“One of my favorite Web marketing tools is a business blog; it can help with search engine optimization, establishes you as an expert in your field, improves your communication, enhances PR and more.

However, you still need to be promoting your blog to drive traffic there and make it work for you. Here are # of ways you can market your blog…”

Read this article from Invision-Graphics.

“There are a million techniques to make your blog bigger, better, and more popular. (Heck, after four years, there are probably a half-million just here on Copyblogger.)

Strong headlines, smart copywriting technique, celebrity gossip, telling stories, making readers laugh, stategic use of controversy, reviews of the latest technology, reveling in your love of Steve Jobs and all he creates.

They each have their advocates, and they can all work.

But there’s one insider’s trick that makes the rest of it easy.

It starts from the very beginning, when you’re figuring out what you want to blog about anyway.”

Read this article from Copy Blogger.

“We can’t emphasise enough how effective a blog can be for your business, particularly when it comes to increasing your online footprint. There are so many benefits of having a blog, if done right, and this is why we always encourage our customers to consider the benefits. A blog can act as the platform for your online strategy and below are just some of the business benefits of producing a professional blog.”

Read this article from Generate UK.

“Researchers at Pennsylvania State University recently revealed the results of a study which looked into how people were using Twitter to talk about products. Companies, of course, fear what a negative barrage of tweets can do to their brand, leading many to establish Twitter accounts themselves to provide information, customer service, and support.

As it turns out, these businesses may not need to worry too much about what the “Twitter effect” can do to their image after all. The study revealed that the number of brand-related tweets where sentiment is expressed is not the dominating force that you may think. In fact, the majority of tweets mentioning a brand are merely casual comments or tweets from someone giving or seeking information. And when sentiment is expressed, it’s generally positive.”

Read this article from Read Write Web.

“It doesn’t matter who you are or what business you are in, marketing can be a time consuming process. For many, the idea of writing a blog, using social media, creating a podcast, putting material up on YouTube and a host of other marketing tools can seem overwhelming.

However, with a little planning, it doesn’t have to be. The key is taking one piece of content or one idea and using it multiple ways. The initial concept and the initial creation of a piece of marketing content is the hardest part. Once it’s there, reusing it in other ways and on other platforms is simple and takes much less time. Here are seven simple ways you can repurpose your blog posts to create some powerful marketing tools.”

Read this article from Baby Boomer Entrepreneur.

“We always hear the word blog and underestimate the value of blogging. To some it’s just a waste of time to maintain and sad to say, these people are losing a valuable chance and opportunity especially if they have their own business. With the social media marketing getting stronger every single day, one must learn to adapt and take advantage of these opportunities that other businesses already did.

In fact, almost all big corporations and major businesses would even go to the extremes and hire a set of professionals to maintain their blog site. Needless to say, the rewards of their effort are paying out in big ways and their investments were never a lost cause, instead it has delivered more than what they expect in return.”

Read this article from Social Media Va.

“You should have heard from many who say bloggers blogs help SEO to get higher search engine rankings, but you may wonder how this happens. I’d like to explain this a bit more and tell you how a blogger can get great benefits from blogging while increasing organic SEO results.”

Read this article from Site-Booster.

“No follow tags are getting more and more famous nowadays. Hence, a lot of misunderstand is involving this term.

Created by Matt Cutts (surprise) and Jason Shellen, the nofollow-tag topic is flooding all SEO and Blogging forums.

One of the main problems for new bloggers or even for some SEO’s is what the benefits of adding nofollow tags are?”

Read this article from Keep Blogging.

“After BlogHer, I mentioned wanting to learn more about SEO, or search engine optimization. So when Christine, an SEO expert, reached out to offer her expertise, I was thrilled!”

Read this article from 5 Dollar Dinners.