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A step by step guide for creating a professional business blog has been updated and published, making it easier for independent professionals and business owners to reach more clients through the Internet. The second edition of “Build a Better Blog: The Ultimate Guide for Boosting Your Business with a Professional Blog” was published online recently.

Blogs, or weblogs, are easily updated web pages that can create customer dialogue through interactive postings. Smart business professionals-from CEOs of Fortune 100 companies down to the corner bakery owner-have started using blogs to communicate in a personal way and to give a human voice from behind the office doors.

Because they are inexpensive and easy to use (no tech skills required), blogs offer several distinct advantages for independent professionals and small business owners. Now everyone can have a voice on the Internet and capture the hearts and minds of potential customers.

Besides step-by-step tutorials on everything from how to import your business banner, rename your blog, and add subscriber sign-up forms, to submitting your blog to directories, there are many tips for attracting readers and driving traffic to your blog. Tutorials are accompanied by articles on effective blog writing, a list of blog resources, and examples of effective business blogs.

This new edition contains 90 percent new screen shots that include the latest upgrades in blogging software, new sections on protecting your intellectual property, and how to avoid 17 mistakes that most business blogs make.

One of the most valuable features of the ebook is the companion ebook of 25 interviews with successful business bloggers, many of whom have blogs with huge numbers of followers. They each provide insights on how they grew their blogs and achieved remarkable success in a short time.

For information, visit buildabetterblogsystem.com.

Birdview Technologies is introducing a new and innovative wireless property search application that will enable consumers to access real estate listing information instantly by using a cell phone or any other wireless device. With Birdview’s new Officesite Anytime Anywhere™ Wireless application, real estate brokerages and agents will be able to better service consumers by allowing them to obtain details about a listing when they spot a property on the fly, bringing prospective buyers greater and more immediate accessibility then ever before.

Birdview is a pioneer in the wireless space. The company has been leading innovations in wireless technologies for over 2 years with its larger corporate clients. Birdview’s Officesite Anytime Anywhere™ application will now be available to all Birdview clients.

With many markets across the country experiencing significant slowdowns, sellers are looking for savvy agents–leaders armed with the latest sales tools and techniques necessary to get their homes in front of prospective buyers as quickly as possible to sell them faster and at a higher price. Additionally, innovative technologies better equip real estate brokerages to attract and retain top performing agents who are seeking the tools that enable them to do their jobs more successfully. The possibilities are endless in the wireless arena, and Birdview plans to continue to lead as an innovator of wireless features for its current and future clients.

For more information, visit birdview.com.

Better Business Boot Camps, a new 100% women owned business, announced today their first Southern California Hands-On Small Business Seminar. Small businesses will have the unique opportunity to work hands on with 40+ local small business experts.

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), there are 25.8 million small businesses in the U.S. and small businesses represent 99.7% of employer firms. Small Businesses are experiencing challenges like never before and need the latest and best information to successfully manage their businesses. Small businesses do not have the time or money to research the solutions to the problems they face nor do they have years to invest in education. They need to react now with the right information.

Established businesses need help but because of the change in the economy the way we work is also and many displaced corporate employees, especially from hard hit industries like mortgage and real estate, are becoming entrepreneurs and starting their own businesses. They need the skills and networks to successfully start and run those businesses just as much as established businesses need skills to grow.

Better Business Boot Camp looks to solve the small business education gap with 80+ key session options include finding the right funding, marketing smart on a budget, writing a winning business plan, utilizing top new technologies – even build your website in the onsite computer lab – 80+ topic choices per 2-day Boot Camp. Small Business owners and managers choose the topics they need to build their own learning path. Unlike most programs, the Boot Camp is on-the-spot results focused.

The SBA reported that in 2006, 671,800 new businesses were started and 544,800 closed their doors. This is too a high a failure rate for the segment of our economy that is responsible for 97% of all goods exported. The U.S. has to regain its small business strength and Better Business Boot Camp plans to lead the way by providing small businesses with real world solutions for real world challenges and provide a unique support network of local experts and ongoing learning.

The2-Day Better Business Boot Camps cover topics in Business Strategy, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Technology and Human Resources. With over 80 sessions in presentation, small group, expert panel, lab and other formats to choose from, there is something for everyone. Each Boot Camp has a Vendor Expo and ends with a great Networking Reception open to the public for a nominal fee.

For more information, visit betterbusinessbootcamps.com.