Small Business Essentials

Side note: I didn’t get a chance to enter in this week’s CotC nor have I been writing much this week. I have a sick 2-year-old right now, and the world pretty much stops for her. This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists for January 29, 2008 is up at Bizosphere. This week’s host is cehwiedel [...]

The fourth podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here: Marketing your Website #4 of 5: Create Press and Write Articles If you would like to download the podcast directly, you can control-click (or right-click on a PC) this link and save it [...]

How Five Years of Blogging Has Changed MeRob May reflects on the experiences and lessons learned from blogging over the years.

How to Use Twitter – Tips for BloggersThis article can help any business with their Twitter strategy, not just bloggers.

I dropped the ads from my site. In the end, it had nothing to do with the aesthetics or the influence, but with clarity. I simply felt the ads were distracting me from my true, internal reasons for having this site, and I couldn’t let that happen. The ads were removed, my purpose for this [...]

The all-new Carnival of the Capitalists for January 21st, 2008 is up at Bizosphere. This week’s host is Mike from PartnerUp. Of note in this week’s CotC:

The third podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here: Marketing your Website #3 of 5: Build Your Word of Mouth and Viral Marketing If you would like to download the podcast directly, you can control-click (or right-click on a PC) this link [...]

I have been writing in this blog for just about a year, and I have been through a number of changes: The blog was once on a subdomain of my company, and now has its own domain. I started at infrequent posts, then went to 2-3 posts a week, and now am at 5-6 posts [...]

Bad, Bad Business Blogging Practices – The Short ListWhat not to do with your business blog.

The transitional edition of Carnival of the Capitalists for the week of January 14, 2007 is up at Bizosphere. Of note:

Death to Procrastination: Use the 4-day win to get your goals movingMartha Beck thinks you can get anything done if you can break it down into a 4-day action plan.

Ten Laws for Better E-mailE-mail netiquette is often forgotten in the business world, and it can lead to a lot of trouble. Here’s a reminder on the dos and don’ts.