Thoughts on blogging

Thoughts on blogging

What is a blog? Well, it all started out as an online journal – think Star Trek ‘Captain’s log, stardate June 21st 2315’. Online logs were called ‘web logs’, shortened to ‘blogs’ and that kicked off something that...
Thoughts on blogging

Do it now!

Do you know what you want people to do when they’ve looked at each page on your website? Every page should have a purpose, whether that’s to send the reader to another page with more information or to contact you by phone or email, or fill in a form,...
Thoughts on blogging

What is your message?

I’ve taken the ultimate blogging challenge and intend to post a series of 30 blogs that will help you to get an insight on what you need to know to use written material to help you to make a real impact on your target audience. Today is about the message. If you...
Thoughts on blogging

The lazy person’s guide to blogging

People wail ‘I don’t have time to blog’ – but they still want to get their website featuring well on the search engines. Content will always improve your rankings, providing you have used the right key words. I know that everyone isn’t a...
Thoughts on blogging

Getting your blog on target

If you just ramble about a variety of subjects on a business blog, people will get confused and lose interest. Have a clear purpose for your blog; is it chat, opinion, raising profile, keyword focused? An easy way to create content for people who struggle to write is...
Thoughts on blogging

Blogging for beginners

You don’t have to write to be able to blog; if you’re more comfortable talking then do a podcast or video and load that instead. If you do decide to write don’t ramble, keep it focused, make your point, stop when you’ve done that. If...