A well-written blog gives your company a unique voice, and a platform from which to promote your expertise, your offers, and your brand.
Once written, the online content can be shortened via social media, lengthened into articles, or reused in its entirety in newsletters.
A blog is one of the most effective tools your company can use.
Advantages
Original
- Fresh ideas & perspectives
- A sounding board to bounce thoughts off
- No jargon, accessible to the outsider
Professional
- Experienced writer – quick, correct, articulate
- Writes in your company’s ‘voice’
- Somebody who understands blogs ‘that work’
Efficient
- Schedule blogs in advance – avoid the ‘missing months’syndrome
- Hyperlinks to external documents/websites
- Fuel for SEO optimization
Includes
- 1 weekly blog
- Up to around 200 words per blog
- Fresh input & ideas to suit your business
Process
- Initial research to understand your needs
- Short phone call every 2-4 weeks to plan future blogs
- Blogs can be posted in draft directly to your website
- You review the draft before anything is published
Cost
- From £200 per month (unposted)
- 6-month contract
- 1-month break clause
Case Study – Hawkwell House Hotel, Iffley, Oxford
Background
Hawkwell House is a well-known hotel located in Iffley Village, on the outskirts of Oxford. In November 2013, it launched a new in-house restaurant called Iffley Blue.
Examples of blogs http://www.iffleyblue.co.uk/news/

Challenges
- Ease the administrative burden on the restaurant manager;
- Provide ideas for engaging blogs to drive customer traffic;
- Liaise with external social media firm on Twitter / FaceBook posts.
Results
- External blog satisfaction ‘high’ with both customers & suppliers;
- Blogs are now planned a month in advance with ad-hoc additions, freeing up management time;
- Blogs to form the basis of Restaurant Newsletter, to be created by Nobleword
Client View
Results
- External blog satisfaction ‘high’ with both customers & suppliers;
- Blogs are now planned a month in advance with ad-hoc additions, freeing up management time;
- Blogs to form the basis of Restaurant Newsletter, to be created by Nobleword.


