Ten years ago our first group blog site, ERP Software Blog, was doing so well we decided that CRM partners should join in on the fun. Five months later we started our second blog site. Now, in November 2019 I am happy to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the CRM Software Blog. Here are some fun stats:
Read moreWho Wrote That Awesome Blog Post?
If you painted a masterpiece, would you forget to sign it? Adding a byline to your masterpiece of a blog post is just as important. You want everyone to know you wrote it. And how to contact you. It makes me sad that so many of my ERP Software Blog and CRM Software Blog members forget to add their names to their blog posts. Let me tell you two reasons this is so important.
Read morePinpoint is Dead; Long Live Partner Center – What Dynamics Partners Need to Know Now
Have you been to the Microsoft Pinpoint site lately? No, because it’s gone. As of July 7, 2016 it has been replaced with the Microsoft Partner Center website. I have done a ton of research and talked with several people. This is what I have come up with, but I make no guarantees that I understand it all correctly. With that being said, here are a few things I think my fellow Microsoft Dynamics partners should know about the transition from Pinpoint to Partner Center including what you can do now.
Read moreHow Beringer Associates Became Our Most Popular Dynamics CRM Blog Star
For the past two months one company has written 4 out of 5 of the most popular blog posts on the CRM Software Blog. They have consistently been on the most popular list, but now they are completely dominating it. I told them that the blogger at Beringer Associates deserves a gold star. Then I found that they deserve a whole bunch of gold stars, because everyone at their company is a blogger. Lisa A. Beringer, Vice President at Beringer Associates, Inc. shared her company’s secret to success with me:
Read moreThe History of How the ERP Software Blog Actually Got Started
“Can you imagine if we actually got one member in every state?”
I clearly remember sitting in our kitchen and asking my husband that question just before the ERP Software Blog launched in June 2009. Fast forward 6 years later and we have over 150 members across several sites that are the most popular ERP and CRM group blogs, not just in our channel, but on the web.
But let’s go back to when it all began.
Read more3 Ways to Avoid Posting Duplicate Blog Content
Duplicate content is bad. You should not post exactly the same blog article on more than one site. But many of you that write for the ERP/CRM Software Blogs also write for your own company blog sites. How can you avoid duplicate content across company and group blogs? Here are my 3 tips:
Read moreHow To Use Yoast To Optimize Your Blog Post
Once you have made the effort to write a blog post, isn’t is worth just a little more effort to make sure it is optimized so people (and search engines) can find it?
An easy way to optimize your post for SEO is to the “Wordpress SEO by Yoast” tool. This is already installed on the blog sites that I manage. There are 4 basic fields on the “General” that take just a few minutes to fill out but can improve your SEO results.
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