Posted on January 25, 2008 By
Grant Griffiths
Blogging to a niche or target market is still one of the best ways to have a successful blog. However, I often get questions from individuals and businesses about whether they should blog to their target when there are already so many blogs already doing so.
The short answer is YES!!
Skelliewag had a post the other […]
Posted on January 19, 2008 By
Grant Griffiths
Kevin O’Keefe recently had a great post which provided the results of a recent question and answer done by David Peralty, Head of Marketing at Splashpress Media, when they asks readers at The Blog Herald if it’s important to have a powerful, beautiful or striking blog design when presenting what he describes as the ‘whole […]
Posted on December 18, 2007 By
Grant Griffiths
Today at 37singnals they provided an interesting post called 10 ways to get ink.
Provide something of value.
Know your hook.
Stand for something
Get your face out there.
Try to build real, sustained relationships.
Its the message, not the amount you spend on it.
Give stuff away for free.
Ride the wave.
Be in it for the long haul.
Be undeniably good.
Each and everyone […]
Posted on November 28, 2007 By
Grant Griffiths
Lorelle on Wordpress had a post the other day called How do you become a passionate blogger? Blog your passion. This is actually something I tell people whenever I visit with them about blogging. If you are not passionate about the topic you are blogging about, it will never work.
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Posted on November 2, 2007 By
Grant Griffiths
A well done blog is a great source of information for its readers. However, one area I have seen some bloggers forget when doing their blog is the importance of the category list. Under the three blogging platforms I use, TypePad, Moveable Type, and WordPress, categories are used for the post.
The category list is important […]
Posted on October 23, 2007 By
Grant Griffiths
Small Business Computing has a post called Five Reasons to Start a Small Business Blog.
In the article, they point out 5 sound reasons to start a blog. They are:
Search Engine Optimization is reason number one.
A Blog is an inexpensive form of public relations and marketing.
A Blog can be more effective than traditional methods of turning […]