Entrepreneur Blog

Don’t I Know You From Twitter? Taking Your Online Relationships Offline

Mark Harai — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:55 +0000

Guest post by Linda Dessau (see also “How Business Blogging Can Build Credibility Offline“) When I moved from Toronto to Barrie in 2010, I didn’t know a soul. Yet I never felt alone, because I’d gotten a head start on building a business community here. I used a Twitter directory to identify local business owners [...]

9 Things You Will Quickly Need to Learn to Run a Successful Blog

Mark Harai — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:05 +0000

Tweet I came across this awesome guest posting opportunity five minutes ago. Literally, five minutes ago. Five minutes later I wrote this post. Why? Well, I will discuss below, as my first line item. You learn things as a blogger, things which promote your success. If you are foolish you’ll ignore these lessons. If [...]

Tools Every Blogger Needs

Mark Harai — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:40 +0000

Send to Kindle Over the years, blogging has evolved from indulgent rants about niche topics to become a vibrant and essential part of the internet ecosystem. From vegan cooking and auto repair to handicrafts and technology, blogs can be an authoritative source of information on a dizzying range of topics. Maybe you want to jump [...]

How to Live (Happily) Online

Mark Harai — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:34 +0000

“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it’s yours. If it does not come back, it was never meant to be.” These days, I can’t read that quote without thinking of Twitter. The more entrenched you become, the harder it is to break away Isn’t this exactly what we’re doing when [...]

10 Easy Ways to Make Your Blog Better

Mark Harai — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

When it comes to blogging many of us forget that the simple things matter. We get so caught up in the ads and the content that we forget what makes a blog stand out to readers first is the way it looks. First impressions matter here if you want readers to stick around long enough [...]