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Business Blogging: Boosting Your Financial Institution's Organic Traffic

SmartBug Media

Is business blogging a part of your financial institution’s marketing strategy? If the answer is no, keep reading to learn how blogging can help drive traffic to your website. The History of Blogging. The concept of blogging was introduced in 1994, when a college student wanted to publish his writing online.

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11 Editorial Guidelines Every Business Blog Needs

Hubspot

Many business bloggers have learned that their blog is one of their most crucial inbound marketing assets. Not only do companies that blog generate 55% more web traffic, but 57% of businesses have also won a customer through their blog. Explain the blog's objective.

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12 Reasons Your Business Blog Is Failing

Hubspot

Let's say that a couple of months ago, you decided to really start drinking the inbound marketing Kool-Aid, and you took the plunge: you started a business blog. So many new bloggers adopt the simple "if you build it, they will come" mentality. 12 Reasons Your Blog is Failing. What happened to the results?

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The Business Blog Editorial Calendar Every Marketer Needs [Free Template]

Hubspot

At this point, we know that consistent, frequent blogging is critical to your business’ online success. In fact, according to the 2012 State of Inbound Marketing , 70% of companies that publish articles 2-3 times per week have acquired a customer through their blog. And don’t forget about guest bloggers, either!

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How to Transform Yourself Into an Agile Business Blogger

Hubspot

Many inbound marketers and business bloggers get so caught up in (or weighed down by?) the idea of creating blog content , that after hours or days of looking at a blinking cursor, there's nothing but an outline or a few introductory sentences to show for their work. Create an Editorial Calendar.

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Why Inbound Marketing Is Perfect for Your Niche Business

Hubspot

Do you consider your business to be "niche?" If so, inbound marketing was made for you! Think about it: if you're in a niche industry, any large-scale outbound marketing initiatives (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads) will reach an audience that is 99% irrelevant to your business.

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How to Write Stellar How-To Posts for Your Business Blog

Hubspot

There is no shortage of different types of content you can create to feed your business blog. Thought leadership-based content, commentary on industry news, data-driven analyses, list-style posts. It's a business blogging classic. How-to posts are favorited by bloggers and readers alike. Introduce It.