Blog post popularity is a bit of a mystery to most bloggers.Which posts will become heavily viewed and linked by other bloggers is entirely in the realm of guess work.No amount of crystal ball gazing, tea leaf reading, or random chants into cyberspace...
Blog post length: The long and the short of it
Blog post length is a decision a blogger makes every time that fingers are put to keyboard. Some bloggers write short one line posts with an accompanying link.Other bloggers tend to write almost full length daily columns. I confess to being in the longer...
Lachlan Gemmell moves Carnival of the Capitalists left
This week sees a shift to the left for the travelling business show, recognized by one and all as Carnival of the Capitalists, makes a stop at a blog where business and social values get equal treatment.This week's posts feature a theme focussing on...
Blog contests as traffic builders
Blog contests are a great way to build up some new visitor traffic to your blog.While contests are very much a part of the mainstream, contests have not been an especially frequent event in the blogging community.A few quick ideas could change all of...
Another blogger Darren Barefoot's services on eBay
The blogging services for hire concept has found another well known blogger offering his serives on eBay.Yesterday, I reported that Jeremy Wright of Ensight is auctioning his blogging skills on the popular internet auction site eBay.Jeremy is now joined...
Blogger Jeremy Wright sells himself on eBay
Always seeking a new concept of blogging, and constantly pushing its boundaries, noted blogger Jeremy Wright of Ensight, is selling his services on eBay.The well known internet auction site features Jeremy's proposed sale of his blogging know how.Jeremy...
Blogger bounced from mainstream newspaper
Bloggers still have far to go to achieve recognition, and even anything remotely resembling equal status with mainstream journalism.In an absolutely must read column called "Worlds Colliding" by baseball blogger Aaron Gleeman, of Aaron's Baseball Blog...
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American friends and readers; and to bloggers everywhere.May the blog be with you!Enjoy the day with your family and friends.Happy Thanksgiving!Wayne HurlbertBlog Business WorldWayne's Derby Wo...
Regular series as post ideas
Blog posting ideas are occasionally difficult to dream up out of thin air.Sometimes that blank white blog posting box can appear rather forbidding.One proven solution, used very effectively by more than one successful blogger, is to write a regular post...
Talking with clients
Business blogs are all about communications and conversations.Developing a dialogue with current and future customers and clients builds a relationship based on familiarity and trust.Sometimes, even lasting friendships are the result of a business blogging...
Social Twister hosts Carnival of the Capitalists
There is really a twist at the travelling business show, recognized by one and all as Carnival of the Capitalists, makes a stop at a blog where business and cultural issues get equal treatment.This week's posts have a definite business, politics and...
Guest PowerBlog Review at Small Business Trends
As many of you already know, my friend Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends offers a regular feature called PowerBlog Review.In each PowerBlog Review, Anita examines a different blog, and points out the blog's strength and "power" for her readers.This...
Ping those blogs...Ping those blogs
Ping those blogs.Ping those blogs. Ping those blogs.I know. I know. I sound like I am raising money for some worthy cause (which I often do), but for the moment, I want you ping your blogs.By pinging your blogs, you are telling the various news feed...
Blogging improves writing skills
Blogging improves your writing skills.Better writing ability, and an enhanced ability to express yourself in print, is a rarely thought about benefit of blogging.While most people think of writers as infinitely talented, living in some rarified air denied...
Blog Chamber of Commerce conference call successful
I have talked about the concept of a Blog Chamber of Commerce recently, and the idea has been taken to heart by Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group.To kick off the idea, and to receive feedback both positive and negative, Paul Chaney with the generous...
Blogging for customers: Conversations
Blogging for customers.It sounds kind of like a bad game show, doesn't it. Put a few business bloggers in a room and let them vote one another off the blog host, based on numbers of references in Technorati, or something like that.Well, not exactly.Although,...
Blogging about clients: Ethical dilemma
Blogging about your clients and their businesses is an ethical dilemma faced by many business bloggers.Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion has brought that problem and possible conflict of interest to the forefront.His concern is that on blog client discussion......is...
Blogathon for needy bloggers
Blog revenue is always an interesting topic for discussion.One of the most talked about, and widely used methods of earning money from a blog, is to ask for donations.Considering the number of PayPal buttons on numerous blogs, many bloggers could use...
Blog post ideas: Finding the angle
Blog post ideas are a challenge for every blogger.Even the best bloggers have writer's block...or blogger block as the case may be.While the obvious solution is usually to simply post a link, pointing to another blogger's post, there are ways to enhance...
Trader Mike bullish on Carnival of the Capitalists
The market is definitely up at the travelling business show, recognized by one and all as Carnival of the Capitalists, makes a stop at a blog that is all about the markets and the economy.This week's posts have a definite business, politics and economics...
Blog idea turns into a business?
Blog ideas as business plans? It could happen.Concepts developed and refined as blog content can form the basis of a business venture. By writing out the business ideas, and adding to and subtracting from them, a business can indeed be formed from a...
Blogs sell books: Writers take note
Blogs sell blooks.Lots of books.That's now a proven fact of the publishing world.Even better, is the fact that blogs sell books that are self published, by print on demand publishers.The combination of those two phenomona are transforming forward thinking...
Bloggers as TIME's People of the Year?
Bloggers as TIME's "People of the Year"?Leading blogger Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion thinks blogs and bloggers are the ideal choice for the coveted distinction.Should blogs and bloggers indeed grace the cover of TIME Magazine, it would mark a turning...
Tinbasher gets real world blog power
Business blogs.We often talk about them, and recommend them to business owners.We suggest the business blog as an additional component for traditional static websites for various reasons.Included in those reasons for starting and maintaining a business...
A moment of silence
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada and the British Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States.Today we take a few moments to pay tribute and give thanks to the brave men and women of the Armed Forces, past and present, who fought and continue...
Blog Chamber of Commerce changes suggested
A possible Blog Chamber of Commerce is one of my suggestions for getting the word out about the benefits of business blogs.Support for the idea has been great, as many leading business bloggers understand the lack of knowledge, among the mainstream internet...
MoBlogs indexed in Blog Search Engine
You may have seen them.You may have heard about them.You might even have one.They are moBlogs, and they are a fast growing phenomenon, on the burgeoning blogging scene.According to Loren Baker of Blog Search Engine, a moblog can be defined this way:MoBlog...
INSITE hosts Carnival of the Capitalists
The ever growing and highly popular travelling business show, recognized by one and all as Carnival of the Capitalists, makes a stop at a blog that is all about business, economics, politics, and capitalism.This week's posts have a definite business,...
New AMA definition for marketing
A new definition of marketing and approaches to the topic? It's about time!Jennifer Rice of What's Your Brand Mantra? has begun a fascinating discussion of the American Marketing Association's new definition of marketing.She points readers to the Peppers...
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