Running a successful blog (either for business or pleasure) takes commitment and dedication to learning and improving your skills in order to find success.
Month: July 2013
I visited a chocolate factory and learned 5 Boston small business success stories: Chicken and Shakes, Taza Chocolate, Infusion Diabolique, La Tortilleria Niña, and NoLa’s Fresh Foods.
A major fear of many small business owners, including myself, is the fear of failure. However, it is this fear of failure that is actually driving me to achieve success.
Sometimes businesses, especially smaller operations or startups, may not have the resources, time, or staff to constantly create new, relevant, and useful content for their websites and company blogs. That’s why they hire freelance bloggers.
As a new small business owner, I’ve learned a lot in a short period of time about the challenges of doing it all on your own. One of those things I’ve learned recently is how to do more with efficient, targeted marketing for less out-of-pocket cost. Here are 5 simple and cost-effective marketing tips for […]
These days, a lot of people are turning to the Internet when they have a question or issue to solve.
(Photo credit: Mikelo / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA) Like many people, I thought blogging was a major time commitment and would entail a lot of hard work and effort. As it turns out, I was correct in these assumptions. However, I also experienced a number of unexpected benefits of blogging that I now realize are guiding […]
(Photo credit: dougwoods / Cat Photos / CC BY) Like a lot of people, I used to believe that blog posts needed to be long, boring, drawn-out affairs that nobody read. Granted, blogs like that do exist. But your blog does not have to be one of them!