Archive for the ‘Blogging for Business’ Category

How to Embed YouTube Videos in WordPress

August 17th, 2010 by Liz Gallagher

Upload YouTube Videos to WordPress

To keep your readers interested, it’s important to mix things up on your blog. In additional to text and photos, videos are a great way to add some excitement to your blog. It can be your own video or one that you’ve found on the Internet. YouTube is a fabulous place to find videos on just about any topic. Today, I’ve chosen to share with you a YouTube video on How to Embed YouTube videos in your WordPress Blog.
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Choose your blogging software wisely

May 11th, 2010 by Liz Gallagher

Choose your Blog Software Wisely

You may have noticed a 2 month gap between this post and the last one.  Wish I could say I was on an extended vacation, but I wasn’t.  And I haven’t given up on blogging either.  The reason I stopped blogging 2 months ago, is that I came to the realization that I was not happy with my current Content Management System and it was time to move on.  Since I was blogging on a weekly basis for about 9 months, that meant not only moving my web site but also moving all of the blog articles as well.  The more I blogged, the more pages I had to move, so I stopped.

The process was more painful than I thought and so this is why my first post back is to warn you – Be Picky.  Be Well Informed.  Choose your blogging software wisely.
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Adding a Blog to Your Web Site

February 10th, 2010 by Liz Gallagher

As more and more people learn about the power of business blogging and how blog articles can help improve your rank in the search engines, a common request that I am getting these days is to add a blog to an existing web site.

 This very easy to do if your web site has been built on a Content Management System (see last week’s article on Adding Features to your CMS Web Site.)  The blog is a standard module on all content management systems, so all you have to do is install the blog module and start writing.  The blog should automatically take on the look & feel of your web site.

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Too Busy for Social Media?

December 29th, 2009 by Liz Gallagher

How do you keep up with blogging and social media when business is busy?  This has been a big challenge for me.  Unlike most years when business slows down around the holidays, this year business is booming.  On top of that, holiday shopping, decorating the house, putting up the tree, handing the outside lights – life in general is busy.  Something has to give.
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Blogging for Business

June 3rd, 2009 by Liz Gallagher

To Blog or Not to Blog: that has been the question for some time now.  Like most people, I have used every excuse in the book:

  • I don’t have time to blog
  • I don’t know what to blog about
  • I’m not interesting enough
  • Who would read my blog?
  • The dog ate my blog

I’m sure there are many people out there who feel the same way.

So why the change or heart?  Well, I’ve finally realized that…

BLOGGING IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS!

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