Blogging for Business

Hosted by Todd Vendituoli on the KBTribechat community which is wonderfully operated by Stacy Garcia.

Building on the information of many and highlighting the value of blogging and social media for Business today.

A TWITTER CHAT IN DETAIL

#KBTRIBECHAT

Hosted by Todd Vendituoli

Thank you Stacy Garcia

Blogging for Business hosted by Todd Vendituoli

1 Do you have a blog and how frequently do you post?

2     Do you think it’s important to have a blog and why?

3    What advice would you give someone thinking of starting a blog?

4   How do you come up with your topics? What are your inspirations?

5   Do you work on SEO for your blog?

6    Do you see sales or income from your blogging?

7    Do you use any analytics to track how your blog is doing?

8    How do you promote your blog?

Be Real.

This chat was to gain information and wasn’t about a product but as you can see there was a great deal of interest. Blogging for Business can have the same effects and reach those same type of numbers.

Writing a blog puts adds a face to your business and it can humanize and personalize something that has always just been a product or service.

Blogs are not for self promotion

Blogging should be about bring information and knowledge forward, not selling a product or service.

RT @TALV58: There should be very little self promo or sales pitch on blogs #kbtribechatDoorHardwareLux at 03/21/2012 02:37 PM EST

Some of the many blogs that were present and there are more.

• http://www.residentiallighting.com/chat-booms• http://www.eco-modernism.com/blog/• http://markitect.me/• http://funandfit.org/• http://acrackeddoor.blogspot.com/• http://www.oreilly-depalma.com/blog/• http://blog.coverings.com/

More blogs that were represented• http://blog.rjmbuilds.com• http://simplemarketingblog.com/• http://blog.sls-construction.com/

I’m sorry that I can’t include every blog as there were so many great ones.

Why blogs work for business

• RT @FormicaGroup: A2. Blogging lets us go a little deeper and provide links to multiple resources. Lets us expand on thoughts. #kbtribechatCBWhittemore at 03/21/2012 02:12 PM EST

• RT @cupboards: @kbtribechat A2: Blogs give you credibility in biz world. Its a real voice instead of corporate banter. #kbtribechatnoradepalma at 03/21/2012 02:14 PM EST

The ideas and thoughts of many

• Cross promote ALWAYS! RT @rjmcontractors @dcoopsd: @TALV58 when doing a guest post, do a promo on your own blog Gr8 for traffic #kbtribechatMarkJohnsonFAIA at 03/21/2012 02:37 PM EST

• Absolutely RT @GoshenTF A5 SEO is important, but not to the point that it directs the post. #kbtribechatRDBmagazine at 03/21/2012 02:37 PM EST

A look at the numbers• Everyone, especially businesses, love to see the

numbers. These next few pages highlight just how quickly and useful social media can be at reaching a target audience.

• As blogs develop, the content reaches an every expanding audience. This target audience is there because a relationship has been grown and nurtured. That has value for that business.

1,131 tweets, almost 3 Million impressions and reaching over 175,000 followers

A mere sample of 50 tweets of the total 1500 during this one hour chat

View the entire chat http://www.curatede.com/Tweet/ChatTopic/kbtribechat?topicid=834

Yet even after the chat has finished it continues on Facebook for even more exposure.

The consensus Question 1• Do you have a blog and how frequently do you post?

• Three to five times per week and posting consistently seemed to work the best.

Question 2• Do you think it’s important to have a blog and why?• Humanizes the business and adds information and value

while creating relationships.

Question 3• What advice would you give someone thinking of starting

a blog?

• Be consistent, provide good content and information and be a real person.

Question 4• How do you come up with your topics? What are your

inspirations?

• Write about what you love and have knowledge about and it will be a success.

• Vary your posts with personal ones so people see the person behind the business.

Question 5• Do you work on SEO for your blog?

• SEO is important but producing high quality content in combination will get the best results.

Question 6• Do you see sales or income from your blogging?• Some will but for many the result isn’t seen immediately.

As the authority and relationships develop the sales will follow.

• Some use to spread information and enhance their presence.

Question 7• Do you use any analytics to track how your blog is doing?

• You need to be constantly looking and adjusting what you write and when you post to gain the full advantages of social media and a blog. Use every tool possible.

Last Question• How do you promote your blog?

• By testing what works on different platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon and others. The key is to post where your audience is and when they are there.

Blogging Advice and SEO

Blogging advice:

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/my-best-advice-about-blogging/

SEO- SEO advice:  http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/17/not-so-fast-seo-google-has-plans-to-punish-sites-that-are-overly-optimized/ #kbtribechat

AnalyticsAnalytics: Google Analytics | Official Websitewww.google.com/analytics/

Analytic tools: http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/01/20-blog-analytics-tools/ #kbtribechat

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SocialBro - Explore your Twitter communitywww.socialbro.com

Promoting your blog:

TwitterFacebookStumbleuponGoogle+TumblrShare buttonsLinkedin

Thank you to all that attended and offered their knowledge and experiences

• Thank you all for you amazing ideas. I think this chat was what I needed to get my blog up and running. #kbtribechatCrystalHintze at 03/21/2012 03:01 PM EST

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