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6 Common Reasons Why Business Blogs Fail

Circle Studio

Blogging is a cornerstone of B2B content marketing and can be highly effective at driving website traffic, while nurturing relationships with both prospects and clients. Many B2B companies have a blog but are not seeing the results they had hoped for or expected. Setting specific goals and objectives for your blog.

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Your Business Blog Year 10: Is It Still Worth It?

Writing on the Web

Does blogging still make sense for your business? Is a business blog worth the time you need to research, write, format and publish quality content? Some busy professionals ask me if it’s worth it to blog or would keeping in touch with people through social media sites work just as well?

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Starting a Blog for Your Business: Checklist

Sharpspring

Lots of businesses set up blogs without any planning behind the effort. But starting a blog for your business isn’t a task to be taken on without forethought. And this is why many business blogs never deliver any noticeable results: They rank for random keywords that never bring any sales or leads.

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity

They’ve adapted to using online social networks (namely LinkedIn) to identify passive candidates in the last few years and it’s serving them well. ” Leave a comment (or subscribe) to a blog about IT recruiting. People are much more likely to link to a blog post than your “services page” too.

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9 Must-Have Basic Business Blog Features

B2B Marketing Traction

If you’re just getting started in blogging, it’s not easy to know the basic features you need to include in your blog. There is a lot of information on the Internet about how to blog and about blog features. 9 Basic Blog Features. A way to subscibe to the blog (typically an RSS feed). Commenting.

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Business Blogging – Do You Have What It Takes?

Webbiquity

Though blogging provides significant business benefits (e.g. increasing a firm’s credibility and visibility in search), developing a blog isn’t the right move for every organization. The web is littered with abandoned blogs; according to Technorati , only 7.4 Social skills. How do you get there?

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Best Business Blogging Tips of 2009, Part 2

Webbiquity

How can you develop a steady stream of new topic ideas to write about on your blog? Attract more blog traffic? Which highly successful blogs should you emulate, and what can you learn from them? What common blogging mistakes should you avoid? 5 outstanding corporate blogs by iMedia Connection.