Category: Content Advice
Struggling For Content Ideas? Bring On The Guest Bloggers!
Sometimes no matter how hard you try, the words won’t flow. And when that’s the case, and you’ve used up all your spare blog posts, well there’s only one thing for it – bring on the guest bloggers! A guest blogger is someone who comes along and has a blog published on… Read More
How Calls To Action Work On Social Media
(This post was written many moons ago but the advice is still valid!) A while ago I wrote about having a call to action in all blog posts, yet it’s still the number one piece of advice I give to people. So it was nice to come across this handy… Read More
You Don’t HAVE To Write Jubilee Content!
It’s the Queen’s 70th or Platinum Jubilee celebrations this week and, as expected, I have a flurry of emails from people wanting ‘Jubilee blogs’ and pages on their websites. Bearing in mind that a lot of my clients are manufacturing and industrial type companies, it’s less than a week until… Read More
Stuck For Blog Post Ideas? Write An FAQ!
Another great blog post idea is to set up a mini FAQ. We’ve already spoken about how people often search with questions, so let’s put 4 or 5 of the questions you get asked and drop them into a blog post. For Example, I Could Write ‘Top 5 Social Media… Read More
How Do I Start To Write A Company Blog Post?
I get the same question a lot when talking to my mentoring clients – “How do I even start to write a company blog post?” These questions come from highly educated people, managers, directors, business owners and very literate people who, when faced with a blank page, just freeze. If… Read More
25 Blog Titles Inspired By Rishi Sunack’s Spring Statement 2022
While not quite the day in the calendar event that the Budget is every year, the Spring Statement was widely anticipated by journalists and families alike; what would Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunack announce to help the UK through a period of recession, high fuel prices, the Ukraine war… Read More
20 Blog And Social Media Prompts Inspired By P&O
If you are a well organised blogger you will usually have planned your blog posts in advance, around business seasonality, deadlines, special days, etc. But sometimes things come up in the news that immediately lend themselves to some great blog or social media post ideas. Yesterday P&O decided to fire… Read More
Are blogs worth it for small businesses?
“I don’t have time to blog.” “I can’t think of anything to write about.” “Does blogging even work anymore?” These three objections (lack of time, lack of ideas, lack of proof) come up every single time I talk to small business owners about blogging. And I get it – when… Read More
How Do YOU Get Inspiration For Blog Posts?
It’s interesting to see the reactions when I tell people that I can easily write upwards of 20 blog posts a week – not only for myself, but also for clients. Some think it’s not possible, some think it’s crazy, and others think ‘ghost blogging’ is wrong. Now I’m not… Read More