| When you decide to set-up a Business
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| | successful. 2. Who do you want to read
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| Blog, there is one aspect which is often
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| | your Blog? In the same way that target
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| overlooked in the excitement (yes,
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| | groups with your products or services,
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| excitement!) of creating your new
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| | you need to decide who is the target
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| marketing and communications tool. This
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| | audience for your Business Blog and
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| is the planning phase - a critical
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| | consequently who you are writing for.
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| element if you want to create a
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| | This will influence the content of your
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| successful blog and something which you
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| | posts and also the way in which you write
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| need to spend time on before diving in
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| | them - two elements which will effect how
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| and writing your first post. As you plan
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| | your readers view you and your business.
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| your blog, you should identify what you
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| | You might be looking to demonstrate your
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| are looking to achieve with it and who
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| | in depth knowledge of your niche to
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| you are writing for. The answers to these
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| | prospective partners, create an
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| questions will allow you to be much more
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| | interactive relationship with clients or
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| focused when it comes to the content of
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| | motivate internal staff. Each will
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| your posts and will make sure that you
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| | require a different approach to both what
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| are writing in line with the requirements
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| | you write and how you present it. 3. What
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| of those who will be reading them. To do
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| | results are you looking for? You should
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| this, you need to have answered three key
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| | also be clear as to what results you want
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| questions: 1. What do you want your blog
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| | to achieve with the Business Blog. While
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| to do for your company? It's important to
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| | a blog is certainly not a direct sales
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| be very clear about why you want to start
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| | tool, there are nevertheless many ways in
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| the Business Blog. Are you looking to
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| | which you can measure its direct
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| position yourself as an expert in your
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| | effectiveness. These might include number
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| field, to use it as the focal point for a
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| | of visitors, subscribers to your RSS
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| network of contacts for your company or
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| | feed, sign ups to a newsletter, contacts
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| perhaps to promote a particular service /
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| | initiated or clients achieved through a
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| product using 'educational marketing' as
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| | contact form on your Blog etc. By
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| part of a soft sell approach. Perhaps it
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| | identifying the results you want, you
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| will have an internal communications
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| | will be able to measure how successful
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| focus, either for the company as a whole
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| | you have been and make changes
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| or specific teams within it, or you may
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| | accordingly. By spending time on this
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| intend to have it as a development area
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| | part of the set up of your Business Blog,
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| for a new product where developers and
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| | you will reap the rewards later. You will
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| partners contribute and in the process
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| | ensure that the blog maintains its focus
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| create a group of evangelists for it, or
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| | in terms of its content and, as a
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| . These are all great goals for your blog
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| | consequence, provide your readers with
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| (or blogs), however, you should identify
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| | what they are looking for and you with a
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| and focus on the one that you want to
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| | successful blog for your business.
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| achieve if you want to make it really
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