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Google Caffeine Buzz: Is Your Site Ready?

January 15, 2010

If you haven’t heard, Google is poised to launch major enhancements to its search algorithm any day now. Code name: Google Caffeine.
Google announced in November that they chose to release the enhancements after the 1st of the year to avoid disrupting customers and retailers during the Christmas shopping rush.
So…it’s finally the new year. Anyone who [...]

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Small Business Blog: Barbara Krai Interior Design

January 10, 2010

I often use the analogy of house-building and blue prints when explaining the web-planning process. Little did I know I’d eventually get to put that analogy to the test with an interior designer!
When I first met Barbara Krai, she already had a blog as part of her business website. She had a few posts but [...]

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A Night With Gary Vaynerchuk: 17 Takeaways On Crushing It With Content & Social Media

January 6, 2010

If you don’t know Gary. Here’s the short story: Gary Vaynerchuk is an insanely successful, charismatic, unconventional entrepreneur that has attracted a cult-like following (self-described “Vayniacs“) of more than 60,000 viewers per day to WineLibraryTV.com. He’s written a new book called “Crush It.”
He was in Tampa tonight and made so much sense it hurt. [...]

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Happy New Year, Bloggers! Check Your Copyright.

January 4, 2010

It’s that time of year, business bloggers! Be sure to check your site and blog footer copyright to reflect the most current year. As with every piece of blogging maintenance, a plugin is available to make the task even easier! Blog Traffic Exchange makes swapping out the date simple and makes the chore obsolete in [...]

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3 Ways Small Business Blogs Compete With the “Big Guns”

December 30, 2009

It used to be that the bigger your marketing budget, the bigger your voice. Not true in the blogosphere. Today, if you’re a small business or micro business, you have many advantages over large corporations when it comes to communicating information online.

Faster Response Time- The beauty of a business blog is that you can instantly [...]

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What Santa and Good Bloggers Have in Common

December 24, 2009

Both spread helpful gifts and good cheer to fans around the globe!
Both are obsessive proofreaders. Santa checks his list twice. Bloggers check their posts at least three or four times!
Both get notes from people, naughty and nice. Santa gives the naughty ones coal. Bloggers call the naughty ones spammers.

Merry Christmas to you, my clients, visitors, [...]

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When Blogging is Like Christmas Shopping

December 24, 2009

On Tuesday, I ran into a dear friend at Bed, Bath & Beyond. This guy is a kitchen gadget junkie and likely considers BB&B his own personal Disneyland! Yet, he had a look of pain on his face. I asked what was wrong and he just grimaced. I pried.
He finally confessed that he hates shopping [...]

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Got Twitter? Start Blogging.

December 2, 2009

With the swarm of Twittermania, some once speculated that blogs were a dying breed. However, it’s because of Twitter and other emerging social media that blogs are more alive and necessary than ever before!
Recently, TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld compared the future of Blogging and Microblogging. He references statistics that show Twitter’s flattening growth, while WordPress’ growth [...]

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Three Qualities of Successful Business Bloggers

November 29, 2009

Blogging is one of the best ways to produce a stream of relevant content that will create an influential buzz about your business and build relationships with customers and prospects. But, it’s far from easy.
I hear small business owners comment that they can’t possibly blog because they don’t have the time. While time is certainly [...]

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