Planning Your Blog Layout
Before you even start your blog, remember that the domain name is very important. It must be “catchy” and at least one main keyword of your niche or what your business does should be in the domain name. This is for search engine optimization purposes. In planning your blog layout, you should have a clean and [...]
When to Outsource Blog Duties
Blogs are definitely work and it takes dedication and persistence to keep it up. I liken blogs to “old school” newspapers. Every single day, subscribers are counting on daily delivery of the newspaper to consume their news every day. What goes on behind the scenes is that the publisher has full time reporters, editors, sales [...]
Blogging To Develop a Fan Club
No matter what business you are in, blogging can help you develop a “fan club” of sorts. The most successful businesses are possible by having a solid customer base. Think of the Queen of daytime TV, Oprah Winfrey. She has a raving fan club that never quits. She couldn’t turn off making money from her [...]
Blogs Communicate with Your Audience
When blogs first came into the mainstream about 7 years ago, the intention was to carry on a “conversation” between the blogger and the blog visitor. It has never been more true today. Before you even start your own business blog, make sure you understand the overall purpose of it. You operate a business, you [...]
Where Do Blog Visitors Come From?
I’ve often been asked, “where do blog visitors come from?” After taking a look at my webhost statistics and making sure that I know my “metrics” of the quantity and quality of my “hits,” “visitors,” and “page views,” I got to thinking about really, where are my visitors coming from. I don’t think any blog [...]
Stories are the Best Promotion for Your Blog
Everyone loves a good story. When we were children, we loved to hear stories from our mom’s and dads’ before we went to sleep. When we were older, we heard stories told to us from elementary schools. At college, we shared stories with our fellow classmates. Stories keep us interested and engaged. It is our [...]
How To Make Your Blog Popular – Part 2
There is no “magic bullet” to make your blog popular. It is usually a matter of careful planning at the start to generate interest from your readers. Add a little creativity on a variety of “stuff” you can add to your blog, along with a little “luck.” Yes, I said luck! When you do trial [...]
How to Make Your Blog Popular
Quite often I get questions from my customers….”how do I make my business blog popular?” Since the main purpose of the blog is to atttract attention and grab new readers as well as retain current readers, that would make sense, wouldn’t it It can be hard and easy at the same time. First, you need [...]
Blogging is Evolving
In my humble opinion, blogging is evolving, slowly but effectively. One of the things I see in the best of blogs is more focused content. It used to be, “throw everything in and the kitchen sink.” This could be in the form of a multitude of advertisements, games, forums, video “candy,” picture albums, RSS freeds [...]
Next Blog Seminar in Scottsdale Arizona
On Thursday, June 24, we are holding a new free seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona called “Attracting More Paying Customers Using a Business Blog.” In it, we will be featuring 4 main topics that most businesses want to know about how web based marketing can dramatically improve their business right now. A week prior to the [...]
