Blogging approaches and tips from Compendium Blogware founder Chris Baggott at the Boston SEO Meetup
Blogging approaches and tips from — Compendium Blogware founder Chris Baggott at the Boston SEO Meetup
Chris's background is direct marketing and the catalog industry; he previously founded Exacttarget, in essence emailing for drycleaners
Blogs make great content: Search engines want fresh content, link-building is less important because it's been so abused
Compendium
- Is designed for marketers who don’t want to mess with technology
- Takes keyword research, establish various blogs for each keyword
- Software organizes blog posts for you
Compendium best practices
- Every post should be written to your keywords
- Be aware you’re creating an impression of credibility
- Write 100 to 150 words then move on
- Have good call to action, willing to buy after reading your blog
- Need to give someone a way to go forward or will bounce away
- Have a page about a topic and each page should be only one topic
Keep in mind
- Most blog readers are first-timers, very few are subscribers
- People are telling you their problem, really blogging for 1st-time visitors
- People want to read how you’ve solved a problem like mine
- Talk in language of your customer, talk about what you’ve done
- Talk about what the customer cares about
- Be pithy
- Have bold calls to action
Fastest-growing keyword category: phrases that are 8 words long







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