Matt About Solutions Weekly Link Roundup
Each week, I collect the 10 best posts that I’ve read and share them with you here.
These posts focus on either choosing, or using, small business solutions online (or both!).
Enjoy!
Matt Mansfield
How Are Small Businesses Using Social Media Effectively?
Link: http://www.newbizblogger.com/social-media/how-are-small-businesses-using-social-media-effectively
My Take: Learn the sweet spots for social media for small businesses.
Numbers, Rankings, and Why I Think Alexa Is Big a Waste of Time
Link: http://www.thesaleslion.com/numbers-rankings-alexa-waste-time-stupid/
My Take: A hard look at Alexa ratings and their importance.
INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Does Social Media Really Cost?
Link: http://www.scribbal.com/2011/05/infographic-how-much-does-social-media-really-cost/
My Take: Love those infographics! This one looks at the true cost and value of social media campaigns.
10 Resources Small Businesses Are Forgetting to Use
Link: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/small-business-resources-1330/
My Take: Basic but solid uses of different resources and methods.
4 Tips for Listening to Your Audience Online
Link: http://succeedasyourownboss.com/05/2011/4-tips-for-listening-to-your-audience-online/
My Take: Are you being talked about online? What are folks saying and thinking? Find out with these tips.
Landing Page Optimization: 36 articles and resources to help you complete your next LPO project
Link: http://www.marketingexperiments.com/blog/research-topics/landing-page-optimization-research-topics/36-articles-and-resources-to-complete-lpo.html
My Take: A bit on the analytical side, but if you want your landing pages to convert, lots to learn here!
5 Easy Things You Can Do to Improve Website Conversions Right Now
Link: http://searchengineland.com/5-easy-things-you-can-do-to-improve-website-conversions-right-now-77950
My Take: Continuing on the theme of conversion, here are 5 actionable steps to take.
10 Principles At Work In Creating Buzz In Social Networking
Link: http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/01/31/10-principles-at-work-in-creating-buzz-in-social-networking/
My Take: Creating buzz leads to better launches, stronger sales and more staying power. Learn how it all works in this post.
The Complete Small Business Marketer’s SEO Toolkit
Link: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2011/05/26/the-complete-small-business-marketer%E2%80%99s-seo-toolkit/
My Take: A list of really handy SEO tools.
What if someone says something bad?
Link: http://www.tourismcurrents.com/may-2011-what-if-someone-says-something-bad
My Take: Handling negative social media in a mature manner – refreshing!
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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.
Becky-
Question: I notice that these links, although they are ‘properly’ formulated (http://etc) are not ‘clickable’ – This interests me because I would like to go to a couple of these, and in my own posts I notice that this ‘lack of clickability’ factor happens sometimes. Any simple answer to this?
Thank you.
Wayne
Wayne, that’s because I was posting from my iPad, and didn’t take time to fix them. Usually in Blogger, when you type in a link and then type a space after it, it will automatically create a link. If you don’t space after it, you must creat the link yourself, by selecting the text, then clicking the link button.
To visit these links, just select the link, copy, then paste it in the address bar of your browser. You can even paste it in a search engine, and it should take you to the right page.
Sorry for the pain. I’ll get around and fix them when I’m back at my office computer.
Becky:
Somehow during the course of the day it popped into my brainbox that I might copy and paste just as you say here. I just popped in here to say Thank you for your generous and thorough response.
and LOL it really did not rise up to the level of ‘pain’!
Wayne
OK, finally home, and I’ve made the updates. Thanks for the patience. :)