Blogging

Why Wordpress

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Small business owners always ask what is the best platform or the best user friendly website platform to use…and my answer is always: WORDPRESS

Why Wordpress…? I think the below video will sum up why WorpPress is one of the best platforms to get started as a newbie.

Glenda Watson Hyatt, aka the Left Thumb Blogger, shares how blogging with Wordpress has enabled her to be heard by the world and increased her circle of friends.  Glenda should inspire you and show that Wordpress is a great web property to start with on the internet.


Hitler Uses Twitter!

Monday, August 18th, 2008

This is very funny if you use Twitter!

Hitler is very P.O.’ed because he wants to tweet about his dog dying, but can’t because Twitter is always down.

Best quote in twitter spoof: "I have 2,000 followers who need to know every minute detail of my life! How else am I supposed to convey my sadness to so many people simultaneously? "

What was your favorite quote from this spoof! Anyone know any other great twitter spoofs?


What Blogging Platform Should A Small Business Owner Use?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

So you’re ready to jump in and finally set up a blog for your business. How to choose among the range of popular blogging systems? Many will opt for Blogger, TypePad or Blog Harbor, but I would heartily recommend WordPress. Here’s why.

With WordPress, you simply download the free software to create your blog, buy your own domain name and rent your own server space. The installation and set-up process is quite simple. But more importantly, it provides you ownership over your blog. Instead of running your blog through a system like Blogger, where you are subject to their terms and conditions, you have control over your own work. The last thing you want is to have your hard work eliminated from Blogger’s servers because they mistakenly thought your blog was a “spam blog,” created just to generate traffic for other sites rather than to contribute meaningful content.

WordPress also uses Open Source software, which allows participants with programming knowledge to look at the software code and make additions and improvements. This creates a system which constantly adds new enhancements, giving you more options for how you want to set up and style your blog.

It may cost more upfront than the other platforms, but the peace of mind you get with ownership, and the quality and ease of use, makes choosing WordPress worth it.


Twitter - What does it mean to your business?

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Are you a small business owner? Are you twittering? Don’t know what twitter is? Or maybe you know what twitter is, but you don’t know how to monetize twitter. Want to learn how to use twitter to grow and market your business…?

Well never fear… we have quick crash course in understanding and learning how to tweet yourself to more profits in this blog post! I am also going to try to keep the writing minimal in honor of micro-blogging.

Learn what the basics of twitter is in the following video made by The Common Craft Show :

What can twitter do for your business?

TIP: Remember, the power of Twitter is not a traffic driving tool, it is a relationship building tool. The traffic will only come if you build relationships first. To build a good relationship takes a two way conversation, make sure it is not all about marketing, marketing, marketing – you do that and you will fail using this brilliant tool. It is all about giving, giving, giving! Be a giver and you shall receive back 10 fold.

Twitter is about building relationships ; building contacts with like minded people, and cultivating a stellar online reputation. Click here to learn how 50 plus other people use twitter to help grow their businesses.

Learn how to use twitter search to help grow your relationships on Twitter with the following video:

Post in the comments below how you niche and twitter account address and what type of relationships you are looking to make…?

Other Useful Twitter Resources

TweeterLater - Send automated thank you notes to new followers, and automatically follow new followers,
if you choose to do so.

TweetBeep - Like Google Alerts for Twitter

TwitterDigest - Just a daily run down of who you want to follow tweets

Twitter Hand Book Blog - Top ‘Twitter How To’ resource for business.

The Big Juicy Twitter Guide - Step by step guide to using Twitter for business.

Twitter & Education? - Yep, it’s good for that too!

Tweetburner - tracking for twitter

Fun - The Twitter Song:

Here is how NOT to Twitter:

Want to sign up for a twitter account? - Twitter

Have a twitter account? Then follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/matthewSBOC

Don’t forget to post your twitter link and who you would like meet on twitter below!