Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Part of my networking process is to attend 3 or 4 events each week.  This aids in expanding my associates, prospects, vendors and mentors to help me develop my business and potential business contacts.   At a recent event, I met two employees of a company that I wanted to learn more about.
To locate these two [...]

Lately I am getting more and more people following me on Twitter, who, I discover when looking to see who they are, have protected their page.  We cannot follow you back without more work on our part: asking your permission to let us in.  While I am flattered to be followed, this controlling [...]

Opening a social network pipeline for your business is essential these days.  As with the early web days, it is not just enough to join the popular socnet (social network) groups and wait.  Consistent participation and, as always, effective, efficient and regular marketing are keys to successful online networking for business.
Your profile
Before joining any social [...]

Often I visit web sites that seem to be out of date.  I have a friend who is downsizing her business location, so I took a quick look at the site to see if it reflected the new status.  It did now, which is excellent. As the old saying goes, “on the Internet, no one [...]

What do you use to take online payments?  This is a question asked by our clients a lot.
Foregoing the discussions of planning (why, who, for what purpose, the cost and ROI, how to implement, when to upgrade, and most importantly, will your purchaser be comfortable with the system you select), I thought it might be [...]

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Now why is it that 10pm on Sunday night always seems like such a good time to write a new post? Maybe because I’ve procrastinated the weekend away… or maybe I’m just trying to postpone the inevitable.  That’s my existential question of the day.  Now let’s get [...]

A list member asks,
Since there are only 24 hours in the day, and blogging takes time, I’d like to ask a few questions:

Do you blog?  What’s your blog like?

Do you get anything out of it (besides the satisfaction of writing)?  Help for your business, a job, advertising revenue, publicity for your nonprofit organization, a paycheck, [...]

I’ve been a business owner for over 20 years.  An early adapter to the Web, it is fascinating to me that we are still discussing if business needs a web site.  Or a blog.  Or even email.
Yes and Yes and Yes.
You need a web site, enhanced by your company voice (active content management, which can [...]

Do I want to know when someone is showering or sleeping?  NO!  Some people take this Twitter network too far or just can’t comprehend the “public-ness” of it all.  I gather Facebook went through the same growing pains … TMI!  “I do worry about my comments” … write something that your “Followers” don’t like and [...]

At some time or other, usually in a social setting, you’ve been asked for and given free advice and information.  While this may be unavoidable when at a party, when developing a new business relationship, it is vital to clearly state, from the outset, that, as a professional, you get paid for services delivered, including [...]