When someone leaves a comment on your blog post, the admin email set for your account will receive an email alert. We have tools in place to try to stop spam comments, but they still slip in. Follow the link in the email or log into the blog and click Comments on the left-hand navigation bar. All of your comments will be listed with the most recent at the top. You will be able to see which post the comment relates to as well as who the comment is from. Comments: If this i

Keywords are extremely important. Here are some best practices and suggestions. Best Practices: The most important place to use keywords is in your title! Choose a “focus keyword” (or keyword phrase) for each post and try to use it at least three times in the post. Here are some generic keywords that work well for our industry: ERP Software Blog Keywords List (substitute GP for SL, NAV, AX, 365….) Microsoft Dynamics GP Cost Microsoft Dynamics GP Price Microsoft Dynamics GP Mo

You can choose to add a customized widget (box) on your own website that will display titles and links to your blog posts you publish on the group blogs. This is a great way to always keep fresh content on your website (which is good for SEO). On your dashboard (first screen when you log into the blog site) you will see a section called “My Articles” and a link to “Click here to put customized copy of the widget on your website.” Hint: If you don’t see that on your screen,

Each blog account has a default author name that you selected when you signed up. This author name shows up automatically after the title. Some companies choose to make it a generic company name, other companies choose to add a personal name. For example, it could be “BestVAR Inc.” or “Bob Brown, BestVAR Inc.” You can change the default author name on the Profile tab on your dashboard at any time. BUT be aware that this will change the author name of ALL the future AND past p

We encourage you to post at least one unique article per month, but you can post as many as you want. Check out this case study of a Dynamics CRM member who did more, and the amazing results. We encourage you to add links in your post to make it easy for visitors to get back to your website. However, we all need to be cautious not to “overlink” and draw negative attention to the blog site. We recommend not more than 1 link per every 100 words, or 3 links per post including

Every Pro Amplify and Turnkey Amplify member receives Company Visitor alerts to show you companies we can identify that have read the articles you publish. Get Details. Our VAR members who are signed up for a regional listing receive something extra. You will receive separate website visitor tracking alerts to show companies that visit any pages on the blog site, that are located in the state/province that you represent. These are not “leads,” simply visitors to the site. The

Although the main benefit of the blog membership is Search Engine Optimization, everyone loves to receive leads. We have built proprietary systems to capture leads: the “ ERP Quick Quote Tool ” and “ CRM Quick Quote Tool .” Prospects are invited to get a free ERP/CRM cost estimate including licenses, maintenance, estimated implementation, and deployment costs. They fill in a minimal amount of info about their project, and the tool automatically generates and emails a person

Each member can choose where they want to be listed in our Industry Directories on each group blog to show prospects the vertical industries you focus on. You can view the directories here: ERP Software Blog Industry Directory CRM Software Blog Industry Directory ERP Cloud Blog Industry Directory Note: The site only shows pages for industry categories that have at least one listing. More choices are available. Each membership level can submit a different number of listings

Case studies are a great way to attract prospects. We invite you to submit links to case studies on your own website which will be listed on a case study directory page on the blog site. Use this form to submit your case study: https://www.groupbloggers.com/submit-case-study View the directories: ERP Software Blog Case Study Directory CRM Software Blog Case Study Directory ERP Cloud Blog Case Study Directory *Note: Please submit a maximum of 5 case studies per company. Nee

If you forget your login information: Go to the login page for your group blog. Click on Forgot Your Password? Check for the email to reset (don’t forget to check your junk folder) Note: The reset email will be sent to the Admin of your account. You can see who is listed as the Admin if you click on PROFILE in the sidebar of your blog account dashboard. If you want us to change the Admin on your account log in and go to the PROFILE section (on the left side menu of Wordpress

We have a section on the site for you to promote your events. Log in to the blog dashboard. On the very top bar click on “Events” and “Add Events.” Click on “ Paste as Text ” Icon (if you can’t see that click “Toggle Toolbar” icon on the far right of the top toolbar. Copy and Paste Title and Text) Add Tags . Choose applicable categories Add Time & Date Add Location (for Webinars-Choose “Webinar” at the end of the venue list) Choose or Add Organizer (This would be your co

The more traffic that comes to the blog sites the higher they are ranked giving your posts more strength too. Here are a few ways you can help: Add a link to your profile page on your LinkedIn Profile (and twitter and anywhere else you have a profile). Read posts on the site and leave your comments (comments are a sign of an active blog site). Send blog link to friends, colleagues, customers and ask them to comment on their favorite posts. Refer new members. More content + mo

Images can be an important part of your SEO strategy. But too many useless images do not add value and slow down your page load time. The best images to use are: Product screenshots that illustrate the point you are making about a specific software function. Charts and graphs. Screenshot of a PPT slide Interesting, unique images. (You can even try creating your own Ai images) Please, try to avoid using the very generic "happy smiling business people" or bland, boring stock ph

We promote all of your posts and events on LinkedIn and make an effort to engage with your content. We invite you to connect with us. PLEASE follow our LinkedIn pages (the more followers we get the more options LinkedIn opens to us): ERP Software Blog CRM Software Blog ERP Cloud Blog Subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletters: Trending Dynamics ERP Topics...

You can now update your own profile page. Login to your account. From the dashboard, select PROFILE on the left navigation. From this page your can edit: Logos Published profile page information (company description/social links) Account admin Account contacts Set a new password Note: To update your profile page text, look under the Member Profile Information section. By Anya Ciecierski, Co-Founder, ERP Blog LLC Questions? Email me at info@erpsoftwareblog.com

Do you have new people at your company? Has someone left? It is a good idea to regularly confirm that that the right person is receiving the right information for your group blog account. These are the categories we use contacts for: QQ/Leads: QQ refers to Quick Quote leads that are sent to members who have paid for a US state or Canadian province listing. This setting also applies to leads from your white papers. You can set an unlimited number of contacts to receive these l

To drive more traffic to the sites, which helps everyone, we encourage you to put links from your company website to pages on the blog site. We suggest one link to the home page (i.e., www.erpsoftwareblog.com or www.crmsoftwareblog.com or www.erpsoftwareblog.com/cloud ) and a second link to your company profile page. The best pages to link from are the “About Us” page and/or a dedicated ERP/CRM product page on your site. Ideally, put links on 2 separate pages within you

If you want to post an article on the ERP/CRM Software Blogs that has already been posted on another site, you need to add a canonical link