‘Do I Need a Blog?’ - Five Questions to Ask Yourself

March 31, 2007

There are many pros and cons for having a blog on your site. I have seen too many developers insist that a blog/article database/forum is the only way to increase your traffic/boost your page rank/bring in new customers. This is completely untrue, as there is always more than one way to achieve your goals. There are, however, questions on both the user experience and the marketing strategy sides that you should be asking yourself before you go ahead and add that blog to your site.

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The Hows and Whys of Following Up

March 28, 2007

As I sat in my home office at 12:30 am this morning, printing off the cards that I’ll post a picture of below, I got an email from a colleague of mine. Perhaps I was sending out some kind of psychic vibes that she picked up on - the world may never know. What I know is that I was in the middle of completing my follow-ups from last week’s networking event when she sent me this article:

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Are you up for the challenge?

March 26, 2007

Startup Jumpstart: Napkin Business Challenge from Women 2.0. The winning teams get $1000 and a meeting with Michael Moritz of Sequoia or Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson! For more information, see their website. Hurry! The deadline is March 30, 2007.

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Communicating with Your Development Team

March 24, 2007

In the article, 11 Tips to Ensure a Successful Web Design Process, the author (Peter F) outlines some goals from the designers perspective about how the client can help a project run smoothly and be successful. I would like to discuss how clients can help themselves in this process to achieve more happiness with this process.

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Do You Leap Frog Over Failure?

March 23, 2007

NHG: How do you respond to failure? You have the power to choose your reaction to less-than-ideal outcomes - and either let them destroy you or let them help you grow personally and professionally. This article comes from another friend of NHG, Elinor Stutz, the CEO of Smooth Sale and the author of Nice Girls DO Get The Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results.

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Personal Branding

March 22, 2007

NHG: This post is the first of many that we have lined up by guest authors in an effort to bring our readers many perspectives from the small business world. This particular topic comes from Dee Foster, a Motivational Teacher, Life Coach, Melaleuca Wellness Consultant, DirectMatches Executive, and all around nice lady. You can read more about her at her website, Dee Foster Enterprises.

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Making Business Connections Online

March 20, 2007

As a small business that works with other small businesses, I often develop a more personal relationship with my clients. One comment I hear from many of them is how alienating owning a small business can be. When people work in the corporate world, there is always someone in the next cube or higher up that you can talk to. When you leave that world to brave it on your own, who do you turn to for advice and support? The answer is making connections with other small business owners like yourself. I will come back to this topic later to discuss other forms networking, but for now we are going to discuss online business networking.

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Save Time with Subscriptions

March 17, 2007

As a small business owner, you probably don’t have a lot of time to keep up-to-date on all the latest trends and news. However, as a small business owner, it is a must to stay on top of your industry or the competition will pass you by! I am going to tell you how you can make the most of your time with free subscriptions to your favorite online publications.

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Welcome Feedburner!

March 16, 2007

This blog made it to the front page on Feedburner! If you are new here, please feel free to take a look around and subscribe using the links on the top right of every page. If you didn’t arrive here through the Feedburner link, Feedburner is the company that provides the feed from our blog to our subscribers through various technologies and helps them manage that feed.

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