Top 5 Missed Opportunities of Business Blogging

Missed Opportunity #1 Search Engine Optimization

Blogging For Search Don’t Fight It: “ Organic Search Traffic is the most critical metric I track.” Kelly Feller Social Media Manager - Intel

“ By far the most important piece of writing you’ll do on any given page is your page title. Search engines consider your page title to be very indicative of what can be found on the page. SEO Expert: Steven Bradley Missed Opportunity # 2 Blog Titles

Missed Opportunity # 2 Blog Titles

Missed Opportunity # 3 The Language of the Customer

“ Burn the thesaurus. Think about the words that people use to find you.” “ Then, as a revolutionary new internet marketing strategy, actually write those words in your copy. You'll get more traffic. You'll get more sales/leads/whatever. “ Ian Lurie: Conversation Marketing

Keywords "Think about what people are going to type...and talk about that" Matt Cutts: Google 3,000,000 Searches/ 200 Terms

Missed Opportunity # 4 Content Volume

Recency/Frequency Measure the Competition

VS. Symbol of CEO Excess Someone Like Me …… .(The) most credible source of information about a company is now “ a person like me ,” which has risen dramatically to surpass doctors and academic experts for the first time 7th Annual Edelman Trust Barometer

Ask For Customer Content

Missed Opportunity # 5 Call To Action

Questions & Answers

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