How to Start Successfully Marketing Your Blog
A blog can be an extremely valuable asset to a business’s overall success. Over the last decade or so, businesses have increased revenue, improved brand awareness, and boosted conversions with valuable written content published for their target audience and customers. But for this to be accomplished, you must market the blog itself.
Follow these best practices for promoting and marketing your blog content.
Keep buyer personas top of mind.
When creating your blogs, you should always be thinking about who your ideal customer is and why they need your product or service. This way, you’ll be able to create content specifically suited to your audiences’ wants, needs, challenges, pain points, etc. When you create your blogs with these points in mind, it will be easier to use it as a conversion tool.
Watch your competition.
Competitors can provide insight into what’s working or not working when it comes to blog content and your target audience. Watch for thought-leaders in your industry and see what they’re writing about or experimenting with. How is their audience reacting? What gets the most traffic and drives the most discussion? This can help you determine what you need to do to stand out and provide your readers valuable content.
Perform SEO and keyword research.
An additional way to help you stand out among your competitors is by making sure your blogs rank higher on a webpage. Dedicate some time to keyword research to identify the phrases your target audience is searching the most. You can then tailor your blogs around these keyword phrases and include them in the blog when they naturally fit. You’ll want to perform this research prior to writing your blog. You can start by creating a list of 5-10 keyword groups you want to rank for, along with their associated long-tail keywords.
Determine where the content will be distributed.
It’s important to strategically determine where you’ll be distributing your content. Depending on the blogging software you use to host, it may be simple to add your articles to their corresponding landing page. Other ways to distribute your content include social media and online publishing platforms. You could also work with industry experts or influencers to share your content on their platforms as well.
Final Thoughts
Creating a successful blog in your niche is a great way to reach and nurture potential customers. Consistent content that solves common challenges of your readers can help build trust and advocacy. This will inevitably contribute to your overall business success.
At Onimod Global, we’re your in-house marketing team, your partner experts for specific marketing verticals or some nice balance in between. We excel in customer service and serving as our clients consultative marketing team. If you need assistance with your blogging strategy, contact us today.
