Client questions should become blog posts – Revisted

Bloggingtip.jpgIn any type of business, whether it be a business which sells products or a service business, you get questions every day from clients and customers. And if you publish a blog to promote or market your business you should be taking advantage of all those questions. When I first started my blog, one way I was able to move up in the search engines so fast and so high was to take those questions and make a post out of them.

What I soon discovered was those questions I was getting every day either on the phone or in person from clients and prospective clients were some of the same search terms people were typing into Google and Yahoo. And, what I also found, they were basic questions. Questions which made great blog post and were easy to answer.

Of course I never used names or anything that might identify someone in the blog post. And when the post would go up, I did notice my hits and placement improve in the search engines.

Everyday you are getting questions and/or comments from clients, customers and prospects. If you are not taking those and making them into blog post you are really missing out on a great opportunity. Not only is it great post content, it shows you are connected to what is going on in your niche. Using those questions and/or comments also gets you involved in the conversation taking place in your niche or market.

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G'Day Grant,

Your post gave me an idea for two posts doing exactly as you suggested. Just wanted to say thanks.

Make sure you have fun

Regards

Leon

G'Day Grant,

Your post gave me an idea for two posts doing exactly as you suggested. Just wanted to say thanks.

Make sure you have fun

Regards

Leon

This is a great tip and serves two purposes: 1. It reminds us that sometimes the best muse is our client base. 2. It nudges the reticent to open up their eyes to opportunities that are staring them right in the face! Need something to write about, but can't come up with anything fresh or creative- Ta Da!!!!

Great suggestion Grant.I had just mentioned the other day how updating product pages with answers to FAQ's is important http://erraticblog.com/2010/07/update-and-clari...
but in the past it honestly didn't cross my mind to also post the info as blog posts. This will be a good area for me to cover and post blog posts on for my ecomm site blog.

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