In the glamorous world of Social Media, blogs are often treated as ignored stepchildren. Studies have indicated that while nearly 50% of social media users chose Facebook as the most important social media platform, less than 15% chose blogs. According to HubSpot, only 40% of companies use blogs for marketing purposes, ALTHOUGH over 80% of them rate their blogs as ‘useful or better.’ So why are blogs given much lower priority?
We don’t have enough time and resources to keep the blog updated.
But we are here to shatter these myths:
You don’t need to be a Pulitzer Prize winner to create a popular blog. Instead, you need to have relevant, timely and engaging content. Your vocabulary doesn’t matter; your level of engagement matters.
Every blog doesn’t have to be a 500-word essay. The beauty of blogs is its versatility in that several types of content can be used to draw in readers, such as slideshows, articles, multimedia content, etc.
How do you that no one will read your blogs if you have never tried having one?
While blogs might not generate immediate leads, it is the perfect way to create long-term loyalists. A well-conceived blog will increase customer-base like no short-term sales promotion ever can!
You don’t need to spend 10 hours a day blogging. According to HubSpot, blogging just twice a week can increase your sales leads.
Why you SHOULD blog:
Lends a voice and personality to your business, making them seem more real.
Improves Search Engine ranking.
Versatility of content.
Creates a community of loyalists and engaged customers by fostering participation.
The increasing number of blog-readers gives you a limitless customer base.
Builds your credibility in the industry.
Generates brand awareness and allows for targeted content.
Highly useful for targeted lead generation
Ability to measure ROI.
Much less expensive than traditional marketing and advertising options – even a simple, no-frills blog can prove to be very useful.
Works well as an informational AND promotional tool!
Create and maintain brand equity by choosing to blog!
The following are some very simple Blog Marketing Tips that are guaranteed to make your business distinctive, lucrative and popular.
Write to your audience: Very often, blogs fail because they are not targeted towards a particular audience. Vague posts get you nowhere. Be engaging and specific.
Organize your blog around a particular theme: A theme-less blog will inevitably go haywire. Once you pinpoint your target audience, the theme of your blog becomes clear too. If your company has multiple products across several industries – say you sell toys AND pens – it would help to create a separate blog for each to minimize confusion. A well-organized and thematic blog will definitely succeed.
Use brevity and clarity in every post: Why use ten words when two will suffice? Blogs are not detailed journals wherein every post needs to be a set number of words. Play with the length of posts to maintain the attention of your audience. And always remember to be clear and concise
Link your blog to other social media sites: This is a surefire way to build your audience, especially if your company has an active presence on popular sites, such as Twitter or Facebook. Post a link to your blog on these other sites every time you make a new post. Similarly, create buttons for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest or other major social media sites in your blog
Remember to include tags, descriptors and keywords: These ensure a higher social media ranking. While choosing tags or keywords, try not to use the most common words because your blog might then get lost in the ‘Google search mix.’ Think like your audience – “what search words will they use” – and be creative. Note: Google keyword generator is a good tool to research the trending keywords
Update your blog frequently: Decide how many times you want to update a blog and stick to this schedule. An inactive blog will not garner any fans because it will look outdated. It would definitely help if the CEO or the highest ranked official of your business makes a post at least once a week. This will make your brand seem highly approachable, which will help you connect with your current and potential customers/clients.
Be versatile with your posts: Play around with your content. Posting similar kind of posts all the time will bore your audience. Mix it up with slides and pictures and articles and polls!
Create a brand through your blog: Your blog should be a representation of your brand. The look, tone and language of your posts must be indicative of your company culture. It is also very important that all your social media tools project a similar image and feel so the customer clearly understands what your brand stands for.
Respond immediately to user comments: A blog is only as interesting as the amount of user participation, and participation increases when the blog writer converses with his audience. This does not imply that you make some nonchalant response – such as ‘I agree’ or ‘I disagree’ – and hope to get away with it. Your responses should be interactive enough to create a group of readers who look forward to your posts and comments.
Become a guest blogger: Apart from your company’s blog, also try contributing to other popular websites. The more visible you become on the WWW, the more people will identify with you and flock to your blog.
Make it easy for users to subscribe to your blog: For instance, make sure your RSS Feed button is visible.
Utilize outbound links in your tool: Wherever possible – and without appearing too blatant – create links to your company website and/or other external websites. An interested reader – say one who has never been introduced to your company – can then click on the link to learn more about it. Similarly, including links to other interesting blogs will increase your footprint on the World Wide Web. Soon, those blog writers will start referencing or commenting in your blog, which will improve your credibility and popularity.
Comment on other blogs: Similar to including outbound links, commenting on other blogs also increases your presence on the Net. Further, it indicates that you are knowledgeable and capable of stimulating conversations.
Be honest: Lying or concealing the truth in your blogs is unarguably the worst thing you can do. You will not only be hurting your blog, but will also be hurting your BRAND because your blog is, ideally, symbolic of your brand.
Do not oversell: Forcefully pushing your ‘product’ to your target market through is only going to turn them away. The beauty of a blog is that your post doesn’t have to be about your product at all! Instead, research your audience. See what they like. Create articles that interest them. Your readers will automatically be attracted towards your brand. This way, you can win over people without ever ‘overtly promoting’ your product.
Keep track of the level of engagement: Use Google Analytics or other advanced techniques to measure the level of impact of your blog
Do not lose heart: This is arguably the most important tip that we can give you. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, blogs do not generate immediate leads, which is one of the main reasons people are hesitant to spend resources on this strategy. But always think about the long-term. Your unknown blog might soon become one of the most visited sites by following the aforementioned tips. So, do not lose heart and give it your best.
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Accessibility Statement
www.ebizuniverse.com
December 7, 2023
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email [email protected]
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to [email protected]