The Ultimate Business Blogging How-To Guide
Guest post via Triberr by Tom Treanor, Founder and President of Right Mix Marketing, a Digital Media Consultancy based in Burlingame, California.
You can learn how to make a successful blog by reading other blogs, but often it’s hard to find it all in once place. Here’s my Ultimate Business Blogging How-To guide for your company blog with links to specific articles to get detailed information in the areas you or your business need the most help.
Skim the key points and dig into the articles that address the most important topics for your company. Let me know in the comments what other sections would be helpful!
Why You (and Your Company) Should Maintain a Blog
Content drives social media and Search Engine Optimization. Also, you own your blog as opposed to “leasing” space on the various Social Media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Your blog builds your authority, allows you to sell
6 Powerful Ways Your Company Blog Can Drive New Business
Your Company Blog – why it’s still your online marketing hub
Your Blog is the Ultimate “Know, Like and Trust Generation Machine”
How To Differentiate Your Blog and Make It Appealing
Making your blog stand out from the crowd and appealing to your target audience are two essential elements for any company or individual blogger.
Charles Darwin’s 12 Rules of Blogging Survival (Problogger)
4 Reasons Why Original Blog Content is Important
12 Blogging Lessons I Learned From Maxim Magazine (Problogger)
How To Make Connections and Build Community
Ideally, you’re not “distributing” content one way – you’re building a network as well as a community centered around your blog or your company.
14 Ways to Build Strategic Relationships With the Who’s Who of Social Media (Copyblogger)
10 Ways To Create Community With Your Blog Readers (Basic Blog Tips)
Guest Blogging To Expand Your Reach
Guest blogging is a great way to connect with other bloggers, get exposed to a new audience and to build links back to your site (and there are some other benefits that you’ll see in the second article…
Why I’m no longer monogamous with you, my dear (blog)
6 Little-Known Reasons Guest Blogging Is Essential To Your Blogging Development
Does Google Hate Guest Blogging?
9 Ways To Find Guest Blogging Opportunities (Famous Bloggers)
What do Superman, Freddy Krueger and a Blogging Process Freak have in common?
Common Blogging Myths, Mistakes and Misconceptions
There are a lot of myths, mistakes and misconceptions about blogging. Learn about some of the most common ones below…
What Do You Wish You’d Known Before You Started Blogging?
10 Common Business Blogging Saboteurs…And How To Overcome Them (DeniseWakeman.com)
Three common Blogging #Fails and what to do about them
How To Be More Efficient With Your Blogging and To Stay Motivated
As you ramp up your blogging, you need to look for ways to be more efficient and to consistently get publish great content.
How to Blog Sensibly: A Business Blogging Checklist
10 Ways to Save Time and Energy Blogging (DeniseWakeman.com)
With Blogging, Consistency is King (Blog Success)
Time to Renew Your Blogging Vows: 16 Tips For Revitalizing Your Blog
The Best Excuses We Tell Ourselves To Avoid Blogging
What Do You Wish You’d Known Before You Started Blogging?
How to Write An Individual Post
If you need help understanding the main elements of a post or if you want to learn multiple ways of creating content (not just writing) read on and look at the third link below.
Blog Writing Checklist: Have You Covered These 8 Blogging Essentials? (Basic Blog Tips)
7 Essential Elements of a Blog Post (Video)
Learn to Write High Quality Posts Quickly and Easily (course)
How do use Content Curation
Curation is an option to generate useful content. This post is basically an example of curating my own content, both on this blog and on others. Learn more about content curation below.
Content Curation: Definition and 6 Tool Options
Networking for Introverts: Resources For Shy Marketers (example of curated post)
Protect Your Brand, Domain Names, WordPress, Hosting
Your brand and domain name are both important. You don’t want to launch a brand and not be able to grab the branded properties in social media. You also don’t want a cheap-looking domain name. Lastly, learn about WordPress and hosting here.
What’s in a Domain Name? A lot!
4 Domain Name Tools to Get the Best URL and SEO Benefits
How to Protect Your Brand Online for $99
Should I Move To WordPress? [infographic]
Learn About Hosting and WordPress
So Let’s Get Moving With Your Business Blog!
I hope you enjoyed this guide for business blogging. What other topics would you add?
If you want to speed up your progress and have the best of the best packaged in one place, with support and step-by-step tutorials take a look at Fast, Easy Blogging.
