Being transparent is one way to build relationships, brands and profit. Starting a business blog is one was to accomplish that. This article on business blogging is a good start.
Just one word of advice. If you are going to have a blog, have a blog. Update it at least once a week, more if possible. If you can’t commit to content on a consistent basis, you may want to initiate another form of communication other than a blog.
I found this cleaning up the desktop. Thought I’d put the content here for better keeping:
25 subject-line words and symbols that get filtered
Fwd
Free
Get
FREE
$
!
SPAM
You
Your
Norton
Credit
Save
000
Now
Check
Year
Make
Sale
Money
DVD
Just
Now
Lose
Software
Earn
Top 25 phrases in body text:
opt-in
now!
Offers
Most
Partners
999
fulfillment,
yamato
naviant
partner
removal
recurring
mailings,
free!
Assistant
Enjoy
Grocers
Mailing
Subscriber
Cash
Sun
Rewarding
Buy
today!
marketing
You can make a URL that looks like this:
http://www.nickfromneptune.com/10-tips-to-help-improve-your-natural-search-engine-ranking/
Look and function like this:
http://snipurl.com/195v8 - 27% of the orginal string. A nice feature if you are printing a URL.
According to Emerging Media Series
Fifty-five percent of respondents would be more likely to consume white papers and analyst reports if they were delivered as podcasts.
Better get recording.