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

More posts from the Boston SEO Meetup

Blogging is like the battle of the bulge -Compendium Blogware founder Chris Baggott at the Boston SEO Meetup

"Greatcontent isn’t great unless people see it" How social is search andsearch is social with Stuart Foster of The Lost Jacket scout agency forMullen Advertising

Blog and content strategies with Stephen Turcotte of Backbone Media at the Boston SEO Meetup

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