We hear this statement from quite a few business owners.  It is not an excuse why they don’t want to set up a blog, it is just the truth.  Many small business owners or even medium sized business owners have no way to keep up with the maintenance of a blog in the big picture […]

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It took me twenty minutes in the shower this morning to come up with that alliteration.  Of course my sleep deprived state probably had something to do with that as well.  The above title sums up what might happen to those that wait too long to make their arrangements to travel with the rest of […]

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I am currently suffering from Blogger Disability. No, that does not explain the lack of posting here, because I have a whole corps of bloggers, and three partners to help contribute to this and other blogs. Our excuse, if there really is such a thing, for not blogging much here is just the sheer volume […]

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I read a lot of feeds.  Maybe not as many as Scoble (he’s in the 800s), but I’m in the 700s.  People ask me how I do it.  Simple.  I skim.  I’ve trained myself to skim, and fast.  There’s a problem with skimming, you miss stuff.  You see I zoom in on titles that grab […]

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Is e-mail Marketing a thing of the past?  With spam on the rise and spam filters blocking a large amount of content, many would say "yes", but what, then, is the answer?  RSS or Real Simple Syndication can be.  RSS has been popularized by its use on blogs, but has recently been seen as having […]

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We live in a techno-centric world don’t we?  Love it, hate it, curse it.  This morning we’re cursing.  Scott built, and he and I tested, the online registration form before going live.  Registrant got a thank you, he got the info, the person booking the cruise got a copy.  Great.  We can stop slamming our […]

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Did you hear what they said about XYZ company this morning?  Did you know that ABC company is in trouble for this?  What happened to the launch of that widget from Company B?
As a business owner interested in public relations, and as a technical service business I am more likely to have an online presence.  […]

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Andy Wibbels, who will be joining us on the Blogonomics cruise, made a couple of XL or OpenOffice templates for tracking your blogging.  Granted, most bloggers don’t need this because their blogging is more ad hoc and off the cuff, but pro bloggers … that’s a horse of a different colour.  A good blogging/editorial calendar […]

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