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Putting up your business blog is an advantageous way of establishing your presence
on web. It’s no longer just about putting plain texts up on your blog.
With continuing stream of new software, publishing tools and plug-ins, today’s
blogger have the means to create interesting and fun blogs. Here are some of
them.
1. Put photos on your blog. You can try this free software called "Hello",
found at http://hello.com.
2. Add audio clips. Try http://www.AudioBlogger.com and follow instructions.
3. Put streaming video clips on your blog. One of the emerging service providers
of video clips is the http://instantvideogenerator.com.
4. Syndicate your contents. You can use the more popular RSS format. You can
do this by checking the web for companies that offer this service.
5. Provide space for your readers to give you feedback by checking your blog
setting and modify this to allow posts. Of course, leave a reminder, that they
are free to post contrary comments as long as they do it in a polite and considerate
manner.
6. What do the majority of your readers think of your blog? Do you want to
know and tally this up? And show off the results on your blog? Run polls. Some
examples of free poll service are the web poll central and free polls.
7. If you use you use WordPress, a server-installed, open-source (free) state-of-the-art
semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards,
and usability, try their email notification plug-in. This plug-in notifies your
subscribers of your blog posts through email.
8. Trackback is a great blog feature, for it allows for a continuing conversation
between you and bloggers of similarly themed blogs. When you comment on another
blog posting in your blog instead of in that blog's comments page, the trackback
link connects these posts so the thread isn’t lost.
All of these software or plug-ins will help you illustrate your point in a
fun and interesting way. But you should remember content is king on the net.
These devices are not substitutes for great content, which is what really what
drives traffic to your blog.
About the Author:
Mal Keenan is editor and publisher of the Home Business Tips Blog:
http://www.home-business-tips-newsletter.com/blog/
Visit his Internet Marketing Plug In Training site for great strategies and
step by step processes in running a successful online business:
http://www.pluginprofitstraining.com/ |
