<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851</id><updated>2012-01-30T11:57:57.437+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Business Marketing Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Explaining the use of blogs in small business Internet marketing and their role in small business marketing plan and marketing strategy. Blog creation, design, promotion, resources and tips for entrepreneurs and small businesses.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-112232042126678862</id><published>2005-07-25T22:37:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T17:40:36.826+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Back at marketing</title><summary type='text'>WHERE WERE YOU?Lately I have been writing many posts that follow this theme – sorry for not blogging lately. Lately indeed, actually I have been busy at work for a long time now. I changed my job to a different sales job and now I have been practicing my person-to-person skills and getting up to speed with my new tasks. What a truly wonderful trade selling is, don’t you agree?IN PREVIOUS POSTLast</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/112232042126678862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=112232042126678862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/112232042126678862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/112232042126678862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/back-at-marketing.html' title='Back at marketing'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111237824363660204</id><published>2005-04-01T20:53:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2005-04-01T20:57:23.636+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Even more service problems</title><summary type='text'>I finally figured out that those previous posts about service problems were still in some kind of error limbo. As I tried to edit them, I kept on getting various error messages. It also limited my posting of new entries. I once again dare to declare these problems to be part of the past and tomorrow I can finally go forward with the program. Justified to full...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111237824363660204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111237824363660204' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111237824363660204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111237824363660204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/even-more-service-problems.html' title='Even more service problems'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111237801815233263</id><published>2005-04-01T20:53:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2005-04-01T20:53:38.153+03:00</updated><title type='text'>More service problems</title><summary type='text'>I rewrote the list of blog marketing tips. It is now much more to the point and doesn’t beat around the bush. Blogger really had some problems today, couldn’t get in for almost 12 hours. On the positive side, all my blogs stayed online, so they weren’t affected. Still fine tuning the graphical layout. This time with “justify full” feature, it should make the text more unified. I’ll be back </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111237801815233263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111237801815233263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111237801815233263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111237801815233263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/more-service-problems.html' title='More service problems'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111237795095776322</id><published>2005-04-01T20:52:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2005-04-01T20:52:30.956+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Service problems</title><summary type='text'>I have been trying to post more, but every time I have had troubles with Blogger performance. Instead of getting performance, I’ve been getting various error messages and nothing has come through. Now trying with this short message first. As an advice, always write your posts in separate word processing program and file your work, in case that service decides to “misplace” some of your data.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111237795095776322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111237795095776322' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111237795095776322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111237795095776322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/service-problems.html' title='Service problems'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111204003420551887</id><published>2005-03-28T22:57:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2005-04-01T20:51:35.136+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Over the hump</title><summary type='text'>Ok, now we are done, the blog is created and all set. We can finally get into more business use specific stuff, but I leave that for tomorrow. Blogger has not been behaving too well today and I have been getting several error messages. I am glad that I finally managed to post these messages.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111204003420551887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111204003420551887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111204003420551887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111204003420551887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/over-hump.html' title='Over the hump'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111203641149567858</id><published>2005-03-28T21:53:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2005-03-28T22:18:25.250+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Rest of the settings</title><summary type='text'>PREVIOUSLYThis is the third and final installation in a three part series (previous articles were How to create a blog and Basic settings) that explains how to create a blog that will do all the necessary internet marketing for your small business or even a company.In previous installation, we started to cover the Blogger settings, but because of my lengthy, but yet important tip, we only managed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111203641149567858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111203641149567858' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111203641149567858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111203641149567858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/rest-of-settings.html' title='Rest of the settings'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111202030817292565</id><published>2005-03-28T17:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2005-03-28T17:31:48.173+03:00</updated><title type='text'>More tuning</title><summary type='text'>Even Blogger is already wonderfully simple publishing tool it can still take quite a lot of time to make the layout to suit one's eye. I strongly suggest to everybody to just go with general templates without any modification. That way you will not be wasting any time from that actual work that you do in your businesses. Now I will get into the latter part of Settings. I try to post it as shortly</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111202030817292565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111202030817292565' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111202030817292565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111202030817292565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/more-tuning.html' title='More tuning'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111195031685944757</id><published>2005-03-27T22:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2005-03-27T22:05:16.860+03:00</updated><title type='text'>New layout</title><summary type='text'>Great news! As you can see, I changed the layout of the blog. Now it looks more like the dull and boring place it should be. ;)I hope that the graphical style will help people to focus to the text, as there is so little going on other areas of the blog. Furthermore I have couple of ideas to try out, I test them on my other blogs first so you don’t have to suffer from constant changes and tests.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111195031685944757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111195031685944757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111195031685944757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111195031685944757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/new-layout.html' title='New layout'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111187445918446897</id><published>2005-03-26T23:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-03-30T11:53:58.423+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Important blog marketing tips</title><summary type='text'>Here I have listed the tips that are entangled with the articles. I have rewritten them to be much shorter, but you can still get to the original article by clicking the title of each tip. UPDATED 30.03.2005 DOMAIN NAME Search engines consider domain and sub domain names very highly. You should choose your domain name according to the information that leads people to your website. Don’t just use </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111187445918446897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111187445918446897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111187445918446897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111187445918446897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/important-blog-marketing-tips.html' title='Important blog marketing tips'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111187386581141423</id><published>2005-03-26T23:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-03-26T23:51:05.816+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Basic settings</title><summary type='text'>INTRODUCTIONBlog creation is now successfully completed. I took a short brake from posting and you probably wrote that famous “Hello there” message. Good! That’s the way it should be with small businesses, just jump right into water and never over analyze. As they say, paralysis by analysis.It is now time to tune up a bit. We are going to go to your blog and inside there into the settings. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111187386581141423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111187386581141423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111187386581141423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111187386581141423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/basic-settings.html' title='Basic settings'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111165492615172341</id><published>2005-03-24T10:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-03-24T11:07:17.056+02:00</updated><title type='text'>How to create a blog?</title><summary type='text'>INTRODUCTIONToday we better go through the account creation process at Blogger. I said that it is easy and it is, but preliminary instructions could help some people. So there we go, to the Blogger.ACCOUNT CREATIONFirst thing to do is to click that big red arrow right there in the middle of the screen. You will be transferred to a screen that asks you some information for setting up your blog. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111165492615172341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111165492615172341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111165492615172341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111165492615172341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-create-blog.html' title='How to create a blog?'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111143458154377575</id><published>2005-03-21T21:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T14:31:13.426+02:00</updated><title type='text'>More reasons to choose Blogger</title><summary type='text'>I started thinking that maybe in the previous post, I was asking you to make a bit too long leap of faith, as I asked you to go with Blogger. I decided to further reason my case and to show that it is more that just a personal preference. Here are the reasons why I think that a person, who is rather inexperienced in building websites, should start with Blogger.1.    Intuitive user interface. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111143458154377575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111143458154377575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111143458154377575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111143458154377575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/more-reasons-to-choose-blogger.html' title='More reasons to choose Blogger'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111133195414283860</id><published>2005-03-20T17:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T14:28:40.556+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Small business marketing course begins</title><summary type='text'>There are many blogging services like MSN Spaces, AOL Journals, Blogger, LiveJournal and software like WordPress and Movable Type. Out of all these choices, I have chosen to use Blogger.Blogger is my favourite service because it has such a simple user interface and is easy to operate. I believe that just about anyone can use it to publish his or her small business information and gain visibility </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111133195414283860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111133195414283860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111133195414283860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111133195414283860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/small-business-marketing-course-begins.html' title='Small business marketing course begins'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111115345001265146</id><published>2005-03-18T15:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T14:28:18.256+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I tuned the website settings</title><summary type='text'>Now the site functions as I want monthly archives and no time on posts, just the day. I always get bit nervous when I see that somebody answered my mail in less than 5 minutes that kind of forces me to reply back and there we go again replies, replies, replies...If you have followed my other sites, you might have noticed that I use very few links. That is because I mostly have been writing about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111115345001265146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111115345001265146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111115345001265146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111115345001265146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/i-tuned-website-settings.html' title='I tuned the website settings'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11532851.post-111114337662430858</id><published>2005-03-18T12:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T14:27:46.933+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Small business marketing blog hits the web</title><summary type='text'>First post, braking the ice. This blog is about how small business companies can use blogs to do internet marketing by writing a blog. Purpose is to introduce a non-cost manner to gain web visibility. It will not be free as you have to use your time to write about your business.I am planning to introduce some kind of guide that conveniently sums up everything that I will discuss here in the blog.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/feeds/111114337662430858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11532851&amp;postID=111114337662430858' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111114337662430858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11532851/posts/default/111114337662430858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smallbusinessmarketingblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/small-business-marketing-blog-hits-web.html' title='Small business marketing blog hits the web'/><author><name>Jarkko</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
