Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 18, 2013

If you’re concerned that the demise of Google Reader will kill your blog, rest your eyes. You should be promoting your blog posts through social media , and that includes Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+. Google Reader may be dying, but it’s not the end of the world. Don’t wait.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 1, 2013

In case you haven’t heard, Google killed Google Reader. What that means is, if you had subscribers to your blog who were using Google Reader, then they either have to find another RSS news aggregrator in order to subscribe to your blog or you just lost a subscriber. It is no more. Effective today.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 15, 2014

Everyone wants to impress Google. But will Google pay your bills? Unless you have a Made For AdSense website, and even then it’s a crapshoot, Google is not going to send you a check at the end of the month to say “thank you” for posting your content. That’s why they’re more important than Google.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2013

Google+ went online with much fanfare. Then, Google added Hangouts, business pages, and communities. And killed Google Reader. Now, they’re adding a new app in Google+ Hangouts that will allow you to take photos of your Hangouts. Let’s say you decide to hold a webinar in Google+ Hangouts.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 16, 2013

Here are a few I recommend: Google Alerts. Google Reader. Google Alerts help you do that by honing in on certain keywords that are important to you. Google will notify you when those keywords are mentioned online – in a blog post, on a website, in social media, or wherever. TweetDeck or HootSuite.

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