Blogging

How To Be A Successful Web 2.0 Puppetmaster

By Nelson Tan
One of the key characteristics of Web 2.0 is participation, collaboration and moderation through the use of web applications. Web 2.0 sites derive their power from the human connections and network effects from this characteristic that is made possible, and grow in effectiveness the more people use them.
The idea of “participation, collaboration and [...]

How A Blog Can Seriously Help Your Business

By Jason O’Connor
If your business website doesn’t have a blog, get one. A blog, if done right, can act as a direct and indirect mechanism that brings large amounts of qualified visitors to your site, many of whom may become customers.
This is mostly related to the way blogs interact with search [...]

Blogging & Your Privacy

By Lynette Chandler
Let’s face it. The Internet can be a dangerous place. With so many easy avenues for just about anyone to publicly flaunt or display their personal voices like blogs, it’s also easy for people to be callous about what information is posted.
As entrepreneurs, this can be a problem. People say to make your [...]

Top 5 Mistakes Business Bloggers Make

By Lynette Chandler
It’s understandable. After all, blogging is still relatively new to the majority of bloggers and many businesses are still trying to make sense of the whole blogging scene. Also things evolve as blogging starts to mature, so a good strategy yesterday may turn into a mistake today. These are some of the most [...]

Article Site vs Blogs vs Podcasts

By Lynette Chandler
Just when you think you understand the content publishing trend of the day, here comes another one to mess up your plans. If you’re frustrated, confused and don’t know how to fit everything or if you even should. It’s not easy coming up with a web content publishing management strategy. It’s something I [...]

5 Ways To Blog Without A Lot Of Work

By Lynette Chandler
1. Assemble a team.
Gather a few people with complimentary businesses to come together and contribute to the blog. Have everyone involved promote the blog as a condition of participation. This helps everyone involved because now, you get to reach each other’s customer group in a non invasive manner. Everyone gets a chance to [...]

“Hey, It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane – No, It’s Twitter”

By Merle
What’s one of the most popular social activities on-line lately? If you said “Twittering”, give yourself a gold star for paying attention. Twitter is a communication and networking tool that’s huge with many Internet Marketers, and growing quickly. It’s everywhere, and everyone is talking about it.
So what is Twitter and [...]

How to Select a Theme for Your WordPress Blog

By Janet Barclay, MVA
So, you’ve decided to start a blog to let the world know what’s going on in your professional life, to share your expertise or your opinions, or to showcase your business. You have something to say, and you’re ready to say it!
If you’ve chosen WordPress as your blogging platform, once you installed [...]

Business Blogging Summer

By Biana Babinsky
Many solopreneurs experience a slowdown in business during the summer months. This is something business owners expect and work into their business plans. Many clients and buyers take vacations during the summer and spend more time with their children and family and do not devote as much time to running their businesses.
What do [...]

Market Your Own Business

By Janet Barclay, MVA
Many entrepreneurs struggle with finding customers, especially in the early stages of the business. Some spend a large sum on advertising, only to find it isn’t leading to the results they expected. Others decide to hold off on marketing until they have brought in enough income to pay for it, and then [...]