This document outlines a 30-day business blogging challenge with suggested topics for each day. The challenge has no sign-ups, specific timeframes, or requirements. Participants are asked to write one short blog post per day for a month. Regular, quality blogging is shown to increase traffic and leads for businesses. Suggested daily topics include quotes that define the brand, asking customers questions, describing the company and industry, sharing lessons learned and feedback. The goal is to help participants generate consistent, engaging content for their business blogs.

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2. ABOUT
Our 30 day business blog challenge rules:
• No traditional sign up or gated access to the
topics or content
• No specific month or timeframe to when
you have to participate
• Drop us a link to your blog in the comments
for us to check it out and encourage you
along the way! We may also spotlight you
right here on our blog.
• Embed our business blog challenge badge on
your blog (optional)
Coming up with high quality, consistent, engaging
content on a regular basis is not easy.
So we have a proposition for you: give our
business blog challenge a try. Write just one
short blog post a day for 1 month and watch as
your blog traffic skyrockets.
In fact, businesses that go the extra mile and
increase their blogging from the average 3-5
posts per month to 6-8 posts per month see
their leads almost double [Source: HubSpot].
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3. DAY 1
5 Quotes that define your brand
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4. DAY 2
If you could ask your customers one thing, what would it be?
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5. DAY 3
What is your company’s “elevator speech”?
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6. DAY 4
Make or share a comic strip about your industry
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7. DAY 5
5 Perks employees have when working for your business
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8. DAY 6
Who was your first customer?
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9. DAY 7
What is the next upcoming event you are attending?
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10. DAY 8
5 Books you need to read pertaining to your industry
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11. DAY 9
Key productivity hacks you do every day
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12. DAY 10
Interview an interesting colleague or co-worker
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13. DAY 11
Where do your customers come from?
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14. DAY 12
Speculate on what your industry will be like in 10 years
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15. DAY 13
Name some people you admire
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16. DAY 14
What are the 5 websites you use most often?
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17. DAY 15
Describe your ideal customers or “buyer personas”
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18. DAY 16
Some lessons you’ve learned
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19. DAY 17
What would you do differently if you were
[insert big brand name here]?
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20. DAY 18
What’s your favorite social media outlet?
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21. DAY 19
Share positive feedback
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22. DAY 20
Debunk a long-standing myth about your industry
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23. DAY 21
Chat with a competitor and write about it
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24. DAY 22
Name a few things that make your corporate culture unique
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25. DAY 23
Show people using your product or service
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26. DAY 24
Shout out to some of your favorite business blogs
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27. DAY 25
Review or demo a non-competitive, but related product, that
your customers may find useful
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28. DAY 26
What are some challenges that your industry is facing?
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29. DAY 27
Share 5 reasons why you blog
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30. DAY 28
Share your company overview video
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31. DAY 29
What a partnership means to us
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32. DAY 30
Where does your business stand today, and where do you hope
to be a year from today?
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