Internet Marketing Workout #2

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So how did you all get on with the first tasks from last month? Easy huh? Bet they got you thinking though. The trouble (or even benefit) of any aspect of internet marketing is that the internet constantly changes. So you need to keep up with the times to make sure whatever you are doing [...]

Internet Marketing Workout #1

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At the start of the month, in our newsletter, we launched the first of our Monthly Internet Marketing Workouts, kindly brought to us by Sally Walker of Walker Media Labs. By her own admission Sally is a bit of a geek!  She likes pressing buttons, messing about with servers, developing new features for applications such as WordPress, [...]

The Secret of Successful Blog Content

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So, you’ve got a blog. But you don’t know wat to write about or you’ve run out of steam. Here Natalie Lue explains how to keep your blog populated with regular content so it keeps working hard for you and your business. I talk to mums in business all the time who are either considering [...]

How bloggers & PRs can work in harmony

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In this post our blog PR expert Lesley Singleton looks at the ways in which bloggers and PRs can work together and enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship. My name is Lesley, I am a PR and I want something for free from bloggers. Shock horror! Allow me to explain… I’ve been working in PR and the media [...]

10 Great Reasons To Blog When You’re In Business

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This is the first in a series of articles about the Art of Blogging by the Queen of Blogging herself Natalie Lue. Natalie earns a living from blogging at Bambino Goodies & Nest Goodies , Style Bambino , Baggage Reclaim and Self Employed Mum 1. Add Value Write content that supports your offering and by [...]

Mum’s The Boss Guide to Twitter

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People use Twitter for many different reasons – to chat, to celebrity-watch, to keep up to date with a particularly industry or market sector, or to promote a blog or a business. Whatever your reasons for using Twitter there are certain things you should be mindful of but these are particularly important if you are [...]

Blogging: once you pop you can’t stop!

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Up until 6 months ago I really didn’t ‘get’ blogging. Everywhere I turned I was being told that I should have a blog for my business. But in my mind a blog was just a very public diary and I had no idea how that could translate to the business world. Then in April Irene [...]

My Golden Twitter Moment

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I have been a big fan of Twitter for some months now, and there is no doubt that our business has benefitted enormously by the connections I have made online. As well as business connections though, there have been important personal connections, which in my view are just as important. People that I have connected [...]

Advice for Work at Home Mums on Twitter

 This week’s Follow Friday theme is one close to my heart – Advice for Work at Home Mums. @FunkyAngelClair – Claire’s website www.funkyangel.co.uk was the very first work-at-home resource I came across when I started looking for information on the subject, long before I got bitten by the Twitter-bug. Claire is one of the founding-mothers [...]

Hello world!

So, here we are. We have officially landed on the Planet Blog. The landscape is a bit unfamiliar but the locals seem friendly so I’m sure we’ll be just fine! Like any mum I need to get my bearings, do a quick ‘toddler risk assesment’, then put the kettle on and mull things over with a nice cup of tea. Back [...]