It’s easy to create a blog, publish a few posts, and think you’ve got a great business blog. But guess what? A successful business blog requires a lot more work than that. The social web does not operate like the Field of Dreams, and if you build it, they will not necessarily come. Building a Read more »
How to Find Free Images to Use on Your Blog without Breaking Copyright Laws
Sep. 6, 2010
All images, pictures, drawings, and so on are owned by the person who originally created them and are protected under copyright laws in the United States. Therefore, if you’re a U.S. business or using images on your blog owned by an individual from the United States, then you need to either have permission to use Read more »
WordPress Plugins for Business Blogs – Related Posts
May. 31, 2010
I’m starting a new series here on BusinessLogs where I’ll write about WordPress plugins that are useful to business blogs. The first WordPress plugin in the WordPress Plugins for Business Blogs series is the Related Posts plugin. The Related Posts plugin can help boost the amount of time a visitor spends on your business blog Read more »
5 Web Analytics Tools to Track Your Business Blog Performance
May. 25, 2010
It’s essential that you take the time to track the performance of your business blog to ensure your audience is growing and your content is actually being seen. Fortunately, there are a number of free and paid Web analytics tools that can help you track traffic, referrers, top performing content, keywords, underperforming content, user paths, Read more »
5 Tips to Pick a Business Blog Domain Name
May. 17, 2010
When you choose a domain name for your business blog, there are two primary factors you need to consider: search engine optimization and online brand identity. In other words, you should try to choose a domain name that can help you attract organic search traffic and you should choose a domain name that represents your Read more »
Four Tools for Image Posting on Your Blog
Oct. 29, 2009
A picture, they say, speaks a thousand words- and although I do want to stress the importance of written content on your blog (especially for search engine optimization purposes), adding images to your blog posts is always a good idea. Here are some tools to help you do that, and do it well: Freebie Images Read more »
Blog Tool in Focus: bit.ly
Oct. 19, 2009
Because long URLs can be unsightly and can “break” in emails, producing errors and “not found” messages, there will always be a need for URL shorteners. For a long time, the only URL shortener I ever used was TinyURL, which was simple to use and did the job. Then, of course, I discovered bit.ly- and Read more »
