Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. In this post Mark Hayward shares some ‘must do’ tips for small business owners who are getting ready to launch a blog. Are you getting ready to launch your baby? You know, your small business blog. Blogging for small business is certainly not revolutionary anymore, and it has been well documented that it can improve your search engine rankings, increase your brand awareness, and ultimately bring you...

From Small Business Trends Because syncing with Twitter wasn’t enough, professional social network LinkedIn has taken further steps to increase the site’s social sharing aspect for SMBs and business professionals. As of yesterday, sharing news on LinkedIn got a whole lot easier with the adoption of a bunch of new site features. Here’s a look at the best of what’s new. Better Controls One of the most useful parts of Facebook has...

From TopRankBlog.com: Much of the search engine optimization advice found online and at conferences centers around keywords and links. A lot of the spotlight on internet marketing has focused on content and social media. There’s no question that we’ve been a strong proponent of these tactics, sharing many, many posts on them. Content and link based SEO relies on the search engine crawlers to find web pages and digital assets on their...

From Clickbank.com Written by: Nathan Hangen, Guest Blogger If you’re a blogger who’s thought about creating and selling your own product, you’ve probably heard that in order to make sales you need to get a lot of traffic. What I’ve learned, though, is that there’s a difference between getting a lot of traffic and getting valuable traffic. There’s even a difference between getting a lot of valuable traffic and getting a lot of...

From: Duct Tape Marketing Woody Allen was attributed with the quote – “eighty percent of success is showing up” but I would add that in marketing it’s all about following up. Most marketers get that at the most basic level – you send out a mailing, someone asks for more information, and you jump on the phone and try to sell them something. That’s not really what I’m talking about when it comes to follow-up. Follow-up is a...

From Techcrunch.com: Twitter’s lead engineer for its International team, Matt Sanford, just posted an announcement detailing the microblogging network’s global growth. According to Sanford, over 60% of registered Twitter accounts come from outside the US. The growth in accounts internationally isn’t surprising, considering that we’ve seen Twitter’s worldwide unique visits rise as U.S. traffic plateaus. Twitter also said that...