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Blogs are like Preventive Maintenance. Stuart Smith, MBA, MSEAT. Why is blogging the Preventive Maintenance of Marketing?. Your [insert word] is a SHARK. You need consistency And a Schedule. What is a blog?. A Permanent Display of Your. Company. A Permanent Display of Your. Product.
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Blogs are likePreventive Maintenance Stuart Smith, MBA, MSEAT
A Permanent Display of Your Company
A Permanent Display of Your Product
A Permanent Display of Your Knowledge
A Permanent Display of Your Expertise
Company Product Knowledge Expertise Which is the most important to you?
Company Product Knowledge Expertise Which is the most important to you?
Company Product Knowledge Expertise Which is the most important to your customer?
Company Product Knowledge Expertise Which is the most important to your customer?
Why Blog? Establish a web presence
Why Blog? Name recognition
Why Blog? Subject authority
Why Blog? Inexpensive compared to other media
Why Blog? Worldwide reach
What makes a good blog? Quality Content
What makes a good blog? Links
What makes a good blog? Keywords
What makes a good blog? Call to Action
What makes a good blog? SEO Basics
Quality Content Informative
Quality Content Readable
Quality Content Rarely Mentions product or company name
Quality Content Interest capturing title and headlines
Quality Content Has pictures or videos
Quality Content Makes people want to respond or know more
Links Links tell the search engines what is important about your webpage
Links Links point readers to important pages and information
Links 1 link per 150-200 words
Links Link to web pages, other blogs, references
Links Links need to be coded (html) correctly
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Good Learn more about better asset maintenance
Keywords Words or short phrases
Keywords Use keywords in titles, headings links and body
Call to Action Designed to stimulate a response
Call to Action Place toward the end of a blog
SEO Basics Subject matter is only half a blog
SEO Basics Html coding is the other half
SEO Basics Good/clean coding can add 1-2 hours to each blog