Blogs can appear to be dead or never get off the ground. They may not be getting comments, or re-tweeted. But never right off your blog or any other aspect of your business unless you are absolutely sure! A lesson from Charles, our narcoleptic hamster!
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Charles, the narcoleptic hamster (or how not to give up!)
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5062 days ago
Blog forums, a way to communicate and listen
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5063 days ago
A blog can be much more than a revenue stream or way to give your audience useful information. A blog can also be a forum. A way for your customers to engage with you one on one. This promotes dialogue and learning for both your customers and your business. Would you consider using your blog as a f
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Trackbacks for content generation
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5064 days ago
Trackbacks allow you to acknowledge a blog that you are read and at the same time be able to add commentary and conversation to the blog through your own. Sometimes, if you are engaging in conversation through blog comments on others blogs, you may want to create some added content to your own site
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Pretty pictures or search engine magnets?
Posted by Barneyausten under MarketingFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5067 days ago
Images are frequently used in blog posts by bloggers. It is important that the images are formatted to allow search engines to find them so that your business can be found by image search as well as by text search. This post shows how this can be done. Hopefully you will find it useful :)
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Are you treating your blog as an asset for your business?
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5069 days ago
A blog is an asset to any business. A blog is used to generate revenue by drawing readers in to becoming customers. But a blog can also be a saleable item in its own right. If it is successful and is in a position to be applicable to a business in the same space as the content of that blog, perhaps
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Your blog as shop window
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5070 days ago
When you create a blog, you are giving your readers an image of yourself or your business. The way that a blog is laid out along with the blog content will create that image whether you wanted it too or not! When using a blog as a means to generate possible business, it is vital that this image of
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Five ways to promote your blog
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5074 days ago
Blogging without promotion is like shouting in a soundproof room. Your blog needs to be shown to the world. Here are some simple ways of doing just that. Can you suggest some others?
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Are your readers staying on your blog?
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5075 days ago
Retaining readers on your blog once they find it is of vital importance. Without readers, your blog will not serve any purpose. Blogs can lose readers by not providing relevant content or by making the site so busy that they main message is lost. The big players all keep their sites easy to read -
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Why are you blogging?
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5076 days ago
Blogging is an effective way of generating interest in your business. Blogging is a means to an end and if your blog is not generating revenue directly or indirectly for your business, then you need to make sure you are not losing yourself in it too much at the expense of other sales and marketing
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A tree without scent!
Posted by Barneyausten under Customer ServiceFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5077 days ago
When delivering products or services to customers, it is not enough for business to simply do the basics. With the level of choice in the market, it is vital - especially for smaller businesses, to go that little bit further to ensure customer satisfaction and on-going business success. A lesson fr
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