There’s a lot of buzz online right now about whether or not one should use social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.

Are these sites important for content marketing? You’ll have to decide for yourself and for your business. But it sure does look like you can’t ignore this trend.

I try to stick to writing topics on this blog, and our other blogs, BizTipsBlog and BuildaBetterBlog, focus on online marketing.

But let’s face it: there’s a lot of overlap when it comes to writing content to market your business. What you write on your blog can easily get pushed to your Facebook profile and to any other places you choose.

I’ll be brief. Our friend and colleague Kathleen Gage has been writing a series of posts at www.themarketingmindset.com about social networking. Go read her recent post because what you learn may surprise you. Denise has also written about social sites a lot.

If you want to integrate all these new tools into an effective and time-saving marketing system for your business, register for our 4-week mentoring program The Law of Action 2.0 – Attract Clients and Build a Money-Making Business on the ‘Net, starting July 1, 2008.

Related Posts:
Social Networks – Are they for you?
Don’t become a social networking snob!
Twitter Feedback – Gotta love it!

Several clients asked me the same question this week: If I start a business blog, do I still need an emailed newsletter?

This is a good question you should be asking yourself if you have a business online and want to use the Internet to get new leads, create relationships with prospects and sell your services or products.

In the past, Denise and I always said, Yes, you should do both. We even wrote a special report in 2005, Top Ten Reasons to Do an Ezine AND a Blog. You can get it when you subscribe to Newsletter Nuggets over at my site Customized Newsletter Services.

Since things change rapidly in online marketing, I reviewed those top ten reasons to see what’s changed about this issue since 2005.

Surprisingly, these are still ten very good reasons to do both an ezine and a blog for your business.

I would add that if one is taking up too much time and you must
discontinue one in favor of the other, my vote is to keep on blogging
and dump the ezine.

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