Blog is the word we use when talking about web logs. Web sites that have postings from individuals or companies in reverse chronological order. The postings are dated and have a place for the reader to leave a comment. That is the fundamentals of a blog, and probably what you think of when you think [...]
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With the comments I get from people I am tempted to start my own Social Media MythBusters show. At the top of the list is the notion that the Internet and Social Media is just for college age and below. Pew Internet & American Life Project has research to show that is indeed a myth.
Today, [...]
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What does “Palaver” mean is probably the question I first get when I introduce myself and my company. Palaver is a word that was once used for having a conversation that seems to have fallen out of our language. In the word’s etymology we find ‘dialogue’ – from Portuguese palavra, ‘word, talk’ (originally between Portuguese [...]
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Chances are you’ve heard this thing called Twitter mentioned when social media comes up. Or you’ve come across a Twitter logo on someone’s website letting you know that you can follow them on Twitter. Or someone has advised you that “you have to use Twitter!” All this probably leaves you wondering what is Twitter and [...]
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There are two sides to a conversation. Blogging is one way for a business owner to contribute to the conversation that is growing everyday on the Internet. But the other side to a conversation is listening. What is being said about you, your business, and your industry on the Internet?
That could be hard to keep [...]
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When talking to business owners about the benefits of a blog many hesitate to start a blog because they fear they will not know what to write about. Usually in just a few moments of off the cuff brainstorming I can find plenty of topics and subjects to write about. After all if there is [...]
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I just came across a post on ProBlogger that asked the question “Why Do We Blog?” My first thought was of Jean-Paul Sartre and his idea of dialectic correlative in relation to writing. But I think I’ll save that thought for another article. Today I’ll just talk about why I blog.
I began writing for the [...]
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There are two sides to the blog coin, writer and reader. Reading blogs can provide a business a lot of valuable information and resources. If you tune into blogs that relate to your business you can often obtain information ahead of everyone else. Blogs publish fast so information gets out there fast. Proper management is [...]
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Are you excited about your business? Do you like to talk about it any chance you get? Always looking to expand your network? Does your business have brand ambassadors? Want more? Always on the look out for a new market to reach?
Hopefully you answered yes to all of those questions. If you did a blog [...]
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I read a lot of blogs, it is one of the perks of my job. And one of the biggest reasons I unsubscribe and stop reading a blog is because the posts are too long. I can understand the writer’s point of view when writing a long post. Some topics do require an in depth [...]
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