All Entries in the "Business Blogging" Category
Drip, Drip, Drip
The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River over a period of 5+ million years (so they say.) Drip, Drip, Drip. The canyon, as with most things that are remarkable, has been built from repetitive work over a long period of time. Although your tiny business does not need to be operating for millions [...]
Finding Your Blogging Voice
Starting a business blog was the one decision that has had the most impact on my tiny business. I owe almost every dollar that I have made to this website — it gives me a voice, it gives me a powerful marketing tool and it gives me authority. But it didn’t start out that way. [...]
Rebel With a Keyboard
We are living in the most exciting time period for tiny business owners in history. Today, you and I have the power of the press. We have both the [free] tools and the [free] platform to create and publish informational and entertaining content to an audience. The Platform I suppose the overall platform that is [...]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Who do you want as a neighbor? Do you know? If you know who you want to be associated with – that is half the battle. Let the power of online and off-line networking techniques find those people and allow you to build a relationship with them. Become neighbors. Look to become neighbors with several [...]
Think Like A Publisher… Not a Promoter
The days of promotion are waning. We aren’t buying it any longer. The big brands are not happy about it, but the tiny business owner is rejoicing because the (free) tools are available for us to market to the masses by becoming a PUBLISHER. The differences between PROMOTION as marketing and PUBLISHING as marketing are [...]
3 Websites Where I Buy Quality WordPress Themes
At the center of my tiny business marketing strategy is the content “hub” that resides on a business blog. I recommend using a WordPress blog over all other blogging platforms because WordPress is: Easy to use Search engine friendly Well Supported Stable (Is secure and doesn’t crash all the time) And Free! Designing a WordPress [...]
[Video] 5 Years Ago This Guy Would Have Been a Nobody
Gary Vaynerchuk is a perfect example of a person with the entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for a topic and the energy to learn the tools that are available to him to become an absolute ROCK STAR in his niche. Gary has leveraged the power of the Internet to take his fathers liquor store to a [...]
My First Impression Of Your Business Has To Be That I Want More Impressions
I decided to count. I have seen the Coca-Cola logo in four separate locations today. Once on TV, once in my father-in-law’s hand, once at 7-eleven, and once on a soda machine at the airport — and it is only 3 pm. Now that is branding. Coca-Cola is voted year after year as one of [...]
Why You Haven’t Heard A Peep From Me About The Importance Of Link Building
I rarely talk about the importance of links any more – but it is not because it has become less critical to have incoming links from other websites — links are still extremely valuable. If you aren’t aware — incoming links to your site from quality websites will give you better rankings in the search [...]
Exponentially Increase Your Marketing Reach: Give Them a Choice
Let’s talk about something that will grow the influence of your business and exponentially increase the power of your marketing message. Choice. [Sarcasm] Let’s assume that your customers and prospect are using the Internet and you have decided that it would be wise to begin marketing to these people using the web. The trouble is [...]
