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    5 Reasons Your Business Should Be Blogging

    Does your business blog?

    Have you been thinking it might be time to consider a blog, but aren't sure (a) you can pull it off and (b) it will provide value?

    Keep reading. This article will help you (or someone you know) understand the value of a business blog.
    Is Google the Only Reason to Blog?
    I have a question for you, and it's a serious one: If you never garnered another single visitor to your company blog through search engine optimization (SEO), would you still have one?

    For many, especially execs who don't necessarily "get it"

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    Win the Small Biz Dream Contest: Make 2012 Your Best Year Ever!

    *UPDATE: Congratulations to P.J. Jonas of Goat Milk Stuff and Erica Conroy of Coupsmart, the grand-prize and second-prize winners in the Small Biz Dream Contest. All 10 winners won a free pass to Small Biz Success Summit. P.J. also won 3 hours of consulting from John Jantsch. The top winners also won a library of marketing books and John Jantsch's Complete Small Business Marketing System. Go see the winning entries.*

    Do you own a small business?

    Would you like to win free private coaching from the world's foremost small business

    Continue Reading about Win the Small Biz Dream Contest: Make 2012 Your Best Year Ever! →

    5 Tips to Sell Your Blog

    Do you wonder if your blog has the potential for a big payoff?

    Here are 5 tips to position your blog to attract corporate buyers.

    The $315 million–dollar acquisition of Huffington Post by AOL definitely raised some eyebrows as bloggers started to realize that they're holding "real" assets that can attract top-dollar investments.

    But for many, it may seem like selling your blog isn't even a remote possibility. Perhaps you're still trying to figure out how to make it attractive for readers.

    As you consider what's next for your blog,

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    Copyright Fair Use and How it Works for Online Images

    You've heard the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words, but when that picture is protected by image copyright, the picture is only worth three words: cease and desist.

    OK, that's kind of a lawyer joke. But it illustrates how protective people are about finding their copyrighted images used online without permission.

    Copyright laws were established not to give the author the right to deny their work to other people, but instead to encourage its creation.

    Article I, Section 8, clause 8, of the United States Constitution states

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    Small Businesses Set to Excel with Social Media in 2012

    Do you own a small business? Are you tired of hearing how big businesses are succeeding with social media?

    If so, Social Media Examiner has some exciting news...

    But first, much has been said about big companies such as Red Bull and Cisco, and how they harness social media to drive massive traffic to their sites and generate enormous sales.

    But when small business owners are asked about social media, many have no idea how to use it in a practical way that can impact their business goals.

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