathe fast and hold stress
  • After practice the body learns to slow and calm your breathing in challenging situations – both in and outside of class
Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Pashimottanasana
8. Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Pashimottanasana: Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose


Benefits

  • Increases circulation to the brain, adrenal glands, liver and spleen
  • Increases circulation to the central nervous system
  • Good for depression and insomnia prevention or treatment, helps by stimulating a healthy pineal gland
  • Helps with diabetes
  • Releases lower back


Tips

  • Roll the weight forward towards the balls of the feet
  • Work towards keeping the spine straight-imagine you are lengthening the spine
  • Pull evenly with the arms Bring the elbows in towards the legs, raising the shoulders up and away from the ears
  • Tilt sacrum up and forward Although the chin is away from the chest, there should be no tension in the neck
  • Imagine bringing the hairline to the floor If your forehead touches the floor, bring feet closer together and eventually work towards bringing the forehead between the feet on the floor
Tulandandasana
7. Tulandandasana: Balancing Stick Pose


Benefits

  • Increase cardiovascular circulation, especially the heart blood vessels
  • May help clear blocked arteries
  • May help prevent future cardiac problems
  • Brings traction to the spine
  • Good for varicose veins
  • Builds strength in legs
  •  Exercises pancreas, spleen, liver, nervous and circulatory system


Tips

  • Pay close attention to the setup, try not to rush
  • Work towards keeping both hips in one line (be aware of dropping the hip of the kicking leg)
  • Keeping the limbs (knees and elbows) straight may seem to make the posture more difficult but it actually makes it much easier to balance
  • As you advance, work towards keeping the kicking leg hip down, with both hips in one line
  • Keep your breathing normal and try to stay calm; this is a fantastic thing to do in challenging postures as it builds focus and increases your ability to deal with stress
Dandayamana Dhanurasana
6. Dandayamana Dhanurasana: Standing Bow Pose


Benefits

  • Stimulates cardiovascular system
  • Increases circulation to the heart and lungs
  • Opens diaphragm
  • Helps open the shoulders joints
  • Improves elasticity in the spine
  • Improves strength and balance
  • Reduces abdominal fat build up
  • Helps regulate ovaries and prostate gland
  • Builds focus


Tips

  • Notice when you fall out of posture, you have usually either moved your eyes to look at the teacher or someone else, thought about the end of the posture, or thought about not being “able” to hold the posture. The posture will be a lot easier if you avoid these three things
  • Instead, listen to your own breath with your eyes focused gently on one spot in front of you (beginners can try focusing on the floor for balance)
  • Try to use the whole leg in the kick As you advance, work towards keeping the kicking leg hip down, with both hips in one line
Dandayamana Janushirasana
5. Dandayamana Janushirasana: Standing Head to Knee Pose


Benefits

  • Builds mental strength through focusing on endurance
  • Improves concentration
  • Uses all major muscle groups
  • Good for diabetes (balance blood sugar)
  • Strengthens back muscles and abdominals

Tips

  • Work at your own pace
  • Think of building a house, the walls and structure can only exist if a firm foundation is build with care
  • Try looking at your standing leg from the side to make sure that is as straight as you think it is
  • Challenge yourself to hold the thigh tight and the keep the kneecap lifted a few seconds longer each time
  • To maintain balance while dropping the gaze, drag the eyes along the outside edge of the standing leg foot
  • Balance the weight of your body in the foot – work towards equally balancing the weight between the base of the big toe, the base of the baby toe and the heel
  • This will strengthen the arches of the feet
Garudasana
4. Garudasana: Eagle Pose



Benefits

  • Opens twelve major joints of the body
  • Good for central nervous system
  • Facilitates lymphatic function, improving immune system
  • Improves mobility of hip joint Improves balance
  • Strengthens legs
  • Good for varicose veins
  • Strengthens the reproductive organs
  • Helps with genital problems


Tips

  • To help tuck the foot behind the knee, bend the standing leg knee more
  • Once the foot is tucked try to slide the toe down to the ankle
  • Try to align the joints down the centre of the body
  • Continuously pull the elbows down towards the belly button
  • Eventually the tips of the fingers will be below the nose
  • Just like in the previous posture (Awkward Pose), maintain a tightening and lifting through the abdomen to help straighten the spine.
Utkatsana
3. Utkatsana: Awkward Pose

We just stretched, now we strengthen.

Benefits

  • Improves overall body strength
  • Opens pelvis
  • Strengthens and tones left muscles
  • Relieves menstrual cramping
  • Tones buttocks
  • Aligns skeletal system
  • Good for arthritic knees
  • Good for digestion
  • Relieves joint pain in hips and knees
  • Relieves sciatica Improves flexibility in toes and ankles
  • Exercises liver, intestines and pancreas

Tips

  • Remember this posture is not only about leg strength, focus on working the arms by keeping the biceps and triceps flexed through all three parts
  • Maintain a lift and sense of firmness through the abdomen throughout Imagine that you will eventually bring the shoulders to be above the hips in the first part
  • Maintain a flat lower back in 2nd and 3rd parts
Ardha Chandrasana
2. Ardha Chandrasana with Pada Hastasana

Half moon pose with hands to feet pose | opening front, back, sides to prepare for class.


Benefits

  • Great for respiratory problems (asthma, bronchial infection)
  • Opens shoulder joints
  • Reduces pain in the lower back / Helps with sciatica problems
  • Good for abdominal obesity
  • Tones the spinal nerves and abdominal organs (colon, pancreas, kidneys) Improves the working of the bowels
  • Alleviates anxiety and stress
  • Stimulates pituitary gland
  • Firms and trims waistline, hips, abdomen, buttocks and thighs


Tips
In Half Moon

  • Maintain a lifting through top shoulder to deepen the stretch along upper rib cage
  • Keep your lungs 80% full of air, breath through the nose
  • Maintain a continuous lifting through the abdomen
  • Always go for alignment before depth

In Hands to Feet

  • Imagine planting roots into the floor with the balls of your feet
  • As you pull up with the arms, relax the front of your hips
Pranayama
1. Pranayama: Standing deep breathing

Starts the class by bringing awareness and focus to the breath.Benefits

  • Quiets mind and centers you in your practice
  • Vibration through lungs and throat brings toxins up and out of lungs
  • Helps relieve blood pressure
  • Relieves irritability
  • Exercises nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems
  • Starts the class by bringing awareness and focus to the breath

Tips

  • Keep the shoulder down and lift through the chin on the exhale
  • To increase focus imagine tracing a line along the ceiling backwards as you exhale, and forwards as you inhale
  • Try to expand the lungs fully – imagine opening the lungs to both sides to the front and to the back