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Just because I LOOK as if I’m wasting time, doesn’t mean I am

Date: 12th July 2010
Comments: 4 Related Categories: Blogging, Cool Tools, Musings, Social Networking, facebook, twitter
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I saw an interesting post in a forum the other day – the original poster was complaining that one of his suppliers hadn’t been able to complete his work, but was blogging every day, was posting on Facebook, tweeting etc, so they couldn’t be too busy, could they?

The reason I found the post interesting, even amusing, was because the person being complained about is one of my clients, and I know how busy she is. So busy that she pays me to do her blogging, tweeting and Facebooking while she gets on with the work in hand. She also hires a VA to deal with her email, and accounts, so she’s not ‘wasting time’ there either.

Why I think you should always include a picture in a blog post

Date: 25th June 2010
Comments: 1 Related Categories: Blogging, Bonus Tips, facebook
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OK, I know all the marketing speak about a picture being worth a thousand words and a picture breaking up the text to make it more readable. I’ve listened to the experts tell me which side of the blog post the picture should go, and at which paragraph break, to get the best blog response.

But that’s not what I’m talking about (and none of them seem to agree with each other anyway!)

To me, one of the main reasons you should include a picture is simple:

When people share your blog on Facebook, without a picture it just fades away

Do you need content for your blog? Try a Guest Blog from a guest author!

Date: 19th May 2010
No Comments Related Categories: Blogging
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InvitationIt's not always easy finding the time or the ideas for new blog posts, and that's where Guest Bloggers come in. A guest blogger will write a post for your blog that is of interest to your readers, but also promotes them or their services. Usually this means that your guest author would have services or products that are complementary to yours, rather than competitive – after all who wants to openly promote their competitors?

With this in mind, I have a number of guest authors available for blogging opportunities – please drop me a line to nikki@nikkipilkington.com if you are interested in guest posts from any of the following:

You’re not blogging for YOU, you’re blogging for THEM!

Date: 18th May 2010
Comments: 3 Related Categories: Blogging
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268/365 - Default StateIt's a common mistake, and a common question:

Nikki, I find it really hard to blog – I'm running out of things to say about my business!

When you start a blog you're usually all gung-ho – you'll blog every couple of days, there's loads to say about your accountancy services / nappy website / building company etc etc. And at first it's easy. You blog about your great products and services, new clients, special offers and more. But then it gets a little harder – every blog seems to be the same, the readership has trailed off, comments have come to a halt and you wonder why you bother.

Recommended Wordpress Plugin – Facebook ‘Like’ Button

Date: 23rd April 2010
Comments: 7 Related Categories: Blogging, Freebies, facebook
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Since Facebook announced that they were offering the functionality for website oweners to have 'Like' buttons on their non Facebook content, the race has been on to develop a plugin.

We've found two so far.

  • Facebook Like Wordpress Plugin V1 (link goes directly to zip file) – this puts a Like button at the top or bottom of your posts (we've put it at the bottom( of ours as you can see). You can change the size and a few other options, which makes this one our favourite. You can find out more about this plugin on this blog post written by the creator.