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20 Social Media Blogs You Should Read in 2012

January 29, 2012 by PamDyer with 336 views

Social media is now an essential component of doing business. It’s important for marketers to keep up with the ever-changing social media landscape so they can align their strategies and achieve the results they’re looking for. Here’s a list (in alphabetical order) of some great social media blogs to read in 2012. [read more]

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Blog

January 23, 2012 by Small Biz Bee with 190 views

In this fast paced world, things are becoming more technical. We have entered the digital economy and most people nowadays are dealing with the largest network in this universe, the internet. [read more]

Is This My Blog or Your Blog?

January 17, 2012 by Pam Moore with 46 views

When you have a successful business blog, the pressure can become crippling. Pam Moore talks about her blog strategies in the last year. [read more]

The Next Great Media Form

December 10, 2011 by x x with 240 views

Not only is the business of journalism changing, so is the journalism. Many have written about the changing news business, how the economics of inefficiency that characterized newspapers ad sales, which still are the lion's share of revenues, don't apply in a world of plenty; how anyone with a smartphone and camera can act as a... [read more]

StumbleUpon: Where Randomness Meets Serendipity

November 7, 2011 by Gavin Heaton with 58 views

When I first started blogging, every now and then I’d receive an avalanche of traffic. In fact, the first time it happened it crashed my server (I had been running the Servantofchaos.com blog on a server in my garage, and it just could not cope) – and I ended up switching to Typepad. [read more]

My blog knows everything about my business

May 6, 2010 by Becky McCray with 287 views

How could your blog know everything about your business? You could tell it, as part of capturing and sharing the valuable knowledge in your small business. Whenever your small business brings on a new person, there is a period of adjustment and training. You have to teach them what to do, how it's done here, tricks that make things... [read more]

Best WordPress Tips and Tools of 2009

April 29, 2010 by Tom Pick with 710 views

Which tactics and plugins provide the most powerful SEO boost for a WordPress blog? Which tools are best for Twitter integration? How can you make WordPress easier to use for non-technical content contributors? What plugins and techniques should you use to truly personalize your blog? Find the answers to these questions and more... [read more]

Do you blog for international business?

April 26, 2010 by Editor Bloggertone with 229 views

I’ve been doing some research on the Irish SME sector and the role of blogging in companies’ international marketing strategy.  There aren’t many doing it yet so it’s not possible to draw many conclusions. From the outset I proffer three points: A blog is another channel to raise awareness for your company. A blog is a... [read more]

Internet Marketing Tips from Team OceanSwell - Part X

April 5, 2010 by RustyShelton with 147 views

Some people (like me) only have one business blog. Others have many. But the first step towards having a useful and productive blog is to ask yourself the question, 'What am I blogging... ABOUT?' Too many blogs wander from one subject to another, or are cluttered with a visually irritating amount of advertising banners or icons, to... [read more]

What “What ___ Can Teach us about blogging” can teach us about blogging.

April 2, 2010 by Tac Anderson with 216 views

I don’t have many rules when I sit down to decide what to write here on my little slice of the internets, but one I try to stick to is “Avoid reactive post structure.”. You won’t see me writing about the Facebook/Nestle thing, Motrin Moms, or Skittles.com for two very good reasons: The attention span of the internet is... [read more]

Why a Blog Improves Social Media for B2B

March 25, 2010 by Ardath Albee with 910 views

I presented during a webinar earlier this week and was a bit taken aback at the response to a poll taken during the session. When asked what type of social media the attendees participated in, they responded: 54% - Social Networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.) 21% - Microblogging (Twitter) 7% - Blogging 11% - Groups,... [read more]

How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Be Quick and Current

February 21, 2010 by Ari Herzog with 184 views

Even if you don’t know who is pictured above, you probably have a fair chance of guessing where it was photographed, right? (Click the photo to learn the details.) The key for blog content is to offer something that can not be seen anywhere else. If I’m writing the same stuff that Mark, Brian, or Adam writes, why would you read... [read more]

Best of 2009 (So Far): Blogging for Business, Part 2

December 22, 2009 by Tom Pick with 222 views

How can you keep generating fresh ideas for blog posts? Use email to extend the reach of your blog? Build links and traffic? And most importantly, use a company blog to drive real business results? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on business blogging so far this year. 7... [read more]

Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 3

December 17, 2009 by Tom Pick with 322 views

How can you help SEO clients, whether internal or external, understand what SEO (and isn't) and set proper expectations for an SEO project? What are the key signals of SEO quality on a website? How does the increasing use of social media affect SEO efforts? What common SEO mistakes should you avoid, and what myths to dispel? Find the... [read more]

Best of 2009 (So Far): Blogging for Business, Part 1

December 13, 2009 by Tom Pick with 396 views

How can you attract more traffic to your blog? Generate more comments? Increase the effectiveness of guest-posting opportunities? Find free and legal images to add to your blog posts? Crank out posts more quickly? Make money from your blog? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in the first set of the best posts... [read more]

50% Increase in Engagement with Blog Posts after Day One

December 13, 2009 by Niall Devitt with 239 views

According to new figs released by analytics firm Postrank, the predicted demise of blogs as a result of the success of social media appears to be wide of the mark. Since 2007 Postrank has been analysing blog metrics including comments, trackbacks, shared links and online bookmarks for the 1,000 most-engaging feeds and 100,000 randomly... [read more]

Stop Looking for the Next Twitter

November 26, 2009 by David Armano with 85 views

From my latest contribution to Harvard BusinessIf you are a pundit, or get paid to watch trends, then this message doesn't apply to you. It's your job to go out and find the next shiny object that could influence how we live and do business. But if you're in the trenches of an organization, my advice is to stop acting like or... [read more]

6 Steps to Overcoming Writer's Block

November 17, 2009 by Zane Safrit with 165 views

You blog, you tweet, you podcast, you YouTube... you encounter writer’s block. All of these social media resources turn us all into... writers. And writers face writer’s block eventually. I’ve blogged almost daily for 4 and 1/2 years now. There are a few things I have found work to overcome writer’s block. Here they are: Write: There... [read more]

Blog Posting Formats Best Defined by Type of Blog

November 16, 2009 by Paul Chaney with 202 views

A few years ago blogger Amy Gahran introduced a series of posts about blog posting formats in which she outlined seven styles: Link-only Link blurb Brief remark List Short article Long article Series postings (I'll let you read her post to get more detail.) Well, that was then, this is now as they say. Blog posting formats are... [read more]

How to renew your blogging enthusiasm

November 16, 2009 by Becky McCray with 394 views

Blogging is a terrific tool for small businesses, but the work of blogging eventually can get you into a rut. That's why so many blogs stagnate and even die after a while. Long-time friend Chris Brogan asked a pointed question about this, on Twitter. Is your blog phoning it in? Are you tagging along in a pile of similar content? How... [read more]

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