I’m asked this question quite a bit.
The short answer is
“No.”
As the November/December
The Costco Connection
shares
“A 2013 survey by HubSpot
revealed that 43 percent of marketers
generated customers
from their blogs.”
I generate a tremendous number
of new readers
from my writing blogs.
(not Clientk –
Clientk is 100% about giving back to the world)
These blogs are connected
to my publishers’ communities,
GoodReads,
Amazon,
and other sites.
I mention my posts on Facebook, on Twitter
and Yahoo reader loops.
These posts give me a reason
to post my bio information
or my signatures
WITH links to my most recent releases.
I don’t give a crap
about Google’s unique content rules
because these loops/communities are
where my readers are.
Blogs remain valid marketing platforms.
They are very much alive
and can be a great source
of new customers.