Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Business blogging – tips to get going

Many who I have talked to about starting a blog for their business all seems to say the same sort of thing… I just don’t have the time I do not know how to write (even though they write their own leaflets etc) Setting up a blog is complicated How do I get started? So [...]

Launching a blog? 14 great tips from Social Media Examiner

I found this post via a tweet from @CindyKing. It contains 14 great tips to help you launch your business blog, well any blog really. Written by Denise Wakeman at Social Media Examiner… There are a lot of ways to promote a new blog and I’m sharing 14 tactics to help you get the word [...]

Experienced expat gives advice to business start ups

The dust is starting to clear and I am back to blogging again. I have moved house and most of my paper work is now up to date. Just waiting for French burocracy to catch up with me. I have also cought up with my reading and have discovered a new blog that should be [...]

Open Source: Blogging systems

I have mentioned in the past how blogs can benefit a business so it’s time to look at what is available. While there are lots to choose from, I am going to mention just three. WordPress and Moveable Type are possibly the most popular with Textpattern gaining ground. They are all open source so you [...]

Sell a business with a blog

Amanda Smith and her husband Robert are selling their camp site business. You could go with the usual methods, estate agents and specialist business agents but they have choosen a blog instead. This smart move will keep costs down with no agent fees to pay. They have also chosen to do this with Google Bloggger,. [...]

Twitter and your website – 5 great tips

Twitter is a great way to meet new people and to promote your business. However there are a few do’s and don’t that you should consider when it comes to your Twitter profile and your website. Do link to your website by adding it to your profile so that new followers can find out more. [...]

Selling a house? Blog about it!

It is tough times if you want to sell a house, things are getting better (according to some) but not everyone wants to wait for an estate agent to find a buyer. So what can you do to help things along? My friend Dianna has taken what I believe is a very sensible step and [...]

Good reasons for having a blog for your business

I am very keen on blogs. They make an excellent business tool but they are also a very cheap business tool. I want to look at one aspect of a blog, the ability to raise visibility in search engines. For our example, lets say you are a gardening business. You take care of landscaping, planting [...]

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