The phoneBlogger process is highly successful at starting conversations. At phoneBlogger, we have enjoyed watching as numerous clients have benefited from their blog posts striking a chord with their colleagues, affiliates, centers of influence & referral sources. This is often because the opinion or viewpoint expressed was either contrary to or progressive beyond the collective [...]
My recent article stressed the importance of building a bank of articles, so that blog publishing and promotion can stay consistent, no matter what life or work roadblocks surface. In that article, we discussed the first 5 ways to build a bank of articles. Here are a few more examples: In the same manner, if you [...]
Why would you want to have a bank of articles for your blog? The short answer is that life happens: Vacations, sickness, family emergencies, unexpected car trouble, etc. Things happen everyday that can prevent us from keeping our schedules on track, or that interrupt our flow. When these challenges come up, if you have no [...]
Working with phoneBlogger isn’t only about publishing fresh blog articles on your website; we want to increase the chances those individuals landing on your website will reach out to you – and potentially become a client! At phoneBlogger, we help our clients gain recognition and become branded experts in their field by blogging, and further [...]
The goal is always to capture the interest of the reader, to hook them and get them to read and share, but how do you pull that off? How do you make it concise and catchy, and if possible, informative and entertaining. Here are 5 techniques that we use to create a blog title that [...]
phoneBlogging : gerund \ˈfōn-ˌblägiŋ\ : the process of transforming a telephone-based audio recording into an edited article, optimized for website blogs. Ok, fine, we made that up: But did we really? Telephones have been around since 1876. Audio recordings may even pre-date Edison’s 1878 invention. While blogs began around 1999, journals of personal & professional [...]
I recommend using excerpts for one purpose: To drive everyone back to the blog itself. Excerpts enable visitors to skim through for articles of interest. If we didn’t use the “excerpt” method on the blog listing page (where blogs are displayed sequentially), visitors would be scrolling down the page for days, which they simply won’t [...]
You can use this “power trick” to grow VIP relationships – with referral relationships, media contacts, program directors, and even potential clients. It can also be used to drive targeted traffic back to your website. It works best after you’ve been blogging consistently & active on social media for a while (that’s how phoneBlogger.net gives [...]
How many times do you check your LinkedIn or Facebook during the day? And how often do you check your email? Despite all the social media hype, studies continue to show the greater efficacy of email newsletters. Sent via platforms like Constant Contact, you can track the results like: Who opens your email Who clicks [...]
One of phoneBlogger.net’s best practices when editing your articles is to begin with a strong opening sentence (just like this one). Doing so meets 3 key objectives: 1. To give the reader an immediate and more in-depth idea of what the article will be discussing, beyond what the title provides. Articles typically conclude with one [...]
In the world of marketing, whatever it is that you choose to do, unless you are doing it consistently, you can’t know whether or not it will work. Many people I’ve spoken with over the years have said they have tried multiple marketing approaches – newsletters, advertising, social media, etc. – and that none of [...]
Every service phoneBlogger.net provides is designed to have people become aware of you, and then be consistently reminded of you. The frequency and number of social channels to which we syndicate and cross-promote your blog articles is because no one will notice or pay attention to all of it. People will only notice some of [...]
A fairly recent “enhancement” on LinkedIn Groups is causing a bit of a tissy amongst members, as some posters to Group Discussions are all of a sudden getting notices that their discussions have been temporarily placed into “Moderation” across all groups. (Copy of an actual notice at the bottom of this article). This is a [...]
In my last post I described the first 2 steps to making the most out of the phoneBlogger.net process, some best practices for organizing your thoughts & some tips about what your posts should look like. This time I’d like to focus on the power of personality, stories and anecdotes in the blogging process, as [...]
As our client, phoneBlogger’s standard practice is to promote your blog posts to your social media profiles and groups, generating new discussions. Discussions result in likes and/or comments within social networks, or directly on the blog post on your website. Responses can fall into one of 3 categories: 1. Positive or reinforcing of your point [...]
phoneBlogging is definitely convenient & addictive – but as my recent blog article points out – it’s not literally “off the cuff.” While it need not take much preparation or research, blogging should take a minute – a whole 1 (or 2) minutes – of thought. As you know, we put your articles on a [...]
Once you’ve made the decision to start authoring educational blog articles in order to boost your word-of-mouth referrals, you may find that some of the terminology is confusing at first – but knowing what it means can greatly improve your ability to maximize your site. For the purposes of this article we’re going to focus [...]
Who recommends you? Who do you recommend? On Pareto’s Principle alone, most likely more than 80% of your lucrative clients come from less than 20% of these Referral Relationships. What are you doing to nurture such cross-marketing? What if every 1 of your clients brought you 1 more client? That’s how we start the pB Intro [...]
Often the shoemaker’s son goes without shoes: Last year, we even fell out of the habit of blogging. So we took our own medicine: The 1st secret to our phoneBlogging system is Sustaining Scheduled Sessions. The 2nd is using our Blog Brainstormer, available at BrandedExpert.com; there are now 26 ideas there. There will be 27 [...]
Want new… what? Clients? Referral sources? Followers? Blogging is a means to these ends, but only when readers lead to new readers (via Forwards, Shares, Likes, or when printouts are handed to others). Here are 5 ways to get new readers to get new readers to get new… 1) Trending topics How can you relate [...]
