Small Business Essentials

How to Get 1,100 Subscribers in Five DaysUsing one established product is a technique you can use in any business, blogging or otherwise.

Is Social Networking Really Anti-Social?Rob May debates whether social networking really is socializing—or if it’s just an excuse to never leave your house.

I read a post today on how a corner gas station owner could benefit from having a blog. Challenge: Can You Stump Business and Blogging? I know you’re going to read it and then tell me it was not about gas stations needing blogs, but about the benefits of blogging for any and every business. [...]

The Carnival Of Small Business Issues – Edition 33 is up over at Atlantic Canada’s Small Business Blog. Of note for this edition:

Trust on Social Networks Social media builds networks, but does it build trust?

How to Achieve the Ultimate Credibility Competence, confidence, and communication: the secrets to ultimate credibility.

The second podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here: Marketing your Website #2 of 5: Participate and Network If you would like to download the podcast directly, you can control-click (or right-click on a PC) this link and save it to your [...]

More marketing links than you can read in a weekend Seth Godin shares some excellent marketing links.

How not to do a FREE calculation, Trent Reznor edition Giving away something for free is a hot marketing topic right now, but there’s definitely right and wrong ways to do it.

What does the “Media Business Model” mean? The ways in which you can make money off free content.

Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship A list of what being an entrepreneur is really like.

How To Become a Better Blogger By Not Reading Blogs Anyone can follow a herd; your best results are going to come from blazing your own path.