Blogging has seen a huge rise in recent years and doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
The way people blog is evolving and adapting constantly. For many businesses, engagement with bloggers and influencers now plays a major role in their marketing strategy and is producing fantastic results.
I recently attended a really interesting event hosted by Network Cork called “The Business of Blogging”.
The lineup of speakers included international blogger Erika Fox of Retro Flame, Cliona O’Connor of Lean Mean Momma and Stephanie Lynch of OnTheQT.
Erica, Cliona and Stephanie all shared some fantastic tips that apply to both businesses and individual bloggers in order to grow their social media presence and get results. Below are some top tips from the event:
- Consistency – It’s all about consistency and quality, if you’re not posting regularly on your online platforms people will forget about you.
- Be authentic – Don’t copy what other people are doing, be true to your brand whether it’s a personal or business brand. We love to see the people behind a brand and social media is a great way to do this.
- Branding – If possible, have the same username across all social media channels with a similar style on all channels as well.
- Value your followers – Don’t be afraid to ask your followers for feedback on what they want to see.
For more tips about blogging check out a blog post that our Greg Canty wrote over six years ago!!
“13 Tips about Blogging and Making some Noise“
There was also some discussion at the event about working with bloggers and influencers and some criteria you might take into account when deciding to engage with them:
- Understand the influencers’ followers, check out what their followers are asking them.
- Look at the influencers/bloggers engagement, this is much more important than huge follower numbers.
- When you have identified an influencer that fits with your brand, try and meet with them to iron out what you are looking for from the collaboration.
- Don’t be afraid to work with smaller bloggers as they often have high engagement.
- After a collaboration, ask for analytics to understand what worked best and what didn’t work so well.
A big thanks to Karen Fleming and Network Cork for organising another interesting and insightful event.
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