Blogging

Business blogging: Ghost bloggers are … everywhere!

Posted by admin on November 11, 2010 at 10:25 am

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 [...]

20 ideas for your storefront/retail business blog

Posted by admin on October 6, 2010 at 5:29 pm

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 [...]

Get your feet wet in blogging: start a Tumblr blog in 60 seconds

Posted by admin on October 6, 2010 at 4:58 pm

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 [...]

Small biz tip: Google Analytics lets you know what works

Posted by admin on October 4, 2010 at 12:34 pm

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 [...]

Client wisdom: Blogging success equals consistency

Posted by admin on September 27, 2010 at 2:09 pm

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 [...]