In this post, you'll discover 13 powerful blogging statistics that will help you to understand the fundamental importance of blogging in business today.
Blogging, over the years, has not changed, it has evolved. The strategy we all used just a few years ago no longer works as effectively today. That's my opinion.
So, as ever-changing blogging is, we have to adapt, adjust as bloggers and businesses.
When you think about what a blogger does, today in 2020, you kind of immediately think of 'Writing'.
That's what a blogger does, right? He or she writes content and lots of it.
Well, that's wrong, actually.
Whilst most 'happy to tick along' bloggers stick with 'just writing', smart bloggers, on the other hand, do more.
Smart bloggers don't just write copy to put into a blog post and be done with it. Nor sir, smart bloggers create content using a variety of mediums, and then include that variety into their blog posts.
I'm talking about launching a podcast, vlogging and creating videos for their Facebook and YouTube channels. Creating visual content such as infographics, custom charts, and graphs. You see, all of these types of content can also be used in blog articles.
So, why are not enough bloggers doing this? Why are so many bloggers just stuck in first gear and only use their blogs to create content?
I wish I knew.
I'm not having a poke at traditional bloggers that like to stick with what they are comfortable with. However, I like to and always recommend that in order to advance as a blogger, you've gotta diversify.
Look at some of the top bloggers out there. None of them have made it by simply writing a few wordy blog posts to get to the top. Most of them are creating and distributing content on a variety of channels.
OK. With all that said, here are 13 most relevant blogging statistics you can't afford to ignore right now if you want to say ahead with your blog.
Source: SEO Tribunal
Blogging isn't a quick fix solution to your slow traffic growth or poor conversion rate. You have to have a solid strategy in place for creating highly relevant, targeted, content that will inform, educate, and inspire your readers to take action.
Blog writing takes time. Sure, it might take some folks around 30 minutes to write an average 800-word post. But it's better to spend a few hours or more creating something really special for your blog readers.
Source: Jeff Bullas
In the last post, I shared with you another interesting statistic regarding the high number of people that were visual learners.
You can't create a great piece of blog article without adding some interesting images.
How boring would that be for your readers?
Click here to learn how to create stunning featured post images for your blog posts.
Source: Ryob
There's no denying that WordPress is the best platform for publishing timely content. So, yeah, the competition is tough, I know?
How are you going to make your posts stand out with that amount of content to compete with?
Well, that's easy, make yours 10x better than everyone else's. It's not hard to do, but it does take time.
Recommended post: How To Create Massive Value Posts That Gets Traffic, Comments, And Shares
Source: QuoraCreative
This doesn't mean that every single post you put out has to be long-form. But, if you want to rank for certain keywords for relevant topics and create an authoritative go-to article, then you'd better ramp up that word count.
If you do, however, make sure you are still creating value and not just filling your posts up with garbage filler content.
Source: DataBox
This proves that blogging is still one of the most powerful methods of content marketing. Even though, video marketing investment is fast increasing.
If you or your company aren't investing in blogging, now is the time to start. Yeah, I know it sounds like I'm singing the same old tune as every other marketer here. But please, do your business a favor and make a start.
Source: HubSpot
Blogging is effective for so many reasons. The benefits include consistent organic traffic growth, which can generate leads and drive sales.
Blogging can also help your business become an authority and establish strong credibility in its niche or industry.
Source: Curata
If the result you desire from your blogging strategy is to generate more leads and increase sales, you've got to focus on high-quality, relevant, long-form content.
Inform, educate, and inspire. Remember?
I love writing product reviews and comparison posts on Magnet4Blogging. Most of these reviews are long-form posts that rank well in the search engines and generate good referral sales.
Here's a post I wrote that will teach you how to create MVP (massive value posts) for your blog too.
Source: HubSpot
Blogging is one of the most cost-effective forms of digital marketing today. As so is video marketing, podcasting, social media, etc.
Unlike expensive direct advertising that often provides only short-term results. Blogging can keep providing your business with long-term growth and success for many years.
Source: SEO Tribunal
There's no denying that the more relevant and useful content you produce for your blog, the more traffic you will be able to drive to your products and services.
Your blog traffic can come from search engines, social media, recommendations sites, word-of-mouth, emails, and more.
Source: HubSpot
Reinforcing what I mentioned above. More indexed pages mean more eyes on your content. More eyes mean more clicks. More clicks/visitors means more leads and sales.
Source: OptinMonster
Long-form content is always worth sharing, especially high-quality, detailed, relevant, problem-solving content.
And, the astonishing thing is that 95% of bloggers use social media to share their content these days.
So, the math is simple here. Want more shares? Create more pillar blog articles.
Source: DataBox
Most bloggers can convert 1 to 5% of their visitors into a subscriber. So, make sure you have your email signup forms or any other primary conversion element setup up prominently on your blog.
Recommended post: Thrive Leads Email List Building Plugin Review 2020
Source: Hubspot
If you're writing 3 to 5 blog posts per month and are wondering why your blog traffic is not growing? Well, you've got to ramp up your posting frequency.
Try publishing a post 5x per week, Monday to Friday. You can do this for a short while to see what results you get.
So, there you have it. 13 blogging facts and statistics to get you really thinking about your blogging strategy for 2020, and, hopefully beyond.
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