Many business owners know they should be blogging. There are plenty of reasons to do so (particularly in a recession) as discussed by Jennifer Laycock here:
Newspaper Thinks Web Presence Would Hurt Business
You often hear that print is on its way out as more people realize that the web is a cheaper and more accessible option to get information. Many newspapers have put more energy into their web presences, often offering a wider variety of rich content that wouldn’t be possible in print form in the first place – things like podcasts and online video.
Blogging To Build Buzz About Your Business
While blogs are now considered mainstream with more businesses using them to get their message out, just how are they building buzz online? The SES session "Blogging For Business" has the answers.
Yahoo Investor Wants Search Business Sold To Microsoft
Ivory Investment Management can’t order anyone to do anything. Since it’s only in control of 1.5 percent of Yahoo’s stock, Ivory may not even be able to make suggestions using a loud voice. Still, the investment firm is adding to all the previous Yahoo-Microsoft mess by recommending a sale of Yahoo’s search business.
Yahoo To Let CBS Run Internet Radio Business
Yahoo’s plate is more than full at the moment; between battling Google, losing its CEO, and facing takeover rumors, figurative food is piled to the ceiling. It makes some sense, then, that responsibility for Yahoo Music’s Launchcast Radio is getting largely handed to CBS.
Making Your Internet Business Eco-Friendly
The growth of the Internet world as a means for producing revenue and gainful employment has provided those in it a unique opportunity. Rare is it to find an industry where one can produce little in the way of non-recycleable garbage and can easily and painlessly offset the negative impact they have on the world. Can those involved with the oil industry claim to be eco-friendly?
Why and How LinkedIn Works for Business Professionals
LinkedIn wasn’t always one of the social networks known for having all the bells and whistles. In fact, only until recently, it didn’t have an applications platform, an ad network, or other features that make sites like Facebook and MySpace so popular.
Bad News Blogging Can Be Good For Business
The truth is controlling everybody else’s message was never really an option, internally or externally. A company’s narrative always was and still is property of that company and can produce literature reinforcing that narrative; the whispers, the rumors, the melodrama belong to employees. And now they have blogs, Twitter, you name it, and the narrative developing internally is very often at odds with the overarching corporate vision. In the Great Transparency Panic of this new decade, the disparity has been viewed as a bad thing.
Using Social Media To Help Your Business Grow
First let me say that I’m 100% against any form of spamming or overt promotion of products or services on Yahoo! answers or any other network. This article is about adding real value to those networks before anything else. Goal: Connecting Your Expertise With Those Who Need It – Fast and Without Noise.
Is Social Media Good or Bad For Business?
Business owners often struggle with the question of whether or not their employees should be using social media in the workplace. There are obvious reasons why they shouldn’t, but there are certainly potential benefits as well, and unfortunately not a lot of clarity to the matter. So let’s look at this from several different angles. Stats