While there’s always been lots of debate as to what criteria Search Engines use to rank web pages in their search results, what there is little debate about is that appearing high up on the Search Engines Results page has become of key importance...
Topics: Marketing your Blog, Promoting a Blog, SEO in Blogs, Small Business Blogging

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I’m currently writing a series called “The Diary of a Business Blog” (you can find part 2 here) which looks at an imaginary business owner going through the process of setting up and developing a blog for his business. One of the...
Topics: Blogging for Small Businesses, Starting a Blog, Writing a Blog

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As we put together new posts for our business blog, our main focus, time and effort is centred on what appears in the middle of the screen, the place where we write and display the content for our readers. It’s the key area and it’s right...
Topics: Business Blog design, Setting up a Business Blog, Small Business Blogging, Starting a Blog, Uncat

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Previous Instalment: Part 1 - the decisionAt the end of the day, the decision had essentially been taken out of his hands. Daniel could see that his competitors were already benefiting from the type of industry exposure and customer contact that he had...
Topics: Blogging for Small Businesses, Setting up a Business Blog

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Recently, I’ve seen a spate of posts about Wordpress plugins and focused on a variety of different areas, particularly after the release of Wordpress 2.7. These plugins are important pieces of software which add specific functionality to the self...
Topics: Marketing your Blog

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