ContentRobot has always said that business blogs are easy to start, but hard to keep going for the long haul. Mostly, biz bloggers get writer’s block, feel like they’ve said all they need to say, or just run out of ideas. SEO Optimize recently posted 50 Blog Post Ideas for Business Blogging, and this handy … Read More
Blog Writing
Do You Think Like a Blogger?
With the warmer weather hitting the Northern Hemisphere, our thoughts may be turning to playtime rather than blogging. So, how do you keep that blog stoked? Blogging can sometimes be as easy as sitting down at the keyboard and start typing and a post appears, but sometimes it’s not so easy. It’s a matter of … Read More
5 Approaches to Writing Posts That Create Conversations on Your Blog
In our last few posts we have gone back to basics, as our clients have been clamoring for better approaches to blogging. Today, ContentRobot offers some inspiration for generating ideas for your stories in hopes to create conversation and that all-important buzz. 1. State Your Beliefs What do you believe in? By telling these types … Read More
What Should You Blog About?
Lately, our clients have been asking us what makes up a good blog post and how can they get some inspiration for creating interesting and relevant content. What is Good Content? What is going on in your industry right now? Look for interviews given by leaders, tips, opinion pieces, research, news, and posts from bloggers. … Read More
Authoring Blogs with Microsoft Word is Asking for Trouble
Did you create a document today? ContentRobot bets you wrote it using Microsoft Word. This easy-to-use, ubiquitous software, allows business people to compose their thoughts and produce fairly decent looking documents, complete with formatting (think bullets and bolding) and pretty pictures. It’s so simple to cut and paste your document into your blog software, but … Read More
Is Your Blog Interesting? Here Are Some Writing Tips to Make it So
To write an interesting blog (or anything of value) you must be able to go beyond regurgitating what others have reported and be curious enough to find the real story. How can you do that? Ask questions like these. How Does it Really Work? – Test products (and assumptions) to find out what works and … Read More
Search Engine Optimization for Blogs – Part 2
The way Search Engines index your blog is by sending “robot” crawlers to your site to track what you’ve written and follow the links. Here we discuss how linking both inside and outside your blogs can help you with search engine optimization. Part 2 of 4: Linking Strategy Get Inbound Links Every link to your … Read More
Search Engine Optimization for Blogs – Part 1
Because blogs naturally offer new content to search engines, you might think you can skip optimizing your blog. In our latest series, here are some ideas you can use to attract search engines to your blog. Part 1 of 4: Start with Quality Content on a Specific Topic Quality Content The best way to get … Read More