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<\/strong><\/span>Companies that actively blog<\/strong> say that their posts generate a 52% lower cost-per-lead than their other marketing communications channels. And those who post something daily have a substantial number of higher quality (sales-validated) leads than less frequent publishers. So why aren’t there more hyper-active B2B blogs out there?<\/div>\n
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“We just don’t have the resources to devote to that kind of a publishing schedule,” a lot of technology folks will say.\u00a0 Understandably. We hear you.\u00a0 It’s a challenge.\u00a0 There’s another way to think about the problem, however, than strictly as a labor-intensive issue.\u00a0 And the upside is too good to dismiss out of hand, according to the observations of Jason Keath<\/a>, a veteran reporter, editor and long-time social-media educator whose experience ranges from obscure start-ups to big names — think Nordstrom, Radio Shack, Pepsi and Ford.<\/p>\n

Aside from intimate knowledge of what it is that turns on your customers\/audience the most<\/strong>, there are three basic elements to transforming your blog into a killer content-marketing machine: contributors, content and editing:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1.\u00a0 Build a bench<\/strong> of the right volunteer contributors because this is where all quality content begins.\u00a0 Make a list of traits you’re looking for.\u00a0 Product knowledge? Social networking presence? Industry authority? Customers?\u00a0 Industry leaders?\u00a0 Keath suggests checking out forums, other blogs, and websites where conversations happen, like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Quora. Look for people already talking\/writing about the topics you’re interested in.\u00a0 Yes, some bigger names will want to be compensated, but others may be quite happy with a link back to their blog and the idea of being read by your customers. If you have to come out of pocket, pay quickly. Be sure to recognize them with link-backs and Twitter follow buttons.\u00a0 If you’re a big company and your contributors are employees, make sure the CEO knows who these people are and that they know the CEO knows — and cares). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2.\u00a0 Make it simple:<\/strong> suggest the subject matter or request that they come up with something they already care about and give them a clear deadline.\u00a0 Get a firm commitment.\u00a0 And make your editorial guidelines simple — no more than one page.\u00a0 Spell out the most important things they need to know and point to your blog-post examples as models to emulate. Create an easy process based on editorial flow happening on your intranet, via email, or through your blog software.\u00a0 Include this in your guidelines and make sure its understandable.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Set high standards. <\/strong> As a content creator, you’ll be judged by the content you create.\u00a0 No way around it. <\/p>\n

Have you made more frequent blogging a new year’s resolution?\u00a0 If so, how do you intend to keep it?\u00a0 What are your<\/em> editorial plans in 2012?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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