using internet marketing to grow your business
Hell no, it isn’t. In fact, I’d argue that your blog is worthless until it becomes a supplement of your identity. An extension of what you’re doing, not the center of it.
Let’s look at some examples and examine this a little more.
I wrote well over a year ago that it would be a good idea for any blogger to have a backlog of posts in case life got a little too hectic. This is definitely one of those times for me, and I don’t have any backup posts. I need to set aside some time this weekend and get to that.
I need to practice what I preach and eat my own dog food. Hypocrite alert!
Have you ever seen one of these little guys next to your blog comment? Have you ever wondered how you could get your picture to show up like some other commenters seem to have the ability to do?
Well, these little guys are called Gravatars. And I’ll tell you a little about how they work and how you can get one.
I’ve been a boob about RSS/email subscriptions on this blog. I should be showing you the whole article, not just an abstract about it. So from this day forth, you will get the contents of the entire post in your feed reader or email.
Read on for some great points on why you shouldn’t be a dolt like yours truly has been.
I am a fan of FeedBurner. But URLs are permanent.
What happens when you have visitors subscribe to a standard feeds.feedburner.com URL?
Read on to find out how to avoid these problems.
I was just thinking about how many feeds I subscribe to (huh?) and how many blog posts I read. I almost never leave comments. But blogs are a conversation, or else they wouldn’t have the comment area.
When is the last time that you commented on a blog post that you read? It’s time to challenge yourself to have a conversation on the next blog post that you read. (It doesn’t have to be this post, but that wouldn’t hurt!)
Having a blog in a crowded industry is difficult and discouraging. Everyone has a blog about marketing.
I’m not the only one with this problem, and this problem isn’t limited to my industry. There is a lot of noise out there. The difference is that a lot of people aren’t even aware that they have this problem. Do you have it too?
I will cover who I’m writing to. And I hope this post will influence you take a second to think about who you’re writing to as well.
I’ve mentioned some of these tips before, but here are a few quick wins for optimizing your blog and getting the word out. With these tips, you’ll get your blog indexed by search engines faster, publicized in multiple places, and ranked higher in search engines. All that you need to do after following these tips is create the killer content!
Yahoo! photo-sharing site Flickr is a vast collection of imagery captured by talented photographers. And there’s a great way that you can tap into the community’s talent to improve your presentations and blog posts with better imagery. Even better, you won’t be breaking any copyright laws if you follow these steps.
It’s so easy to shake my head in disapproval when someone else does not update their blog consistently. I am shaking my head at myself right now. No posts yet in September? What kind of Internet Marketer am I?
It takes a lot of work to nurture a blog or online community. It takes commitment and discipline to produce useful information consistently. And boy does it get hard after that “honey moon period” is over and your blog isn’t so new anymore.
About MeI'm Chris Peters, and I'm an addict. I want to make this marketing and technology stuff less of a burden. I hope I can help you out with that.
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