What makes a blog post get into the Top 10 list? In this mini training session webinar, Jeff Foreman analyzed what worked. Let's take a closer look at the key highlights and insights shared during this enlightening session. Watch full session on-demand: Analyzing The Top Posts from 2023, Why Are They Successful Mini-training highlights: Understanding Success in Blogging - Defining Success: Success in the context of this webinar refers to posts that garner significant views an

What if you plan a party and nobody shows up? That is how I feel about planning a webinar. When you put all the work into preparing the presentation, it is only effective if people know about it. You want to use all possible avenues to drive awareness and registration. As a group blog member, here are a few things you can take advantage of: 1) List your event on our event calendar. Instructions here . 2) Publish a blog post to promote the session. As always, use SEO best pra

What makes a successful blog post? You want to capture the attention of both potential clients and search engines. Below are eight best practices for posting compelling, interest-generating articles and getting them to the top of Google search results. 1) Choose a Strong Title The title is a critical piece of SEO for your article. Your title tells Google what your article is about. If Google doesn't understand the focus of your article, it can't rank it for that topic. Be rea

One of the SEO tips for blog posts we recommend is adding alt text to every image. Adding alt text (alternative text) on images in your ERP/CRM Software Blog posts is easy. Even though it takes a few extra minutes, it is worth it to help your post show up higher in search results. How to add alt text to an image on the group blog sites: 1) Click on the image 2) Select the edit icon (a tiny pencil image). This action will open a window with fields where you can add th

We have added a new Call To Action (CTA) feature on the group blog sites to help you automatically add a CTA box to your blog posts. We hope this will help you increase conversions and traffic to your website. The new feature is available on all of our blogs on the Post Edit page. Please watch this video for complete instructions What is a Call to Action (CTA) A Call to Action (CTA) is a marketing tool that encourages readers to take a specific action, usually communicate

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Overview and demo videos are attention-grabbing. They are also full of keywords, which makes them great content to use for blog posts. We always recommend posting some kind of text along with your video. This would be a written summary (at least 250 words) or a transcription. Here are a few good examples of videos posts by members on the ERP Software Blog: https://www.erpsoftwareblog.com/2021/05/fabless-semiconductor-companies-rely-tensoft-fsm-3-minute-video/ https://www.er

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We have the goal to build the most comprehensive Microsoft Dynamics ISV Add-On Directories on the web. We are actively driving traffic to these pages. In addition to your other directory listings (by company) be sure that you also add a directory listing for each of your products. · ERP Software Blog – Add-on Product Directory for Microsoft Dynamics ERP · CRM Software Blog – Add-on Product Directory for Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM · ERP Cloud Blog – coming soon Set up your Add

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Welcome to your blog membership! Once your user profile is set up, you will receive an email confirmation with login credentials. View the recorded New Member Training to learn how to write for SEO and how to use our site. Review the Tips and How To posts on this site. Review these helpful blog post tips: My Best Blogging Tip You Think You Have Never Heard Should I Post On My Own Blog or A Group Blog? 3 Ways to Avoid Posting Duplicate Blog Content How to Safely Post Duplic

If your company has merged or been acquired , we can move your account to the new company name. There will be a few decisions to make. You can choose to keep your old listing and add a completely new listing OR you can move all the content from old account to the new one. Keep in mind that the new default author name you choose will change the default author name of all PAST and future posts. (So all old posts will appear as if they were written by your new company name). Sta

Here a few tips for all of our group bloggers to keep in mind. To keep the site focused on lead generation, your main audience should be prospects researching ERP/CRM software – make your posts relevant to them! We recommend that posts be at least 750 words. Quality is more important for readers, keywords and length (1000 words or more) are more important for SEO. Ideally, you will write for both. Write in language that prospects use – no industry jargon or marketing fluff.

To prove the ROI of blogging we recommend that you use Google Analytics on your own website to track these key metrics: 1) Increase in site traffic 2) Referral links from the blog to your site. ( Tips for Google Analytics ). This will always be the most accurate. We do our best to track the traffic to your group blog posts in our “Post Stats” widget. However, we will be honest and say that this is not as reliable as Google Analytics. So the numbers are not set in stone. Ins

You will get more SEO and branding value from your blogging if you don’t post multiple articles on the same day. Some members like to log in once and publish several articles. But the best practice is to SCHEDULE them for different days. By default your post will publish immediately. To schedule for a future date: Step 1: Log in to the group blog and follow steps to add a new post. Step 2: On the right hand sidebar you will see the Publish box. Next to “Publish immediately” c