This slide deck covers the ways blogging can be used in a business environment. Issues covered include;
- SEO advantages of Blogging
- How to write compelling blog entries
- How to promote your blog
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Blogging for Business
Using a Blog to Promote and Grow Your Business
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What is it?
A combination of
Web and Log.
Began in 1999.
An interactive regular
newsletter, posted on a
website.
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What is it?
The act of creating,
composing and publishing
content.
74% of businesses with
fewer than 500 employees
use Web 2.0 technologies.
Blogs are the most-used
technology, being employed
by 87% of
respondents. (report by
Awareness)
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Current Business Uses
Announce Product Releases and Company News.
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Current Business Uses
Announce Product Releases and Company News.
Get Feedback from Customers.
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Current Business Uses
Announce Product Releases and Company News.
Get Feedback from Customers.
Create Quality Content -> Credibility and Visibility.
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Current Business Uses
Announce Product Releases and Company News.
Get Feedback from Customers.
Create Quality Content -> Credibility and Visibility.
Create Buzz
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Blogs and SEO
Blogs are a terri鍖c way to grow traf鍖c to your website, for
several reasons.
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
1. Consistent, quality content.
If you update your blog on a consistent basis, you will
continue to develop more and more content.
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
2. Links in and Links Out
Put relevant links in your posts.
Useful to readers
Increase search ranking
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
2. Links in and Links Out
Put relevant links in your posts.
Useful to readers
Increase search ranking
Quality Content + Relevant Links = Incoming Links
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
3. Good Page Structure
Blogs are automatically formatted with excellent page
structure, and can be easily indexed by search engines.
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
4. Effective Keywords
Relevant blog posts = more important keywords.
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
4. Effective Keywords
Relevant blog posts = more important keywords.
Blogs also make it easy to highlight the truly important
keywords.
Blog Post Titles
Headings
Categories/Tags
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5 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Rank
5. Blog Comments
You can enable comments on most blogs.
Receive help from your audience they are writing content
for your site!
Commenters may also post some relevant outgoing links.
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
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Building Your Blog
Focus - What will you write about on your blog?
Informational Resource?
Company Information?
Customer Service?
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Building Your Blog
Style - What writing style will you use?
Professional?
Casual/Personable?
Technical?
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
2. Choose Blogging Platform.
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
2. Choose Blogging Platform.
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
2. Choose Blogging Platform.
3. Manage a Team
4. Write Quality Posts
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Effective Blog Posts
Compelling Headline
On average, 5 times as many people read the headline as the
body copy.
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5 Headline Templates That Work Consistently
Warning: [blank]
How [blank] Made Me [blank]
Use when relating a personal story.
The two "blanks" should sound curious to be related to one another, increasing the
curiosity factor.
Are you [blank]?
[Blank] Ways to [blank]
If You're [blank], You Can [blank]
First blank addresses a particular type of person
Second blank addresses a bene鍖cial promise to that person.
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Effective Blog Posts
Compelling Headline
On average, 5 times as many people read the headline as the body
copy.
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Effective Blog Posts
Compelling Headline
On average, 5 times as many people read the headline as the body
copy.
Write in conversational tone (no jargon).
Short and Sweet...usually.
Make Text Scannable
Lists
Bold words
Add Hyperlinks within Text
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
2. Choose Blogging Platform.
3. Manage a Team
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Building Your Blog
1. Choose a focus and a style.
2. Choose Blogging Platform.
3. Manage a Team
4. Write Quality Posts
5. Blog Maintenance (writing frequently)
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Blog Maintenance
Blogger Burnout - When blogging responsibilities
become too overwhelming, and individuals or teams
basically abandon their blog.
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Blog Maintenance
Blogger Burnout - When blogging responsibilities
become too overwhelming, and individuals or teams
basically abandon their blog.
Good blogs -> updated at least once every other week.
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Blog Maintenance
Blogger Burnout - When blogging responsibilities
become too overwhelming, and individuals or teams
basically abandon their blog.
Good blogs -> updated at least once every other week.
Use team structure to reduce burden.
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Promoting Your Blog
Directories
Paid Inclusion
Free (Open) Inclusion
Special Interest Inclusion
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Best of the Web - Paid Inclusion
http://botw.org/
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Promoting Your Blog
Technorati Pings
Alerts Technorati every time you update new content
(ping).
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Promoting Your Blog
Technorati Pings
Alerts Technorati every time you update new content
(ping).
Blog Carnivals
Blog event dedicated to a particular topic, published on a
regular schedule.
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Conclusion
Blogs can be a terri鍖c business tool if used
correctly.
Think about how blogging could be implemented
by your business to increase sales, visibility, and
brand awareness.
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