Not sure how many of you may follow the HubSpot, but they are an excellent resource for lots of different things regarding Internet Marketing. They just completed a recent survey that’s worth taking a look at, titled Study Shows Small Businesses That Blog Get 55% More Website Visitors.
Here are the highlights of the article;
If you blog, you know that it’s good for your business.
But how — and how much?
To answer to those questions, I looked at data from 1,531 HubSpot customers (mostly small- and medium-sized businesses). 795 of the businesses in my sample blogged, 736 didn’t.
The data was crystal clear: Companies that blog have far better marketing results. Specifically, the average company that blogs has:
* 55% more visitors
* 97% more inbound links
* 434% more indexed pages
Are you still not convinced to Ditch the Community Newsletter and start a Community Blog?
Eric’s background is rooted in the rental and real estate industries. He founded metro Detroit’s Urbane Apartments in 2003, after serving as senior vice president for a major Midwest apartment developer. He established a proven track record of effectively repositioning existing rental properties in a way that added value for investors while enhancing the resident experience.
He also established The Urbane Way, a social media marketing and PR laboratory, where innovative marketing ideas are tested. Eric has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and Business Week Magazine.
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