Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight

"Should I kill off my blog?”

These are valid questions. In this article, I’ll help you come up with valid answers.

First, we’ll look at a few “false flag” reasons you may feel like calling it quits and how to get past them. Why dwell on the false flags?

I don’t want you to make a permanent decision based on problems that can be fixed easily. It could simply be a case of you using the wrong strategy.

Then, we’ll get into the circumstances that may warrant killing off your blog....

Writing a blog post is like making a sandwich – anybody can throw together a simple one, but if you really want it to be memorable, you’ve gotta show a little initiative.

(The use of a panini press is only advisable for one of these situations, though. See if you can guess which!)

Because while all you really need for a blog post is a bunch of words, you might be leaving out the ingredients that give it flavor.

Adding a few quick steps before you hit that publish button can help your posts get more clicks, more shares, and more comments – and that makes actually writing them a whole heck of a lot more rewarding.

What are the must-haves that your blog posts might be missing? Here are a few things you definitely don’t want to leave out!...

Raise your hand if you want to know a perfect method of landing a guest post, article, or even the perfect job.

If you know how to write the perfect pitch, you’re on the path to success.

It took me a while to realize that I’m really good at writing pitches. I don’t think I’ve ever had a guest proposal refused.

And of course, I’ve received hundreds of guest proposals here at WritetoDone. Some great and many abysmal. So I know a thing or two about writing pitches.

The key to a successful pitch is honesty and respect. With your pitch, you are building a bridge to another human being. And that bridge can only carry weight if it’s built with integrity....

Writing regular blog posts can be tough.

You need a blog strategy, constant new ideas and the motivation to get the posts written.

But you don’t have to get on with this alone – there are tools that can help you to write your blog posts so they are easier and quicker to produce.

Ready to boost your productivity and get better blog posts?

Read on!

Quite often, I find myself publishing instinctively and sometimes failing to consider all the necessary questions and guidelines for what makes a wildly successful, viral—and valuable!—social media update.

To do right by your audience, to deliver the utmost value and receive the maximum engagement, there are a handful of qualifications that every social media post should meet. From our experience and our research, 12 items stand out, making for a super slick checklist. We’d love to share with you how this looks....

Did you know: Some bloggers recommendyou spend as much time promoting your content as you do writing it.(Derek Halpern of Social Triggers has an 80/20 split: 80 percent promotion, 20 percent writing.)

Wow, this is an area I fall well short on. I’m so impressed by those who hustle to get their content out there and in front of as many people as possible who can gain value from it....