6 Ways to Optimize Your Blog for Search Engines

Image via Wikipedia In an earlier article, I talked about the importance of blogging and search engine rankings. However, once you’ve got the blog up and running, the next thing to do is to start optimizing your posts for the search engines. Although search engine optimization (SEO) can be overwhelming to the newcomer, once you … Continue reading 6 Ways to Optimize Your Blog for Search Engines

49% of Small Business Owners use a Smartphone

"Over the past few years, it seems that a few mobile devices — laptops, Bluetooth headsets, and increasingly, smartphones — have become ubiquitous among business people. The days of the pager are gone. Small business owners seem to be outpacing the rest of America in smartphone adoption, according to a recent survey of nearly 10,000 … Continue reading 49% of Small Business Owners use a Smartphone

Facebook Forms “Network of Support” to Combat Anti-LGBT Cyberbullying

In order to combat anti-LGBT bullying, Facebook has announced that it is teaming up with MTV, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and others to form a “Network of Support” for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens.The initiative is a follow-up to last week’s partnership between Facebook and GLAAD, but goes several steps … Continue reading Facebook Forms “Network of Support” to Combat Anti-LGBT Cyberbullying

Will blogging become essential for lawyers to establish trust?

Image via Wikipedia In order to establish trust these days, producing helpful content for your target audience is essential. This per John Jantsch, publisher of Duct Tape Marketing, a leading resource on small business marketing. ...[P]eople today have come to expect to find information about any product, service, company, individual, cause or challenge they face … Continue reading Will blogging become essential for lawyers to establish trust?

Social Networks: Going Public or Keeping Private?

Image via CrunchBase Everything you do online is "putting it out there"—that is, putting yourself out there. And when it comes to using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other social networks, everybody's got an opinion on best practices—how far out there you should put yourself. In my experience as a marketing strategist and owner of … Continue reading Social Networks: Going Public or Keeping Private?