Tag Archives: Business Blogs

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How do you become an effective blogger? How do you ensure your blog gets more quality readers? Does it just depend on your blog content, is it determined by how you market your blog or is it dependent on all of these factors? I believe the trick to effective blogging is not to try and reinvent the wheel but to …

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve covered the major fundamentals of blogging including how to blog, where to blog, how do you make your blog successful and lastly how to promote your blog using old media. So, are all bloggers alike? What makes a particular blog stand out from others? What are the various types of bloggers and how …

It’s fair to say that Twitter has been a blessing in disguise for micro-blogging platforms. It came, it saw and it captured! While Twitter’s explosion is a recent phenomenon, micro-blogging has been around for several years. Tumblr was one of the first few micro-blogging tools when it launched in 2007 and was an instant hit with a large number of …

Building a blog for your business is like winning half the battle – your enemy is prepared to concede defeat but you are yet to unleash the killer blow. From a business perspective, building an impressive blog for your business is the first step in the right direction. However, it needs to be followed up with strategic execution on how …

Now that Facebook and Twitter have firmly taken over the reins of social media, does it signal the end of lesser glamorous social networking technologies like blogging? I don’t think so. I’ve been blogging for a while now and I believe no other social network be it Facebook or Twitter can substitute for a business blog. While social networks are …

A popular saying goes “Excess of everything is bad” and trust me, social media is no exception to that rule. If you overdo it, it’s actually far worse than not doing it at all. More so, if you are a small business, the implications of an overdose or too little of social media can be equally catastrophic. Therefore, there’s a …

It’s bound to happen at one point or another. You’ll write something that you consider brilliant in your niche. You’ll hurry to post it so you can bask in all the great comments you’re bound to receive. You submit your post and wait. When comments start to roll in, you get that horrible sinking feeling in your stomach as you …

I’m a bit of a grammar snob. Allow me to explain. I spent six years in the newspaper industry, and my entire college career — both undergraduate and graduate — has centered on having a strong command of the English language. We are living in a world right now where the ability to communicate clearly and efficiently has never been …

Does your blog or website possess the characteristics of a “sleeping giant”? Meaning you’ve poured your all into making it media rich, chocked it full of killer content, and still … you’re just not seeing sufficient signs of a vibrant community? Well, one way you might arouse the ogre in your cyberspace is by programming more interactivity. Create more ways …

When it comes to choosing a content management system (CMS), the small business and Internet marketing crowd has stampeded to WordPress.org. That’s due to the universe of (mostly) free WordPress plugins offered around the Web, allowing you to customize your site with bells and whistles unlike any other CMS makes possible. But if running a WordPress site for business, you need …