subject: 7 Reasons To Start And Run An Effective Blog As ONE Of Your Business-Building Success Strategies [print this page] 7 Reasons To Start And Run An Effective Blog As ONE Of Your Business-Building Success Strategies
I know lots of people suggest you should be blogging if you're not already, right?They also say you should post something on your blog at least 3 times a week, right?It is a really great strategy to use in your marketing but it's ONLY ONE of the tens of strategies you really SHOULD be doing every month. You just need to find the easiest way to do more of them faster or in more of an automated way.So here are some things you'll want to know about blogging whether you're doing it or not and then I'm happy to share with you too later on how to automate it more so it's not taking too much of your time. Because the reality is that just the act of blogging alone won't really bring in a lot of clients. You have to have your blogging woven in and out of multiple marketing strategies, your website, follow up, social media and more in order for it to work as an income generator.It does do many things for you however regardless, such as:#1 You will engage your readers and prospects into conversations and action.
#2 You will build a community of followers, fans and supporters.
#3 You will be in more places at one time expanding your reach globally.
#4 You will prove yourself as an expert.
#5 You will reach people who don't want to receive your ezine; some people don't want to read ezines, they prefer to read quick blog posts.
#6 You will increase your sales as more people read your articles and learn to like and trust you.
#7 You can manage it easily and quickly if you have the right systems in place!What you need to do though ON your blog to make sure it's successful? You must have an opt in box in addition to blog subscription option.
You should allow comments to encourage reader interaction.
You should have videos of yourself for more interaction
You could highlight one of your products or services to get them to click over to your site and for more info
You can put all kinds of 'widgets' on your blog to attract more attention, provide more interaction and even build a revenue stream.How to know what to post and say on your blog to keep the content fresh?Watch my ezines and I'll share more later about content generation!In the meantime, this is just ONE of the hundreds of things you could be doing to attract more clients and generate more income for yourself so don't get too caught up with the management of it on a day to day basis, just get something going for now and be relatively active to start.
