Recent Posts Tagged With 'business blogging'

• What a Famous Blogger Can Teach you About Event Promotion

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 09:29 in SEO, business blogging, utah business

  Yesterday I spoke to a group of Utah event and meeting professionals. I used this graph to show that meeting pros were using social media to promote their events. I also learned that if you’re an event pro, this is the Twitter hashtag to use to...

• FTC: Bloggers Must Disclose or Face Fines

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 13:23 in social media, business blogging

  The FTC has a deadline for bloggers to disclose when they get payment or free product or services. Starting December 1, they’re watching for paid endorsements online.  So when a blogger does a review they must disclose that the product was fre...

• 6 More Tips for Finding Something to Blog About

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 15:41 in business blogging

  I published 12 tips for finding something to blog about, here are more. Summarize other people’s popular blog posts (like I did with Problogger’s). Bonus if there are a lot of comments or it’s a well-known blog. Read comments on a ...

• Tips for Promoting your Blog

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 15:19 in Internet Marketing, business blogging

  Problogger’s blog had a post about how to get your new blog indexed. I’m going to summarize it for you and me. These are taken from the post and comments. Create a “to do” list or hire someone to add your blog to these sites, ...

• Have you Added your Blog to Kindle Yet?

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 03:51 in business blogging

  Well, have you? If you haven’t, why not? It’s easy and you have nothing to lose. You can make a few cents per month per subscriber. Mine got approved in less than 24 hours. To add your blog to the Kindle, go here. Please consider subscrib...

• 12 Tips to Find Things to Blog About

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 04:28 in business blogging

  I have a great intern Chad. Today he asked me - how do I find things to blog about? It’s a great question. As I’m teaching him I catch myself saying, “I need to blog about this.” It’s much easier for me to blog when peop...

• Blogging as an SEO Tool

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 03:52 in business blogging

  I recently wrote an article for Small Business Trends about blogging as an SEO Tool. It was featured in the Better Business Bureau’s Newsletter. Here it is in case you missed it. =========== I’m a huge proponent of blogging based first on my ...

• Form a Blogging Co-Op

  Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 04:26 in business blogging

  Problogger wrote about a blogging alliance (that I’m going to call a co-op). It’s a way for a small group (6, in this case) of bloggers to cross-promote their blogs. It’s wise to have a marketing group that  meets regularly to disc...

• Social Marketing Trend: Mom Blogs

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 05:43 in business blogging

  This post on social marketing appeared in the American Express Small Business Forum where I write for Small Business Trends each month. “Working for trade is genius, especially in this economy” Nate Bagely, OrangeSoda I was recently part of a so...

• Blogging for SEO Article Picked up by the BBB Newsletter

  Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 15:05 in business blogging

  The article I wrote for Small Business Trends about blogging for SEO was recently featured in the Better Business Bureau’s newsletter. It’s under “Best Business Practices” and begins….”If your ever unsure about sta...

• American Express Open Forum Post about Mom Bloggers

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 06:29 in social media, business blogging

  I just got a story on the American Express Open Forum through Small Business Trends (in association with OrangeSoda). It’s called, “Businesses Turn to Mom Blogs to Market Their Wares.” It’s fascinating to me how many different...

• How Much Time Should I Spend on Social Networking?

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 14:37 in Internet Marketing, social media, business blogging, twitter, social bookmarks

  Here’s a question that I get asked a lot - how much time should I spend on _______ (insert Twitter, Facebook, social bookmarking, blogging, etc). You can easily get overwhelmed by the mirad of tasks and changes required to keep up with social n...

• Be the First to Comment on your Guest’s Posts

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 11:35 in business blogging

  Have you ever written a guest post on someone’s blog and gotten no feedback? It’s not encouraging. I’m writing for Small Business Trends and the American Express Open Forum in my position with OrangeSoda. Both of these are under the...

• Quality Wordpress Theme - My Review of Thesis

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 09:12 in google, business blogging

  I broke down and bought the new Thesis Wordpress theme. It’s a quality wordpress theme but it’s not free. It’s the first time I’ve purchased a theme. I usually pay someone to customize a free theme. I’m still learning it...

• Newspapergirl Featured on KSL: Musings on Blogging for Money

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 12:09 in business blogging

  I found out I was mentioned in this story about bloggers who make money on their blog. Dooce is the queen of blogging in Utah but there are several who make money on their blog and because of their blog. Most bloggers (including me) make more money b...

• Thesis Custom Wordpress Theme

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 06:34 in business blogging, wordpress_theme

  I just bought Thesis Wordpress theme - and the point is that it makes it easy to modify a Wordpress theme so that it’s customized to what you need. I bought the programmer’s version. You can customize the column widths, change out the hea...

• WP Super Cache Plugin. A Must Have Pluging For WordPress Bloggers

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 21:57 in google, business blogging, wordpress plugins

  I recently had a lot of spam drama on my blog. It explained why my blog has been so slow! I met Vlad years ago as an affiliate marketer. Then I found him again on Twitter. He has been key in helping me get rid of the spam problem and helping with oth...