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10 Business Blogging Tips to Improve Your Blog Performance

Business blogging is a different kettle of fish to blogging for money and that, in turn, is entirely different to blogging socially. The type of blog you manage will determine the voice, design, and style of your blog as well as the efforts you’re likely to put into promoting it. A business blog needs to be professional as well as appear it. Regular posting on topics that your readers will genuinely find interesting can promote you as an expert in your field. A blog can keep the line of communication between you and potential customers open. It enables you to post relevant, keyword rich postings that encourage new traffic and help increase your client base. It’s far from an exhaustive list but below are ten tips to remember when blogging for business: 1 – Set Your Goals Early In just about every guide you ever read it says “set your goals”; it might be a cliché but it’s true

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“Google’s Local Business Center: A Major Update & A New Name -’Places’”

If you have a brick and mortar store, and rely on walk-in traffic for your survival, you may be wondering what the Internet can do for your business. Believe it or not, a lot – and you don’t even need a website. In the “old days”, the bulk of businesses relied on the Yellow Pages to get the phone ringing. The majority of marketing dollars were spent getting listed in this ten pound paperweight.

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Google takes a bite out of Apple’s Tablet

The bitter friction between Apple and Google following the release of its Android operating system was one thing, but sour relations between the two companies has reached a new stage of intensity following Google’s announcement of its own Tablet. Steve Jobs recently accused Google of “stealing features from the iPhone” and that the company had “entered the phone business.” At a company meeting, he remarked: “Make no mistake, they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them.” Apparently, this attack was met with “thunderous applause” from Apple’s employees. No doubt this corporate squabbling is the result of the success of Apple’s new iPad, which has prompted other tech companies, like Dell and Toshiba, to enter the Tablet computing market. In a report by the BBC, Appleis said to have sold more than 300,000 units of the iPad Tablet computer on its launch day in the US, which sent Apple’s share price up to a record high of $238.49. Forbes, however, says that Apple has sold its millionth iPad, after the Tablet computers had been on sale just 28 days

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Google Buzz offers social networking through Gmail

Google has unveiled its latest foray into social media, which aims to bring together the company’s various services while also providing a social networking platform to rival Twitter and Facebook.

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Major internet attacks blamed on blogger vendetta

Widespread internet attacks which caused major problems for Twitter, Facebook and other major websites yesterday may have been the result of a coordinated attack against a single controversial blogger.

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Google chief resigns from Apple board over conflict of interests

The growing conflict of interests between software giants Google and Apple has been acknowledged by both companies with the resignation of Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt from the Apple board. Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a statement asserting that Schmidt’s resignation was a mutual decision by the board, and Schmidt concurs that both companies “agreed it makes sense for me to step down now.” This resignation comes in the midst of an antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into the potential conflict of interest between digital powerhouses Google and Apple. Schmidt’s resignation is seen by the New York Times as an admission by both companies that they are now directly competing in software produced for personal computers and mobile phones

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