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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

Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!

Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!

That's Creative! provides graphic and website design services to clients right across the world. Currently Ebook Design is their most popular servi... Read more

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Concept Coach aims to build conceptual clarity for business owners by providing them with simple yet effective coaching on accounting and finance r... Read more

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Slidemaster is a PowerPoint specialist company offering comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation designs and solutions, which leave lasting impression... Read more

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... 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

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill helps her clients achieve their goals by communicating as well as possible with the people who matter to them. This can be done by ... Read more

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot is a small business coach in Sydney who works with small business owners who want to make a big shift in their business and turn i... Read more

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Compass Global Markets can help you with any aspect of the Foreign Currency transfers and Commodity markets from corporate hedging to wealth creation. Read more

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim helps small business owners start, grow and lead their business, so that they can create the life they want. Read more

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge helps people build a successful business around their expertise, through a combination of one-on-one workshops and outsourced servic... Read more

Simon Paxton

Simon Paxton

Simon Paxton helps people make their events exciting and memorable with performances of the mysteries of the mind. Read more

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

From small start-ups to seasoned soloists, SAmedia Website Solutions designs websites that enhance online position and improve new leads and recurr... Read more

Jane Woolard, WordLaundry

Jane Woolard, WordLaundry

Specialising in editing, proofreading and copywriting, WordLaundry takes the froth and bubble from communications, leaving them crisp and squeaky c... Read more

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

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

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

Tom Mewing, Aussie

Tom Mewing, Aussie

Tom Mewing assists people in purchasing their dream home by finding them the best home loan. Read more

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Witjuti has a range of bamboo clothing designed for yoga, travel, maternity or just lounging around. 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

Richard Jenner, The Type Shed

Richard Jenner, The Type Shed

Richard Jenner does graphic design, for any application - print, web, packaging, shop fronts, signs... anything that requires text / images arrange... Read more

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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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