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	How To Start Blogging

kellywissink

1-2-2008 11:32 AM

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kellywissink says:

Duct Tape Marketing is a great resource. Jump start 2008 by blogging your business.

~Kelly Wissink

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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><P><STRONG>NB</STRONG>: This is step 5 of a 5 step series - <A href="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/category/FiveStep/">Step into 2008 with more fun.
</A><IMG alt="5 Steps for 2008" src="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/images/55.gif" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>Here’s how to get started</STRONG>
<STRONG>1)</STRONG> Read blogs - go to <A href="http://www.Bloglines.com">Bloglines.com</A> and search for blogs in your industry and subscribe to them for free - then read</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>2)</STRONG> Get the software - even if you just mildly techie you can set-up a <A href="http://www.TypePad.com">TypePad</A> or <A href="http://www.wordpress.org">Wordpress</A> blogging tool. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>3)</STRONG> Start writing - keep a journal or use a service like <A href="http://www.jott.com">Jott</A> to send yourself notes every time a good idea for a blog post pops into your head. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>4)</STRONG> Start networking with other bloggers - Link to sites in your posts, write relevant comments on the blogs you read </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>5)</STRONG> Get your community involved - think about ways to get your customers reading, subscribing to and commenting on your blog.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/27C7F5D5-992B-43AB-9786-0A9DB979FBC4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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