As 25 Melhores Ideias para Blogs Que Vão Te Gerar Tráfego Certo em 2022

Uma pesquisa de 2021 constatou que blogueiros que publicam de 2 a 6 posts por semana têm mais chances de alcançar seus objetivos.

Embora você provavelmente já saiba que postar com mais frequência te dê uma maior chance de sucesso, pode ser difícil pensar em tantos assuntos para postagens.

Você está lá olhando para a página em branco. Enquanto ela te olha de volta, você começa a pensar por que você começou um blog.

Essa é a realidade que muitos blogueiros vivem.

Ter ideias novas e interessantes para o seu blog é um baita desafio. A boa notícia é que encontrar boas ideias de posts talvez não seja tão difícil quanto você pensa. 

Esse guia oferece 25 novas ideias para blogs para te inspirar a escrever conteúdo de alta qualidade de forma consistente.

25 Ideias de Blogs para 2022

Escrever é fácil; ter ideias e conceituá-las para fazer com que as pessoas queiram lê-las é o verdadeiro desafio. Aqui vão algumas ideias para te ajudar a começar:

1. Avalie Produtos e Serviços

89% dos consumidores dizem ler avaliações antes de fazer compras. Capitalize em cima disso criando posts para o seu blog que avaliem produtos populares e serviços relacionados ao seu mercado.

Se você entrar no Google agora e digitar “melhores”, você provavelmente vai dar de cara com um monte de produtos ou serviços para completar o termo de busca. 

Melhor liquidificador, melhor caixa de ferramentas, melhor software de gerenciamento de projetos, melhor ferramenta de gerenciamento de RH e melhor xícara de café são todos termos populares de busca no Google. São os chamados posts de avaliação de produtos.

Esses posts oferecem um detalhamento de diversos produtos e serviços. O objetivo é escrever uma avaliação melhor do que as opções existentes no Google. Você pode fazer isso da seguinte forma:

  • oferecendo um conteúdo de maior qualidade do que os posts nas primeiras posições
  • tendo uma melhor experiência na página do que os posts nas primeiras posições
  • garantindo que seu SEO é melhor do que o dos posts nas primeiras posições

Por exemplo, busque no Google, “melhor software de gerenciamento de projetos”. Você vai encontrar um monte de avaliações de sites de tecnologia conhecidos detalhando qual é o melhor software. Você também vai ver que essa palavra-chave tem um volume de busca bem alto, com mais ou menos 4.500 cliques por mês.

Você tem chances de ultrapassar esses sites nos rankings se escrever um post mais detalhado sobre o melhor software de gerenciamento de projetos — e você vai gerar tráfego para o seu site.

Comece dando uma olhada nos posts nas primeiras posições. Observe coisas como:

  • o quão longos eles são
  • quais cabeçalhos eles usam
  • quantas opções eles comparam

Procure escrever um post mais longo e mais informativo, abordando mais plataformas, incluindo vídeos e até entrevistando alguns especialistas. O objetivo é oferecer mais valor e chegar ao topo do Google. 

2. Desmembre Processos Complicados em Passos Simples

As pessoas procuram o Google quando elas não conseguem resolver alguma coisa. Pense em quantas vezes você buscou como fazer uma comida, desentupir um cano ou usar as funcionalidades do seu software preferido. Mais de um bilhão de buscas no Google por dia são feitas na forma de perguntas.

Você pode elaborar um guia explicando como fazer alguma coisa pela qual você se interesse ou que você conheça bem. O guia deve dar o passo-a-passo que o leitor deve seguir para concluir a tarefa que ele deseja. 

Vamos usar a velocidade de carregamento de um site como exemplo. Esse é um assunto quente no momento, com os core web vitals se tornando mais relevantes.

Escrever um post para o seu blog explicando tudo que pode ser feito para melhorar a velocidade da página torna a informação fácil de absorver e mais factível para os leitores. 

O Crazy Egg fez um ótimo trabalho aqui mostrando 20 maneiras de melhorar a velocidade do seu site. Quando é assim passo-a-passo, não parece mais uma tarefa enorme. Você pode fazer cada uma dessas coisas isoladamente e aos poucos melhorar a velocidade da sua página. 

3. Posts de “Perguntas Frequentes” (FAQ)

Mais de 14% das buscas no Google são feitas na forma de perguntas — e se você conseguir dar uma resposta completa, você já tem aí uma ideia para um post.

A melhor parte de escrever um post de FAQ é que você tem uma boa chance de aparecer nos featured snippets do Google (também chamados de “posição zero”) se o artigo agregar muito valor para o leitor.

Se eu buscar “o que é uma tag de título” no Google, eu vou obter um monte de resultados, porque essa é uma pergunta frequente. No topo, vai ter um resultado em que o Google tirou a resposta do post e colocou bem ali para o leitor.

“Perguntas Frequentes” (FAQ)

Ele se chama featured snippet, e conseguir a posição de featured snippet é considerado a “joia da coroa” do SEO. Muitos fatores determinam qual site ganha os snippets, mas, nesse caso, o atinternet.com respondeu à pergunta de cara, o que pode ser a razão para eles estarem no topo. 

Existem algumas maneiras de encontrar perguntas frequentes:

  • Faça a pesquisa de palavras-chave em uma ferramenta como o Ubersuggest para determinar as perguntas frequentes no seu mercado. Comece inserindo uma palavra-chave genérica e encontre perguntas de cauda longa que contenham (ou estejam associadas a) esta palavra-chave.
  • Faça uma busca manual no Google e veja as perguntas que aparecem automaticamente nas SERPs em “Buscas Relacionadas”
  • Use ferramentas como Answer the Public para ver o que as pessoas andam buscando na sua área.
  • Busque no Quora assuntos relacionados à sua área para encontrar perguntas comuns. 

Depois de compilar a lista de perguntas, busque-as manualmente no Google. Veja quais posts conseguiram os featured snippets, e dedique tempo a escrever respostas melhores do que aquelas já dadas. Você pode fazer isso respondendo de forma mais concisa, com uma formatação melhor ou usando definições mais precisas.

4. Posts de “Guias Definitivos”

Uma ótima maneira de gerar autoridade para o seu site é criando guias definitivos. Esses guias detalham exaustivamente todas as etapas necessárias para se concluir uma tarefa. 

Conteúdo detalhado, como aquele contido em um guia definitivo, vem se tornando regra. Em 2021, a extensão média de um post em um blog era de 1.400 palavras; a mais longa dos últimos tempos. Esse mesmo estudo constatou que conteúdo com 3.000 palavras ou mais tende a ter um melhor desempenho.

Uma boa ideia é incluir imagens, exemplos e analogias para ter certeza que o leitor vai entender. 

A principal coisa a se ter em mente quando o assunto são guias definitivos é oferecer tudo de A a Z. Quando o leitor terminar, ele deve ter tudo o que precisa para alcançar seu objetivo. 

Veja um exemplo que eu fiz sobre SEO local.

Esse guia literalmente aborda tudo, desde “o que é SEO local” até como implementá-lo, etapas, como maximizar seu potencial, e mais. O guia é longo, mas oferece tudo que você precisa, então você não precisa olhar em mais lugar nenhum.

Um belo guia definitivo é uma ótima maneira de mostrar aos seus leitores e ao Google que você é uma autoridade no assunto. 

Para criar um guia definitivo, comece buscando sua palavra-chave base, depois busque as caixas de pergunta “buscas relacionadas” e responda-as também.

Você também pode usar o Ubersuggest, minha ferramenta gratuita, para encontrar palavras-chave relacionadas, o que pode te dar ideias para subtítulos no seu post de guia definitivo.

Inclua informações detalhadas no seu post, como estatísticas de apoio, detalhamentos de processos e exemplos. 

5. Posts Baseados em Dados

Backlinks são fundamentais para SEO – as URLs na primeira posição das SERPs têm uma média de 3,8 vezes mais backlinks do que as URLs nas posições 2 a 10.

Quando você estiver procurando ideias ou assuntos para posts, você deve garantir que seu conteúdo é relevante e que existe demanda para ele. Uma forma de fazer isso é postar sobre dados relevantes para o seu nicho.

O que eu quero dizer com isso?

Dados de qualidade são informações factuais obtidas através de experimentos, testes e pesquisas. Quanto mais chamativos os dados, mais atenção você vai conseguir. 

Criar posts compilando uma grande quantidade de dados em um artigo é uma ótima maneira de obter backlinks. Sempre que alguém procurar dados para incluir em artigos, vai encontrar essas informações no seu post e, idealmente, linkar de volta para o seu site.

Veja, por exemplo, esse artigo sobre 99 estratégias incríveis de marketing digital. É basicamente uma lista gigante de dados sobre mídias sociais, marketing de conteúdo, SEO e mais. É um ótimo recurso para quem está procurando dados sobre o assunto. 

Se você tiver acesso a dados ou métricas internas, você pode usá-los para criar posts baseados em dados sobre tendências do mercado.

Veja como criar posts baseados em dados:

  1. Faça um brainstorm de perguntas que você pode responder seja com dados que você tenha em mãos ou tenha os recursos para pesquisar (ou seja, conduzindo uma pesquisa). Use táticas como ferramentas de pesquisa de palavras-chave e buscas manuais
  2. Faça a análise/pesquisa.
  3. Escreva um post que explique seus resultados.
  4. Não deixe de incluir visualizações dos dados!

6. Posts com Vídeo-Tutoriais

Como todos sabemos, o vídeo é rei. 97% dos profissionais de marketing usam vídeos para ajudar seus clientes a entender melhor seus produtos e serviços. Você deveria fazer o mesmo.

Existe uma razão para o Google exibir vídeos como o primeiro resultado de muitas buscas de “como fazer”. 

Posts com Vídeo-Tutoriais

Se você olhar a imagem, eu busquei “como consertar um zíper quebrado”. Naturalmente, o Google mostrou vídeos primeiro.

É muito mais fácil assistir a um vídeo do que ler um post de blog. Mas isso não significa que escrever sobre o assunto seja inútil. 

Vídeos em posts de blog

Se descermos até o primeiro resultado da busca e dermos uma olhada no post, vamos encontrar um tutorial em vídeo, além do post no blog mostrando como fazer. 

Incluir vídeos nos posts do seu blog é uma ótima maneira de agregar mais valor aos seus usuários e deixar o Google feliz.

Veja como começar a criar vídeos para o seu blog:

  1. Mergulhe nas suas métricas para identificar seu conteúdo mais popular. Faça uma lista de possíveis assuntos para tutoriais com base no que você encontrar. Por exemplo, se o seu conteúdo principal é sobre ideias para posts, você pode fazer um tutorial detalhando métodos populares de brainstorm e identificação de assuntos para blogs.
  2. Se você ainda precisar de ideias, use os mesmos métodos que sugerimos para encontrar perguntas frequentes. Identifique perguntas relacionadas a processos, que você pode mostrar em vídeo-tutoriais.
  3. Grave e edite seu vídeo usando a tecnologia de vídeo da sua preferência.
  4. Inclua a transcrição do vídeo para acessibilidade e SEO.

7. Incorpore Tendências aos Seus Posts

Não é nenhum segredo que as tendências vêm e vão, mas você pode conseguir um tráfego bem razoável escrevendo sobre assuntos que estejam em alta no seu mercado atualmente. 

As palavras-chave “tendências” ao lado de termos do mercado como “mídias sociais”, “marketing”, “cor de cabelo” etc. representam milhões de buscas no Google por mês. Isso mostra que você tem grandes chances de conseguir tráfego se você abordar tendências do seu mercado nos posts do seu blog. 

O Google Trends é uma ótima maneira de descobrir o que está em alta e o que não está no momento atual.

Vá até trends.google.com e digite um assunto sobre o qual você tem curiosidade ou procure as tendências de busca do momento. 

Pesquisa do Google Trends

No momento em que escrevemos isso, um assunto em alta no Google Trends é a aposentadoria do técnico do New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton, da NFL. Se você tem um blog de esporte, você pode fazer o que o Sportingnews.com faz e escrever sobre a aposentadoria do técnico.

Escrever sobre assuntos em alta vai te obrigar a ficar de olho no que está acontecendo na sua área, e você vai precisar estar pronto o tempo todo para pesquisar e conseguir um furo se você quiser gerar tráfego para o seu blog.

Além disso, certifique-se de que você está escrevendo sobre assuntos quentes com os quais o seu público se importa. Um site sobre cabelos femininos, por exemplo, não vai conseguir muito tráfego escrevendo sobre a aposentadoria de um técnico de futebol (a não ser que seja um site de cabelo segmentado para fãs de esporte!)

Você também pode usar ferramentas de pesquisa de palavras-chave e “tendências” de plugins para ver quais assuntos relacionados à sua área. Buscas no Google com o ano escrito no termo também são muito comuns. Se você escolher fazer isso, pense em como o conteúdo vai entrar na sua estratégia de conteúdo atemporal (por exemplo, você vai atualizar o post com a mesma URL todo ano?)

8. Notícias do Mercado

41% dos blogs falam sobre notícias do mercado. Posts de blog sobre notícias podem não ser a melhor coisa em termos de SEO, mas eles geral um público bastante leal que vai acompanhar todas as suas atualizações, e pode indiretamente melhorar sua posição nas SERPs.

Esse exemplo é parecido com o anterior, mas tem uma diferença básica. Os assuntos do momento significam compartilhar informações em que seu público provavelmente vai estar interessado. No caso das notícias, você as compartilha junto com suas ideias e opiniões.

Pesquisa do Google Trends

A Vox é um exemplo interessante disso. Em vez de só focar nas notícias, eles oferecem textos de opinião mostrando o que eles acham do que está acontecendo. 

Você pode ter a mesma abordagem em relação à sua área, compartilhando suas ideias em relação a tendências e notícias. Use os métodos que destacamos para encontrar as tendências do seu mercado e faça reportagens sobre eles.

Você também pode programar alertas do Google para termos de busca relacionados à sua área e planejar matérias sobre eventos que vão acontecer na sua área. 

Não deixe também de seguir organizações, conferências e publicações de pesquisa dentro da sua área para ser o primeiro a dar o furo em assuntos relevantes na sua área.

Parte do que compõe um bom blog é criar um público de leitores que voltam com regularidade para ver se você postou alguma coisa. 

9. Poste Sobre Assuntos de Justiça Social

59% dos americanos dizem que é inaceitável que as marcas sejam omissas em relação a questões de justiça social. E esse número só tende a aumentar.

Posts com um posicionamento forte também tendem a gerar muitos compartilhamentos e backlinks. Você pode escrever sobre as últimas tendências de justiça social, seja na área de direitos das mulheres, LGBTQ+ ou injustiça racial.

O mais importante aqui é ser você mesmo e não ter medo de tomar partido. Vivemos em um mundo relativamente dividido, então defender algo em que você acredita é admirável. Postar sobre esses assuntos é uma ótima maneira de cultivar um público fiel e construir uma lista de emails. 

A Campus Pride é um blog/organização conhecida que foca na aceitação da comunidade LGBTQ+ nos campus de faculdades. Eles escrevem sobre assuntos como saúde mental, segurança no campus e desenvolvimento de carreira. 

Tome uma posição genuína se você vai incorporar questões de justiça social no seu  blog.

Pense não apenas nas questões que importam para você, mas naquelas que fazem sentido para sua marca postar sobre. Por exemplo, a Patagonia vende roupas e equipamentos para atividades ao ar livre. Faz sentido que eles se alinhem com questões ambientais, como sustentabilidade e preservação.

Você pode encontrar uma causa que esteja em alta e pela qual você se interesse para começar a compilar ideias de posts que mostrem sua posição em relação ao assunto (ao mesmo tempo que ofereçam valor ao usuário). Servindo de guia e se posicionando em relação a algo que pode ter um impacto significativo.

10. Posts de Listas

Listas são o segundo tipo mais popular de post, sendo produzido por 54% dos blogueiros.

Uma lista é um formato de post simples, mas eficaz. Ela elenca uma série de itens, lugares, serviços e praticamente qualquer outra coisa que você possa pensar. 

Veja algumas ótimas listas para inspirar a sua:

A razão pela qual listas são tão populares é que você pode dar só uma passada de olho e é mais fácil de absorver. Os seres humanos têm um limiar de atenção de oito segundos. Isso quer dizer que você precisa atrair atenção rápido e trabalhar para mantê-la. Listas são uma ótima maneira de atrair os leitores e dar a eles o que eles querem.

Para criar listas, pesquise palavras-chave usando qualquer um dos métodos que a gente já mostrou e identifique assuntos que podem ser transformados em listas. Um exemplo é exatamente esse post! A gente já sabia que nosso público costuma procurar ajuda com assuntos para seus blogs (a palavra-chave “assuntos para blogs” tem 1000 buscas mensais). “Assuntos para blogs” é uma palavra-chave que se encaixa bem no formato de lista.

11. Post de Fact-Checking/Mito ou Verdade

Em um mundo de informação infinita, tem muita desinformação por aí. Inclusive, em 2021, 62% dos usuários da internet disseram ter encontrado informações falsas ao navegar pela web.

É por isso que escrever um post quebrando alguns mitos comuns na sua área é uma ótima maneira de atrair tráfego.

Por exemplo, eu me interessaria por um artigo que falasse sobre mitos sobre empreendedorismo. Muita gente acha que empreendedores ficam na praia tomando margaritas o dia todo, quando não é bem assim.

Para criar um post de fact-checking:

  1. Crie uma lista dos mitos mais comuns na sua área. 
  2. Faça uma pesquisa de palavras-chave relacionada aos mitos que você selecionar para encontrar títulos, cabeçalhos e ângulos específicos para abordar. 
  3. Escreva um artigo derrubando alguns desses mitos.

12. Dê Conselhos de Nicho

Você já se sentiu sozinho ou como se ninguém te entendesse? Muita gente se sente assim e recorre ao Google ou ao Youtube para fazer perguntas e se questiona se outras pessoas se sentem do mesmo jeito.

Blogs de maternidade/paternidade são um ótimo exemplo disso. Quando a gente só vê nas redes sociais a melhor parte da vida dos outros, é fácil se sentir inseguro ou insuficiente nas nossas próprias vidas.

Blogs de mães como At Home With Natalie mostram um pouco de como é a vida de uma jovem mãe enquanto também dão conselhos e mostram produtos e serviços que as mães podem usar. 

E tudo bem se você não tiver filhos; posts de aconselhamento podem abordar diversos assuntos, incluindo viagem, culinária, saúde mental, DIY, SEO, e outros.

Praticamente qualquer assunto vai ter seus desafios, então pense onde as pessoas sofrem mais e ofereça soluções. 

Para encontrar assuntos de nicho para oferecer conselhos, busque no Quora, Answer the Public (ou uma ferramenta parecida), use seu próprio conhecimento ou pesquise termos de busca de cauda longa.

13. Posts “Melhores de”

Posts do tipo “melhores de” levantam os melhores itens em um nicho específico, detalhando os prós e contras. Eu adoro essa ideia, porque ela pode ser usada em qualquer área. Esse tipo de post é bem popular; 24% dos blogueiros publicam posts com levantamentos.

Poste sobre os melhores filmes, músicas, vídeo games, carros, hotéis, restaurantes, faculdades, cursos de SEO, ferramentas de pesquisa de palavras-chave, computadores, e por aí vai. 

Posts “Melhores de”

Busque no Google por “melhores serras elétricas 2021” e você verá vários blogs de DIY e melhorias para a casa. O Chain Saws Direct fez um post compilando suas serras elétricas preferidas de 2021.

Você pode fazer isso com literalmente qualquer coisa, desde que haja tráfego para essa palavra-chave. 

Detalhe as funcionalidades, benefícios, prós e contras de diversos produtos. Você pode ouvi-los sendo chamados pelo nome de “levantamento de produtos.” É uma ótima ideia de post para iniciantes, porque você não precisa ter os produtos em mãos para fazer as avaliações. 

Muitos blogueiros criam sites de marketing de afiliados usando essa estratégia.

14. Posts de Pergunte a um Especialista

34% dos blogueiros publicam posts com entrevistas. Entrevistar um especialista gera autoridade para o seu blog, ao mesmo tempo em que cita o nome de alguém que pode ser mais conhecido que você.

Isso acontece muito no mercado de SEO, e você pode encontrar especialistas em SEO entrevistando outros especialistas em SEO; isso vale para os dois lados. 

Veja uma entrevista que eu fiz com o Groove HQ que gerou 1929 compartilhamentos para o site deles.

Seu objetivo deve ser encontrar um especialista na sua área que as pessoas conheçam, chegar até eles e pedir para eles responderem a algumas perguntas suas. Para encontrar especialistas:

  • busque no LinkedIn
  • procure os membros de organizações profissionais da sua área
  • procure autores de estudos ou artigos conhecidos na sua área
  • entre ou siga grupos ou perfis nas redes sociais dedicados à sua área e encontre as figuras de autoridade ou peça recomendações

Facilite as coisas para essas pessoas. Não espere que o especialista gaste um tempão com você, então apresente as perguntas em um formato simples, como um formulário do Google.

Faça perguntas que seus leitores querem saber, e não só as que te interessam. Para encontrar essas perguntas, siga nossos métodos anteriormente sugeridos de buscar no Quora, usar ferramentas como a Answer the Public, ou pesquisar palavras-chave com uma ferramenta como o Ubersuggest.

Quando você tiver tudo organizado, você pode compilar as informações no formato de um post que ofereça valor e insights para os seus leitores.

15. Posts Sobre Assuntos Sugeridos Pelos Seus Usuários

Está procurando ideias para posts? Por que não perguntar aos seus leitores?

Recorra às redes sociais que seu público usa e pergunte sobre o que eles gostariam de ler.

Depois de definir os assuntos nos quais seus leitores estão interessados, faça a pesquisa de palavras-chave sobre eles para verificar se há volume de busca. Se houver, você já tem uma ótima ideia para seu post.

16. Compare Dois Produtos ou Serviços Semelhantes

41% dos blogueiros publicam posts de opinião. Um tipo de post de opinião pode ser comparar duas coisas num formato “versus” — Coca Cola versus Pepsi, iPhone versus Android ou Mac versus Windows, só dando alguns exemplos óbvios. Claro, você precisa ter certeza de que é algo relevante para seu nicho. 

O The Digital Merchant é um site de avaliações especializado em assuntos como esse. Eles fizeram um guia comparando dois softwares de gerenciamento de projeto, ClickUp versus Monday.com.

Esses posts de comparação detalham as funcionalidades, benefícios, prós e contras de cada ferramenta para ajudar o leitor a decidir qual delas ele deve usar para o seu negócio. 

Você pode fazer isso em qualquer nicho, desde que o assunto tenha um bom volume de busca. Descubra o que as pessoas estão comparando na sua área e escreva um post de comparação sobre o assunto. 

17. Storytelling/“Aprenda com Meus Erros”

Segundo uma pesquisa de 2021 do Twitter, 70% dos participantes disseram querer ouvir histórias positivas das marcas.

Qual foi a última vez que você leu uma história sobre uma conquista de alguém? Como você se sentiu depois de ler? Você se sentiu motivado para alcançar algo incrível também? 

Posts que compartilham histórias e inspiram outras pessoas podem ser poderosos. Eles ajudam a criar um público fiel e desenvolver uma ligação entre o autor e seus leitores.

Storytelling/“Aprenda com Meus Erros”

Embora não seja bem um blog, o David Goggins faz isso muito bem. Ele é incrível ao contar para as pessoas sua história e o que o inspirou a se tornar quem ele é hoje. Tudo isso o levou a um livro, um negócio e palestras incríveis.

As pessoas querem ouvir sobre outras superando desafios. Isso as inspira a seguir em frente e superar seus próprios desafios.

Dicas para histórias:

  • Pegue suas experiências e aprendizados na área e coloque por escrito.
  • Pense em como você começou seu blog (ou sua marca de forma geral). Conte sua história!
  • Escreva sobre erros que você cometeu e lições que você aprendeu.

18. Posts Sobre Posts

76% dos blogueiros escrevem posts de “como fazer”. Já que você tem um blog, por que não escrever um post sobre como começar um?

Essa ideia é o que você está lendo nesse momento. Você está lendo um post em um blog sobre como escrever posts em blogs. Aqui tem outro post sobre como escrever posts para o seu blog.

Se você é blogueiro e está tendo dificuldades em ter ideias, você sempre pode criar um guia explicando aos outros como começar seu próprio blog. Diga ao leitor como usar seus interesses e experiências para ganhar dinheiro escrevendo sobre elas.

19. Guias para Iniciantes

73% dos usuários só dão uma passada de olho por postagens em blogs. Uma maneira de oferecer conteúdo claro e de leitura rápida? Um guia para iniciantes.

Todo mundo começa de algum lugar. Ao intitular seu post um “guia para iniciantes”, você pode deixar algo intimidador mais fácil de encarar.

Vejamos as criptomoedas, por exemplo.

Guias para Iniciantes

Criptomoedas são um assunto altamente popular, mas também bastante complicado.

Se você conseguir criar um guia para iniciantes cheio de informações importantes que explique as etapas básicas necessárias para começar, ele pode funcionar como um trampolim para o sucesso.

Tenha em mente que um guia para iniciantes não é um guia definitivo; ele só precisa mostrar às pessoas como começar. 

Ao criar esse tipo de post, pode ser uma boa incluir instruções passo-a-passo; informações anteriores sobre conceitos básicos e links para informações detalhadas/avançadas. 

20. Estudos de Caso

Posts de primeira mão sobre estudos de caso são uma ótima maneira de aumentar sua autoridade e conseguir backlinks.

Às vezes é mais fácil aprender e absorver alguma coisa quando você vê como alguém a fez. Um estudo de caso documenta os passos de uma jornada para que o leitor veja o que foi feito. Você pode fazer você mesmo ou estudar o caso de outra pessoa. 

Mas não se trata necessariamente da pessoa; é mais sobre o processo. Você pode fazer estudos de caso sobre qualquer coisa, sejam negócios, exercícios físicos, SEO, dietas ou finanças pessoais. Alguns exemplos incluem:

  • Como eu economizei US$50.000 em seis meses
  • Como eu perdi 11kg em dois meses
  • O que eu fiz para aumentar minha energia em apenas quatro dias

Vamos usar um estudo de caso de SEO, por exemplo.

A Growth Machine fez um estudo de caso em que eles analisaram como eles foram de 0 a 150.000 visitantes mensais em apenas oito meses. Eles explicam todas as etapas necessárias para alcançar esse objetivo. 

Estudos de caso provam que determinadas coisas são possíveis. Uma coisa é dizer a alguém como fazer alguma coisa; outra bem diferente é mostrar que você a fez. Estudos de caso requerem bastante tempo e um investimento considerável, então eu não recomendaria essa estratégia até que seu blog esteja mais estabelecido.

Para fazer um post de estudo de caso:

  1. Pesquise questões/problemas comuns na sua área.
  2. Identifique aqueles que você tem os recursos para estudar. Por exemplo, que você tenha acesso aos dados (ou as ferramentas necessárias para obter esses dados), capacidade de fazer uma pesquisa sobre o assunto ou os recursos para realizar um estudo.
  3. Faça o estudo/análise e identifique as conclusões mais interessantes.
  4. Escreva um post com as suas constatações.
  5. Inclua a visualização dos dados.

21. Posts de Bastidores

Eu adoro empresas e marcas que mostram sua personalidade. Fazer um post sobre sua empresa, seus empregados ou você mesmo é uma ótima maneira de abrir as portas e mostrar aos leitores que você é uma pessoa de verdade.

Perfis de funcionários são uma forma de se fazer isso.

Posts de Bastidores

Isso não só faz com que o funcionário se sinta valorizado, mas também é ótimo para a consciência de marca e recrutamento. Esses tipos de posts também geram um monte de compartilhamentos nas redes sociais, o que pode criar novos relacionamentos. O Walmart fez isso com um artigo sobre diversidade cultural e inclusão.

22. Posts Com Testes e Pesquisas

Em 2022, 32% dos profissionais de marketing de conteúdo disseram esperar aumentar seus gastos para conhecer melhor seu público. Quer uma maneira melhor de fazer isso do que com testes?

Incluir testes nos posts do seu blog também é uma ótima forma de dar personalidade ao seu site. Por mais que as pessoas adorem ler seu conteúdo, ele pode se tornar monótono com o tempo. Conteúdo interativo como testes ou pesquisas podem manter os leitores engajados.

Além disso, testes podem ser uma ótima maneira de se capturar leads para aumentar sua lista de emails.

O BuzzFeed é conhecido por seus testes. Eles vão de encontrar a celebridade com quem você mais se parece até testes de compatibilidade. Descubra o que interessa ao seu público e crie um teste simples mas divertido para eles..

23. Posts Sobre Produtividade e Gerenciamento de Tempo

Você prefere ter mais tempo ou mais dinheiro? 80% dos adultos empregados dizem que prefeririam ter mais tempo. Você pode impactar a vida de alguém de forma significativa ajudando-o a maximizar suas 24 horas.

Você pode postar sobre assuntos como:

Não se esqueça de focar no seu nicho quando for escrever sobre poupar tempo. Se seu público é composto principalmente por mães de família, certifique-se de que as dicas se aplicam ao estilo de vida típico de uma mãe ocupada. Se seu público é de estudantes de faculdade, fale de coisas como locomoção, estudos, concentração e menos distrações.

24. Aborde Assuntos Controversos

Escrever artigos editoriais sobre assuntos controversos nem sempre é fácil, mas pode gerar atenção quando voltados para o público certo. Se você se interessa por política, igualdade de gênero, aborto, religião ou assuntos semelhantes, você pode escrever sobre esses assuntos. 

Escreva sobre o que está acontecendo atualmente com o assunto, o que está em alta e como isso tudo está impactando o país. Ao escrever sobre assuntos controversos, normalmente é melhor apresentar o assunto como um mediador neutro. Você está apenas levando a informação para as pessoas sem uma opinião. 

Claro, você pode se posicionar se quiser. A Equality Now se manifesta sobre assuntos como abuso sexual contra mulheres. Se essa é uma causa que você apoia ou pela qual se interessa, você pode escrever sobre ela no seu blog.

25. Posts Relacionados a Feriados Específicos

A internet tem sempre mais tráfego durante feriados. Em 2021, o tráfego aumentou 57% em um período de um ano.

Embora eu fale mais sobre escrever conteúdo atemporal, há algumas exceções – e conteúdo sobre feriados é uma delas. Você pode encontrar formas de incorporar conteúdo específico sobre feriados no seu nicho. Por exemplo, se você tem um blog sobre pesca, você pode escrever um artigo sobre os “melhores presentes para pesca.”

Independente do seu nicho, você pode encontrar uma maneira de escrever conteúdo sobre feriados. Você pode até focar em feriados menores, como dia dos namorados, dia das mães ou dia do trabalhador.

Se você é uma marca de e-commerce, pense em quais produtos que você vende são mais atraentes para as pessoas durante os feriados. Você também pode criar um post que fale sobre os produtos e as ofertas no seu mercado durante esses feriados. 

Ideias para Blogs – Perguntas Frequentes 

Sobre o que eu deveria postar em 2022?

Escreva sobre seus interesses, hobbies e área de especialidade. Tendências do mercado e guias de como fazer também fazem sucesso. Não há limites quando o assunto são ideias para blogs, então encontre algo que você adore e comece um blog sobre o assunto.

Eu deveria usar alguma ferramenta para ter ideias para o meu blog?

Sim, você precisa de ferramentas de pesquisa de palavras-chave como o Ubersuggest para te ajudar a desenvolver assuntos com um bom volume de busca. Se você está tendo dificuldades para fazer seu blog decolar, nós podemos ajudar

Quais ideias para blogs estão em alta no momento? 

Qualquer ideia para blog pode fazer sucesso com o público certo, mas blogs de estilo de vida, saúde e desenvolvimento, viagens e autocuidado são os nichos mais populares em 2022.

Quantas ideias para posts eu preciso ter? 

Eu recomendo fazer um planejamento de pelo menos um mês antes de começar. Isso vai garantir que você tenha um estoque de ideias se você se atrasar ou ficar preso em outros projetos.

Conclusão: Ideias para Blogs

Essa lista exaustiva de ideias para blogs deve te ajudar a decidir sobre o que escrever. Pegue algumas dessas ideias e planeje seu calendário de conteúdo. Não deixe de usar diferentes opções para que o conteúdo seja fresco e interessante para os seus leitores.

Lembre-se, ter ideias de assuntos é a parte difícil, mas coloque sempre seus interesses em primeiro lugar. Se você escrever sobre algo que você gosta, vai ser muito mais fácil escrever de forma consistente.

Ofereça valor para os seus leitores, faça a pesquisa de palavras-chave corretamente e sempre siga os princípios básicos de SEO.

De todas as ideias para blogs nesse guia, qual foi a sua preferida? Por quê? 

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Google Search Console: A Guide for SEOs (2022 Update)

Want to know how your SEO efforts are paying off?

Google provides a free tool called Google Search Console that offers a ton of detailed information about your site’s performance, security issues, errors, and more.

How does it work? That’s what we’re going to cover today.

What is Google Search Console?

Google Search Console is a suite of tools from Google that helps you track your site’s performance, find issues, and help your site rank higher in Google. It is a powerful, but complex, tool.

Back in 2010, we wrote a thorough beginner’s guide to Google Webmaster Tools. Since then, there have been significant changes to Google Webmaster Tools, including a rebranding as Google Search Console.

We’ve updated this guide to include how to use Google Search Console, what data you’ll find about your website, important data you might have forgotten about, and how to continually monitor for any issues that might affect your search engine rankings.

How to Set Up Google Search Console

If you haven’t already, the first thing you will need to do is set up your website with Google Search Console.

To do this, visit the Search Console website, sign in with your Google Account, preferably the one you are already using for Google Analytics.

Click the Start Now button to the lower left-side of the screen, and you’ll see this dialogue box:

An image of the google search console interface.

Select the URL prefix, as it gives you more options for verification.

Next, you will have to verify this site as yours.

Previously, this involved embedding code into your website header or upload an HTML file to your web server.

Now, if you already have Google Analytics, it automatically verifies your site for you and you will see this:

An image of the ownership verification message in google search console.

If this doesn’t work for you, use one of these other options for verification.

One of the newest verification options, DNS CNAME verification, is actually something that was in the old Google Webmaster Tools, but has been brought back for Google Search Console.

Once your site is verified, you will want to submit a sitemap if you have one available.

This is a simple XML file that will tell Google Search Console what pages you have on your website.

If you have one already, you can usually find it by typing in http://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml to see it in your browser.

To create a sitemap if you don’t already have one, you can use online tools like XML Sitemaps.

If you are running a website on your own domain using WordPress, you can install the Google XML Sitemaps plugin.

Once you have activated the plugin, look under your Settings in the WordPress dashboard and click on XML-Sitemap.

The plugin should have already generated your sitemap, so there’s nothing else you have to do.

You’ll find your URL at the very top of the page:

An image of a site URL in a sitemap.

Copy the link address and head back over to Google Search Console, then paste it under “Add a new site map” in GSC.

Adding a new sitemap in google search console.

It may take a few days for Search Console to start pulling information about your website.

Be sure to wait a bit, then keep reading to find out what else you can learn from Google Search Console!

What Data Can You Pull From Google Search Console?

Once you’ve added and verified your website, you’ll be able to see tons of information about your site performance in GSC.

Remember, this is a powerful tool; these are only the highlights of new types of data and the important data you should remember to check on occasionally.

Google Search Console Overview

An overview of google search console.

When you visit your website in GSC, you will first see your Overview.

This is an overview of the important data within Google Search Console. You can visit specific areas such as your Crawl Errors, Search Analytics, and Sitemaps from this screen by clicking on the applicable links.

You can also navigate to these areas using the menu in the left sidebar.

Search Results

In the left sidebar, you’ll see Search Results.

An image of the search results performance metrics in google search console.

This section gives you an overview of how your site appears in the Search Engine Results Page, including total clicks, impressions, position, click-through rate, and what queries your site shows up for.

The filters at the top allow you to sort data based on location, date, type of search, and much more. This data is crucial to understanding the impact of your SEO efforts.

Index Coverage Report

This report gives you data about the URLs Google has tried to index on your selected property and any problems Google has had.

As Googlebot crawls the internet, it processes each page it comes across to compile an index of every word it sees on every page.

It also looks at content tags and attributes like your titles or alt texts.

An image of the index coverage report in google search console.

This graph shows a breakdown of the URLs on your site that have been indexed by Google and can thus appear in search results.

As you add and remove pages, this graph will change with you.

Don’t worry too much if you have a smaller number of indexed pages than you think you should. Googlebot filters out the URLs it sees as a duplicate, non-canonical, or those with a no index meta tag.

You’ll also notice a number of URLs your robots.txt file has disallowed from crawling.

And you can also check how many URLs you’ve removed with the Removal Tool. This will most likely always be a low value.

 

Sitemaps

I mentioned sitemaps earlier, so I’ll cover this again in brief.

In GSC under Sitemaps, you will see information about your sitemap, including whether you have one and when it was last updated.

If you notice the last date your sitemap was downloaded is not recent, you might want to submit your sitemap to refresh the number of URLs submitted.

Otherwise, this helps you keep track of how Google is reading your sitemap and whether all your pages are viewed as you want them to be.

Removals

If for some reason you need to temporarily block a page from Google’s search results, head to Removals.

An image of the site removals function in google search console.

You can hide a page for approximately 90 days before this wears off.

If you want to permanently remove a page from Google’s crawling, you’ll have to do it on your actual website.

Core Web Vitals

Core Web Vitals are a set of metrics that impact your search ranking. They include speed, usability, and visual stability. These are now ranking signals, so you’ll want to pay attention to them.

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)

Accelerated Mobile Pages is an open-source initiative designed to provide fast-loading mobile websites that work with slow connection speeds.

You can go here to get started creating your first page if you don’t have one already.

You’ll get a boilerplate piece of code you can customize to your site.

A boilerplate piece of code.

To view pages in GSC, head to Enhancements > AMP.

Links to Your Site

Curious about your backlinks?

GSC shows you the domains that link to you the most as well as the pages on your website with the most links. Scroll down in the left side bar until you see Links. Click and you’ll see a full report of links to your site:

An image of the external and internal links to your site on google search console.

This is probably the most comprehensive listing of your backlinks (and internal links!) you will find, for free at least.

It’s a powerful tool to know where your content is being leveraged around the web, and what performs best in Google’s eyes.

Manual Actions

The Manual Actions tab is where you can find out if any of your pages are not compliant with Google’s webmaster quality guidelines.

It’s one of the ways that Google has taken action against web spamming.

Mobile Usability

On the Mobile Usability tab, you can make sure all your website’s pages are aligned with what Google considers best practice.

An image of the mobile usability tracking feature in google search console.

As you can see, you can have issues with text size, viewport settings, or even the proximity of your clickable elements.

Any of these problems, as well as other errors, can negatively affect your mobile site’s rankings and push you lower on the results page. Finding and fixing these errors will help your user experience and results.

While reviewing this information, I suggest that you also check your site’s mobile speed. I use Ubersuggest to do so.

The first thing you want to do is type your URL into the search box and click Search.

An image of the Ubersuggest home page.

After clicking the Search button, click Site Audit in the left sidebar and then scroll down the page until you seed Site Speed.

An image of the Ubersuggest site audit function.

You’ll see the site speed for both desktop and mobile devices. For the sake of this exercise, we’re more interested in mobile loading time. My site loads on mobile devices in two seconds, which scores in the excellent range.

In addition to overall site speed, there’s also an advanced breakdown for:

If you see any issues here, fix them immediately, and then re-test your site. It may be enough to improve your loading time.

Crawl Stats

For a more in-depth analysis of how often Googlebot is looking at your site, you can use the Crawl Stats report under Settings > Crawl stats.

Here, you’ll see how often your site’s pages are crawled, how many kilobytes are downloaded per day, and your site’s download times.

An image of crawl stats.
An image of the statistics on time spent downloading a page.

According to Google, there is no “good” crawl number, but they do have advice for any sudden spikes or drops in your crawl rates.

 

Fetch as Google (Now Called URL Inspection)

This tool is helpful as it lets you actually do a test run of how Google crawls and renders a specific URL on your site.

It’s a helpful way to make sure that Googlebot can access a page that might otherwise be left to guesswork.

An image of the URL inspection function of google search console.

If you’re successful, the page will render, and you’ll be able to see if any resources are blocked to Googlebot.

If you want access to the code of your site, click View Tested Page to see the HTML, a screenshot, and any crawl errors. (Note: Crawl errors used to be its own report; now it’s located in URL inspection under Coverage.)

When you get to the debugging point of web development, you can’t beat this free tool.

Robots.txt Tester

If you’re using a robots.txt file to block Google’s crawlers from a specific resource, this tool allows you to double-check that everything is working.

So if you have an image you don’t want to appear in a Google Image Search, you can test your robots.txt here to make sure that your image isn’t popping up where you don’t want it.

When you test, you’ll either receive an Accepted or Blocked message, and you can edit accordingly.

URL Parameters

Google themselves recommend using this tool sparingly, as an incorrect URL parameter can negatively impact how your site is crawled.

You can read more about how to properly use URL parameters from Google.

When you do use them, this tool will help you keep tabs on their performance and make sure they’re not pointing Googlebot in the wrong direction.

FAQs

What is Google Search Console?

What is Google Search Console?
The Google Search Console is a collection of tools that enables you to monitor the operation of your website, identify problems, and improve its Google ranking. It’s a free online tool Google offers with details about your website and the users who visit it.

How to Use Google Search Console

When learning how to use Google Search Console, first add your website to Google Search Console. Then, set up operations you want to look to consistently optimize. Next, submit a sitemap, and finally, learn metrics for refining and reporting purposes after putting the Google Search Console to work. 

How to Set Up Google Search Console

Start by signing into your Google Account, open Google Search Console, and add your site. Finally, add in your domain or URL prefix to verify your account and begin taking advantage of the features.  

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Conclusion

Google Search Console gives you powerful insights into how your site performs, as well as what you can do to keep Google’s attention. Once you have the basics down, learn how to use GSC data to increase your traffic by 28 percent or more.

Do you use Google Search Console? What areas do you find most useful? Please share your thoughts in the comments below, and happy data analyzing!

12 Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms to Use in 2022

Programmatic advertising platforms solve a problem for both publishers and advertisers.

For publishers, they help maximize advertising revenues by auctioning ad space to millions of advertisers worldwide. For advertisers, they expand reach and leverage data to target very specific audiences.

When done well, this means more profit for both groups, and who doesn’t like that?

What Are Programmatic Ad Platforms?

Programmatic ad platforms provide a real-time marketplace for buying and selling ad space. They link the millions of publishers to the marketers looking to place strategic ads across the internet.

All of this happens in the blink of an eye:

  1. A visitor arrives on a website.
  2. The publisher captures the impression and relevant data on the website visitor.
  3. Advertisers bid on the impression.
  4. The highest bidder places their ad.

You need some powerful software working in the background to make all this work. This is where programmatic ad platforms come in. The types of platforms are broken down into four categories: demand-side platforms, supply-side platforms, ad exchanges, and data management platforms.

The supply-side platforms work for the publishers, collecting data and serving it to the ad exchanges. The ad exchanges then serve this information to demand-side platforms that work on behalf of advertisers, creating an auction for each ad impression.

Collecting data on each ad impression allows publishers to sell ad space to the highest bidder, and allows advertisers to be extremely targeted with their advertising (here’s how you can identify who to target).

This has been an extremely successful formula as spending on programmatic advertising has pushed well past $155 billion a year and continues to grow.

Benefits of Using Programmatic Ads Platforms

Why do advertisers love programmatic ads platforms?

  • huge reach
  • detailed targeting
  • efficiency
  • flexible and scalable

There are many benefits, but the most crucial is the ability to scale. The best programmatic advertising platforms give you instant access to millions of publishers around the world, allowing you to reach your target audience wherever they are.

This is one of the reasons 76 percent of marketing professionals are using programmatic advertising to some extent.

Reaching out to all the different sites manually would take a lifetime, but with programmatic advertising, it happens in real-time.

Of course, not every publishing site serves your target audience, so one of the most important elements of programmatic ads platforms is the ability to reach an extremely targeted audience in real-time. These platforms run ads on a huge scale, collecting a lot of data that is leveraged to improve ad performance.

When you work with a programmatic ads platform, you’re able to set specific parameters for where you serve ads and who you serve them to. This is a huge advantage.

In fact, 73 percent of marketers believe audience targeting is the most effective tactic for programmatic advertising.

Access to so much data also allows you to become more efficient. Everything happens in real-time, so you’re not working on outdated information or paying for ads based solely on historical trends. You’re making a specific bid for that exact impression using a highly attuned algorithm, taking your efficiency to a new level.

Lastly, the instant nature of programmatic ads platforms makes them easily scalable. You have no long-term agreements with publishers, so you can adjust your ad spend according to your needs.

Say you want to run a quickfire sale. You can use programmatic advertising platforms to immediately boost your reach while reaching the exact audience you specify.

Types of Programmatic Ads

There are five key types of programmatic ads:

1. Display ads: Ads placed in the header, footer, and sidebar of a publisher site.

Types of Programmatic Ads - Display Ads

2. Video ads: These ads appear in a video, either before the video begins (pre-roll), during the video (mid-roll), or when the video ends (post-roll).

Types of Programmatic Ads - Video Ads

3. Social ads: Ads are automatically served on social media using the platform’s data.

Types of Programmatic Ads - Social Ads

4. Audio ads: Ads served in audio content such as podcasts.

5. Native ads: These are ads that follow the form of the content they’re shown in, for example, in content ads, or a promoted listing on Amazon.

Types of Programmatic Ads - Native Ads

When shown on a publisher site, all of these types of programmatic ads tend to be referred to as display ads, but in the programmatic ads platforms, there is a difference.

Most advertisers look to use a mixture of these formats, but you can adapt your approach to fit your target audience.

12 Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms

Programmatic advertising is everywhere and nearly every advertiser is using it, even if we don’t realize it. While your mind might be drawn to a few well-known big players, there are lots of programmatic advertising platforms out there, each with its specialties.

Here’s a look at the 12 best programmatic advertising platforms.

1. PubMatic

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - PubMatic

PubMatic offers comprehensive solutions for both publishers and marketers, making it a complete programmatic ad platform.

Features include a private marketplace of high-quality ad inventory, a wide range of ad formats and channels, powerful real-time analytics, and fraud-free program refunds to protect against fraudulent activity.

With over 1.2 trillion ad bids per day, PubMatic is certainly popular, and its excellent supply of high-quality ad spots is frequently cited.

2. MediaMath

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - MediaMath

MediaMath is well known for its end-to-end campaign management and omnichannel ad campaigns, and it’s trusted by over 3,500 advertisers.

It’s particularly good at data integration, allowing advertisers to reach their most valuable customers through the MediaMath audience feature. With ad options for display, native, video, audio, and Digital Out of Home ads, every base is covered.

Known for great service and support, the MediaMath team is there to help marketers get the most out of their campaigns.

3. Google Ad Manager

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - Google Ad Manager

Google Ad Manager is a massive programmatic advertising platform working on the supply-side to monetize publishers’ content.

Nearly 75 percent of ad impressions served in the U.S. are through Google Ad Manager, which makes it a powerful partner for reaching your audience, no matter where they hang out online.

The great thing about Google Ad Manager is it’s incredibly easy for publishers to get set up and start serving ads. It offers good tools and analytics, but it’s not always known for providing the best value (RPM).

4. Adobe Advertising Cloud

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - Adobe Advertising Cloud

Adobe is a huge name in software and also provides one of the best programmatic advertising platforms in Adobe Advertising Cloud.

It specializes in connected TV, video, display, native, audio, and search campaign ads to offer advertisers a complete solution. With a focus on people-based marketing and inventory management, it’s a great tool to maximize return on your budget.

The user interface does take some learning, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a great platform to help you maximize your return on ad spend.

5. War Room

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - War Room

War Room brings together the power of advanced programmatic technology and human insights to deliver search, display, social, video, native, audio, shopping, and even Metaverse advertising.

With access to over 90,000 premium ad networks, it has something to offer advertisers of all sizes.

6. AdRoll

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - AdRoll

AdRoll is powered by 15 plus years of data collected from working with over 120,000 brands. It’s quick to set up and easy to use, offering high-quality ad templates to help you get started immediately.

One of the key benefits of AdRoll is its solid audience targeting, with options for contextual, lookalike, demographic, and interest-based campaigns.

It prides itself on maximizing returns for businesses of all sizes, from global corporations right down to the one-person marketing teams.

7. Amobee

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - Amobee

Amobee brings together different types of programmatic ads to create a complete advertising campaign. With ad options for TV, connected TV, digital, and social, advertisers can engage their target audiences in a truly omnichannel strategy.

With a great understanding of how people consume content across different platforms, Amobee can help advertisers to coordinate their campaigns to achieve maximum results.

8. SmartyAds

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - SmartyAds

SmartyAds’ programmatic ads platform offers a full stack of services for both advertisers and publishers. Its core aim is to simplify advertising, allowing businesses to prioritize who they trade with.

For advertisers, it’s an excellent tool to improve CTRs and boost conversions, while it also helps publishers achieve higher yields and fill rates, and improve engagement.

SmartyAds has over 500 million monthly impressions in North America alone, so it’s a popular option for both advertisers and publishers.

9. Criteo

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - Criteo

Criteo works largely on the supply side, helping publishers to create more revenue from their content.

It works with social media, video, display, web, and mobile ads to help small publishers monetize their content. Using large-scale purchase and intent data and the power of AI, it improves ad returns for over 685 million daily active users.

10. Xandr

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - Xandr

Xandr is responsible for 6.7 billion ad impressions daily and works with over 193,000 brands. It offers both demand and supply services and functions as an ad exchange for a variety of different ad types.

One of the most impressive features of Xandr is its incredible data, which allows advertisers to enhance their buying strategies. It offers an easy-to-use interface and has all the tools advertisers need to optimize campaigns.

11. Lotame

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - Lotame

Lotame is primarily an ad exchange, helping advertisers connect with consumers across browsers and mobile CTV.

It offers excellent audience management tools, using data to onboard, analyze and model customer segments. Using publishers’ data, the platform enriches audience segments, allowing advertisers to buy off-the-shelf segments to optimize their marketing reach.

Lotame prides itself as being future-proof in a cookieless world, which is a great selling point for today’s businesses

12. The Trade Desk

Best Programmatic Advertising Platforms - The Trade Desk

The Trade Desk is an ad exchange that allows publishers to sell targeted ad space to advertisers around the world. It’s an ideal platform to collect, manage, and activate data all in one place.

A key feature of The Trade Desk is its ability to use lookalike modeling to help advertisers reach new, targeted audiences to expand their market share.

With access to high-quality audiences from a vast list of data providers, it’s a highly rated programmatic advertising platform.

Programmatic Ad Platforms Frequently Asked Questions

Is Google Ads a programmatic ads platform?

Google ads is a programmatic ads platform working on the demand side. It provides a platform for advertisers to bid on advertising space in real-time, creating an auction and awarding the impression to the best bid.

Does Facebook have a programmatic ads platform?

Facebook offers a demand-side programmatic ads platform much like Google Ads. It sells advertising space in real-time, creating an auction for each impression.

How do programmatic ad platforms work?

Programmatic ad platforms bring together the publisher selling advertising space and the advertiser who wants to buy that ad space. They facilitate real-time auctions where advertisers bid on each impression, taking a cut of the winning bid and paying out the remainder to the publisher.

How much do programmatic advertising platforms cost?

Programmatic advertising platforms take a commission on the sale of each impression. This is usually between 10 and 20 percent.

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Programmatic ads platforms are an essential tool in modern advertising. They create a bridge between publishers and sellers, allowing both parties to negotiate a price for ads in real-time.

By collecting data from thousands of websites, these platforms allow advertisers to target detailed audiences and ensure they spend ad budgets on the right ads.

The world of online advertising is constantly changing, so working with a good programmatic ads platform is a great way of future-proofing your marketing and staying a step ahead.

What’s your experience with programmatic ad platforms? Are there other platforms you love that didn’t make the list?

Marketing Automation: What is it, Examples & Tools [2022]

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Marketing is important to your business.

Just call me Captain Obvious.

However, as customers evolve, so does the unpredictable marketing landscape.

This means you’re likely spending more and more time trying to keep up with the latest marketing tips and trends.

That’s wasting your precious time that you could use for other tasks.

What if there was a way to simplify? Or even automate those tasks altogether?

No, I’m not just talking about emails.

Keeping up with what you should be measuring or targeting can be exhausting, difficult, and time-consuming.

But marketing automation tools make your job a little more painless, so you and your team can focus your time and attention on other efforts that drive revenue.

Luckily for you, I’ve compiled a list of the best marketing automation tools with countless features and automated workflows that will make marketing less of a headache.

Here are 20+ tools (in no particular order) that you should try out if you’re looking for new, easy ways to streamline marketing functions.

What is Marketing Automation?

Marketing automation is the act of using software and technology to create and implement applications to automate repetitive tasks, such as (yes) email marketing, ad campaigns, tracking, and much more.

For example, brands could create an automatic lead generation funnel that gathers an email address, sends a recorded demo, then invites the prospect to schedule a live demo.

Marketing automation is not a nice-to-have strategy you can ignore — the industry is expected to be worth more than 25 billion dollars by 2023.

If you want to compete, you need to be using marketing automation.

The good news? Using marketing automation can save you time, money, and improve your marketing efficiency. Here are a few ways to add it to your strategy.

1. Let Constant Contact Deliver Powerful Emails Simply and Easily

Constant Contact is an extremely useful email marketing automation tool that has powerful automation capabilities to take your marketing beyond just the basics.

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Its autoresponder is wonderfully adaptable. You can build welcome sequences, drip campaigns, and any other sort of automated email campaign with fine-tuned customization.

That applies to everything: timing, volume, subject matter, targeting, triggering, and even the content in your emails.

Plus, Constant Contact allows you to quickly embed custom forms on your landing pages. So, you not only get names and email addresses, but any other information you want to ask for.

Thus, you can send one welcome sequence to new senior VP-level subscribers, another one for sales folks, another one for regular Joes, and on and on. And that’s just on the basis of job title. You could thin slice on anything from where they live to their favorite kind of beer.

Make it as granular and intricate as you’d like. Set long-tail, automated campaigns for each track and let Constant Contact do the hard work for you over weeks or months. All you have to do is look at the reports and keep a finger on the pulse.

You’ll need Constant Contact’s Plus plan to really reap the benefits of the platform’s email automation. That starts at $45/month for up to 500 contacts in your list, scaling upward at increments of $25-$30 for each additional 2,500 contacts you need to accommodate.

2. Gain Opportunities on Abandoned Carts and After Purchase with Sendinblue

Marketing automation is a massive tool for ecommerce. With Sendinblue, you can close the gaps that allow sales opportunities to slip through your grasp.

And it’s a piece of cake to set up. Sendinblue comes with powerful automation capabilities out of the box. You can build your own automation workflows, but the platform comes with eight helpful, prebuilt options for ecommerce.

The two I love best are triggered by either a completed purchase on your web store or an abandoned cart.

In either case, Sendinblue sets up the first and last actions in a three-step automation: the trigger event (either completed checkout or a visitor leaves with items in their cart) and the action (send them a message).

You’ll determine the delay between the trigger event and when you want the email to be sent out and build out the message in those follow-up emails. The latter can entail offering a promo code to complete their purchase or for their next one, personalized reminders about the product they’re interested in, or a satisfaction survey, to name a few examples.

In minutes, you can have automations set up to generate sales from situations you may not have been able to capitalize on before.

Sendinblue offers automations on every plan, including their free forever package, but the tiers below Premium will limit you to targeting up to 2,000 contacts.

Try out Sendinblue’s free plan and see how easy it is to gain ecommerce opportunities through automation.

3. Automatically Engage and Grow Your Following on Instagram with MobileMonkey

MobileMonkey is a powerful Instagram automation tool that lets you automate everything from replying to comments, stories, and even direct messaging.

This is a huge advantage for busy marketers looking to get back more time in their day through automation.

And don’t forget the power of automation to grow your audience, your brand affinity, and your conversions from hot engagement channels like Instagram.

MobileMonkey Instagram marketing tools let you automate:

  • Replies to DMs
  • DM replies to Story Mentions
  • DM replies to post comments

And if you really want to juice the Instagram marketing funnel, set up drip campaigns to send timed follow-up messages to anyone who starts a messaging convo with you.

The Instagram follow-ups feature, which is included in InstaChamp as well as the multi-channel MobileMonkey messaging automation suite (along with messaging tools for Facebook Messenger, SMS, and web chat) is a convenient way to send offers and promotions to anyone who DMs your Instagram.

Best of all, these Instagram DM automations are 100% Instagram-approved because MobileMonkey is one of the only official partners for Facebook and Instagram marketing automation.

4. Generate Leads, Close Seals, and Manage Your Pipeline on Auto-Pilot With HubSpot

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HubSpot is an inbound marketing tool with the goal of turning outbound leads into inbound ones.

It’s perfect for content marketing.

Their Starter package is $45 a month for all the free tools plus simple automation, conversation routing, task queues, and email support.

Their Professional Plan starts at $450 per month, which provides everything in the Starter package, plus marketing automation, goal-based nurturing, and custom workflows.

You also get Salesforce integration, smart content, attribution reporting, user roles, A/B testing for CTAs, and A/B testing for emails.

Enterprise pricing is $1,200 and includes revenue reporting, custom-event reporting, custom-event automation triggers, predictive-lead scoring, contacts and company reporting, and event-based segmentation are included.

5. Use Customer.io to Automate Timely Emails

Customer.io lets you send targeted messages to your customers that you can craft based on how they interact with your business.

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The best part about this tool is that it integrates with your mobile app or website so you can see data in real-time and triggers actions by adding in predefined rules.

Basically, it makes personalized messages simple.

Other features include A/B testing, conversion tracking, customer profiles, and in-context conversations.

Pricing starts at $150 per month for unlimited emails, SMS, tracking, and technical support. Their Premium plan costs $995 a month and includes all the basic features plus dedicated customer service rep, onboarding, HIPPPA compliance, and premium tech support.

6. Supercharge Your Marketing Analytics Automatically With Pardot

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Pardot, a Salesforce company, is a marketing automation suite perfect for boosting your revenue.

Amp up your engagement with CRM integration, email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and ROI reporting.

This tool is perfect for helping sales teams shorten sales cycles.

Their Growth plan pricing is $1,250 per month, and features include email marketing, in-depth prospect tracking, lead nurturing, and lead scoring and grading.

You also get ROI reporting, forms and landing pages, and standard CRM integration.

Their Plus plan is $2,500 per month and includes all standard features plus advanced email analytics, email-rendering preview, and spam analysis.

Email and landing page A/B testing, advanced dynamic content, and Google AdWords integration are all included.

You also get API access, multiple scoring categories, an integrated marketing calendar, and social profiles.

Advanced pricing is $4,000 per month and includes pro features as well as customer-user roles, custom-object integration, and API access for up to 100,000 calls per day.

It also includes a dedicated IP address and phone support.

7. Use AdRoll to Automate Ad Campaigns

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AdRoll is helpful for retargeting customers through re-engagement on Facebook, Twitter, and the web.

With cross-device and cross-platform retargeting capabilities as well as flexible segmentation, you can provide customized experiences that dramatically improve marketing efficiency.

Key features include retargeting across devices and platforms, dynamic LiquidAds, flexible segmentation, transparent analytics, and expert optimization and conversion reporting.

AdRoll offers a free plan with limited features, or you can get their Growth plan for $19 a month.

9. Automatically Nurture Leads With Marketo

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This marketing software lets you drive revenue with lead management, mobile marketing, and more.

Marketo, an Adobe company, is a cloud-based tool for companies large and small that not only helps build customer relationships but helps you sustain them.

There are no set-up fees, and the tool comes with a free trial, so you don’t have to commit until you’re sure it’s right for you.

Their first product was “Lead Management” in 2006, but the company has grown tremendously since then and now offers a larger variety of features.

9. Automate Inbound Call Analytics with Dialog Tech (Invoca)

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Dialog Tech (now called Invoca) is great for voice-based marketing automation so you can boost ROI with call automation and analytics.

You can optimize voice interactions with Dialog Tech’s tools by measuring your success and adjusting accordingly.

Features include keyword call-tracking, phone surveys, caller-profile data, reverse lookup, conversation analytics, in-call scoring, geolocation routing, voice broadcasts, SMS, and more.

Keyword call tracking is a game-changer for voice interactions.

Otherwise, you really have no way of tracking that kind of data over the phone yourself unless you’re manually recording calls and playing them back later.

Even then, you’d have to manually track how those customers reacted after hearing certain keywords.

Unfortunately, they don’t publish their pricing. So you’ll have to get in touch with them to get a quote.

10. Deliver Personalized Campaigns Across Multiple Channels With Oracle Eloqua

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Oracle’s B2B cross-channel marketing solution Oracle Eloqua lets marketers plan automated campaigns while simultaneously personalizing them.

The company was launched in 1999 with the goal of boosting lead generation.

Now, the tool has grown into an effective personalization device across various channels like email, video, and mobile.

Oracle Eloqua will give you all of the lead-management tools you need and segment your audience in specific ways to get them to buy.

Plus, you can track reports and insights into a buyer’s journey with just a few clicks.

They no longer list their pricing online, but previous plans started around $2,000 a month.

11. Track Marketing Interactions Across All Channels With Bizible

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Bizible closes the gap between sales and marketing.

You can maximize AdWords ROI and use multichannel tracking to get a full picture of both sales and marketing metrics.

Big features include keyword-level metrics for AdWords as well as metrics for campaigns and ad content, UTM parameters, detailed lead history, custom reports, and integrations.

Bizable was purchased by Adobe, and now exists as a product under Marketo. You’ll need to reach out for a quote and more information.

12. Let Act-On Seamlessly Nurture Inbound and Outbound Leads

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Act-On’s cloud-based platform lets you connect inbound and outbound leads to manage your nurturing programs. There are tons of other helpful features too, like landing page design.

With this tool, you can take your revenue to the next level.

The company was founded in 2008 and first sold software through Cisco exclusively.

The professional package starts out at $900 per month for 2,500 active contacts, 3 marketing users, and 50 users in sales. You’ll get 30,000 API calls-per-day.

Enterprise pricing is $2,000 per month for 2,500 active contacts, 6 marketing users, and 100 sales users. You’ll also get 30,000 API calls-per-day with this feature.

13. Automate the Customer Journey With LeadSquared

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LeadSquared, founded in 2012, helps small and medium companies align their marketing and sales efforts.

Capture leads from inbound email, online campaigns, phone calls, your website, chat, and more with this tool.

LeadSquared offers a free trial, and pricing for automation plans starts out at $400 for the basic package (10,000 contacts).

The cost is $1200 for the standard one (20,000 contacts) and $2500 for the enterprise package (200,000 contacts).

14. Get CRM, Sales, and Marketing Tools Automated Together with Keap

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Keap (formerly Infusion Soft) is for you if you want to get organized, increase sales, and save time.

Don’t we all?

If you’re a small business owner or blogger, this tool is perfect for you.

Keap makes it simple to create a new sales or marketing strategy and execute it so that you can capture and close sales more quickly.

Save time by automating repetitive tasks like follow-ups, billing, contact management, and payments.

Pricing starts at $79 for Lite plan, $159 for their Pro plan, and $199 for their Max plan. Each package covers 500 contacts, with additional costs for additional contacts or users.

15. Grow, Engage, and Acquire Customers with Genoo‘s WPMktgEngine

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WPMktgEngine is a WordPress plugin designed to help small businesses implement marketing automation.

Capture lead forms, profile customers, and create new landing pages to drive results fast.

Key features include a centralized lead database with unlimited leads, landing page design, CMS, lead activity tracking, SEO analysis, and more.

Their Conversion Pro package starts at $166 per month for up to 15,000 leads. The Engage Pro package starts at $83/month for 5,00 leads, and their Inbound Pro packages starts at $44 per month for up to 2,500 leads

16. Attract, Capture, and Streamline Leads With Sugar Market

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Salesfusion (now called Sugar Market) is another tool that helps B2B companies link sales and marketing more closely together.

The truth is, 70 percent of the buying cycle is complete before the customer ever contacts sales.

Sugar Market helps businesses build revenue funnels by creating custom digital conversations that marketing and sales representatives can use to convert customers.

The tools help your team say the right thing to the right leads at the right time and includes all the CRM features you could ever need.

Pricing depends on the number of contacts you want but begins at $1,000 per month for 10,000 contacts.

17. Segment and Automate Customer Experiences Using iContact

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iContact provides marketing-automation software, email marketing services, and more so that your team can drive successful results every time.

Integrate landing pages, email marketing, social media management, and analytics together to outsmart your competition and reach more contacts.

Plus, you’ll have access to strategic advisors who can help you “optimize your sending strategy and inbox delivery for maximum conversions.”

This is the tool for you if you’re looking to grow your business and become notable in your industry.

Pricing depends on your number of contacts, but you can easily select your list size.

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iContact is a minimum of $15 per month for 1500 contacts for the basic Email Marketing package, and $30 per month for 500 contacts for the Pro package.

The Pro package includes features not available with the basic Email Marketing package, such as:

  • Email, automation, and landing page reporting
  • Unlimited landing page creation
  • Custom API
  • Smart sending
  • Automation followups
  • Welcome, birthday, and event eries
  • Segmentation
  • Behavioral targeting
  • Social monitoring

18. Get BuzzBuilder Pro to Automate Cold Email Campaigns

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BuzzBuilder Pro is useful for entrepreneurs, sales teams, and marketers. Find prospects, generate leads, and nurture them more easily.

Key features include advanced email marketing automation, a website form builder, tracking and analytics, lead nurturing, scoring and ranking, social media marketing, and hot-lead alerts.

You will need to call for detailed pricing information.

19. Create Automated Marketing Workflows With Net-Results

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Net-Results helps to automate almost every kind of marketing task imaginable.

Their goal is to help you save time while allowing you to better uncover and nurture leads so that your revenue will grow quickly.

Features include an email builder, form builder, landing-page builder, campaign builder, and A/B-test builder. Nurture leads, automate workflows, and more.

Pricing ranges start at $800 per month for 2,500 contacts and go up from there.

20. Streamline and Simplify Marketing Automation With GreenRope

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GreenRope is “the ultimate dashboard for your business.”

This tool is useful for completing marketing automation and CRM all in one place.

Manage operations, sales, and marketing all from one dashboard that will help you visualize your performance and make key business decisions.

Features include interaction tracking, event and project management, calendar booking, SMS marketing, surveys, video tracking, and predictive analysis.

You can also trigger automation, lead scoring, analysis, prediction, and engagement.

Pricing starts at $99 per month for 500 contacts and goes up to $799 per month for up to 50,00 contacts.

21. Deliver Automated Email Campaigns Using MailChimp

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With intelligent email marketing features, it’s hard not to love MailChimp.

This tool is perfect for contacting prospects or customers who are vital to your success. If you need an effective email tool, this is one you should definitely check out.

Features include email marketing automation, personalized emails, automated welcome emails, behavioral targeting, engagement monitoring, and more.

With this tool, you can trigger emails based on actions like sign-up date and website activity.

The cost is free for up to 2,000 contacts, and upwards of $425 or more per month depending on your total number of subscribers.

22. Automate Marketing Processes with Gliffy

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Create organizational charts, high-quality flowcharts, UML diagrams, network diagrams, technical drawings, wireframes, and more with Gliffy.

It works in your web browser to help you visualize workflows and boost marketing productivity.

Key features include workflow organization, an intuitive interface, collaboration with anyone with access to a web browser, and more.

The best part? They have a free trial!

23. Use Inbound Marketing Automation with Jumplead

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Jumplead turns website visitors into leads and then nurtures them until they become paying customers.

Jumplead is a go-to source for everything from lead tracking to CRM, analytics, and automation.

Features include lead tracking, CRM, behavior-triggered actions, email marketing, landing pages, and analytics.

The cost is free for 200 visitors and goes up from there. The pro package is $199 per month for 20,000 visitors.

Bonus: Add fresh data to your marketing campaign with DataForSEO

DataForSEO provides “comprehensive SEO data via API at a predictable price.”.

While they mostly work with SEO providers, you can use their data to juice up your marketing efforts.

Here’s a list of API’s DataForSEO provides:

  • Rank tracking API
  • SERP API
  • Keywords data API
  • Competitor API
  • OnPage API
  • Keyword finder API

Marketing Automation FAQ

What is marketing automation?

A strategy that uses software that creates “rules,” which allows brands to create an efficient, often hands-off marketing process.

What are the benefits of marketing automation?

Automation allows you to get more done in less time, improve effectiveness, and provides access to far more data. For small or streamlined teams, it is ideal.

Are there any free marketing automation tools?

Some tools offer a free trial or free plan, including MailChimp, HubSpot, and Zoho.

What can I do with marketing automation?

A ton! You can automate email campaigns, reporting, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and much more.

Marketing Automation Conclusion

Good marketing has the ability to set you apart from your competition.

However, it can be hard to keep up with what marketing strategies work and which ones don’t.

Even when you do, it’s hard to focus on all of them at once. You don’t always have the time or energy to do it. Neither do I.

Thankfully, marketing automation tools exist to make marketing easier for you and your team.

By automating, you can spend your time and attention focusing on other efforts that will increase your company’s success.

Try out some of these marketing automation tools based on your needs and budget.

Kick back as they streamline your processes for you.

Then, pick your favorites and stick with them.

What marketing automation tools are you using?

Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022

Welcome to Your Guide to Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022

Do you want to know how to build business credit with EIN to get the financing you need to run your business? Your business setup is key. And records consistency matters. The steps to building business credit  in 2022 are in this particular order for a good reason.

You Probably Need to Learn the Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022 if…

You’ve ever tried to get credit for your business but were turned down. Or you’ve heard of building business credit with EIN, but you don’t quite know where or how to start. Or you’re tired of bootstrapping your business and want it to start funding itself. And you’re ready to take your business to the next level.

Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022, Fundability™, and Your Business

Business credit is credit in the name of a business. It relates to the company’s ability to pay its bills, and not the owner’s personal credit history. It is also a great way to start to get your business to pull its own weight and fund itself.

Your business’s bill-paying behavior is crucial to getting business financing at good terms, and if you can get business funding at all.

Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022 and Fundability™

Fundability is the ability of a business to get funding. A lot of this power is in your hands. You can make life easier for your business and yourself, or not. Fundability is all about paying attention to details.

Continue the Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022 by Building For Fundability

A business starts with no credit profile. As a result, what’s on an application is all that’s reviewed for approvals. So your application must be strong. For businesses where the owners have poor personal credit, what’s on the application is also key. These businesses don’t seem Fundable to lenders, so build Fundability from the start. Laying a strong and proper foundation helps your business make it.

Business Name

We start with your steps to building business credit in 2022 with your business name. This is because it leads to so many other details. Check with your Secretary of State—a business name may have to be unique. Make sure your SOS has all necessary information for your company, and that it’s up to date and correct. You want to be in good standing with them, and your entity must be active. You must file annual reports and pay a fee each year to stay active.

Keep the name of a high-risk or restricted industry out of your business name. Your business can be Juan’s rather than Juan’s Consulting. There is nothing underhanded about this—it is open and honest. It can help prevent a denial from a lender.

Records Uniformity

A common reason for loan and credit card denials is the lender can’t find a business offline or online. So make it simple for lenders and credit issuers to find your business.

This means the business name on your application must match what’s online and in your Secretary of State listing. Yes, you’re going for a perfect match. Make sure it matches corporation papers, licenses, utility statements, and bank statements. Also make sure the business name and all other information is the same on every online listing you find.

This even includes using the word ‘and’ or an ampersand (&). Pick one and stick with it! Why? Lenders and credit issuers interpret differences as fraud. Keep records of where your business name is, to be sure you catch everything. And if you ever change your business name, make sure to change it everywhere.

Business Address

Your business address must be a real brick and mortar building. That is, it has got to be deliverable physical address. This can never be a UPS box or a PO Box. Some lenders don’t approve and fund unless this criterion is met.

If you want to look like a larger business than you are, use a virtual address. This can also be a good idea to hold meetings or interviews. It’s a lot more professional than doing this on your front stoop. We like Regus, Davinci, and Alliance Virtual Offices. But at least one credit issuer doesn’t accept virtual addresses.

EIN

Get a free EIN for your business at IRS.gov. Much like you have a Social Security Number, your business has an EIN. Use your EIN to open a bank account and to build a business credit profile. Take the time to verify all agencies, banks, and trade credit vendors list your business with the same Tax ID number.

Business Entity

To get financing or credit for your business you must have a business entity. Often, a corporation or LLC business entity gives you more credibility. And corporate entities by default reduce your personal liability. Other entities (like partnerships) don’t. This is because incorporating creates a separate legal entity. You must file this with the Secretary of State for your state. Make sure your entity is set up in the same state as your business address.

Industry and Risk

An early step to Fundability is setting the industry your business is in. Some industries are riskier than others. With traditional funding sources, added risk can mean stricter underwriting guidelines or even no funding at all. Risky industries tend to be where chances of personal injury or property damage are high. Or there are a lot of cash transactions, or the revenue stream is unstable. Or there’s a low barrier to entry (so owners may not be skilled or experienced). Weapons manufacturing, gas stations, and consulting all fill the bill.

Why Risk Matters

The biggest reason why risk matters has to do with funding. Lenders may hesitate to do business with high risk businesses. So, those businesses must find other solutions for financing. These can include crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital, building credit for business and more. Still, a lot of businesses would rather work with lenders.

NAICS Codes

Choose NAICS codes for your business at the IRS website. Federal statistical agencies use these codes to classify business establishments. This is to collect, analyze, and publish data, on the American business economy. NAICS codes also identify businesses which are high risk. The IRS, lenders, banks, insurance companies, and business CRAs use them. Note: the NAICS list of high risk industries is old and there are no plans to update it.

Of course you want to be honest when choosing your NAICS code. But if more than one can apply, you need not choose the one that’s higher risk. So it pays to check and be careful when choosing. If only high risk codes work, you can change your business, to match a related but lower risk code. There is nothing underhanded or dishonest about doing this.

Business Phone and 411 Listing

Toll-free phone numbers are best. Lenders see them as a sign of business credibility. For a single owner with a home-based business, this makes the company seem bigger. It’s easy and inexpensive to set up a virtual local phone number or a toll free 800 number. Use VoIP (voice over internet protocol) to have the number ring on any cell phone or landline.

If you don’t want customers calling your home all day, don’t use a personal cell or residential phone as a business phone number. It also helps with Fundability to have a dedicated business phone number. Your phone number must have a listing with 411 for most credit issuers and lenders to approve you. Check if your record has a listing and make sure your info is accurate. No record? Then use ListYourself.net to get a listing.

Business Licenses

Contact state, county, and city government offices. See if there are any necessary licenses and permits to operate your type of business. Licensing requirements differ, depending on state, town, and industry. Being licensed builds credibility in your business. This can help you get more customers.

Web Domain and Professional Website

Lenders and credit issuers research your corporation on the internet. It is best if they learn everything straight from your corporate website. Not having a company website can hurt your chances of getting corporate credit. It should be professional, with helpful info for anyone finding your business online.

Buy web hosting from a hosting company. Your domain should be your business name, if possible. You need a company email address for your business. This email must be on the same domain as your website. Use a professional email address like yourname@yoursite.com. This is professional and helps your chances for approval from a credit issuer. Do not use Yahoo, AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, or similar kinds of email.

Business Bank Account in the Business’s Name

This is one of the more crucial steps to building business credit in 2022. You must have a bank account devoted to nothing but your business. The IRS does not want you commingling funds. Make accounting easier and reduce the risk of audit at tax time. Keep personal and business funds separate. A separate bank account makes it easy.

Being able to offer more bank account records helps you get larger business loans. It helps to increase your borrowing potential.

Business Merchant Account

Opening a business merchant account is a smart way to help your business. Now your business can accept credit and debit cards. Studies show that customers spend more if they can pay by card. This also increases your finance options. It tends to be more secure, too.

Get Set Up with Business Credit Reporting Agencies

To start really establishing business credit, go to D&B’s website and look for your business. If you can’t find it, get a free D-U-N-S number on the D&B site. A D-U-N-S number + 3 payment experiences leads to a PAYDEX score. You need a D-U-N-S number to start building business credit. Once in D&B’s system, search Experian and Equifax’s sites for your business. Now that your business is all set up, it’s time to start building business credit.

Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022 from the Ground Up

The steps to building business credit in 2022 lead directly here. Start with vendor accounts. This is a proven way to start building business credit. Each of these steps to establish business credit, and every credit issuer can help your business. It’s meant to help you qualify for business credit cards with EIN only that you’ll want to use. This isn’t building for the sake of building or to increase a number. These credit issuers have what your business needs to succeed. Keep building–your time in business helps.

Starter Vendor Credit

Starter vendors are open to working with most businesses, even startups. Make sure vendors report to the CRAs—many do not. Vendors that report do so within 60 days. They help you build your business credit profile and score.

Terms vary depending on the vendor, but they tend to be Net 30. This means you have 30 days to pay in full. At least one doesn’t accept virtual offices. And you often need a D-U-N-S and an EIN at least. But you don’t need collateral, good personal credit, or cash flow.

Business Credit Building with Vendor Accounts

One of the best things about vendor credit is that it’s often not from a bank. As a result, 31 CFR § 1010.230 (a 2018 federal regulation) does not apply. It requires that anyone in a business with at least a 25% stake or control must provide their Social Security number on a loan application. No Social Security Number means issuers must decide on your credit application with EIN instead of SSN. For any SSN field if you’re not including your SSN, don’t put ANY other number in there. That violates two federal laws!

Add payment experiences from three vendors. Once they report to business CRAs like Dun & Bradstreet, you start qualifying for more credit. But keep in mind, any cards issued by banks fall under federal regulations.

For starter vendors, check out our starter vendor research. And for the most up to date info, confirm on the vendors’ sites.

Business Credit Cards with No Personal Guarantee

As you build exceptional business credit and pay your bills on time, credit issuers trust you more. You get higher limits and better terms, and start to get business credit cards with no PG.

Retail Credit

Retail credit comes from major retailers like Staples. Buy everything from office supplies to power tools. Retailers check if business info is uniform everywhere and if your business has proper licensing.

There can be a time in business requirement. You may need to have at least a certain number of employees. You may have to meet a minimal annual sales amount. Terms can be revolving. You need at least 3 accounts reporting to business CRAs.

Fleet Credit

Use fleet credit to buy fuel, maintain vehicles of all sorts, and repair vehicles. Even businesses which don’t have big fleets can still benefit. These are often gas credit cards.

There may be a time in business requirement. But if your business doesn’t meet it, you may be able to instead offer a PG or give a deposit to secure the credit.

Business Credit Cards

Business credit cards are more universal-type credit cards, like MasterCard. Use them almost anywhere. These cards may even have rewards programs or offer other valuable perks.

Terms can be revolving. Often you need at least 14 accounts reporting to business CRAs. There can be longer time in business requirements. You may need to have at least a certain number of employees. Qualifying for bank credit cards means you can meet most if not all the requirements for other kinds of financing.

Beyond the Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022: A Quick Look at Business Financing

Incurring debt and then paying it back on time helps you build business credit. Startups tend to not qualify for bank loans or most SBA loans. But they may qualify for loans from alternative lenders. For startup owners with good personal credit, our Credit Line Hybrid is an excellent choice. You can build business credit and finance a business at the same time.

Our Credit Line Hybrid

A credit line hybrid is a form of unsecured funding. Our credit line hybrid has an even better interest rate than a secured loan. Get some of the highest loan amounts and credit lines for businesses. Get 0% business credit cards with stated income. Many report to business CRAs—build business credit at the same time.

You need a good credit score or a guarantor with good credit for approval (FICO score of at least 680). No financials necessary. Loans go up to $150,000. Note: some cards may report on your personal credit.

Monitor Your Business Credit at D&B, Experian, and Equifax

Yet another aspect of the steps to building business credit in 2022 is monitoring your business credit reports. Know what is going on to spot trends and put on the brakes if you must. If there are errors, you can dispute them. And you’ll stay focused on the process because business credit building never ends. But monitoring can get pricey fast.

Monitor Business Credit at D&B, Experian, and Equifax for Less

But there’s a solution! Did you know you can get business credit monitoring for all 3 of the big business CRAs, and all in one place—for less? Credit Suite offers monitoring through its Business Finance Suite (through Nav). See what credit issuers and lenders do. So you can improve your scores and get the business credit and funding you need.

Improving Your Reports

Paying off accounts on time always pays dividends, as does avoiding bankruptcies. Avoid lawsuits if possible. It’s always wise and helpful to be correcting errors as you spot them.

Use Your Business Credit History to Get Higher Credit Limits

Not every cardholder gets a credit limit increase if they ask for one. Credit issuers want to know you’ll pay them back. A good payment history assures a credit issuer that you’ll pay your debts. You’re less risky to them, so they feel they can extend more credit to you.

As you qualify for credit limit increases, you’ll get new offers for more credit. And as you continue to show how responsible you are in paying business debts, approvals will come easier. Credit issuers trust an ever-increasing business credit score.

Get the most favorable funding by paying all bills on time. This gets your business a PAYDEX score of 80. You’ll also get an Equifax Credit Risk Score of 90 or better. And you’ll get a good FICO SBSS score, driven (in part) by on-time payments and business credit history. For Experian, historical behavior (payment history) is 5—10% of the total score.

Steps to Building Business Credit in 2022: Takeaways

Business credit building is a process. Performing the steps in order saves time, money, and aggravation. Get the best scores by paying your bills on time, every time. And monitor your reports to spot errors and fix them ASAP.

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