4 Traits of Blogging Business Owners [Infographic]

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On : 8/31/2015

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Do you run a blog that makes money or generates leads for other businesses and brands online? If so, you would be considered a business owner!

With more people jumping into the world of blogging and WordPress making it extremely easy for anyone to get started, it’s now easier than ever for anyone to become a business owner.
However, when it comes down to being a successful longterm business owner or professional blogger… you need to have some winning traits!
Many of which include…

• Dedication
• Patience
• Creativity
• Outgoing

Each of these traits are important in their own way. Patience and dedication come into play often, as many people will read about the success of others and how they are making a lot of money online, but they don’t realize the years of effort it took to get there. Creativity and being outgoing is also important because you always need to impress your audience, other people in the industry and connections are key to scaling your brand.
Of course not everyone is a programmer, designer or even knows the business end of things. For times like these we can rely on outside services, like Aweber for building a mailing list or WordPress for running the CMS for each blog we create.
Entrepreneurs and business owners are a special breed. Each with their own unique traits and skills. Now let’s take a look at some of the most effective ways business owners are using social media, email and content creation to grow their business and brands online.

4 Traits of Blogging Business Owners

Aweber recently came out with an infographic which detailed the results of their 1,500 small business owners, specifically focusing on how they are going to use email marketing, social media and other methods to grow their business throughout 2015.
We’ve also broken the four different traits of small business owners down for you as well.
Masters of Multitasking

• 94% have 5 employees or less
• 9/10 serve as the chief things marketing

How to Stay Connected

• 45% of business owners use email newsletters
• 15% focus their efforts on blogging
• 16% use social media to stay connected

Digital Content is Still King

• Email, Social and Blogging are the main focus area in 2015
• Tradeshows and traditional advertising are falling behind

Email Still Drives the Best Results

• 56% send out email marketing a few times per month
• 70% say that email generates additional revenue for their business

You can view all of these stats in infographic below.