Give and you shall receive – The art of generous blogging

How many blogs have you read selling you the idea of making money on the web? Probably not as many as you think – you will be so used to these that you read the first line and click out. Your blog becomes a great marketing tool when you use it as a way of connecting, forming relationships, giving stuff away and initiating dialogue. Forget about selling, think about giving and you will soon develop a following that should result in generating long term clients and relationships. Learn more on a blogging workshop here in Brighton, Sussex.

5 Top Tips for generous blogging

  • Avoid pop-ups and keep advertising and affiliate links to a minimum, most of your space should be about you and what you have to say.
  • Promote the work of others, encourage them, and support what they’re doing.
  • Provide links to other resources. People will return to you if you are a great resource provider. Tell others that you are linking to them, they are much more likely to comment or link back.
  • Give stuff away.
  • Provide answers to questions, respond to comments.

Silicon Beach Training provide Social Media Training in Brighton.

Similar posts you may like

  1. New Blogging Training Course
  2. Why should I be guest blogging?
  3. How to write a great blog post – 10 Top Tips
  4. Why should businesses blog?
  5. Keeping your Blog Regular in 5 Easy Lessons

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Share This Post

Bookmark and Share

3 Responses to “Give and you shall receive – The art of generous blogging”

Social Media Guidelines « Silicon Beach Training Resources says:

[...] Chat back too. Once you’ve encouraged comments, do respond to them. Moreover, do comment on others’ posts to strengthen your relationship, and even link other relevant blogs in your own posts – as Heather suggests in our blog “Give and you shall receive“. [...]

How to Manage Social Media Activity « Silicon Beach Training Resources says:

[...] You may wonder why it’s worth taking time to participate in others’ discussions. Well the more generous you are, the more willing people will be to join your discussion or reply to your questions when you are promoting your services or a new blog post. See Heather’s post on the art of generous blogging. [...]

Why should businesses blog? « Silicon Beach Training Blog says:

[...] blog about: see How to Write a Great Blog Post, Keeping your Blog Regular, Blog Post Ideas and The Art of Generous Blogging. So everyone’s blogging these days right? Our new hands-on blogging workshop could be the [...]

Leave a Reply

 
Join uson

Training Grants

Training Grants

Home | Sitemap | Print |