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Chris Garrett's "Blogging for Business" - your comments, feedback and questions 6 September 2009

Chris Garrett's "Blogging for Business" - your comments, feedback and questions

Let us have your comments on Wordtracker's new e-book, "Blogging for Business"

Blogging can be an enormously successful part of your business’s marketing plan.

A recent survey by HubSpot said that businesses who blog gain on average 55% more visitors, 97% more links, and are indexed by search engines 434% more than their non-blog counterparts.

To help you get the most out of your blog, we teamed up with Chris Garrett and published our new e-book, "Blogging for Business". Now, we'd like to hear your feedback.

What successes have you had? What is frustrating you? And what questions do you still have after reading the book? Chris Garrett, the book's author, will be dropping in to provide answers and join the discussion.

We'd love to hear from you.

6 comments

  1. Lou Wasser October 15, 2009 17:20

    I'm very pleased with "Blogging For Business." It is to the point -- a useful and helpful guide for anyone looking to start and maintain a blog.

    Now you can help me further. Can you send me an email with the words "atten: copy shop" in the subject line?

    I would like you to give me permission (which a copy shop here in the states requires) to print out and bind ONE copy of "Blogging For Business" for my OWN PERSONAL USE.

    It's much easier for me to read your book AS A BOOK, and to follow its guidelines if I can maintain the ebook in traditional format.

    I understand of course that this printing and binding of one copy implies that I can not, under any circumstances, re-sell or distribute your book.

    Thank You,

    Louis Wasser

  2. Keith October 26, 2009 19:45

    In the Action section of chapter 6 in Blogging for Business you specifically recommend Aweber for email. Why? In most of the email marketing service comparisons I've seen, Aweber doesn't score very high compared to many of its competitors (e.g., iContact, Constant Contact, Vertical Response, etc.). Thanks!

  3. Justin Deaville (Wordtracker) November 12, 2009 15:06

    Lou: no problem. I've sent you that email. Wordtracker's looking into the possibility of selling printed books, but we appreciate that in the meantime, lots of people prefer to read offline. It's certainly easier on the eyes.

  4. Chris Garrett November 12, 2009 15:13

    @Keith - I recommend Aweber because in my experience (and a few clients), deliverability has been considerably higher (no point in emailing if they never get to the recipient), and also because their support is top notch. That said, I would much rather people go with ANY email service rather than overlook email, so it is the benefits that are important rather than that specific tool :)

  5. Johan November 13, 2009 15:27

    Your "Blogging for Business" book is excellent in my humble opinion (only a rookie), I'm a 'lone ranger' consultant and not a large business, so much of your book seems 'over the top' for my particular requirements. Your comment and suggestions.

  6. arsu November 20, 2009 13:00

    Hi Chris,

    I am reading this eBook and have couple of questions. I just hope you might be able to help me.

    I run a small (you can say very small) business about selling goods online. I was concerned about putting my personal photo on the blog, reason is I am immigrant to this country and I am scared of people running away due to my race. Also I am selling more female oriented goods while I am male. What you advise in this case?

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