Hi everyone ! How are you today? Me, I’m fine (That’s understanding because it’s friday afternoon :D).

Today I will talk to you about something a little bit different… I’m a beginner in the world of blogs, and I want to improve. So I have decided to look at some other blogs and learn from these ! Always Marketing blogs of course ;).

I have my own idea of blogs. And you do you have your own? For me, It has to share experience or advice and that can be useful for others (by others, I want to talk about people but even company). Kim Garst created that kind of blog, she is a best-selling author and the CEO of Boom Social. This blog is very easy to read because it is well-structured, indeed we can choose the subject of the articles we want to read and there is a clear menu above. It is also friendly and it tempts to stay on (If you’re a fan of Marketing obviously). All these things are real strengths of the blog, but not just… Kim and all the others authors write a lot of articles in which they give tips and share their experience. So, I think as a marketer we can totally trust them and be inspered by them!

Unfortunately, I’ve noticed something very upsetting ! What is all these advertisings present on the right side? That’s very horrible to see that while reading an article, that give an impression of “commercial blog”. Okay it’s about marketing but it’s a little bit too much for me.

To continue speaking about Marketing blogs, I have visited another one : http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing#sm.00005kspj016edf3osgfpa0cxou9e  (Always about marketing for sure).

This blog is also good but has a more professional (or strict) aspect. I say that because of the colors, the font and the lack of pictures (each article on Kim’s blog had a very colorful and good picture in relation with the post).

However, the quality of the posts is really good too ! Some titles and topics had captured my interest. Because I want to improve my blog and my skills in bloging, it’s essential (on my opinion) that I have to read some other blogs (Like I do right now). So, particularly one post retain my attention “16 of the best examples of beautiful blog design”. I put you here the URL of the post : http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34143/12-inspiring-examples-of-beautiful-blog-homepage-designs.aspx#sm.00005kspj016edf3osgfpa0cxou9e (Don’t hesitate to read it and start a discussion on the forum about it!!).

I have found another one very appealling for me “An introduction to blogging for nonprofits”. That’s very cool to find that kind of article because on my opinion and as a student in marketing, I think that EVERY company has to create a (nonprofit) blog and try to be more closer to their customers by that kind of communication.

So I have read both texts and you’re probably wondering “What did she think about these two texts?”. The first is bigger because it gives examples but it is pretty well written, with pictures and real good advices. The second is very short, but it says everything ! These two articles have strengthened my idea about blog !

It’s now time to end this post but one question occured to me… “If I was invited to write a blog post for HubSpot website, What would I write about and why?”. I will probably write about service improving because of one of our course in which we have to find idea on how we can improve the Santa Claus Village for the next 3-5 years. It’s important for me that every service be in a constant improvement.

Thanks for reading this post and I hope you have enjoyed it ! 🙂

See you !