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No Readers? No Worries, Your Business Blog Is Still Valuable | Social Media Today

No Readers? No Worries, Your Business Blog Is Still Valuable | Social Media Today | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Not to take away from the amazing results that can be achieve by reaching a large and highly targeted audience with your blog content, but not every benefit of maintaining a business blog is dependent on having huge readership. The reality for most business blogs, at least when they’re first starting out, is that readership can be low… very low.

 

It can be discouraging to those who are contributing content, and working like crazy to keep a blog afloat to not see unique visitors, page views and subscribers come in droves from the get-go. Additionally, it can be tough to justify the ROI of your business’ blog to supervisors, management or ownership without having incredible reach. If this feels familiar, don’t sweat it. There is huge value to be had in maintaining a business blog, even if your readership is low....

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A valuable take on the value of business blogging whether you're subscription numbers are big or small. There's always a return on your time investment. Blog on.

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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.