Business blogging isn’t an accidental venture. The best business blogs look like they’re unplanned, but they’re really the product of a lot of thought about how a business blog fits into the author’s business objectives.
If you understand how your business blog relates to your business objectives, developing blog marketing and content strategies will become much [...]
Last week, I talked about the value of enabling comments on your blogs. Comments from readers are like gold because they can tell you how well you’re reaching them with your message. Leaving comments on other blogs is likewise valuable, not only as a blog promotion tool, but also as a way to keep up [...]
One of the best things you can do for your business blog is to spend a bit of time thinking about it. Lots of business bloggers jump in with both feet, only to find that their blog isn’t producing the site traffic they hoped to see. In this case, it’s easy to get discouraged. [...]
Blog promotion can come in a variety of ways. You can promote your blog via directories and catalogs, via links in forums that are related to your subject matter, word-of-mouth in communities that are interested in your business area, and through other blogs.
The Wall Street Journal ran an article yesterday (unfortunately, it’s available only [...]
There’s a great article that appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail over the weekend about business blogging and its corporate value. The article explores some excellent points about the value of blog marketing from the perspective of Jim Estill, a Canadian blogger and the CEO of Synnex Canada, Ltd.
He points out that [...]
I ran across an interesting blog post about the value of blogging. The post is from Rick Spence, a marketer and blogger in Canada. Although his post is long, it’s worth the time to read it. He details why business blogging is so effective and what it will and won’t do for [...]
At the Future of Web Apps (FOWA) conference last week, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg threw around some interesting numbers and provided some cautionary advice to corporate bloggers.
The interesting statistic he provided is that WordPress supports more than 2.5 million blogs. That’s a huge number, but it doesn’t distinguish between corporate bloggers and personal bloggers. [...]
If you’ve read this blog for awhile, you know that having quality content is an important part of a business blog. Your readers will not only appreciate content that’s interesting and relevant, they will also reward your blog with all-important inbound links to you material.
But does quality content guaranteelinks? Can you be certain that [...]
Adding a business blog to your site can be an effective way to improve your search engine visibility, but simply having a blog - even a very active one - isn’t enough. Here are a few business blogging strategies to consider.
Business blogging is a planned activity. Personal blogs may leave you with the impression [...]