You’ve got two basic choices in promoting your business:
1. You can stand right there where you’re at, making noise and trying to get people to come to you.
2. You can figure out where the people are, go to them, and then make noise.
Now, of course, what kind of noise you make matters (are you just yelling about yourself or demonstrating how you can help by sharing smart resources like your newsletter, case studies, blog, articles, videos and more).
But which choice do you think would make it easier to connect with the perfect customers or clients? #2!
So, I decided this week to try doing audio versions of my blog. I’ve done one. You can listen in here: http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/have-a-little-faith-in-yourself/2010/07/06
I’m writing this from the airport at 7:03pm. My goal is to be done at 7:13pm and schedule this post. I’ve got 30 minutes until my plane boards and I can complete three small tasks to move my business forward. Here are some ideas:
The brilliant Jeanette Cates (who put together the 30 day blog challenge I’ve been participating in this month) is now sponsoring a mini blog challenge between now and the end of June – 7 posts in 10 days. Come on, give it a try!
Got a blog on another platform but you’ve been hearing great things about WordPress and are considering a switch? Does the thought cause you to feel a migraine coming on? Don’t panic! It’s less scary than it sounds.
And it begins! Today is the first day of the 30 Day Blog Challenge. If you’ve got a blog for your small business, would you like to join me? You can sign up at http://jeanettecates.com/30days/
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Understanding “Do Follow” and How to Tell
After my recent post on rewarding your blog commenters I got several questions asking what “do follow” meant and how to tell if a blog has “no follow” or “do follow” on it’s comments.
What is “No Follow”
By default most blogs are setup so that the links to a commenter’s website are marked “nofollow” – that means that the search engines won’t follow the link and won’t count it towards the linked site’s PageRank or popularity.
Here’s what a no follow link looks like:
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