5 Reasons Why Blogging Is Good For Your Business
Chad Faith
Director of Content
Blogs represent one of the fastest and least expensive ways to communicate with your clientele. Irrespective of whether the online environment is the core of your business or if it just presents basic details about the company, you can’t afford to miss out on the opportunities blogs bring to the picture. There are many reasons why you should start a blog for your business:
- Engaging Your Clientele With Exciting News and Information
A blog enables your company to establish a genuine connection with clients as well as potential clients that are still undecided about doing business with your company. Blogging offers an opportunity to create a positive impression and amaze the readers with your expertise in the field. It is recommended to check blog entries thoroughly and weed out inaccuracies or outdated facts. Write the posts in a manner that is easy to read, interesting and witty. In addition, your blog can facilitate communication and feedback between your company and your clients through the comment section.
- Marketing Your New and Upcoming Products
Are you launching a new line of products? Or perhaps you’re starting a new promotional campaign? Well, what better place to advertise than on your company’s blog? The best approach when you’re using the blog in this fashion is subtle, short posts that link to a more detailed description of the products or marketing events. Avoid making your audience feel like they’re being pressured into purchasing.
- Directing the Blog Readers to the Company’s Website
The company’s website is where the magic – lead conversion into sales – happens. Therefore, the number of visitors relates to the volume of successful sales. How do you get people to explore your company’s site? If you’ve done a good job establishing your online presence and authority in the field using blog posts, then providing relevant links to the your web pages is a good way to boost traffic there. A word to the wise, don’t overdo it with the calls to action and sales pitches on the blog – that’s a surefire way to lose readers.
- Ranking Higher in the Search Engine Result Pages (SERP)
Blogs can increase the visibility of your website because Google uses the content on your blog as part of their formula for ranking your website. When your website ranks higher in the search engine results page, (SERP), more people will visit your website and learn more about your products and services. This increases the chance for lead conversion and brings more money to your business.
- Simple and Inexpensive to Implement
Blogging is a great tool for online marketing because it is simple and inexpensive to implement. You already have the knowledge on your business’ products and services and all you have to do is to share that information with your target audience. However, you also need to know that there is a difference between blogging and blogging for success. While it is simple to write blog posts, writing great blog posts that will attract readers and go viral is another story altogether!