Jeweltastic: Importance of Blogging For a Small Business Part 2

As previously mentioned, we don't have a huge budget.  What we do have is an ability to place our blog on several services.

BlogCatalog Is a service in which you can communicate and learn from other bloggers, find new blogs, and create friendships.  Like any other social networking site it has it's share of characters. 

Technorati  Search blogs by topic. 

Youtube I don't know very many people who don't know what Youtube is.  Youtube is a site in which you make a video, upload it and hope for traffic.  It has a large source of vloggers, advertisers, and more.

Facebook For me has been a great place to hold contests and converse with potential customers.  I can add extra content by being involved with a few other services that do connect to Facebook.

Digg  "A place for people to discover and share content from all over the web."  When you submit an article, preferably not your own, it hits Digg and has potential for extra traffic.

Stumbleupon  Is kind of fun before people begin to ask you to thumbs up an article you could care less about.

Mixx  "Mixx is your link to the web content that really matters. There's a lot of information out there and, let's face it, you don't have all day to find the good stuff (if you do, we're totally jealous). And who knows better than you what informs you, what makes you think, what makes you laugh? So why should some faceless editor get to decide what's important?"

Gather  "Gather is the place where millions and millions of people come for fresh perspective on what's happening now. Gather members can share their own views and join in conversation with others who share their interests."

Folkd "Using social bookmarks with folkd.com will enrich your web-surfing experience.
We provide a simple website and easy to use browser buttons which allow you to:

• Save your favorite links and bookmarks online and access them from anywhere at any time.

• Press our "star"-button to vote up the best links on the web with just one click.

• Search the most popular links and discover cool sites your friends liked.

• Easily recommend the best sites to your friends via email, facebook or twitter.

• Connect to interesting users to follow their latest links.

• post cool links yourself and increase your "reputation-rank".

• Search and organize your collection by tags and keep private things private!

MySpace  has gone through a redesign.  It seems  a little like Twitter and Facebook Mixed together.  It now has a discussion board as well.

These are services that have potential for developing your business further and they don't cost a thing.  If your a business on a budget, that is a wonderful thing. 

Read part 1 Which pinpoints blogging and micro-blogging sites