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Sunday, September 30th, 2007 at 12:21 pm

Small Business Is your blog yet?

Do you know more than 60% of Internet users often get their information from blogs subscribe to?

It is your business have a blog? Do you share information with their readers about what you do and how you can help to build and grow your business? Have a wonderful tool product, service, or a widget that can be a time saver or money to other small businesses?

Blogging has become one of the most popular ways to convey the message of your business and service to the world. It's not just a way for people share thoughts, photos, recipes, wedding plans and vacation online with friends and family.

Business blogging is a powerful marketing tool and all major industries are using blogs to make sure their clients and customers are aware of developments and almost any other type of news you need to be available on the Internet 24 hours a day. If you are not leveraging the Internet to market to a global audience and give your small business a decisive competitive advantage, it is probably leaving a lot of money on the table.

Combine blogging with the marketing of media and can literally exploit their online presence in a very short time. By committing to publish your blog at least 3 times a week will create a lot of content that can be used to announce their services and promote trust and rapport with your prospects. And search engines love blogs that are updated regularly!

By leveraging the Internet, your small business can do more and complete effectively in a global market, but this can be time consuming and often confusing for a small business. This is where outsourcing can help. Blogging is one of the services of a Virtual Assistance company closely related to technology can handle with ease.

There are a number of major blogging platforms available today with the most popular is WordPress, and the list below will help you get started with your blog.

A common list of tehnologies blogs you might need to get started:

Domain Name. I use and recommend GoDaddy to purchase domain names, but not for this service. Make sure you buy the majority of domain name extensions like dot com, dot net, biz point, etc., to make sure your name and brand is protected. Each domain name will cost about $ 11 a year.
Hosting for your site web. I use and recommend HostGator for this service. Depending on the plan you need, your cost range of $ 4.95 to $ 12.95 per month. If you need a phone number This is also available free on most hosting package. You will be able to install WordPress from your cpanel with Fantastico application. This is easy and fast.
Premium WordPress Templates. I have several companies that use a lot, but these are two of my favorites:
- Elegant Topics
- WordPress Dream Theme
If your website / blog is run as a membership site, now or in the future, consider a plug member WishList essential.
Shopping. 1ShoppingCart incorporates all the tools your company needs to market and sell online in a unique and easy to use web-based solution. If you need an affiliate program, you can build in your shopping cart. The basic plan (I do not recommend anything under this plan) will cost $ 59 per month and a professional project, which includes affiliate marketing, is $ 99.00 per month. You can also apply here for a payment gateway through Authorize.net or PowerPay for you to accept payments credit card on your website.
PayPal account to accept payments if you do not currently have a payment gateway. This is free and only pay a fee when a payment is made. You will be able to use your PayPal account instead of a payment gateway, if you prefer.
Newsletter software or email marketing. Two great tools for this are Aweber and constant contact.
Profiles social media. KnowEm Username Check allows you to control the use of your brand, product, personal name or user name instantly over 400 popular social networking sites and emerging media. Grab your name and secure your brand before someone else does. They offer free and paid plans.
- LinkedIn Profile (Free)
- Facebook Fan Page for your business. (Free)
- Twitter account. (Free) for identification purposes and recommend TweetPages using Twitter background for a professional. You can also create designs and Facebook. Tell Matt I sent you!
- Gmail account - that will be needed for various services like Feedburner, Google Analytics, Google Maps, etc
Essential WordPress Plugins. The WordPress community has developed thousands of plugins and themes. If you have not tried WordPress plugins, however, you owe it to yourself and your blog to give an opportunity. They are incredibly easy to install and can increase the functionality of WordPress to an astonishing degree. If you want to install these directly from your control panel WordPress:
- Yoast Breadcrumbs (Free)
- All in One SEO Pack (Free)
- pageMash (Free)
- Google XML Sitemaps (Free)
- WP DB Backup (free)
- WordPress Database Backup (free)
- Advertising Manager (Free)
- TinyMCE (Free)
- Bad Behavior (Free)

Are you ready to start building?

If you are interested in fighting this project on your own and want to learn how to build a serious professional WordPress website / blog my best recommendation is that you enroll in the next to go for your dream workshop WordPress website. This 4-week online e-course takes you step by step through the process of building your website using the Premium Dream theme. There is also an additional 2 weeks of basic training modules 1ShoppingCart bonus, Authorize.net, PayPal, and the installation of a membership site. I recommend this training.

Also much information! I can not even begin to tackle a project like this.

Another alternative is that we build for you. We are a Web Development company combined with a Virtual Assistance company. What does this mean? This means that we do everything from conception to launch. Our websites are turnkey, which means that social media marketing is based on its brand image is complete and all you have to do is blog! And who is trained in the backend of your website / blog that is in control of their content.

For 20 minutes free consultation please call us at 888-719-6711 or use our contact page. We're here to help!

About the Author

Denise Griffitts is a nationally recognized virtual assistance industry expert, thought leader, VA coach and mentor. She is also a web developer and online entrepreneur who believes that any person with the knowledge, skills, ideas, drive and the ability to mobilize resources can create a high impact business.

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