Posts Tagged ‘brand’

Why Small Businesses Should Blog

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Blogging is one of the best things to happen to small businesses. Why? Internet marketing isn’t so much about being the biggest business in your field, or spending the most on your advertising and marketing. It is about being found in the right place at the right time.
How many times have you eaten [...]

Custom Branding and Design

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

The two questions that many readers may be wondering when it comes to today’s topic are:

What is custom branding and design?
Why is it important to my business blog?

A blog site’s “brand” or platform really is dependent on your company’s needs, and, with the assistance of a blog marketing specialist who will be able to provide you with custom [...]

Business Blogging: How Much is Enough?

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

How often should you post? How long should your posts be? Many factors play into those answers but I like Content Blog’s Amrit Hallan’s treatment of the subject.
“These days it is advised — rightly so — that you should write less, write well, and promote a lot.”
Write less. A good rule of thumb. Being one [...]

Blog Marketing a Powerful Tool for Consultants

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Blog marketing isn’t confined to brick and mortar operations by any means. In fact, the role that blogging can play in consultancy is amazingly versatile. Using blogs, RSS publishing, video and podcasting gives the consultant an amazing array of tools to broadcast their expertise to their target market. Moreover, it allows the consultant unfettered freedom [...]

Blog Marketing: Comments Not a Trivial Matter

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

A financial advisor and new business blogger that I worked with objected during blog training that he really hasn’t the time to go traipsing around the internet leaving comments on blogs. I asked him how many networking events he attends regularly. A glance at his calender indicated that those activities comprised a far greater bulk [...]

Business Blogging Done Right by Southwest

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

If you would like an example of business blogging done right, you need not look any further than Southwest Airlines. Not shy to dip into the technology, they offered their customers a widget back in 2005. (We talk about widgets here and here). You may have had experience with it. Placed on your desktop, it [...]

RSS Marketing Strategies: And Their Advantage over EMail

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

RSS Marketing Strategies point to RSS as a superior way of getting your “transactional” (i.e. “buy this”) messages out than e-mail does.
That wise perspective is offered by Rok Hrastnik, author of the new e-book entitled Unleash The Marketing and Publishing Power of RSS.
Rob writes that, “it’s time to take on e-retailers, online service providers and [...]

Blog Marketing

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Blog Marketing tips? Well, we have lots of them.
We gave you some on Tuesday. Here are a few more that experience has taught us work well for us:
Depending upon the business, complexity, and ad opportunities, blogs vary in size and approach when devising successful blog marketing. You can advertise directly on a blog that appeals [...]

RSS Feeds

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Charlene Li’s Blog - Charlene Li’s Blog
IT Conversations - IT Conversations
Web Ink Now - How innovative marketers use digital information to turn online browsers into buyers.
Business Blogging - Yahoo! News - Search Results for Business Blogging.
Social Media News - The latest news about the social medai.
RSS Marketing - Google News - Search Results for RSS [...]