This post will be divided into two different sections – this blog is written by two people, Susanna Gebauer and Jonathan Gebauer, and for the recap of this experience we decided to give our personal views of the experience. First, you can read Susanna’s version of the last half year after introducing this blog. Susanna’s Recap of 6 Month of…
Yesterday we talked to someone who just started a new project and who has to think about how to best raise attention for his new project. There is no question that they are going for content publishing. But in answer to my remark “You don’t have a blog yet!” he raised the question what would be better for their content: Publish…
We love to have you as readers! And we do try to provide you with a lot of helpful marketing advice, musings, and discussions. We firmly believe that you can learn a lot from our blog posts. Still, from our experience, we would say: Reading one blog is not enough. While we are telling you what we know about marketing…
I recently made a discovery: Quite a few successful bloggers started their now famous blogs after failing at a different business. Let me give you an example: Uber-blogger Jeff Bullas, who writes one of the most successful marketing blogs in the world. Seven years ago Jeff went through a divorce; his business went bankrupt, and he was 50,000$ in debt.…
Recently in the comment section of an article on businesses grow by Mark Schaefer (“Why you don’t want to be Chris Brogan“) a discussion between Jay Baer and Jonathan came up if in today’s internet world Jay would still build his business around a blog or if it even would be possible today to really grow a successful blog. From…
If you are active in content marketing, I guess you have heard (or read) the advice that you have to keyword optimize your content. While I agree that you should consider which are the words people expect you to use for certain topics and which terms are commonly used, I also think putting too much focus on keyword optimization can…
It’s the same procedure every year: Bloggers decide next year they will write more. But is writing really what is causing the trouble? It’s 2014 (almost 2015) and running a blog just when you feel like it will not get you far. At least not when you want to reach an audience. Less than an article a week and you…
“Can I or should I write on my blog in English, even if it’s not my primary language?” This question comes up quite frequently in online marketing, by a lot of different people and for a lot of different reasons. The internet united most parts of the world – and the most common language is English. Content in the English…
by Jonathan Gebauer (@jogebauer) Sounds easy, right? Well it’s not that easy – but it’s entirely possible. Most people won’t simply make a living by blogging, but in connection with a freelance business, and some effective social media marketing, it may be just the road you want to travel. Sometimes you just need some positive examples to get yourself motivated,…
by Susanna Gebauer (@dreckbaerfrau) What makes some blogs/bloggers successful while others are passing by fairly unnoticed? Of course, the first and very important reason is the quality of the content, but there is more to the success of a blog than the content published. I am absolutely sure, there are thousands of blogs out there that I would love to…