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Corporate Blogs - Managed Blogging For SME's

Big business is making great use now of Web 2.0 in general and blogging in particular to serve several purposes. These include building brand image and awareness; getting news stories "out there" quickly and boosting traffic to their main websites.

SME's see the benefit but find it difficult to put in the time required to do this properly as routine posting doesn't fit in well with the demands of being a business owner.

NetSecrets new corporate blogging service takes the pain away. We'll set up your blog, make it match your website and configure it to make it look good and attract visitors. You can post to it as frequently or as infrequently as you want or can manage, and it'll still work fine! We will add to your efforts by getting our copywriting team to learn about you and your business and then post regular news and industry stories to your blog - so you don't have to!

You can read about Managed Blogs on our website or download a PDF, Corporate Blogging , to read at your leisure.

To find out more call NetSecrets on 01386 792972 or email blogs@netsecrets.co.uk.

New Corporate Blog For Steam Software

Our friends at Steam Software in Worcester have launched a new blog covering CRM and other sales and marketing tools.

Wayne Chopping, their MD, describes what they do as "technology driven business improvement". What it boils down to is a web based system you can access from anywhere that helps you sell more to both existing and potential clients by geting a better handle on sales patterns and running more effective marketing campaigns.

For more information email Wayne.Chopping@Steam-Software.co.uk.

Blog Launched by Big Future Marketing

If you look at the News category of our blog you will see that we have enjoyed a lot of great press coverage this year here at NetSecrets. That success is down to our PR Consultants, Big Future Marketing, in particular Steve Holden and Claire Morris, who have both done a great job for us.

So it's really pleasing to be able to announce the launch of their new blog. It offers news relating both to PR in general and specific activities of Big Future Marketing and it is planned to offer tips and advice on PR and Marketing issues.

Their main website is at: www.bigfuturemarketing.com

The blog is at: blog.bigfuturemarketing.com

If you are interested in getting a corporate blog set up for your business then call NetSecrets on 01386 792972 or email info@netsecrets.co.uk. Or to access a PDF document expalining what we offer click here.

2 Blogs for BNI

NetSecrets have now set live new blogs for 2 Worcestershire Chapters of Referral Marketing organisation BNI (Business Networking International).

BNI Black Pear meets every Friday at Bromsgrove Rugby Club and BNI Saltway meets at Gaudet Luce Golf Club in Droitwich every Tuesday.

As far as we are aware these are the first two BNI Chapters in the Midlands, possibly in the UK, to have their own blogs which will be used to publicise events, promote the groups and their members and make news available to the local communities.

The Bromsgrove blog is here and the Drotwich blog is here.

Download corporate_blogs.pdf from NetSecrets for more information on what we have to offer in this area.

Corporate Blog For ProjExc Project Management

John Williams of Birmingham based Project Management Consultancy, ProjExc, is a highly experienced project manager who has handled successfully major construction and development projects for a variety of multi-national corporations.

He now helps smaller businesses overcome the difficulties in completing projects on time and to budget. Most UK projects fail in one way or another and John's service is based on avoiding such failures. He does this either by being his client's interim project manager or by coaching the client's existing project team in better methods and systems.

He has helped NetSecrets considerably in developing ways of completing small and large website projects more efficiently, on time and within budget.

His new corporate blog will make it easier for him to share his insights, tips and advice with the outside world. He also has a detailed "general" website and a project management portal that offers useful background information, including project management templates.

Click on the links below to visit ProjExc's sites:

ProjExc PM Consultants : Main Website

ProjExc Portal : Project Management Templates and Background Information

ProjExc Blog : New and Views for Project Managers

We at NetSecrets rate John very highly and would strongly recommend his services for anyone wanting to be more efficient and automated in the handling of complex projects.

New Corporate Blog For Aardvark Consulting

NetSecrets have just set live a new corporate blog for Worcester based marketing consultant Chris Hutchinson of Aardvark Consulting. Chris helps small to medium sized businesses "sell more stuff, to more people, for more money" by applying many of the marketing strategies normally only reserved for big blue chip companies to the activities of SME's.

To view the main website and the new blog click on the links below:

Aardvark Consulting : Marketing Services : Main Website

Aardvark Consulting : Marketing Blog

The blog will contain news both of Aardvark and of the marketing sector. It will also offer tips and advice on growing your business using modern marketing techniques.

Chris is more than just a website client to us. He has done a great deal of valuable work in developing our FastSMS business, which provides online text messaging services. He is now helping us move forward with our SMS marketing site, FastMMS and we can highly recommend his services.

BlogCatalog Listing

Just discovered what seems a really handy blog directory, BlogCatalog. I've submitted most of our corporate (and not so corporate) blogs to it and will report back when I get a feeling of its usefulness.

Take a look at:

http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/internet

If anyone can suggest other similar places to register blogs please put the details in a comment.

Worcester Evening News - Corporate Blogging

The Worcester Evening News is featuring NetSecrets' new service of Corporate Blogging, aka Blog Marketing.

The article is at:

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/wnnewsbusiness/display.var.1951760.0.tony_will_help_you_blog_your_business.php

If you would like to know more about Blog Marketing email info@netsecrets.co.uk.

My First Post

I spent the last few hours learning about blogging and blogging software and this TypePad package looks like the one to use. This post is the therefore the first faltering step to establishing a blogging capability for myself, my businesses and those clients who need help getting into this.

Should be fun!