Gregg Murray, Website Blueprint
As much as you have heard about Twitter, you may be wondering (as a small business owner) how it can help and how to get started. Well, Twitter is making it easier with their new special online guide, Twitter 101 for Business. You’ll find helpful web pages, as well as case studies that show how businesses can use the Twitter service. “Twitter 101 for Business – A Special Guide” Twitter [...]
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Owning or managing a small business website requires (unfortunately) that you know way too many terms, phrases, and acronyms. Here are five that every small business owner needs to know. Anytime you come across any words, acronyms, or phrases that are unfamiliar with, you can easily find their meaning by doing a Google search or going to http://wikipedia.com. Here are a handful you’ll definitely want to understand. Blogging Oh boy. [...]
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Being a business owner, you understand the challenges of attracting new customers in a competitive market. You probably already know your potential customers are using search engines like Google to find local information about products or services. Now you can get your business listed with Google local maps free. Take advantage of it and let customers know about your business when they’re doing an online search. After you sign up [...]
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While most companies have cut back on newspaper and Yellow Page advertising because of the economic downturn, an increasing amount of advertising dollars that are being spent are going to the online search engine Google. Much of Google’s success is fueled by small businesses. Take Bananas at Large, a music store in San Rafael, Calif., that sells pianos, amps, guitars and just about anything a musician might need. According to [...]
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What’s a blog? The cleanest description I’ve read is:” A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically—like a what’s new page or a journal.”
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Spent a while on it, but looks like I finally got my Facebook posts/status (as well as my blog posts from here) added automatically to Twitter. Here’s how we got it working… Set up a FriendFeed account. Click “Account” on the top right. Click in box that says “Post my FriendFeed entries on Twitter” (under “Feed Publishing”). Put in your Twitter username and password. Click “Me” (on left). It will [...]
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The newest tool for building your small business web presence is social media. The big three social media sites are Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Of course, new tool means more work. So you can take off on the right foot, keep in mind a few rules of etiquette that will make sure you’re communicating well. 1. Share, Don’t Just Promote The more you talk about your own products or services, [...]
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For a small business owner looking to get people to find their website by searching keywords in Google, the process of getting you on the first page of the list locally is a relatively easy process.
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There are a few reasons why Aweber is the choice for a small business person.
1. You can have your blog posts emailed automatically to your email list. 2. Their support and learning videos are second to none. 3. The control panel that you’ll use is not overwhelming. You can learn it all in a few hours.
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