Article marketing is an effective way for you to get more traffic to your blog by increasing links to your site on the Web. How does it work – and do you need to do it? What is article marketing? Article marketing is a method to get articles that you’ve written posted and re-posted on [...]
Free business blog ideas!
The more you blog, the better your chances of attracting new customers. Are you having trouble coming up with ideas for blog posts? There’s a million great tips on coming up with blog post ideas – like this one I just read – but sometimes there’s nothing better than a little brainstorm session. If you [...]
How to increase traffic, find your blog’s “sweet spot,” and other news from around the Web
I read 1,296 blogs about blogging, so you don’t have to. 1. Canada has business blogs? You betcha. The Toronto Globe & Mail presents us with a four-part series: How to keep your (corporate) blog out of the bunker. You don’t have to read the whole thing, but the article makes the case that business [...]
Tiny tweaks that will make your business blog better
For experienced bloggers this is basic information. For those starting out, or looking to retool their business blog to get more readers or keep their attention, see if you need to make any of the tweaks below. I’m working with a couple of blogs now (thanks guys!), and besides the big stuff (content that connects [...]
Today’s news: business blog advice & case studies
Some informative links for business bloggers today: 9 Lessons from a 2 Year Old Blogger: Maria Killam, a designer and color (or as she says “colour”) expert in Canada, generates a great amount of business from her blog. An interesting tip: she gives away all her advice for free — and I see other designers/businesses doing [...]
Roundup: Best advice for business blogs
Here’s a roundup of my favorite advice for business blogs. Some have how-to’s for making business blogs more effective, and others have essential backup/statistics about how business blogs help increase Web traffic (in case you need to sell the idea to a boss/investor/etc.) I couldn’tve said it better. Five reasons why corporate blogs fail by [...]
Business blogs that work: Kitchen and Residential Design
Creating a business blog is labor-intensive and building an audience can be slow and frustrating. What are elements of a successful business blog? Here’s one example. Paul Anater, Kitchen & Residential Design I started reading Kitchen and Residential Design when I was — what else? — doing my kitchen. I was searching for countertop recommendations [...]
So why don’t you have a business blog?
There are a millions reasons why your company doesn’t have a blog — or why you haven’t kept it up, or why you hate writing posts. Even when you know that good business blogs increase Web site traffic and customer acquisition. What are your reasons? 1. What if they don’t like me (and say bad [...]
Fact: Business blogs increase Web traffic
Statistics prove it: If you are working the mojo of your business blog you get more links, more exposure and more customers. Need evidence? Read on. Today, various bloggers are writing on the topic, “Are bloggers as important as bloggers think they are?” One of my favorite bloggers, Paul Anater of Kitchen and Residential Design wrote a [...]
Top blog posts and what you can learn from them
Problogger has a great series of case studies where they ask blog authors which were their most successful posts. Here’s a quick summary of top posts and how those lessons can be applied to business or corporate blogs. Simple but effective list Leo Babauata from Zen Habits said his most popular blog post was “10 [...]
