I posted about how to increase and improve traffic and commenting on your blogs last week, and decided to research blogs to find out are small business owners REALLY maximizing the strategy. Here is what I found:
Take the time to build strategy into your blog and you will achieve better results! What one change can you make to your blog?
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Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”
It’s easy to think: “UGH! I just need to get a blog posted!” Creating a blog that actually gets read, and even better gets commented on, is important as a business strategy. To blog smarter, there are smart strategies that will help your blog get better traffic and increase potential customers finding it. Graduates of my bootcamps have said that hits to their blogs went up 50% in ONE DAY just by:
Creating a key word title that optimizes search engine visibility
Placing 3 to 5 links within the actual body of the blog that are also keyword optimizable, what I call link love.
Ending the blog with a call to action. A question is a great way to tempt others to comment.
Posting your blog on your social media sites to encourage followers, friends and connections to read it.
Making sure your comment section includes that ability for people to share it with others via social media sites and it will “post” to the blog.
Of course there are many other smart strategies I teach, but these 5 will make a HUGE difference! Take a few moments after writing a blog and do these things to help your blog increase in visibility and readership.
Imagine if you went back to an old blog post and “awakened” it with these tips, what might happen! Which tips have you seemed to most neglect?
Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”
