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Andy Crestodina
@crestodina #wineweb
Blogging Basics & Workshop
WHY BLOG?
Source: HubSpot: State of Inbound Marketing 2012
Blogging Frequency, Customer Acquisition
Percentage of bloggers who
acquired a customer through their blog…
Source: HubSpot: State of Inbound Marketing 2012
59% say blogging is critical or important
WHERE TO
BLOG
Blog on your own domain
IDEAL 
ALSO GOOD 
BAD 
http://www.website.com/blog
http://blog.website.com
http://myblog.wordpress.com
Don’t build on rented land
Sorry, Seth!
That’s why it’s called Domain Authority
TOPICS &
HEADLINES
“On the average, five times as many
people read the headline as read the
body copy. When you have written
your headline, you have spent eighty
cents out of your dollar.”
- David Ogilvy
Source: Conductor: 5 Data Insights into the Headlines Readers Click
• Normal
“Ways to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful”
• Question
“What are Ways to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful?”
• How to
“How to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful”
• Number
“30 Ways To Make Drinking Tea More Delightful”
• Reader-Addressing
“Ways You Need to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful”
5 Kinds of Headlines
Source: Conductor: 5 Data Insights into the Headlines Readers Click N=750
Source: Conductor: 5 Data Insights into the Headlines Readers Click N=750
5 Kinds of Headlines
Source
WORKSHOP!
Let’s do this thing…
WRITING &
STRUCTURE
Copy is never written.
Copy is assembled.
Eugene Schwartz
copywriting legend
Source: Social Triggers
Source: Web Content Checklist
Content
Checklist
FORMATTING 
BREVITY 
PROMOTION
Search traffic through…
keyword research, keyword usage
Social traffic through…
promoting content on social networks,
responding to comments
Email traffic through…
List growth, email design, timing & testing
50% Creation, 50% Promotion
Guest Blogging = Link Building + Online Networking
The spike …and the long tail
Initial spike from
email marketing
and social promotion
(one week)
20 to 40 visits per day
from organic search
(months or years)
SEO: slow but powerful
WHO HAS TIME
FOR THIS
STUFF?
Commit
Frequency and your content calendar
Curate
Write list Posts, keep a device for capturing, do
interviews
Delegate
Work with your team, using the methods they prefer
Get Help
Outsource! Leverage editors, ghost writers, co-authors
It’s a process…
Wine & Web
Andy Crestodina
@orbiteers #wineweb
Thank you!

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July Wine & Web: Blogging Basics + Workshop

  • 1. Wine & Web #26 Andy Crestodina @crestodina #wineweb Blogging Basics & Workshop
  • 3. Source: HubSpot: State of Inbound Marketing 2012 Blogging Frequency, Customer Acquisition Percentage of bloggers who acquired a customer through their blog…
  • 4. Source: HubSpot: State of Inbound Marketing 2012 59% say blogging is critical or important
  • 6. Blog on your own domain IDEAL  ALSO GOOD  BAD  http://www.website.com/blog http://blog.website.com http://myblog.wordpress.com
  • 7. Don’t build on rented land Sorry, Seth!
  • 8. That’s why it’s called Domain Authority
  • 10. “On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” - David Ogilvy
  • 11. Source: Conductor: 5 Data Insights into the Headlines Readers Click • Normal “Ways to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful” • Question “What are Ways to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful?” • How to “How to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful” • Number “30 Ways To Make Drinking Tea More Delightful” • Reader-Addressing “Ways You Need to Make Drinking Tea More Delightful” 5 Kinds of Headlines
  • 12. Source: Conductor: 5 Data Insights into the Headlines Readers Click N=750
  • 13. Source: Conductor: 5 Data Insights into the Headlines Readers Click N=750
  • 14. 5 Kinds of Headlines Source
  • 17. Copy is never written. Copy is assembled. Eugene Schwartz copywriting legend
  • 19. Source: Web Content Checklist Content Checklist FORMATTING  BREVITY 
  • 21. Search traffic through… keyword research, keyword usage Social traffic through… promoting content on social networks, responding to comments Email traffic through… List growth, email design, timing & testing 50% Creation, 50% Promotion Guest Blogging = Link Building + Online Networking
  • 22. The spike …and the long tail Initial spike from email marketing and social promotion (one week) 20 to 40 visits per day from organic search (months or years)
  • 23. SEO: slow but powerful
  • 24. WHO HAS TIME FOR THIS STUFF?
  • 25. Commit Frequency and your content calendar Curate Write list Posts, keep a device for capturing, do interviews Delegate Work with your team, using the methods they prefer Get Help Outsource! Leverage editors, ghost writers, co-authors It’s a process…
  • 26. Wine & Web Andy Crestodina @orbiteers #wineweb Thank you!

Editor's Notes

  1. Seth has 8000+ posts and pages on TypePad, but has no control over Say Media, the current owner of the platform.