Expanding The Simply Zesty Blog – New Designs, Products And Content
You May have noticed the blog getting a little bigger over the last couple of months and rather than just drop a load of changes on you over the coming weeks we thought we would share the road map and some of the exciting things that are coming down the line. We don’t want to share everything today but rather than spring a whole host of changes on you in the coming weeks we thought we would give you a few teasers today. The blog started out as a personal passion project for myself and Lauren and we posted every single day often writing until late in to the evening and missing as much sleep as it took to keep the clients happy and keep the posts flowing. 10,000 people visit this blog on an average day now and as the company grows we thought it was time to get a little bit more serious and put some additional resources towards the site.
A New Design
We’ve had the one design for the last 2 years now apart from some tweaks here and there but rather than trying to upgrade it bit by bit we decided for a complete overhaul and that is being built as we speak. It will mean that everybody will be able to focus on nothing but content when they come to the site and as a reader it should make things easier to navigate and find what you are looking for.
Our New Offices And Team
Well we say new offices but it’s actually the back of our current offices where our beloved ping pong table is starting to come under pressure from the serious lack of space in our offices that were meant to be so big that “we would grow in to them” over thenext couple of years. We are calling it the media area but at the moment it is more of a collection of picnic tables, computers and ideas. It’s amazing what you can grow out of a selection of picnic tables if you think big enough though.
Calling All Writers And Guest Bloggers
With the blog getting 10,000 visitors per day we think it is a great place for people to get exposure and offer content in areas where our core team don’t specialize. We will be accepting guest posts and paying some people for content in areas where we don’t specialize. If you are passionate about advertising, SEO, specific areas of marketing, mobile, tech or any other area please feel free to get in touch with us on hello@simplyzesty.com and we can start talking about writing opportunities.
More Pro Features
We started offering online training and eBooks a couple of months ago and already have 100s of people using those services on a daily basis. It is these pro features that have allowed us to start thinking about growing the blog to the next level and a key part of what we will be doing is expanding those features and offerings. There will be more in depth research, case studies and a whole series of new training courses.
More Writers But Also More Focus
Over the coming weeks as we roll out more designs and more features we will also be introducing you to new writers who are working on the new expanded blog (you may have even noticed one of them posting here already so all will be revealed). The problem with most blogs when they get to a certain size is that they start to diversify in to other areas but we want to keep massive focus on what we write about. It will all be social media, marketing, advertising, case studies and the latest tips that help our end reader either get the inspiration they need for their own marketing or to get practical examples.
Our content will all be focused on marketing and social media
Share Your Thoughts
The blog wouldn’t be worth growing or making in to something special if people didn’t come here and read it on a daily basis. What we would love to hear from you guys is what you like about the blog and what you would like to see more of going forward. Is there anything that you don’t like? We never set out with a plan of having a full time blog with full time staff and pro products but that is where it has gone over the last 2 years. Who knows what the future holds but we think we can grow something pretty special and we would love your thoughts on the best way to do that. Don’t be shy 
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