Dealer Blogging 101 - Car Dealer Blogs In 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30th, 2009 by scott – Be the first to commentDealer blogging 101 - Writing automotive content for car dealer sites. SEO focused content will drive traffic. Landing pages will generate leads.
Content is King. Getting a blog is priority #1 for dealers right now. If it wasn’t in the budget for 2009, it might be worth giving it a shot in 2010.
Good blogging and SEO means drilling down to the core. Long winded paragraphs are skipped, people want information fast. In a matter of seconds, eyes scan a page. If SEO is of interest to them, only talk about SEO. Don’t stray off topic, stick to a simple message, provide quick value and they’ll be back.
But there is a prerequisite for a blog, the content strategy. Nobody wants to see the last post was from August of 2009 when its November. You can hire TuneyFish as your Content Provider , we’ll turbocharge your blog and get you off to a great start.
Find out what others are saying about blogs for dealers -
Car Dealer Social Media Basics: Blogging
Where should car dealers host a blog?
10 Basic Tips for Dealers To Consider:
Tip #1 - Don’t let your blog go 2 weeks without a new post.
Tip #2 - Read other dealer blogs, comment, subscribe, etc.
Tip #3 - Break up the posts, a single topic per post.
Tip #4 - Link to other blogs, balance your internal and external links
Tip #5 - Use keywords in your URL
Tip #6 - Allow comments and respond to them
Tip #7 - Link your blog to Twitter, I use Twitterfeed
Tip #8 - Use self-hosted wordpress
Tip #9 - Add a tab in your site navigation to your blog
Tip #10 - Host won’t do wordpress? Find a dealer website provider that will.
