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Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

With Unicorn Graphics, you get agency quality graphic design solutions at a lower investment with a person who has the ability and knowledge to do ... Read more

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Uncomplicating IT provides impartial, independent IT advice in plain English. We help those who don't know that much about IT bridge the technology... Read more

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

We are a small online retailer that sells gorgeous babies and children’s bed linen and homewares to Australian mums. Read more

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Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, marketing head honcho, Sam Leader, editorial big cheese and Robert Gerrish, founder and general nuisance spill the beans. Read more

Bob Jones, an SEO Company

Bob Jones, an SEO Company

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Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

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Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Golden Days Images preserves old photos and places them on DVD and CD. They are also branching out into capturing small events involving filming an... Read more

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Function5 Web Design creates and manages an online presence for small businesses, from basic information websites through to feature rich shopping ... Read more

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce is an Australian MYOB bookkeeper and virtual assistant who works with small companies. Read more

Kate James, Total Balance

Kate James, Total Balance

Through her business coaching and life coaching, Kate James works with the concepts of mindfulness, creativity and authenticity to help people chan... Read more

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young has been a passionate renovator and builder for nearly 20 years, and is the author of the book 'Home Building Made Easy - Five ... Read more

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Pace Administration offers administrative services to micro and self-employed businesses in Adelaide specialising in services for self-employed psy... Read more

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Enigma Technologies provides IT implementation, support and deployment to a wide range of clients, from home users to multi nationals. Read more

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Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching

Lightbulb Coaching helps people find solutions to problems that are keeping them from shining brightly through face-to-face and phone coaching sess... Read more

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark is an experienced freelance graphic and web designer specialising in the delivery of innovative logo and branding solutions and functiona... Read more

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins teaches half-day and 1-day photography courses in Sydney to beginners who have just bought their first DSLR camera as well as more in... Read more

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous is a virtual assistant who listens to her clients and then assesses their admin, assists with their admin and answers their admin... Read more

Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication

Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication

Black Coffee Communication helps clients increase sales and improve brand recognition through compelling business writing. Read more

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Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

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Many soloists are adding small business blogs to their website as a way of communicating better with their clients or target market and also as a way to increase traffic to their website.

In this section you will find helpful articles covering the basics of blogging for business as well as tips on making money from small business blogs. Small business blogging could be a cost-effective way to market your business or even a direct revenue channel.


Podcast: How to use blogging for your business

04 Feb 12 | Tim Reid and Luke Moulton

In this podcast discover how to make blogging a part of your marketing arsenal. Read more

Creating content for your blog

10 Nov 11 | Troy Dean

Writing a blog establishes you as a market leader in your field and helps to build trust with your readers. The challenge lies in knowing what to write when creating blog content. Read more

Comments: 4

Better blogging

27 Aug 11 | Jo Macdermott

Started a blog, but guilty of neglecting it? Or maybe you’re just not seeing results? These tips will help you get the most bang from your blogging efforts. Read more

Comments: 3

Creating effective blog content

27 Apr 11 | Deb Pilgrim

How do you ensure your blog content is relevant to your target audience? These tips should get you on the right track. Read more

Comments: 11

Why write a blog?

25 Mar 11 | Deb Pilgrim

Are you looking for more creative, cost effective and unique ways to market your products and services? Why not write a blog? Read more

Comments: 17

How to make money from blogs

15 Jun 09 | Zoe Warne

We all know blogging can be good for business, but how do you make money from blogs? I have worked strategically on a variety of blogs and other web 2.0 strategies and have some sage advice and revenue models for would-be bloggers to consider. Read more

Comments: 15

Seven reasons NOT to blog

06 May 09 | Amanda Gonzalez

You’ve read enough articles telling you why you should blog. What about reasons not to blog? This will help you objectively decide whether you should or shouldn’t start a blog. Read more

Comments: 21

How to make money from business blogging

03 Feb 08 | Melissa Norfolk

Business blogging takes a big time commitment, but it could be worthwhile if it generates more customers and dollars. So how do you make money from business blogging? Read more

Comments: 22

Business blogs: Can a blog help your solo business?

12 Jun 07 | Melissa Norfolk

Many businesses are now adding business blogs to their website to better communicate with their target market and build traffic to their website. Can a blog help your business? Or is it simply a fad? Read more

Comments: 57

Business blogs: how to make money blogging

03 Sep 06 | Yaro Starak

The self-styled Blog Traffic King describes the opportunities business blogs have presented him, explains why blogging has changed his life and outlines some ways to make money blogging. Read more

Comments: 14

Internet marketing: The basics of blogging for business

21 May 06 | Yaro Starak

Blogs make it easy for soloists to create dynamic websites with little technical skill. Blogging is one of the best communication tools to “talk” to your potential customers and build relationships. Here are the basics of blogging for business. Read more

Comments: 8

 

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