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By Beth Graddon- Hodgson Once you have a focal point for your blog and have decided whether you’re going to focus on writing your blogs in a topical or personal style (or combination of the two, it’s time to actually sit down and start blogging. If you think making those decisions was a challenge, then you’re in for what’s the hardest and most essential part of creating an effective business blog. After all, some of those elements are decisions you only need to think about once; choosing a specific blog topic has to be on your mind whenever you sit down to write on a weekly or daily basis. This is one topic that’s a bit harder for me to write about, because there are endless examples, so it’s hard to put a specific guide in place. What works for one company also won’t necessarily work for another even in the same industry either.  Since I can’t tell you WHAT you’ve got to write about, I will provide you the process I go through with my clients  determine which direction I should go with each of the posts.

For news stories, and particularly for talk shows and feature 'packages' the back story is often more important than the actual product or service. Lance Armstrong is perhaps the best example of a great back story. ...

I just got another invitation to join yet another social "community" and I'm wondering how many of these things I'm supposed to really be in? It was sent to me by a very reputable (and one of my former professors no less) guy in San...

Boy did I learn about poor communications this month. My mom went into the hospital for routine surgery, and 5 weeks later, after complications, another surgery, and lots of proof why I NEVER want to be a gastroenterologist, she is out. Needless to say I...

Most of us don't have the tens of thousands of dollars needed to acquire a celebrity to help boost our brand. I was fortunate enough to work with a small ski shop years ago that brought in Bode Miller and a few other U.S. ski...

Every so often I encounter company owners that have taken the words "brand management" and translated that into something that ultimately hurts a brand, particularly for a younger company. I can't tell you how many times someone has told me they need to "protect the...