Customer Stories
Has your customer got a good yarn that in anyway relates to
your business? Let them share. Ask for letters and promise to
post them.
Site Stories
What’s so special about your site? Does it have bells and
whistles that people who use them find helpful, but most people
don’t use? Bring the hidden glory of your site into [...]
Archive for the ‘Business Blogging’ Category
Tell stories
Product Profile
Either pretend your product is a person and interview it, or write
it up as a personal ad seeking the kind of person your clients
may be.
You are allowed to have fun with your blog, you know. .. more …
Company Profile
Quote something from your About Us page, then jazz it up with
some unknown back story. Why’d you start your company? Who
were you intending to help? .. more …
Staff Profiles and Interviews
Got someone interesting working with your company? Talk
about them. Met someone interesting on someone else’s staff?
Talk about them too.
In fact, if you can conference them in for a quick question when
you post to your audio blog, why not? .. more …
Quotes and Links in Reference to Company/Site/Product Mention at Non-Media sites
Just because it isn’t a news source doesn’t mean it’s not worth a
mention if they quoted you. Make some noise .. more …
Quotes and Links to Your Company/Site/Product in the News
This will definitely sound like bragging. Do it anyway, just keep
it as much of an announcement style as you can.
Think “ FreeTrafficTip.com awarded Whiner of the Year 2003″
not “In Your FACE FreeTrafficDirectory.com!!”. .. more …
Announcement of Press Releases
When your site has something it wants to make news, tell your
audience. Even if the news you’re sharing sounds like you’re
bragging, mention it anyway – you never know who might be
reading and cover you in their publication. .. more …
Announcement of Company Events
The company picnic is probably not news if your clients don’t get
to come along. A store-wide sale or the change of the physical
location of the offices might be. .. more …
Survey Questions with Prizes (for more detail)
If you have to ask an open-ended question that requires an
expansive response, throw in a free T-shirt for the first 20
people who come back after the poll and comment on their
answers, and you might have yourself a competition.
This can turn into a service you can sell if you develop a system
of getting a definite number [...]
Survey Questions leading into Polls
If you have a poll on your site, blog about it. If you don’t have
one, get one. Share the purpose of the poll if it won’t bias the
study.
“We’d like to know who you are and what you do so .. more …
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