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‘The 4 Ps of Blog Marketing’ (Marketing your blog) – piece in ‘Mint’ by Ajay Jain
‘The 4 Ps of Blog Marketing’ (Marketing your blog) – piece in ‘Mint’ by Ajay Jain
Ajay Jain is a writer/ journalist/ publisher rolled into one and writes regularly for Mint. In this piece he asks:
Have a blog? Where are the readers? Touched a raw nerve, right? Don’t fret, it’s not tough to get them, if you follow some rules.
Setting up a blog is as easy as it gets—getting traffic is another proposition altogether. Yes, blogs by their very nature are supposed to be search engine optimization ready but there is a catch: Your blog needs to break free from the millions of blogs jostling with each other for attention. And there is no magic wand to do this for you.
You could, however, seek out Philip Kotler for some inspiration—his 4Ps of marketing can work for your blog, too—without spending a dime or morphing into a nerd.
The piece quotes me a couple of places:
Content is everything; this is your product and the first P.
“Start by asking why you are writing a blog. This will bring clarity on who you are writing for, and this in turn will help you determine what you are writing,” says Rajesh Lalwani, founder of Blogworks, a strategic consulting firm helping brands and corporates with their blog and social media strategy.
Readers will come to you only if you carry something impactful, informative or even humorous for them. Just because so many blogs have little more than incoherent ramblings of the owner does not mean you have to subscribe to such low denominators.
And here’s more to make your product buyer friendly:
Quantity does not beat quality: While frequent postings may help you go up the search rankings, don’t do it for the sake of doing so. Ask yourself if anyone would care to read what you are writing. Post once or twice a week if need be but ensure it is quality writing. You don’t want to turn away readers or bury your good pieces under the debris.
Is it unique? Unless the first blog Rip Van Winkle goes to after waking up is yours, your content is valuable only if it is unique. Search engines such as Google can now catch those who copy content from other sources. Spooky, but true. “A combination of originality and quality works beautifully—it takes you higher up on the search engines,” says Lalwani.
You can read the full article in PDF format here or here on Livemint.com
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