Generating targeted blog traffic = inbound new business leads

Prospective customers all have a desire to work with someone they know, like and trust.
A company blog is a great platform to do just that. It should be the “gateway” to your company.

If the idea of starting a company blog finds you consumed with “how” or “when” or “what to write about”
then the following short list of blog post ideas may help get you started:

1. Make a list of the top ten blogs of importance to your target audience
2. Conduct your own survey/poll and write a post about the results
3. Provide your comments and links to industry articles that would be helpful to your target audience
4. Report from a conference, seminar or trade show
5. Analyze the current climate in your target groups industry
6. Invite an industry leader to write a guest post
7. Discuss industry associations
8. Provide a list of Twitter accounts your audience should be following
9. Create charts and graphs highlighting important facts of relevance to your audience
10. Write about things that will provide professional enrichment
11. Highlight current trends
12. Write a series of postsWrite a rebuttal post
13. Highlight your “signature” posts. The posts you want everyone to read
14. Highlight current trends
15. Ask your audience for feedback how you can be a better help to them
16. Tell how to do something more efficiently or affordably
17. Write a post about time management tips
18. Review books of interest that are a help to you and share with your readers