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As Matt has been talking about and teaching recently, I also believe partnerships/JVs/collabs are one of the best traffic sources currently. I was recently writing about this topic in response to a comment a friend made about how 'blogs are dead'. Blogging to bring in organic traffic from Google used to be the pillar I built my online business on, but it hasn't been that way for many years. I thought I'd share with IM Members my recent post about this topic. Here it is: ****** Blogs Don’t Work Anymore 😢 A friend recently said this to me… “You got out of blogging just in time. Blogs don’t work anymore.” I responded by first saying I haven’t stopped blogging — or creating content, but yes it is true that I no longer rely on my teaching business as my main source of income. She explained to me how her friend had a blog that was previously making thousands of dollars per month. This blog had sunk to almost zero traffic thanks to Google rankings dropping. This led to the person giving up on their blog business. I felt sad, but I understood. Having watched my own blog traffic drop to under 10% of what it was during my peak blogging days, I know the reality we all face. To put it simply, blogging, and using a blog as a business tool, is not what it used to be! Would I Use A Blog In 2024? The most important point to make is that Google as a source of free organic traffic is not reliable. Creating niche content and slowly building up your ranking in Google is still viable. Yet I would never start a business using a blog thinking Google SEO will bring in the traffic you need to make sales. Today you have to think about alternative traffic sources. BUT, I want to make a key distinction… A blog is still very much a useful content tool. Nothing has changed about how you sell with content. If I was going to start a new coaching, consulting or teaching business today, a blog as my website would absolutely still be central to my strategy. This, along with an email newsletter would still be the key tools I would use to reach my audience, build trust and sell.

Greetings! I'm Robert Arthurs, also known as Rob. I helm four thriving companies headquartered in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. My flagship, Robert A. Arthurs International, I am a certified business mechanic/consultant. I have been fixing businesses and entrepreneurs for 23 years and specializing in helping companies go global, by using my experience of starting and running 14 of my own company’s. I also bring to bear 14 years of public service with the BC government in Canada as the export expert for Agri-tech & Agri-food, during which I diligently championed entrepreneurs' international trade initiatives and orchestrated ambitious trade missions that spanned the world on behalf of the expansion of the government's global footprint. I guide my global clients toward lucrative opportunities in global trade, particularly in Agri-food/Agri-Tech, Natural Supplements, Seafood, Clothing, and Digital Marketing, with a focus on exports from Canada and the USA. Lets connect Www.robertarthurs.com Linktr.ee/robarthurs www.linkedin.com/in/robertarthurs