Well, you have created your website. Now you have to start blogging. You have to start adding new articles to your site consistently to provide latest information to your visitors. For business owners, there are 12 reasons to start a business blog.
Engaging and informative content is an important component in marketing your business online. It is the most direct and effective way to convert visitors to leads.
Let us look at the 12 reasons why it is so important to publish high quality blog posts regularly on your website.
1. Blogging is a way to connect with your visitors.
Through blogging you can interact with your visitors. Your visitors will come to your site for information and will ask questions. You’re interacting with them in an informal way. In the long run, you gain trust and loyalty from your visitors.
2. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Improvement
When new contents are added consistently to your website, it improves SEO. The more blog posts you have, the more chances your site will rank for different keywords. That means your site will be one of the first ones to show up on the search results and deliver your information in front of potential targeted visitors. This will in turn increase your website traffic.
3. It makes your business alive
Adding contents regularly to your website keep it fresh. This shows that your business is alive and well.
4. New contents generate more interest
We are always looking for new information. When your website is constantly update with new contents, it generates more interest and your visitors will keep coming back for more.
5. Contents to share in social media
Sometimes you will be wondering what to share in social media. In this case, you will be able to share the new content to your social media. As you share your blog posts on social media, you increase traffic to your site. This is one of the way to promote your business.
6. Contents that are unique to your business
With blogging, you’ll be able to share your unique products, services or experiences to your visitors. This will separate you from similar businesses.
Let’s say you write reviews about kitchen small appliances like food processors, coffee makers, slower cookers…etc. Your can write about what features to look for when selecting each product.
Let’s say you are an electrician and would like to share your services and experiences. You can write about the importance of proper wiring in a house, what are the risk of overloading sockets…etc
7. Customer feedback
Having blog posts will allow your visitors to leave their questions and feedback about your products or services. Knowing what is in the mind of your visitors is a bonus. It helps you in structuring your content and market initiative. This will improve your business.
8. Build your brand and authority
Blogging is one of the best ways to establish your brand or authority in your industry. You’re always stay in touch with the latest news related to your industry, so that you can deliver fresh information to your visitors. In the long run you become the ‘goto’ website for helpful information.
9. It will show what things interest your customer
As you have more blog posts, you might be able to find out what really interest your visitors. You will know what type of information your visitors like to read and you can just focus on those topics. This is a great help in forming better relationship with your visitors by delivering what they are looking for.
10. Share blog posts in email newsletters
Blog posts are great content to share in email newsletters. When someone clicks on the blog post in email newsletter, it linked back to your website. This will improve your ranking in the search results. Better ranking means more traffic to your site.
It is also easier for your newsletter subscribers to share with their friends and in social media.
11. Embed videos and presentations
Embedding video on your blog post is a great way to attract visitors. It is more engaging and better conversion to leads. Your visitors will spend longer time on your page watching video. This will boost your ranking in Google.
12. Offers promotion.
At the end of each blog post, you can promote an offer to your visitors like download free e-books, coupons, memberships etc. This will lead your visitors to leave their email addresses for you to follow up with them later.
Is blogging difficult?
Many business owners do not have blog posts in their website because they think it is difficult to do. They have no time and no skill to do it themselves.
Actually this is not a problem at all.
If you do not know how to write a bog post or simply do not have time to do so, you can outsource this task. They are many companies offering writing services and freelance writers.
Some popular ones are
Are you ready to start blogging on your website?
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If you have any questions or comments about blogging on your website, please do not hesitate to leave them below.
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Hey Christine 🙂 I agree that blogging is great for so many reasons. You definitely want interaction with others to build trust with the search engines and without comments and feedback your site will not amount to much of anything.
Blogging and new content do attract more interest. I love to connect with people and share thoughts together. How often do you blog? You have some excellent points here. Thanks Christine!
Hey Rob,
Thanks for your comment. You got the point. Blogging is great for interaction with others through comments, feedback, share thoughts….
I blog at least once a week. What about you? ?
Hello Christine, fine blog post here about why to start a blog. You laid down great things that blogging can provide and that would motivate people to start. Thanks.
Hello Evan,
Thanks for leaving your comment. I’m glad that my post would motivate people to start blogging.
Hey, I love your post here.
You explain things with an easy, direct style showing that everybody can be successful if they want to.
I will definitely keep an eye on your blog, thanks for sharing knowledge and valuable information.
Hey Andrew,
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad that you love my post and find it informative 🙂
Great information, I’m not really a blogger but this info makes me rethink some of the important reasons why I should. This is an article that I will come back to.
Thanks for commenting, Jeffrey.
I hope you have gathered some good reasons to start blogging on your website.?
Great advice! I am just starting a new website so I really need to take heed to these suggestions!
Thanks for your comment, Holly.
Since you’ve just started a new website, start blogging and you’ll love the outcome 🙂
This is a great summary of why blogging is so important for an online business. It gave me some ideas for ways to increase traffic, too.
Thanks for your comment, Bailey.
That’s great. You have got some good ways to increase traffic on your website.
Thanks for the information. It is very helpful for me to start blogging.
Hi Angelina,
Thanks for your comment.
I’m glad that you find the information helpful. Happy blogging.?