Comments on: B2B Blogging | The Value of B2B Blogging

By: Keyword research

Keyword research — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:15:00 +0000

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By: SEO Maryland

SEO Maryland — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:29:00 +0000

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By: pullnotpush

pullnotpush — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:47:01 +0000

It's my pleasure to comment here. It's so nice to get to know the HubSpot team - you guys are making magic and I love learning about you all.

I'm so glad you share my view on commenting on blogs. I used this post and conversation as the fuel for an upcoming post. To me, a Retweet just always seems to be the equivalent of the "Hi! How Are You?" and the same canned "Fine!" response. I figure we can stop hiding behind Retweets and Fines and delve right into the good stuff. Blogging makes that happen!

What's crazy to me is that using HubSpot makes it so easy to see the value of commenting on blogs. When you gather enough data, you can tell which blogs attract the right traffic to your site for lead generation and potentially new clients or customers.

You made a great point about finding voice and building confidence. As a service provider, this tells me that I should really take a more active role in the daily activities of my clients and make sure they're taking small actions each day in areas like blog commenting. Taking action and learning is the only way to get better when you move away from the theory of marketing into the meat of it.

I'm really hard on myself about the time issue. For a while, I was telling myself that I had no time to blog. However, I knew that I would be a hypocrite if I said that so I started waking up at 5am and adjusting my schedule to always get some writing in. When it becomes a priority, you find the time.

So much to talk about! I feel a webinar coming on.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:47:00 +0000

It’s my pleasure to comment here. It’s so nice to get to know the HubSpot team – you guys are making magic and I love learning about you all.

I’m so glad you share my view on commenting on blogs. I used this post and conversation as the fuel for an upcoming post. To me, a Retweet just always seems to be the equivalent of the “Hi! How Are You?” and the same canned “Fine!” response. I figure we can stop hiding behind Retweets and Fines and delve right into the good stuff. Blogging makes that happen!

What’s crazy to me is that using HubSpot makes it so easy to see the value of commenting on blogs. When you gather enough data, you can tell which blogs attract the right traffic to your site for lead generation and potentially new clients or customers.

You made a great point about finding voice and building confidence. As a service provider, this tells me that I should really take a more active role in the daily activities of my clients and make sure they’re taking small actions each day in areas like blog commenting. Taking action and learning is the only way to get better when you move away from the theory of marketing into the meat of it.

I’m really hard on myself about the time issue. For a while, I was telling myself that I had no time to blog. However, I knew that I would be a hypocrite if I said that so I started waking up at 5am and adjusting my schedule to always get some writing in. When it becomes a priority, you find the time.

So much to talk about! I feel a webinar coming on.

By: RBeale

RBeale — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:31:28 +0000

Hi Scott,

You can always use as a facebook fan page to add notes and share your thoughts. Make sure your facebook fan page is set to "public" so the content that you create can be indexed by search engines. The reason why I tend to advise against using facebook or another social media platform to create content is because you ultimately have less flexibility in terms of "owning your content," owning your URL, Brand name, etc. If for some reason one day Facebook decides to make every user PAY for a Facebook account, you may be left hanging and frustrated that you don't own a blog. It's an unlikely scenario, but my point is that you want to diversify your efforts and a blog should be your home-base for all social media marketing activity.

Thanks again for commenting. I appreciate it!

By: RBeale

RBeale — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:50:58 +0000

Thanks for commenting, Jeff! It's great to see a HubSpot Partner and Inbound Marketing Professional comment here! I agree with your point that it is difficult to articulate and personalize comments while sharing a link or ReTweeting a link on Twitter. I find commenting on blogs much easier to offer your point of view, share new ideas or personal experience and ultimately, meet new people.

From my experience, the reason why people do not comment on blogs is 2 fold. 1) Like Inbound Marketing, commenting on blogs is a relatively new concept to most business owners and experienced traditional marketers. Since commenting on blogs is such a new concept, it takes time for business owners and marketers to find their voice and build confidence to share their thoughts on particular blog posts/articles. 2) Time. Time is money and most business owners and marketers do not understand the value of building online relationships through commenting on blogs (really the first step in social media marketing, in my opinion) and thus, claim they do not have enough time to comment on blogs.

Once again, those are my thoughts based on my experience. What do you think?

Thanks very much for commenting here!!!

By: pullnotpush

pullnotpush — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:36:00 +0000

Thanks for bringing up the importance of commenting on blogs. You're right, done in a non-spammy way, it can be incredibly effective. In fact, I find it a little bit easier to start a discussion as so many people are focused on Retweeting content on Twitter these days. Blogs give me the feeling that I'm actually interacting rather than just pressing the RT button.

From your experience, why do you think so many people avoid commenting on blogs? Is it just time or is it a value thing?