How to Keep Your Blog Going
I’ve been blogging for three, almost four years now. A time or two I’ve been asked how I’ve done it for so long. Basically, how have I been able to sustain my blog for a long period of time. There are a few reason why I have been able to consistently do this and maintain my enthusiasm. I got into blogging with a personal blog. You know the kind, a sensitive retrospective into my life and what I learn from any and all adversity. Blech! Then I started a blog with a few friends that didn’t really have any real focus. I’ve written about all kinds of topics...
read moreWhy WordPress is the Best CMS. My 5 Reasons.
The debate rages on. Which is the best CMS out there? All the platforms out there have very definitive pros and cons. There are plenty of Drupal fans out there, and for very good reasons. There are also fans of Expression Engine, and Joomla among others. They all have very good reasons for being fans of their engines. It just so happens that I am a fan of Woordpress. I use WordPress, and I set up the majority of my clients with WordPress. Here are a few reasons why, I believe WordPress to be the best all around platform out there. Plugins: Thousands of plugins are out there. Installation...
read more8 Things You Should be Doing in Social Media
Does it seem like the face of social media marketing is changing at a blistering rate? Well, it is. What worked well in 2006, may not work now. Heck, what worked in 2010, just may be passé now. If you are planning on publishing an article in 6 months, using traditional methods, you just may miss out on some real, right-here-right-now opportunities. So, how do we keep up? How do we continue to stay in step with modern marketing in the world of web 2.0? Here are a few of the key ingredients to being successful in social media marketing. Entertain: If you are bland you are out. Humour, and...
read moreDoes Your Business Really Need a Twitter Page?
Do you have a Twitter page for your business? I’m interested in what kind of a return you are seeing off of it. I am becoming ever more unconvinced that Twitter is the right place for localized small to medium sized businesses. The majority of the interaction I see on Twitter is spread globally, among people that will never see your store front. I believe, at least for localized business, that blogs and Facebook are the way to go. People are on Facebook more and more to connect with people that they used to know, they know but don’t see as much as they’d like, and as an...
read moreDo You Really Need to be Blogging?
Blogging. Everybody’s doing it. Since everybody’s doing it, you probably need to be doing it too, right? Wrong. Blogging is a difficult time consuming world that is tough to get noticed in. Reasons to blog, or not to blog, are many and highly varied, and it really comes down to what you want. So, what do you want to get out of blogging? “The bottom line is that blogging is like sex. You can’t fake it. You can’t fake passion. You can’t fake wanting to engage with the public. If you do, it will ultimately be an unsatisfying experience for both the blogger and their...
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