This week, I thought we’d share our coffee break with Charlie Chaplin.
And in case you would like to create your own vlogs for your blog, check out these articles:
Top 10 You Tube for Business Tips at Bmighty.
Everything you Need to Know to Get Started Video Blogging Now at FreeVlog.
The Video Blogging Toolbox – 100 Tools, Resources and Free Software at Virtual Hosting.
And for an example of a great use of embedding a video blog in you blog, check out:
Make Money With Your Blog Videos About Writing at The Golden Pencil. (and how appropriate that she is blogging about a coffee business!!)
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(www.businessandblogging.com) I’ve got some fun reading for this week’s coffee break, including a new free ebook and an engaging free white paper.
But first, a testimonial of the benefits of blogging from SeaCoastOnline, chock full of examples of real businesses who found the ROI of blogging, Blogging Boosts Local Businesses
As promised, this white paper from Junta42 identifies the  Five Rules to Engaging a New Breed of Consumer:  

Authenticity Trumps Celebrity
Niche is the New Norm
Bite-size Communication Dominates   
Personal Utility Drives Adoption
Consumers Own Brands

And finally, a meaty ebook by Dianna Huff, containing 5 chapers of strategies to improve your B2B (or B2C) marketing campaigns, 5 B2B MarCom Strategies …read more

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It’s time for another coffee break! 
I don’t know about you, but I could use some end of summer motivation! So I rounded up some articles that provided encouraging advice:  
I found this inspiring article asking Why do We Blog? Because We Care! on Mediasauce.
And I found this practical and reassuring article explaining What to Do When Your Work is Criticized Publicly on Web Worker Daily.
And last, I found this compelling list of Thirteen Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Blog on Moms in Business.
What about you? Have you read (or written) a motivating blog post this week?  If so, please share it …read more

I thought I’d change the focus in this week’s Coffee Break from articles to ebooks. Since I’ve been writing recently about turning old blog posts into ebooks, I thought it might be nice to take a look at a few:
The 2nd Edition Encyclopedia of Free Online Advertising, 2007, by Luke W Parker.  At 79 pages, this book is quite long for a free book  – and it is chock full of information written in an easy to read A-Z format.  (hint: putting your information in a sequenced format (A-Z or 1-10) makes it easier for you to write and easier for your …read more

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I hope you’re drinking some strong coffee this week, because the posts that I am going to share with you are a bit dark.  Laura and I frequently write about the benefits of business blogging, but there are challenges to this marketing and customer relationship strategy. 
I thought this week I’d share with you some posts that talk about the challenges of blogging.
First up is a short article about the lonely struggles of starting a business blog, when you can feel like you are talking to an empty room: Dealing with the Bad Side of Business Blogging.
Second is another quick read …read more

(www.businessandblogging.com) It’s been a lazy Sunday for me, relaxing and surfing the web.  I found a few eclectic items for you to ponder over your own cup of coffee.
The first is a straight-forward help-guide from CNN of what to do When Bloggers Attack.  
It’s good information for a business to be aware of Before you are a victim of attack – so you can Respond rather than React.
The second is also full of good observations, shared in a fun way by Michael Martine of Remarkablogger.  Michael asks What Smurf are You on Your Blog? and gives you some advice on how …read more

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Can you believe it? Another Sunday – another flight!
But even though the airlines are cutting back on their service, I’m not about to charge you for great coffee and great links.
Here are a few fun ones before I run out the door:
B5media Business Channel’s very own Liz Strauss was recently interviewed by Toby Bloomberg, The Marketing Diva.  Liz is promoting her new e-book, The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog: An Insider’s Guide to the Conversation that’s Changing How Business Works.  Liz is the author of the ever-popular Successful Blog, and the creator of the highly successful conference …read more

I’ve found a  gourmet selection of bloggers this week to go with your favorite gourmet flavor of cofee.
I have a link to a great free e-book – Deep Secrets of Successful Bloggers – learn from 30 experts.  I’ve included the entire table of contents below, complete with links to the bloggers’ full-time sites in case you would like to read more of their writing.
I was especially thrilled that this roundup of blogging experts included at least three from B5media – Jeremy Wright, Darren Rowse and the Business Blogging Channel’s own Liz Strauss.
Lots of good stuff here – I know you’ll …read more

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!!
In this week’s Coffee Break, we take a look at the daily papers to find out what’s been going on in the online world of business.
The big news in the Wall Street Journal is that not only did Microsoft’s Bid to takeover at Yahoo! (at $33 per share) fall through – but their smaller bid to buy Yahoo!’s Search business and take over 16% of their company at $35 per share ($7.73 billion) also fell through. Yahoo rejected Microsoft’s offer on Thursday and the very next day made a  pact with Google to display some of Google’s ads …read more

Good Morning!
I just have time for a quick coffee break with you before I catch a morning flight to Phoenix, so I limited my list to the top three articles I read this week. 
Each article I selected provides quite a bit of food for thought – so take your time, sip your coffee, and consider how their advice could benefit your goals of blogging for your business.
The first article I’d like to share is from Marketing Sherpa. It’s an interview with John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing and includes real-life advice for how to pitch to a blogger like John. It contains …read more