Why Blogging Is Great for Your Business1. Blogging for the $ake of
Your Business
Dmitriy Nesterov,
Marketing Officer, SEO,
Copywriter, Editor in Chief
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2. Some Statistics on Blogging
• 2/3 of marketers say blogs are “important” or “critical” to
their businesses;
• Companies that blog have 55% more website visitors;
• B2C companies that blog generate 88% more leads per
month;
• B2B companies that blog generate 67% more leads per
month;
• 75% of Internet users read blogs;
• 81% of U.S. online consumers trust information and advice
from blogs.
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3. Benefits of Business Blogging
• Blogs generate fresh content on your site;
• Google and other search engines love fresh content and
they’ll send visitors to your site;
• Blogs help businesses prove their reliability and expertize;
• Blogs help businesses reach out to their target audiences;
• Blogging can make your company popular and help you build
a community around your business.
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5. Stage 1 Challenges
• Choosing a platform for your business blogging;
• Creating a design for the blog to match your
corporate look and feel;
• Hosting your blog;
• Integrating the blog into your existing website (if
any).
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7. Why Wordpress Is the Most Popular Choice
• It’s free;
• It’s designer and developer-friendly (open-source platform);
• Search engines love WordPress;
• It’s easy to administrate;
• It’s customizable for different needs;
• It has tons of free and paid themes;
• It’s a proven success of many power bloggers.
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8. Have your blog designed with your business in mind
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10. Stage 2 Challenges
• Giving readers something they don’t already
have (i.e. adding value to blog posts);
• Creating useful and likable content.
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11. Things You Can Blog about
• News in your industry;
• Tips, reviews, recommendations and tutorials;
• Case studies and success stories;
• Inspirational content;
• Promoting your audience’s lifestyle and philosophy;
• Interviews with experts in your industry;
• Giving a fun and unusual twist to mundane products
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12. News in Your Industry
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18. Fun and Unusual Twist to
Mundane Products
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19. Fun and Unusual Twist to
Mundane Products
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20. Stage 2 Tips
• Use your blog to talk to your customers;
• Treat your blog as an integral part of your business;
• Write about what is interesting to your target audience;
• Anything that gives your audience real value is relevant;
• Learn from other successful bloggers and blogging gurus;
• Talk to your community like a friend in a less formal way and not like a
salesman or a businessman;
• It’s very important that your blog is not always about you, your company
or your team. It’s OK to write ego-centric posts about your business but
only sometimes and probably not even until your blog is popular and has
a community around it;
• Do not be over promotional and do not blatantly advertise before earning
people’s trust.
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22. Stage 3 Challenges
• Finding time for blogging;
• Finding someone to contribute to your blogging
efforts;
• Writing compelling and eye-catching blog posts;
• Writing with passion and creativity;
• Posting regularly;
• Not getting bored.
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23. Encourage Someone from Your Team to
Contribute to Your Company’s Blog
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26. Our Guest Blogging Experience
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Before and after starting to accept guest articles for QuartSoft’s blog
179% increase in organic traffic in 4 months
27. Hire a Blog Writer
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28. Where to Find Freelance Writers for
Your Blog
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29. Even CEOs Blog and so Can You as
Well
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30. Stage 3 Tips
• Recommended length of a blog post is 500 – 1000
words;
• Write compelling headers and subheaders ;
• Make your blog post scannable by using subheaders,
list bullets, spaces between paragraphs;
• Readers love visuals like images, infographics, videos;
• Start with 2-3 posts a week… or at least 2 per month;
• Be passionate and do not expect fast results.
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33. The goal is to build a
community around your blog
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36. Make it possible for visitors to
subscribe
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38. Ideas for Engaging Content
• Add visuals (images, infographics, videos,
charts, presentations etc.);
• Make it funny or amusing;
• Use your creativity;
• Make it unique and exclusive;
• Make it really informative;
• Connect emotionally.
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41. Keep Them Longer on
Your Blog
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Widgets can display related and most popular posts as well as the latest comments
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42. Grab Attention with Headlines
• How to……
• 7 Proven Tactics to…
• The 7 Easiest Ways to ….
• How You Can…
• 6 Core Reasons Why…
• Ultimate Guide for…
• Do You Know How to… ?
• The Only 2 Ways to…
• Should You … or…?
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43. Start Showing It to
Your Audience
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44. Share Blog Posts on Your
Facebook Business Page
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47. Stage 4 Tips
• Write guest articles with for other people’s blogs with links to your
site or blog;
• Offer free extra content like eBook, relevant reports, online
educational course, podcasts etc.;
• Make friends with other bloggers in relevant but non-competing
businesses;
• Ask your friends and partners to link to your blog from their
websites;
• Hire a reputable SEO to help you with promoting your blog online;
• Repackage content for new platforms (Pinterest, Slideshare,
Youtube).
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48. What to Expect from Business
Blogging
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49. • Time-consuming and challenging work;
• Many will not make it to enjoy the long lasting
success;
• But those who are patient and passionate
about their blog will thrive.
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