Tag Archive: blog marketing

When Should You Start a New Business Blog?

Tweet When should you start a new business blog? Let’s face it, publishing frequently on a business blog is time consuming. Depending on how swift your writing and blogging skills are, it can take you 1-2 hours to publish a post of 350-500 words, including the writing, editing, linking, adding an image, and updating social…

Is Your Business Blog Sexy?
4 Simple Ways to Get More Blog Readers

Tweet When it comes to business blogging, many professionals forget that there is more to it than getting information out on the page. The appeal of business blogs and sites has a lot to do with readers’ impressions. How can you make your business blog visually appealing, even sexy? Blog formatting is key; in fact,…

Oscar Wilde: Advice on Better Blogging

Tweet You know that your blog is a key part of your search strategy, but do you know how to get the most out of it?  What would Oscar Wilde advise for better blogging? Thousands of blog guides exist, but do they really help or just cloud the issue further? This is what you need…

Tips for Better Blog Outreach and Blog Marketing

Tweet How can you make the most of your blog marketing and outreach? Here are some helpful tips so that your business blog attracts more readers, and you get found, get known, and get clients. Small business owners know that a well-formulated blog with consistently fresh content can improve brand image, customer interaction and overall…

How Blog Readers Find You – A Diagram

Tweet I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:  a business blog is the best way to get found online, the best way to connect with potential clients, and the pathway to turning readers into clients. So, what’s your favorite excuse for not blogging for your business? I keep hearing the same reasons, over…

Blog Writing: 5 Tips to Break a Blogging Rut

Tweet Business blog writing is tough. No matter how long you’ve been writing on your business blog, sooner or later, you’ll find yourself in a blogging rut. How do you break out of blogger’s block? There are many reasons that people blog – the most important being to convey their personal message in a clear,…

Better Blogging: Messages that Inspire Desire…

Tweet Why should you be writing and publishing blog posts and Web content for your business? No, it’s not because of search engines in order to get indexed and found. That’s important but it’s a side-effect of doing Content Marketing right. The only reason “you should be blogging” is to get your message across to…

Business Blog Attacks: How to Keep Comments Civil

Tweet What happens when a business blog is attacked by rude comments from readers? It can happen and does. Blogging connects business owners with customers and potential clients in ways that a basic website cannot. One of the best features of a blog is the comment section because it makes it possible for the writer…

Blog Like Perez Hilton: 10 Ways to Bring Traffic to Your Blog

Tweet The second-best thing about writing a blog is that you have an opportunity to express your opinions, thoughts, and viewpoints to the rest of the world. But the number one advantage to blogging is that it’s a meritocracy; in other words, anyone can be successful at it! Just look at Perez Hilton. He comes…

Keyword Research: What Smart Professionals Know

Tweet We have at least two audiences when we write on the web: people and search engines. My clients tell me it feels hard to write well for both, and in my experience, it’s because they’ve skipped the first step in the process: Keyword research. (Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net) If I were to optimize my web copy…