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Easy Website Traffic
Free website resources, including: Autosurf, traffic exchange, banner exchange and much much more. Get your free visitors today. A section of high paying affiliate programs, as well as link generating programs, makes it easy to monetize your website
Free website resources, including: Autosurf, traffic exchange, banner exchange and much much more. Get your free visitors today. A section of high paying affiliate programs, as well as link generating programs, makes it easy to monetize your website
Friday, November 24, 2006
Splogs and a Side of Spam
Splogs and a Side of Spam
By Christian Del Monte
If your online, you probably already know what spam is. From Viagra to online gambling, it seems like our e-mail boxes are stuffed with unwanted solicitations everyday. But there's a new kid on the block and its name is Splog. In case your not familiar with the term, Splogs in essence is a Blog that offers real no resource other than trying to trick its visitors into clicking on advertisements or sending traffic to affiliate sites. So why should you care you might ask?
We'll if you use a search engine, the chances are that you've come across a splog or two in your innocent searches. Search results end up tainted because the splogger has a basic understanding on how to make his site come up for your search request. Don't be fooled though, this Blog has little to offer in the way of solving your search request. Typically, content consists of articles, press releases, or marketing mumbo-jumbo that wasn't written by its respectful owner splattered with advertisements for you to click on. So ask yourself this: What's worse? Deleting a spam e-mail or stumbling on a Website that tricks you into thinking it has something useful to offer that you asked for?
Because starting a Blog is free, such as the case with Blogger.com, anyone with an e-mail address and a computer can start a mirad of Splogs with little or no effort. Add that to a revenue sharing program like Google's Adsense and you got yourself a no cost home based business other than your Internet connection.
But don't the search engines care about splogs? You'd like to think so...but no. The reason is simple. More real estate (content) for searches means more revenue opportunity. Plus, most sploggers use search engine advertising to monetize their Splog. So it's a never-ending circle of revenue growth for the search engines. Win-lose, you might say!
Splogs have given birth to its own followings such as Splogspot.com, a search engine dedicated to just searching Splogs. Then there are the opponents such as Splog Fighter that combat Splogs by looking for policy violations and alerting their originating source. However, whether you like it or not, it's becoming a real problem and needs your help.
How to Spot and Avoid
Spotting a Splog can be difficult. However, since we run a Spam free Blog directory and receive hundreds of Splog-like submissions, here are a couple of tell-tale signs of a Splog:
1. Has little or few Blog posts. (one or two months in the archive and are not current)
2. Posts consist of one to two sentences.
3. Majority of the Blog posts are not written by its author. (The source is quoted, but its not by the original author)
4. "Edit me" appears in the left or right column.
5. No "about us" or "about me" page to be found.
6. Advertising seems overly excessive and more emphasis seems to be placed on ads than content.
7. Overall language promotes how to make money with little or no effort.
Although the above list is in no way all-inclusive, it at least points out some shortcomings of common Splog symptoms. If your not sure whether it's a slog or not, the best course of action is to avoid it and not click any of its tempting ads. With your help, we can send a message to the search engines that Splogs will not be tolerated by the masses!
Christian Del Monte: creator of iBlogMarketing.com and Director of Operations for TMA E-Marketing has a B.S. degree in Marketing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition, Christian has over 10 years in personal sales experience and has directed the operations for TMA for the last 4 years.
He has directed and worked on Internet marketing projects for mid to large-scale clients including several fortune 500 companies. Christian continues to head up the operations for TMA as well as lead research and development on vertical search markets and business blogging.
By Christian Del Monte
If your online, you probably already know what spam is. From Viagra to online gambling, it seems like our e-mail boxes are stuffed with unwanted solicitations everyday. But there's a new kid on the block and its name is Splog. In case your not familiar with the term, Splogs in essence is a Blog that offers real no resource other than trying to trick its visitors into clicking on advertisements or sending traffic to affiliate sites. So why should you care you might ask?
We'll if you use a search engine, the chances are that you've come across a splog or two in your innocent searches. Search results end up tainted because the splogger has a basic understanding on how to make his site come up for your search request. Don't be fooled though, this Blog has little to offer in the way of solving your search request. Typically, content consists of articles, press releases, or marketing mumbo-jumbo that wasn't written by its respectful owner splattered with advertisements for you to click on. So ask yourself this: What's worse? Deleting a spam e-mail or stumbling on a Website that tricks you into thinking it has something useful to offer that you asked for?
Because starting a Blog is free, such as the case with Blogger.com, anyone with an e-mail address and a computer can start a mirad of Splogs with little or no effort. Add that to a revenue sharing program like Google's Adsense and you got yourself a no cost home based business other than your Internet connection.
But don't the search engines care about splogs? You'd like to think so...but no. The reason is simple. More real estate (content) for searches means more revenue opportunity. Plus, most sploggers use search engine advertising to monetize their Splog. So it's a never-ending circle of revenue growth for the search engines. Win-lose, you might say!
Splogs have given birth to its own followings such as Splogspot.com, a search engine dedicated to just searching Splogs. Then there are the opponents such as Splog Fighter that combat Splogs by looking for policy violations and alerting their originating source. However, whether you like it or not, it's becoming a real problem and needs your help.
How to Spot and Avoid
Spotting a Splog can be difficult. However, since we run a Spam free Blog directory and receive hundreds of Splog-like submissions, here are a couple of tell-tale signs of a Splog:
1. Has little or few Blog posts. (one or two months in the archive and are not current)
2. Posts consist of one to two sentences.
3. Majority of the Blog posts are not written by its author. (The source is quoted, but its not by the original author)
4. "Edit me" appears in the left or right column.
5. No "about us" or "about me" page to be found.
6. Advertising seems overly excessive and more emphasis seems to be placed on ads than content.
7. Overall language promotes how to make money with little or no effort.
Although the above list is in no way all-inclusive, it at least points out some shortcomings of common Splog symptoms. If your not sure whether it's a slog or not, the best course of action is to avoid it and not click any of its tempting ads. With your help, we can send a message to the search engines that Splogs will not be tolerated by the masses!
Christian Del Monte: creator of iBlogMarketing.com and Director of Operations for TMA E-Marketing has a B.S. degree in Marketing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition, Christian has over 10 years in personal sales experience and has directed the operations for TMA for the last 4 years.
He has directed and worked on Internet marketing projects for mid to large-scale clients including several fortune 500 companies. Christian continues to head up the operations for TMA as well as lead research and development on vertical search markets and business blogging.
How To Create, Promote And Earn Money From Your Own Blog
How To Create, Promote And Earn Money From Your Own Blog
By Andrey Yakimov
For starters, what is a blog? In general terms, it is a sort of interactive, regularly updated online journal. A blog owner is called a blogger, the activity of keeping a blog is called blogging, and the blogging community and everything related to blogging is collectively known as the blogosphere.
How are blogs created? There are several options. The cost-free way is to start a blog at one of the countless free blog services, such as the Google service called blogger. Another option is to use one of the free blog scripts and install it at a paid or free hosting service. Such free blog scripts are also numerous, the most popular of them being wordpress. It is also possible to sign up for a paid hosting service with an already installed wordpress blog, but this service is somewhat costlier.
Now let's assume that we already have a blog. The next question is: Where do we get content? Choose the subject for your blog. It may be your professional occupation or hobby. In any case, you must have solid knowledge of the subject. For instance, if you are a proctologist, you may write about hemorrhoids, their treatment, prevention and suchlike as long as these are not scientific articles, but materials written in layman's language. To give you a more practical example, if your hobby is dogs, write about them and people will enjoy it. There is another way to get content. The web has many services offering free articles. All you have to do is select the most interesting ones and publish them. In this way you can quickly fill your blog with content.
Moving on to the question of promoting your blog, it is worth noting that blogs are better indexed by search engines than ordinary web sites due to the specifics of the algorithm used in blogs. For instance, a new article in a well-promoted blog may appear on the search engine results page already on the following day. Of course, this requires registration in special catalogs devoted to blogs, which is what you will do next. Another way is to publish articles with a link to your blog. There are also services meant for just this purpose.
But most importantly, a search engine needs external links to your blog from other web sites. These should be good links generating heavy traffic. What does it mean? It means that ideally the link should be on the web site's main page. What's more, this page should have a PR rating of at least 4 (PR or Google Page Rank reflects the significance of any particular web page). Five or six such links will do more than hundreds of other ordinary links. How can you get such links? There are also various options. For instance, you can find a resource thematically related to your blog and offer its owners to reciprocate links. Finally, you can buy such links. The higher the web site's PR rating, the more such links will cost you.
Now let's move on to the question of how you can earn money from your own blog. The scheme is quite simple: traffic is converted into money. Your income increases proportionately with the traffic volume. One way to earn from a blog is to place ads, which is done most often through google adwords. Another way is to participate in partnership programs associated with the subject of your blog. So if your blog is devoted to dogs, you should advertise flea control products and other dog-related merchandise. A third way is to sell your own merchandise or services. Of course, you can combine several ways of generating income in a single blog. Last but not least, remember that strength is in numbers, which is why it's a good idea to maintain several resources at the same time.
For more information on how to create, promote and earn money from your own blog visit Articleswww.com and Portator.com
By Andrey Yakimov
For starters, what is a blog? In general terms, it is a sort of interactive, regularly updated online journal. A blog owner is called a blogger, the activity of keeping a blog is called blogging, and the blogging community and everything related to blogging is collectively known as the blogosphere.
How are blogs created? There are several options. The cost-free way is to start a blog at one of the countless free blog services, such as the Google service called blogger. Another option is to use one of the free blog scripts and install it at a paid or free hosting service. Such free blog scripts are also numerous, the most popular of them being wordpress. It is also possible to sign up for a paid hosting service with an already installed wordpress blog, but this service is somewhat costlier.
Now let's assume that we already have a blog. The next question is: Where do we get content? Choose the subject for your blog. It may be your professional occupation or hobby. In any case, you must have solid knowledge of the subject. For instance, if you are a proctologist, you may write about hemorrhoids, their treatment, prevention and suchlike as long as these are not scientific articles, but materials written in layman's language. To give you a more practical example, if your hobby is dogs, write about them and people will enjoy it. There is another way to get content. The web has many services offering free articles. All you have to do is select the most interesting ones and publish them. In this way you can quickly fill your blog with content.
Moving on to the question of promoting your blog, it is worth noting that blogs are better indexed by search engines than ordinary web sites due to the specifics of the algorithm used in blogs. For instance, a new article in a well-promoted blog may appear on the search engine results page already on the following day. Of course, this requires registration in special catalogs devoted to blogs, which is what you will do next. Another way is to publish articles with a link to your blog. There are also services meant for just this purpose.
But most importantly, a search engine needs external links to your blog from other web sites. These should be good links generating heavy traffic. What does it mean? It means that ideally the link should be on the web site's main page. What's more, this page should have a PR rating of at least 4 (PR or Google Page Rank reflects the significance of any particular web page). Five or six such links will do more than hundreds of other ordinary links. How can you get such links? There are also various options. For instance, you can find a resource thematically related to your blog and offer its owners to reciprocate links. Finally, you can buy such links. The higher the web site's PR rating, the more such links will cost you.
Now let's move on to the question of how you can earn money from your own blog. The scheme is quite simple: traffic is converted into money. Your income increases proportionately with the traffic volume. One way to earn from a blog is to place ads, which is done most often through google adwords. Another way is to participate in partnership programs associated with the subject of your blog. So if your blog is devoted to dogs, you should advertise flea control products and other dog-related merchandise. A third way is to sell your own merchandise or services. Of course, you can combine several ways of generating income in a single blog. Last but not least, remember that strength is in numbers, which is why it's a good idea to maintain several resources at the same time.
For more information on how to create, promote and earn money from your own blog visit Articleswww.com and Portator.com
Increase Affiliate Marketing Profits With Blogging
Increase Affiliate Marketing Profits With Blogging
By Anik K. Singal
Do you think it's true that blogging is one of the best ways to make money these days?
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how you put your blog together.
The personal aspect of blogging makes it much easier for readers to consider you as their friend. You should write a blog post like you are actually talking to a person. Give real advice and a lot of information. This way, the people who read your blog become your “friends” and return over and over for continued advice.
Unfortunately, you can’t just stop at blogging! If you want to make money at it, you still need to treat it like a separate part of your business.
Here are a few things you might want to consider adding to your arsenal of blogging tools.
Always remember to include the basics: Put Google AdSense ads on your sidebar; include affiliate links inside your content; and randomly include an affiliate banner or two at the end of your posts.
The most important thing, and the one that is most overlooked, is to find other blogs that are similar to yours and leave comments. Most bloggers love it when people comment on their blog. It shows them that somebody is reading what they write and is interested in the subject.
Informative comments serve two purposes. The blog owner, as well as the reader, may click through to your site and begin reading your blog. By adding comments that include your web-site address, your post gets an incoming link to your web site or blog. That helps you get more search engine traffic.
Be careful when posting comments. Don’t just post a sentence and then add your link. People catch on to this pretty quick and no one will click on the link if they think your comment is useless. Also, if the blog is moderated; your post might be deleted before anyone gets to read it.
For most people, blogging takes some time to become profitable. People will continue reading your blog, they will send their friends to it, and eventually you will get more people linking to you. Ultimately, that helps lead to good rankings.
You can also use trackbacks when blogging. The best-case scenario is that another blog owner will reference your blog in their articles; and then use the trackback function to link to your blog.
Be sure to put a form on your blog that lets people sign up for a newsletter. As more people start reading your blog, and more people link to it, you will start seeing profits from your affiliate links and adsense ads. And, you will make more income from the information you send in the newsletters as you increase your subscriber base. Do you think it's true that blogging is one of the best ways to make money these days?
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how you put your blog together.
The personal aspect of blogging makes it much easier for readers to consider you as their friend. You should write a blog post like you are actually talking to a person. Give real advice and a lot of information. This way, the people who read your blog become your “friends” and return over and over for continued advice.
Unfortunately, you can’t just stop at blogging! If you want to make money at it, you still need to treat it like a separate part of your business.
Here are a few things you might want to consider adding to your arsenal of blogging tools.
Always remember to include the basics: Put Google AdSense ads on your sidebar; include affiliate links inside your content; and randomly include an affiliate banner or two at the end of your posts.
The most important thing, and the one that is most overlooked, is to find other blogs that are similar to yours and leave comments. Most bloggers love it when people comment on their blog. It shows them that somebody is reading what they write and is interested in the subject.
Informative comments serve two purposes. The blog owner, as well as the reader, may click through to your site and begin reading your blog. By adding comments that include your web-site address, your post gets an incoming link to your web site or blog. That helps you get more search engine traffic.
Be careful when posting comments. Don’t just post a sentence and then add your link. People catch on to this pretty quick and no one will click on the link if they think your comment is useless. Also, if the blog is moderated; your post might be deleted before anyone gets to read it.
For most people, blogging takes some time to become profitable. People will continue reading your blog, they will send their friends to it, and eventually you will get more people linking to you. Ultimately, that helps lead to good rankings.
You can also use trackbacks when blogging. The best-case scenario is that another blog owner will reference your blog in their articles; and then use the trackback function to link to your blog.
Be sure to put a form on your blog that lets people sign up for a newsletter. As more people start reading your blog, and more people link to it, you will start seeing profits from your affiliate links and adsense ads. And, you will make more income from the information you send in the newsletters as you increase your subscriber base.
Anik Singal is an Internet Entrepreneur and expert in affiliate marketing, including the latest web traffic tactics. For a free course that explains how he earned $10,466 in just 60 days using proven marketing principles, visit http://www.affiliateclassroom.com/free-course.html
By Anik K. Singal
Do you think it's true that blogging is one of the best ways to make money these days?
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how you put your blog together.
The personal aspect of blogging makes it much easier for readers to consider you as their friend. You should write a blog post like you are actually talking to a person. Give real advice and a lot of information. This way, the people who read your blog become your “friends” and return over and over for continued advice.
Unfortunately, you can’t just stop at blogging! If you want to make money at it, you still need to treat it like a separate part of your business.
Here are a few things you might want to consider adding to your arsenal of blogging tools.
Always remember to include the basics: Put Google AdSense ads on your sidebar; include affiliate links inside your content; and randomly include an affiliate banner or two at the end of your posts.
The most important thing, and the one that is most overlooked, is to find other blogs that are similar to yours and leave comments. Most bloggers love it when people comment on their blog. It shows them that somebody is reading what they write and is interested in the subject.
Informative comments serve two purposes. The blog owner, as well as the reader, may click through to your site and begin reading your blog. By adding comments that include your web-site address, your post gets an incoming link to your web site or blog. That helps you get more search engine traffic.
Be careful when posting comments. Don’t just post a sentence and then add your link. People catch on to this pretty quick and no one will click on the link if they think your comment is useless. Also, if the blog is moderated; your post might be deleted before anyone gets to read it.
For most people, blogging takes some time to become profitable. People will continue reading your blog, they will send their friends to it, and eventually you will get more people linking to you. Ultimately, that helps lead to good rankings.
You can also use trackbacks when blogging. The best-case scenario is that another blog owner will reference your blog in their articles; and then use the trackback function to link to your blog.
Be sure to put a form on your blog that lets people sign up for a newsletter. As more people start reading your blog, and more people link to it, you will start seeing profits from your affiliate links and adsense ads. And, you will make more income from the information you send in the newsletters as you increase your subscriber base. Do you think it's true that blogging is one of the best ways to make money these days?
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how you put your blog together.
The personal aspect of blogging makes it much easier for readers to consider you as their friend. You should write a blog post like you are actually talking to a person. Give real advice and a lot of information. This way, the people who read your blog become your “friends” and return over and over for continued advice.
Unfortunately, you can’t just stop at blogging! If you want to make money at it, you still need to treat it like a separate part of your business.
Here are a few things you might want to consider adding to your arsenal of blogging tools.
Always remember to include the basics: Put Google AdSense ads on your sidebar; include affiliate links inside your content; and randomly include an affiliate banner or two at the end of your posts.
The most important thing, and the one that is most overlooked, is to find other blogs that are similar to yours and leave comments. Most bloggers love it when people comment on their blog. It shows them that somebody is reading what they write and is interested in the subject.
Informative comments serve two purposes. The blog owner, as well as the reader, may click through to your site and begin reading your blog. By adding comments that include your web-site address, your post gets an incoming link to your web site or blog. That helps you get more search engine traffic.
Be careful when posting comments. Don’t just post a sentence and then add your link. People catch on to this pretty quick and no one will click on the link if they think your comment is useless. Also, if the blog is moderated; your post might be deleted before anyone gets to read it.
For most people, blogging takes some time to become profitable. People will continue reading your blog, they will send their friends to it, and eventually you will get more people linking to you. Ultimately, that helps lead to good rankings.
You can also use trackbacks when blogging. The best-case scenario is that another blog owner will reference your blog in their articles; and then use the trackback function to link to your blog.
Be sure to put a form on your blog that lets people sign up for a newsletter. As more people start reading your blog, and more people link to it, you will start seeing profits from your affiliate links and adsense ads. And, you will make more income from the information you send in the newsletters as you increase your subscriber base.
Anik Singal is an Internet Entrepreneur and expert in affiliate marketing, including the latest web traffic tactics. For a free course that explains how he earned $10,466 in just 60 days using proven marketing principles, visit http://www.affiliateclassroom.com/free-course.html
Optimise Your Blog Traffic and Earn More Money
Optimise Your Blog Traffic and Earn More Money
By Leanne Williams
When blogging first came to prominence it was little more than a glorified – and public – online journal for many people. However, with its great increase in popularity, it has now become a popular way of making money via the use of affiliate links and advertising programmes such as Google Adsense. If you are considering trying your hand at earning money from blogs, or if you already have a blog set up, it is crucial that you know how to make it a success.
Produce a good quality blog
First of all, it is imperative that you are providing quality content. Make sure you know your subject well so that you can produce a blog which is informative and well written. If you are enthusiastic about your chosen subject, so much the better, as you will know what your target audience are interested in and can tailor a blog suited around those wants or needs.
If you have set up a blog purely as a potential get rich quick scheme and have not invested the necessary time and effort into researching your topic, it will show in your blog. Unless your blog is targeted at a particularly narrow niche there are likely to be hundreds of other blogs competing with yours for traffic, so if you have produced a poor quality site people will have no hesitation about going elsewhere. They certainly won’t be staying long enough to take a look at your affiliate links or click on any adverts.
Update your blog regularly
If you have produced a good quality blog you should receive a steady stream of interested visitors and be earning a little money. However, the bloggers you are probably aspiring to – those who are earning 6 figure incomes from their sites – are earning good money because they are constantly building on their success by constantly adding fresh content, maybe even as frequently as several times a day.
It is in your best interest to keep your target audience hooked, and returning to visit your pages again and again. A regular reader is much more likely to tell people about your blog or link to it from their own sites, and in the long term this is going to be very beneficial to driving up your traffic.
There is a second way in which regular blogging can greatly increase your traffic. There are sites specifically dedicated to bloggers announcing the new addition of content to their sites. Post a link to your new blog entry every time you add new content as when the search engines trawl the internet these links will help speed up the indexing of your pages. Services such as pingomatic.com can help you do this automatically.
Use of keywords
Keep in mind what keywords are likely to draw people to your blog. Within the text, some keywords are going to be given more value than others by the search engines, such as those included in the header, bold text, or those used for hot links. The more emphasis given to the targeted keywords on your blog, the better your search engine ranking will be.
However, try to find a balance between your use of keywords and providing quality content. Over use of keywords can mean the quality of your blog suffers as the text may not ‘flow’ so well. It is also worth noting that if the keyword density is much more than 5% some search engines may regard your blog as potential ‘spam’, and your engine ranking will suffer.
Blog Directories
Seek out blog directories such as blogwise.com and bloghub.com. As well as increasing the number of back links to your sites (thus raising your search engine ranking) you will also be taking advantage of the fact that many people searching for blogs do so through these directories rather than using search engines. This is particularly beneficial if your blog is still fairly new and not particularly prominent on the search engines yet.
Building a succesful blog takes time. Do not be discouraged if it does not immediately attract good traffic as this will come with time and perseverance. Your efforts will eventually be rewarded and with an increase in traffic will come great money making potential.
Leanne has had several articles published on the subject of making money.
By Leanne Williams
When blogging first came to prominence it was little more than a glorified – and public – online journal for many people. However, with its great increase in popularity, it has now become a popular way of making money via the use of affiliate links and advertising programmes such as Google Adsense. If you are considering trying your hand at earning money from blogs, or if you already have a blog set up, it is crucial that you know how to make it a success.
Produce a good quality blog
First of all, it is imperative that you are providing quality content. Make sure you know your subject well so that you can produce a blog which is informative and well written. If you are enthusiastic about your chosen subject, so much the better, as you will know what your target audience are interested in and can tailor a blog suited around those wants or needs.
If you have set up a blog purely as a potential get rich quick scheme and have not invested the necessary time and effort into researching your topic, it will show in your blog. Unless your blog is targeted at a particularly narrow niche there are likely to be hundreds of other blogs competing with yours for traffic, so if you have produced a poor quality site people will have no hesitation about going elsewhere. They certainly won’t be staying long enough to take a look at your affiliate links or click on any adverts.
Update your blog regularly
If you have produced a good quality blog you should receive a steady stream of interested visitors and be earning a little money. However, the bloggers you are probably aspiring to – those who are earning 6 figure incomes from their sites – are earning good money because they are constantly building on their success by constantly adding fresh content, maybe even as frequently as several times a day.
It is in your best interest to keep your target audience hooked, and returning to visit your pages again and again. A regular reader is much more likely to tell people about your blog or link to it from their own sites, and in the long term this is going to be very beneficial to driving up your traffic.
There is a second way in which regular blogging can greatly increase your traffic. There are sites specifically dedicated to bloggers announcing the new addition of content to their sites. Post a link to your new blog entry every time you add new content as when the search engines trawl the internet these links will help speed up the indexing of your pages. Services such as pingomatic.com can help you do this automatically.
Use of keywords
Keep in mind what keywords are likely to draw people to your blog. Within the text, some keywords are going to be given more value than others by the search engines, such as those included in the header, bold text, or those used for hot links. The more emphasis given to the targeted keywords on your blog, the better your search engine ranking will be.
However, try to find a balance between your use of keywords and providing quality content. Over use of keywords can mean the quality of your blog suffers as the text may not ‘flow’ so well. It is also worth noting that if the keyword density is much more than 5% some search engines may regard your blog as potential ‘spam’, and your engine ranking will suffer.
Blog Directories
Seek out blog directories such as blogwise.com and bloghub.com. As well as increasing the number of back links to your sites (thus raising your search engine ranking) you will also be taking advantage of the fact that many people searching for blogs do so through these directories rather than using search engines. This is particularly beneficial if your blog is still fairly new and not particularly prominent on the search engines yet.
Building a succesful blog takes time. Do not be discouraged if it does not immediately attract good traffic as this will come with time and perseverance. Your efforts will eventually be rewarded and with an increase in traffic will come great money making potential.
Leanne has had several articles published on the subject of making money.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Viral Internet Marketing
Multiple income stream strategy that will help you bring in an income from potentially hundreds of different sources. Additionally acts as an online HelpDesk, which you can brand with your own ID's.
Multiple income stream strategy that will help you bring in an income from potentially hundreds of different sources. Additionally acts as an online HelpDesk, which you can brand with your own ID's.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Blogs - Tips to Increase Business Awareness and Profits
Blogs - Tips to Increase Business Awareness and Profits
By John Sullivan
The use of blogs as part of an Internet business is now regarded as one of the best ways to help promote websites. Blogs are seen from the search engine point of view as important as they are normally updated on a regular basis.
The best way to start using blogs is to focus on one niche for each blog and then to write good content on a regular basis. Once you have a reputation on a particular subject you will receive visitors wanting to read the latest posts.
Try to write informative and helpful posts that will keep visitors returning. It is a good idea to write a snippet (a short version of an article) for example with a link to the full article.
There are many sites to help promote blogs that will bring traffic to your blogs. It is normally a good way of getting targeted traffic to your other websites by linking from blogs.
Search engines like blogs because they offer updated or new content that is useful to their visitors.
Whereas normal websites use keywords as a means of getting visitors. Search engines will display their results based on the keyword phrases entered and then show the most relevant pages that have those keywords in their content.
The advantage with blogs is that it is possible to use tags for posts. Tags operate in a similar way to keywords. For example if a post is made about home theater screens, then if it is posted using that tag then anyone searching on the various sites that use tags will find that post.
The big advantage to this method is that for each tag that the sites like Technorati for example will show the posts with the newest one at the top of the results shown.
So if using a very popular tag or subject then this can be a way of getting a lot of traffic.
It is also possible to receive news of the latest posts from blogs by using RSS feeds, which notifies anyone who adds your feed to their sites. This is a great way to get traffic back to your sites.
Another benefit of using blogs is that visitors can leave a message to posts made. This is a good way to interact with your visitors and can build on a good business relationship.
This is a good way to find what visitors think of your site and what type of information they may be looking for.
When you offer good content that is updated often, then visitors will also start to link to your blogs which apart from giving a feel good factor will help with search engine results.
If people start linking from high Google PR sites then this will really make a big difference in the search engines as this is regarded as an important and relevant site.
It is usually difficult to get many links from high PR sites for new sites but add good content regularly and it will become easier.
John is the owner of 1st Make Money Online, and has spent several years studying the best methods for success online. Blogs
By John Sullivan
The use of blogs as part of an Internet business is now regarded as one of the best ways to help promote websites. Blogs are seen from the search engine point of view as important as they are normally updated on a regular basis.
The best way to start using blogs is to focus on one niche for each blog and then to write good content on a regular basis. Once you have a reputation on a particular subject you will receive visitors wanting to read the latest posts.
Try to write informative and helpful posts that will keep visitors returning. It is a good idea to write a snippet (a short version of an article) for example with a link to the full article.
There are many sites to help promote blogs that will bring traffic to your blogs. It is normally a good way of getting targeted traffic to your other websites by linking from blogs.
Search engines like blogs because they offer updated or new content that is useful to their visitors.
Whereas normal websites use keywords as a means of getting visitors. Search engines will display their results based on the keyword phrases entered and then show the most relevant pages that have those keywords in their content.
The advantage with blogs is that it is possible to use tags for posts. Tags operate in a similar way to keywords. For example if a post is made about home theater screens, then if it is posted using that tag then anyone searching on the various sites that use tags will find that post.
The big advantage to this method is that for each tag that the sites like Technorati for example will show the posts with the newest one at the top of the results shown.
So if using a very popular tag or subject then this can be a way of getting a lot of traffic.
It is also possible to receive news of the latest posts from blogs by using RSS feeds, which notifies anyone who adds your feed to their sites. This is a great way to get traffic back to your sites.
Another benefit of using blogs is that visitors can leave a message to posts made. This is a good way to interact with your visitors and can build on a good business relationship.
This is a good way to find what visitors think of your site and what type of information they may be looking for.
When you offer good content that is updated often, then visitors will also start to link to your blogs which apart from giving a feel good factor will help with search engine results.
If people start linking from high Google PR sites then this will really make a big difference in the search engines as this is regarded as an important and relevant site.
It is usually difficult to get many links from high PR sites for new sites but add good content regularly and it will become easier.
John is the owner of 1st Make Money Online, and has spent several years studying the best methods for success online. Blogs
The 5 Secrets of Top Bloggers
The 5 Secrets of Top Bloggers
By Michael Fleischner
Blogs are becoming more and more popular. If you don't already have a weblog of your own, you've at least posted a comment to one, read one, or heard the term used in everyday conversation.
You may also have noticed that only a small number of blogs are truly known in each industry. As is true with most major media, "the cream rises to the top". The best weblogs have a large following and are valuable sources of information for thousands of readers. There are five primary reasons why some blogs become popular and others don't.
1. Focusing on a Popular Content Area. One of the most important characteristics of a successful blog is appropriate content. In order to gain a large following your blog must cover a topical area that is broad enough to be of interest to a large number of individuals but specific enough to have meaning.
Weblogs that provide information on obscure topics can never have a sizeable audience because the topic is of limited interest. So, if you're going to start a blog of your own, make sure that your content area is broad enough to appeal to a large audience.
2. Content that's timely. The best way to keep your blog readers interested is with timely content. Your blog should cover current events, opinions, and topics. Popular weblogs often comment on current events tied to their particular subject area or industry. Not only is the content meaningful to blog readers, but it encourages them to interact with your blog posts by placing comments.
Timely content is anything that is of current interest. Your best sources for timely content include daily newspapers, magazines, Internet news sites, and industry journals. Be sure to choose timely content that can be discussed and debated. This improves the overall effectiveness of your blog posts.
3. Updated Daily. The blogs that attract the most readers are those addressing popular content areas, covering timely topics, and refreshed on a daily basis. If your weblog adds a new post everyday, then readers have a reason to return. Providing daily updates on a consistent basis helps users to develop the habit of visiting daily. Updated content builds a loyal following while encouraging word-of-mouth referrals about your posts.
4. Comments from Industry Experts. Nothing speaks with more authority than an interview with an expert. The most popular blogs integrate interviews, commentary, podcasts, and other posts that include an expert who offers their thoughts and opinions on a given topic or current event. This is an essential reason why so many people return to the most popular blogs over and over again.
If you're wondering how to recruit experts for your blog, than look to current best practices for blogging and Internet marketing, simply ask. Industry experts are always looking to share their ideas. If you can't arrange for an in-person or phone interview, email the expert a list of questions and ask for their responses.
5. Use Interactive Media and Visuals. It's difficult for blog readers to read flat, boring text day in and day out, regardless of how stimulating a topic may be. The most popular bloggers know this and have enhanced their blogs with audio, video, external links, screenshots, and more.
The best way to improve the overall popularity of your blog is to present blog content in a variety of formats. Visit other blogs and determine what type of interactivity would work best for your blog. You don't need to go overboard, just add interactive content where it makes sense to do so.
By following the lead of today's most popular blogs, your blog can thrive. Follow the blog secrets listed above for enhancing your blog and improving readership. The key is to plan your blogging activities carefully and encourage interaction with your readers. This enhances the overall effectiveness of your blog and makes for a truly great blogging experience for everyone. Happy Blogging!
Michael Fleischner is a marketing expert and the president of MarketingScoop.com. He also hosts a marketing blog that provides the latest commentary on the world of marketing. He has more than 12 years of marketing experience and had appeared on The TODAY Show, Bloomberg Radio, and other major media. Visit MarketingScoop.com to learn more.
By Michael Fleischner
Blogs are becoming more and more popular. If you don't already have a weblog of your own, you've at least posted a comment to one, read one, or heard the term used in everyday conversation.
You may also have noticed that only a small number of blogs are truly known in each industry. As is true with most major media, "the cream rises to the top". The best weblogs have a large following and are valuable sources of information for thousands of readers. There are five primary reasons why some blogs become popular and others don't.
1. Focusing on a Popular Content Area. One of the most important characteristics of a successful blog is appropriate content. In order to gain a large following your blog must cover a topical area that is broad enough to be of interest to a large number of individuals but specific enough to have meaning.
Weblogs that provide information on obscure topics can never have a sizeable audience because the topic is of limited interest. So, if you're going to start a blog of your own, make sure that your content area is broad enough to appeal to a large audience.
2. Content that's timely. The best way to keep your blog readers interested is with timely content. Your blog should cover current events, opinions, and topics. Popular weblogs often comment on current events tied to their particular subject area or industry. Not only is the content meaningful to blog readers, but it encourages them to interact with your blog posts by placing comments.
Timely content is anything that is of current interest. Your best sources for timely content include daily newspapers, magazines, Internet news sites, and industry journals. Be sure to choose timely content that can be discussed and debated. This improves the overall effectiveness of your blog posts.
3. Updated Daily. The blogs that attract the most readers are those addressing popular content areas, covering timely topics, and refreshed on a daily basis. If your weblog adds a new post everyday, then readers have a reason to return. Providing daily updates on a consistent basis helps users to develop the habit of visiting daily. Updated content builds a loyal following while encouraging word-of-mouth referrals about your posts.
4. Comments from Industry Experts. Nothing speaks with more authority than an interview with an expert. The most popular blogs integrate interviews, commentary, podcasts, and other posts that include an expert who offers their thoughts and opinions on a given topic or current event. This is an essential reason why so many people return to the most popular blogs over and over again.
If you're wondering how to recruit experts for your blog, than look to current best practices for blogging and Internet marketing, simply ask. Industry experts are always looking to share their ideas. If you can't arrange for an in-person or phone interview, email the expert a list of questions and ask for their responses.
5. Use Interactive Media and Visuals. It's difficult for blog readers to read flat, boring text day in and day out, regardless of how stimulating a topic may be. The most popular bloggers know this and have enhanced their blogs with audio, video, external links, screenshots, and more.
The best way to improve the overall popularity of your blog is to present blog content in a variety of formats. Visit other blogs and determine what type of interactivity would work best for your blog. You don't need to go overboard, just add interactive content where it makes sense to do so.
By following the lead of today's most popular blogs, your blog can thrive. Follow the blog secrets listed above for enhancing your blog and improving readership. The key is to plan your blogging activities carefully and encourage interaction with your readers. This enhances the overall effectiveness of your blog and makes for a truly great blogging experience for everyone. Happy Blogging!
Michael Fleischner is a marketing expert and the president of MarketingScoop.com. He also hosts a marketing blog that provides the latest commentary on the world of marketing. He has more than 12 years of marketing experience and had appeared on The TODAY Show, Bloomberg Radio, and other major media. Visit MarketingScoop.com to learn more.
If You Sping A Splog You Spam Ping Your Blog (Weblog)
If You Sping A Splog You Spam Ping Your Blog (Weblog)
By Tino Buntic
One of the techniques that bloggers use to announce new content on their weblog is to ping it every time they create new content or a new blog entry. A ping is a signal which is sent to a ping server to let it know that a blog has been updated and which also allows blog search engines, like Technorati, to know that there is fresh new content on your blog. One of the most popular free ping providers is pingomatic.com.
This is important to do after each post because it updates search engine databases, which, in turn, can bring more visitors to your blog (assuming that one of your goals is to have more readers of your blog). This is so because a lot of the blog search engines rank freshest (or newest) results first.
Many blogs are monetized by Google AdSense or other PPC or CPM ads and it is, therefore, in many bloggers best interest to draw as many visitors as possible to their blogs in order to earn more advertising revenue. This has led to spinging splogs. A "splog" is a "spam blog," as coined by Mark Cuban. A "sping" is a "spam ping." A sping happens when someone sends a ping even though a new post has not been created. A sping is sent to dupe blog search engines into believing your weblog posts are new and fresh even though they actually are not.
Spinging a splog is in nobody's best interest except for the spinging spammer. The internet is littered with too much spam as it is and spinging does not help the cause.
Tino Buntic invites you to receive free sales leads and free advertising by creating a TradePals professional profile at http://www.trade-pals.com. TradePals provides qualified sales leads to business professionals across The United States and Canada.
Tino enjoys reading blogs and one of his favorites is Ads Of The World.
By Tino Buntic
One of the techniques that bloggers use to announce new content on their weblog is to ping it every time they create new content or a new blog entry. A ping is a signal which is sent to a ping server to let it know that a blog has been updated and which also allows blog search engines, like Technorati, to know that there is fresh new content on your blog. One of the most popular free ping providers is pingomatic.com.
This is important to do after each post because it updates search engine databases, which, in turn, can bring more visitors to your blog (assuming that one of your goals is to have more readers of your blog). This is so because a lot of the blog search engines rank freshest (or newest) results first.
Many blogs are monetized by Google AdSense or other PPC or CPM ads and it is, therefore, in many bloggers best interest to draw as many visitors as possible to their blogs in order to earn more advertising revenue. This has led to spinging splogs. A "splog" is a "spam blog," as coined by Mark Cuban. A "sping" is a "spam ping." A sping happens when someone sends a ping even though a new post has not been created. A sping is sent to dupe blog search engines into believing your weblog posts are new and fresh even though they actually are not.
Spinging a splog is in nobody's best interest except for the spinging spammer. The internet is littered with too much spam as it is and spinging does not help the cause.
Tino Buntic invites you to receive free sales leads and free advertising by creating a TradePals professional profile at http://www.trade-pals.com. TradePals provides qualified sales leads to business professionals across The United States and Canada.
Tino enjoys reading blogs and one of his favorites is Ads Of The World.
Blog Spamming
Blog Spamming
By Kistina Robin
The phenomenal spread of the Internet all over the world has led to countless innovations and practices. In the recent years, another phenomenon has risen to the top of the things to do list on the Internet – blogging. Relatively unknown several years ago, blogging is now one of most common activities online. It is derived from the root word blog, which is actually short for web log – an online diary of sorts. Then there is spamming. Spam, in the broad sense of the word, simply means anything that is junk. E-mails and other information that is repeated and essentially irrelevant are considered spam. Put blog and spam together and you have blog spams.
What exactly is a blog spam? A blog spam is simply a blog that does not have much in form of content. A blog spam exists merely to drive traffic to certain sites. It is in fact used by many people as a SEO technique. Blog spamming is not acceptable to a wide range of sectors. With the main aim of generating traffic, blog spams do not really contribute anything relevant. They exist to provide links to their parent websites and nothing else.
How do you spam blogs? As already discussed above, blogs are normally used to publish information related to website content. Thus content is the most important thing. For blog spams, however, no such importance is placed on content. Thus blog spams may contain just about anything! To increase traffic to the parent website, blog spams are normally filled with only links or classifieds (which actually point to another site). Another aspect of spam blogging is the comment feature. Programs are created to post spam as comments in different blogs. This has become an irritant because spam posted as comments are generally unrelated to the blog topic.
Of course, many legitimate blog hosts condemn spam blogging and are coming up with ways to prevent spam blogging. One of these is through the image verification process where the person posting a comment has to enter a security code before the comment is published. Another one is trough comment moderation options made available in some blogs. Companies which host free blogs are the worst hit by blog spams. However, despite the efforts of these companies to counter blog spamming, unscrupulous individuals somehow still find ways to spam blogs. Maybe this is due largely to the fact that the Internet is a fast evolving technology, and what may work now may not do so the next day. But the best thing you can do is this: provide great content and you will find that there is no need for blog spamming.
By Kistina Robin
The phenomenal spread of the Internet all over the world has led to countless innovations and practices. In the recent years, another phenomenon has risen to the top of the things to do list on the Internet – blogging. Relatively unknown several years ago, blogging is now one of most common activities online. It is derived from the root word blog, which is actually short for web log – an online diary of sorts. Then there is spamming. Spam, in the broad sense of the word, simply means anything that is junk. E-mails and other information that is repeated and essentially irrelevant are considered spam. Put blog and spam together and you have blog spams.
What exactly is a blog spam? A blog spam is simply a blog that does not have much in form of content. A blog spam exists merely to drive traffic to certain sites. It is in fact used by many people as a SEO technique. Blog spamming is not acceptable to a wide range of sectors. With the main aim of generating traffic, blog spams do not really contribute anything relevant. They exist to provide links to their parent websites and nothing else.
How do you spam blogs? As already discussed above, blogs are normally used to publish information related to website content. Thus content is the most important thing. For blog spams, however, no such importance is placed on content. Thus blog spams may contain just about anything! To increase traffic to the parent website, blog spams are normally filled with only links or classifieds (which actually point to another site). Another aspect of spam blogging is the comment feature. Programs are created to post spam as comments in different blogs. This has become an irritant because spam posted as comments are generally unrelated to the blog topic.
Of course, many legitimate blog hosts condemn spam blogging and are coming up with ways to prevent spam blogging. One of these is through the image verification process where the person posting a comment has to enter a security code before the comment is published. Another one is trough comment moderation options made available in some blogs. Companies which host free blogs are the worst hit by blog spams. However, despite the efforts of these companies to counter blog spamming, unscrupulous individuals somehow still find ways to spam blogs. Maybe this is due largely to the fact that the Internet is a fast evolving technology, and what may work now may not do so the next day. But the best thing you can do is this: provide great content and you will find that there is no need for blog spamming.
5 Reasons to Publish an Executive Blog
5 Reasons to Publish an Executive Blog
By Paula Skaper
Remember the first time someone told you that by the year 2000 every company would have a website? Remember how sceptical you were? Fast forward to 2006. In the next five years, every successful business will incorporate blogging into their marketing and communications strategies as automatically as they include web sites today.
Most will do it because their competitors are blogging and they don’t want to be “left behind” in the aftermath of technological hurricane. The smart ones leading the pack will profit from their blogs because they know that…
Blogs build brand
Smart companies today are managing their blogs with the same dedication they invest in their television advertising. There are blogs dedicated to supporting a specific advertising campaign (check out chadland.ca for Bell Solo Mobile Phones) and blogs dedicated to supporting corporate positioning in the market place. Soon, not having a blog will be a positioning statement of its own.
Blogging builds relationships
Blogging brings senior executives in direct communication with your customers. It provides a forum for execs to share their ideas, their inspirations and, most importantly, their passion for you business. The result – customers who feel as though they can get to know the people at the helm of your business. And whether the purchase is a $2 tube of chapstick or $2 million ERP investment, we’re always more comfortable buying from people we know than people we don’t.
Blogging is the new cornerstone of effective public relations
It’s crisis time. You need to kick into damage control mode – and fast. Sure you can hold a news conference, place calls to your friendliest journalists, issue a formal statement that you email to key contacts and clients. But that all takes time.
Within minutes a post can be published to your blog outlining your position and letting your customers know where and how to get more information. And with RSS enabled, those same customers will be immediately notified. They might even see your post before the press conference is over.
Search Engine Rankings
A well-managed blog can directly support your search engine rankings. Invest the effort to write regular posts - original content and good information are key. Don’t forget to let your personality shine through – corporate and personal. A unique approach and fresh content are powerful allies in your search engine marketing efforts.
But be careful – like every successful tactic this one has been abused. Simply re-publishing someone else’s content or developing a link farm disguised as a “useful resource” will do more harm than good.
Lead Generation
Bet you didn’t see this one coming! It’s true. Make sure that your blog is interesting to the people most likely to be purchasers of your products or services. Develop an interested audience for your blog, encourage them to subscribe via an RSS feed or an email digest. You get a qualified list of potential customers and permission to put your brand front and centre on a regular basis.
Still not convinced?
Take a look at who’s already blogging? The question should be, “Who isn’t?” In fact, a new directory has launched at iblogbusiness.com. You can also check out these corporate blogs for inspiration:
* Randy’s Journal: by Boeing Vice President Marketing
http://www.boeing.com/randy/
* The Fastlane Blog: posts from several General Motors executives
http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/
* Jonathan’s Blog: by Sun Microsystems President and COO
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan
* Sweetmantra: Personal Blog of Bill Sweetman
http://www.sweetmantra.com/
* OneDegree: edited by Ken Schafer, VP, Marketing Tucows Inc.
http://www.onedegree.ca
President of email marketing agency Kinetix Media Communications, Paula Skaper is an internet marketing expert. She is an instructor of e-Commerce at BCIT, current President of the IIMA and regularly writes and speaks on issues surrounding every aspect of internet marketing. Paula is also the editor of Digital Conversations, an online marketing resource.
By Paula Skaper
Remember the first time someone told you that by the year 2000 every company would have a website? Remember how sceptical you were? Fast forward to 2006. In the next five years, every successful business will incorporate blogging into their marketing and communications strategies as automatically as they include web sites today.
Most will do it because their competitors are blogging and they don’t want to be “left behind” in the aftermath of technological hurricane. The smart ones leading the pack will profit from their blogs because they know that…
Blogs build brand
Smart companies today are managing their blogs with the same dedication they invest in their television advertising. There are blogs dedicated to supporting a specific advertising campaign (check out chadland.ca for Bell Solo Mobile Phones) and blogs dedicated to supporting corporate positioning in the market place. Soon, not having a blog will be a positioning statement of its own.
Blogging builds relationships
Blogging brings senior executives in direct communication with your customers. It provides a forum for execs to share their ideas, their inspirations and, most importantly, their passion for you business. The result – customers who feel as though they can get to know the people at the helm of your business. And whether the purchase is a $2 tube of chapstick or $2 million ERP investment, we’re always more comfortable buying from people we know than people we don’t.
Blogging is the new cornerstone of effective public relations
It’s crisis time. You need to kick into damage control mode – and fast. Sure you can hold a news conference, place calls to your friendliest journalists, issue a formal statement that you email to key contacts and clients. But that all takes time.
Within minutes a post can be published to your blog outlining your position and letting your customers know where and how to get more information. And with RSS enabled, those same customers will be immediately notified. They might even see your post before the press conference is over.
Search Engine Rankings
A well-managed blog can directly support your search engine rankings. Invest the effort to write regular posts - original content and good information are key. Don’t forget to let your personality shine through – corporate and personal. A unique approach and fresh content are powerful allies in your search engine marketing efforts.
But be careful – like every successful tactic this one has been abused. Simply re-publishing someone else’s content or developing a link farm disguised as a “useful resource” will do more harm than good.
Lead Generation
Bet you didn’t see this one coming! It’s true. Make sure that your blog is interesting to the people most likely to be purchasers of your products or services. Develop an interested audience for your blog, encourage them to subscribe via an RSS feed or an email digest. You get a qualified list of potential customers and permission to put your brand front and centre on a regular basis.
Still not convinced?
Take a look at who’s already blogging? The question should be, “Who isn’t?” In fact, a new directory has launched at iblogbusiness.com. You can also check out these corporate blogs for inspiration:
* Randy’s Journal: by Boeing Vice President Marketing
http://www.boeing.com/randy/
* The Fastlane Blog: posts from several General Motors executives
http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/
* Jonathan’s Blog: by Sun Microsystems President and COO
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan
* Sweetmantra: Personal Blog of Bill Sweetman
http://www.sweetmantra.com/
* OneDegree: edited by Ken Schafer, VP, Marketing Tucows Inc.
http://www.onedegree.ca
President of email marketing agency Kinetix Media Communications, Paula Skaper is an internet marketing expert. She is an instructor of e-Commerce at BCIT, current President of the IIMA and regularly writes and speaks on issues surrounding every aspect of internet marketing. Paula is also the editor of Digital Conversations, an online marketing resource.
Google Finance: A New And Free Way To Generate More Visitors To Your Blog
Google Finance: A New And Free Way To Generate More Visitors To Your Blog
By Tino Buntic
An interesting thing happened recently. I mentioned Google in my blog and, shortly after, my blog had a visitor via Google Finance. This was interesting. So I tried a few blog posts that mentioned other public companies and I received even more traffic from Google Finance.
I, by accident, discovered a new and free way to generate some more visitors to my blog. All I had to do was mention a company that is tracked by Google Finance and I would receive visitors.
Here's how it works. Google Finance is a beta product offered by Google that provides information about North American stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies along with charts, news, and fundamental financial data. If you research any company that is tracked by Google Finance, you will find that at the bottom right-hand corner of the Google Finance page for that company is a section for Blog Posts, providing links to blogs that mention the company so that users of Google Finance can easily find opinions from members of the blogosphere.
What does this mean for you and your blog? It is a new and free way to generate more visitors to your blog if you happen to mention any of the thousands of companies tracked by Google Finance. Of course, mentioning a company just for the sake of mentioning it to generate more blog traffic could be considered spam and is not the right thing to do. But, if you have valuable insight, feel free to do so and you may receive more traffic to your blog.
Tino Buntic created TradePals to provide leads to business professionals and entrepreneurs across North America - without cold calling and for FREE.
Tino also enjoys reading Neville's Financial Blog by Neville Medhora.
By Tino Buntic
An interesting thing happened recently. I mentioned Google in my blog and, shortly after, my blog had a visitor via Google Finance. This was interesting. So I tried a few blog posts that mentioned other public companies and I received even more traffic from Google Finance.
I, by accident, discovered a new and free way to generate some more visitors to my blog. All I had to do was mention a company that is tracked by Google Finance and I would receive visitors.
Here's how it works. Google Finance is a beta product offered by Google that provides information about North American stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies along with charts, news, and fundamental financial data. If you research any company that is tracked by Google Finance, you will find that at the bottom right-hand corner of the Google Finance page for that company is a section for Blog Posts, providing links to blogs that mention the company so that users of Google Finance can easily find opinions from members of the blogosphere.
What does this mean for you and your blog? It is a new and free way to generate more visitors to your blog if you happen to mention any of the thousands of companies tracked by Google Finance. Of course, mentioning a company just for the sake of mentioning it to generate more blog traffic could be considered spam and is not the right thing to do. But, if you have valuable insight, feel free to do so and you may receive more traffic to your blog.
Tino Buntic created TradePals to provide leads to business professionals and entrepreneurs across North America - without cold calling and for FREE.
Tino also enjoys reading Neville's Financial Blog by Neville Medhora.
Getting Visitors to Your Blog
Getting Visitors to Your Blog
By Marty Rubenski
You’ve created the perfect blog, packed with useful information. Or maybe you just talk about your family and pets. Everything is great... except nobody reads your blog. If this is even slightly familiar, read these 7 tips for getting the maximum number of visitors to your blog:
1. Quality counts. I’m sorry, but people aren’t interested in what you had for breakfast or the sordid details of your teenage angst. Writing posts that are informative, funny or interesting is 90% of the way to getting visitors. Make every post count. Spend 90% of your time on the posts and the blog traffic will follow.
2. Although you will get most of your visitors from other sources, don’t ignore search engines. They can deliver several hundred visitors a day without too much effort. Include keywords about your topic in at least two posts on each page. For example, if your blog is about sailing, mention the word "sailing" as well as related keywords such as boat, tiller, ocean and yacht. Don’t make the mistake of just repeating "sailing" over and over. Search engines aren’t that dumb. They look for on-topic keywords. Make your titles descriptive. Use "My Greek Sailing Holiday" rather than just "My Holiday"
3. Tell your friends. Tell them to tell their friends. Use this both online and offline. Are you embarrassed to let your friends to see your blog? See tip #1.
4. Get links. Lots of links. Most of your long-term repeat visitors will come from links on other blogs and websites. Use Google to search for blogs and websites in the same area as yours and send them an email telling them about your amazing blog. Offer to exchange links. Many won’t respond, but enough will to make it worth the effort.
5. Get involved with the blogging community. Read blogs on similar topics and ideas and leave meaningful comments on posts you like. Join in the conversations on hot topics. Be part of the community, not just an observer.
6. Write articles on your topic and submit them to the main article directories. Spend enough time to make the quality of your articles the highest you can. Get known as an expert in your field. Add a link and brief description of your blog in the resource section of your article.
7. Post on forums in your topic. Add a link to your blog in your signature if the forum allows this. Getting known as an active and knowledgeable poster will bring you more regular visitors than you realize. Give and you shall receive.
If you would like to get 10,000 visitors a day to your blog within the next six weeks, bookmark http://bloggingonblogging.com
By Marty Rubenski
You’ve created the perfect blog, packed with useful information. Or maybe you just talk about your family and pets. Everything is great... except nobody reads your blog. If this is even slightly familiar, read these 7 tips for getting the maximum number of visitors to your blog:
1. Quality counts. I’m sorry, but people aren’t interested in what you had for breakfast or the sordid details of your teenage angst. Writing posts that are informative, funny or interesting is 90% of the way to getting visitors. Make every post count. Spend 90% of your time on the posts and the blog traffic will follow.
2. Although you will get most of your visitors from other sources, don’t ignore search engines. They can deliver several hundred visitors a day without too much effort. Include keywords about your topic in at least two posts on each page. For example, if your blog is about sailing, mention the word "sailing" as well as related keywords such as boat, tiller, ocean and yacht. Don’t make the mistake of just repeating "sailing" over and over. Search engines aren’t that dumb. They look for on-topic keywords. Make your titles descriptive. Use "My Greek Sailing Holiday" rather than just "My Holiday"
3. Tell your friends. Tell them to tell their friends. Use this both online and offline. Are you embarrassed to let your friends to see your blog? See tip #1.
4. Get links. Lots of links. Most of your long-term repeat visitors will come from links on other blogs and websites. Use Google to search for blogs and websites in the same area as yours and send them an email telling them about your amazing blog. Offer to exchange links. Many won’t respond, but enough will to make it worth the effort.
5. Get involved with the blogging community. Read blogs on similar topics and ideas and leave meaningful comments on posts you like. Join in the conversations on hot topics. Be part of the community, not just an observer.
6. Write articles on your topic and submit them to the main article directories. Spend enough time to make the quality of your articles the highest you can. Get known as an expert in your field. Add a link and brief description of your blog in the resource section of your article.
7. Post on forums in your topic. Add a link to your blog in your signature if the forum allows this. Getting known as an active and knowledgeable poster will bring you more regular visitors than you realize. Give and you shall receive.
If you would like to get 10,000 visitors a day to your blog within the next six weeks, bookmark http://bloggingonblogging.com
All Blogged Down
All Blogged Down
By Marilyn Mackenzie
The world certainly has changed. Just the other day, someone I’ve chatted with online for years explained why she had not been more active in a group for thrifty moms. She said she was “all blogged down.”
Bogged down I understood. Moms around the world have probably used that phrase or the equivalent for years.
But “blogged down”? Had she meant that she was up to her ears in making entries in her own blog? Or had she become so addicted to reading the blogs of others that she was neglecting her other activities, both online and off? Good question, right?
Being “all blogged down” probably speaks for many these days, young and old.
For those who do not keep up such things, a blog is a web log, or an online diary or journal. Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary of English defines a weblog as, “a personal web site that provides updated headlines and news articles of other sites that are of interest to the user, also may include journal entries, commentaries and recommendations compiled by the user; also written web log, weblog; also called blog.” That pretty much covers it.
Some folks are addicted to reading blogs of persons they have never met. Day in and day out, they log on to see what others have done in their daily lives or what movies or books they recommend. It’s as if they have become voyeurs.
The Internet has taken over the lives of young and old alike. Young folks rush home, wanting to spend time with online games, at MySpace.com and various chat rooms.
Adults log on, and under the guise of being with a group of like-minded people, spend hours online, often neglecting their families, friends, even jobs.
For the lonely or disabled, having an Internet connection can be a real lifesaver, though. Homebound persons, no matter whether they are young or old, suddenly can boast new friends that they might not have had otherwise.
So, is being connected to the Internet a good or bad thing? The jury is still out on that, I suppose.
For the busy mom, it certainly is easier to shop online than to gather all the kids in the SUV and run to the store. It also spares them having each child beg for toys and snack items.
For the traveling business manager, shopping online, checking stock prices, reading the morning news headlines (or entire newspapers), can be a time saver, while keeping him/her up-to-date.
All in all, I think the Internet has more benefits than liabilities. That is, if we don’t all get “all blogged down.”
Marilyn Mackenzie has been writing about home, family, faith and nature for over 40 years. She is an author on http://www.Writing.Com which is a site for Creative Writers. Her portfolio can be found at http://www.Writing.Com/authors/kenzie
By Marilyn Mackenzie
The world certainly has changed. Just the other day, someone I’ve chatted with online for years explained why she had not been more active in a group for thrifty moms. She said she was “all blogged down.”
Bogged down I understood. Moms around the world have probably used that phrase or the equivalent for years.
But “blogged down”? Had she meant that she was up to her ears in making entries in her own blog? Or had she become so addicted to reading the blogs of others that she was neglecting her other activities, both online and off? Good question, right?
Being “all blogged down” probably speaks for many these days, young and old.
For those who do not keep up such things, a blog is a web log, or an online diary or journal. Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary of English defines a weblog as, “a personal web site that provides updated headlines and news articles of other sites that are of interest to the user, also may include journal entries, commentaries and recommendations compiled by the user; also written web log, weblog; also called blog.” That pretty much covers it.
Some folks are addicted to reading blogs of persons they have never met. Day in and day out, they log on to see what others have done in their daily lives or what movies or books they recommend. It’s as if they have become voyeurs.
The Internet has taken over the lives of young and old alike. Young folks rush home, wanting to spend time with online games, at MySpace.com and various chat rooms.
Adults log on, and under the guise of being with a group of like-minded people, spend hours online, often neglecting their families, friends, even jobs.
For the lonely or disabled, having an Internet connection can be a real lifesaver, though. Homebound persons, no matter whether they are young or old, suddenly can boast new friends that they might not have had otherwise.
So, is being connected to the Internet a good or bad thing? The jury is still out on that, I suppose.
For the busy mom, it certainly is easier to shop online than to gather all the kids in the SUV and run to the store. It also spares them having each child beg for toys and snack items.
For the traveling business manager, shopping online, checking stock prices, reading the morning news headlines (or entire newspapers), can be a time saver, while keeping him/her up-to-date.
All in all, I think the Internet has more benefits than liabilities. That is, if we don’t all get “all blogged down.”
Marilyn Mackenzie has been writing about home, family, faith and nature for over 40 years. She is an author on http://www.Writing.Com which is a site for Creative Writers. Her portfolio can be found at http://www.Writing.Com/authors/kenzie
If You Want Free Traffic - You Must Start A Blog Now
If You Want Free Traffic - You Must Start A Blog Now
By Abdelkrim Tahiri
Blogs provide a very simple, quick and easy means to add fresh content to your website. As I’m sure you’ve heard many times over ‘content is king’ in the search engines eyes and if you can provide high quality, regularly updated content your website should benefit with regards to your search engine ranking.
By providing fresh, high quality relevant content you will gain an increase of both first time visitors and repeat visitors, they will come back to check out your new content. Providing it’s interesting, relevant and useful to them. You will begin to build relationships with your readers, increasing your credibility and building their trust in you.
When you blog, you'll find plenty of search engines and directories that are willing to list you free of charge. For the most part you won't need to link back - you'll get a one-way link from site favored by search engines, often using text that you select yourself.
As blog software matures you can now categorize, and alphabetize your links, and with the ability to ping multiple sources as well as leave trackback links to other sites, you can send your readers through a ring of related, freshly updated information that ultimately leads back to you.
You’ve probably heard a thousand times that it is easier to sell repeatedly to an existing client than it is to find a new one. So how do you get that visitor to come back, and possibly buy again? A constant stream of new information on a particular topic work is enough to keep people buying a daily newspaper, subscribing to a magazine or viewing a television series.
A blog on your site is an easy way to keep your site updated on a regular basis. The upside is that visitors will come by more often. If they find your blog interesting and informative, they may bookmark your site. That means you have a much greater chance of making sales. And you have a ready-made audience for any new products you launch.
With a blog that focuses on a narrow, popular theme, you could be sitting on a gold mine and not even be aware of it. Whether your blog contains tips for newbies in your field, expert advice for veterans, or success strategies that build on each other, you could be in the position to supply a demand for needed information.
Abdelkrim Tahiri likes different blogs about internet promotion. Especially inFrench.visit: promotion-site.blogspot.com
rechercher-sur-internet.blogspot.com
By Abdelkrim Tahiri
Blogs provide a very simple, quick and easy means to add fresh content to your website. As I’m sure you’ve heard many times over ‘content is king’ in the search engines eyes and if you can provide high quality, regularly updated content your website should benefit with regards to your search engine ranking.
By providing fresh, high quality relevant content you will gain an increase of both first time visitors and repeat visitors, they will come back to check out your new content. Providing it’s interesting, relevant and useful to them. You will begin to build relationships with your readers, increasing your credibility and building their trust in you.
When you blog, you'll find plenty of search engines and directories that are willing to list you free of charge. For the most part you won't need to link back - you'll get a one-way link from site favored by search engines, often using text that you select yourself.
As blog software matures you can now categorize, and alphabetize your links, and with the ability to ping multiple sources as well as leave trackback links to other sites, you can send your readers through a ring of related, freshly updated information that ultimately leads back to you.
You’ve probably heard a thousand times that it is easier to sell repeatedly to an existing client than it is to find a new one. So how do you get that visitor to come back, and possibly buy again? A constant stream of new information on a particular topic work is enough to keep people buying a daily newspaper, subscribing to a magazine or viewing a television series.
A blog on your site is an easy way to keep your site updated on a regular basis. The upside is that visitors will come by more often. If they find your blog interesting and informative, they may bookmark your site. That means you have a much greater chance of making sales. And you have a ready-made audience for any new products you launch.
With a blog that focuses on a narrow, popular theme, you could be sitting on a gold mine and not even be aware of it. Whether your blog contains tips for newbies in your field, expert advice for veterans, or success strategies that build on each other, you could be in the position to supply a demand for needed information.
Abdelkrim Tahiri likes different blogs about internet promotion. Especially inFrench.visit: promotion-site.blogspot.com
rechercher-sur-internet.blogspot.com
Blogging Tips - 29 Topics and Sentence Starters for Your Next Blog
Blogging Tips - 29 Topics and Sentence Starters for Your Next Blog
By Rita Wilhelm
Are you a small business blogger who has run out of ideas on what to blog about? Do you have a bad case of writer's block? Here are 29 ideas on what to blog about, along with 29 sentence starters for your next blog.
1. Press releases- making new announcements
2. Thoughts for the day
3. Product comparisons
4. Opinions on a topic
5. Promoting your product or service
6. Sharing thoughts about a recent study
7. Giving links to other similar products
8. Asking people to try a product
9. Sharing positive or negative customer service experiences
10. Providing consultation services
11. Providing information regarding your area, traveling and other related information
12. Giving creative ideas about your business
13. Sharing information on local events or industry tradeshows
14. Latest news
15. Providing tips, FAQ’s and support
16. Providing updates about changes in your website
17. Providing information about projects and their status reports
18. Crisis management
19. Explaining how a typical client would use your product or service
20. Improvements in your product
21. Talk about your pet
22. Getting feedback from the customers
23. Information exchange
24. Creating brand equity
25. Sharing articles
26. Sharing reviews on the latest products
27. Discussing personal, public & government issues
28. Sharing information about the charitable causes your company supports
29. Providing expertise
29 Sentence Starters For Your Next Blog
1. I just read an article by ...
2. Today’s tip is about ...
3. We've outlined many of these steps ...
4. There are a lot of ways to ...
5. What I like about our industry is that ...
6. Most of what I’ve written ...
7. For those who don't know already ...
8. I'm thoroughly impressed with ...
9. Do you really want to make a difference ...
10. We have an exciting new announcement ...
11. There are many proven and time-honored strategies ...
12. Thought it would be fun to share ...
13. An interesting thing happened recently ...
14. The older I get the more I realize that ...
15. Sitting out here by the sea ...
16. One of the best ways to ...
17. Ouch. Not really even a fight ...
18. There's a tremendous swell of interest in ...
19. More often than not ...
20. In case you missed it, I finally ...
21. Have you ever tried to figure out why ...
22. Here is a different twist on the ...
23. You've heard me say that ...
24. It looks like there is ...
25. Knowing what it means to ...
26. One of the earliest lessons I learned about ...
27. Entering the mind of a ...
28. Are you looking for a change?
29. Every so often, I talk with clients who would like to ...
We hope these lists may have sparked some new blogging ideas for you. Use it as a resource whenever you have another case of writer's block. Happy blogging!
Rita Wilhelm helps small businesses with their website strategies.
By Rita Wilhelm
Are you a small business blogger who has run out of ideas on what to blog about? Do you have a bad case of writer's block? Here are 29 ideas on what to blog about, along with 29 sentence starters for your next blog.
1. Press releases- making new announcements
2. Thoughts for the day
3. Product comparisons
4. Opinions on a topic
5. Promoting your product or service
6. Sharing thoughts about a recent study
7. Giving links to other similar products
8. Asking people to try a product
9. Sharing positive or negative customer service experiences
10. Providing consultation services
11. Providing information regarding your area, traveling and other related information
12. Giving creative ideas about your business
13. Sharing information on local events or industry tradeshows
14. Latest news
15. Providing tips, FAQ’s and support
16. Providing updates about changes in your website
17. Providing information about projects and their status reports
18. Crisis management
19. Explaining how a typical client would use your product or service
20. Improvements in your product
21. Talk about your pet
22. Getting feedback from the customers
23. Information exchange
24. Creating brand equity
25. Sharing articles
26. Sharing reviews on the latest products
27. Discussing personal, public & government issues
28. Sharing information about the charitable causes your company supports
29. Providing expertise
29 Sentence Starters For Your Next Blog
1. I just read an article by ...
2. Today’s tip is about ...
3. We've outlined many of these steps ...
4. There are a lot of ways to ...
5. What I like about our industry is that ...
6. Most of what I’ve written ...
7. For those who don't know already ...
8. I'm thoroughly impressed with ...
9. Do you really want to make a difference ...
10. We have an exciting new announcement ...
11. There are many proven and time-honored strategies ...
12. Thought it would be fun to share ...
13. An interesting thing happened recently ...
14. The older I get the more I realize that ...
15. Sitting out here by the sea ...
16. One of the best ways to ...
17. Ouch. Not really even a fight ...
18. There's a tremendous swell of interest in ...
19. More often than not ...
20. In case you missed it, I finally ...
21. Have you ever tried to figure out why ...
22. Here is a different twist on the ...
23. You've heard me say that ...
24. It looks like there is ...
25. Knowing what it means to ...
26. One of the earliest lessons I learned about ...
27. Entering the mind of a ...
28. Are you looking for a change?
29. Every so often, I talk with clients who would like to ...
We hope these lists may have sparked some new blogging ideas for you. Use it as a resource whenever you have another case of writer's block. Happy blogging!
Rita Wilhelm helps small businesses with their website strategies.
Major Search Engine Submission: How to Get Listed in Google, Yahoo and Msn
Major Search Engine Submission: How to Get Listed in Google, Yahoo and Msn
By Rose DesRochers
Bloggers often ask how to get their blog listed in the major search engines.
Here’s how:
1. Submit Directly: Submit your blog via Google’s free submitting form. http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
2. Submit your sitemap to Google. http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
3. Submit your site to DMOZ, the Open Directory Project. Keep in mind that DMOZ.com is run by volunteers; therefore it may take some time before you are listed and a submission does not guarantee listing.
4. Get a Qualified Backlink: Get linked from a website that search engines crawl regularly and add your link to forum signatures. Google states, “Google's robots jump from page to page on the web via hyperlinks, so the more sites that link to your pages, the more likely it is that we'll find them quickly.”
5. If your blog isn’t already listed in Google’s Blog search engine, you can submit it manually. Add your blog to Google’s Blog Search. http://blogsearch.google.com/ping
It usually takes a new website about a month before it’s fully indexed by Google. Google Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feeds, so be sure that you publish a site feed.
Keep in mind that, while Google dominates the web, it isn’t the only search engine on the web.
Yahoo Search is one of the major search engines and directories online as well, so you are going to want to submit your blog to Yahoo’s Directory. http://add.yahoo.com/fast/add?17051064
It could take eight to ten weeks before you are listed in Yahoo.
Yahoo Site Explorer allows you to explore all the web pages indexed by Yahoo Search. siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com
Submit your blog to Yahoo Site Explorer. siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
Submit Your Feed to the Yahoo! RSS Browse-by-Topic Directory. http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/my/cgi_rss_submission
Submit your Media RSS Feed to Yahoo! Search -http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/submit?
You can submit your blog to Msn at http://search.msn.com.sg/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD
SubmitExpress.com will submit your blog free to the top 20 + Search engines.
If you don’t already have a Technorati account, sign up for one at Technorati.com and claim your blog at Technorati. Technorati is a popular weblog search engine.
Bloggertalk.net offers a list of blog directories where you can also submit your blog to increase your exposure online. http://www.bloggertalk.net/blog_resources-cat-369.html
When submitting to directories, be sure to take the time to read the submission guidelines provided by each blog directory.
Getting listed in the major search engines alone doesn’t guarantee traffic. Your blog content guarantees that. Update regularly, provide interesting content and the visitors will come, as will the spider bots.
Rose DesRochers is the founder of Blogger Talk Blog Community http://www.bloggertalk.net, a friendly fast growing blogging portal, offering bloggers support, advice, tools, tips and information about blogs and blogging. She is also the administrator of Today's Woman Writing Community http://www.todays-woman.net, a supportive online writing community for men and women over 18.
By Rose DesRochers
Bloggers often ask how to get their blog listed in the major search engines.
Here’s how:
1. Submit Directly: Submit your blog via Google’s free submitting form. http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
2. Submit your sitemap to Google. http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
3. Submit your site to DMOZ, the Open Directory Project. Keep in mind that DMOZ.com is run by volunteers; therefore it may take some time before you are listed and a submission does not guarantee listing.
4. Get a Qualified Backlink: Get linked from a website that search engines crawl regularly and add your link to forum signatures. Google states, “Google's robots jump from page to page on the web via hyperlinks, so the more sites that link to your pages, the more likely it is that we'll find them quickly.”
5. If your blog isn’t already listed in Google’s Blog search engine, you can submit it manually. Add your blog to Google’s Blog Search. http://blogsearch.google.com/ping
It usually takes a new website about a month before it’s fully indexed by Google. Google Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feeds, so be sure that you publish a site feed.
Keep in mind that, while Google dominates the web, it isn’t the only search engine on the web.
Yahoo Search is one of the major search engines and directories online as well, so you are going to want to submit your blog to Yahoo’s Directory. http://add.yahoo.com/fast/add?17051064
It could take eight to ten weeks before you are listed in Yahoo.
Yahoo Site Explorer allows you to explore all the web pages indexed by Yahoo Search. siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com
Submit your blog to Yahoo Site Explorer. siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
Submit Your Feed to the Yahoo! RSS Browse-by-Topic Directory. http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/my/cgi_rss_submission
Submit your Media RSS Feed to Yahoo! Search -http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/submit?
You can submit your blog to Msn at http://search.msn.com.sg/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD
SubmitExpress.com will submit your blog free to the top 20 + Search engines.
If you don’t already have a Technorati account, sign up for one at Technorati.com and claim your blog at Technorati. Technorati is a popular weblog search engine.
Bloggertalk.net offers a list of blog directories where you can also submit your blog to increase your exposure online. http://www.bloggertalk.net/blog_resources-cat-369.html
When submitting to directories, be sure to take the time to read the submission guidelines provided by each blog directory.
Getting listed in the major search engines alone doesn’t guarantee traffic. Your blog content guarantees that. Update regularly, provide interesting content and the visitors will come, as will the spider bots.
Rose DesRochers is the founder of Blogger Talk Blog Community http://www.bloggertalk.net, a friendly fast growing blogging portal, offering bloggers support, advice, tools, tips and information about blogs and blogging. She is also the administrator of Today's Woman Writing Community http://www.todays-woman.net, a supportive online writing community for men and women over 18.
4 Steps For Niche Blogging Success
4 Steps For Niche Blogging Success
By Khemal Dole
Niche blogging has become an extremely popular method of earning revenue with webmasters and internet marketers over the years. The reasons for this are because blogs tend to be easy to get indexed by the search engines, they are very easy to maintain and update and they provide interaction with the visitors and the owner.
There are four simple steps that you should take in order to be successful with niche blogging and they are:
1) Find a niche. This is extremely important as it is very hard to compete with marketers and companies that dominate the much larger niches and they also tend to dominate the search engines for their keywords therefore making it much harder for you to gain good rankings and drive free traffic from the search engines, there is also the fact that the larger niches tend to have millions of competing websites all trying to get higher up the rankings.
You must choose a niche that you can compete in. You can find niches everywhere such as around your home, in the middle of your town, in shops, on article sites, in newsgroups, in magazines, in newspapers and many more places. Nearly anything that people will seach for on the internet can be classed as a niche market for you to earn revenue with.
Always be on the look out for good niches and never stop looking.
2) The content. People will only enjoy and come back to your niche blog if there is great content on it, I mean, why would anyone want to read a blog that was full of bad information? They wouldn't. You need to research and gain knowledge in the niche that you will be working in and you must be able to provide valuable and interesting information to your blog readers.
You can gain knowledge all over the internet and learn about nearly anything you wish with just a little searching. Look through the search engines, websites, articles and even other blogs.
The more you know about your niche, the more chance you have of providing an excellent blog for your market and gaining loyal readers.
3) The traffic. If you want to earn revenue via your blog then you will need to get traffic to it, there is nearly no other way at all to do it. The good news is that there is traffic everywhere on the internet and it is not particularly hard to get it.
You can get traffic to your blog through link exchanging, banner ads, submitting articles, doing press released, using forums, pay per click, email marketing, social networking and many more methods, all you need to do is find out where your market prospects are and drive them to your blog.
Find websites related to your niche that receive a lot of traffic and find a way for you to gain some of that traffic either using paid methods or free.
4) The monetization. You have to monetize your blog in order to earn money, obviously. You can monetize a blog through a number of methods such as adding pay per click ads to it, affiliate links, links to your own products or resell rights products, accepting paid ads, capturing email addresses and marketing to them and more.
The best way to find out the most profitable monetization method is to simply test them. Test which method brings you the most money and stick with it, all you need to do is switch each method around after a certain time period to find out.
Khemal Dole owns and operates http://www.PaychecksDirect.com, a completely FREE service which helps many first-timers and even experts find their perfect Work At Home job. Visit http://www.paychecksdirect.com right now and see for yourself why so many are flocking to his site.
By Khemal Dole
Niche blogging has become an extremely popular method of earning revenue with webmasters and internet marketers over the years. The reasons for this are because blogs tend to be easy to get indexed by the search engines, they are very easy to maintain and update and they provide interaction with the visitors and the owner.
There are four simple steps that you should take in order to be successful with niche blogging and they are:
1) Find a niche. This is extremely important as it is very hard to compete with marketers and companies that dominate the much larger niches and they also tend to dominate the search engines for their keywords therefore making it much harder for you to gain good rankings and drive free traffic from the search engines, there is also the fact that the larger niches tend to have millions of competing websites all trying to get higher up the rankings.
You must choose a niche that you can compete in. You can find niches everywhere such as around your home, in the middle of your town, in shops, on article sites, in newsgroups, in magazines, in newspapers and many more places. Nearly anything that people will seach for on the internet can be classed as a niche market for you to earn revenue with.
Always be on the look out for good niches and never stop looking.
2) The content. People will only enjoy and come back to your niche blog if there is great content on it, I mean, why would anyone want to read a blog that was full of bad information? They wouldn't. You need to research and gain knowledge in the niche that you will be working in and you must be able to provide valuable and interesting information to your blog readers.
You can gain knowledge all over the internet and learn about nearly anything you wish with just a little searching. Look through the search engines, websites, articles and even other blogs.
The more you know about your niche, the more chance you have of providing an excellent blog for your market and gaining loyal readers.
3) The traffic. If you want to earn revenue via your blog then you will need to get traffic to it, there is nearly no other way at all to do it. The good news is that there is traffic everywhere on the internet and it is not particularly hard to get it.
You can get traffic to your blog through link exchanging, banner ads, submitting articles, doing press released, using forums, pay per click, email marketing, social networking and many more methods, all you need to do is find out where your market prospects are and drive them to your blog.
Find websites related to your niche that receive a lot of traffic and find a way for you to gain some of that traffic either using paid methods or free.
4) The monetization. You have to monetize your blog in order to earn money, obviously. You can monetize a blog through a number of methods such as adding pay per click ads to it, affiliate links, links to your own products or resell rights products, accepting paid ads, capturing email addresses and marketing to them and more.
The best way to find out the most profitable monetization method is to simply test them. Test which method brings you the most money and stick with it, all you need to do is switch each method around after a certain time period to find out.
Khemal Dole owns and operates http://www.PaychecksDirect.com, a completely FREE service which helps many first-timers and even experts find their perfect Work At Home job. Visit http://www.paychecksdirect.com right now and see for yourself why so many are flocking to his site.
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