Why blog? As outlined in our free eBook, having an active blog is an integral part of online self-promotion and it’s a great way to boost your search engine presence.

If you are just starting your business or website, blogging can feel a bit intimidating. Here are five quick tips to help you get over the fear and start blogging!

If you’ve got a business presence on social media (e.g. a facebook page or twitter account), you might have received direct messages from users promising to hook you up with a lot of followers, subscribers, facebook likes or fans. Having more followers/likes is a good thing, right?

Permission-based marketing is the cornerstone of great email campaigns. We all get far too much spam cluttering up our inbox; no one wants more, even from a business or organization they support! It’s possible to inadvertently spam your email subscribers, not just by adding them to a list without their permission, but also by misusing Mailchimp Groups and Lists.