{"id":253,"date":"2010-06-24T12:55:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymarketingguide.com\/srufo\/?p=253"},"modified":"2010-06-24T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T16:55:32","slug":"15-practical-tips-for-marketing-a-business-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/2010\/06\/24\/15-practical-tips-for-marketing-a-business-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Practical Tips for Marketing a Business Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just because you build a blog and write good content, doesn\u2019t mean it will become an overnight success.\u00a0 Like anything worth doing, blogs also need some nurturing and support.\u00a0 After working with a number of blogs (personal, corporate, and for clients) I\u2019ve assembled a list of blog marketing and optimization tips:<\/p>\n

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  1. Setup a Google account for Sitemap and statistics for tracking \u2013 Google Analytics.<\/li>\n
  2. Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll.<\/li>\n
  3. Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories \/ search engines.<\/li>\n
  4. Engage in an ongoing link building campaign.<\/li>\n
  5. If podcast or video content are available, submit to Podcast and Vlog directories.<\/li>\n
  6. Optimize and distribute a press release announcing blog.<\/li>\n
  7. Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads. If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it.<\/li>\n
  8. Research and comment on relevant industry related blogs and blogs with significant centers of influence.<\/li>\n
  9. Post regularly. If it\u2019s a news oriented blog, 3-5 times per day. If it\u2019s an authoritative blog, 3-5 times per week, but each post must be unique and high value.<\/li>\n
  10. Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog \u2013 Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds.<\/li>\n
  11. Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post.<\/li>\n
  12. Make contact with related bloggers on AND offline if possible.\u00a0 If there are other blogs in your industry, ask around and see if they\u2019d allow you to guest post for them. In return, you\u2019d get a link back to your blog in your profile, or post, on their site.<\/li>\n
  13. When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don\u2019t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts you\u2019ve made.<\/li>\n
  14. Print your blog address everywhere you print your phone number.<\/li>\n
  15. Give Away \u2013 If it\u2019s a product blog, run a promotion on the blog giving away one of your products. Sometimes the value that can come out of giving something away can be more beneficial than all the items above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Have a few more?\u00a0 Please add them below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just because you build a blog and write good content, doesn\u2019t mean it will become an overnight success.\u00a0 Like anything worth doing, blogs also need some nurturing and support.\u00a0 After working with a number of blogs (personal, corporate, and for clients) I\u2019ve assembled a list of blog marketing and optimization tips: Setup a Google account … Continue reading 15 Practical Tips for Marketing a Business Blog<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11,8,7],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how_to","tag-blog","tag-blogging","tag-marketing-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxtconcepts.com\/srufo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}