Adweek covered a recent study conducted by Universal McCann that shows some interesting things about US consumers and social media. The survey was a repeat of one done in September 2006 by the research firm. The second survey showed that the number of survey respondents who regularly read blogs jumped from just over 50 percent [...]
SEO is a big determinant of how high your site ranks in search engine results pages. Making sure your site is spider-friendly can help visitors discover your site and your blog more easily.
Search engine spiders “crawl” your pages to find out what’s on your site and to categorize it for placement in search engine results. [...]
Blogging has been around for a decade or more and businesses are beginning to see the value of blogging as a marketing technique. In the Internet age, businesses are now beginning to see the value in blogging and working with bloggers to promote products. Many consumers turn to blogs when seeking out information and product [...]
New bloggers and bloggers who are new to blog marketingmay not use or understand trackbacks. A trackback is an automated notification that someone has posted a link to your blog in their blog. The notification appears in your blog in the comments related to the post being blogged about. So the question is: “From a [...]
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has been around for about ten years and it is used to syndicate data that is published on a Web site. Today, many Web sites are built with RSS marketing in mind. Most blogging platforms also routinely publish an RSS feed, which Web browsers and news readers will recognize. (You’ll often [...]
You may have just started a business or you may have been in business for a long time. Either way, in today’s economy, you’re looking for effective strategies for growing your business. It’s no secret that growth will help your business thrive, but that’s much easier said than done in a lagging economy – especially [...]
Blogging is an essential component of a new marketing strategy, but how do you let the world know about your blog? If your blog is part of your Web site, some readers may find your blog by looking at your Web site. That’s one way to generate traffic, but a more effective way to promote [...]
When it comes to blogging, blog post titles have a lot to do with how your blog is seen (and ranked) by the search engines. If all things were equal, clever titles would entice readers, but search engines neither look at blog posts equally, nor are they particularly clever. As hard as it might be, [...]
Ok, so you’re sold on the value of writing a blog for your business, but you don’t know the first thing about blog writing. Fair enough. If you’re observant, you can pick up many good tactics as you develop your blogging skills. Pay attention to what other bloggers are doing, and blog writing will become [...]