Adweek covered a recent study conducted by Universal McCann that shows some interesting things about US consumers and social media. The survey was a repeat of one done in September 2006 by the research firm. The second survey showed that the number of survey respondents who regularly read blogs jumped from just over 50 percent [...]

New bloggers and bloggers who are new to blog marketingmay not use or understand trackbacks. A trackback is an automated notification that someone has posted a link to your blog in their blog. The notification appears in your blog in the comments related to the post being blogged about. So the question is: “From a [...]

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has been around for about ten years and it is used to syndicate data that is published on a Web site. Today, many Web sites are built with RSS marketing in mind. Most blogging platforms also routinely publish an RSS feed, which Web browsers and news readers will recognize. (You’ll often [...]

Ok, so you’re sold on the value of writing a blog for your business, but you don’t know the first thing about blog writing. Fair enough. If you’re observant, you can pick up many good tactics as you develop your blogging skills. Pay attention to what other bloggers are doing, and blog writing will become [...]

WordPress has proven itself to be an good program for some to utilize for writing your blog.  It’s a favorite of a high number of individuals and businesses all over the world.  Although WordPress can be a favorable blogging program for those just starting out, it can be slightly remedial for the image you are [...]

Looking at this recent report about online car buyers brings back memories of my father who sold cars for a living. Dad would have been a huge fan of blog marketing.

One in five in-market consumers surveyed - approximately 20 percent - said they would likely to buy a vehicle over the internet if such a [...]

If you have dedicated yourself to business blogging for the past few years you will have accumulated archives that are rich in relevant content. Does a post only serve it’s purpose at the time it is written? What about the wealth of information that you have preserved in your archives? And how does Google view [...]

Unlike a print or radio ad campaign where, once verbiage and images have been signed off on you are done, business blogging and social media marketing is almost a living thing, requiring your attention on a daily basis. But unlike that print or TV ad that fades from your customer’s memory as soon as it [...]

When it comes to promoting your business online there are plenty of places to turn. Of course you can always advertise, but remember: advertising creates awareness, not sales. It’s good, hard marketing that builds your sales percentages.
Advertising and marketing combined will, however, build your search engine visibility. People today use search engines to find information, [...]