http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com Advice, coaching and FREE email course to show you how to use your Business Blog to develop your reputation online and market your business Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:29:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been doing a number of talks / presentations recently to business groups and networking groups entitled "Social Media - coming ready or not!" and I just wanted to apologise publicly for this. I'm really very sorry! It's not that I feel that they weren't full of good information or that ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/social-media/social-media-coming-ready-or-not/ There have been a number of comments over recent weeks (and indeed months) about the imminent death of blogging, to be generally replaced it seems with newer tools such as Twitter and lifestreaming. For a small minority, it's possible that this may well be on the cards - however, for the ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/corporate-blogging/treat-your-blog-as-your-online-home/ You want to have a blog which benefits your business - yes? You want a blog which people are going to want to come back to time and time again - yes? Essentially, you want a blog which is going to be successful - yes again? Well, to give you the best chance ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/blogging-basics/building-blocks-for-a-successful-business-blog/ While there's always been lots of debate as to what criteria Search Engines use to rank web pages in their search results, what there is little debate about is that appearing high up on the Search Engines Results page has become of key importance to most businesses. Why? Simply because ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/seo-in-blogs/blogs-search-engines-love-affair/ I'm currently writing a series called "The Diary of a Business Blog" (you can find part 2 here) which looks at an imaginary business owner going through the process of setting up and developing a blog for his business. One of the questions that the first couple of posts has ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/corporate-blogging/what-makes-a-successful-business-blog/ As we put together new posts for our business blog, our main focus, time and effort is centred on what appears in the middle of the screen, the place where we write and display the content for our readers. It's the key area and it's right that the effort we ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/uncategorized/business-blogs-use-your-sidebars-effectively/ Previous Instalment: Part 1 - the decision At the end of the day, the decision had essentially been taken out of his hands. Daniel could see that his competitors were already benefiting from the type of industry exposure and customer contact that he had envisaged getting for his own company. And ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/setting-up-business-blog/diary-of-a-successful-business-blog-part-2-preparation/ Recently, I've seen a spate of posts about Wordpress plugins and focused on a variety of different areas, particularly after the release of Wordpress 2.7. These plugins are important pieces of software which add specific functionality to the self hosted Wordpress platform. They are also one of the key reasons ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/promoting-marketing-your-blog/wordpress-plugins-for-business-blogs-which-to-use/ Daniel was visibly excited - Monday was the day that he had pencilled in for the launch of a blog that he hoped would be the mainstay on his online presence, designed to help develop his business. While Monday was the day when the wheels were starting to turn in earnest, ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/setting-up-business-blog/diary-of-a-successful-business-blog-part-1-the-decision/ I had the pleasure of having some friends over this weekend - it was great to see them, as it seems so long since we hosted at home following the arrival of our first born aka "he who shall be obeyed"! :) After dinner, I was chatting with one of my ... http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/blogging-news/chatting-with-someone-who-never-reads-blogs/