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
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The 7 Deadly Fears of Blogging and How to Overcome Them
Image via Wikipedia I remember back to early 2008, when I’d just started blogging, that even though I had great ambitions, my knowledge, expertise, and confidence as a blogger was sorely lacking. I stumbled through my blogging career for over a year before I felt I had a really good grip on things, and even … Continue reading The 7 Deadly Fears of Blogging and How to Overcome Them
5 Steps to Reduce the Pain of Starting a Business Blog
Image by kk+ via Flickr Blogging can be intimidating for someone who hasn’t done it in the past or grown up in the age where everyone has a personal blog. It is, however, critical that business owners and marketers ‘blog for business.’ Putting pen to paper or more appropriately, putting fingers to your keyboard is … Continue reading 5 Steps to Reduce the Pain of Starting a Business Blog
400 posts redux; Lesson #1
Image via CrunchBase This is the first post in what I anticipate will be a 7 part series... 11 months ago, I posted this introspective piece on the results I was getting from blogging... Yesterday, I passed the 400 post mark. 400 posts over 18 months. Wow! Roughly a post a day for a year … Continue reading 400 posts redux; Lesson #1
From thinker to thought leader in one easy workflow
So you wanna be a thought leader? There's no better way to make your point of view 'searchable, findable, and knowable' on the internet than this suite of tools. It is the simplest and most straightforward blogging workflow I can imagine and if you've got a better idea, I'll be the first to admit [and … Continue reading From thinker to thought leader in one easy workflow
Wow!
Even I'm impressed by the way my new blogging workflow has increased traffic recently... Compare this with your numbers and then comment, call or use the contact form to discuss how this applies to your business... Posted via web from e1evation, llc
“What the hell am I supposed to write about?”
Image via WikipediaI'm a huge fan of blogging for small businesses -- after all, it has worked so well for me! This question invariably comes up sooner or later..."What the hell am I supposed to write about, I own a {insert your small business here}? Really, who cares about your flower shop, bike shop, auto … Continue reading “What the hell am I supposed to write about?”
How often should I post?
Image via WikipediaLet's start here..."Without question, blogging provides an effective way to market your business, be a valuable resource and build your personal brand online. And most folks know that, generally, the more frequently you blog, the higher your traffic. But does that mean you should follow the advice of many to create a new … Continue reading How often should I post?
Mr. Rogers on blogging
Are you a blogger?"As bloggers, we put a lot of effort into telling our readers how to do things.We believe that if we can just give them enough informative content that they’ll subscribe to our blog and never leave. We try to become the best teacher we possibly can, instilling wisdom down into short, usable … Continue reading Mr. Rogers on blogging
Taking your expertise for granted
Image via WikipediaThis post from Darren Rowse has me thinking about myself and the people in my trusted network..."I recently was chatting with a new blogger and they made the comment that after 3 weeks of blogging that they’d run out of things to write about. They had written 10 posts so far but felt … Continue reading Taking your expertise for granted
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