What's The Purpose of Blogging if it Doesn't Generate Sales? | Ep. #830

In episode #830, we discuss the purpose of blogging. Tune in to hear why you should keep blogging. We have committed to throwing a FREE Marketing School Live Event in Los Angeles, once Marketing School reaches 1M downloads in a 30 day period. Take action: Rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE. Check the progress here! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:27] Today’s Topic: What's The Purpose of Blogging if it Doesn't Generate Sales? [00:40] It took 3-4 years to generate revenue on Quicksprout. [01:15] When Eric came to Singlegrain, they were getting 3000-4000 visits per month. [01:20] Now, they are getting around 170,000 visits per month. [01:24] It took 2 years to get the ball rolling. [01:45] Most clients come from word of mouth. [01:55] Blog posts won’t generate leads. [02:10] When people link to your content, that will help your domain authority among other things. [03:14] Neil's website gets good traffic, but it took him 2 years to get there. [03:45] Once you get a good amount of traffic, you will find that there are greater opportunities for leads. [04:00] Legion Athletics has done well through promoting content. [04:15] Be crafty: use surveys, listservs, etc. to generate leads. [04:40] Blog because you can take your blog traffic and direct it towards other pages on your site. [04:50] Blogging generates indirect sales. [05:25] Hubspot thinks nurturing is useless and doesn’t generate revenue. [06:00] Go to Singlegrain and join the email list. [06:10] The list has a super-signature. [06:30] Neil has recorded a thank you video depending on to which list you subscribe. [07:03] That’s it for today! [07:15] Go here to see how many downloads the show is getting. Also rate and review to help us meet our goal of 1 Million downloads per month. Hopefully, we’ll see you at the live event in L.A.! Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.