Some of the best blog posts are also the shortest. Blog posts that offer information rich copy, with all the unnecessary fluff stripped out, get to the point quicker and save the reader valuable time. This post about social media experts is one of the most read on my blog and it's just ...
If your Facebook or Twitter account got suspend or deleted, what impact would it have on your business? I ask this question, because I'm seeing more and more people invest huge amounts of their valuable time building social networks on 3rd party sites, ...
Following on from yesterday's post, about the need to be a student and not a sheep, today I would like to focus briefly on the importance of improving our comprehension in the era of information overload. It's one thing for us to read something of value, but if we fail to comprehend what ...
Recently, I have had a lot of people asking me how I come up with fresh ideas for new posts. So, here's what works for me and hopefully, will be just as useful for you! The short answer is that the more you write, the easier it gets. For example, I used to publish blog posts ...
Have you ever wondered about the value of posting content to a business focused blog, like this one, during the weekend? If you have, you might find my experience interesting. Blogging on a Saturday Reader numbers here drop like a stone on Saturdays. I get around 50% of my weekday average, sometimes even fewer. Yes, there are ...
As you may know, I've been on holiday for the past 8 days. Because blogging is such a valuable part of my communications strategy, it was important for me to be able to maintain my blogging pattern, whilst I wasn't here. This post is all about how wordpress' scheduled posts feature allowed me ...
Are you interested in improving the regularity and value of your blogging? If you are, you might find this post extremely useful! I was recently asked how long I spent, writing my blog posts. The answer I gave was that it usually takes me between 20 to 30 minutes; occasionally a little longer. The guy who ...
Last month, someone introduced me to one of his friends. In his introduction, he said: "This is Jim Connolly, he's that marketing blogger I've been talking about." This REALLY made me think! Why? This may sound nuts, but here goes: You see, although I own a blog and write posts most days, I have always seen myself simply as ...
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks, about probable changes to the way that Google ranks search engine results. The general belief is that mentions (links) to your site from social media sites are starting to play a bigger role in where Google ranks you. Because of ...
Here are seven quick tips to help you improve your online presence. If you have a section on your website or blog, called "news" either update it regularly or delete it. When someone clicks on that page and sees that the last entry was 6 months ago, it hardly makes you or your business look dynamic.
If you want more sales leads or enquiries from your blog, the following tips may be just what you are looking for! What I am about to share with you, is based on years worth of testing and measuring feedback. (I'm too good to you!) Many business bloggers find that ...
I wrote recently about copycat marketing. That’s where someone copies the marketing of someone else, hoping that it will work.
After writing that post, I received a lot of email and comments, from people who had personal experience of copycat marketing going wrong.
Here’s one email, which I would like to share with you and hear your thoughts on….
I had one of those moments earlier, where something suddenly clicks into place. I figured out that Jims Marketing Blog is not actually a blog. Yes, it's built using blog software, but it's not a true blog. A blog (short for web log) was originally supposed to be an online ...
Here's some good news for those of you, who are kind enough to comment here and share your opinions with my readers and myself. As from right now, when you leave your comments, you will be able to share YOUR most recent blog post with MY readers! How come Jim? The CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin I have just installed ...
I want to share a valuable piece of advice with you, which I received from my mentor; the late, great Jim Rohn. Here's what Jim used to say; "Have something worth saying and say it well. Jim would use that phrase when speaking about effective communication and ...
Ever wondered why some blog posts get lots of comments and other posts get very few? I have one post on this blog with almost 700 comments and others with just a few, so why does this happen? Well, there are thousands of posts around the Internet, offering long lists ...
Do you write a blog? Are you thinking about blogging or taking your blog more seriously? In either case, I believe you will find this post really useful. As regular readers will recall, I wrote a post last month about the results I have seen, since I increased the frequency of my ...
Ever wondered why some bloggers write blog posts every day? Well, I did too - So I tried a 14 day experiment, and I am going to share my results with you. Usually, my blogging schedule is erratic; often just a handful of posts in a month. However, as regular ...
One of the marketing challenges that all businesses face, is how to leverage their time and money for the best possible return on investment (or ROI). There are so many things we all could be doing, yet these are not of equal value to us. For example, there's an interesting debate along these lines over ...
So, can social media really help you market or promote something? Oh yes! Earlier today, I launched a brand new blog. Now, usually when you launch a new blog, the first day sees very little traction; after all, no one knows it's there. However, thanks exclusively to the use of a few social media tools, the blog ...
