Category Archives: Blogging & Content Development

An Editorial Calendar

An essential tool for content creation. What is an Editorial Calendar you ask? It is an essential tool for consistent, quality content creation. Let me be honest. I knew I was due to write a blog article, but I was not sure what would be relevant and useful. Typical “uh…what now?” kind of moment. In an effort to a) follow my own advice and b) show how content creation doesn’t have to be torturous, I thought I’d share with you some thoughts on getting past the blank page. Create An Editorial Calendar What questions do you find yourself answering all the time? You likely have ten or more questions that clients and prospects regularly ask. Moreover, you probably have an answer at the ready. Each of those questions and your response is fodder for an article. Taking a few minutes to jot down some article topics that you can write throughout…
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Should Our Blog Share A URL With Our Primary Domain?

I had a conversation with a new client in White Plains the other day. He had just completed a redesign of his primary domain and blog. Both were lovely. However, they did not share the same domain.  Conversely, I had a separate conversation with a separate client just a few days before and my advice was to set up his blog and website on unique domains.So what gives? When would you want to keep you blog and website together and when should they be separate? Should Our Blog Share A URL With Our Primary Domain? Yes, if…If your blog is written around subject matter that relates to your business. So let’s take our first example. He is a service provider and his blog contains articles around the service he provides. It is, of course, peppered with keywords that his audience might use to search for him or his services. The…
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Writing Web Content With Personas In Mind

When you sit down to write something for your website do you struggle to find just the right, compelling language? You want to show your readers that your team knows what their talking about. You want to establish your credibility. But what happens too often in this desire to appear a “subject matter expert” – in marketing parlance – is the copy becomes jargon-heavy; it becomes more about the writer than the reader. So how do you write web content for your business that is compelling and written for the reader? Create personas. What Are Personas? A persona is a fictional character, if you will, representing a segment of your target audience. The persona is written around a particular behavior or goal. For every goal, there will be a persona. For example, say you own a wine store. You will have some customers that are wine connoisseurs and already knowledgable about wines. They…
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Content Development

Creating Content For A Small Business Website

Most small business owners have more than enough on their plate already without having to worry about “content development” for their website. But to garner the benefits of organic search engine optimization, and give your visitors a reason to keep coming back (and staying in touch with you) it is important to keep the content of your site fresh and add new content regularly. Here are some tips for creating content for a small business website.

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When Is A Blog Not A Blog?

The reply I most often hear when I broach the subject of using a blog as a marketing tool is “I’m not a writer.” And while most small business owners aren’t “writers” they are usually subject-matter experts in their field. What does this mean? They have oodles of information to share. But they may not have a mechanism by which to easily share this information and that’s where a blog comes in. So when is a blog not a blog?

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To Blog Or Not To Blog…

Just about everyone has heard the term “blog” bantered about. That doesn’t mean you know what it is or how to use it to promote your business. So let’s take a look at blogs as a marketing tool. Definition “Blog” is short for “weblog” but if you say weblog you will sound like my mother sounds when she says “dungarees” instead of jeans – lovable, but out of date. A blog is similar to an online journal that allows you to post your thoughts, share information and rant if you wish to. Blogging as a Marketing Strategy Blogging can be a very effective marketing tool when used properly. Marketing is all about building brand recognition and gaining trust. Your blog can help you achieve these goals. By providing updates on what your company is doing, you are establishing your “brand.” By educating readers about how you solve the problem of…
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