201 Business Blog Ideas

201 Practical Business Blog Ideas You can Write and When to Use Them

There are lots of lists of business blog ideas out there. I’ve done one before, myself. But I realized there was something missing from those ubiquitous lists:

WHEN are you supposed to use each kind of post?

I suppose, if you’re just out trolling the Internet because you have blogger’s block and have no idea what to write about, a straight up list of a bunch of business blog ideas might be useful.

But what about those of you who want to do more with your business’ blog than just post something every week? …

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How to blog for a product business

How to Blog for a Product Business: Think Sideways

OK, this week’s WHAT NOT TO DO:

This post showed up in my Tumblr feed as a sponsored post.

At first glance, it’s just a recipe for chicken shawarma, right?

Guess who “dailyfancies.com” is? Fancy Feast.

That’s right. It’s a recipe from a CAT FOOD COMPANY.

This is just… This opens them up so much for ridicule. There are SO MANY JOKES I could make about cat food shawarma. So many. I don’t even know where to start.

When you’re doing a lifestyle blog to go with your product brand, please, PLEASE think very carefully …

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3 Powerful Questions to Ask Your Blog Audience

A blog should be a conversation.

I’m not talking about comments, necessarily.  Yes, comments are awesome (who doesn’t love getting comments on her blog?!?), and they’re a big part of building a culture around your business and blog, but comments aren’t the only way to have a conversation with your blog audience.

Your blog should be a conversation.

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We have to engage our audiences outside the comments section, too.

Jon Morrow tells a powerful story about asking a simple question — What do …

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{Blogspiration:} Compare Two Solutions (And Make Sure Yours is Better!)

A great way to introduce (or reintroduce, or re-reintroduce) your product or service to your readers is to compare it to another solution on the market.

There are two ways to go about this.

First, you could describe the Other Solution as the worst thing ever, possibly evil, and definitely bad for puppies and small children.  You can rant and rave if that’s your thing, and create a supervillain for your peeps to hate.  That’s a legitimate way to go …

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