August 17th, 2009 by Lorraine Barte Nepomuceno
The truth is: there are no bad conferences. Yes, I’ve been to my share of conferences that bored the bejeezuz out of me, but I’m a firm believer that you can take away something positive from every conference. It starts, of course, by choosing the right conference to attend.
I recommend these Blog Conferences specifically for [...]
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August 7th, 2009 by Lorraine Barte Nepomuceno
So, Twitter is huge. Millions of people, numbers of sign-ups off the charts, celebrities tweeting, talk of it killing blogging- it’s clear that if you want your company to have a good online presence, you’d better get on Twitter.
Most businesses not only understand this, but understand how to use Twitter to their advantage. Online marketplace [...]
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August 7th, 2009 by Matt Gladstone
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 involved.
According [...]
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July 26th, 2009 by J. Angelo Racoma
Some folks run blogs as a business in itself, usually by monetizing their blogs through various advertising setups. However, many entrepreneurs and corporate folk use blogs as part of their business, usually as a marketing tool, and as a means of connecting to customers around the world.
I know a few folks who market their products [...]
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July 20th, 2009 by J. Angelo Racoma
There’s a fine line between freelancing and running a small business. For one, a freelance professional almost always works on projects by himself, relying on his own resources, skills and marketing abilities to keep the business running forward and servicing clients’ needs. During times when orders pile up, though, you might find it difficult to [...]
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July 14th, 2009 by Matt Gladstone
Logical Media is one of the innovative services that pay for ad placement within blogs. Do you have a blog and are you seeking a way to make additional money from the blog? Are you seeking a way to offset other programs with the use of ads? Through the registration with Logical Media, the blogger [...]
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July 13th, 2009 by J. Angelo Racoma
Businesses have been learning about how to use social media to promote their brand, spread goodwill, and market their products and services. However, some entrepreneurs and marketers are still getting it wrong, in that they view it as mostly a numbers game, and with their use of bait-and-switch tactics to get a lot of people [...]
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July 8th, 2009 by Matt Gladstone
An email list is essentially a list of subscribers that have provided their contact information to the blog site, in hopes of receiving valuable information, offers and updates to posts which are made through the business blog. It can be an essential marketing tool, when built correctly and visitors are constantly being added to the [...]
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May 23rd, 2009 by Dee Barizo
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 [...]
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May 15th, 2009 by Dee Barizo
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 in [...]
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