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Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Quick and easy steps to improve your blog and position your brand.

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Having a blog isn't enough to position your brand and engage your audience. There are simple things you can do to make sure that your blog is reaching the right people and sending the right message.

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Page 1: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Does Your Blog Make the Grade?

Quick and easy steps to improve your blog and position your brand.

Page 2: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

There are nearly 200 million blogs in the world. How does yours stand out?

Page 3: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Does Your Blog Stick to a Voice?

• Your blog should generally have the same voice in each post.

• Your voice should match your brand’s mission and values.

• Your blog should blend seamlessly with the voice you use on all other media.

Page 4: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Are You Creating Unique Content?

Page 5: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Give Your Readers a Reason Not to Leave You• Readers want to find

something new and interesting.

• If your blog is thin on new or exciting information, your viewers will go elsewhere—within just a few seconds!

Page 6: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Where Does Your Content Lead the Reader?

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Your Content Should Give the Reader Direction

• Do you want the reader to make a purchase? Visit a website? Leave a comment?

• If you don’t tell your reader what you want, you will never get any engagement.

Page 8: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Is Your Content Easy to Read?

Page 9: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Reader-friendly fonts, a pleasing layout, and a background color that doesn’t hurt the eyes are all important. If your page hurts the reader’s eyes, no one will stay log enough to read your message.

Page 10: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

23% of time spent on the

Internet is spent on Blogs and Social Media

Page 11: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Give people more reasons to read your blog.

Focus on the small details that can set your blog apart from the crowd.

Page 12: Does Your Blog Make the Grade? Improve Your Brand Position with these Hints

Need Help Optimizing Your Blog?

Visit Propenmedia.com

to learn more about our blogging products and

services.