ROI of a Business Blog Post Written So Long Ago I Forgot I Had Written It (Find Waldo: A Look Back)

Posted by yoni67 under Success Stories
From http://jobshuk.com 4786 days ago
Made Hot by: BradenM on March 14, 2011 4:52 pm

What is the potential Return on Investment of a Business blog?

This week I was contacted and hired by somebody who read an article I had posted nearly six months ago.

A business blog is like a bank account which keeps returning interest!

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Written by srawlings
4782 days ago

What a great story! Yeah, search engines do love blogs!

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Written by yoni67
4782 days ago

Susan,

Yes, they sure do. The payoff might take time, but the wait is well worth it. Thanks for reading!

Yoni

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Written by ronika
4785 days ago

I was just listening to a story about Herman Hesse. Apparently his book Siddhartha, which was published in 1951, only achieved real popularity in the sixties. I suppose the lesson is "good things come to those who wait"

Thanks for the motivation, Yoni.

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Written by yoni67
4785 days ago

Ronika,

Thanks for reading and responding!

Many famous people achieve success only after they have departed this earth. During their lifetimes, many famous authors and artists lived poor and died poor.

Here's hoping we reach our capacities while still kickin'!

Yoni

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Written by techfordummies
4786 days ago

You are 100% right yoni, search engines love blogs.

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Written by yoni67
4785 days ago

They LOVE 'em, at least that's what I'm told :)

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Written by m4bmarketing
4786 days ago

Hi Yoni,

Investment is a great way to describe a blog and a reminder that potential customers can turn up long after the post has been done.

Really happy for you that all your efforts are working out for you.

Susan

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Written by BradenM
4786 days ago

I think that blogging is like anything else in business. You must invest blood, sweat, snd tears. Almost nobody gets rich or succeeds immediately.

All of the energy which is expended is an investment towards future dividends. Good luck!

Braden

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Written by yoni67
4786 days ago

Susan,

It truly is an investment. Thanks for your kind words...things might be working out, but as is the case with many, many writers of the freelance variety, I can't wait to see a real profit and be able to pay bills on time!

Yoni

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Written by ShoshFromJobShuk
4786 days ago

This is great advice Yoni. People tend to want instant results. A faster internet connection, fast food and everything now. People also expect instant results from a blog which is why I suppose that so many blogs are ended soon after beginning. Things take time and I'm sure that results from blogging do too.

Shosh

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Written by yoni67
4786 days ago

Shoshana,

Great analogies with internet speed and fast food. Another is exercise. While I was in San Francisco in 1993...my family had moved out there, I worked at a gym (World's Gym-Golden Gate Park -9th and Irving...Hey guys and gals!); I never got over being amazed how many people quit going after a few weeks...but continued paying out their memberships. We are a society which expects instantaneous results. Sometimes the reward is delayed and patience is required.

Yoni

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Written by businessavante
4786 days ago

Hi Yoni,

My Dad always said compound interest was man's greatest invention. (A year after the 1st Moon landing, my physics teacher said he thought man's greatest invention was the color TV. Some nerdy kid asked: Not the computer?? He said no, for him, color TV.)

Duncan

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Written by yoni67
4786 days ago

Duncan,

I'm gonna go with toilet-paper. I tried leaves while camping once. Very uncomfortable.

Yoni

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Written by yoni67
4786 days ago

Hamed,

As always, thank you for your valued readership and for taking the time to comment and provide feedback.

It is MUCH appreciated!

Yoni

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Written by hamed1
4786 days ago

Yonatan,

I really like the analogy of the blog and the bank account. It is good advice to any blogger to have patience and to realize that hard work today can have a pay off in the future. Just like interest in the bank.

Peace/Shalom/Salaam

Hamed Jib'ril

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