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The Blog As Your Social Media Source
When we mention social media, the first thing that comes to mind is Facebook and Twitter. What most of us don’t know is that blogs are the main source of social media and is also regarded as social media in itself. Social media is the movement for conversing with each other through many channels on [...]
Blog Publishing
The moment you start blogging, you become a publisher. What is a publisher? The dictionary defines publishing as a person or organization that publishes periodicals, newspapers, computer software, etc. And of course, if you want to know what the word “publish” is, the dictionary describes it as to issuing text, graphics or software to the [...]
Blog Tips – Blog Set Up – Part 2
After you get your blog up and running and you have the basic theme template showing when you enter your URL in you favorite browser, you can then start tweaking your blog so that it is presentable. Blog Header The first thing you need to do is get a customer blog header designed. You can [...]
How To Start A Blog
Starting a blog is fairly easy, if you know what you are doing. The learning curve can be a little steep for some. We are going to go over the simple step by step process for how we start a blog. Domain Name When starting a new blog, plan out what domain name you plan [...]
Use A Blog As Your Main Site
Several years ago, it used to be that the fancier your site, the better it was for your business. You spent $5,000 to $12,000 for a webmaster to design and put your website up on the internet and then you “forgot” about it. You and the webmaster never bothered to think about how internet traffic [...]
Blog Publishing Platform
As you know our blog software of choice is WordPress. Most blog adminstration areas have the same features. No matter what blog software you use, what you should know about a good blog platform is that it have the following features; posting area page area link box able to upload video and pictures has a [...]
How To Insert Free Photos In Your Blog
You may have seen many blogs with digital pictures within blog posts. They make for a more attractive post as well as reinforcing the point you want to make visually. One of the sites we use to get royalty free images is at istock photo. This is a site that holds a vast inventory of [...]
Content Management System
You might have heard the term contact management system in the internet marketing circles. The most common definition of a content management system is the database programs that management customer contact and customer relationships. You might remember the out of the box programs called ACT!, Maximizer, and Salesforce.com. These were, and still are used for [...]
Business Blogger
Blogging is definitely mainstream now and any business needs to be on it now. MSNBC interviewed two interesting people who look at blogging from both a personal and professional point of view. When blogging, make sure you have a strong passion for what you are blogging about. This translates very well for a business blog. [...]
Do It Yourself Blogging
If you are interested in “do it yourself blogging,” there are some things you should know before starting. First, make sure you know the purpose of your blog. In the case of marketing your business, make sure you know how you want to introduce your product and what elements you are going to have to [...]
Just Go Out There And Blog!
If you are on the fence on whether or not you are going to start a business blog, I strongly suggest that you just do it! Yes, with little information or too much information, you can get paralyzed in not doing anything because of this. In this day of ADD and being so busy with [...]
Blogs as Content Management Sites
Blogs have a great built in advantage as your content management site. It allows literally anyone to become a webmaster of their own, simply by posting on a daily basis and inserting pictures and videos and moderating comments that come in from visitors. With these functions that a blogger can now manage on their own, [...]
Blogging Is The Best – Tom Peters
There is a great, but very short video that captures well known author, Seth Godin and business management guru, Tom Peters in a discussion of blogging. I’ll let the video do the “talking.” Enjoy.
Tools for Bloggers
There are literally hundreds of tools for bloggers, ranging from calendars, subscription feeds, forms, opt in boxes, slide shows, stat counters, etc. The list is so large that it can be overwhelming to the business blogger. What is very important is to plan out, on paper, what you want the blog to do for your [...]
Blogging As Your Main Website
With the current blog technology at your finger tips, you can now use a blog as your main website. This blog site, is my main website that I use to attract my followers and customer base. It serves as my “home base” of online operations for me. Blogs have added the capability to be a [...]
