I just wanted to say a quick bit about Alltop Small Business. I’ve been using it as a home page for about a month now and it’s been really useful so far. Alltop is a collection of stories from "all the top" sites on the web in a single-page aggregation. (They have other categories at Alltop.com as well, not just small business.) I was also pretty happy to make Guy Kawasaki’s list myself, so I feel that I have to mention that part too.
- Art of Quitting
- Behavioral Marketing
- Boosting PageRank and Traffic
- Copywriting
- Crucial Business Colleagues
- Going Green
- Hiring the Best People
- Make your Business Stand Out
- Marketing on Craigslist
- Writing for the Web
- Business
- Less, The Series
- Marketing
- Networking
- NHG News and Projects
- Opinion
- Podcasts
- Points of Interest
- Productivity
- Sales
- Technology and Websites
- Marketing your Website
In this feature for StartupNation, I take you through a bounty of tactics for marketing your website. - Planning for a Website
In this podcast, I talk with StartupNation about what kinds of questions you should be asking yourself when you are planning your website.
- Bootstrapper
A resource for any small business owner operating on a shoestring budget. - Business Pundit
Your daily dose of competitive advantage and entrepreneurship. - Carnival of the Capitalists
- Carnival of Small Business Issues
- Coconut Headsets
Rob May's Blog About Business, Finance, and Critical Thinking - Compete Blog
Data-packed and ready to talk traffic trends. - Drew's Marketing Minute
Quality marketing-related content from Drew McLellan. - Escape from Cubicle Nation
Pamela Slim teaches you how to go from corporate prisoner to thriving entrepreneur. - Guy Kawasaki's Blog
A practical blog for impractical people. - Internet UltraGeek
Raj Dash shares everything he knows about making money online. - The Lonely Marketer
A discussion for the small business marketing manager. - The Long Tail
Chris Anderson from Wired Magazine shares his theories about the changing strategies of business. - MBA by Blog
A collection of the best of the best in business blogging. - Seth Godin's Blog
The founder of Squidoo has some takes on marketing ethics that I just love. - StartupNation
For entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. - Success from the Nest
Inspiration, tips, and advice for the home-based entrepreneur served up with cartoons. - Trust Matters
Charles H Green of Trusted Advisor brings quality back to business relationships.
- Note: To match on Keywords, list the words separate by spaces. To match on an exact phrase, put the phrase in quotes (for example, "build traffic").
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- The Top 10 Changes In My Business Thinking
Rob May reflects back on how the past 5 years have changed his business thinking. - From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers in 90 Days
Learn strategies on growing your blog subscribers that are also relevant to any website's traffic. - How Five Years of Blogging Has Changed Me
Rob May reflects on the experiences and lessons learned from blogging over the years. - How to Use Twitter - Tips for Bloggers
This article can help any business with their Twitter strategy, not just bloggers. - Bad, Bad Business Blogging Practices - The Short List
What not to do with your business blog. - Death to Procrastination: Use the 4-day win to get your goals moving
Martha Beck thinks you can get anything done if you can break it down into a 4-day action plan. - Ten Laws for Better E-mail
E-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. - Subscribe to the Links Feed
Archive for the ‘Points of Interest’ Category
Kudos to … Alltop and Me!
Marketing your Website, A Podcast Series
The fifth podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here:
Marketing Your Website #5 of 5: Sync Up with Search Engines and Online Tools
To hear the complete series, follow these links:
Carnival of the Capitalists
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 from One Man Band. Of note in this week’s CotC:
Marketing your Website, A Podcast Series (Part 4)
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 to your hard drive.
Stay tuned to Small Business Essentials (perhaps by using the convenient subscribe buttons to your right, if you are viewing this at the website!) and I will update you weekly as each one is released.
Carnival of the Capitalists
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:
Marketing your Website, A Podcast Series (Part 3)
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 and save it to your hard drive.
Stay tuned to Small Business Essentials (perhaps by using the convenient subscribe buttons to your right, if you are viewing this at the website!) and I will update you weekly as each one is released.
Carnival of the Capitalists
The transitional edition of Carnival of the Capitalists for the week of January 14, 2007 is up at Bizosphere. Of note:
Gas Stations Don’t Need Blogs
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. My argument is that this post is absurd and misleading in its self-serving logic. (Of course a site that generates ad revenue based on content for business blogging would say every business needs a blog!) I know the piece was meant to be fun and attract traffic, but this was just over the top. I would also not take such offense if I didn’t see this same sentiment echoed by 95% of the web developers and marketing professionals out there. To combat this problem, and to help the non-tech people just looking for advice on marketing their business and their website, I offer this:
Every business does not need a blog!
Carnival Of Small Business Issues
The Carnival Of Small Business Issues - Edition 33 is up over at Atlantic Canada’s Small Business Blog. Of note for this edition:
Marketing your Website, A Podcast Series (Part 2)
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 hard drive.
Stay tuned to Small Business Essentials (perhaps by using the convenient subscribe buttons to your right, if you are viewing this at the website!) and I will update you weekly as each one is released.