Objectives
• Increase brand awareness
• Increase thought leadership throughout your industry
• Encourage comments and engagement
• Lead generation through blog subscription
• External linking
Action Items
√ Choose managing editor to own the blog
√ Choose a blogging platform
√ Create an internal blog evangelist program to get employees to contribute
√ Decide on a weekly cadence
√ Recruit guest bloggers
√ Add social sharing icons
√ Add a Tweet This button
√ Promote each blog on social channel
Key Metrics
• X number of posts
• X number of bloggers
• X number of social shares
• Audience growth—unique and return visitors
• Conversions
• Subscriber growth
• Inbound links
• Directory listings for infographics
• SEO improvement