As experienced Atlanta digital marketing professionals we know the importance of having a great blog in today’s highly competitive online business arena. We’ve all come across those great blogs that are highly popular and get hundreds or thousands of shares or likes on nearly every post – but how do you get there? While it does take time and effort, we have a few digital marketing tips that will help you grow your company blog to one of those “blogs to watch.”
First of all, avoid selling on your blog. People don’t like content that’s overly promotional and always selling. What they DO like is content that’s engaging, educational, informative, unique, compelling, even humorous. Your content should interest your readers, not sell to them.
Think quality over quantity. Sure, it’s great if you can post a new article on your blog two or three times a week – but sometimes you just can’t come up with great content. Instead of sticking something up there for the sake of content, wait until you have something really great to share with your readers. Every piece of content you put on your blog should be something readers will want to share, so posting quality content two or three times a month is better than posting low quality content 12 times a month.
Be consistent. While this may seem to go against what we just said above, you DO need to post quality content to your blog consistently. For instance, you don’t want to post two articles per week for a month, then all of a sudden disappear for three months. Be as consistent as you can be while creating content your audience is hungry for.
Use forums and social media to find new content ideas, and build traffic to your blog. Relevant forums and social media platforms are great places to learn what questions people are asking, what they want answers to. This not only helps give you fresh content ideas, you can then engage with those on forums and social media and get involved in the discussion – linking back to your blog posts where relevant!
Build solid relationships with others in your industry. The fact is, most blogs aren’t strong enough on their own to just “attract” links like magic. If you want quality links to your blog, do your part and link out to other blogs you believe deserve to be linked to because of their great content. Blogging is a form of social marketing, so be social and build relationships.
At EBB Web Design, we know the importance of blogs today not only for SEO purposes, but for sharing your knowledge, growing a dedicated audience, and building awareness of your authority in your industry. Blogs are a critical component of a digital marketing campaign! Our Atlanta digital marketing pros are ready to help you get your company blog underway, so contact us today.
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