July 5th, 2008
(www.businessandblogging.com) Well the rain held off long enough for us to see the Macy’s fireworks display last night. As the world’s largest fireworks display - it more than lived up to our expectations - over 35,000 fireworks in a 30 minute show- that’s more than 1000 fireworks a minute!
After the show I began to wonder about Macy’s department […]
By Liz Fuller -- 4 comments
July 4th, 2008
(www.businessandblogging.com) It’s the fourth of July, 2008, the 232nd birthday of the United States.
My husband and I are hoping the rain will hold off long enough for us to join our neighbors on the roof of our apartment building for the firework display over the rivers surrounding Manhattan.
Despite the rain threatening our celebration, I’m feeling […]
By Liz Fuller -- 0 comments
July 3rd, 2008
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Following along with our recent trend of finding business blogs from products we use in our daily lives, I decided to look for a good restaurant blog.
You see, my husband and I went out to celebrate a special occasion last night and we chose a local restaurant for our celebration.
I started my search by looking […]
By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments
July 2nd, 2008
(www.businessandblogging.com) Choosing a business blogging platform may seem complicated for the beginning business blogger.
However, with a little research it is possible to select the blogging platform that is best for your business’s needs.
Here is some information to get your research started.
WordPress and Blogger are free. There is a commercial license fee associated with using Movable […]
By Laura Spencer -- 5 comments
June 30th, 2008
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How Common Are Business Blogs?
We already know what the statistics say, but I was curious on a more personal level.
I decided to track some common products that I use during the course of my day to find out if the companies that manufacture those products have blogs.
Here’s my daily schedule, and here is what I […]
By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments
June 28th, 2008
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Business blogger, are you at a loss for words?
Are you stuck when it comes to thinking of topic for your next post?
Well, relax. You’re not alone. Lots of bloggers come to a point where they can’t think of anything to blog about.
Here are five easy topics for your business blog that you can write about […]
By Laura Spencer -- 4 comments
June 27th, 2008
(www.businessandblogging.com) Kelly Erb, the Channel Editor of B5media, aka TaxGirl, asked a thought-provoking question for this week’s Friday Fun: What epiphany influenced your business or career the most?
Throughout the 20+ years of my corporate career, there have been several realizations that have caused me to suddenly look at the world, and my contribution to it, […]
By Liz Fuller -- 1 comment
June 26th, 2008
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Last week some legal battles over copyright usage between a major news organization, Associated Press (AP) and a few bloggers were being discussed all over the Internet.
Those legal battles, however, have implications for all of us who blog, including business bloggers.
As I understand it, AP wanted to start charging bloggers by the word for quotes […]
By Laura Spencer -- 7 comments
June 25th, 2008
(www.businessandblogging.com) Yesterday Laura wrote about How to Write a Lot of Posts Quickly. The post details how she was able to create a series of 24 tips on better business blogging that she published during the b5media blogathon.
Now that the blogathon is over, Laura is left with a tangible body of work that she can re-use in various ways […]
By Liz Fuller -- 2 comments
June 24th, 2008
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On Saturday Liz challenged me to share how I created the posts for last Friday’s b5media blog-a-thon.
I want to answer her question, but first I want to recognize the other participants in the blog-a-thon who worked just as hard, if not harder, than I did.
Here’s a list of the Business Channel blogs that participated:
Business and […]
By Laura Spencer -- 8 comments
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