Drive Traffic & Generate Leads with Blogging
September 29, 2010 by Anya Ciecierski, CAL Business Solutions
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How to Use Blogging to Drive Traffic, Raise Search Rankings, and Generate Leads by Anya Ciecierski
anyac@calszone.com or anya@erpsoftwareblog.com
Favorite Articles
How to Write Magnetic Headlines: http://www.copyblogger.com/magnetic-headlines/
The Importance on Using Keywords in Headlines: http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/brent-payne-interview
Blogging Best Practices: http://blogging.compendiumblog.com/blog/blogging-best-practices
6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/1676/6-Reasons-Every-Small-Business-Should-Be-Blogging-Are-You-Missing-the-Boat.aspx
Learning SEO From the Experts: A Step-By-Step Guide: http://www.hubspot.com/learning-seo-from-experts-guide
Host on your website or separate domain: http://seoroi.com/seo-faq/corporate-business-blogs/
Five common pitfalls of homepage design, Homepages Optimized replay, B2B Summit:
http://www.marketingexperiments.com/site-optimization/homepages-optimized.html
Helpful Tools
Google Keyword Tool: https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer
Google Suggest: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py
Keyword Spy: http://www.keywordspy.com
www.wordtracker.com (keyword tools)
www.copyscape.com (repurpose existing content)
http://speak-write.com/web/ (transcription service – “talk” your blog posts)
www.textbroker.com (hire a writer service)
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
www.hyperspin.com (free tool to monitor site uptime)
MS Partner Blogs to Check Out As Examples
http://dynamicsgpland.blogspot.com (small group blog for GP users)
https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/esoftware/default.aspx
http://www.esopro.com/erp-blog
http://www.broadpoint.net/blog
http://www.socius1.com/company/blog/
http://formulamanufacturing.blogspot.com/
http://gp.rosebizincblogs.com/
http://computerationdynamics.blogspot.com/
Group Blogs To Join
www.dynamicsuserblog.com (coming soon)
www.accounting-software-blog.com
Anya’s Recommended Vendors:
- Dave Foreman, Interactive Limited, SEO Consultant, dave@interactivelimited.com, 888-800-0999,$150/hour, $6000 package for new website optimized for SEO. Free 5 min recorded website evaluation – email URL with subject “Fargo Offer”
- Stacy Orr, SEO assistant, stacy.orr@hotmail.com
- Amy Mackiewicz, Admin Assistant for Dynamics Partners, amym@calszone.com $20/hour
- Hire a Writer Service www.textbroker.com (250 word blog post approx $25 if you supply the topic)
- Leadlander Web Visitor Tracking: Sean Coulehan,(888) 231-7614 ext.707 (Mention ERP blog for free 2 week trial or register here: http://www.leadlander.com/register.asp?erpsoftwareblog)
- Dave Griffin, Dynamics Focused Telemarketer, grffn_dvd@yahoo.com, 847-984-2473, $40/hour
- Nicola Wattles, Graphic Designer (works in MS Publisher), nicola_inbox@yahoo.com, $20/hour