Why Marketers Love Blogs
We have reported earlier why SEO experts still love blogs, but what about Internet marketers? This article follows on from that previous report and gives us six reasons why marketers love blogs as much as anyone. Despite the attraction of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, this report reminds us that sites with blogs still generate an average of 67% more leads for Internet marketers. It goes on to point out that, while the facts are slightly more complicated than these raw figures, blogs with more than 25 posts perform better than smaller blogs, and those with 52 posts or more see another significant jump in generated leads. Read on to find out more.
Why Do SEO’s Love Blogs?
Despite the social media focus of many SEO tactics these days, especially on sites like Facebook and Twitter, a well crafted blog can still make a dramatic difference to any online business. This article outlines a recent study that shows dramatic differences where companies include blogs as part of their content strategy. In fact, businesses who blog have 97% more inbound links and 434% more indexed pages! When you add the fact that they also have 55% more visitors, you can see why blogs are still popular with SEO experts.
This article gives six reasons why blogs are still one of the more effective ways of implementing good SEO strategies, and is well worth your time.
Businesses Still Struggling With Blogs
Although businesses are launching their blog sites at a rapid rate, it seems that many business owners are still struggling with the basics. This article points out the difficulties that businesses experience when setting up their blogs but, on a more positive note, it outlines the things that every business owner can do to save themselves from losing blog traffic. You will find a nine-point plan that you can easily follow that will set your business up for a successful online future. What’s more you will save yourself a lot of pain by taking advantage of these sound planning tactics.
Do We Know How To Use Twitter?
A new report has revealed that people in the US certainly know about Twitter but what is less clear is whether they know how to use it. American’s awareness of twitter has expanded from a paltry 5% in 2008 to 87% in 2010. This means that more people know about Twitter than have access to the Internet! The surprising point though is that only 7% actively use Twitter compared to 41% that currently have profiles on Facebook. As far as Internet marketers are concerned, the jury is still out on what the future may hold.
The Dawning of The Facebook Age
In just a few short years Facebook has become a great technology company, leaving the likes of MySpace in its wake and steadily challenging the giants of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! This review examines the explosive growth that Facebook has experienced over the last two years, and notes that the momentum that is behind it now means that we are entering into a revolutionary phase that Facebook could easily come to dominate. Internet marketers should take note now, and be ready to adapt websites in ways that please Facebook just as much as we all attempt to please Google now.
What Can The Army Teach a Blogger?
If you thought the army was only about teaching soldiers how to fight and win wars, think again. Since the outbreak of the war in Iraq several years ago, soldiers have taken to the Internet, and blogs in particular, to send their views to the world about what life is really like on the front line. They have even be able to influence political debate in doing so. This article uses the army’s experience in dealing with blogging to provide the reader with nine key points to more successful blogging. In an unusual way, the article highlights the importance of things like content, using clear and concise writing and backing up arguments with evidence. There are lessons here for every Internet marketer.
How to Run a Successful Blog Competition
Competitions have always been a favourite way of bloggers looking to build a list. The author of this post has conducted over 50 competitions over the years and is acknowledged as an expert. In this article, Darren Rowse gives you a step-by-step account of how to create a successful competition including things like how to find sponsors, how come up with winning ideas for competitions, how to write posts announcing competitions, moderating the competition and choosing winners. The success he has enjoyed with this approach can be applied to any business site and is well worth reading.
Creating a Product For Your Blog
Creating a product to sell on your blog can be a daunting prospect when you consider all the elements that have to fall into place for it to be a success. This article steps back from the big picture and provides you with an alternative method of product creation by studying the individual steps that are required. By breaking down the major task into a series of subtasks, the author guides you through a simple step-by-step method which you can use to finally create the product you are aiming for. The author takes a very general approach that can be applied to almost any business, so this article will assist any Webmaster in getting a new project off the ground.
Best Business Blogging Strategies
Blogs provide a great platform to launch an Internet presence for most businesses because they provide an easy content management system that almost anyone can use. But businesses also need to be careful that they plan the site well in advance before launching. Content is still the king of the Internet, so companies need to invest in resources to ensure a blog is successful. In this article the author discusses the reasons for starting a business blog and examines the goals and outcomes that can be reasonably expected. The author provides valuable content that will assist any business in setting standards and elements that need to be incorporated in any successful blog.
How To Leverage Your Real Time Searches
Every major search engine now has real Time search at the top of their priority lists. Google is combining live updates from twitter with latest news headlines and blog posts in search results. If you are an Internet market this gives you the capacity to discover breaking news the minute it occurs which in turn makes it imperative to publish online content as frequently as possible. This article covers five methods you can follow to take advantage of real-time search covering such elements as how to develop the type of content that supports real-time SEO, mobilising your fan base, and how to discover what’s hot in the news.
By implementing these five simple strategies you can maximise your online performance and stay ahead of the field.
