3. Agenda
• Blogging for business – what’s it all about?
• Why do it
• Find ideas
• Content
• Google/SEO tips
• Get a blog, make it pretty
• Add a post with images and other media
• Use this as your main website
4. How did it start?
• Online diary - weblog
• Generally personal
• Once was private
• Marketing opportunity
• Brands latched on
5. Why your business needs a blog
• Your competition is
blogging
• More opportunity to
engage – social media hub
• Home base for your
marketing
• Google loves new
content…
6. …. some facts
• Companies that blog
have 55% more
website visitors
• B2C get 88% more
leads
• B2B get 67% more
leads
Source Hubspot online marketing
7. Other benefits
• Grow your online
presence be IT for info!
• Gain credibility &
trust, demonstrate
knowledge
• Thought leader, solve
problems
• Get folks interested and
engage!
• Search Engines, Google
8. The art of finding ideas
• Ask customers what would
be useful to them
• Check out the competition
• Check out industry leaders
• Search
Google, Twitter, Facebook
• Follow the right Twitter
accounts
• Subscribe to news feeds –
Feedly
9. Use what’s there
• Brainstorm with a
friend!
• See what the family
think.
• Repackage material
• Get industry experts
to guest blog
10. Finding your tone of voice
• Should we use jargon?
• How informal can we
be?
• Show some wit!
• What do our
competitors sound like?
• …know your audience!
11. What your audience wants to hear
• Find your muse
• Your target audience
• Think of them when
you write
• Keep the jargon out
• Are you interested in
what you are writing?
12. Write better headlines than
anyone else
• Direct – ‘30% off
everything’
• Compelling – ‘My affair
with Roy’
• How to – ‘make a million’
• Lists – ‘20 ways to beat
the bulge’
• Testimonial – ‘I read
Tracey’s blog daily’ said
Madonna!
13. Grab them with a photo
• Put opening text
alongside a good
image
• Own photo is best
• Or attribute
• Stock images but not
clichéd
14. Elements to keep them riveted
• Interesting content
• Entertainment
• Video
• Good calls to action
• Social Sharing
• Related content
15. Generally Interesting Subjects
• Before & after photos
• Helpful tips
• Industry research
• Video demos
• Success stories
• Case studies
• ‘How to’ guides
16. Optimise for Google
• Links to other content
• Image tags
• Keywords in headings
• Keywords in text
• Good English
• Auto share
• The more you share the
more traffic you will get!
17. To Google Content is King
• Google loves good
fresh content
• Attract more traffic by
accident!
• Rank higher for images.
• The more you post the
more Google has to
index
18. • Started in 2003
• Best blogging platform
• 60 Million think so
• Rolling Stones, Katy Perry, Tom Jones
• Reuters, Samsung, Adobe, White House