These days, when you own a business, you pretty much have to have a presence on the internet. It’s usually the first place people turn to when looking for products and services, and marketing surveys constantly list blogs as one of the best tools for generating sales leads. To those of us who are not […]
How To Start A Blog Part II: Set Up A Free Blog At WordPress.com
Today I’ll walk you through how to set up a free blog at WordPress.com. There are other free blogging platforms out there, but I prefer WordPress. It’s super easy to set up and use, and since it’s free, you can try it and see what you think. Having said that, and even though I do have this […]
How To Start A Blog Part VI: Pages – What To Include, How To Publish
This is part 6 in our series on how to start a blog. As I’ve mentioned before, having an internet presence is a must these days if you run a business. It can be a blog, a website, or a blog set up as a website, and it doesn’t have to be elaborate or have […]
How To Start A Blog Part VII: Posts, Categories and Keywords
Today’s post in the “How to start a Blog” series covers how to publish posts and how to use categories and keywords. If you’re just joining this series now and want to catch up, this is what we have covered so far: the pros and cons of free vs. paid blogs how to set […]
How To Start A Blog Part VIII: WordPress Plugins
Today we’re talking about WordPress plugins, and this is the last post (for now) in my series about how to start blogging. In previous posts, we’ve talked about: free blogs vs. blogs where you own your domain name how to set up a free site getting a domain name and choosing a web host how to […]
Marketing Materials For Your Business: Business Cards, Brochures, Flyers and Postcards
When you first start a business, there are a lot of details to be taken care of, and one of the more important is marketing. You might have the best business in the world, but if nobody knows about it, you’re not going to succeed. These days, a large portion of all marketing takes place […]