Learning how to create a blog site is as simple as selecting a topic of interest to write about, creating a content plan, selecting which content management system as well as what website hosting plan is best for your needs. Most will suggest writing about topics you are familiar with but, well, where is the growth opportunity in that?

There are myriad new learning opportunities available (online) with a simple click of the mouse. This isn’t to suggest total abandonment...

In this post, we’ll briefly examine the good, the bad and the ugly concerning how to teach online at Udemy. Before going further, we want to express our sincerest thanks to this organization for seizing the initiative to democratize online learning! There was a time when we, at SBDC TV, were among their most dedicated teachers. In a short six month period during 2013, we produced 30 courses for Udemy and began to enroll tons of online learners. We’d go further to encourage any desiring to launch...

When using Feedburner for Wordpress, webmasters should first take care to understand the basics of this mega popular tool. Millions of blogs and websites have turned to Feedburner to burn their RSS feeds and as with most great Wordpress (it can be used on other content management tools as well) website tools, it’s free! Feedburner provides statistics, feed optimization options and several other critical tools for monitoring and distributing a website’s RSS feed (RSS stands for ‘really...

In our ongoing entrepreneur series, we now feature Reed Timmer, tornado chaser and business owner at Tornadovideos.net. As some know, Reed chases tornadoes across the Midwest in a place known as ‘Tornado Alley’ and was one of the stars of the now cancelled Discovery Channel series titled Storm Chasers. I love Reed and have followed his progress since the series was taken off air. He represents everything that is right about entrepreneurship and holds the honor of one of only two streaming video...

For serious businesses only; please avoid free website hosting! Many years ago when SBDC TV began, in the year 2000 to be exact, surfing the Internet was relatively new and with its increased popularity, came new technology companies to service this growing market. The company we used to access the Internet was Netzero.com. For those unfamiliar with NetZero, they opened for business (online) right around the turn of the century, had great commercials and accessing the Internet using their services...