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Archive for the ‘Small Business’ Category

May 15th, 2008

How To Get Your Reader’s Attention . . .

When I wrote Tuesday’s post on the crowded blogosphere, I had no idea of the can of worms that I was opening.
While most commentators seem to agree that there is still room on the Internet for good content, after I wrote that post I ran across two additional posts that really emphasized the nature of […]

By Laura Spencer -- 1 comment

May 13th, 2008

Is The Blogosphere Getting Too Crowded?

Is the blogosphere getting too crowded for my business blog to do any real good?
It’s an excellent question, and one that you may have been wondering about your own business blog.
The truth is that blogs launched now are not going to get the same kind of immediate attention just for existing that blogs launched ten, […]

By Laura Spencer -- 5 comments

May 2nd, 2008

Blogging Can Save Your Business - Real-Life Example

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(www.businessandblogging.com) I don’t know about you, but whenever I pass a neighborhood restaurant or small business with an “Out of Business” sign I feel a small pang of regret.  I wonder whether there was something I could have done to keep the business alive.  It seems that I always meant to stop in to that store or […]

By Liz Fuller -- 5 comments

April 19th, 2008

What Makes A Good Business Blog?

What makes a good business blog?
This is the question that Liz and I have been addressing on Business and Blogging for the past few months.
If I had to guess, then I would say that it is also the topic on many of your minds. That’s why you come here day after day and week after […]

By Laura Spencer -- 0 comments

April 11th, 2008

Avoid These Business Blogging Mistakes

(www.businessandblogging.com) As I was browsing through the blogosphere this morning, I ran across this post by Derrick Sorles on Common Mistakes Bloggers Make.
Derrick’s post definitely hit five of the major blogging mistakes that any business blogger could make. I thought that it would be interesting to take a look at some additional blogging mistakes.
Of course […]

By Laura Spencer -- 5 comments

April 5th, 2008

More On Twitter as a Business Tool

I’ve been thinking a lot more about Twitter as a business tool this week. Apparently, so is a lot of the blogosphere.
Some of the blogosphere discussions about Twitter this past week include:

Mary Emma Allen of Home Biz Notes has written two posts: Using Twitter To Boost Your Home Business and Twittering Along With Twitter In […]

By Laura Spencer -- 11 comments

April 1st, 2008

Do You Share Your Knowledge?

(www.businessandblogging.com) One thing that holds many small businesses back from business blogging is the fear that they will give away valuable proprietary knowledge and therefore harm their business.
The truth is, most of the time, sharing knowledge on a business blog does not harm business. In fact, the general information that you share on your blog […]

By Laura Spencer -- 3 comments

March 31st, 2008

Farm Fresh Blogging

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There’s an old saying that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb…except of course, when it comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion…..or occasionally when it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lion…and then once in a while when it comes in like a lamb […]

By Liz Fuller -- 0 comments

March 24th, 2008

Is It Time To Spring Clean Your Business Blog?

(www.businessandblogging.com) Last week we marked the first day of spring. With the onset of spring, many have turned their thoughts to spring cleaning.
If it’s been a while since you’ve taken a critical look at your blog, it just might be time to do some spring cleaning there as well.
Here are ten spring cleaning questions to […]

By Laura Spencer -- 0 comments

March 10th, 2008

Are You Communicating?

Does your business blog reach your customer?
Many business blogs totally fail to reach and engage their intended audience. For these blogs, there is just no real customer communication happening. Don’t let your business blog be one of these!
It’s true that some businesses are afraid to face their customers, but that’s not the best way to […]

By Laura Spencer -- 7 comments

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