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Do You Blog With The Comments On?

Posted on 22. Aug, 2010 by News Trends.

Its a timeless debate: When you start a blog do you turn comments on to get a discussion going or do you keep them off so you dont have to moderate them?

Personally, Ive always believed that your small business blog needs comments. As a blogger and community person, I enjoy sharing and reading new opinions. I tend to believe that the comments are where the real magic happens within a blog. However, I realize an argument can be madeRead More

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7 Ways To Spice Up Your Blog

Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by News Trends.

As a small business blogger, youre constantly looking for new ways to spruce things up. Letting your blog sit stagnant with the same format, the same type of content and the same feel can increase the chances that visitors arent reading your blog, but are skimming it or ignoring it instead. To fix that, here are a few easy ways to spruce things up and re-catch readers attention. Some of them simply require downloading a single . . . read more

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23 (More) Great Business Websites for Women

Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by News Trends.

ForbesWoman recently published its list of the Top 100 websites for Working Women. In that spirit, I thought Id add to their list and share my personal favorite 17 websites for entrepreneurial women. In addition to this list, I want to call attention to this site, SmallBizTrends.com, my own blog, SmallBizDaily.com and AllBusiness.com, where Im the editor-at-large as other great places women business owners can find inspiration and information. Three of my friends have sites which provide a lot of . . . read more

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How to Blog Effectively to Market Your Small Business

Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by News Trends.

On Thursday 24th June 2010 Beth Schillaci,President and Founderof VillageWorksCommunications, an entrepreneurwas the guest for a small business Tweetchat. A tweetchat is a conversation on Twitter where participants connect the conversation by searching for keywords known as hashtags and respond to them. This Tweetchat had the #smallvolution hashtag for following Tweetchats.

There was such great info in the chat and here is a summary of the questions and answers from the participants.

What should small businesses consider when looking to start blogging?

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11 Reasons Customers Dont Trust Your Web Site

Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by News Trends.

While it may be hip to say otherwise, your small business needs a Web site. The same way you cant ignore your blog for social media, you cant ignore your site in lieu of a Twitter account. You may spend your afternoons engaging with people on social sites, however its your site that users will turn to for trusted information about what you do, how you do it, and how they can get it. But before you go . . . read more

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Flip the Funnel is Flipping Fantastic

Posted on 03. Jul, 2010 by News Trends.

I just finished reading Joseph Jaffes latest book Flip the Funnel and boy is my brain tired! (And I mean that in a good way.)

You might have heard of Joseph Jaffe from his popular blog Jaffe Juice where he blogs about all things new marketing.

His latest book is BIG on energy, BIG on content and BIG on opinion. Its customer experience commentary, examples and data on steroids. Its intense, its serious, and its required reading for any CEO who . . . read more

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Entertain Your Readers When Youre Not There

Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by News Trends.

Its hard balancing a blog with your small business. Even though you know the importance of having fresh content, sometimes life gets in the way. Things get busy at work, you go away to a conference, you have a new baby in the house, or the unimaginable happens and you actually take a vacation. What happens to your blog when you dont have time to update it? How do you take a blog vacation without it . . . read more

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5 Dos & Donts For Getting Blog Coverage

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by News Trends.

As a small business owner, you know the importance of blogging. You also know how important it is to get coverage from other blogs. But getting blog coverage means knowing how to pitch. Its about making your email to that blogger stand out and make them want to hit the Reply button instead of just directing you to trash. And thats not always easy.

As a blogger and a SMB business owner, Im constantly getting and sending out pitches. . . . read more

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6 Tips To Instantly Improve Your Blog

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by News Trends.

It doesnt matter how long youve been blogging, how many subscribers you have or even if youre still waiting to get your first comment — were all want to become better bloggers. You want to continually increase your reputation as someone who knows their stuff and set yourself as valuable to readers. With that in mind, here are six tips to help you instantly improve your blog. Thats right; you can significantly improve your blog today.

Grab a pen.

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Contests and Competitions for Small Business

Posted on 13. Jun, 2010 by News Trends.

Check out the new additions to this list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses, brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.

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.CO Pitch Contest Enter by June 14, 2010

Pitch your idea for a new business, blog or website and you could win $50,000 and the ideal .CO web address to make it a reality.

Grand Prize is $25,000 in cash, $25,000 in web design/development . . . read more

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