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How to Make Your Blog the Centerpiece of Your Business [Kindle Edition]

Denise Wakeman
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How to Make Your Blog the Centerpiece of Your Business

Your Blog is Your Home Base

Though they had been around for many years, blogs burst on the scene as a hot marketing tool around 2003 when marketers discovered easy-to-use blogging platforms like Blogger, TypePad, and WordPress.

However, just because anyone can set up a blog it doesn’t mean everyone should. Many professionals and businesses start blogging without giving any thought to why they’re doing it, and without thinking about how they’ll keep it up and who will be doing the blogging.

Over 50% of blogs are abandoned within the first 90 days. While this isn’t really important if you're writing a personal diary or a political or celebrity blog, it is very important if you start a blog for your business and don’t keep posting on it consistently and with purpose.

In this ebook by Denise Wakeman you will learn:

• Why a blog is an essential foundation for your online business
• 10 key steps you must take before you create your business blog
• How to create effective content that moves your readers to action
• How to boost your visibility and create a powerful online presence
• How to use social networking to drive more people back to your blog
• 14 Attention-Grabbing Tactics for Launching a New Business Blog

You'll also get free instant access to a 5-part video course on how to get the best out of your blog.

More information about Denise Wakeman, business blogging and how to build your visibility on the web at http://DeniseWakeman.com

Product Details

  • File Size: 219 KB
  • Print Length: 27 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: DeniseWakeman.com (October 9, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005UFCSSC
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,361 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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"How To Make Your Blog the Centerpiece of Your Business", by Denise Wakeman, provides tips on how to make your blog the foundation of your online business. Your blog is where you educate, entertain, engage and enrich your reader.

This 20-page report offers many valuable suggestions on how to plan, launch and write your business blog. Here are some tips from this ebook;

Do your homework before you launch your blog. Who else is writing in your niche? Ms. Wakeman shares 10 key steps to take before starting your business blog.

The author offers important advice on how to market and promote your blog. She provides 14 attention-grabbing tactics for launching a business blog.

Ms. Wakeman suggests that you keep your blog content conversational and write in the first person. You will get more traffic to your blog if you post content consistently.

The author explains how to share your blog content on social media sites to drive traffic and get more leads.

I found this report to be innovative and informative. If you are thinking about starting a new business blog, this book is for you. It will get you started on the right track and help you create something that will put you and your business on the road to success.
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Practical sage blogging advice February 14, 2012
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Denise Wakeman provides yet another well-written guide to blogging for business. If you haven't yet started a blog, but know it will help your business, read this first. She provides clarity for why you need a blog and how to create effective content to reach your customers and clients. In addition, if you follow her step-by-step instructions, you'll see a big visibility boost online for your business. (Check out her other books and resources too. Her words are solid online wisdom.)
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Denise Wakeman offers valuable guidelines, ideas and specific steps on how to make your blog the centerpiece of your business. Wakeman provides clear and concise recommendations for creating and delivering effective content to boost your blog's online visibility. She includes information on how to incorporate social networking as a vital part of your blogging goals. I highly recommend this book.
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More About the Author

*** If you would like a Kindlegraph (autograph for your Kindle ebook), use this URL and post your request (it's very cool!): http://www.kindlegraph.com/authors/DeniseWakeman ***

I am an Online Visibility expert and founder of The Blog Squad. I have been using the Internet with great success as a marketing tool since 1996 and am an expert at helping authors, speakers, service professionals, and small business owners leverage blogs for their business, as well as strategically use social media tools to boost online visibility to get more traffic, leads, clients and opportunities.

I write regularly on two marketing blogs, am a contributing author on SocialMediaExaminer.com, have co-authored several blogging programs and frequently speak at conferences and workshops about business blogging and how to gain expert status through social marketing. I'm also a contributing author on business blogging in "Success Secrets of Social Media Superstars," and I have been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Newsday, Canada's National Post, FastCompany Online, as well as many other on and offline publications. I am featured in the recent documentary film, "Women in Business 2.0".

Join me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/BlogSquad and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DeniseWakeman

All social contact info available at http://denisewakeman.info

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