I’ve been listening to Made to Stick on audiobook and it’s inspiring me in the way I blog. This book is already being called one of the best business books ever written because it shows clearly how to make you ideas memorable, or sticky (as the authors call it). One of the things the authors Read more »
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Improve Your Blog Posts by Letting Them Simmer
May. 15, 2009
From thefreedictionary.com: simmer To be in a state of gentle ferment: thoughts simmering in the back of her mind. Some of my most well received blog posts have been ones that I’ve let simmer for a couple days before publishing them. What I say simmer, what I basically mean is not creating your blog post Read more »
10 Blog Post Ideas That Showcase Your Experience
Apr. 19, 2009
In my last post, I wrote that sharing your experience is a great way to blog. Your experience from running a business can provide many interesting blog post topics. With that in mind, here are some ideas and questions to consider to help you get started. 1. Are there common problems in your industry that Read more »
The Best Source for Business Blog Post Topics
Apr. 14, 2009
The more I’ve been blogging, the more I see that tapping into your experience is the best source for blog post topics. The posts where I share my experience are usually better received than my other posts. They get more traffic and comments. Business Owners Have an Advantage If you’re not familiar with blogs, you Read more »
Should You Add a Forum on Your Business Site?
Apr. 10, 2009
One trend I’ve been noticing is that website owners are adding forums on their business site to go along with their existing business blog. If you’ve read this blog, you know that I definitely think having a blog is a good idea. But what about forums? Why Forums are Great Forums in general are a Read more »
Business Blog Profile: Team JAPANiCAN Staff Blog
Mar. 25, 2009
This is my first business blog profile, but I hope to review specific business blogs every couple of weeks. Today, we’ll be looking at Team JAPANiCAN Staff Blog. This is the business blog of JAPANiCAN.com, a site that lets you book Japan hotels. Good Qualities The JAPANiCAN staff is doing a lot things right with Read more »
Great Video About Being More Productive for Business Bloggers
Mar. 21, 2009
Eben Pagan has some of the best productivity/time management content for small business owners especially those that do their work on the internet. Here’s a recent video he did. It has a lot of great advice. I don’t usually take notes while consuming content, but Eben’s video had such great content that I found myself Read more »
How to Write Guest Posts That Actually Get Published
Mar. 9, 2009
In my last post, I talked about guest posts as a powerful marketing strategy for your business blog. But if you’ve never done a guest post, you may wonder if other bloggers will actually publish your content. So today I’ll cover some fundamental tips to increase the success of your posts. Observe the Target Blog Read more »
Why Writing Guest Posts is a Powerful Marketing Strategy for Bloggers
Mar. 5, 2009
Writing guest posts is a great way to promote your business blog. If you don’t know what guest posts are, it’s basically publishing content on other blogs. You write a post that fits the existing content of another blog. And in the post, you include a quick bio and link back to your own blog. Read more »
The Advantages of Writing Longer Posts for Your Business Blog
Feb. 25, 2009
About a week ago, a business blogger came to me wondering why she wasn’t getting more traffic. She had just started her blog three months ago. She said she checked out a successful blog in her industry and was publishing posts similar to the posts on that blog. I checked out the successful blog she Read more »
Don’t Forget to Make Offers on Your Business Blog
Feb. 18, 2009
John Reese has a great thing to say about increasing your bottom line. He writes: I recently had a great discussion with one of the top Internet marketers in the world, and someone who is a very close friend… Frank Kern. In this discussion I asked Frank this question… “In your opinion, what’s the one Read more »
Use Your Name in Your Social Media Interactions
Feb. 9, 2009
Andy has a simple but effective tip for business bloggers. He writes: Sign your blog posts with your name, not your credit union’s name. He’s writing for credit unions since that’s the industry he covers, but any online business would do well to follow his tip. Basically, he’s reiterating one of the fundamentals to blogging Read more »
Understanding the Blog Life Cycle Helps You Blog More Effectively
Jan. 31, 2009
After spending the last couple years watching blogs and blogging myself, I’ve seen several trends in blog life cycles. First, blogs usually start off strong. They’ll have a consistent posting frequency for weeks and maybe even months. The bloggers are motivated to create a great blog, so the first couple of posts are high quality. Read more »
7 Types of Posts That Attract Links
Jan. 29, 2009
In my experience with business blogging, certain types of posts seem to attract links more than others. If you want to get more links, it makes sense to publish these types of posts. Here are 7 of them. 1. Lists If you look at any popular social voting site (like Digg, BallHype, Mixx, or kirtsy), Read more »
How to Leverage Your Press Coverage
Jan. 27, 2009
In a previous post, I wrote that one of the sites in which I have some ownership, MidoriLei.com, would be getting good press coverage. I finally got notification of the article about us. We were part of a giveaway yesterday where we gave away one of our dresses. I was definitely pleased by the result. Read more »
