Getting customers to care about your business often depends upon the quality of your content. And I know of few better ways to build a committed community of customers than with a great blog. In fact, my guide on how to build your small business blog remains one of the most popular parts of this site.
But what if you want more? What if you’re ready to move past the basics? Over the coming weeks, I’m going to look at building a better blog in more detail. But to get you started, check out these 7 tips for improving your content—and improving your marketing:
- Leading off, HubSpot shows 11 ways to use content to build your authority online.
- Writing can be hard. Thankfully, ProBlogger suggests 10 David Ogilvy quotes to inspire your blogging.
- OpenForum has a great piece on 5 simple ways to get more traffic to your website. Spoiler alert: great content factors into heavily in the mix.
- Mashable offers 5 steps for creating “magnetic” content.
- CopyBlogger looks into the 2nd most important element in your writing.
- Getting people to read your content is only half the battle. Which is why I love this ProBlogger piece on what motivates readers to share.
- And, finally, Social Media Examiner has a terrific video that explains how to use content marketing to increase your sales.
Enjoy the list, Big Thinkers. And look forward to more in the coming days.
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Online marketing isn’t easy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not rocket science. But it’s not always easy, either. With all the options available to marketing teams, it’s no surprise many get sucked in by tactics, but miss one of the most fundamental steps. What is that fundamental step? Well, that’s the topic of my latest Biznology blog post, Marketers must ask themselves, “What’s your story?”.
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I’m not saying numbers are everything. But, you can glean something from them.
Here are a few examples.
But I started the week talking about how you should ignore the snake oil salesmen while betting on social media without citing any real numbers. Well, here’s a good one for you:
eMarketer reports US social network ad revenues will reach $3.08 billion this year.
Again, I’m not saying that numbers are everything. But the implication’s pretty clear. Elvis changed music for a generation, serving as the catalyst for the rock & roll revolution. Social media will be the king of all media. We’re only just beginning to see the changes its bringing to media. But $3 billion worth of advertisers can’t be wrong.
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a compilation of The King’s hits from 1958 and 1959. The implication: Selling 50,000,000 records meant this Elvis kid was worth paying attention to.
