Blogging your way to success
No one can argue that online media is evolving, and that, on the web, the lines between marketing and PR programs are blurred. Before recent advancements in online marketing, companies had limited access to a potential audience of millions, without buying into expensive advertising campaigns. Many industry leaders would agree that advertising alone does not necessarily help build strong relationships with their consumers. This form of communication (referred to as one-way messaging) has yet to be proven successful on the Internet.
It has never been more important to stress the need for companies to embrace consumer driven social networking; a method of communication that demonstrates how marketing and PR on the web can help cultivate strong relationships with clients. Internet campaigns via social networks offer the ability to deliver targeted messages that cost a fraction of big-budget advertising costs.
Anybody looking for ROI would agree that this signifies a need to transform marketing strategies to focus more on a web-enabled marketplace. It’s all about customization and interactivity, to use the web to educate and engage people with valuable and authentic information. With blogs and online press releases, you can communicate directly with your audience and avoid the traditional roadblocks. To be successful though, you will need to write content that highlights expert ideas; information that can easily be found in news search engines, such as Google News, and vertical content sites.
From an SEO stand point, each blog post and forum comment becomes search-engine marketing food that then drives more traffic to your site.
Well-written and targeted content will also help elevate your company to a position of importance, enabling you to gain credibility and loyalty amongst your customer base. In addition, well-organized content leads your clients through a user-friendly sales process, to the point where they are ready to make a purchase or commitment. From an SEO stand point, each blog post and forum comment becomes search-engine marketing food that then drives more traffic to your site.
Thanks to search engines, blogs can be the most effective way for people to discover your company. Individuals will look for information you blog about, and there are even blog-focused search engines, such as Google Blog, and Technorati. The ROI of blogging can generate huge returns for anyone who is prepared to create an interesting blog and posts on it regularly. We know that in any market category, potential customers look online to conduct initial research. This is an opportunity for your company to deliver a targeted message at the precise moment your customers are looking for it.
In the past, traditional marketing strategies have failed to recognize the potential of their websites, and the online market in general. Don’t let your marketing strategy do the same. Start blogging your way to success.
A local to Sudbury, Tammy Graham currently works in Toronto directing the web marketing and communications strategies for Canada’s leading provider of executive suites for extended-stay. Competing within two of the most challenging online industries, hotel and real estate, Tammy draws on her many years of experience in digital communications to successfully increase brand visibility.
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