Brett's Blog for Business

When writing content on your blog for business it is very important that you write good, relevant content. Having valuable content will help your audience relate to you, will give your blog a strong voice, and (hopefully) it will lead to a new business transaction.

I was forwarded this great depiction of how people respond to content online.

http://lateralaction.com/articles/9-responses/

According to this article, here are the 9 ways people respond:

Spam: If your content does not provide a reasonable ROII (return-on-investment for an interaction) for the reader or is self-serving or simply useless, the reader will mark it as spam. Posting something that may be assessed, as “spam” is the fastest way to losing credibility.
Skip: The reader makes an assessment that he or she won’t lose much by reading it. In this case, the reader has not written you off yet but if you consistently create content that is worth “skipping,” the reader might write you off.
Scan: The reader thinks there are only a few parts that are of relevance and wants to get right to the core of the content and skip the rest.
Stop: The reader is touched by the article and stops to think about the article, it’s relevance and what it means to him or her personally and professionally.
Save: The content is so good that the reader might want to re-visit this multiple times.
Shift: The article is transformational. The reader is so deeply affected (in a positive way) by the article that it shifts some of their values and beliefs. In other words, this piece of writing will transform the reader and make him or her grow.
Send: The content is not only useful to the reader but also to one or more people in the reader’s network. The reader simply emails the article or a link to it to people that he or she cares.
Spread: The reader finds the article fascinating enough to spread it to anyone and everyone via a blog, twitter or the social networks that he or she belongs.
Subscribe: This is the ultimate expression of engagement and a vote of confidence that you will continue to provide great content. When the reader wants to continue listening to your thoughts, he or she will subscribe.