SEO vs Ideation – Blog vs Forum
SEO
If you want to increase the SEO of your website – start a blog and keep blogging.
The hard work.
Eventually you might get loads of traffic and reach far.
Ideation
If you want ideas from your visitors and users – set-up a forum and moderate it.
That’s less work.
Eventually the posts on the forum can generate interest to many people.
Blogs
Blogs are for people who have the ability to create content and present their ideas and concepts in an interesting manner.
This generates interest.
Blogs will draw in people who want to learn and listen to your advice. Maybe some will comment.
You control completely the amount and the quality of the content in your blog.
If only a few people read your blog it is a waste of time, but nobody will know.
The main problem is to get people reading your blog, appreciating the content and tell their friends or colleagues about your blog.
RSS Feeds can help to spread your blog posts.
If your blog generates interest and thus traffic, it can have your brand or product reaching far at little cost.
Still it will only occasionally start a conversation.
Forums
Forums are for people not good in creating content but are eager to get ideas about where the product should go or do in the future.
Forums can draw in people who want to present and share ideas.
You don’t control the amount and the quality of the content on your forum.
If only a few people (or none) post on your forum it is a problem as empty forums are a sign of failure.
The main problem is getting people on your forum and getting them to post.
You need good engaging subjects.
If your forum gets posts you will engage many people, get ideas and start conversations.
Of course you can have both on your website as the people are probably different.
Solutions for blog or forum
Blog: Free: Wordpress – Blogger – and many others.
Forum: Free: Tal.ki – Freeforums (with ads) – and several others.
Do you have a blog on your website?
Do you have a forum on your website ?
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