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In this post Mark Hayward shares some ‘must do’ tips for small business owners who are getting ready to launch a blog. Are you getting ready to launch your baby? You know, your small business blog. Blogging for small business is certainly not revolutionary anymore, and it has been well ...more

Every week, we're using the trending topics from Regator to show you what bloggers are writing about most during the previous seven days. Click any trend to see posts about that story. So far, we've used the trends to illustrate how you can break out of the echo chamber and solve problems for your readers. This week, we'll focus on crafting effective post titles/headlines. You can delve into the ProBlogger archives to find some great posts by Darren on this topic

Guest post by David Risley, of David Risley dot com. What I’m about to share might be a little bit counter-intuitive for many, so I ask that you stick with me. What if I were to tell you that blog posts really aren’t all that important? OK, Mr. crazy man. ...more

A Guest Post by Michael C from On Violence. I know what you’re thinking, “No, really, what can I learn about blogging from the army?” The U.S. Army isn’t exactly known for its literary excellence. And ten years ago, I would have agreed with you. But now, in the midst ...more

“In a time of 140 character communication I’m sensing a shift back to longer form content”. This was a statement I made in a presentation last week and it was one of the statements that I made that seemed to get the most reaction/resonance with those attending – so I ...more

I don’t promote a lot of social media training courses as there is a lot of second rate teaching going around on the topic – however there is one online training event that I participated in last year that made a real impression on me. The Social Media Success Summit ...more

What were bloggers writing about last week? We used Regator’s trending topics to generate a top ten list that shows you exactly that (click any trend to see posts on that story). In the first installment of this column, we looked at how a few bloggers had used unique approaches to cover the week's hot topics in ways that added to the conversation and created more interesting, worthwhile content. This week, I was inspired by Darren's recent post "Here's What You Should Do to Improve Your Blog Today." In it, he suggests that you "identify a reader's problem (or that of a potential reader) and produce a post that will solve it."

Time for a little reader discussion – this one inspired by a Tweet by @JessVanDen who asked: “do you have a regular posting structure, or just post things as you think of them/find them. i.e. regular features or not?” I’d like to widen the topic slightly and see if readers ...more

At ‘South by South West’ this year I had the pleasure of catching up with Web Pro New’s Abby Johnson (who everyone I talked to at SXSW agrees is one of the nicest people going around). Abby and I chatted for 5 or so minutes on a range of topics ...more