Blog For Success and Money

By Tom G George

Blogging seems to be the prime topic of everyone's discussion these days. Blogs appear to grow more popular by the month, as they continue to expand across the internet. A major reason for this increase is due to the prosperous benefits that come along with blogging. When done correctly, implementing this popular method of online communication into your website could bring forth much success. Many of the internet's most prominent businesses realize the importance of a blog; some say it is a must. This powerful tool is much more dynamic than the traditional website. What has made it so attractive is the convenience and freedom of user interaction. It is practically an open forum where individuals get to express their opinions and receive a wide range of feedback If you are familiar with the concept, then blogging may seem simple. While starting a blog is no difficult task by any means, turning yours into a money-making machine requires a dedicated effort.

Monetizing your blog. In order of a blog to generate income, you must develop a strong strategy for monetizing it. There are several different venues which you can employ to monetize your blog: · AdSense· Advertising space for banner ads · Donations · Affiliate programs · Paid third-party product reviews / pushes · Selling your own services or products Deciding on what monetizing strategy you employ depends upon the goals for your blog and its target audience. Each target audience will respond different to your different monetizing strategies; for example, a humanitarian blog audience may be more receptive to donations, while a cooking blog audience would click through your banner ads for an organic recipe cookbook. You should develop an initial strategy, keeping your targeted audience's psychology in mind. The design and layout of your blog should reflect your monetizing strategy; for example, if you will be employing AdSense, then you may want to use a column layout with clean colors and lines. You want to ensure that your monetizing efforts are optimized in the layout of your website. As you progress with your blog, do not be afraid to test the water and adjust your monetizing strategies based upon feedback and performance results.

Generating traffic. You may have the best blog and monetizing strategy in the world, but without traffic, your bank account will not grow whatsoever. To begin making money with a blog, one must first generate traffic. Establishing a stable list of loyal readers has been easier for some than others, but it is the key to running a successful blog. When you are first beginning your blog endeavors, it may seem daunting to generate traffic when there is not a single visitor to your website. However, with a bit of strategy, you can quickly build traffic and a returning base of readers.

Write what you know. You should consider writing your blog on a topic of your specialty or passion. The more you know about the subject matter of your blog, the better; you will be able to establish yourself as an authority and readers will come to learn from you. Content and traffic have a very strong symbiotic relationship. Remember what you learned about in advertising class in college? Viral marketing is the most effective form of advertising - period. If people like your blogs, they will refer it to their friends, and in the internet, friends can add up to millions of people.

Regularly updated content. Yes, you have heard it before, and you will hear it again - content is king! Readers will flock to your blog if you provide them with insightful, unique, and relevant content that is updated regularly. In addition, when you consistently publish quality content that is rich in keywords, the search engines will frequent your site to update their indexing, which then leads to more traffic coming into your blog. The better, more frequent posts you publish, the more other sites will link to you, thus again bringing in more traffic and increasing your search engine rankings.

Linking with related blogs. Linking is another way to generate traffic and add to your blog's success. You want your site to be viewed by as many readers as possible. Exchanging links with another blogger is a great way to make that happen. Surf the web for similar blogs that relate to your specialty and host the same audience you are seeking. Linking relative sites on your page also displays credibility to readers. They will view you as a main source, referring other interested parties to your blog for that relative info. Friendly links also improve search engine ranking and increase the chances of someone stumbling across your blog.All novice bloggers looking to make money should know this: success is hard work. Devotion and great patience is required if you want a blog to work for you. The most comforting fact is that many people are taking advantage of this tool and creating mass revenue. While nothing is promised, applying sound search engine optimization strategies to your blog speaks volumes in the way of success. Combining this with good old fashion communication can help return profitable results in the long journey with your blog.

Thomas George is a lead SEO specialist of Shopping Cart Software, an Internet company that specializes in helping small businesses create their own websites as well offers cheap domain names. He also owns Premium Web site Template that sells premium quality website templates.

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Nine Reasons You're Not Blogging Yet

By Scott Ginsberg

1.You don't know how.

That's cool - you can learn the basics in about 20 minutes. Or you could read Naked Conversations and The Cluetrain Manifesto for a more philosophical approach. The rest you'll figure out as you go along. Don't be stopped by not knowing how, or else you've NEVER start.

2. You're scared of technology.

Oh, get over yourself. There are 50 million blogs already out there and 80,000 new blogs popping up everyday. If your nine year-old daughter can do it, so can you. Don't be held hostage by the generation gap. Suck it up. Education is the key. Just ask questions, poke around the blogosphere and give it a try. You've got VERY little to lose.

3. You have writer's block.

Bullshit. There's no such thing. Writing is an extension of thinking. You don't have writer's block, you have THINKER'S block. So, try taking some time to just THINK, every single day. You'll be amazed at what you come up with. And if that's not enough, email scott@hellomynameisscott.com and I'll give you the two most powerful unblocking tools in the world. No charge ;)

4. You have no discipline.

According to Naked Conversations, 50% of most blogs are abandoned in the first few months. And why? Because people don't have the discipline to keep up with them. So, what's stopping you? Kids? School? Job? Time? And are you coming up with a "good story" as to why you can't blog, or it REALLY a valid reason? REMEMBER: Leo Tolstoy had 13 kids when he wrote War & Peace. What's YOUR excuse?

5. You have no patience.

Here's the reality: nobody is going to read, know about, care about or even comment on your blog for at least 3-6 months. And that's if you post every single day. So, are you willing to stick it out? Are you willing to (not) be validated for a long time? Sure, it's a blow to your ego, but it will also grow your patience, stamina and stick-to-it-ive-ness. And it will be worth it. Eventually. At the lowest common denominator, at least you'll have all those great posts and a LOT of practice.

6. You don't want put out unready or unfinished material.

That's understandable. The Perfection Trap is common for a LOT of writers. So, here's my suggestion: post it unfinished. Let the world be your editor. Sure, not everyone who comments or contributes will give you GOLD, but you never know. There are some smart folks out there. Especially if you position your post in a way that elicit comments, shared stories and contributions. Consider having a Call to Action at the end of each entry. (See the bottom of this post for a good example.)

7. You think you have to be really insightful and profound.

Nope. I make a living writing about my observations of the world through the lens of a NAMETAG. Not exactly Shakespeare. REMEMBER: your everyday life is what people will relate to. You don't have to say anything big and profound.

8.You don't get it.

Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. (Got that?)

9. You are afraid to stick yourself out there.

Fine. Consider these three suggestions. First: channel your fear into your writing. Creativity is about being uncomfortable. Second: if you're scared that your stuff is too personal, consider blogging anonymously. That will give you a few small victories, which will boost your confidence. Heck, I blogged anonymously for 6 months before I ever DARED to put my real name on anything. And now, 5 years later, my blog is one of the Top 100 Business Blogs on the Web. Coincidence? And lastly: it's ironic, but the more personal your writing is, the more people will identify with it. And by "more people" I mean "higher numbers of people" AND "more identification."

10. You don't think anybody will read your stuff.

You're right. Nobody WILL read your stuff ... IF YOU NEVER POST IT. Look, the Internet is a pretty big place. And there's a market for just about everything. So, just post anyway. You'll be amazed. My philosophy is, "Whatever you have to say, there's probably 1000 people somewhere on the Internet who agree with you."

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© 2007 All Rights Reserved. Scott Ginsberg, aka "The Nametag Guy," is an author, speaker, award-winning blogger and entrepreneur. As the creator of NametagTV.com, he teaches people how to GET noticed, GET remembered and GET business. To rent Scott's brain, call 314/256-1800 or email scott@hellomynameisscott.com

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Quick Tricks For Driving Traffic to Your Blog

By Nathan Denton

Link Exchanges

Participating in link exchanges is a crucial part of blog promotion for any budding blogger. Link exchanges - organized and unorganized - allow bloggers and webmasters to get backlinks on sites and also allow them to add useful resources to their own blogs or sites.

One of the best ways to improve your search engine rankings is by tuning your offpage factors - or all the factors that you cannot control by optimizing your blog. The most important offpage factors are the links incoming to your blog - reciprocal or one-way.

There are two important things to take into consideration when creating link text or code for future link exchanges: the text in the title and the text in the description. According to most search engine optimization experts, the text in the title is most important. You will want to put the keyphrase you wish to optimize for in the title. While there is more debate over the relevance of the text above and below the link, most experts agree that there's a good chance that it will affect how your site is ranked. For this reason, you may want to attempt to optimize it. Additionally, when you engage in link exchanges regularly, you will want to switch your title text relatively often. This will allow you to optimize for multiple keywords.

The last thing you will need to consider is how you will go about finding link parts for your blog. You can start by looking up related blogs in Blog Wise. You can then send a personal email to each of the blog owners, asking whether or not they would be interested in some link exchanges. At the same time, you should consider signing up for a free link exchange system, such as Link Metro, which will allow you to freely exchange links with other bloggers and webmasters by looking up their sites and then sending them an automated message.

Submitting Your Blog to RSS & Blog Directories

Submitting your blog to RSS & blog directories is considerably easier than submitting fully-functional sites to website directories. This is because there are free, automatic systems in place that allow you to submit an updated version of your blog to directories without doing any form-filling.

This automatic system for submitting your blog to RSS & blog directories is known as pinging. You ping your blog at sites like kping.com and pingoat.com. When you ping your blog, the system will automatically send the latest update from your blog to all of the largest blog directories - usually on the order of about 40 or so. This means that submitting your blog to RSS & blog directories can actually be as simple as filling in your URL and title - and then hitting submit. The only thing you will want to be careful about is the title you use. You will want to make sure that you use your most targeted keyword in the title you submit, as that will be attached to all of the backlinks you receive from these directories.

Additionally, submitting your blog to RSS & blog directories will get your blog placed on the front page of a number of blog directories. This may generate some quick traffic for you from people who are looking at the latest blogs to be updated.

Once you are finished submitting your blog to RSS & blog directories via ping, you will then want to search out directories that you cannot ping and submit to them individually. Vilesilencer.com provides a fairly complete list of RSS and blog directories. You will want to first submit to directories that offer certain perks (i.e., first page listings) or have higher PR - as this will confer higher more PR to your blog. Since you cannot submit to most RSS directories via ping, they will probably make up the bulk of your submissions.

Leverage on Article Marketing

Article marketing - or the process of getting traffic by submitting articles - is considered to be one of the most effective forms of traffic generation currently available today. However, there are a number of important things you should take into consideration before you begin to gain leverage on article marketing campaigns.

The first thing you will want to consider is your use of keywords. While it might seem like a good idea to optimize your articles for keywords you will use for your own site pages, this actually could be a serious faux pas in the long run.

This is because the article directories to which you submit will unquestionably have more backlinks and higher page rank scores, which means that a well-optimized article could effectively prevent your own site from capturing the first spot on the search engines, decreasing your leverage on article marketing efforts.

This is especially true if you optimize for relatively obscure words for which you do have a chance to capture the first spot. Additionally, as you gain leverage on your article marketing campaign, you may lose leverage on the algorithm ranking of your site. This is because an identical article will only count as unique content on one site. If you submit to a directory, that directory will get spidered before your site, which means that directory will get recorded as having provided the unique content, even though it was actually your work.

If you want to gain leverage on article marketing and site optimization, you will need to follow three simple steps:

1) select keywords for which you will not optimize; instead, use your site optimization keywords in your resource box and link title;

2) modify articles if you perform multiple submissions (i.e., make each article look unique without ruining the information or readability); and

3) ensure that articles actually contain high-quality information that will inspire enough curiosity to drive visitors to your site.

So there you have it, simple methods anyone can use to boost the traffic they receive on their blog. Nathan Denton is the owner of The Ultimate Profit Site - A new resource offering tips and free resources to boost your profits online. Visit http://www.theultimateprofitsite.com to learn about the resources and get your FREE video course.

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10 Tips For Effective Blogging

By Matthew Ramirez

Tip #1: Write about what you know

Visitors to your blog are only interested in your blog if your blog has interesting content. Do you stay intrigued in a website if the content is boring? And what better way to make content more exciting than to add content about a topic you know? If you know a lot about motorcycles, start a block about it. Topics can include changing the carburetor or redoing the chrome on the headlights. If the topic is something you know, your writing will flow more naturally and hence read more naturally to visitors. The content will also be more informative and intelligent.



Tip #2 - Stay on topic



Using the motorcycles, your blog should not stray from motorcycle related issues. Do not start talking about the latest real estate news or golf carts. Talk strictly about motorcycle topics. Google AdSense parses the keywords in your blog and uses those keywords to place ads on your blog that are relevant to the content. The aim is to get visitors to click those ads. You want motorcycle readers to click ads on motorcycle topics. Cross topics, such as mixing motorcycle content with real estate and golf carts will result in ads that cover all three or public service ads that pay nothing. Keeping the topic centric on one topic will result in relevant ads.



Tip #3: Quantity over quality?



This may seem counterintuitive. You want visitors to be interested in your site because the content is great. So quality is important, right? But, in order to get visitors, the quantity of content should be large meaning more keywords detected by search engines, which translates to higher spots in search results, right? Well, yes, they are both right. The ideal situation is a lot of high quality content. Although this is not entirely possible all the time, you must have a high quantity of content on your blog because the more content means the more searchable material from search engines. There is a balance that must be met.



Tip #4: Recycle



No news is good news. No news really means nothing new to post on your blog. You do not necessarily need to keep posting new content. That is the perfect circumstance, but there is also a lot of information available on almost every topic ever written on the Internet. Taking that content, rewording it and posting it on your blog is recycling. It is not actually new content, just recycling old content and making it look new. That takes some writing skill but can be learned after practice. That way, you blog will have the appearance of new material and hopefully keep your visitors coming into the future.



Tip #5: Post on a regular schedule.



Our posts have a schedule written on them, usually an "updated every week" bulletin. And guess what? We stick to it. There may not always be new content for such a posting schedule, so you can use the recycling idea. While a weekly schedule is hard to keep (everyone has a family), when you stick to a schedule, visitors can really on updated blog content, and they will return more frequently to your blog, increasing the likelihood of an AdSense click.



Tip #6: Be clear and simple



This is more of a know you audience concept. If talking about motorcycles, using motorcycle jargon is okay. Make your content understandable. Use easy to understand words, and make the format user friendly. You are talking to a large and varied audience, and it should not require an advanced engineering degree from MIT to read a blog. We have seen highly intelligent people be confused over blogs that contain simple topics because the blog was written in a confusing manner, overly wordy, or weirdly formatted. The goal is to get a click, and having a confusing blog will ensure visitors/clickers will not return.



Tip #7: Keywords, keywords, keywords



Google parses through the blog's content to not only find relevant ads to put on the blog but also to rank the blog in its search results. If your blog is about motorcycle repair, the keyword set "motorcycle repair" should be mentioned at minimum three times every blog post. Google will see the density of those keywords and associate your blog with motorcycle repair sites and include the blog with other motorcycle repair sites or blog when returning search results. This will drive traffic to your blog.



Tip #8: Check your blog for spelling and grammatical errors



All modern word processing software include spell checkers. Many blog sites, including Blogger.com and Wordpress.com , also have spell checkers. We admit that we are not the best spellers, but considering the availability of spell checking tools, there is no reason to have misspelled words on your blog. Checking for grammar may be more difficult, but if you have questions, copy your blog into a word processing program and run a grammar checker. Then repost the grammatically correct blog. Having bad spelling and poor grammar shows a lack of care for your blog and, quite honestly, stupidity. No one wants to read a blog laden with misspelling and poor grammar.



Tip #9: Multiple blogs



Publishing multiple blogs increasing visitor traffic and AdSense clicks. You do not want to post multiple blogs using the same exact content, but you can publish multiple blogs using recycled content. However, your multiple blogs of the same content should not be on the same blogging site. Publish one on Blogger.com and another on Wordpress.com. Publish a third to another blogging site. And, include a link in each blog to the others. It will increase backlinks to your site, therefore increasing page rank, as well as traffic.



Tip #10: Why should I come back?



Getting one visitor to your site is great. Getting two visitors even better. Getting those two visitors to come back is excellent. You want repeat visitors, because they are more likely to spread the news about your blog, increasing traffic. What does it take to get repeat traffic? How about an RSS feed? Or another subscription list? It takes a combination of the tips mentioned above as well as utilizing other methods mentioned on this site to drive traffic to your blog. Traffic is the only way to get clicks on your AdSense ads, and you want traffic.

Matt Ramirez For more information, please visit: http://www.adsensetipssite.com

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Optimization Tips For Blogging Cash

By Kevin T Hope

We've all been enticed by ads and sales pages telling us how easy it is to make money on the web. But how many of us are actually making the thousands a month that the guru's promise? One problem is the lack of specifics on how to set up our web pages and blogs. There are specific ways to organize and optimize a blog to be in the best position to attract traffic, and to convert that traffic into dollars.

Proper Theme Selection

The first thing to look at is the design and layout of your blog. When choosing a theme, make sure you think about the niche you're in, and the type of readers you wish to attract. You probably wouldn't use the same design on a knitting blog and a metal guitar blog. Pick colors and layouts that will make your blog inviting to the target market.

If you don't have experience with modifying code, you may want to look for a them that has AdSense built in. You will just copy and paste in a few lines, which makes this a simple solution for beginners.

The Plug-ins That Pay

One of the things that make Wordpress the preferred blogging platform for marketers is the huge amount of plug-ins available to add functionality to your blog. Some help with search engine optimizing, others add useful widgets or help organize your post tags. Although there are paid plug-ins that are worth having, the bulk of plug-ins are free. Look around on internet marketing forums for suggestions, or model your choices on a successful niche blogger(if you can find one willing to give you her secrets).

Work Hard, Then Relax

Wordpress has the ability to schedule posts in advance. This amazing feature allows you to write a number of posts at one time, and have them "dripped" out over time. With the right amount of posts and a well though out posting schedule, you can magically attract visitors long after you've moved on to setting up your next blog.

Monetization Strategies That Work

There are a number of ways to make money with a niche blog. Deciding on the best way to generate an income from blogging is an essential step towards realizing the promises of all those sales letters.

Follow some simple, proven steps and you can earn Blogging Cash. Check out http://www.squidoo.com/blogging-income to learn how.

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Can You Learn to Make Money From Blogs?

By Kevin T Hope

Blogs are becoming more and more popular on the web, and more and more people are realizing that blogging can become an income stream. There have been a lot of infoproducts released that are supposed to tell you how to make money from blogs, but the truth is most of them fall short. However, there are a few websites that can successfully show you a winning strategy.

But first let's talk a little bit about blogs. Blog is short for weblog, which is an online journal-a way for people to express their own opinion on certain topics or may even be about themselves. Each blog is made up of just one web page and entries will then be posted to it on a regular basis starting with the most current addition at the top.

Many people now have their own blogs on the internet, covering a wide variety of subjects but some still have not actually realized that they can make money from blogging. There are several ways in which money can be made from a blog, so it is important to learn from someone who has done it, and can show you in an organized fashion how to go about it. The first step will always be to decide just what topic your blog is going to be about.

Ultimately, what you are aiming to do with your blog is gain the trust of those people who come to read it. Once you have been able to gain these peoples trust then they are much more likely to try any of the products that you are recommending to them.

When it comes to producing good quality blogs there is no better platform than Wordpress. There are different blogging platforms available for you to use, but Wordpress is the easiest of them all set up and customize. Blogger is also a very good solution, but most people who are making money from blogs will recommend Wordpress as their first choice.

When it comes to setting up a blog using Wordpress you will find that whole process very simple. But first you must register with the site and once this is done then you can start building your blog with them. In fact building the blogs will cost you nothing and will only take a few minutes for you to complete and then all you need to do is start adding some posts to it once it is up and running.

It's important to post useful, interesting information on your blog. By following the system of successful bloggers, you will learn the best methods of generating content that keeps your viewers coming back.

It's possible to make a good living online by following the footsteps of someone who has already done it. It helps you to avoid those mistakes which many novices make, and which end up wasting time and losing them money. By finding the right mentoring program you will learn about how to set up your blog correctly, selecting the right subject matter and the right products that you should advise to your visitors.

Want to Make Money From Blogs? Get help at http://www.Squidoo.com/Blogging-Income

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Internet Marketing Strategies - The Best Free Advice You Will Ever Get (2 of 2)

By Gary Baker

You do need to know that simply starting a blog is not enough. The saying "If you build it they will come" does not apply to the internet. You must take the necessary steps to bring traffic to your blog. There are many mediums that you might use that are very cost effective (free). Article and forum marketing are two excellent ways to bring traffic to your site.

Once you monetize the site with products that you have created, affiliate products, or Adsense you are on the way. Offer a newsletter on your blog and start building your email marketing list. You can ask any successful internet marketer and they will tell you that the real money in the business comes from email marketing. Selling products on your blog is fine to begin with but once you build your customer list it will open up even more free advertising methods.

Once you have established an email list and are publishing a newsletter or ezine you can then approach other internet marketers in closely associated niches and secure Joint Ventures, Co-registration opportunities, and advertisement exchanges. This will grow your list even more.

Blogging is the easiest of all of the internet marketing strategies to get started for the new internet professional. Of course there is more to it than simple starting a blog but you now have the knowledge to get started.

You should also subscribe to every newsletter or ezine that will offer to teach you something. No matter how much you learn there will always be more. If you are not learning something new each and every day in the internet marketing business then you are not trying hard enough.

Do you want to learn about little known, easy ways to make money on the internet that work? ===> Download my new FREE guide titled: "Your Step By Step Guide To Making $700.00 In Seven Days On The Internet!" http://www.opportunity-advisor.com Gary has been making money on the internet full time, for over 11 years. He has created internet businesses that have earned as much as $22,000 in a single day. If you want to learn how to really make money on the internet then listen to what Gary says and download his FREE guide. http://www.opportunity-advisor.com

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Internet Marketing Strategies - The Best Free Advice You Will Ever Get (1 of 2)

By Gary Baker

There are dozens of "big time" internet marketers that will charge you $37 or more for the information I am about to give you for free. If you want to toss your money out the window that is completely up to you, but for those who do not then read on.

I am about to give you the keys to the kingdom, the combination to the bank vault, and the whole enchilada. Are you ready?

The easiest way to get started earning money on the internet is by starting your own blog!

There is no other medium that gives you a free website where you can custom tailor the content to fit a niche that you are passionate about. You set the tempo and the tone of your blog, you are in complete control.

Setting up a blog is free and easy. There are a number of sites including blogger, wordpress, thoughts.com and others that will allow you to set up your blog and be posting to it in mere minutes.

If you were to set up your own website I guarantee you that it would not be free. There is the cost of a domain name and hosting, not to mention the cost of actually building the site.

In case you did not know it, information is the biggest seller on the internet. People by nature want to learn and if you can provide them with an avenue to expand their knowledge or appeal to something that they are interested in then you have the key to making a comfortable living online.

This article is continued in part two of Internet Marketing Strategies - The Best Free Advice You will Ever Get

Do you want to learn about little known, easy ways to make money on the internet that work? ===> Download my new FREE guide titled: "Your Step By Step Guide To Making $700.00 In Seven Days On The Internet!" http://www.opportunity-advisor.com Gary has been making money on the internet full time, for over 11 years. He has created internet businesses that have earned as much as $22,000 in a single day. If you want to learn how to really make money on the internet then listen to what Gary says and download his FREE guide. http://www.opportunity-advisor.com

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Recipe For a Delicious Blog - Organize the Ingredients to Wow Readers and Leave Them Wanting More

By Connie Ragen Green

The recipe for a successful business blog all comes down to the ingredients you put in. Just like with a successful meal, you must plan and organize your thoughts and ideas before you head into the kitchen.

It is best to define your niche as specifically as you can before you start blogging. If this is not possible, you must make every effort to continue this refining process until you know exactly who you are talking to and what you want to convey in your blog posts. This is crucial if you are to create and build a profitable online business based on your blog.



Branding your blog with your name, colors, and design will also be a big part of it. You want to send a message to your visitors that goes beyond the text and images they will see. You want them to feel that they have come to the right place to find the information they are searching for.



Choose your blog categories carefully. Start out with just a few and increase them as you begin to talk about new topics. These categories should include your keywords so that the search engines will begin to know what your blog is about very quickly.



There are also places to purchase royalty free clipart, graphics, and photos to use in your posts. These images will make your blog more interesting and tell your story in a different way than if you only used text. But be careful about using too many images, especially cartoon or childish ones, because that can detract from your credibility on your topic.



Now it is time to plan your blogging schedule. To stick with the recipe analogy, you want to have all of your ingredients close at hand before you start cooking your special dish. My goal is to bring the very best content to my readers in a way they can get the most benefit from it. I want them to leave my blog feeling completely satisfied, yet wanting to return for a second helping. This can be achieved by planning and organization.



Enjoy the process of building your blog over time. You are creating a body of work that will affect many thousands of people over time. Don not rush the process or post about things that are not related to your topic. Even when I write about my personal life I tie it into my niche topic so that my readers will again gain better perspective. When they leave a comment on one of my posts, that is the icing on the cake for me.

And now I invite you to join me for free weekly teleseminars that will teach you how to blog, and how to write, market, and sell your articles and ebook to increase your visibility, credibility and passive income by visiting http://www.EbookWritingandMarketingSecrets.com and also learn the technology needed to run an online business.

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Blogging to Build Your Online Business - Time, Effort, and Planning Are All Important Ingredients

By Connie Ragen Green

Blogging successfully to build your online business will take time, effort, and planning. Each of these is equally important, so make a commitment to yourself that you will make the effort to grow your blog. If you are indeed willing to do this, your blog will bring you visibility, credibility, and massive profits. It will take some time, a few or so, but you will be glad you took blogging seriously when your hard work begins to pay off.

When I set up my most recent blog, about a year ago, I decided to do something I now refer to as power blogging. This means that I promised myself that I would write a helpful and solid post every day for at least six weeks. That turned into three months and I was rewarded by a Google page rank of 3 and more regular visitors and subscribers than I could ever have imagined.

I now post to that blog at least five times every week. Over time it has become something I look forward to. I think of this blog as my home on the internet. I include some personal information, but primarily I stick to my topic and teach my readers about things they would have to spend much time and money learning how to do.

Putting effort into your blog involves doing the necessary research to provide useful resources for your reader. If I am blogging about something like public domain content, I like to make sure I have read other articles, blog posts, and eBooks on the topic before I sit down to present the information to my readers. If I promote a related affiliate product, I purchase it first and make sure that the information will do exactly what it promises. I want to build the trust of my people so that they will see me as a resource rather than just a vendor.

Planning may be the most difficult part of the blogging process for me. I typically plan out my posts for one week at a time, but I would like to have specific days for guest posts, book reviews, and technology and writing tips. That is my intention as my blog enters its second year.

I do know that blogging has allowed me to find my place online. I have found my niche and my voice, and many people look forward to reading my posts. That motivates and inspires me to provide the best possible content in an organized way.

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Blog Income - What You Need to Do

By Brenda Moody

Blogs can be a source of income as well as being something fun to work at. The fun part is finding something you want to write about. Anything that interests you can be the theme of your blog. Pick something that you know about, are interested in and that you feel you will have a lot of topics to write about. The first step is writing so have fun with it. To set up your blog so that it will make income is the next step in the process. Here is what you'll need to get started:

The first thing you need is a blog. You can do this at no cost. Blogger and WordPress are popular choices. Both are user friendly and have easy to implement style choices, just follow the instructions given and create the look and features of your blog.

You should consider adding a meta tag in the html editor of your blog. Some search engines use it for information and ranking of your site. There are varied opinions on site maps. Site maps give more information about your site to search engines. You can get a site map at Google. Some say it helps and others don't.

Find advertisers to place on your blog. If you have a favorite product or service, check their website for an affiliates link. Sometimes it is located on the very bottom of the page. Follow the instructions given to get an ad for your page. There are also mass advertising selections you can get at sites like Pay Dot, Commission Junction or Clickbank. Choose the ads that you yourself think are the best for your site. Ask yourself if you would click on the ads you chose. Consider also adding Adsense from Google.

The most important part, and probably the most time consuming, is finding ways to get your site seen. To get your site seen, link to as many directories as you can (you can list your site in these), write articles (most let you add your URL in a resource box) and get yourself into the main search engines. Google, MSN, and Yahoo are essential. There are many free directories on the Internet. If you want to pay to have this done there are service sites that will put your site in directories for you.

If all of this is seems like Martian talk to you or you are new to the concept, I recommend you visit my site for links to Profit Article. For a very reasonable price, they guide you step by step through the whole process. They provide links to everything you require to get started and tools you may need. It is worth every penny to get if you are serious about blogging for money. It is the program I started with and I am still impressed at how straight-forward it is.

All in all, making an income from a blog is a very feasible opportunity. It will take time and the more consistent you are at updated your blog, the more profitable it will be. If you have time to invest it will cost you very little. In time, you'll find the income coming in. That in itself makes the initial time investment worth it.

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How to Use a Blog For Making Money Online

By Belinda Wilson

It seems as if the internet is constantly going through different phases. While one program may be a great opportunity one day, it may be nothing the next. But one thing that has consistently been growing is having a blog. Having a blog incorporated with your home business is a great way to go about making money online.

Many entrepreneurs are finally beginning to realize what a blog can do for their business.

Not only can it benefit your home business greatly, but you can make a decent amount of money with it as well. There are several ways you can make money off of one.

The benefit to having a blog is it allows you to open up and show people who you really are. As opposed to hiding behind your business name, people get to actually see who they are potentially going to buy from. This gives you the chance to gain the trust and respect of your prospects and customers.

Because of this, you can direct people to your web site after you have gained their trust. Having a blog is a great way to meet new people and then get them to look at your web site. You can drastically increase the sells on your web site simply from meeting people and talking with them.

You really can make money from your business without even sending them to your home page. If you have a new product that is out, you can make a post about the product and all of the benefits it has to offer. From there, you can include a link to the direct page of the product and save people time.

Aside from promoting your own products, you can also promote other programs you are in. A blog can be great for affiliate marketing because you can bring up various programs within your posts and include the links to the programs. Remember, you want to be a bit more conversational and laid back within a blog. So you do not want to push any sells too strong.

It is becoming more and more common to see entrepreneurs having both a web site and a blog. The two practically go hand-in-hand together as they compliment each other perfectly. Just know that if you do not yet have one, it is essential you start working on a blog. There is a lot of money to be made with one.

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How to Make Money Utilizing a Blog

By Anthony J. Carter

Blogs (or more properly web logs) are very popular right now. It seems almost everyone has a blog in which people can let the world know about their lives. But it is also possible to make money with a blog. Here are some tips.

It is very easy to make money from blogs. One way to do this is through search engine optimization (SEO). For example, if you are into vegetarian cooking, you can create a blog on the subject. The content for your blog entries will contain keywords related to vegetarian cooking. Search engines will find those keywords and use them to develop their page rankings. The higher your ranking, the higher up your blog will show up in search results and the more people will visit your blog.

In order cash in on this increased traffic, you can arrange to have ads placed on your blog that relate to vegetarian cooking. When a person clicks on those ads to find products and services related to vegetarian cooking, you get paid. Granted, you may only get paid a few pennies for each click, but imagine what happens as more people visit your blog. What would happen if you create more blogs?

There are many ways to increase traffic to your blog. One way is by using "PPC" (or Pay-Per-Click) advertising. You can buy an ad related to your blog, bidding on a keyword related to your subject. When someone searches for that keyword, if you have the winning bid, your ad will appear. If he or she clicks on your ad he or she will get to your blog. You only have to pay for the ad when someone actually clicks on it. This is a great way to drive traffic to your website that is generally interested in your subject because it is very cost effective.

Another way to monetize your blog is through selling products. If you have written a book, create a blog about the book and its subject, and then include a link to sell the book. If you don't have a book to sell, try selling someone else's. This is known as affiliate marketing.

This is how affiliate marketing works. Going back to our vegetarian cooking example, you can find someone who has written an eBook about vegetarian cooking through services such as ClickBank. Through that service, arrange to put a link to that cookbook's sales page on your blog. If a visitor to your blog clicks the link to order the cookbook, you get paid.

It is also possible to make money by simply writing a high-quality blog. Those who continuously update their blogs with usable information that their readers want and need often receive donations from those readers.

Another way to make money blogging is to blog for others. Companies are realizing that blogs are an excellent way to spread the word about their products and services. However, these companies may not have employees who have the time or skills to write a blog on a regular basis. If you enjoy writing and can write in a brief, informative and entertaining style, offer to write a blog. Chances are the company will take you up on it.

While blogs used to be simple online diaries, they are now so much more. Try blogging today, you may just find you have a whole new career.

We have set up a blog which offers a whole host of tips for bloggers. These tips and advice can help improve SE rankings as well as boost monthly income.

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