Just discovered Blogburst. It’s an “opt-in aggregation and syndication service that brings high-quality, topical blogs together with high-traffic web sites.” What’s in it for Blogburst and media sites: Free content and revenue.
What’s in it for bloggers? Visibility from distribution of posts on sites owned by Reuters, Gannett, USA [...]
Blogs are the latest way to stay up-to-date on trends, get advice from pros and keep an eye on the competition. (We’ve already covered which small biz owners should use blog. See Blogging for Business.) So which are most helpful to a small business in Chicago? Here are my nominations:
STARTUP NATION [...]
Last week, tech journalist David Pogue favorably described a largely-free, web-based suite of Microsoft software programs in his article “A Little Piece of Microsoft Aids Small Business.” These applications allow you, the small business owner, to set up a free website, domain and emails (for the first year). You also get one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Big Switch: Rewiring the World from Edison to Google is both fascinating and frightening. My first realization: desktop software is being replaced with web-based applications. At SCORE Chicago, we already use web-based templates for appointments, workshop registration and our website itself, so I now understand why. Now I understand why Microsoft [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )While the big guys like Microsoft and Yahoo argue, ad revenues are part of the buyout valuations. And today’s WSJ says (Social Sites don’t Deliver Big Ad Gains) ad revenues from social networking sites are disappointing. One problem is that social networking content is largely uncontrolled, and advertisers are leery of showing [...]
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