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9 Important Parts of a Business Blog
In terms of design and functionality, certain business blogs are so bare bones, they look like a ghost town. Others are so loaded up with bells and whistles they look like a carnival. Somewhere in between is where you want to be. Whatever else you do, include these 9 features on your business blog.
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Business Blog as Base of Operations for Online Marketing
Lately I’ve taken to describing business blogs as a company’s base of operations for online marketing activities.
All Roads Should Lead to Your Business Blog
Most companies – 99.9% – consider their basic website to be the base of operations for their web presence. All roads lead to the website’s Home page. The Home page [...]
Posted in Blog Strategy Also tagged blogconsulting, Facebook, Internet marketing, LinkedIn, Social Media, twitter 27 Comments
Recommended Blog Reading
So much to read, so little time. To make matters worse, here are some fantastic blog posts.
Writing. From Brain Traffic, a compelling exhortation to cut it out.
Writing. Joanna Young & readers give us 30+ ways to overcome writing roadblocks.
Words. From Punctuality Rules, a very cool glossary of knitting terms.
Social Media Marketing.
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Posted in Blogs Also tagged direct marketing, Lee Odden, search engine optimization, Social Media, twitter 13 Comments
Best of Word Sell, Posts 400-600
600 posts – wow. Many thanks to my readers, whose comments made these “best of” selections far more interesting, entertaining, and useful than they would have been on their own.
33 Foolproof Headline Strategies
12 Things Writing and Golf Have in Common
On Politics: In Search of Eloquence
Zemanta – Cool Tool for Blog Posts [...]
A Scot’s Guide to Social Media – Guest Post by Joanna Young
I know that Brad is a keen student of UK slang, and has enlisted the help of his readers to unpick some of the words he’s come across. (UK Readers, Please Help Me Understand and UK Slang, Round 2 ) Like any other language there are lots of regional variations in the way people speak [...]
Posted in Social Media Also tagged Facebook, Flickr, joanna young, joyful jubilant learning, Scotland, Social Media, twitter 19 Comments
Get More Blog Traffic with Adgitize – Guest Post by Ken Brown
I’m happy to have a guest post today from Ken Brown, creator and developer of Adgitize, a service he describes as “World Class Advertising on a Blogger’s Budget”. I met Ken recently and was very impressed with his practical outlook, straightforward approach, understanding of bloggers, and command of the facts. In the world of online [...]
Posted in Blog Strategy Also tagged adgitize, advertising, Advertising network, ken brown, Marketing, Pay per click 8 Comments
My Best Post of 2008
In her latest group project, Joanna Young asks, what is your best blog post of 2008? Please consider participating. The deadline for submissions is December 24, 2008.
My choice is Waiting for Goodbye.
This post is simply the best because it struck a chord, generated lots of lively and wide ranging conversation, and connected me [...]
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