Anyone can start a business blog, but not everyone can be successful as a business blogger. That’s because writing for a business blog is different from any form of traditional marketing or business development. Instead of self-promoting and selling on your business blog, you need to focus on dialogue and relationships in order to find Read more »
5 Steps to a More Professional Business Blog
Sep. 30, 2009
I think any business that has a regularly updated blog these days is to be commended (with plus points if they use Twitter, as well), but all businesses who run a blog should try to make their blog as professional as possible. Here are some quick steps to reach that goal: Simplify search. Your blog Read more »
How to Schedule Your Blog Posts in Blogger, WordPress and Typepad
Sep. 29, 2009
I’ve written before about pre-writing your posts on weekends, which works well for many professional bloggers. But the fact is that whether you blog for business or personal reasons, pre-writing and scheduling your blog posts is always a good idea. Scheduling your blog posts is different from simply writing post drafts. The latter requires you Read more »
Weekend Blogging Tips
Sep. 4, 2009
Most bloggers notice a drop in traffic on the weekends, and that’s natural: less people are online, less people are seeking information, on weekends. For that reason, many bloggers don’t post at all on weekends. But a lot of us- myself included- do blog on weekends. I do it mostly to prepare posts for the Read more »
Review: Contextual Partnership Plugin
Aug. 7, 2009
The Contextual Partnership Plugin For WordPress Provides Free Advertising To Help Promote Your Blog & Get You Noticed… If you’re looking for an effective solution to help get your blog noticed then the Contextual Partnership Plugin for WordPress bloggers could be well worth consideration. Perhaps the most attractive aspect is that there is no cost Read more »
Make Your Posts More Memorable With the Inverted Pyramid Technique
May. 23, 2009
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
My Favorite Blogging Productivity Tip
Jan. 21, 2009
One thing many business bloggers don’t realize at first is the amount of time blogging can take. While blogging has many great benefits for businesses, it still takes time and hard work to get a blog of the ground. Fortunately, there are some tricks you can do to be more productive with your blogging. The Read more »
A Simple Step by Step Template for Writing a Blog Post
Jan. 15, 2009
I thought some of you might find it helpful to have a step by step template for writing your blog posts. Here’s what works for me: 1. Find an image that fits your post. Many bloggers don’t use images, but I think images add so much. Most of my pictures come from stock.xchng and Flickr. Read more »
Think of Your Blogging Competitors as Partners and Friends
Jan. 13, 2009
Jeff Chandler writes about launching a new business blog: As I get ready for the launch of my own project, I’ve discovered that there are many people who have been willing to lend me a hand. Many of these individuals operate websites within the same niche that I plan on launching my site in and Read more »
