There’s no question that blogging can present you as an expert. Blogging can raise your profile significantly. And it’s not hard to do. The common belief is that blogging makes people far more accessible than they were before; bloggers are out there, promoting themselves and their ideas, and hopefully giving their audience plenty of opportunity […]
Archives for November 2006
Don’t Forget to Pay Yourself When You Start a New Business
You’ve started a business. Secured a few clients. Generated some cash flow. You’ve paid the bills. You’ve got some visibility into the future. Business is growing steadily. You’re investing more into the business. A few extra dollars go into marketing. You hire a sales person to help out. Or maybe you finally start a business […]
The Value of the Blogroll – Part IV of Fine Tuning Your Blog
Blogrolls are everywhere. Almost every blog has one…that endless list of links along the sidebar on the left or right of the content. Sometimes they’re categorized, sometimes they’re displayed alphabetically. Sometimes they’re tossed in there seemingly at random. Who can tell anymore? Blogrolls are useful. But, they’ve gotten a bit out of hand. When I […]
Bluehost Provides Good Quality, Inexpensive Web Hosting
I’ve been using Bluehost for over 6 months. They provide high quality web site hosting. It’s also inexpensive web hosting. Bluehost is not the cheapest web hosting, but aside from one hiccup where my post on 5 Things You Shouldn’t Spend Money On When Starting a Business hit the front page of Digg, the service […]
Fortune 500 Blog Project – How Do Their Business Blogs Measure Up?
The big boys are blogging. Fortune 500 companies are slowly but surely getting onboard with the business blogging wave…but like the rest of us, they’re just trying to figure it out. In fact, I’d venture to say that Fortune 500 companies are behind the times, and behind what many smaller businesses are doing with blogging. […]
Why An ABOUT Page Is So Important – Part III of Fine Tuning Your Blog
Who are you? What do you do for a living? Why should I care what you write? I want to get to know YOU, not just your writing. That’s why you need an ABOUT page. And a well-written one…with some details and thought. Too many people ignore their ABOUT page. Awhile ago (can’t remember where […]
What I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Business
How much time do you have? Actually, instead of that please go listen to The Great Big Small Business Show podcast! We’ve just released Episode 13 – The One Thing About Small Business, with segments from: Chris Brogan – It’s the Other Things That Make it Work Colleen Wainwright – How Long Will This Take? […]
Making Money From Your Blog – Part II of Fine Tuning Your Blog
Very few of us will ever earn enough off our blogs to quit our day jobs. OK, but if we could earn a few extra bucks per month … why not, right? A little extra disposable income never hurt anyone. Advertising on Instigator Blog I’ve used a few services for advertising on Instigator Blog, including: […]
Increase RSS Feed Subscribers – Part I of Fine Tuning Your Blog
No blog is perfect. There’s always room for improvement, and you can continually improve your blog through research, testing and validation. Research doesn’t involve years of study with control groups, lab animals and six thousand page thesis papers. It can be anecdotal and trend-watching. Recently, I’ve made some changes to Instigator Blog. Most are quite […]
5 Things You Need To Succeed Before You Start a Business
You might decide one day to start a business. Great! Now what? The decision itself is the biggest step, but before you open for business here’s what you’ll need to help secure success.