I Dare You To Become a Real-Time Expert
What the heck is a “real time” expert? It’s an expert who continuously communicates advice, questions, challenges and thoughts with their audience or customer. A real-time expert doesn’t publish a book and walk away. They feed their audience with their views on current events, industry news, shake-ups, best practices and epiphanies. They produce a stream…
Read MoreGoogle Caffeine Buzz: Is Your Site Ready?
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.…
Read MoreSmall Business Blog: Barbara Krai Interior Design
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…
Read MoreA Night With Gary Vaynerchuk: 17 Takeaways On Crushing It With Content & Social Media
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. Thank…
Read MoreWhat’s your #1 business blogging goal for 2010?
It’s no secret that business blogging is becoming an integral part of any social media plan. However, as with any marketing and communication, it’s important to set and prioritize your goals. <br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2470715/”>What is your #1 business blogging goal for 2010?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;”>(<a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com”>opinion</a>)</span><br />
Read MoreHappy New Year, Bloggers! Check Your Copyright.
It’s that time of year, business bloggers! Be sure to change your 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 2011. Unlike many of…
Read More3 Ways Small Business Blogs Compete With the “Big Guns”
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 or medium size 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…
Read MoreWhat Santa and Good Bloggers Have in Common
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,…
Read MoreWhen Blogging is Like Christmas Shopping
On Tuesday, I ran into a dear friend at Bed, Bath & Beyond. This guy is a kitchen gadget junkie and likely considers BB&B to be 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…
Read MoreGot Twitter? Start Blogging.
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’…
Read MoreCorporate Event Blog: 2009 ConnectWise Partner Summit
Boy was this a fun project! ConnectWise held its 2009 Partner Summit in Orlando last month. This was a huge event, with over 1,200 attendees. Let me tell you, it was quite a show! Well Planned Web created a dedicated event site that highlighted the full online “buzz” around the event and a blog chock-full…
Read MoreThree Qualities of Successful Business Bloggers
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…
Read MoreThe New Character Making a Splash on Twitter
We took a break today and went to Sea World in Orlando. The highlight of the day? Learning that Shamu actually Tweets! (Yes, this may mean that I need a life). So… what do I do in the middle of Sea World on our day “off?” I begin Tweeting with a whale to get a…
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