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It isn’t long after you start your business before you hear people begin to tell you, it’s a good idea to get a blog started. Unfortunately, sometimes people don’t tell you why or are only able to give you a sketchy idea why. How is blogging helpful to your business, particularly if the business is offline or when you are a service provider, like a belly dancer who performs at private functions for example? Continue reading
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It’s understandable. After all, blogging is still relatively new to the majority of bloggers and many businesses are still trying to make sense of the whole blogging scene. Also things evolve as blogging starts to mature, so a good strategy yesterday may turn into a mistake today. These are some of the most common mistakes bloggers make. Continue reading
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Far too often, people create a blog for their business only to abandon it because it wasn’t what they had envisioned it to be. One of the most common complaints is, a low return on investment, the blog taking up a lot more time than they had to give. If you have not created the blog and are wondering if it is a wise move, take a look at these issues, understand them so that you enter this venture with your eyes wide open. Continue reading
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Currently my clipboard contains the stuff of my life: my Menu Planner for October, my Menu Planner for September (for reference), my Weekly Planner for this week, my Weekly Planner for next week, my Halloween Party Planner for the get-together we are having at the end of the month, my notes on what I want to include on the agenda for my MOMS Club board meeting, a list of recommended books for the book club, an itinerary for last week’s houseguests, my Monthly Cleaning Schedule, a list of articles I’m planning to write, articles I’m editing for submission, and this article which I prefer to write freehand and then type into the computer later. Continue reading
So, you started and kept up with your business blog; people seem to enjoy it, you’re building traffic, comments and even getting more sign ups on your newsletter. It has taken a lot of work to make this successful. Now you have a problem. The holidays are upon us. If you sell consumer products you’re probably so busy now you have little time for long term marketing. But, you also know that you want to keep this great thing going. Besides, it’s the long term marketing that will help you over the slower periods of the year. What can you do? Continue reading
In our modern society, travel is no longer a luxury, but it is considered a necessary part of having a healthy and meaningful life. Anyone with a dream of seeing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France or Machu Picchu in Peru can find a way to reach that destination if he or she plans well enough and long enough. Continue reading
