Category Archives: Branding

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4 Important Tips for Choosing a Domain Name (Guest Post)

This is a guest post by Joanne Kraft. If you would like to submit a guest article, please check out our guest post guidelines. Many moons ago I wrote an author.  Back then I had to scour her book for… more >

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7 Reasons You Should be Guest Blogging

This is a guest post by Eric Siu. If you would like to submit a guest article, please check out our guest post guidelines. Blogging can be an excellent opportunity for an individual to become an expert on a topic…. more >

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Repurposing Blog Posts Reaps Dividends

I have Google Alerts set up for my name and my business name (you should, too, if you don’t already). Whenever something is published online that includes the words, “Laura Christianson” or “Blogging Bistro,” I receive an e-mail with a… more >

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Custom Facebook Welcome Tab Showcase

It’s not the cough that carries you off, It’s the coffin they carry you off in. Morbid. I know. But it’s the earliest rhyme I learned as a child, and it reflects how I’ve been feeling the past week. In… more >

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How to Steal Ideas for Blog Posts

I’m a thief. I admit it. When I saw the “FeelGood10” post on Darren Rowse’s new blog, FeelGooder, I knew I wanted to steal the idea and put it on my own blog. So I did. Here’s my list of… more >

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What’s the Point of Using Social Media if Your Company is Already Huge? (Guest Post)

This is a guest article by Maria Rainier. If you would like to submit a guest column, please check out our guest post guidelines. Everyone’s got an account these days: Facebook, Twitter, a blog, LinkedIn. It’s common knowledge that social… more >

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What’s Your Core Principle for Doing Business?

Treat every prospect and customer as if she could become a testimonial. That’s a core principle of my business. When I view every business contact as a potential testimonial – either a negative one or a positive one (hopefully the… more >

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The Best Way for a Blogger to Connect with the Press (Guest Column)

This is a guest article by Lee Block. If you would like to submit a guest column, please check out our guest post guidelines. Whether you have a blog where you review items, or a travel blog or even a… more >

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Do You Have a Social Media Support Group?

Every day on the Blogging Bistro Facebook page, I post a “social media tip of the day.”  Monday’s tip says: Expect it to take 6 months to 2 years to build a fan base of quality online followers. Mary Beth… more >

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Memorize English Phonetic Spelling With Me

When I’m listening to the radio, the hosts and advertisers often rattle off website addresses so quickly that I can’t figure out what they said. You may have experienced the same problem during phone conversations, when spelling a name or… more >

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