Category Archives: Bright Ideas Blogzine

Bright Ideas is a monthly e-newsletter, published by Blogging Bistro, that provides practical tips for improving your social media presence.

6 Tips for Author E-Newsletter Marketing

This is a guest post by Melissa K. Norris. If you would like to submit a guest article, please check out our guest post guidelines.   If you’re an author your e-mail list is the most important thing you own…. more >

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Why Your Website Must Earn an ‘F’

What does this diagram mean? How is it relevant to you? Hint: It’s an important tool to help you plan a website that’s certain to grab — and hold — a visitor’s attention. Read all about it.. and get 5… more >

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Do You Have an Online Hub?

I’m firmly convinced that your website and/or blog must be the hub of your online presence. In the August issue of Bright Ideas Blogzine, you’ll learn why. I’m trying something new with this issue because this is an important topic… more >

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Five Fabulous Facebook Tutorials

You won’t want to miss the June/July 2010 issue of Bright Ideas Blogzine, which is landing in Inboxes everywhere today. This issue features five fab Facebook tutorials. You’ll learn how to create business pages (pages that are and aren’t connected… more >

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How to Become a Social Media Superstar

Well, folks, it finally happened. I am now a Cover Girl. It’s not Glamour or Vogue, but it is a magazine cover! Here’s a sneak peak at the cover for the May issue of the Snohomish County Business Journal. For… more >

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10 Great Ways to Add Curb Appeal to Your Website or Blog

I’m excited about this month’s issue of Bright Ideas Blogzine, which will be arriving in your Inbox Monday, April 12. We’ll be discussing Curb Appeal, an important issue many of us overlook when we create our Web site, blog, and… more >

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Google Indexes Real-Time Social Media Updates

Google is now indexing your blog, Facebook, and Twitter updates in real-time. Learn how Google ranks a Web page’s value and what that means for you, in terms of how you should be planning your social media marketing strategy. You’ll… more >

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Get a Social Media Tip of the Day for a Full Year

Last night, at the meeting of our local writers’ association, a woman approached me. “I really like getting your Social Media Tip of the Day in my Inbox,” she said. They’re helpful, and they seem to come at the exact… more >

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Will 2010 be 'Business as Usual' for You?

The feature article in the January 2010 issue of Bright Ideas Blogzine asks: When you look back at the past decade, what do you say about yourself? As you look forward to the coming decade, will you do “business as… more >

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Is Your E-Newsletter Breaking the Law?

I’ve received more spammy e-mails and e-newsletters than I can count — some of them are from people I know! But what about the e-mails and e-newsletters you send? Could they be considered spam? Could you be unknowingly breaking the… more >

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