Business Blogs

Being an SEO consultant there are many times I will brows a clients site wondering what happened to the artistic bent of the designer? Has being hunched over their keyboard pushed the right brain into the back waters? This is not solely a technical process, this should be like a beautiful woman, on the surface, […]

I will get to blogging and our amazing page rank of 5 by the new Google update in a second. I am super excited, as I just got home from downtown Seattle shopping, and it seems things are starting to shift for us. We started our Christmas shopping a earlier, and […]

As mentioned in previous posts that we have been testing community blogging tools and blog community features to help you promote your blog. We just implemented the system today, just to promote it first to our already existing users. I wrote a blog on the difference between our main MyTypes.com/blog website versus the community blogs, […]

I was very, very impressed by this guest post on Problogger from Gala of iCiNG about the 9 Lessons she’s learned from blogging. Yes, she’s a niche blogger -her blog deals with fashion and style, which are common topics in the blogosphere but she definitely adds her own unique spin to everything. […]

Almost all bloggers are going to encounter critics at some point, especially bloggers who are passionate about their topics and committed to sharing their ideas with the world. Passion and conviction can polarize people, and it takes courage to publish your thoughts, especially if your topics are in any way controversial.
Criticism is a Fact […]

Blogging is essentially a social, conversational medium, so it only goes to follow that you can’t successfully blog in a vacuum.  You have to read and respond to other bloggers, link to outside websites, and be aware of what others in niche are talking about by participating in the popular social media networks.
Basically, you […]

Promotion and marketing are usually the main motivations that business bloggers have for starting their blogs.  Yes, they may want to join the conversation in the blogosphere in order to learn more about their niche and interact with other smart people, but in the end, their goal is promote their brand - and there’s […]

How many times have you heard the phrase “think positive!” or “focus on the positive!”?  A lot, right?  Well, I’m going to say it again, because keeping a positive slant is especially important when it comes to blogging.

The vast majority of the people reading your blog don’t know you in real life - they […]

It’s the blogging version of the old “if a tree falls in the forest but there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?” If a blogger posts but no one reads it, does it really count? Whatever your opinion is on the tree thing, if you’re a blogger, you […]

I’ve suggested before that when you’re creating your About page and your first few introductory posts, you should interview yourself.  But that’s easier said than done, and personally I always find it easier to write about things other myself.  However, your blog is about you and building your brand, so creating a detailed […]