[This article was originally published in March 2021 and has been expanded and updated.]
Depending on your view of business blogs, they can be a literary exercise to showcase your brand, or a mercenary SEO tactic for driving traffic to your site.
The truth is that it's a bit of both. And both are necessary for optimizing your blog posts for local traffic.
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Topics:
local inbound marketing strategy,
Business Blogging,
local SEO,
blogging strategy,
blog post optimization
There are few things more powerful when it comes to driving traffic to your company's website than business blog posts.
By harnessing the power of search engine optimization, frequent and consistent blog articles can pull in a higher percentage of leads and website visits than all other SEO tactics combined. If, that is, you have a proper strategy and produce valuable and relevant blog content.
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Topics:
Corporate blog,
Business Blogging,
business blog,
blogging strategy,
blog post tips,
blog post optimization
A business blog isn't simply "blogging for dollars" and it hasn't faded away into the misty realm of digital marketing history. Business blogs still rock.
So, what does this mean for you? A quality business blog is still "a thing."
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Topics:
Corporate blog,
Business Blogging,
Small business marketing strategy,
business blog,
blogging strategy
[This article was originally posted in September of 2018. Two years have passed, marketing has evolved, and the world has also gone through a unique period of pandemic and all the fallout from that. So, it is a fair question to ask once again, does blogging still matter for content marketing? With that in mind, we have updated and expanded this post.]
With all the changes in search engine optimization and the vast range of social media platforms available, does blogging still matter for content marketing?
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Topics:
website traffic,
Business Blogging,
SEO,
Blogging,
Content Marketing Strategy
You've probably heard it before, but one of the constants of SEO, online marketing, and blogging strategies is that they change. So, what still matters?
The short answer is, "It all still matters." The longer answer is, well, longer.
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Topics:
Business Blogging,
Small business marketing strategy,
online marketing strategy,
SEO strategy,
blogging strategy
Every operation of a business rests on fundamentals. This includes marketing, and especially content marketing. However, unlike functions such as bookkeeping, content marketing changes. So what are the "must-have" components of a good strategy?
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Topics:
Business Blogging,
SEO,
Social Media,
Content Marketing Strategy,
content distribution
If your business website has a blog then you are already steps ahead of many of your competitors. But a blog that doesn't help your website get found online may is only doing part of it's real job.
If you're an owner struggling to maintain a business blog for your website, or an employee that has been tasked with this chore, you already know it can be just that: a chore. But, the truth is that we often over-complicate the process and the work involved.
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Topics:
content marketing,
Business Blogging,
inbound marketing,
SEO,
business blog,
SERP
As a business owner or marketer you have a number of marketing strategies to choose from. But not all marketing strategies are a good fit for every business. So how do you decide?
[This post was adapted and revised from a post published June 2016]
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Topics:
Advertising,
outbound marketing,
inbound marketing strategy,
Business Blogging,
Content Marketing Strategy,
white papers,
email marketing
Whether you are building a platform for your marketing efforts or simply looking to gain new leads and prospects, there are many tactics that can be used. But email marketing still a powerhouse tactic.
Although we are using the term 'email marketing' for the purposes of this article, email is really a tool, or tactic, that is part of the larger strategy of inbound marketing. Along with your business blog (and you do have one, right?) email can be one of your most effective means of gaining traffic.
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Topics:
content marketing,
inbound marketing tips,
Business Blogging,
Email lists,
Social Media,
email marketing