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Why your business might benefit from a blog…or not.
Your small business might benefit when the brand is YOU…but you need to know your audience and set a goal for the blog.
Recently I came across a post on a social marketing site: “I’m hearing great things about blogging. But is it really worth the time?”
As usual, the answer is, “It depends.”
Your website can be a blog.
You can have a website plus a blog.
You can have a website with no blog.
If you look around, you’ll find business owners reaching success with each of these strategies.
A useful guideline is to take a step back and ask, “What do I need to do to market my services?”
Maybe you don’t need a blog. In fact, if you’ve got a blog that’s not delivering results, maybe your audience just doesn’t do blogs…they might prefer podcasts, videos, or webinars.
There’s really no single “must have” strategy. The closest thing to an essential is list-building. But I recently met someone who’s promoting a company that sells a novelty fashion item. It’s rare for people to buy more than once or even to recommend others to buy. They row by increasing traffic and capturing sales from impulse buyers. A…
