marketing your business

Social Media Concerns and Your Business

“With great power, comes great responsibility.” Now if you remember the movie, “Spiderman,” how could you not think about the tremendous pressures on Peter Parker to keep his amazing powers only for the good of the people.
The same applies to “publishing” on the internet. With a publishing platform such as a blog or website, there is [...]

Is Social Media Dying?

These days, who hasn’t heard about the new social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc., and many of the video sites that tout being able to connect to thousands of people online. First, I need to ask, how much time do you have to keep connections with, maybe 20 people, much less, hundreds or [...]

Call to Action with Your Blog

One of the most important things that you can do to generate interest in your business while a new visitor has come to your blog site is to create a compelling “call to action.”
Call to action includes opt in boxes to capture the name and email address, promenently display of your phone number to give the [...]

Blogging for Business

When blogging for your business, you should know that the blog serves as the main “doorway” to your online visitors. Think of your blog as the face of your business and that you have only a couple of seconds to capture the visitor’s interest.
You have to map out your blog so it is easily navigatible, [...]

Business Blogging for 2010

I have been reading a lot of material regarding the state of business blogging and what to look forward to in 2010 and beyond. There seems to be an agreement that blogs will continue to be a mainstay of the online landscape but will be more focused.
There is a chance that blogs may restrict their [...]

Marketing Blogs – Make Yours in 2010

Marketing blogs continue to take over the conventional HTML websites for most businesses. Don’t worry, it is still not a saturated field (business blogs) yet to market your business!
Over the past year, I continue to be convinced that marketing your business with a business blog if more important than ever.
Search engines love blogs! Blogs, by [...]

How To Blog for High Google Rankings

I found this handy video that explains one way to get your blog posts listed on the first page or at least the top ten in your keywords and keyword phrases. Now this video or technique does not guarantee that you will make number one, but it is a must to see this video at [...]

Article Marketing Works to Bring Visitors to Your Blog

Normally, I would say that article marketing is for the purpose of attracting blog traffic for online businesses and internet marketing companies. But lately, I have come to find that article marketing is an excellent tool for bringing people in to your blog and eventually get sales from a totally different audience. Check out this [...]

Bloggers as Branders of Their Business

As mentioned earlier, if your business is not blogging now, you are at a great disadvantage. Your competition is probably thinking about blogging or if not, already doing it.
Blogging is the most efficient way to get the word out about your business.
“Bloggers who post for a business reported even higher levels of success: 71% had [...]

Manage Your Blog Content

It’s one thing to slap on videos, audios, a lot of text content and maybe some affiliate ads on your blog, but most importantly, manage how much of each item you put on your blog. It is important that your blog not be “cluttered” with so many distractions and buttons that the visitor has good [...]