A Small Business Blog and Small Business Tips Related to Growing, Marketing and Managing a Small Business.Small business blog for small business owners, includes resources for businesses, small business grants, business plans, business letters, daily business tips, online marketing advice and information. Learn ideas for your small business.YouTube Revenue Share- January 30, 2007 Good news if you're creating original content which is popular on YouTube. According to co-founder Chad Hurley, YouTube will soon be offering a revenue share to creators of popular videos. The BBC reports, "The system would be rolled out in a couple of months, ... and use a mixture of adverts, including short clips shown ahead of the actual film." Revenue sharing will only be available for non-copyright infringing videos, and its unclear exactly how much money per video play will be offered....http://www.small-business-software.net/#429 RSS Does Not Equal Blogs- January 29, 2007 RSS Does Not Equal Blogs Many assume that RSS is only for syndicating the contents of blogs, nothing could be further from the truth. Blogs and online journals have rocketed to popularity in the last few years, and many bloggers use RSS as a means to distribute and syndicate their blog posts. Subscribers receive information each time the blog is updated. However this is NOT the only use for RSS. RSS can deliver any kind of content, including forum posts, discount coupons, newsletters or press..http://www.small-business-software.net/#428 Wikipedia and No Follow- January 27, 2007 Wikipedia has been the recent target of spammers. Why Because Wikipedia is considered a credible source or authority site by many large search engines. This means if you have a link from Wikipedia it is worth a lot. As a result Wikipedia has been struggling with spammers, attmepting to post external links. What is the solution Wikipedia has added "no follow" to its external links. The "no follow" command means that the sites linked to from Wikipedia do not get any of Wikipedia's "link juice".http://www.small-business-software.net/#427 New Educational Feed Directory- January 26, 2007 A new search engine strictly for educational RSS feeds has been launched. The new search engine, aptly named Educational Feeds contains RSS feeds grouped by subject and it also has a search feature. Universities, colleges and classes with feeds or podcasts are encouraged to submit their listings free of charge.http://www.small-business-software.net/#426 Vista Test Drive- January 24, 2007 Microsoft recently unveiled a new web site called Windows Vista Test Drive designed to allow business users, consumers, and the merely curious to find out what running Microsoft's latest operating system might be like without actually having to install it.http://www.small-business-software.net/#425 How do you get ideas for blog posts and RSS feed posts- January 23, 2007 The best blogs and feeds are those that contain unique, fresh, compelling, content. So where do these prolific posters get their ideas I talked to a handful of bloggers to determine where their inspiration originated for their content. Not surprisingly, ideas for blog posts or RSS feed items originate or are influenced by other web content. The following are venues for finding your online muse: How do you get ideas for blog posts and RSS feed postshttp://www.small-business-software.net/#424 Realtors Should Take Notice- January 22, 2007 Buying a house is all about location, and proximity to good schools is one of the big factors in choosing where to live. Today we launched nationwide schools search on Yahoo! Real Estate. Users can search and browse local schools via an interactive map interface, and refine and sort their search by school district, distance, grade level, or school type (e.g. public, private, charter). My question why are the results not available via RSS feedshttp://www.small-business-software.net/#423 Vista Available as a Download- January 20, 2007 In a marked shift from the past, Microsoft plans to sell its new operating system through a new channel: the Internet. Microsoft is using the shareware marketing method for vista!http://www.small-business-software.net/#422 New RSS Editor Supports Creating Podcasts for iTunes- January 19, 2007 FeedForAll v2 has been released. This new software application is incredibly easy to use, it has built in wizards that walk users through RSS feed creation, podcast creation and creating podcasts for iTunes. RSS is a great way for small businesses to communicate with their customers. The website has a lot of educational tutorials and articles to help new users navigate their way through using RSS.http://www.small-business-software.net/#421 |