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Effectively Using Case Studies In Blogging For Your Business

May 4, 2011 - Last Modified: May 4, 2011 by Nile Flores

Case Studies In Blogging

Case studies are a great and unique way show potential clients and current clients your business’ thought process and experience. It is important to find a way to effectively use case studies in blogging for your business.

Your knowledge is very valuable. Online, people are not always looking for someone with many years of experience- not unless you have already established yourself in your niche as the ‘go to’ person. Because a lot of people have their own learning curve and differ in how they apply it, that allows them to connect differently with various people out there.

For example, not every video blog is going to connect with everyone. You might be talking over their head (they will not understand you). Others will understand you. It goes the same for written word. Everyone is different.

Some businesses may not even need to have case studies. That is fine. This article is not for you. However, for those who do have businesses that could benefit from case study blogging, this article is for you.

A List of Businesses that Can Benefit from Blogging Case Studies

  • Photographers
  • Web Designers
  • Graphic Designer
  • Social Media Consultants
  • Law Offices
  • Home Constractors
  • Construction Companies
  • Stock Offices
  • SEO/SEM consultants
  • Hair Salons
  • Doctors offices
  • Event Coordinators
  • Marketing Agent
  • Location and Talent Managing Companies

…and many more!!!

Now, please note that some of the above types of businesses, like lawyers and doctors, may have very sensitive material that must be confidential. It is important to either get permission from the client and/or do a case study in which the subject is nameless.

How to Approach Writing a Case Study

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Depending on the niche, it could be a bit different. For example, web design and graphic designers could publish pictures of their work and an article on what they did to come up with a solution for their job. The same would go for a lot of the businesses listed above and even ones not listed.

You have to answer a few questions:

  • What was the original project’s needs?
  • What did you do to finish the project?
  • What was the result?
  • Were there any highlights (like special things you did that should be noted)?
  • Was the client satisfied? (optional – this might be where you can add a testimonial)

These questions are very important to cover. It also keeps you professional and on track. Case studies are not to be taken lightly, as they can prove to be an important marketing strategy.

Case Study versus Portfolio

Some businesses may have a portfolio. It might be set up like a case study. In fact, it might be confusing, considering they almost the same thing. “Portfolio” has usually been defined as a short way to show your work to clients (and this is just paraphrasing), while a case study is actually describing the process of how a project was completed. Personally, I like the concept of combining both methods, as you get a more complete case study OR portfolio. More often than not, especially in web and graphic design, only the name of the project and pictures are involved. Portfolios are great and short, but really not always SEO friendly – not so much ‘oomph’ on content. You can leave the title and alt tag in an image for a portfolio, but an actual article can emphasize even more.

Some people really want to know more, especially to get into your company’s thought process.

How to Display Case Studies

With the awesome way content management systems have developed, displaying case studies can involve a few choices:

  1. Put it in its own category as Case Studies. This is a very simple method and you can point to the category from anywhere on your site.
  2. Create a portfolio and link your portfolio images to an article from the case studies. This will give you some inner site linkage going on and allow your visitors to find out more about whatever project they clicked on in your portfolio.
  3. If you use WordPress, make the case studies an entire section of your site with custom post types. You have the ability to make a whole section aside from your default posts and pages in WordPress since version 3.0. Instead of the old days of WordPress when people would make a totally new site in a sub folder or sub domain, this allows you to control your case studies from the same place as your posts and pages. You can then create a separate type of template just for your case study section. Just as a side note, you might want to try this for portfolios too.

Of course, there are many other brilliant ways to put together and display case studies, but I would love to know if you have done case studies for your blog or business and how you did yours. 🙂

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About Nile Flores

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Sassy blonde mom from Southern Illinois who is a Professional Blogger, AND a WordPress web designer and developer. Nile loves to help others rock out their blogs and social media handles. If it was not already apparent, she is addicted to WordPress, Blogging, Social Media, and in general, anything about the Internet. It is not uncommon to see her speak at WordCamps (WordPress conferences) and blogging conferences across the United States. Her website is Blondish.net.

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{ 11 Responses }

  1. Mark says:
    Nile, Actually, I have done a case study before on my blog, I just didn't call it that at the time. True to your article, it has been one of my top overall visited pages on my blog. I went back a few times and updated it as the situation unfolded. It was really an interesting phenomenon to watch. Now I have a name for it. It was a case study. Great article, BTW and spot on...:) Mark
  2. Fran Aslam the Onlinewriter says:
    Case studies is an excellent idea to keep track of developments and keep moving up with the trend. It does help to grow better. Some niches do need a lot of it. Creating your own business strategies reports, will help you understand it better and move it in the direction where you want to go. It is good way to study and improve. I liked the article details and the list of business that can use it most. Fran A
  3. marcgibson says:
    case studies very great idea for business owners. very help full in customers. Thanks, am very proved in case study site.
  4. Peter Lawlor says:
    Case studies are an excellent idea for business owners. It's important that if the identity of a customer or client is made known that the business get written authorization to publish the case study. I'd suggest getting permission in writing even if identity is not made known.A business could make case studies part of the initial contract in that the business, via being hired, is expressly authorized to publish case studies.
  5. AJ Clarke says:
    Case studies are awesome especially for web designers. I love design blogs that do a lot of case studies and show mockups of what they think a website should look like. Not only are they interesting but more importantly they are the best way to show off your talent and expertise in any given field.
  6. John says:
    Hi Nile, I didn't tried to use case studies till date but i love the concept of using case studies. It will clearly explain client what expertise we have, our creativity, achievements, etc.... @Delena - Nice suggestions of adding photos and videos in case study Thanks for sharing interesting post John
  7. Harry says:
    Case studies are great way to show your work progress.I have seen many blogs showing case study of their income and visitors.Giving full detail with images helps readers to understand the things easily.
  8. Delena Silverfox says:
    Case studies are a great idea for going into a bit more detail in the how-to process. Plus, adding a step-by-step photo series or a video to illustrate certain steps in your entire process would also bring a bit more of it into sharp relief for your readers. I had never considered that a blogger could have a case study. Delena
  9. Dennis Edell says:
    Excellent article Niles. Timel;y and quite important to me at this time. I have had a blog idea for some time now, and now that I think about it, "case studies" would be a good way to explain each post. WebIncomeExperiments.com will be a different sorta MMO blog. Most if not all posts will actually be based on my personal experiences testing a different avenue/stream of income. (Far from the norm of BS MMO blogs.) Now that I see the questions above I should be able to answer 4 outa 5 for each...5 outa 5 if I call myself the client. ;-) Very helpful indeed, thanks. Tweeted! :)
  10. Wasim Ismail says:
    Case studies are great way to present your work to your clients, giving them a full insight on how you helped the customer out, by offering your solutions, and meeting their needs, in details. So that your visitors or potential customers get a feel of how you operate.

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