Hi-ho everyone. You know what happens when you are super busy? You don’t blog as much (as you can probably tell). Well, I’m still super busy but wanted to pass this thought along. Just judging from my own experience, I’m willing to bet a lot of businesses that have not started blogging may not know [...]
To follow up on my last post, here are 20 blog ideas for small businesses. I wrote these ideas with small business/retail storefronts in mind.
Being local: Write about your neighborhood.
Being local: Blog about hot topics in your town.
Being local: What’s in your store window? Take a pic, upload and talk about it.
Share your expertise: big [...]
If your small business has a website, the best thing you can do to get noticed is to add a blog. According to analytics firm HubSpot, adding a blog has real, powerful results:
55% more visitors
97% more inbound links
434% more indexed pages
But I know many of you out there may think of this as a big headache. Now you [...]
If your small business website activity isn’t being tracked somehow, you’re flying blind. The easiest way to tack your website’s activity (or just a plain great way to get started in understanding website analytics) is to hook up your site to Google Analytics.
It’s free and easy. Via your Gmail account you can get started. Or [...]
I know, a week isn’t exactly like going off into the wilderness. But for most daily bloggers, it’s the next best thing to growing a beard and playing Bongos in the Village.
I just decided to step back after I got very busy with another project and decided to let the blogging slide for a little [...]