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BOSTON, MA -- Atop the Boston University Bridge on Thursday, pedestrians pulled coat hoods over their heads to cut the chilly wind coming off the Charles River.
Below, an old train trestle covered by years of graffiti passes under the bridge.
It was below this bridge on Tuesday that a Boston University rowing coach spotted Jonathan Dailey's body – reportedly bound with chains and weighed down by a cinder block – bringing a shocking end to the search for the 23-year-old, who'd been missing for a week.
Days after the discovery, it remains a mystery how and why the architecture student from Charlotte ended up in the river.
Authorities in Massachusetts have revealed little about the investigation and have released few details, including whether they suspect homicide.
Dailey's roommate, a co-worker and family say they noticed nothing unusual about Dailey in the days leading up to the disappearance of a young man they describe as a quiet intellectual with a quick wit.
On Thursday, Dailey's sister wrote on Facebook that the family's grief is deepened by the lack of information about his death.
"We are all in agony, disbelief and shock right now not only from the helplessness of having Jon be missing and the overwhelming grief of knowing he has died, but also because of the horror of not knowing what happened," Robyn Hoffman wrote.
"The investigators told us it will probably be a long time until they know and we will not be told anything during the process, to keep the investigation as pure as possible.
"It feels like three separate blows, and each one feels like it's too much to bear."
A mystery unfolds
Authorities have not said where they believe Dailey entered the river.
A mile's walk away from the bridge, Dailey lived with his roommate, Miles Smith, in an apartment in a gray Victorian house on Gardner Street in Boston's Allston neighborhood. The bridge has three lanes, with sidewalks on each side. Small sailboats at Boston University's Sailing Pavilion line the shore nearby, and to the east the downtown skyline unfurls. A metal railing, about waist high, lines the bridge's highest point.
Dailey, who had been a student at Boston Architectural College, was last seen at his apartment on the night of Oct. 2, when he ate pizza and watched TV with Smith. Smith has said he went to bed and never saw Dailey again.
He also has written on a Facebook page that Dailey left home with "literally nothing other than the clothes on his back, a debit card, and a phone (which has been off for days)."
Dailey's parents, Bruce and Donna Dailey of Charlotte, traveled to Boston last weekend and helped launch a search for their son after they couldn't reach him for days and he didn't show up at work.
Reminders of that search remained Thursday, with missing-person fliers tacked to light posts in his neighborhood, which is inhabited mostly by Boston University students living in apartment buildings and large three-story homes.
The area between the bridge and Dailey's apartment is connected by Brighton Avenue, a busy commercial street lined with restaurants, stores and auto-service shops, as well as Boston University buildings.
Students have been on alert after four students were robbed in the past two weeks, reports WTBU, Boston University's student-run radio station.
Boston police have offered a $10,000 reward for information about the suspects.
But in a meeting with students Wednesday night, police said they do not believe the robberies are connected to Dailey's death, according to WTBU.
For much of the past week, news crews have parked outside Dailey's apartment on Gardner Street.
A sign posted on the door read, "Media please do not knock or ring bell." It instructed reporters to instead call Smith.
Dailey's name had been crossed out on his mailbox.
On Thursday afternoon, Smith spoke with the Observer outside the apartment.
He said he only had a few minutes to spare and added that he was moving out and leaving Boston.
An investigator stopped by earlier Thursday, Smith said, to ask more questions about Dailey but did not reveal any developments in the case.
Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, said that a medical examiner has examined Dailey's body but has not yet made any findings on the cause or manner of his death. More tests are taking place.
Smith said he met Dailey when they were undergraduate students at Appalachian State University.
He said Dailey was creative, had a sharp sense of humor and "always pushed people around him to do more and be more."
Smith said he and his roommate were "creatures of habit" who lived by a routine and that he thinks he would have noticed if something was wrong with Dailey. But nothing seemed amiss in the days before he disappeared.
"No one really grasps it yet," Smith said.
'A shock to us all'
Dailey and Smith moved to the Boston area last year to study at the Boston College of Architecture.
"This is news that we all hoped would not come," Associate Provost and Dean of Students Richard Griswold said in a statement after Dailey's body was found. "Jonathan's untimely death comes as a shock to us all."
Griswold said Dailey was registered at the college as a first-year master's student during the 2011-2012 school year to "pursue his passion for architecture." His family has said he took this semester off for financial reasons. Dailey had begun picking up more shifts at the American Apparel clothing store where he worked. His boss, Anthony Ruiz, said Dailey started working at the Cambridge store, near Harvard University in February.
Dailey's job was in inventory, receiving shipments and refilling racks, Ruiz said. He spent most of his shifts in the store's basement, where rows of labeled plastic bins are stacked nearly to the ceiling. Ruiz said Dailey was quiet at first but had opened up to his co-workers, whom he kept entertained by dressing up mannequins in funny outfits.
"He worked hard," Ruiz said. "He's going to be missed here."
Dailey was scheduled to work last Friday but didn't arrive. Ruiz said that was unusual for Dailey, "but it happens, so nobody thought anything of it."
But Ruiz said he suspected something was wrong.
A day or two earlier, Dailey's father had called him, saying they hadn't been able to get in touch with his son and they were going through his phone records.


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Many Arizonans like to talk big about resenting federal intrusion and giveaways, but one recent giveaway appears to have been quite popular. While definitive statistics on installations in the Phoenix area are unavailable, an observer will certainly notice a good number of homes -- especially in aging mid-century neighborhoods like mine -- sporting efficient new dual-pane vinyl windows. It could be simply a coincidence that such improvements corresponded with the period when the federal Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit (part of the Recovery Act) was available, of course. Some homeowners may not have known about the credit, or decided not to take it out of principle, or what have you. Still, one prominent local company claims to have installed "well over 50,000 windows in the last three years." The same company's website refers nostalgically to the now-expired credit, offering similar savings to new customers, so I'd say it's pretty safe to assume the program was a bang-up success, at least for them.
Clearly even in a crippling recession some Westerners can justify modest "green" improvements, if the price and potential benefit is right. However, what about the increasing ranks of jobless and poor citizens? Few own their own homes, and those who rent are unlikely to have many choices -- let alone efficient green choices -- of housing. I recently heard from a neighbor that, while the rent for his home is within his very limited budget, the utilities in hot and cold months can cost nearly as much as the rent itself. The reason? The house, a rather run-down 1950s-era Ranch, has only a few shreds of ancient insulation in the attic and warped, single-pane casement windows. The landlord claims he cannot afford to make improvements to the property and still keep the rent low. A 2005 survey by the National Energy Assistance Directors Association found that high utility costs, due in part to substandard home weatherization and aging infrastructure, are a serious and persistent problem nationwide for those in low income households. This misery will only be exacerbated by the effects of climate change, which is somewhat ironic in that decreasing residential energy consumption and waste are widely believed to be factors in potentially lessening the effects of that change.
While substandard housing will likely never be completely eradicated, unfortunately, there are some promising developments on the horizon for low-income citizens. Everyone has heard about Habitat for Humanity, the organization that helps low-income families finance and build homes. Not only are these homes affordable, they are efficient, now meeting Energy Star standards, according to the organization's website. Another non-profit organization, Enterprise Community Partners, provides resources and establishes criteria for affordable green multi- and single-family housing, both new and rehabbed. They have sponsored projects across the country; in the West, they can be found in California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Montana.
It's good to know that "going green" is increasingly not reserved for the custom-homes crowd. With both government and non-governmental organizations lending a hand, the rest of us, and our poorest neighbors, may be able to chip in a bit and help the earth right where we live.
Essays in the Just West blog are not written by High Country News. The authors are solely responsible for the content.Jackie Wheeler teaches writing and environmental rhetoric at Arizona State University, where she is also the Associate Director of Writing Programs. Outside academia, she's an avid rafter, kayaker, and horsewoman who also attempts to garden. When possible, she escapes the Phoenix metro area for an undisclosed location in Southeastern Utah.
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To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it was the best of times and it was the worst of times, as far as the mid-year budget review for the city of McAlester went Tuesday night.
On the debit side, city revenues fell under-budget, meaning city revenue collections were short of where they were projected to be at mid-point for the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year.
However, in the other column, city expenditures were also under-budget, which means the city has not spent as much as projected when the current budget had been adopted.
That's according to figures supplied to the McAlester City Council by City Manager Pete Stasiak during the Mid-Year Budget Review, which is required by the City Charter.
"It's not good that we're under-budget in revenue. It's good that we're under-budget in expenditures," Stasiak told the council.
The current fiscal year started July 1, 2012, and extends through June 30, 2013.
"Our total revenue is down about $279,000 for the year," said Stasiak, rounding off the $278,990 figure.
Later, he contrasted the difference between the projected revenue as well as the projected expenditures as way of summarizing the picture for the council. Total expenditures by all city departments are $462,822 under what had had been budgeted, according to the mid-year budget review.
"We're $279,000 under-budget in revenues, and $462,000 under in our expenditures, so we have a little bit of a cushion," Stasiak said.
That's not by coincidence. City department heads started looking at ways to cut expenditures once it became clear the revenues were going to fall short.
The mid-year review does not actually reflect the figures for the first six months of the current fiscal year. Stasiak said in order to have the numbers ready for the presentation, the city had to "draw a line in the sand" to start getting the figures together. The numbers actually extend through November 30, not December 30, which would be the precise mid-point of the city's fiscal year.
With those numbers compiled, the last five months have seen a decrease in sales tax revenue by the city, Stasiak said.
For example, the city had budgeted $3,475,403 in sales tax returns based on collections from July 1 through Nov. 30, 2012.
The number of actual sales tax revenue for that time period totaled $3,295,215, however. That means the city had $180,188 less in sales returns than had been budgeted for July 1 through Nov. 30, 2012, according to city documents.
Sales tax collections and returns normally lag behind the month when the disbursements are sent to the city by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, with the latest numbers the city had available reflecting sales tax collections in October.
Stasiak is hopeful the sales tax collections which will reflect the Christmas shopping season, including "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving, will reflect a brighter financial picture for the city when those numbers are released by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
If they don't, more cuts in expenditures by the city could be in place.
A portion of the current $462,822 cut in expenditures came from cutting the amount spent on materials and supplies for the first five months of the fiscal year.
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The University of Virginia Law School is teaming up with Hunton & Williams to provide free legal services to low-income Charlottesville residents.
The pilot program began in the fall with eight law students and four lawyers housed in The Legal Aid Justice Center, who also refers most of the clients.
"We'll be handling primarily immigration alyssum cases, which is what we piloted this year, and then family law and domestic violence cases," said Kimberly Emery of UVa School of Law.
Family law clients will include domestic matters such as child custody, support, and divorce. The work is primarily volunteer with a long-term goal in mind.
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Graduate Hailey Ziegler was thrilled to be able to attend her own graduation. She recently underwent major surgery, and was released from the hospital just two days prior to graduation day. Ziegler plans on attending Carrington College in Sacramento, where she will eventually become a dental hygienist, keeping a focus on her goal of providing dental assistance to those with special needs. Fellow graduates and energized best friends, Michaela Brost and Victoria Owen, plan on attending college in North Dakota.
"I'm sad to be leaving so many people behind, many of whom I'll probably never see again," Brost said, "but I'm also excited to be moving on to a new chapter with new people and new experiences."
While graduate Harley Giles played his guitar, with sophomore Bailey Samper accompanying him on violin, preparing for their performance of "So Far Away" later in the evening, Ag Science teacher Kayla Wood worked on keeping senior Ashlynn Lemon's mortar-board in place.
Other graduates spent time posing for photos with favorite administrators or teachers, and family or friends. Final checks were done on caps personalized with flowers or messages of "Just did it," blinged out with rhinestones or with photos attached of loved ones not in attendance. Hair was smoothed and make-up was re-checked.
Then it was time to begin the end of a journey that began four years ago as 123 Minarets High graduates took center stage last Thursday night. Making their grand entrance, seniors rode two-by-two in Mustangs, and walked (or danced) the red carpet to their seats.
"This is the third graduating class at Minarets, and it's the biggest so far," Principal Mike Niehoff said. "These seniors are definitely very accomplished. They set records academically and athletically. They have lots of creativity and energy ... the class of 2014 has individually and collectively inspired us all."
"This is a very special group to me," added Daniel Ching, director of charter and international programs at Minarets, "because when I first started teaching U.S. and World History, they were my first class, so they've been with me all along. These students have tons of talent, tons of humor and tons of creativity."
Graduate and speaker Matthew Koen said the class of 2014 has definitely left their footprint on the school campus, and expressed gratitude for the freedom and safety net he and his classmates have had while attending Minarets.
Fellow speaker Jesse Parr used the movie The Sixth Sense to get across his point that some may go on to win awards and some may go unnoticed, but all have made a contribution.
"When I think of my favorite movie, I think of the Sixth Sense," Parr said " ... when you think of the movie, you may think of sexy Bruce Willis or that weirdly adorable Haley Joel Osment, but I want to talk about the unknown people the make-up artists, the camera men, the production assistants all those who contributed to making that movie a success .... Now imagine that each of the graduates sitting up here is your favorite movie and think of all the people who have contributed to their lives ... As for the director,mine is Jesus Christ. And any students on stage who agree, please stand up with me now." All but a few graduating seniors stood, along with several audience members. There were "amens," hoots and hollers, horns tooting, and loud applause.
With a 4.5 GPA his senior year, Christopher "the Wolf" Wilson was honored to be chosen as valedictorian. His speech covered stagnation and motivation.
"I believe that when you're not moving, that when you're in stagnant waters, it's easy to sink it's easy for senses to dull," Wilson said. "You need to keep moving in the direction of your choosing because it's all about choice. Procrastination and lack of motivation are mighty adversaries. Treat them with respect and yield as little as possible to them." (Wilson will attend Fresno State, focusing on programming languages necessary in the IT industry).
The songs performed by graduates during the commencement emphasized choices like the chorus of "It's your Life," sung by graduate Irma Ortiz: "It's your life what you gonna do? the world is watching you every day the choices you make say what you are and who your heart beats for it's an open door it's your life" ( Francesca Bastistelli).
District and community awards were given out, with Matthew Koen receiving the Superintendent's award. Chawanakee Board President Barbara Bigelow presented Corey Gibson and Sarah McGibbon the Board of Trustee award; Assemblyman Frank Bigelow presented Ashlynn Lemon and Bob Nelson the Future Leaders award; and the Distinguished Scholars, who graduated with a GPA of 4.0 or higher, were named by counselor Claudia vanDenBergh, with Niehoff presenting the awards.
While Chawanakee Superintendent Bob Nelson handed out diplomas, the names of each graduate appeared, along with their future plans, on a large screen, which had been used earlier to show a video honoring the 2014 graduates.
In the video, individual photos of all graduates, flipped out and stacked up one-on-top-of-the-other. Some seniors responded to questions on their favorite high school memory, advice to younger classmen ("Wear deodorant and change your underwear frequently"), thanking someone for their support, and their fear (if any) of life after high school. The last question asked was "How has Minarets affected your life?"
"I wouldn't be the person I am today without Minarets," one graduate responded. "I came in a dumb freshman who didn't care about school at all, and I'm leaving a senior who cares about his future."
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Fred Wilson has seen the future of the venture capital industry, and it's not pretty.
This morning at Grind, a co-working space in Manhattan, New York's favorite venture capitalist (and #20 on this year's Midas List) spelled out the forces currently conspiring to make the old VC model obsolete.
The biggest issue: there is simply too much money. Although $30 billion continues to flow unabated into venture-backed companies annually in the U.S., venture capital as an asset class hasn't outperformed the market since the early 90's, when only $10 billion was put to work. Things look even bleaker when you add in the additional $10 billion that angel investors dish out (a threefold increase from five years ago), growing interest from places like Russia and the Middle East (think Yuri Milner and Prince Alwaleed's Twitter investment), the rise of accelerator programs (YCombinator and TechStars) and non-equity financing options like Kickstarter. The prospect of equity-based crowdfunding, as legalized by the JOBS Act, may present an even graver threat.
Wilson, a partner at Union Square Ventures, asked the audience to consider this scenario: if U.S. families devote just 1% of their assets to investing in startups via crowdfunding, that would unleash a torrent of $300 billion annually. "The problems with venture capital now are dwarfed by the potential problems down the line," he observes. Even with just $40-$50 billion aimed at financing scalable startups (the sum of the sources listed above), VC's can't beat the markets. With nearly ten times that amount of capital let loose, the attractiveness of venture capital as an asset class will only deteriorate further.
Wilson's speech coincides with the Kaufman Foundation's damning report on the industry, which effectively blames funds' lackluster returns on institutional investors who continue to pour money into venture capital despite its abysmal track record.
Of course, the trends threatening VC's bode well for entrepreneurs. More competition among investors means easier financing and better terms for startups. The eye-popping valuations of some companies may already be a reflection of this phenomenon. Wilson admits that this glut of funding is also probably good news for the economy, job creation and the proliferation of new goods and services.
In terms of how venture capitalists should respond to this shifting landscape, he proposes a couple of options. As he sees it, VC's currently provide four important functions for startups:
1.) They aggregate and allocate large pools of capital.
2.) They offer advice and governance (hold board seats, help with recruitment, etc.).
3.) They help with exits (offer an investment banker service pro bono).
4.) They blog.
In Wilson's view, VC's will have to rethink both aspects of #1. In order to generate their promised returns, firms will eventually have to limit the size of the funds they raise (and take a cut in the their 2% management fees). For nearly 20 years, the industry has proven that it cannot realistically put $30 billion of capital to work. Maybe $15 billion is a more manageable number.
In terms of allocation, VC's may want to develop new methods of choosing companies–and rethink the herd mentality that dominates the industry. "Maybe we're not good at picking companies," he admits. "Maybe we're funding the 50th or 100th local-social-mobile startup when we should be funding cancer research. "
For those looking to shake things up a bit more, Wilson points out the possibilities of working off of crowdfunding platforms. By leading rounds and endorsing companies with small increments of capital, venture firms can use their brand names to attract crowdfunds to startups they deem the most promising. Since large pools of civilian investors don't offer much in terms advice and governance, venture firms could provide such services for additional equity.
And if that doesn't work out, there's always blogging.
Let's put this in context: Fred Wilson is a consumer Internet VC. Consumer Internet, mobile apps are probably well suited to crowdfunding.
At VentureDeal, we track 41 industries that are funded by technology VCs in the US and the vast majority of them are probably not suitable for the crowd funding approach: most obviously, the life science industries of biotechnology/pharmaceutical/medical devices, which require extremely patient and deep-pocketed investors.
Other "hard" technology sectors such as security, IT, wireless, networking, semiconductors… the list goes on and on of industries that require long periods of incubation and extremely knowledgeable, value add investors.
Since attracting talent is the hardest thing for early-stage startups to do, how many top-tier researchers do you think a CEO will attract by saying "we're crowdfunded"?
I believe that a large majority of industries that are funded by the standard VC model will be untouched by crowdfunding in any significant way.
Want to put $30B/year to work effectively? Why not invest in (essentially mutualize) the most promising minds in America? VCs could pay for their education (college through graduate school), mentor them in entrepreneurship/capital formation, involve them in early start-ups in industries of expressed interest and/or natural aptitude, then take some coupon/percentage of future earnings from their initial investment (sort of an equity investment, rather than a debt investment, in young people, supplanting student loans). I mean, Major League Baseball does this, why not VCs? They could easily place $10B worth of "investments" on the 10,000 most talented people in America ($1M/pp/yr), and return huge dividends to their investors.
Brad — these 'promising young entrepreneurs' could just leave school or their day-jobs and go start a company. Learn by doing.
We are a start up focussed on the B-B space. We're avoiding the venture capital route altogether because we don't believe that VC's provide sufficient value for money. We are self-funded for now and are not having any trouble attracting top-tier talent. I believe that talent is attracted by the opportunity, not the funding source.
Although technical in nature, our business model would be amenable to a crowd-sourcing approach because our incubation period will be relatively short (<2 years). For us, crowd-funding would be an attractive option.
As a startup person, all I can say is: AWESOME!
Less herd mentality (how many wireless switch investments did we see in 2003??)
Less bankers trying to predict which technology is best (ATM anyone?)
Less social media garbage (low cost, high payoff according to VCs = generally no value add to the public).
Less screwing early employees on equity. (Worked for a startup where only the exec made in serious money, yet company sold $400 mil plus?)
Less inflated investment rounds only meant to secure more equity for the VCs. (and consequently putting startups at greater risk).
Takes the regulations down SEC! The Jobs ACT only helps a little, we need to also get rid of the accredited investor rules. The only people who like them are VCs and i-banks. And throw in some real patent reform and we might be on our way.
[the herd mentality that dominates the industry. "Maybe we're not good at picking companies," he admits. "Maybe we're funding the 50th or 100th local-social-mobile startup when we should be funding cancer research. "], how honest Wilson is!
Timely article. The comment "Maybe we're funding the 50th or 100th local-social-mobile startup when we should be funding cancer research" underscores one of the reasons why VC returns remain below par. Ok funding cancer does create value; but VC's fascinatation with High Tech and not funding Low Tech disembowels traditional manufacturing or innovation in Small Scale Industries. Is it a wonder why American has lost out on manufacturing? It is painfully obvious that the VC/PE community act like a herd, they recruit analysts as herders as well. The net result is that there are too many experts in too little fields.
Good companies with management are not funded, because it is outside their "box". Companies that fulfil a gap in macro-economic or industry structure are never, if rarely funded (like building a railroad or cold storage logistics when there are none). Instead they would fund the next FB or IT coding body shop.
We for one, are old tech. We have innovations that make Green Wood Panels from Agricultural Waste without veneers, that rival hard woods in aesthetics and durability- We go beyond mere bio-composites. It's the greenest thing on the planet and has the highest LEED impact. We have been in existence for a few years, but still no takers. All the VC we speak to are excited to invest in IT , software, and the next FB because of "no gestation time".
While VC's may not always hit the mark in terms of ROI and have a negative stereotype, I still think they serve a very valid purpose. The biggest value is not necessarily the money, but the advice, guidance, network, and connections provide a huge value to most companies that don't have those needed components.
Incubators, angel investors, and crowdfunding do not normally provide the same level of value add. Incubators can provide good guidance and networks, but there are really pretty few high quality ones out there and they usually only do small seed money investments. The company is then left to raise future rounds on their own. It takes a certain type of investor or fund to put money into such risky early stage companies.
I have seen many startups raise money on their own through angels or otherwise and fail for having absolutely no clue how to commercialize their product or move the company forward. VCs are very useful in those situations for the advisor component and to gently advise the founder that they may not know the best way to grow the company.
I think crowdfunding is an interesting option, but from a prior insiders point of view, having a large bunch of average investors as shareholders to report to could be a huge nightmare. Startups and emerging growth companies are highly risky investments and the average joe may not understand just how risky or how long it may take to see any kind of return on their investment. You also don't get the advantage of a sophisticated angel investor or VCs Rolodex. (Can I still use that word these days, do they still exist?)
I think that crowdfunding, the increasing number of incubators or accelerator programs, and online angel networks are a threat to the traditional VC model, but I still think they will be around for quite some time, although they may have to be pretty competitive to get the best deals and not always jump to tech or communications as the hot sectors.


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8 Tips for Keeping your Business Blog Current, Relevant and Fresh
by Caron_Beesley, Community Moderator
- Created: August 25, 2011, 9:40 am
- Updated: June 7, 2012, 4:21 pm
How's your business blog doing? Running out of ideas? Struggling to keep it up-to-date?
You're not alone. In the busy-ness of business, keeping your blog fresh is not always at the top of your mind and not always the easiest chore to check off your list. The problem is, if you really want to make an impact you have to keep your blog updated regularly to keep visitors interested.
Here are a few other reasons to keep your blog fresh:
- Search engines love to provide their customers with relevant, helpful, and up-to-date content and blogs provide this. Blogs are also less formal than static web content and this conversational tone is akin to the way people query search engines and connect with the content they find.
- An up-to-date and informative blog is also an essential tool in your social media arsenal. If you keep your blog current you'll never run out of useful tips, insights and relevant information to share with our Facebook and Twitter fans. It's also a great way to get your audience to engage with your business and each other (via comments), and of course, a great way to drive traffic that you wouldn't normally get to your website.
How to Keep Your Blog Fresh and Relevant
As a business blogger you don't need to post five blogs a week; you just need consistency, relevance and a little inspiration.
Here are eight tips for keeping your small business blog current and fresh!
1. Write Within Your Means – You don't need to write a long blog post (over 500 words) every time. Keep your posts brief if you need to. A great way of doing this is to use "fillers" (posting links to other blogs, event pages, YouTube videos, and so on) and frame them with an intro. Don't do it all the time but it's certainly a way to keep content fresh without spending too much time researching and writing.
2. Listen to and Get Blog Ideas from your Customers –Your customers, and potential customers, are your target audience and a great source for blog topic ideas. Listen to them. What are their challenges? How can your skills and expertise help them with their pain points? You don't need to delve into how your product helps them; do that and you run the risk of sounding like a sales pitch. Instead, focus on your area of expertise and write about what is relevant to your customers.
For example, if you run a law business and get hundreds of questions about "How do I write a will?" or a fashion boutique owner who regularly finds yourself offering your customer's style tips. Use your blog articles to share your expertise and answer the questions you get every day. In this case the law business could write about "5 Things You Need to Know about Writing your First Will" and the boutique owner might wish to share "6 Tips for Pairing Old and New in your Closet".
So lend an ear to your customers wherever they are -- on Facebook, on Twitter, in your store, in their homes, wherever you come into contact with them.
3. Look to What Others are Writing About – Inspiration can come from a variety of sources, and don't feel that you have to reinvent the wheel with your blogs. Take the time to follow and read other blogs that relate to your field. What's going on in the news? Is there a new industry development that's worth writing about? Oftentimes you can spin a different angle on a topic that's already been written about, or even reference that blog and weigh in with your comments (but never copy the article).
4. Showcase People – Why not feature willing customers? What they do, why they use you, real simple stuff. What about your team? Do you have any quirky characters or rock star employees that your customers love – showcase them so that your readers can get to know the people behind the business!
5. Invite Guest Bloggers – Take the burden off yourself every now and again while also opening the door to a new voice. Guest bloggers often cover ground that you can't or provide a useful insight into another aspect of your industry. Guest bloggers might include a business partner, a vendor, or an industry expert. Be sure to give them plenty of advance notice to write the blog, and be prepared to discuss the angle you want their topic to take. You also want to subtly ensure that your quality is not impacted. Don't be afraid to edit the guest post, just be sure to share the edits with the blogger as a courtesy – most guest bloggers welcome a second pair of eyes to review and polish up their work.
6. Turn on Comments –Simply put, comments are another way for readers to interact with you and each other. Don't disable them, and be sure to monitor them for SPAM, etc.
7. Develop an Editorial Calendar – This is an absolute must and can really make the process of writing much easier because you do all the planning in advance. Use a simple spreadsheet to schedule your blogs – quarterly plans are good, but a monthly plan can also work. Remember, you don't need to post any more than one or two blogs per week but having an editorial calendar can help you formulate your ideas in advance. Your calendar should identify your topic, describe the angle you are going to take, and assign an author and a due date. Be sure to check for any industry or market updates that might impact the angle your blog takes. Then, when you're ready to write the blog you can hit the ground running.
8. Keep it Focused on Business –The number one golden rule of business blogging: never veer into personal musings on how fast your kids are growing up or what the dog got up to at the park. Yes, you can add your personal wit and humor to the tone of your blog, but do keep it focused on your business interests and not your personal life.
UPDATE: If you're running out of ideas about what to write about, check out this post from SBA guest blogger, Anita Campbell of SmallBizTrends.com: Never Run out of Blog Ideas - Here are 36.
What blog writing tips have worked for you? Share your ideas below or post your questions on the discussion boards.
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Friday, January 16, 2004WESTERN ILLINOIS (9-5, 3-0 Mid-Con) at VALPARAISO (7-8, 2-2 Mid-Con)
WHEN: Saturday, January 17, 2004, 2:05 p.m. CST.
WHERE: Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000), Valparaiso, Ind.
RADIO: WVUR (95.1-FM), Valparaiso, Ind. Andy Viano will handle the play-by-play with Baron Brendel providing the color commentary.
TV: Comcast Cablevision Ch. 43-tape delay. Dick Harlan will handle the play-by-play, while Paul Curtis will provide color commentary. The game will air on Thursday, January 22 at 7 p.m.
THE COACHES: Valparaiso is led by Keith Freeman, who is in his 16th season of coaching, and 10th with the Crusaders. He is 291-161 overall and 162-114 at Valpo. Western Illinois is led by Leslie Crane, who is 87-68 in her 6th season overall and with the Westerwinds.
SERIES RECORD: Valparaiso leads the all-time series with the Westerwinds 15-10 dating back to a Western Illinois win, 94-89, on December 9, 1988 in Macomb, Ill.
LAST MEETING: Valparaiso downed Western Illinois 49-45 on March 10, 2003 in the semifinals of the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. Jenna Stangler led the Crusaders with 16 points, while Tiffany Cornelius and Zane Teilane each scored 14 for the Westerwinds.
Valparaiso will return to the Athletics-Recreation Center on Saturday afternoon to entertain the defending Mid-Continent Conference regular season champion Western Illinois Westerwinds. The Crusaders, the defending conference tournament champions, are looking to rebound from a pair of road losses.
THIRD TIME THE CHARM?: Valpo head coach Keith Freeman will try for the third time to tie Ed DiGregorio (Youngstown State, 1992-2001) for the most victories in Mid-Continent Conference history with a win against Western Illinois. Freeman has 162 victories for the Crusaders, one behind DiGregorio. Freeman already has coached the most Mid-Con games ever (276) and is also second all-time in conference games coached (146) and conference victories (94).
VALPO TAKES CARE OF THE BALL: The Crusaders currently rank 13th in the nation in turnovers per game according to the January 13 NCAA rankings. Valpo has turned the ball over just 14.3 times per game on the season as of the rankings.
RIETEMA POSTS BIG WEEK: Betsy Rietema played her best basketball of the season last weekend, averaging 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals, and 2.0 steals against Oral Roberts and UMKC. She tallied a career high 15 points in each game, while grabbing seven boards against UMKC and dishing out five assists against the Golden Eagles.
BOONE APPROACHES 300 ASSISTS: Katie Boone needs just six assists to reach 300 for her career. She would become just the fifth Crusader all-time to reach that plateau, doing so in her junior year.
GUTOWSKI CATCHES FIRE: Jamie Gutowski has caught fire from the outside over the past seven games. She has posted six double-figure efforts, averaging 11.4 points per game over the span. She has also shot 48.6% from beyond the arc in the seven contests.
WESTERN ILLINOIS NOTES: Western Illinois visits the ARC having won three straight Mid-Continent Conference games and seven of its last nine games overall. The Westerwinds are coming off of a 54-45 victory at Oral Roberts on Monday evening.
Tiffany Cornelius leads the Westerwinds and ranks second in the Mid-Con in scoring, averaging 14.1 points per game. The senior also grabs 6.2 rebounds per night.
Zane Teilane is averaging 12.9 points per outing along with 9.4 boards per game, second most in the league. The sophomore center also leads the nation in blocked shots, rejecting 4.9 per night. As a team, the Westerwinds rank fourth in the same category with 6.6 blocks per game.
Jessica Cook is the only other Western Illinois player to average in double-figures, scoring 10.9 points per game. She is second in the Mid-Con in field goal percentage, shooting 57.5% from the floor.
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The Business and Economic Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association and sponsor SAS are proud to announce that the winner of the 2014 Zellner Thesis Award and its $1500 prize is Joachim Freyberger, for the Northwestern University thesis "Essays on Models with Endogeneity."
Honorable mentions were awarded to: Brendan Kline, for the Northwestern University thesis "Essays on the Econometrics of Games," SeoJeong Lee, for the University of Wisconsin--Madison thesis "Misspecification-Robust Bootstrap for Moment Condition Models," and Minjing Tao, for the University of Wisconsin--Madison thesis "Large Volatility Matrix Inference Based on High-frequency Financial Data." Read more.
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DALLAS (SMU) -- Peter Crane, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, will speak at SMU on Friday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. as part of the fall lecture series sponsored by the Environmental Science Program at SMU.
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Crane holds academic appointments in the Department of Botany at the University of Reading, where he received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, and the Department of Geology at Royal Holloway College, University of London. He joined the Field Museum in Chicago in 1982 as assistant curator in the Department of Geology, and from 1992 to 1999 served as vice president and then director with overall responsibility for the museum's scientific programs. Crane has since served in several positions and received a number of honors for his work both in the U.S. and abroad. He is a Fellow of both the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society.
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