I created a Business page on Facebook and I want my blog posts from my WordPress site to post there. The idea is that I create content on my small business consulting site, BestBreedMarketing.com and then click the Share button on the blog and voila.. posted to my Facebook page.
Trying a couple of widgets.. and have not figured it out yet.
As the Share button is not showing up.
I noted in yesterdays blog, that I wanted to find a different content source for my small business consulting website bestbreedmarketing.com, that I could filter the input into. As a small business startup myself, I need something with no cost or inexpensive that automatically updates itself.
I chose:
-Yahoo’s Pipes.
-Feedzilla
Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
I viewed their short intro video, and searched for a small business Pipe, selected on, cloned it to be my own (which is part of the purpose) and renamed it.
You can see the result on my blog page at: bestbreedmarketing.com
Feedzilla
I chose Feedzilla for much of the same reasons, and I liked the scrolling content headers and the general format of the feed. It took me a bit to figure out how to load the pre-made html from their site. I moved an html widget into my sidebar, pasted in the code, and it worked right away.
I also want to compliment the team over at ithemes, for their fine WordPress template development tool, Builder. Chris and Cory have done a fabulous job and provide excellent support.
Tomorrow; Researching Google key words for consulting, marketing, and small business in Bend Oregon.
Today I began my research into content providers for my own small business consulting website in Bend OR., and for my small business and startup customers that want to create their own wordpress or blog based marketing promotion system.
I started with a well respected online favorite that I enjoy.
1). The Wall Street Journal, small business section.
I found a couple of interesting content providers.
1) Onespot.com
According to Onespot:
“The best content comes from a multitude of sources… it could come from anywhere. OneSpot helps you find the good stuff from all the good feeds. OneSpot Retail and Publishing customers have seen OneSpot drive amazing results across their sites…”
Its too expensive for me at this time… at $300 a month, however
I will be coming back to them at a later time.
In the mean time, I will be looking into similar companies to find feeds for my content pages and newsletters.
I will let you know who else is in the running.
Pretty busy getting the rest of the site up, but stay tuned.. for lots of good information and links for small business, consulting suggestions and startup businesses, particularly if you are in my market area of Bend, OR.
My area of expertise is as a consultant in marketing for small business. My goal is to provide no cost and low cost methods to jump start your move into social networking marketing.
I have a BBA in Marketing, graduated from the Honors college cum laude at Western Michigan University, and my MBA from Michigan State University. I have been a self employed small business entrepreneur for over 25 years, so I know where you are coming from. This is an opportunity of sorts for those who would like to follow along as I create BestBreedMarketing from scratch.
I will be creating original content, and providing a hands on approach for those that want to DIY with regards to their small business or startup website, branding and marketing. I will be providing feedback on how different methods actually work to increase traffic and business.
There are so many directions to take, and we have all been to the marketing websites, where the authors have tons of links to affiliate sites, and whitepapers that preach what to do. And I see a lot of marketers that do not practice what they preach.
As a client, it makes more sense to go with a vendor that is practicing what they promote.
So my comments will be based on what I find actually works, and I will also note what does not work. That should save others on the same or a similar path a lot of time and funds.
I would appreciate comments from viewers as to their own experiences and suggestions as we all move on towards perhaps similar goals.
If you have a particular topic you are interested in let me know.
