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Blogging How To: Write On

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So you want to write a blog? You can do it! Write On! How do I know this? I’m speaking from experience. A little about my background will help you understand. I have always written… diaries, journals, letters, children’s stories, fiction, non-fiction. When I was about twelve  my mom told me that I should write stories like Laura Ingalls and Erma Bombeck about life on the farm. I didn’t really do much more with that advice than keep a diary from time to time through my teen years. Once I got to college, I started writing more seriously. Of course, half of that writing was term papers and research projects. In my spare time, I worked on a fiction novel. I have no idea what happened to that novel, but I am positive it was full of drama and angst, since most of my inspiration came from the college dorm. I picked up the pen a few years later, to write children’s stories when my kids were young. I didn’t get much more than a few short stories written and ended up spending more time being a mom than a writer. No problem with that. Another seven years or so went … Continue reading →

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Launching a Website

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Does your business have a website? Do you need one? The answer to the first question might be: yes, no or sort of. The answer to the second question is: most likely. This article was originally posted on my husband’s blog some time ago. But because the information is good, and I’ve been getting questions about building a website, I thought it was a good idea to reprint it here. This is a basic, beginner’s high level introduction into starting a website for your business. Further, more detailed columns will follow, so stay tuned for updates and more insights to how I manage my blog and my business. Why do you need a website? Websites are generally a way to communicate with your customers about your products and services. You may use a website to sell those products or services. But there are many other reasons to set up and maintain a website.  One reason to have a simple single page site; you can be found. Many people are not using traditional phone books to search for contact information, they use an internet search. If they put your business name in a search engine, they will find your website which can … Continue reading →

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