Lets Start Blogging for Business - by Rob Marchant

Rob Marchant presents…. Here is a title that is in a box Let’s Start Blogging A beginners guide to business blogging Presented: 2007 & 2008 At: The eBusiness Programme

Let’s Start Blogging Action Planning Workshop: A Beginners Guide to Business Blogging Dr Rob Marchant

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RSS – Really Simple Syndication

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RSS – Really Simple Syndication IE7 and Firefox both have built-in feed readers

RSS – Really Simple Syndication iGoogle & myYahoo also have built-in feed readers www.google.com/ig

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Three ‘Killer’ Features of Blogs for Business

1 Blogs aren’t email! Readers subscribe using RSS. No mailbox clutter. No spam filters! Your message will get through. No need for favourites!

2 Blogs publish instantly. No formatting. No templates. No fancy coding. No need for designers or techies. No need to even be at your desk.

3 Search engines love blogs! Each entry on your blog is it’s own webpage & search engines are drawn to fresh, updated pages. No need for expensive search engine optimisation.

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Anatomy of a Blog Things that you might see on a typical business blog…

Dynamic content Static content

Title Bar/Logo Posts – Reverse chronological RSS Subscription Columns Columns Post heading Lots of links You need a strong identity

Links to topics categories Archive Links to popular posts Comment on each post Quick bookmarking Columns… Older posts further down

Polls & Other Widgets Photos, videos, images and audio (podcasts) Click to see comments on this post

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A Good Blog Post Is… … are your posts like this? short opinionated interesting full of links relevant personal colourful incisive one with pics & vids motivating decisive timely Not full of ‘corporate speak’ Authentic

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1 Be clear on what you’re trying to achieve

2 Have a clear overall message… “ When it comes to X, Y or Z we’re the experts”

3 Plan to maintain a steady stream of content – what are you going to post about

4 Stay visible to search engines - post on a regular basis

5 Keep posts short, snappy, informative and relevant

6 Link, Link and Link some more

7 Encourage feedback….and act on it…and be seen to be acting on it

8 Remember: Good Blogging = Good Writing

Here is a title that is in a box For more information …. visit my blog: www.robmarchant.typepad.com my website: www.cinnamontraining.com or email: [email_address]

Lets Start Blogging for Business - by Rob Marchant

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