A blog is a great way for you to give your community fresh, valuable information on a regular basis. I did a post on top 10 tips on blogging back in the Fall. If you would like to read it, you’ll find it here. The questions is, does one go with .com or .org? I like the analogy that Matt uses here of owning a home vs renting. Personally, I would much rather own my own and be in control of my own destiny. Wouldn’t you? While the low maintenance aspect of the .com site may seem attractive, what does Matt mean here when he says in the .com version, you have ‘no yard’, and you ‘can’t knock down the walls’? Here are a few key differences you should be aware of.
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I will share 5 tweets here and give you some ideas as to how these tweets might have been done differently. This individual is in the ec0-friendly industry and their profile implied that they were looking for business contacts. The following tweets are not business related. Here is how they might have gone about these tweets a little differently to showcase their expertise, and share value add information to their target audience. See how you can use these examples and adapt them to your own environment.
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As a Social Media Specialist, I coach my clients to use their blog site as their hub so it was time to put my money where my mouth is. It’s so much easier for me now to maintain my Wordpress site than my static website.
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Whether you agree with it or not, the internet world is buzzing with blogs. Wordpress.com alone reports over 7 million blogs registered on its .com site and over 2 million new blogs between January and May 2009. Why? Because blogs are an ideal way for business owners to regularly share fresh content on the web and build a relationship with their prospects and customers. Many are now using a blog site as their website. No more static site for them! There are several blog platforms to choose from but I suggest Wordpress. However, as a Social Media Specialist Virtual Assistant, I counsel clients not to use Wordpress.com. I suggest going to Wordpress.org and having a self-hosted site. This gives you total ownership of your files and their content. You will also have a wealth of plugins that you can use to optimize your site which would not be available to you on the .com site. If you don’t have the skills to get going on your own, many Social Media VAs like myself can help you.
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