Blogging is an essential part of marketing, and it helps to engage your customers. Blogging has been proven to be a marketing tool that works well, and it is virtually free marketing. Some businesses have a difficult time deciding what they want to write about in their blog posts.
Here are a few helpful tips to keep your blog content fresh and up to date:
1. Google Alerts
Using Google Alerts will help you to find information on various subjects and topics that interest you. Google will then send you alerts regarding that topic. It can really help when it comes to finding new and up to date content to blog about. You can find information and share it with your readers, and they will typically find it useful. The best thing is it is free.
2. Bookmarking Sites
Bookmarking sites can help when it comes to finding relevant information that falls into your specific niche. A few of the best sites include Digg.com and Delicious.com.
3. Clipping
If you see something in a magazine or newspaper that fits your niche, why not just clip it out and save it. It will give you ideas to write about later down the road. You can also save clippings from online newspapers and editorials.
4. Guest Posting
Consider guest posting for your blog. It can help by adding a different spin on the information that you write about. If you are going to consider guest posting, you will want to make sure that your blog is clear so that they are aware of the subjects that they can post about. You will also want to make sure that you read over everything before it is published.
5. Interviews
Sometimes hosting an interview for your blog is a great idea. You can do text interviews, audio interviews, and video interviews. You can interview employees, suppliers and customers to get a more personal feel for your blog.
6. Expert Advice
Discuss your niche with an expert. This will help you to find out more about what your business has to offer. After all, you probably don’t know everything that there is to know about your niche, so an expert could give you some more insight.
