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Business Blogging: The Social Engagement and Revenue Driver Sweet Spot

Business Blogging: The Social Engagement and Revenue Driver Sweet Spot | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
Don't blog in the dark. If your business has a blog, these simple steps help you set conversion goals and measure and track them with Google Analytics. First understand that blogging is an awareness channel, positioned at the top of the conversion funnel. Conversions assigned to the blog should be things that create another connection between you and the audience, like a newsletter sign-up or Facebook like. The goal of the blog is to have people actively choose to connect with you elsewhere, a position that will put you at the customer’s top of mind when a need for your product or service surfaces. A 2011 State of the Blogosphere report from Technorati Media surveyed bloggers, and the results of the question, “How do you measure the success of your blog?” saw a variety of responses....
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Digital Influence: Blogs Beat Social Networks for Driving Purchases

Digital Influence: Blogs Beat Social Networks for Driving Purchases | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Blogs are more influential than social networks in shaping consumers’ opinions and purchase decisions, according to Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report. Even so, brands seem to be investing more on other social channels, particularly Facebook, than on blogging.

 

Below, additional findings from the 2013 Digital Influence Report, based on surveys conducted among 1,200 consumers, 150 top brand marketers, and 6,000 digital influencers. When making decisions about what to buy, consumers rank blogs as the third most influential digital resource (31.1%), behind retail sites (56%) and brand sites (34%)....

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If you ever needed proof of the power and the ROI of blogging, here it is...

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Blogs Still Rank Higher Than Twitter For Shaping Consumers’ Opinions | AllTwitter

Blogs Still Rank Higher Than Twitter For Shaping Consumers’ Opinions | AllTwitter | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

... The great majority of brands’ online budgets are going towards gunning for those Facebook likes – and, to be fair, businesses’ hands are tied in that space, thanks to Facebook’s increased advertising pressure based on wonky algorithms.

 

But here’s the thing. The report also found that the resource consumers relied on most for shaping their opinions and making purchasing decisions was blogs. Consumers consider blogs to be trusted sources of information – more so than any social networking site, including Facebook....

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Research says... blogging matters... in marketing.

Jeff Domansky's comment, March 28, 2013 1:11 PM
You're welcome Angela. Glad it's useful.