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Why Your Business Needs a Blog Participate in your community. Create great content and it will be shared. Blogging allows you to start conversations on timely topics. Be#er SEO Regular blogging creates more indexed pages. Larger digital footprint for Google. Business Reasons To Blog True Fact: Keywords in blogs drive web traffic via search. Blogging makes you thinkabout newsworthy topics and your industry. Blogs are cost effective marketing vehicles. Blogging creates new, dynamic content that the search engines love. B2C companies that blog generate 88% more leads per month than those that do not. Frequency is important Blog early and o:en Frequency of Blog Posts Blogging Best Prac:ces Use correct headings and subheadings. Companies that blog get 55% more website traffic. 57% of companies that blog have acquired a customer from their blog. 78% of companies that blog DAILY have acquired a customer from their blog. When blogging, the content you really want your readers to have is broccoli. The content your readers want to read about is cheese. A good content strategy gives your readers a healthy portion of Broccoli with Cheese! Share Me 128 Million people are expected to read blogs in 2013. Your blog should be your most important inbound marke?ng component. Thought Leadership Contribu:ng to a blog marks you as trustworthy. Showcase your exper:se. Mul:ple Times a Day Daily Weekly Monthly Less Than Monthly % of Bloggers who acquired a Customer through their blog 92% 78% 66% 56% 43% Source: HubSpot 2012 Convert Leads More real estate for Calls To Ac:on (CTAs). True Fact: Amplifying your blog via social media will increase your web traffic. Solve a problem. Include a Call To Ac:on in every post. Source: Kivi Leroux Miller, NonProfit Marke:ng Guide © Phil Vickman Sources: HubSpot, WordPress, Impact Branding & Design, NonProfit Marke:ng Guide, My Marke:ng Dept, brandongaille.com Top Business Blogging PlaWorms by market share Word Press Blogger Tumblr Typepad Moveable Type 5. 4. 3. 2. #1

Why Your Business Needs a Blog [Infographic]

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It's a fact that businesses and B2B sites that blog get more web traffic and have higher conversion rates. This infographic provides some stats and facts that will help you understand the importance of business blogging. Sources: HubSpot, WordPress.org, Impact Branding & Design, Kivi Leroux Miller, Brandon Gaille, Mymarketingdept.com

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Why Your Business Needs a Blog

Participate in your community.

Create great content and it will be shared.

Blogging allows you to start conversations on timely topics.

Be#er  SEO  Regular  blogging  creates  more  indexed  pages.  

Larger  digital  footprint  for  Google.  

Business Reasons To Blog

True Fact: Keywords in blogs drive web traffic via search.

Blogging makes you think…about newsworthy topics and your industry.

Blogs are cost effective marketing vehicles.

Blogging creates new, dynamic content that the search engines love.

B2C companies that blog generate 88% more leads per month than those that do not.

Frequency  is  important  -­‐  Blog  early  and  o:en  

Frequency of Blog Posts

Blogging  Best  

Prac:ces  

Use  correct  headings  and  subheadings.  

Companies that blog get 55% more website traffic.

57% of companies that blog have acquired a customer from their blog.

78% of companies that blog DAILY have acquired a customer from their blog.

When blogging, the content you really want your readers to have is broccoli. The content your readers want to read about is cheese. A good content strategy gives your readers a healthy portion of

Broccoli with Cheese!

Share Me!

128 Million people are expected to read blogs in 2013.

Your  blog  should  be  your  most  important  inbound  marke?ng  component.  

Thought  Leadership    Contribu:ng  to  a  blog  marks  you  as  trustworthy.  Showcase  your  exper:se.  

Mul:ple  Times  a  Day  

Daily Weekly Monthly Less Than

Monthly

%  of    Bloggers  who  acquired  a    Customer  

through  their  blog  

92% 78%

66% 56%

43%

Source: HubSpot 2012

Convert  Leads  More  real  estate  for  Calls  To  Ac:on  (CTAs).    

True Fact: Amplifying your blog via social media will increase your web traffic.

Solve  a  problem.  

Include  a  Call  To  Ac:on  in  every  post.  

Source:  Kivi  Leroux  Miller,  NonProfit  Marke:ng    Guide  

©  Phil  Vickman        -­‐        Sources:  HubSpot,  WordPress,  Impact  Branding  &  Design,  NonProfit  Marke:ng  Guide,  My  Marke:ng  Dept,  brandongaille.com      

Top  Business  Blogging  PlaWorms  by  market  share  

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