Functions Every Tax Blog Should Have

Our tax blog is built upon the powerful WordPress blogging platform. One of the beauties of WordPress blogs is that there are a great number of “plugins” (devices and functions that drive a WordPress blog). In fact, there are currently over 2,500 at this time, creating a huge haystack to Read more

Web 2.0: Utilizing LinkedIn ‘Answers’ to Create Buzz and Expert Status

LinkedIn Answers lets you tap the knowledge of your professional network. It also allows you to answer questions, and in the words of LinkedIn “By providing the best answers to questions, you earn expertise.”

One of the goals for any professional (e.g., accountants and lawyers) in any Read more

1040Blog.com’s LinkedIN Q & A’s

Here are the latest Q & A’s on LinkedIN that I particpated in.

Updated July 23, 2008

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Where Are The Accounting Blogs? Pt. 1

It has been 3 years since (June of 2005) Eva M. Lang, wrote, what I consider the seminal article on Accountant Blogging.   She asked the question, “Would You, Could You, Should You Blog?“  The article is in my mind the first real attempt to see how the whole blogging phenomenon fits into Read more

Niche Building and Expert Status with Tax Blogs

It is apparent that the popularity of tax, accountant and CPA blogs has increased.  Not only are there more and more individual and firm blogs appearing on an almost daily basis, but sites such as AccountingWEB.com have created specific areas of their website to feature guest or contributing blog authors which feature accounting/tax articles.  AccountingWeb.com’s “Blogger Crew” features accountant blogs such as Read more

Web 2.0 Resources for Accountants

The following are HIGHLY recommended Web 2.0 Resources & Communities that you should join, to either increase your blog exposure and/or become familiar with what’s out there in the blogosphere ….

I recently joined Facebook. It has now become part of my daily routine to check out what friends are up to, try out new Facebook applications, and Read more

Not LinkedIn Yet?

LinkedIn is a savvy place to place your professional profile. Here’s a video by the “Official LinkedIn Channel” on YouTube that talks about it …

Thanks to Matt Homann for this tip … Read more