Tuesday, January 8, 2013

12 Interesting Business Blog Facts & Stats From @KenE3C


A Guest Blog Post from e Web2 Sales and Profits (3 Part Series) 

Part 3 of 3


I attended a great HubSpot webinar in 2012 on business blogging and wanted to share these interesting facts and statistics on business impact of blogging. If you don't have a blog or you are not convinced to that it will work for you. Think again. I strongly encourage you to start a blog or seek to improve your current blog. Enjoy.

Blog Facts & Stats:
1.      Companies that blog have 97% more inbound links than those that don't. Creating great content is the key to getting inbound links – there's just no substitute.

2.      Businesses that blog at least 20 times per month generate 5X more traffic and 4X more leads than those that only blog a few times per month.

3.      Creating, optimizing, and promoting content are keys to filling the top of your sales and marketing funnel with more website traffic and leads. The good news is that companies who create, optimize and promote their blogs get 55% more traffic and 70% more leads than those who don't.

4.      Blog posts that were shared on just Twitter had 113% more inbound links than those not shared on social media at all.

5.      B2B companies that blog generate 67% more leads per month than those that do not.

6.      About 46% of daily internet users read more than one blog every day.

7.      65% of daily internet users read a blog. It could be YOUR blog if you make it easy for them to find it.

8.      Blog posts that were shared on Twitter and Facebook got 149% more inbound links than those not shared on social media at all.

9.      Blog posts shared on Twitter get 113% more inbound links than those not shared on social media at all.

10.  Two-thirds of marketers say their company blog is "critical" or "important" to their business. Part of the reason is that blogs are a great way to engage your visitors.

11.  36% of daily internet users read 5 to 10 blog posts per day.

12.  Websites with Blogs have 434% more indexed pages (helps search engines & SEO efforts) and 97 % more inbound links.

If you have questions or you are struggling with the topic, let's connect and talk. We offer a Sales, Web & Profit Jump Start session for any business owner or entrepreneur who has questions and concerned about their company's growth, sales and profitability. We encourage you to contact us. We will be happy to help and support you and your business.