Your blog is your landing pad. All properties and social media outlets change without your control, but not your blog.
Recently I’ve blogged about independent PR blogs and how to face Goliath, the mass content producing sites like Pursuitist. I was privileged recently to sit in on a talk by Christopher Parr, founder of Pursuitist. I heard the story of how he made Pursuitist what it is now, a success.
Worth noting, not once did he say he couldn’t have done it without the help of all his contributing writers (group blog model). Perhaps he may think it, but I would still respond with disagreement. He could have done it by himself too. Why do I believe that?
Below you will find a list of ways he swears by to create blogging success. Bare with me 10 seconds before you scroll down to read them. As you do read them, ask yourself if you could do the action by yourself. Matters of speed and time aside, it is purely a matter of what you think you can and can’t do. You can take on the content machines. You can.
Chief Content Officer Takeaways:
- Engage your community with questions.
- Share amazing photos.
- Create content that can be easily consumed on mobile devices.
- Keep it “human.” Don’t be a bland corporation.
- The best posts or videos come from the frequently asked questions people have.
- Interviews make great content.
- Share original, behind-the-scenes photos of you and your team.
- Create interesting, brief product and service demos with videos.
- Testimonials are great, especially if you can highlight the hero, your customer, and not your product.
- Point out the great people in your community with videos and interviews.
- Deliver instruction and teach someone how to do something. Create a “how to” series.
- Keep publishing, keep creating great content. Don’t give up.
What do you think? Think you’re up for it. I do.
And again. You don’t need to neglect the benefits of them, by all means participate, but also withhold your own landing pad.
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