Dojo Nation Dojo Nation - March 2015 | Page 78

How to Write Amazing Blog Content (That Keeps People Coming Back) B y now, you’ve probably heard the phrase that “Content is King” right? Throughout all of the algorithm updates Google has released over the last six years – one thing has never changed. Google loves to index fresh content. Content Marketing is an amazing strategy to find and engage with loyal customers – and it’s only increasing in popularity because 90% of customers prefer to learn about a brand through content vs ads. But simply knowing that you need excellent content is one thing – actually creating it is a whole other thing altogether. Just recently, Google made an appeal to website owners regarding their use of SEO techniques. What the search engine giant essentially said was that these techniques are not the most important considerations for ranking highly in the search results. The most important factor is that website own- ers offer relevant and quality info to their readers. If you do that, Google will reward you with better rankings in their search engine. This has given rise to the term content marketing, which is simply a new name for a very old concept. By publishing interesting and engaging content for your website visitors, which converts a percentage of them into regular visitors while at the same time, attracting new ones too. The ultimate purpose of content marketing is to get your visitors to do something that you want them to do. Such as to sign up for your newsletter or visit your brick and mortar location, and buy your products & services. But that begs the question: what is “interesting” content? A lot of people get it all wrong when it comes to blog content. Too much self-promotion is the fastest way to get a reader to click the back button so what should you feature instead?