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Archive for the ‘Points of Interest’ Category

Kudos to … Alltop and Me!

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.

Posted in NHG News and Projects, Points of Interest on March 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

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:

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Posted in NHG News and Projects, Podcasts, Points of Interest on February 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

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:

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Posted in Points of Interest on January 30th, 2008 | No Comments »

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.

Posted in NHG News and Projects, Podcasts, Points of Interest on January 30th, 2008 | No Comments »

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:

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Posted in Points of Interest on January 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

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.

Posted in NHG News and Projects, Podcasts, Points of Interest on January 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

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:

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Posted in Points of Interest on January 17th, 2008 | No Comments »

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!

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Posted in Business, Marketing, Opinion, Points of Interest on January 16th, 2008 | 12 Comments »

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:

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Posted in Points of Interest on January 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

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.

Posted in NHG News and Projects, Podcasts, Points of Interest on January 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

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