Inbound team put up an interesting article and video on Business Blogging about how to find beautiful images on Flikr.

The right image will make your blog more interesting, and can help you deliver your message to your readers.

Plus, you can get some SEO benefits:

• Visitors can better find your site via image search tools.
• By naming the images correctly, you’ll get more attention from search engines.
• Using keywords in image Alt attributes will help the search engine know about your content.

Finding images on Flikr is easy, and using them on your blog isn’t hard either. You just need to do it the right way!

What do you think? What’s your best idea for making a blog post more interesting and attracting the search engines?

Photo By: ell brown

Clarke Bishop General

John Jantsch of  DuctTape Marketing wrote a recent post on Twitter and small business (http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/03/31/all-tweet-and-no-cattle/).

His main point is that small businesses should get the basics of business in place before chasing the latest hot idea or fad. I have to agree!

Execution is essential in effective marketing. No matter how clever the strategy or idea, it’s usually consistency and persistence that gets business results.

I think human beings want to imagine there’s a magical way to get results. And, the latest fad or technology gets annointed as “The Answer.”

Do you find yourself running around chasing the latest big thing?

Or, do you have a system for doing the boring things that will make a difference for your business?

Clarke Bishop General