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Archive for July, 2009

How To Get More Content on Your Web Site If You’re Not A Writer

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 31, 2009

typing This is a great article that just came out from one of my business associates, Bob McClain of WordsmithBob. Admittedly, coming up with blog posts and website content is probably one of the biggest struggles we have when maintaining a website or blog. Bob offers some great suggestions…

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Blogging Help

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 29, 2009

OK – You’re doing great! You’ve decided to start a small business blog. You’ve had your blog designed, it’s set up in WordPress, ready to rock & roll. You’ve even posted a few blogs already. But…

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Twitter for Business – new guide!

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 24, 2009

Twitter has just released a new guide for business. Called “Twitter 101, a Special Guide” Twitter will give you the lo-down on how to use this social media tool, explain it’s lingo and give you a brief history.

For example, did you know that the reason you’re limited to 140 characters when you tweet is because of the limits you have on text messaging from your cell phone? Basic cell phones limit your texting to 160 characters – Twitter set their Tweets at 140 characters so that your user name could be included. It’s a formula that works for them, so despite the progresses in technology, they’re going to stick with it.

Here are a couple of the business success stories cited by Twitter: (more…)

SPAM: Where it came from and how to escape it

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 20, 2009

Posted by Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO)

In 1936, long before the rise of the personal computer, Hormel Foods created SPAM. In 2002, the company produced it’s six billionth can of the processed food product. But that mark was passed long ago in the world of Internet spam.

Who Cooked This!? (How did it all start?)

The modern meaning of the word “spam” has nothing to do with spiced ham. In the early 1990’s, a skit by British comedy group Monty Python led to the word’s common usage. “The SPAM Skit” follows a couple struggling to order dinner from a menu consisting entirely of Hormel’s canned ham. (more…)

Did you know you can schedule future posts for your blogs?

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 16, 2009

You have some downtime so you’ve decided this is a great time to catch up on your blog. As a rule, you shouldn’t post more than 3 blogs posts a week. Afterall, you don’t want to oversaturate your readers with a bunch of new emails or RSS feeds or visitors to your blog. Sometimes we barely have time to post one new blog!

So why not take advantage of extra time on your hands to create a bunch of blogs post and then schedule dates and times to post them. WordPress can do this for you!

This is very easy. When you create your post, (more…)

Complete Website for less than the price of a latte!

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 13, 2009

Are you a small business with a tight start-up budget? Does your free Gmail or Yahoo “business” email make you look “amateur?” Do you need a simple but professional looking website that costs “cheap” but doesn’t look cheap?

I’ve got your solution.

For about the cost of one latte a week I will set you up with a fully functioning website & blog with email. You can then add content, pictures, new pages or blog posts. It’s all under your control… (more…)

SEO and why is it important to you?

By Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz on July 6, 2009

SEO – an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. What is SEO exactly? Think of your website like an engine. SEO is a way of tuning up your website for maximum efficiency and performance on the World Wide Web.

One of my partners, WordsmithBob.com offers several great articles on SEO -

What is Search Engine Optimization and How Does it Really Work? -

Search Engine Optimization is the art, science and guesswork of trying to get a website higher placement in the top search engines. Right now, the top search engines are Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and the Open Source Directory.

No, the Open Source Directory is not a search engine but it is the most important directory and helps feed results for the search engines. Ergo, you need to keep it in mind when you do SEO.

What you can do, what you should know (more…)