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Consumer Experiences make for great Blog Posts

Thursday, March 18, 2010 by Isaac Pellerin

This week I (along with Mikey) have been working through conceptualizing Compendium's Web-to-Post functionality. Compendium is a blogging platform that is optimized for social media and search. It's a very flexible platform and we can extend it's functionality to allow it to become a robust platform for Marketers.

Web-to-post allows you to set up a web page with a form for a user to fill out. The content then goes through the admin layer (for approval or edits) and then goes through the compending process.

The benefit of this process is that it leverages the power of user generated content.

Last week I bought a new Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV from hhgregg. They could use this functionality in this way:

They could send me an email asking me to review the tv (offering me some incentive to do so)
I would go to the form and share my story and some pictures of me watching Modern Family
This story would be submitted, approved, and compended to hhgregg's keyword blogs.
I see my review on their site and I share that facebook and twitter.

Not only will I be sharing my story that will drive traffic to hhgregg's site, but my story is now optimized and may show up in organic search.

So when another consumer goes to Google to search for a Sony tv, they may land on my story hosted on hhgregg's blog which could make them a customer.

If they buy a product the cycle will start all over and they can share their story on a web-to-post form.

It's a feature loaded with potential! Compendium is an enterprise platform and we strive to make our product the platform of choice for marketers!

Outgoing Email on Overdrive

Monday, March 15, 2010 by Tyler Bender

After taking a quick look at my "sent" folder last week, I could swear that my out-of-office reply was turned on. Every outgoing email looked like a carbon copy of the one sent before it. It seemed like I found about 100 different ways to say "that's an approvable post" to both writers and customers.

As a writer, I can understand aiming for perfection. I can also understand taking feedback too personally. So when a writer submits a post to one of our clients that gets declined with feedback attached and they feel like the world is caving in on them, it's sometimes interesting to me how we're determining the middle ground between "this is a blogging masterpiece" and "this is a blogging trainwreck."

We're not launching rockets here, we're blogging for search.

If you're an admin in a Compendium account, consider these things when you're reviewing your submitted posts.

does the post hit your keywords? - obviously the easiest way to determine this is whether or not your keyword strength bar is green. But analyze how the keywords are used. Are they injected seamlessly into the writer's content? Or are they just kind of tossed into some sentences that may or may not make sense?
does the post have a point? - we often preach here that blog posts can be about anything. If a writer can talk about what they did today, they can write a post. As long as the post addresses something that can be tied back into your business, it's approvable. If the post tries to solve the problems of the world, you might want to consider breaking that up and spreading the love in multiple posts.
does the post mis-represent your brand? - obviously if your writers are talking about things that contradict your best practices or business identity in their post, then it should be declined. But if the post mixes with your brand and can connect with your audience, then it's approvable.

This is a good place to start. There are plenty more items to check off when you're going through your blog posts to decline or approve them (spelling, photos, links, etc), but even if a post doesn't have some/all of those things, it's still probably approvable.

Save yourself some time and save your writers some anxiety. Approving posts that, at the bare minimum, follow these three guidelines will still positively impact your blogging strategy.

The New Wave of User Generated Content

Thursday, March 11, 2010 by jennifer buscher

This week, I've learned of several new and what I think are "game-changing" developments on the Compendium front. If you are in the online marketing world and have not lived in a hole over the last year, you've probably heard of something called "user generated content" and how important it is for SEO and online marketing now and in the future.

We all know that people like human, relevant content... People love reviews and testimonials, but your potential customer still have to find you first before they can get to your wonderful customer reviews. So, how do you use that human content for acquistion and to drive new visitors? This is exactly what Compendium is helping clients do through two features:

Web-to-Post: This is a feature that allows a visitor on your blog to share their story about your product or service, which then goes through an approval layer, and automatically distributed across your blog network to help you get found on the search engines. This content is often collected through a call to action which directs the visitor to a webform where they can share their story and even upload a picture. For example, Lydia's Uniforms collects customer stories through a webform that is accessed on their blog. With our business blogging platform, they are using this content to win search and engage new customers.
Email-to-Post: Similar to web-to-post, email-to-post allows companies to tap into their email database to solicit content. Let's stick with Lydia's Uniform's to paint a picture. Once my purchase is complete, I would receive a triggered email from them saying "Thank you for your purchase... we'd love to feature you on our blog.... click here (web form link attached) to tell us your nursing story." That story would also then be sent into an approval layer and once approved, automatically syndicated across the Lydia's blog network. That nurse who submitted her/his story would likely want to tell all their friends via facebook, twitter... you can see where this is going. People love user generated content and now there is actually a system that gives companies a seamless way to leverage that content to drive new business.

I firmly believe that these two features are going to change business blogs as we know them today. To learn more about web-to-post or email-to-post, please feel free to reach out to me directly at jbuscher@compendium.com or 317.777.6121.

Compendium Classics

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Ford McAlexander

One of things I did today was upload old Compendium webinars to a site called slideshare.net. Compendium uses the website as a place for people to review some of the webinars Compendium offers. I uploaded around five to seven of our webinars that can provide insight into your corporate blogging strategy.

The old webinars cover topics such as:

   "5 Compelling Reasons for Small Business to Blog"
   "2009 Top Corporate Blogging Trends"
   "Why Blogs are Affordable, Dynamic, and Efficient Marketing Tools"

Those are just a few of the webinars that are uploaded. Most of these webinars are not offered directly off of Compendium's website so I would suggest checking out slideshare.net to view them! I am sure one of the webinars on the website can be useful for your business!

Social Marketing is Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Kyle McGrath

The other day I had the opportunity to sit and listen to our co-founder Chris Baggott speak about his views on social media marketing and how blogging fit into the picture. After listening to him, there was a light bulb that went off in my head that clarified the power of what blogging can do for a company.

Prior to the days of million dollar Superbowl commercials and radio advertisements, companies relied on their value being spread by word-of-mouth from one customer to another. This form of advertising had the most value to a company, but as the target audience grew so did the methods used in order to reach them.

Think about how you look to experience something new today. What would you do in order to find a new restaurant to eat at? TV to buy? Or place to vacation? Research shows that 82% of people are using search engines like Google in order to look for answers to these questions. How does social marketing fit into this picture? It brings customers together from all over the world in order to share experiences through word-of-mouth advertising.

Blogging is the vehicle that gives your customers the best avenue to share their stories through words and pictures. Compendium's corporate blogging software allows customers to share their stories through web-to-post. This positive review of your company's service or product creates more value to an on-line searcher than any print ad ever would.

Blogging now empowers customers to re-initiate the value of word-of-mouth advertising on a global scale.

Climbing the Ranks

Monday, March 8, 2010 by Ford McAlexander

One of the cool things I get to do is track the rankings of the selected keywords for our clients. We use the data for a variety of different reasons but mainly to see how well the software is working. If the software is working at its best, the clients will have their keywords climb to the first page of Google so when anybody is trying to find a company like them, they are first. Its interesting seeing how good Compendium Blogware is at this Google ranking thing.

I check the rankings every morning of the 31 companies we randomly review. This review checks over 200 keywords. Of those keywords, over 30% of the keywords are on the first page of Google for that keyword. Thats all because of Compendium's powerful blogging software. I know, its pretty special blog software to be able to do something like that for the hundreds of clients we serve. If you want to climb the ranks like our other clients have, check out a demo today. There is a $50 gift certificate for Starbucks in it for you!

Welcome to Business Blogging

Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Sarah Sedberry

We are growing both internally and externally here at Compendium. The fast pace has kept us busy, and I wanted to take a quick minute to welcome some of my most recent new clients who are utilizing our powerful blogging software as an SEO (search engine optimization) tool.

GDirect - Helping Christian businesses and Church organizations grow their membership.
Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau - The place to look to when looking for fun things to do in Sacramento.
Grail Springs Health Spa & Wellness Retreat - A health and wellness retreat, located in Canada

For more information on how to use incorporate our affordable blogging software into your social media and inbound marketing strategy, download a whitepaper, or review any of our current client case studies.

Blogging for Customer Acquisition Part 2

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Frank Dale

I talked to our CEO, Chris Baggott, a few weeks ago about some of his experiences building ExactTarget. Chris was a co-founder and CMO at ExactTarget, which provides a wealth of relevant experience for us to draw on at Compendium. Specifically, we discussed a few of the epiphanies that came out of his eponymous email marketing blog. His email marketing blog has great content and still wins search for the term email marketing best practices to this day.

What I found particularly interesting was the way Chris and ET’s marketing department leveraged the content from his blog. Chris is a smart guy and he puts a lot of thought into what he writes. But Chris will be the first person to tell you that some posts are better than others. Why does this matter? It matters because people come to you to help them solve a problem. If you are not answering the questions that matter to the prospective customer, you lose the right to continue the conversation.

Chris and the marketing team at ET understood the fundamental principle of business.

Provide value to the customer to receive value from the customer.

They also knew that new visitors to ET’s website at that time tended to be interested in fundamental best practices for email marketing. Chris collaborated with his marketing team to take his best posts and turn them into a series of emails for new subscribers to the ET list. The series of messages they created is often called a lifecycle marketing campaign. The campaign provided readers with many of the best practices they would need to launch a successful email marketing initiative. New readers got to see his best stuff on getting started at the time it mattered most…when they were just getting started. This win for the prospective customer led to wins for ET. Great idea, but how does this relate to search marketing? I am glad you asked.

Search Engine Marketing and Segmentation

One of the tougher parts of any lifecycle marketing campaign is deciding where to start. Marketers solve this to a certain degree by placing the individuals into groups also known as segments. A segment is simply a rough grouping of individuals with similar characteristics, preferences, or behaviors. Segmentation makes a lot of sense because it helps us speak appropriately to people with similar interests instead of providing one message for everyone. But with search marketing, we can go one step further. We can speak to individuals or at least much smaller segments than we can traditionally.

Search lets us “target” individuals because we don’t have to artificially place them in groups. The searcher self-identifies their respective interest by choosing keywords that describe the problem they want to solve. This makes it much easier to provide content that is relevant to the prospective customer. But what I find particularly interesting is the way search helps us identify segments. Typical segmentation efforts depend on a mix of qualitative and quantitative data, which you use to predict future behavior. Traditional segmentation efforts are great, but they can also be very expensive. What if we could run hundreds of low cost, potentially high return experiments at once?

When you combine an enterprise blogging solution like Compendium with the benefits of search marketing we can “test” a much larger array of messages than we can in other mediums. A Compendium customer can target hundreds of combinations of search terms, while also testing the content associated with the search terms. A review of your analytics data should provide insight into viable segments for additional marketing efforts. The data analysis can be fairly simple. Look at the top ten or twenty blogs based on the number of visitors delivered to your website. Then analyze the behavior of the cohort from each of the twenty blogs. Look for patterns on your site. Which pages did they visit and in what order? How many converted from each cohort? The data will help you start to identify the problem each group wants to solve. You will most likely find that several groups have the same behavior once they get on your site. You simply acquired them based on subtle variations in the way they think about the problem you solve.

The key is that with a solution like Compendium you can acquire lots of customers based on the way they think about the problem you solve. Once they are acquired, you can place them in a segment based on similar interests. This can be done by either using predefined landing pages that guide the segment members through your site in the order that is most likely to please them or you can give them an opportunity to sign-up for a lifecycle messaging campaign that addresses the problem that is relevant to them. Either way we can do many of the same things that a more expensive segmentation effort will accomplish, but at a much lower cost…and potentially a lot faster. Just one of the many benefits of our search marketing software. If you would like to learn more about our enterprise blogging platform for search engine optimization, check out this whitepaper or sign-up for a free demonstration.

How Search is Changing

Monday, March 1, 2010 by Sarah Sedberry

In a recent whiteboard Friday, the (in my humble opinion) god of SEO, Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz, recapped how the search engines have moved and evolved over the years, and where he believe search is heading. I won't bore you with all the details but here are the things that are important to review.

In the last several years we've seen the following time-line when it comes to search engines and how they determined what was a relevant result to show:

1995: Results were determined by keywords, editorial analysis, almost a manual process
1997: Search engines start to pay attention to links - who is linking to you, who are you linking to?
1999: The Page Rank makes its scene, and we begin to see more accuracy in search
2002: The rise of Anchor Text. Prior to now web crawlers updated on a scheduled basis, about once/month.
2005: Around this time we begin to see web crawlers updating based on how frequently a page is updated - could be as often as multiple times a day. Also comes the birth of sitemaps, no follows, and webmaster tools.

Up until this point, SEO best practices didn't change much. Certainly you had to evolve with the search engines but things stayed pretty consistent. Until.....

2006 and on - The rise of social media!
- Google works with Twitter to make a deal (talks with Facebook to reach a deal as well) in order to provide more real time results
- Search Wiki is created in order to jump on the social bookmarking efforts
- Google Wave created to serve more information about what's happening in real time
- Gmail -- and now its evolution to Goolge Buzz

The recent changes we've seen even in just the last 12 months is suggesting a movement towards social importance that could become more important than the SEO practices of not even 5 years ago. This type of trending will have a big impact on how users look for and share content.

All businesses should have a strategy to leverage social media, the virality of it, and to utilize the "word of mouth" marketing that the popular platforms are harnessing. It is critical to a business to know how these trends are influencing search results, and what it means for your business. Having a blogging solution, like Compendium, to be the hub of your content and pushing it out to your social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, allows you the ease and simplicity of staying on top of this new trending.

Social media and search are coming together in a big way - how is your company positioned for it?

A Compendium client. . . perfect for Mom shoppers

Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Brian Millis

Today I read this article from e-marketer, which reminded me of a great client I recently worked with to bring on board with Compendium.

What I love about Gettington.com is that they are very transparent about financing options and offer very easy ways to find, purchase, and finance any product. According to the data in the e-marketer article, this appeals to savvy mommy shoppers:

“Moms want to do business with retailers that are respectful and responsive to their needs and concerns,” said Jeffrey Grau, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the new report, “How Moms and Retailers Interact Online.”

Gettington is doing a fantastic job of humanizing their search marketing through their corporate blogging, Tweets, Facebook, and more. This robust social and search strategy will no doubt pay off in the long run with increased organic visibility and high conversion rates. E-Marketer goes on to verify that,

"Moms appreciate brands that use Twitter to put on a human face to respond to their complaints. They also like easy-to-use Websites with helpful features such as live chat, visualization tools, product reviews, easy returns and curbside pickup."

Kudos to you Gettington.com for your listening to your audience and responding with such amazing online marketing. Moms around the world will love the shopping experience with you. And how can you not love an online retailer that offers you a Goodie Bag full of awesome give-aways and discounts!

Why Blogging Works for SEO: Part 6 - Relevance

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 by Heather Benfield

Welcome to Part 6 of a 6 series blog post about why blogging works for SEO.

To review, check out parts 1-5 on the main factors search engines focus on when looking at a webpage to determine its rank in organic search results:

1.    Titles
2.    Keywords
3.    Recency/Frequency
4.    Links
5.    Volume
6.    Relevance

Throughout this series I’ve talked about:

1.    How important it is to make sure you’re using relevant keywords in titles and content
2.    Posting often on tens, hundreds or even thousands of blogs
3.    Making sure your content is helpful and useful to your target market

But when it really comes down to it, the bottom line is…

If the searcher is happy, the search engine is happy.

In other words, relevance is the most important and measurable objective in a corporate blogging strategy. Blogs tend to double customer conversion rates compared to regular websites. Why? Because the searcher’s problem is more accurately solved with knowledgeable, focused blog content. Searcher satisfaction is the most important component of SEO. To turn readers into customers, you need to talk about what they’re interested in…and offer them a solution to their problem!

According to Vanessa Fox of Search Engine Land, “Relevance means keeping to a topic, helping the search engine understand what your site is about, and, ideally, about one thing in particular.” The best solution to ranking on a keyword term is to devote a specific page to that particular phrase. Blogging gives you the platform and the scale to be able to most effectively position your expertise for your customers’ benefit.

To start using Compendium’s enterprise blogging platform today, schedule an online demo with one of our business development managers (and get a $50 Starbucks giftcard after you're done).

Why Blogging Works for SEO: Part 5 - Volume

Monday, February 22, 2010 by Heather Benfield

For those of you who may just be running across this blog, you must be thinking…”Part 5?! Where in the world are parts 1-4 and what’s this all about?”

To bring you up-to-speed, I’ve been writing a 6 part series blog post about why blogging works for SEO – something that sparked my interest after editing and reviewing one of our Compendium Whitepapers (look for it late February-early March).

You can check out parts 1-4 here: Titles, Keywords, Recency/Frequency, and Links.

So what does volume have to do with blogging for search?

Unlike past posts that may have taken a little longer to explain, volume is short, simple and to the point.

The number of blogs an organization manages, plus the number of posts generated, increases the amount of search traffic due to the increased amount of content.

At Compendium, we focus on effectively scaling content so it can be used in multiple, unique ways. (To see exactly how it works, sign up for a demo now).

Many smaller organizations may not have the blogging resources available like larger organizations, but the beauty about Compendium’s platform is it leverages existing content in various ways, organizing content through multiple blogs which in turn dramatically increases search traffic.

Need to see it to believe it? Schedule a demo today!

Stay tuned for part 6 – Relevance

Why Blogging Works for SEO: Part 2 - Keywords

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Heather Benfield

In case this is the first time you've ran across my blog, yesterday I started a 6 series blog post about why blogging works for SEO (content provided from a current Whitepaper I'm editing). You can read Part 1 here.

To review, search engines focus on 6 main factors when looking at a webpage to determine its rank in organic search results:

1.    Titles
2.    Keywords
3.    Recency/Frequency
4.    Links
5.    Volume
6.    Relevance

Let's take a closer look at Keywords:

Just like titles, the best way to write a blog post centered on relevant keywords is to think about the exact words your target market uses when typing their search query in the search box and use those keywords in the content of your blog post.

Consider the advice of Ian Lurie from Conversation Marketing:

“Burn the thesaurus. Think about the words that people use to find you. Then, as a revolutionary new internet marketing strategy, actually write those words in your copy. You’ll get more traffic. You’ll get more sales/leads/whatever.”

I couldn't have said it better myself! And I use this rule of thumb every time I sit down to write any piece of marketing collateral. A great free tool to help you determine which keywords your target prospects are using is Google AdWords: Keyword Tool.

However, when you start including keywords in your blog posts, make sure you avoid “keyword stuffing.” Keyword stuffing is intentionally populating your copy with excessive keywords to enhance your search results. Although it may sound like a cool idea, it doesn’t work that way. Actually, using a ton of keywords in your post has the complete opposite effect. Google uses an algorithm to determine the right keyword balance (experts generally agree that any copy containing keywords in excess of 7-10% of the total copy length is considered too much) and overusing key search terms can cause your result rankings to decrease dramatically.

Remember: the more content you create, the deeper and richer your search results become. Blog data never goes away, it simply gets compounded and enhanced with new content.

Stay tuned for part 3 - recency/frequency

To learn more about blogging best practices, download this free Whitepaper.

Keeping Pace with The New Generation

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Ford McAlexander

Social Media is sweeping the marketing landscape and the business world is only trying to catch up to the fast paced world of today's consumers. People generally want instant gratification and with how fast technology is today, can anybody really blame them? The only question is, what are you doing to market and convert potential sales in this fast paced environment?

There are numerous strategies for a company to use in social media from implementing Twitter contests, having numerous Facebook pages, or having their own blog. However, is your strategy really working for you?

Compendium Blogware has created simple blogging software that will help any organization large or small. The software utilizes keyword searches which is one of the most important ways to drive a company's Google search rank as well as helping drive your company's intent marketing. "What Third Generation Blogging Means to You" is a Compendium Whitepaper which can help you review your current social media strategy. Check it out by clicking here.

Review Session on Social Media

Monday, February 15, 2010 by Ford McAlexander

Hopefully everybody has heard about our upcoming Webinar in March titled, "Should Blogging

be the Hub of your Social Media Strategy?" You can register for the upcoming webinar here. However, for people who are new to some of Compendium's resources, there was an outstanding Webinar last August called, "Getting a Grip on Social Media". It was one of the most popular webinars that Compendium Blogware has had. Check it out now!

My advice for those interested in attending the upcoming webinar, it can also help to view our previous webinar for some extra information and research. Compendium Blogware has developed affordable blogging software, but we are also looking to help you. Please view a webinar or two to prepare for a very informative webinar in March featuring Jay Baer.

Some Thoughts on Twitter and Blogging

Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Jenni Edwards

Twitter is great, I am probably one of the biggest fans of Twitter here at Compendium, and yes, Twitter results are being served in Google now; but true organic SEO and search marketing (not just time based like Twitter) is vital to the survival of most businesses. If people cannot find you when they have a specific problem then you become irrelevant.

I always like to put it in layman's terms --- if I am searching for a good florist in Chicago (which I am --- any suggestions?) or a doctor in Minnesota I am generally not going to my Facebook fan page or searching Twitter trends as my first action --- I am going to Google, typing in my problem, making judgments based on their corporate blogs and websites and then depending on how big or meaningful of purchase it is I MAY ask on one of my social media outlets for an additional review.

Why Indianapolis Restaurants Should Blog

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by Heather Benfield

I love food! Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Korean, American, Greek, Thai, you name it…I’ll eat it! Except seafood – I’m deathly allergic.

Anyways, I recently moved to Downtown Indianapolis and am very excited to try out all the local restaurants downtown Indy has to offer! And by the looks of it so far…there are plenty to explore!

So today before lunch, I decided I would Google the keywords “blogs about best places to eat in downtown Indianapolis” hoping to find reviews, menus and testimonials of great dining experiences in downtown Indy.

When Google brought back my search results, I was impressed to find exactly what I was looking for:

Restaurants Downtown Indianapolis
Downtown Indianapolis
Restaurants Indianapolis

And better yet, THEY ARE USING COMPENDIUM’S BLOGGING PLATFORM!

After reading the post “My Favorite Pizza for Lunch in Indianapolis,” I finally made my decision and went to Giorgio’s Pizza. I was not disappointed!

Now that I’ve discovered these blogs, not only do I have a list a mile long of where I want to eat next, but I received trustworthy information from people who love local dining just as much as I do. Thanks Indianapolis for blogging about your restaurants!

To find out more about the Compendium's blogging platform that Indy Restaurants are using, go to www.compendium.com or schedule a free online demo!

Want more SEO answers from Stephan Spencer?

Monday, January 25, 2010 by Meghan Manning

Last week we had our Webinar: Ask an SEO Expert: Stephan Spencer. This webinar was a huge success and we enjoyed everyone's participation!

We had so many questions submitted regarding SEO best practices, blogging for search and social media and SEO that we didn't have time to cover everyting.

To good news is, we're hoping to be hosting another session in the near future with Stephan Spencer, VP of SEO Strategies at Covario.

One of the many takeaways from the Webinar was that blogging with Compendium is a great SEO tool to have for your online marketing strategy. With that said, if you are considering adding a powerful blogging software to your strategy, check out our popular Whitepaper: Considering Blogging.

After reviewing our Whitepaper, if you have any questions feel free to contact one of our blogging experts today - we'll even send you a $50 Starbucks gift card just for doing a demo!

When you're not getting the results you want, something needs to change.

Friday, January 22, 2010 by Isaac Pellerin

Lately, I have been watching more foreign films. They're wonderful. I find that I focus more on the content of the story than the visual effects. I'm not distracted by big name, iconic actors.

My least favorite part about watching foreign films are trying to read the subtitles on my 5 year old 20 inch tv from across the room. I'm sure I have missed some of the most moving parts of a film due to the tragically low resolution of my tube. So I'm caving in and getting a fancy new LCD tv. For years I have been comfortable with my 20 inch Magnavox. It has certainly served its purpose and delivered hours of entertainment and may very well find a new home where it will be loved for what it is.

So I begin my searching process. I've narrowed my search to the following:
40" Sony Bravia
37" Vizio

I must admit that I am a bit surprised that when I turned to Google and searched "lcd tv", neither companies apear in the top 5 results. These are companies with big budgets and a lot of competition. It's companies like these that could benefit from SEO tools and a business blogging solution.

In light of this, it is comforting to find a number of review sites dedicated to sorting out the network of terms and specs that distinguish each product on the market. I look forward to making a decision in time for this years Super Bowl!

Have you walked your phone today?

Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Isaac Pellerin

It is no secret that it is in my nature to fidget. I can't help it. My leg is bouncing up and down as I write this post. As a child I would drive my family crazy by walking around the house aimlessly.

But the wheels in my head were turning.

My mom would eventually exclaim, "Isaac stay still or sit down."

"But I can't think when I am still", I would reply.

Recent medical research has surfaced to prove that all of my quirky habits are good for my heart! In fact, I burn 350 calories a day by fidgeting!

A blog post titled 50 Ways to Cut 500 Calories a Day reveals more healthy annoying habits, like walking around in circles while on the phone (which can also further develop your public speaking skills).

I'm finding that these habits are mirrored in my creative process. I've been at Compendium Blogware for one week and I have multiple drafts of unfinished blogs. They're ideas that I review and determine if it's worth the world's while for me to finish writing. I'm a fidgety blogger. This is why I need a powerful blogging solution that will catalog this post to make it most beneficial to those who may be looking for a fellow fidgeting friend.

So do something to annoy the people around you. It's for your own good!

Contact one of our sales reps and go for a "phone walk" today! Your heart will thank you later.