Writing on the Web

JUNE 19, 2013

Here are 4 top SEO tips for small businesses on a shoestring budget: Contribute to High Authority Blogs in Your Niche. Aim your energies at quality blogs. This will help you to develop referral traffic, cultivate thought leadership, and garner authoritative and quality links. b) Download the Google Chrome PR plugin.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 5, 2010

Struggling to increase blog traffic? Learn how to make your blog the center of your social media efforts, build traffic, write great posts and more here in some of the best tips, tactics and guidance for blogging of 2010 so far. 100+ SMB Blogging Ideas to Kick Start 2010 by Small Business Trends.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 27, 2010

What are you doing or not doing on your blog that screws up your traffic? Here’s a typical one… “Okay, Patsi, I’ve been following you for a while now, and your blog writing tips have helped. I’m posting twice a week, but I’m still not getting comments, and my traffic stats stink.

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Webbiquity

MAY 6, 2020

And as Michael Brenner has reported , only 20% of bloggers publish at least two posts per week. Big brands like IBM, Google, Microsoft, Starbucks are seen blogging regularly as a means to interact with their customers. Every month, 409 million people view more than 20 billion blog pages. 36% publish one post per month or less.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Why is now the best time to start blogging, and what opportunities does it bring for business bloggers? If blogging will be part of your strategy, get started now! It’s not unusual in companies for their blog to account for 60-80% of total website traffic, with most of their online leads coming through the blog.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 3, 2011

Industrial marketers who don’t use a business blog are missing a key component of feeding the top of their sales funnels. You can find lots of online articles about the advantages of using a business blog for building thought leadership, communities and humanizing your company. A business blog feeds your sales funnel.

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LeadSquared

APRIL 5, 2013

The best blogging platforms for your business . Self-hosted WordPress.org is the best blogging platform in our book. It is easily the most popular platform for business blogging and not without a reason. Built for hosting blogs. You do not need to spend on hosting as Blogger takes care of that.

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Hubspot

MARCH 31, 2020

If you were to take a quick scroll down my Instagram feed, you'd see the three types of accounts I follow: reality TV stars, musicians, and food bloggers. Yes, you read that right: food bloggers. Blog owners can see great success on social media. You may be on the fence about whether or not your blog needs social media channels.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 18, 2016

I’m not sure I craft “perfect” blog posts even after writing 1,000 of them—but I’ve certainly learned a few things. For the record: I wrote 440 posts on the Blogger-based WebMarketCentral blog between 2005 and 2010, and have now published 560 posts here on Webbiquity. Hence, 1,000.

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Buffer

MAY 4, 2022

You’ve probably never envisioned yourself as a blogger. After all, you’re a small business owner, and probably not a trained writer. Creating a successful blog really just requires being passionate about a certain topic — a characteristic you already possess as an ambitious entrepreneur!

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Hubspot

MAY 28, 2014

That''s because we never want to assume everyone understands inbound marketing just because we live and breathe it every day, and this class is meant to equip everyone with the ability to explain a core tenet of inbound -- business blogging -- to anyone that asks. Because blogging helps you grow traffic and trust.

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Writing on the Web

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Here are a few ideas to get reader’s eyes off of their Facebook or Twitter page and onto your blog: As Usual, Content Comes First. Writing great content that people will want to read should be the first step towards getting them to visit your blog. I think we all have a desire to see one of our blog posts go viral, right?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 13, 2019

If we’re on a demo and I’ve done my research, I can usually just show these people how many people are searching for their product and services at Google and which keyword phrases to focus on first in order to start generating some of that traffic. Social Media Marketing Supports Blogging by Driving Traffic to the Blog.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2011

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. 11 Editorial Guidelines to Enforce for Your Business Blog.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2016

What role should content aggregation play in your B2B blogging strategy? What value does content syndication provide to B2B bloggers? This is a great listen for anyone interested in B2B content marketing trends and guidance for 2016. And what exactly is web presence optimization ?

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 12, 2011

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. So many new bloggers adopt the simple "if you build it, they will come" mentality.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Though the full report runs $400, much interesting data can be gleaned from the free executive summary. Note that these are some of the most effective uses of social media, and arguably much more important from a strategic standpoint than simply increasing web traffic—but they are also much more difficult to measure with any precision.

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Hubspot

MAY 12, 2010

Great business blogs have to walk a fine line: they have to create value for current and prospective customers while at the same time supporting a strategy that provides business growth. Business blogs are often measured by very different metrics than blogs that function as media outlets.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The Science of Blogging ( #BlogSci ) quickly became a trending topic on Twitter, highlighting people’s strong interest in the subject. How do you drive traffic to your blog? Use your blog to demonstrate your thought leadership in that subject and reach out to fellow experts.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Most business bloggers understand that it is important to create interesting content on a frequent and consistent basis. Bloggers understand that their reward for this content is increased traffic and leads from search engines, social media, and other sources.

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Hubspot

MAY 23, 2013

And because business blogging is one of the most effective ways for marketers to consistently deliver content to their audiences -- and because it''s right in my wheelhouse as HubSpot''s blog manager -- I thought I''d share with you what I think the future of business blogging holds. The Content Marketing Deluge.

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Hubspot

JUNE 12, 2012

As a business blogger , most of the tools you need to do your job live right up there in your noggin. you can make your job a heck of a lot easier -- and your blog posts even better -- if you have a supplemental arsenal of tools. Here are 10 free tools that will make you a better business blogger , and how to use them.

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Valasys

MAY 7, 2020

Using Guest blogging for high-quality link-building makes it a powerful tool for improving brand awareness, boosting your SEO endeavors, discovering new and useful contacts, and for streamlining the sales cycles. According to the Business Blogging Secrets Revealed report by Curata , 56% of externally sourced blog posts are from guest authors.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 16, 2012

It probably won't come as a surprise to you that business blogging is an indispensable component to seeing success with inbound marketing. But did you know that the frequency with which you blog also has a direct impact on the amount of subscribers and email traffic you receive?

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Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2012

That being said, getting your guest posts accepted by and published on the blogs of others is no easy feat. As a guest blogger, you need to have the skill sets of an SEO expert, a public relations professional, and obviously, a blogger , in order to be successful. Mistakes in Guest Blogging Strategy.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Is your blog private and personal? Do you want to build relationships with other bloggers and develop an authoritative voice in the blogging community? Will your blog be a platform for contextual, text-link, impression-based, affiliate or direct ads? Requesting link exchanges with relevant, high-quality blogs.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 2, 2018

There is a vast difference between simply blogging in your free time and writing a business blog. You don’t need any prior experience to write a blog, but in order to have an effective business blog, it must drive current and prospective customers, create added value, and incorporate useful content.

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Hubspot

JULY 23, 2010

Businesses in particular can capitalize on this because businesses that blog experience 126% higher lead growth than non-blogging businesses. Anything relevant and useful, interesting, thought-provoking, controversial, and entertaining. Focus on the "who" of your blog. Bloggers – Who is writing?

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

For Indium Corporation , a supplier of soldering materials and electronics assembly equipment, blogging is now a central piece of the marketing mix. My real challenge was getting my staff to warm to the concept of being a blogger. Submit guest post ideas to rburnes[at]hubspot[dot]com. Some perceived this "new" practice to be frivolous.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Generating traffic to your website and blog is all well and good, but if you're a B2B company, chances are traffic isn't enough. In your case, turning traffic into leads and ultimately sales is where it's at. How to Convert Traffic to a Sale. Author: Kevin Gibbons on the Econsultancy blog.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In this post, we'll walk you through all the various lead gen opportunities you can take advantage of on your blog, and even give you some great tips for optimizing those opportunities to make sure you're squeezing every last lead out of your business blog. 8 Lead Gen Opportunities for Your Business Blog.

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Directive Agency

MAY 24, 2017

Business owners and bloggers get busy, and it’s all too easy to leave a blog idle for a few weeks or even months. When this happens, your business can suffer. Customers, site visitors, and readers expect to see consistent activity, indicating that a blog and business are up and running.

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Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

Jeff Bullas - Influencer, Author, and Blogger. She has been cited by Forbes as “The Most Influential Woman on Social Media,” and recognized by ForbesWoman as one of “The Top 20 Women Bloggers.”. Lee Odden is an avid blogger, talented speaker, and author. com , and also writing for the Harvard Business Review.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both.

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Writing on the Web

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is a guest post from Sam Briones, a freelance writer, who explains how to get targeted traffic to read your online content. Try taking a few blog posts or articles and submitting them to some article submission sites like ezinearticles.com or goarticles.com. Blog this on Blogger. Share this on del.icio.us.

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