Ladybugz Inc. Boston Area Web Design, Marketing and Web Management Services Blog

New Blog for Your Credit Card Lady

http://www.yourcreditcardlady.com/

Created a new blog for Sandy Young a Credit Card Processing Company

Blogsite created for PEI Cottage Rental

Recently created a blogsite for PEI Cottage Rental
http://ladybugzinc.typepad.com/peicottagerental/

A Blog, The New Website

Well, what can I say. Blogs rock. Seriously, people just think of blogging as a "chat room" or some kind of conversation going on between people. But there is alot more than that going on...A blog basically IS a website, they really aren't any different, but it's a website with a CMS (content management system) that if you had customized, would cost you thousand of dollars to do. Believe me, I know, I create CMS's all the time! Not all CMSs are created equally...but as far as a blog, it basically lets you manage the content of what is on the site from a form based website that auto updates what you enter.

A Blog can be setup yes, like a conversation peice or a chronological diary of sorts, and traditionally, that is how they have been used. But BLOG CUSTOMIZATION is the new thing. 

Basically, now with the help of a graphic designer and someone who is somewhat of a blog guru, you can set up customized blogs, that can replace your website and your web host...This is definately NOT for all businesses. But for many small businesses who want to drive their own website content on a regular basis, this is a GREAT solution...

Recently, I created a Website using a blog for the Bolton Community Music School. I created the graphic, and the site layout and created actual "pages" then end, and then another part of the site is designed to ongoing content that will be updated and chronologically based. 

The school did know how to develop a website, and didn't want to tackle it themselves, but yet, they wanted to be able to drive the content. So this was a great solution for them. 

http://www.boltoncommunitymusic.com

Another client came to me wanting to produce a website. I spoke to her about it and again she really wanted to hire me to also drive the content and update the site for her. Since she is a one person business a representative for a bigger company, I advised her to do a Website using a Customized Blog. 

Again, driving the content was really important to her, being able to update her customers on a regular basis with new information and something that would support and improve her customer service to clients. 

http://www.yourcreditcardlady.com - underway

So, if you have a business and really want to be actively involved in your web content, a blog website might be right for you. 

Or if you have a website and want to add a blog as an extra feature or service to your customers, it might be right for you. 

Call us and we can talk!

Blog Launched for CBA

Ladybugz Inc. has launched a blog for the Charlestown Business Association.

Web Blogging Seminar in Boston

APRIL BUSINESS SEMINAR LUNCHEON - WEB BLOGGING 101

CBA Member Amanda Watlington, an expert on Business Web Blogging will be giving a seminar to CBA Members on Wednesday, April 25th at 12 noon, at Regus, 40 Warren Street, Charlestown.

This Blogging Seminar will focus on what Web Blogging is, how it is currently being used and how it can help your current business. Amanda will also give an introduction on how to get a web blog started and how to use the web blog. This is a hot topic, and Amanda is an "in demand" speaker, so we encourage you to register as soon as possible as this is a limted seating engagement. The business seminar is Free to CBA Members and $15 to non-members. The seminar also includes lunch.

About Amanda Watlington, Ph.D., APR
Amanda G. Watlington, Ph.D., is Owner of Searching for Profit (http:www.searchingforprofit.com) a marketing consultancy focusing on the interaction of the consumer with businesses using search engines, RSS, blogs, podcasting or other new media to deliver their message. An industry thought leader and an internationally recognized speaker, Amanda has led sessions on search marketing, web strategy and social media at Search Engine Strategies, Webmaster World, AdTech, and DMA. She shares her views of where marketing is headed as blogs and RSS/XML feeds continue to evolve at Blogs and Feeds (http://amandawatlington.typepad.com). She’s the author of three books and has written feature articles for over thirty magazines and journals. Her most recent book entitled: Business Blogs: A Practical Guide was published May 2005. Amanda can be reached at Amanda@searchingforprofit.com

This event has been organized by Lysa Miller, Board Member Charlestown Business Association/Ladybugz Inc.

Blog Hosting/Resources

From time to time I will post links to great Blog Resources, here are a few blog host services:

Typepad blog host service

Word Press blog host service

Blogger free blog host service

MySpace.com Microsofts version of a blog service, seems to attract the younger gen

Blog Watch - Blogs on Blogs, Blogs on RSS! Some good reading, resources, good for poking around if you want to find out more about Blogs

Blogging 101 Seminar

I just attended a Seminar on Blogging, by Susan Getgood of Getgood Marketing which was really great.

She made alot of interesting points about Blogs and how they can help promote your business agenda.

Some of the benefits of Blogs included maximizing search engine optimization by using keywords in the blog, creating a community of people interested in your topics, Blogs make it easier to update your web content because they are simple to use (easier than updating html pages) and Blogs are an inexpensive form of promoting your topic.

Overall, I thought it was a great intro seminar. She also touched on a few other topics regarding Podscasts, Webinars and RSS. We can talk about those later! I'm just getting started here, we will have more postings on Blogging. In the meantime check out Susan's Blog!