{"id":73,"date":"2011-03-13T16:27:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jobshuk.com\/yoni67\/2011\/03\/13\/roi-of-a-business-blog-post-written-so-long-ago-i-forgot-i-had-written-it-find-waldo-a-look-back\/"},"modified":"2011-03-13T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T16:27:47","slug":"roi-of-a-business-blog-post-written-so-long-ago-i-forgot-i-had-written-it-find-waldo-a-look-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobshuk.com\/yoni67\/2011\/03\/13\/roi-of-a-business-blog-post-written-so-long-ago-i-forgot-i-had-written-it-find-waldo-a-look-back\/","title":{"rendered":"ROI of a Business Blog Post Written So Long Ago I Forgot I Had Written It (Find Waldo: A Look Back)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An original Buisness blog article by Yonatan Maisel<\/a> exclusively at JobShuk<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s the beauty of a Business blog as far as I’m concerned: each and every post is an investment…potential money in the bank so to speak.<\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I received a phone <\/font>call this past Thursday from a reader who was interested in hiring me for a writing job. She had read an article of mine…it was the impetus for the call. I asked her which post, fully expecting her to say one of those I had written within the past week or two.<\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It came as a sheer,<\/font> but pleasant, surprise when she mentioned an article which I had posted nearly six months ago. Yup, it was an article I had written so long ago that I almost forgot I had written it.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The article<\/font> in question was Find Waldo: How a Beloved Childrens’ Game Has Survival Implications In the BUSINESS World!<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The last time I<\/font> had checked on the article was about a week after I had written it…at that time it had about 250 views. I went back to check after speaking with my new client and was amazed to see that it was closing in on 3,000 hits.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Business blog <\/font>and each article which is written has a certain value…a certain Return on Investment<\/font>.<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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When first written, <\/font>linking it to Social Bookmarking<\/a> and Social Media<\/a> sites plants the seeds for present and future readership. Tweeting on Twitter<\/a> and links on Facebook<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a> announce to the world what you have just posted. It is at this point that you can expect a certain initial interest in a blog post…hits and readers.<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Then, after a week,<\/font> two weeks or a month, interest in the post can subside. Views and comments become fewer and further-between. <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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But as time goes by <\/font>another beautiful thing happens: the search-engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing get hold of your articles. It’s been said that "search-engines LOVE blogs"…to see why this is so and how it happens, check out "Blogging: The Way to a Search-Engine’s Heart"<\/a> at my friend Hesham’s great website Famous Bloggers<\/a>. And then the ball really gets rolling. More readers and more Re-Tweets. More Re-Tweets and more readers. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle which gains momentum…just like a snowball rolling down a hill.<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blogging for Business might at times feel like over-time work.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ROI is not always immediate.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Money in a long-term… <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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$aving$ account!<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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