Yes, it’s time your client had a proper blog…

onlinecruiseadvisor-sml For those already blogging, the following statistics will come as no surprise to you, but for the rest of you lagging behind waiting to play ‘follow the leader’ when your competitors start blogging, this is the year to get started…

A recent study by inbound marketing gurus Hubspot, reported that

“Businesses who blog have far better marketing results.”

The study included over 1,500 predominantly SME businesses. 795 blogged, 763 did not. The companies that did have a blog attracted…

55% more visitors – that means more people to convert into leads and sales.
97% more inbound links – one essential factor that Google pays attention to when deciding where to rank you compared to your competitors.
43% more indexed pages – the more content you have, the more likely you’ll be found by search engines.

Just some of the benefits of having a blog developed for your business include:

126% more leads.
Free SEO – helping you rank higher in search engines and target more search terms.
Improved Twitter reach – 113% improvement for B2B and 30% for B2C companies.
102% more Twitter followers for SMEs (79% more followers for businesses in general).
Improved customer engagement – increasing your chances of repeat business.
Prequalified leads and fewer time-wasters.
Content to repurpose for Facebook, Twitter, email marketing, LinkedIn and more.
Positioning yourself as a thought leader in your industry.
Proves your expertise and authority.
Builds trust and credibility.
Improved reputation.
Free PR.

Blog development services

When you choose Amaze to create your blog, you’ll have a team of highly experienced WordPress developers at your service. We look after design, development, custom work, SEO, copywriting, analytics, training, hosting, support and more. Yep, when we say full service we mean it. Our specialty is professional business blogs right through to full websites on WordPress.

What will you get from an Amaze WordPress blog?

Your blog on an SEO domain that you own, or integrated with your current website. We’ll help you work out what’s strategically best for your clients and for SEO and can register your domain for you as well if needed.
A design that you love, that’s professional and consistent with your company branding and the image you want to portray.
Full in-house control through the WordPress CMS (Content Management System).
Detailed, easy, step-by-step training on how to use the CMS (which is as simple as using Word, so even your technophobic staff can confidently maintain your blog in-house).
Unlimited free ‘how to’ support included with your full-service WordPress blog hosting.
Copywriting review to teach you how to improve your copy for SEO to boost your company’s ranking in search results, and to target the right keywords the right way.
WordPress DIY SEO extension, plus training on how to use it.
Google Analytics installed so you can track how your blog’s performing, how people are finding you, what articles and topics are the most popular, how many visitors you’re getting and lots more insights.
Integration with all the popular sharing options, such as Facebook like, Twitter, Google +1 and email to a friend.
Ability for your readers to ask questions and add comments with moderation turned on so your blog alerts you when you have a new comment to approve and/or reply to.
Subscribe options so readers can opt in to have new articles sent to them automatically, by email or RSS.
Ability to add unlimited pages, articles and categories.