Blogging for Business by Chris Garrett: the first of TSG ebook reviews.

December 28th, 2009 by Kelly

Blogging for Business by Chris Garrett: discover how to build traffic and increase sales leads through business blogging.

Here at The Search Guru, we’ve always been committed to reading the most up to date info about expert search engine optimization strategies, pay per click management, social media strategies, business blogging and whatever else is relevant to bringing our clients laser effective SEO/SEM services.

Recently, we’ve been approached about writing ebook reviews, the first of which was Blogging for Business by Chris Garrett – which sounded pretty interesting to us!

Here are things that we love about Blogging for Business:

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Business blogging: corporate blogs can and do influence buying decisions.

January 26th, 2009 by Leslie

Thinking about business blogging? If not, then why not? Blog readers have increased by 300% and they say blogs influence their purchase decisions.

In a study sponsored by BuzzLogic and conducted by JupiterResearch, the reliance upon blogs for information has increased significantly. Even more important to your business:

  • 50% of blog readers say that blogs influence their purchasing decisions
  • 31% of readers say that blogs are useful for technology purchases
  • 56% of people who say that blogs are useful in purchasing decisions say that blogs with a niche focus and topical expertise are the most useful

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