People like to get something from blogs they read. You don’t have to be Shakespeare to have a good blog. The fact is that web sites with a blog received 55% more visitors , 97% more inbound links and 434% more indexed pages than those that didn’t have a blog. Businesses in particular can capitalize on this because businesses that blog experience 126% higher lead growth than non-blogging businesses. Give your readers something to chew on – A blog post should be 400-600 words on average. Blog Checklist. MORE >>

Social media has become an important communication channel for businesses online. Its importance is growing by the technology developments for social media analytics which enable businesses and there for marketing responsible employees to exactly show the ROI of social media marketing to their executives! Companies increasingly embrace social media and the other important strategies like content marketing and real time marketing an. That leaves only one conclusion, that your future customer is active in social media as well! Download yours now! MORE >>

And not because this article will tell you anything you don’t already know – rather, it will remind you of business principles that you already apply in your everyday professional work but which you forgot once you started marketing online. Here’s the message, loud and clear: 99% of busy business professionals and attorneys should not – repeat, not – waste their precious productive hours writing their own blog posts and website content. You will burn yourself out, and your business will suffer – even if you enjoy doing the writing. Blog this on Blogger. MORE >>

Over time, the top source of traffic for most blogs is search. The two keys to search success are great content and links. social networking profiles, social bookmarking sites, other bloggers). But two great sources are blog directories and RSS syndication sites. So, having recently completed a submission campaign for a client, here is an updated list of blog directories and RSS syndication sites that remain active and free. Create a plain text file, using Notepad or a similar tool, with the following information compiled: Blog name/title (e.g., MORE >>

You just wrote an awesome blog post. No matter how remarkable the content of that blog article is, there are still countless things that could be wrong with your post. Before you ever hit the publish button on a blog post , make sure you've checked these 11 items off your content publishing to-do list to prevent internet humiliation. 11 Things to Do Before Publishing a Blog Post. Readers love your blog because you provide them with not just a killer post, but links to other killer content that will rock their world. Don't make another move. Maybe some leads? MORE >>