I've decided to join the Work at Home Moms and Dads Blog Carnival over at Julie Anne Bonner's blog.
If you're not following a blog carnival in your area of business specialty, you should be. Here's why:
- You'll get free tips on a wide variety of topics in your specialty. Bloggers typically submit their best work to a carnival, so posts are typically of a high quality.
- You'll discover additional information resources. The bloggers who submit to the carnival likely have a blog on the topic that you can refer to again and again.
- Networking. If you really like a carnival entry, you can contact the blogger and you may be able to start a discussion on the topic. (I have several readers who e-mail me on a regular basis.)
- Keep up with the competition. Is there some way that your home business can improve? A blog carnival may expose you to ideas that haven't thought about before.
Blog carnivals are not just for blog or website-related businesses. I found a carnival of virtual assistants, many carnivals on crafts, homeschool, and more.
On one of my personal blogs I participate in a carnival on frugality. I always look forward to reading those carnival entries.
Back to the Work at Home Moms and Dads Blog Carnival, here are some of my favorite entries:
- Tips For Effectively Working From Home and being Mom, too by paidtwice
- 8 Secrets to Staying Business - For Entrepreneurs Only by Suzanne Muusers
- Do you Know How to Delegate Effectively by Sue Massey
- And, of course, there's my entry (in case you missed it earlier): Five Tips for Promoting Your Home Business Offline
Thanks for the mention! There were some great entries from some amazing bloggers.
I completely agree that you should keep up with a blog carnival in your area of expertise. There is a lot of information out there for grabs.
Great article! I've been here before, but have never stopped to say hi. :)
Posted by: Julie | September 7, 2007 6:29 PM | Permalink to Comment