Blogging for Your Business.

September 25, 2013

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If your business has a website, chances are you need a blog. But don’t freak out.
There are a lot of misconceptions about blogging – that they’re pointless, wearisome and only for certain types of businesses. These views couldn’t be further from the truth.

Using blog posts can be a fun yet effective tool to extend your marketing reach among your consumers. And they’re a key component for the success of any website.

What is Business Blogging?

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First and foremost, blogging is a marketing tactic. Through blogging, businesses create short-form content to attract attention to their website. What you’re reading right now is an example of a blog post. Chances are you found this blog post in one of two ways:

1. You were directed here through a search engine or web link, or
2. You follow our blog and visit our website regularly to read our newest posts.

Either way, you are seeking information. Business blogging gives information to the seeker in exchange for their attention.

How Blogging Feeds Your Website

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Every time you create a blog post, it adds a page to your website. Google and other search engines like to see a lot of content, so just by blogging twice a month you can help your website appear more in searches and consequently get more visitors.

New blog posts also create an opportunity for social media sharing and for other sites to link to your website. Using blog posts avoids the clutter that creating random pages for your website would cause, because all of your new pages are categorized under the blog.

Using keywords is a great way to increase the success of your blog posts in search engine rankings. Keywords are repeated words or phrases in your post that summarize the content. Great keywords for this post might include: “business blogging,” “blogs” or “blog posts.” When using keywords, though, make sure you’re not just creating a word farm. The post has to make sense, or the reader will leave your site as soon as he or she gets there.

Congratulations, You’re Now an Expert

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Use your power wisely. By blogging regularly, you can be seen as an expert in your field and gain loyal followers. When your followers need someone to get a job done in your industry, they’ll think of you first and hopefully become loyal customers. Here are some tips for gaining a loyal following on your blog:

  • Don’t just talk about how cool you are. Educate your reader and talk about important issues in your industry. Nobody likes listening to someone go on and on about themselves. Your readers are focused on what they can get from listening to you.
  • Blog regularly. If your readers never hear from you, they’ll stop listening.
  • Just because your an expert, doesn’t mean you know it all. Do your research before writing a blog post, and make sure you’ve got all of your facts right. When you get the facts wrong, it decreases your credibility. Readers won’t be loyal to you if they can’t trust you.
  • Be open to conversation. Make your blog a two-way street; don’t just talk at your readers. Leave a space for comments on your posts and engage with your audience. When your readers get to reply to you, they become more invested in your site.

Don’t Have the Resources to Get Your Blog On?

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If you feel that you don’t have the time, manpower or writing ability to blog regularly, there are other ways to add a blog to your website.

One option is using an RSS feed. An RSS feed is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. In other words, you can link your site to another site’s blog, and your blog will then update every time the outside blog updates. An example of this is the News and Media section we created for Global First Responder’s website. This section includes the RSS feeds for UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross and more, so it automatically updates with new content.

Whatever you do, don’t use other people or business’s content without attribution. Your blog posts don’t always have to be original, but you do need to cite the original source. Even if you are just creating a synopsis of another’s content, you still ought to attribute the idea – just like you did in English class!

At MayeCreate, we enjoy utilizing blogs to their fullest potential! Contact us to ask about how you can incorporate blog posts into your own website routine.

Who Manifested This Madness?

Monica Maye Pitts

This fabulous human, that's who.

Monica Maye Pitts

Monica is the creative force and founder of MayeCreate. She has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with an emphasis in Economics, Education and Plant Science from the University of Missouri. Monica possesses a rare combination of design savvy and technological know-how. Her clients know this quite well. Her passion for making friends and helping businesses grow gives her the skills she needs to make sure that each client, or friend, gets the attention and service he or she deserves.

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