Bloginfo Blog: Recommends the Best SEO for Money Blogs
by James Colt
Bloggers who have created authentically valuable blogs usually know how to generate traffic to their blogs. But, very rarely is anyone satisfied with the traffic their blogs or websites are generating. This general traffic dissatisfaction is usually the starting point for thinking about search engine optimizaiton (SEO).
Especially for anyone trying to make money from their online actions, SEO is a big issue. And, an issue that never goes away. The internet is always evolving and so is SEO.
In order to do well with the big three of search engine providers, Google, Yahoo, MSN, the search engine optimizer wannabe must act to produce information that searchers want. This information is usually referred to as content.
Blog and website content is very often focused on a subject that the content creator finds interesting almost to the point being obsessional. And, a blog subject, or niche, is quite often narrowly focused. A relatively narrow niche focus plus large volumes of valuable information are important ingredients in the recipe for search engine traffic attraction. In other words, the recipe for SEO success!
If the blog or website content creator understands the concept of keyword focused content, and understands the high value of keyword focused content, a blog may be produced that is ideal for search engine optimization(SEO).
This is because search engine users are most often seeking information by typing in focused keywords and keyword phrases.
The search engine owners and operators love keyword focused content. Why? Because they want the people who use their search engine service to get what they want, that is, to get what they are searchng for.
Ideally, the searcher types in a keyword or a keyword phrase, and, then, they soon see pages of valuable, relevant, and useful information. But, a key point to remember, as far as SEO goes, is that almost all search engine users never look beyond the first page of search engine results. Therein lies the biggest issue for SEO - how to get on the first page?
Now, if a blogger is interested in making money online with the help of a blog or many blogs, then, the cash seeking blogger needs to very good at SEO. The online business blogger will be working against competition who already know how to get what they want from the search engines. Some of the competitors will already know how to consistently get ranked on the first page of the search results.
The new entry in the online moneymaking arena must, as quickly as possible, learn effective SEO strategies.
The quickest way to reach expert SEO level is to obtain and use SEO software. There is software available that is proven over and over again to produce top page results. This software has been created by individuals with years of successful SEO experience. Even a novice blogger can tap in to this expertise and score some
first page ranks for keywords related to their money blog.
Using the software, which comes with tutorials, a relatively short learning curve can be traversed rapidly by a highly motivated money blogger!
Go with proven experts and get SEO software, otherwise, you may never know how to accomplish the following:
Get on the first page of search engine results for your highest value keywords.
Even better get on the first page of Google's search results for more than one of your keywords.
Even better still, get on the first page of Google search results for several keywords as often as you want.
Learn how fast you can go from keyword research to first page results.
Monitor what your competition is doing.
Find out how important and useful it is to know which keywords the competition are ranking for.
Do effective SEO efficiently, consistently, effectively, and often.
The above list of SEO issues, concerns, and objectives is not complete, and, never will be. The internet, and thus, SEO, is ever changing. But I believe you are seeing the need for SEO tools beyond what mere mortals can provide with manual methods. SEO software can be a lifesaver for your business.
Great software designed for SEO is available now.
You will never know how much targeted traffic your blogs could receive unless you give SEO software a trial for a minimum of a week.
The good news is that free trial periods of longer than a week are offered by one of the greatest SEO software packages.
Still not willing to try SEO software? Please consider the following capabilities and the great difficulty or even impossibility of achieving them without SEO software:
Find out why the top ranked blogs are currently ranked where they are.
Discover the specific SEO adjustments you need to make in order to outrank your competition.
Get top search engine rankings on Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
Achieve multiple first page listings on Google!
Uncover intimate details about your competition. In the process, learn why they're ranking highly.
Instantly see who's linking to whom, and why.
See things about your competition that, until now, only Google knew!
Truly ask and exclaim:
Who knew?
Google, that's who.
Now, I know too!
Don't be fool,
Get a useful
SEO tool!
Chances are
You won't be aware
Without the software!
The above is an original poem by James E Colt
All Rights are Reserved.
See formerly hidden information because you have the "smarts" to acquire
and use powerful SEO software.)
Take your new knowledge and improve upon it to outrank your competition!
Get thousands of blogs and websites to link to your blogs.
Find the highest quality, highest page rank blogs that Google absolutely loves,
then, get links to them.
Your search engine rankings will skyrocket just from the links you get.
Easily submit your blogs and websites to link directories using an automated link directory tool!
Search for successful blog owners who may be willing to promote you.
Monitor exactly where your blogs rank in the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, Altavista) for an unlimited number of keywords and an unlimited number of blogs.
See rises and falls in your rankings over a period of time by viewing an
SEO software generated rankings graphs.
View your blog's top search engine ranking for a specific keyword, as well as
the number of positions you have risen or dropped. These ranking changes can be
viewed over periods of 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month.
Find out which links from certain blogs are guaranteed to shoot you to the top of the search engines.
Learn and practice what the world's smartest online marketers use for SEO.
Discover which SEO software geniuses have released their best money-making tricks, tips, and strategies.
Use these tips, tricks, and strategies within days in your own businesses!
I hope by now you are ready to take your SEO and business to the highest level,
which is only possible with software assistance!
Best of luck and success!
James E Colt
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
5 Steps for Planning the Direction of Your Blog in 2009
5 Steps for Planning the Direction of Your Blog in 2009
by problogger
http://problogger.net
Posted in: Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Last week I shared a series of questions for bloggers to ponder as they look back on their last year of blogging.
The point of the questions was not to engage in a navel gazing exercise but to look back with the objective of identifying how a blog has been performing in order to improve it moving forward.
Today I want to suggest a process for thinking about the future of your blog.
I’m not sure that this process appears exactly like this in any strategic thinking books or teaching but it is the process that I use when I periodically look at how my blogs and business is going.
Step 1 - Define your Mission
This is fairly big picture stuff and for me actually goes wider than just why I blog and more fits with my overall life mission. I guess it’s about looking at your overall purpose and direction - what you want to achieve etc. Having this firm in your mind then enables you to work out how blogging fits into that overall purpose.
Step 2 - Paint a Picture of Your Vision
This is still pretty long term and looks beyond the coming year to where you want to eventually take your blog. It’s a picture of a reasonably distant future. Dare to dream a little and think big in this stage.
Step 3 - Make Goals
Now we’re drilling down into the year ahead. Where do you want to be at the end of 2009? Hopefully it’ll be somewhere towards your ‘Vision’ and have helped you to accomplish some of your ‘mission’ - but what will your blog look like, be doing and have achieved this time next year? Dare to think big but keep in mind that it needs to be achievable. You don’t need to have done everything in your vision in 12 months - these goals are stepping stones to the eventual goals.
Step 4 - Devise a Strategy
What are you going to need to DO to get to your goals? Usually this means some kind of ‘change’ in your approach. Do you need to blog more, start a new blog, change your topic slightly, hire a writer, network with other bloggers more, start using a new method for promoting your blog, follow what others are writing more, build community engagement, redesign your blog etc? Think about strategies across the different activities of blogging that will take you closer to your goals.
Step 5 - Set out an Action Plan
Most people set ‘resolutions’ in their lives (and for their blogs) that are quite ‘general’ and wishywashy in nature. ‘I’m going to lose weight’, or ‘I’m going to find a girlfriend’. While these resolutions are great they are often not achieved simply because while a decision is made to do something - the person making the decision puts no actual plan in place for ‘how’ they’ll do it. The same is true for thinking strategically about your blog. ‘I’m going to get more traffic in 2009′ is a great goal - but what are you doing to specifically focus on DOING to get that traffic. Your action plan should be made up of very concrete tasks that you’ll do in the coming months. I will write 5 posts a week - I will email 7 readers each week - I will leave 1 comment per day on another blog in my niche - I will write a guest post for another blogger each month - I will run a competition on my blog in June.
The above 5 steps are the way I approach planning on my blogs (in fact it is how I do it in other areas of my life also). I actually do this for each of my blogs. The mission generally is much the same for each one and at times there are similarities in other steps.
This process will not be for everyone but I think can make a useful starting point for thinking about your blog in 2009. Some personality types will find it easier than others to think this way - actually for me it is not a natural way of thinking - I’m quite impulsive and this is a real effort to do. You might find some steps in the process more natural and quicker to complete than others but thinking things through from the big picture right down to specific tasks will hopefully help you to not only plan but make the changes you need to make in order to achieve your dreams.
Courtesy of Darren at http://problogger.net
by problogger
http://problogger.net
Posted in: Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Last week I shared a series of questions for bloggers to ponder as they look back on their last year of blogging.
The point of the questions was not to engage in a navel gazing exercise but to look back with the objective of identifying how a blog has been performing in order to improve it moving forward.
Today I want to suggest a process for thinking about the future of your blog.
I’m not sure that this process appears exactly like this in any strategic thinking books or teaching but it is the process that I use when I periodically look at how my blogs and business is going.
Step 1 - Define your Mission
This is fairly big picture stuff and for me actually goes wider than just why I blog and more fits with my overall life mission. I guess it’s about looking at your overall purpose and direction - what you want to achieve etc. Having this firm in your mind then enables you to work out how blogging fits into that overall purpose.
Step 2 - Paint a Picture of Your Vision
This is still pretty long term and looks beyond the coming year to where you want to eventually take your blog. It’s a picture of a reasonably distant future. Dare to dream a little and think big in this stage.
Step 3 - Make Goals
Now we’re drilling down into the year ahead. Where do you want to be at the end of 2009? Hopefully it’ll be somewhere towards your ‘Vision’ and have helped you to accomplish some of your ‘mission’ - but what will your blog look like, be doing and have achieved this time next year? Dare to think big but keep in mind that it needs to be achievable. You don’t need to have done everything in your vision in 12 months - these goals are stepping stones to the eventual goals.
Step 4 - Devise a Strategy
What are you going to need to DO to get to your goals? Usually this means some kind of ‘change’ in your approach. Do you need to blog more, start a new blog, change your topic slightly, hire a writer, network with other bloggers more, start using a new method for promoting your blog, follow what others are writing more, build community engagement, redesign your blog etc? Think about strategies across the different activities of blogging that will take you closer to your goals.
Step 5 - Set out an Action Plan
Most people set ‘resolutions’ in their lives (and for their blogs) that are quite ‘general’ and wishywashy in nature. ‘I’m going to lose weight’, or ‘I’m going to find a girlfriend’. While these resolutions are great they are often not achieved simply because while a decision is made to do something - the person making the decision puts no actual plan in place for ‘how’ they’ll do it. The same is true for thinking strategically about your blog. ‘I’m going to get more traffic in 2009′ is a great goal - but what are you doing to specifically focus on DOING to get that traffic. Your action plan should be made up of very concrete tasks that you’ll do in the coming months. I will write 5 posts a week - I will email 7 readers each week - I will leave 1 comment per day on another blog in my niche - I will write a guest post for another blogger each month - I will run a competition on my blog in June.
The above 5 steps are the way I approach planning on my blogs (in fact it is how I do it in other areas of my life also). I actually do this for each of my blogs. The mission generally is much the same for each one and at times there are similarities in other steps.
This process will not be for everyone but I think can make a useful starting point for thinking about your blog in 2009. Some personality types will find it easier than others to think this way - actually for me it is not a natural way of thinking - I’m quite impulsive and this is a real effort to do. You might find some steps in the process more natural and quicker to complete than others but thinking things through from the big picture right down to specific tasks will hopefully help you to not only plan but make the changes you need to make in order to achieve your dreams.
Courtesy of Darren at http://problogger.net
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Seven Strategies for Successful Blogging
Seven Strategies for Successful Blogging
By Sharon Hurley Hall
What makes some blogs more successful than others? Here are seven strategies that will contribute to every blog's success.
What's Your Niche?
When people start to blog, they often have little idea what they're going to say today and less idea what they'll be talking about in five years' time. That doesn't matter much at the beginning, but if you're going to stick to blogging, you need to find something you enjoy writing about and can stay current on. Something that's a big part of your life will make a good blogging niche. For me, that's writing; for you, it could be something else.
Keep Your Focus
Once you've found your niche, stick to it, most of the time at least. When your readers get used to the content you provide, your readership will dip if you go off-topic for too long. You need to find a way to make your content relevant to your readers. Sometimes all you need to do that is a good title. Choosing a title that relates to the theme of your blog or post will help readers realize what your topic is and how this post relates to it.
Read Or Dead?
If you want people to read your blog, you've got to give them something to read - and you've got to make it regular. For some people, this means posting at least once or several times a day. For others, it means posting a couple of times a week. If you're a WAHM or part-time blogger, you may not have a lot of time to sit down and think of posts, let alone write them. But as long as there's activity on the blog, there'll be people reading it. Stay away too long and people are likely to abandon your blog for one that's got fresh content. Since people have lives that are offline (as well as online) getting a guest blogger is a good way to make sure your blog is updated if you have to be away. And with some blogging platforms like Wordpress, you can submit blog posts by email.
Tell The World
Sitting around waiting for people to find your content can take a long time. Instead, take the content to them with headline animators from Feedburner, email alerts from Feedblitz, RSS feeds from whoever you choose. Submit your blog to directories and try to think of a description that will make people want to visit. This is especially important if your blog is just one of many in a crowded field. What is the unique selling point of your blog? What makes it stand out from the rest? That's what you need to put in the description. Use pinging services like Pingoat to let people know you've updated your content. Also use the social bookmarking services to take your blog posts to a wider audience.
Read All About It
Read other people's blogs, not just on your own blogging platform, but everywhere. This will let you know what people are thinking and talking about and may give you inspiration for blog posts of your own. This article was inspired by a post on Problogger, for example.
Talk To Others
When you read other blogs, be sure to comment if you've found the post interesting or useful. If you have something to add to the discussion, that's even more useful. The best blogging has a community feel and you have to keep talking to maintain that community. That also means that you should respond to all comments on your blog. If you get a lot of visitors, you don't have to respond individually, but it's nice for people to know their voices have been heard.
Work Those Links
Use blogrolls and bookmarks to keep track of the bloggers you read. You can also link to interesting posts in your own posts and use the trackbacks feature to let those people know about the link. If you're lucky, those people will also link back to you and you'll get new readers for your blog. But that's only one part of the story. The best way to keep getting readers for your posts is to link to them in other posts. After all, you're the person who's most likely to know if one of your blog posts is related to another.
These strategies are a good way of building a blog readership and a sense of community with your readers. Once you've done that, your readers will come to you with questions and comments that will lead to other blog posts - and you'll be sure that someone wants to read them.
Sharon Hurley Hall is a freelance writer, ghostwriter and editor. Sharon worked in publishing for 19 years, writing articles and editing and designing books and magazines. Sharon writes on freelance writing for InspiredAuthor.com. For more information or to contact Sharon, visit doublehdesign.com.
By Sharon Hurley Hall
What makes some blogs more successful than others? Here are seven strategies that will contribute to every blog's success.
What's Your Niche?
When people start to blog, they often have little idea what they're going to say today and less idea what they'll be talking about in five years' time. That doesn't matter much at the beginning, but if you're going to stick to blogging, you need to find something you enjoy writing about and can stay current on. Something that's a big part of your life will make a good blogging niche. For me, that's writing; for you, it could be something else.
Keep Your Focus
Once you've found your niche, stick to it, most of the time at least. When your readers get used to the content you provide, your readership will dip if you go off-topic for too long. You need to find a way to make your content relevant to your readers. Sometimes all you need to do that is a good title. Choosing a title that relates to the theme of your blog or post will help readers realize what your topic is and how this post relates to it.
Read Or Dead?
If you want people to read your blog, you've got to give them something to read - and you've got to make it regular. For some people, this means posting at least once or several times a day. For others, it means posting a couple of times a week. If you're a WAHM or part-time blogger, you may not have a lot of time to sit down and think of posts, let alone write them. But as long as there's activity on the blog, there'll be people reading it. Stay away too long and people are likely to abandon your blog for one that's got fresh content. Since people have lives that are offline (as well as online) getting a guest blogger is a good way to make sure your blog is updated if you have to be away. And with some blogging platforms like Wordpress, you can submit blog posts by email.
Tell The World
Sitting around waiting for people to find your content can take a long time. Instead, take the content to them with headline animators from Feedburner, email alerts from Feedblitz, RSS feeds from whoever you choose. Submit your blog to directories and try to think of a description that will make people want to visit. This is especially important if your blog is just one of many in a crowded field. What is the unique selling point of your blog? What makes it stand out from the rest? That's what you need to put in the description. Use pinging services like Pingoat to let people know you've updated your content. Also use the social bookmarking services to take your blog posts to a wider audience.
Read All About It
Read other people's blogs, not just on your own blogging platform, but everywhere. This will let you know what people are thinking and talking about and may give you inspiration for blog posts of your own. This article was inspired by a post on Problogger, for example.
Talk To Others
When you read other blogs, be sure to comment if you've found the post interesting or useful. If you have something to add to the discussion, that's even more useful. The best blogging has a community feel and you have to keep talking to maintain that community. That also means that you should respond to all comments on your blog. If you get a lot of visitors, you don't have to respond individually, but it's nice for people to know their voices have been heard.
Work Those Links
Use blogrolls and bookmarks to keep track of the bloggers you read. You can also link to interesting posts in your own posts and use the trackbacks feature to let those people know about the link. If you're lucky, those people will also link back to you and you'll get new readers for your blog. But that's only one part of the story. The best way to keep getting readers for your posts is to link to them in other posts. After all, you're the person who's most likely to know if one of your blog posts is related to another.
These strategies are a good way of building a blog readership and a sense of community with your readers. Once you've done that, your readers will come to you with questions and comments that will lead to other blog posts - and you'll be sure that someone wants to read them.
Sharon Hurley Hall is a freelance writer, ghostwriter and editor. Sharon worked in publishing for 19 years, writing articles and editing and designing books and magazines. Sharon writes on freelance writing for InspiredAuthor.com. For more information or to contact Sharon, visit doublehdesign.com.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Finding Your Blog Niche
You may think finding a niche for your blog will be easy as you're probably
thinking, "Can't you just find out which niche is most profitable and work from there?" Absolutely, positively not. First, you need to ask yourself six essential questions:
Are you interested in the niche? - This is no doubt the most important question to ask yourself. To run a blog successfully you will need to do countless hours of research and even more time adding content to your blog. Therefore if you have no genuine interest in what you are writing about, you will very quickly loose motivation for your blog. Additionally if you pick a niche that you are interested in, usually you will already have some previous knowledge about the topic.
Is the niche too specific or too general? - Try not to make your niche too specific because your blog will not appeal to a large enough audience. Likewise, don't make your niche too general because in most cases, the competition will be too high and you will be unable to engage with your audience at the same level as a more specific niche. For example, instead of having a blog targeting football, you could have a blog about a specific team or fans in a specific country or state.
Who will I be targeting? - It is important to know who your audience will be. For example, if you made a blog for senior citizens, you should be aware that those in this group who are the oldest, may use the internet as compared to those who are younger. Likewise, if you were targeting a specific country, city, or town, do many people have internet access in that area?
Will it be easy to advertise? - If you are looking to make a blog that will receive large amounts of traffic this question applies to you. Things you may look into could include how many search results there are in Google, are there many similar sites where you could exchange links, are there any forums about this topic and do these forums allow signature links?
Who are my competitors? - If you are already familiar with your niche, you would be aware of the various authority sites. Look for things that you can do differently that will make people want to read your blog instead of other blogs and websites.
Is this niche profitable? - This point is not relevant to everyone and you should not pick a niche on this point alone. If you have made a list of several niches that you are interested in, then you might decide to pick the most profitable out of the list. However, keep in mind that the more passionate you are about the niche, the more work you will do and the more work you do, the more revenue you will make.
By asking yourself the above questions you will be able to pick the right niche for you to start a blog. This may take some time however, so keep in mind that it is time well spent. There is nothing worse than setting up a website that you are not interested in and seeing it fail after a few months. Picking a niche using the above questions will ensure your blog becomes popular and makes revenue.
By: Reba Collins
Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com
Reba Collins runs the Internet Marketing Boomer website at www.InternetMarketingBoomer.com. There you will find information to help you market your business on the internet. To read how to set-up a blog go to ezinearticles.com/?Setting-Up-a-Blog&id=1824992.
thinking, "Can't you just find out which niche is most profitable and work from there?" Absolutely, positively not. First, you need to ask yourself six essential questions:
Are you interested in the niche? - This is no doubt the most important question to ask yourself. To run a blog successfully you will need to do countless hours of research and even more time adding content to your blog. Therefore if you have no genuine interest in what you are writing about, you will very quickly loose motivation for your blog. Additionally if you pick a niche that you are interested in, usually you will already have some previous knowledge about the topic.
Is the niche too specific or too general? - Try not to make your niche too specific because your blog will not appeal to a large enough audience. Likewise, don't make your niche too general because in most cases, the competition will be too high and you will be unable to engage with your audience at the same level as a more specific niche. For example, instead of having a blog targeting football, you could have a blog about a specific team or fans in a specific country or state.
Who will I be targeting? - It is important to know who your audience will be. For example, if you made a blog for senior citizens, you should be aware that those in this group who are the oldest, may use the internet as compared to those who are younger. Likewise, if you were targeting a specific country, city, or town, do many people have internet access in that area?
Will it be easy to advertise? - If you are looking to make a blog that will receive large amounts of traffic this question applies to you. Things you may look into could include how many search results there are in Google, are there many similar sites where you could exchange links, are there any forums about this topic and do these forums allow signature links?
Who are my competitors? - If you are already familiar with your niche, you would be aware of the various authority sites. Look for things that you can do differently that will make people want to read your blog instead of other blogs and websites.
Is this niche profitable? - This point is not relevant to everyone and you should not pick a niche on this point alone. If you have made a list of several niches that you are interested in, then you might decide to pick the most profitable out of the list. However, keep in mind that the more passionate you are about the niche, the more work you will do and the more work you do, the more revenue you will make.
By asking yourself the above questions you will be able to pick the right niche for you to start a blog. This may take some time however, so keep in mind that it is time well spent. There is nothing worse than setting up a website that you are not interested in and seeing it fail after a few months. Picking a niche using the above questions will ensure your blog becomes popular and makes revenue.
By: Reba Collins
Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com
Reba Collins runs the Internet Marketing Boomer website at www.InternetMarketingBoomer.com. There you will find information to help you market your business on the internet. To read how to set-up a blog go to ezinearticles.com/?Setting-Up-a-Blog&id=1824992.
Friday, January 2, 2009
How to Make Money Blogging in 2009 - 11 Tips for Making it Your Most Lucrative Year Ever
Social media marketing is all the rage right now. Facebook is sexy, Twitter is fast and easy, and MySpace - well, you're nobody without a MySpace page. So where does that leave good old blogging? A has been. But, not so fast. Blogging is still one of the best ways to make money online.
If you want to make money blogging in 2009, the following 11 blogging tips offer some sage advice on how to go about it.
To Make Money Blogging in 2009, Get Back to Basics
Blogging Tip #1:
Create a Posting Schedule. It makes it easier for readers to follow you; indeed, look forward to your posts. If your schedule is erratic, it will take you that much longer - if ever - to build up a loyal following:
Posting Schedule Tip: Try to do so at least once a week.
Blogging Tip #2:
Post from Experience. Did you know that information is the best selling product on the web? And, much of it is written in a "how to" format by authors who've experienced it first-hand. So share your experiences with readers using the first person (ie, "I"). Readers will come to know, like and trust the info you provide. And, that will make it much easier for you to sell to them (which is the ultimate goal, after all). It will also build up your credibility as an authority in your niche.
Blogging Tip #3:
Choose a Niche. Speaking of niche - choose a niche and stick to it. It's where the money is. There's so much info on the web that it's impossible to be everything to everybody. So, clearly define your niche and always post with their wants and needs in mind.
Blogging Tip #4:
Interact with Other Popular Blogs in Your Niche. The most effective way to do this is by commenting on other popular blogs in your niche. Make your posts relevant. Don't just post to post. This is pointless and is a waste of time. Use the space to leave helpful, relevant feedback.
Blogging Tip #5:
Use Good Grammar. I don't care how good your post is, if it's poorly written, you will lose credibility. Never underestimate the power of good writing.
Blogging Tip #6:
Get a Clean Design. You don't have to be a web designer to have an effective blog. After all, readers come for your information. If design is not your forte, don't sweat it. Just use a clean design that's easy to navigate. A clean, simple design is like a little black dress - it's classy - timeless.
Blogging Tip #7:
Get Plugins. Plugins are things like "most relevant posts", "most recent posts", etc. They encourage readers to hang around longer. The longer a visitor stays on your blog, the more likely it is they will buy from you - whether right now or at some time in the future.
Blogging Tip #8:
Blog with SEO in Mind. What I mean by this is, center each post around a keyword phrase. And, the writing doesn't have to be bad to "force a phrase," just keep SEO in mind when you blog. Many bloggers forget this. They tend to think in terms of articles or web content when they think of SEO. But, the concepts apply to blogging as well.
Blogging Tip #9:
Don't Forget to Market Your Blog. Don't stop at posting. Get mileage out of your posts. Employ "sexy marketing", ie, social bookmarking and networking. Tweet them on Twitter, post them to Facebook and MySpace, stumble them on StumbleUpon, etc.
Social bookmarking and networking tip: These are time-consuming marketing strategies because you have to interact with these communities to make this type of marketing effective. So just keep this in mind when you start with them.
Blogging Tip #10:
Personalize Your Blog. Be you; inject some of your personality.
Blogging Tip #11:
Don't Give Up. Blogging is more time consuming than many think when they first start. This is why there are so many dead blogs on the web. But remember, success is a marathon, not a sprint. So don't give up.
If you keep these blogging tips in mind as you head into 2009, it could be your must successful year ever as a blogger.
About the Author: Yuwanda Black is a freelance SEO writer and the author of How to Make $250+/Day Writing Simple, 500-Word Articles. Ms. Black says, "You can work from home as a freelance writer/blogger in your PJs, getting assignments via the internet. I do it every day." Learn more about how to start a successful freelance writing career
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If you want to make money blogging in 2009, the following 11 blogging tips offer some sage advice on how to go about it.
To Make Money Blogging in 2009, Get Back to Basics
Blogging Tip #1:
Create a Posting Schedule. It makes it easier for readers to follow you; indeed, look forward to your posts. If your schedule is erratic, it will take you that much longer - if ever - to build up a loyal following:
Posting Schedule Tip: Try to do so at least once a week.
Blogging Tip #2:
Post from Experience. Did you know that information is the best selling product on the web? And, much of it is written in a "how to" format by authors who've experienced it first-hand. So share your experiences with readers using the first person (ie, "I"). Readers will come to know, like and trust the info you provide. And, that will make it much easier for you to sell to them (which is the ultimate goal, after all). It will also build up your credibility as an authority in your niche.
Blogging Tip #3:
Choose a Niche. Speaking of niche - choose a niche and stick to it. It's where the money is. There's so much info on the web that it's impossible to be everything to everybody. So, clearly define your niche and always post with their wants and needs in mind.
Blogging Tip #4:
Interact with Other Popular Blogs in Your Niche. The most effective way to do this is by commenting on other popular blogs in your niche. Make your posts relevant. Don't just post to post. This is pointless and is a waste of time. Use the space to leave helpful, relevant feedback.
Blogging Tip #5:
Use Good Grammar. I don't care how good your post is, if it's poorly written, you will lose credibility. Never underestimate the power of good writing.
Blogging Tip #6:
Get a Clean Design. You don't have to be a web designer to have an effective blog. After all, readers come for your information. If design is not your forte, don't sweat it. Just use a clean design that's easy to navigate. A clean, simple design is like a little black dress - it's classy - timeless.
Blogging Tip #7:
Get Plugins. Plugins are things like "most relevant posts", "most recent posts", etc. They encourage readers to hang around longer. The longer a visitor stays on your blog, the more likely it is they will buy from you - whether right now or at some time in the future.
Blogging Tip #8:
Blog with SEO in Mind. What I mean by this is, center each post around a keyword phrase. And, the writing doesn't have to be bad to "force a phrase," just keep SEO in mind when you blog. Many bloggers forget this. They tend to think in terms of articles or web content when they think of SEO. But, the concepts apply to blogging as well.
Blogging Tip #9:
Don't Forget to Market Your Blog. Don't stop at posting. Get mileage out of your posts. Employ "sexy marketing", ie, social bookmarking and networking. Tweet them on Twitter, post them to Facebook and MySpace, stumble them on StumbleUpon, etc.
Social bookmarking and networking tip: These are time-consuming marketing strategies because you have to interact with these communities to make this type of marketing effective. So just keep this in mind when you start with them.
Blogging Tip #10:
Personalize Your Blog. Be you; inject some of your personality.
Blogging Tip #11:
Don't Give Up. Blogging is more time consuming than many think when they first start. This is why there are so many dead blogs on the web. But remember, success is a marathon, not a sprint. So don't give up.
If you keep these blogging tips in mind as you head into 2009, it could be your must successful year ever as a blogger.
About the Author: Yuwanda Black is a freelance SEO writer and the author of How to Make $250+/Day Writing Simple, 500-Word Articles. Ms. Black says, "You can work from home as a freelance writer/blogger in your PJs, getting assignments via the internet. I do it every day." Learn more about how to start a successful freelance writing career
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Blog Your Passion Into Money
Once again, a Blog is a term coined from two words: "web" and "log" or weblog. It is an online journal or diary in which thoughts, ideas, events, passions, and solutions are shared with others who read them.
What is Passion? Passion is that crazy motivation you have over something. That ready to die for something spirit in you.
The most successful Blogs in the world are Blogs that were created around passions. In other words, Blogging is a game of passions! A monkey is ready to die for banana! That is passion.
Gossiping is a passion. The 7th most popular Blog in the world is a celebrity gossip Blog called perezHilton.com. It generates over 120 million page views monthly, and earns over U$D 180, 000 monthly.
Let me give us few passionate areas I saw that people are ready to die for: Football, Music, Money, Woman, Man, Knowledge, Gospel, Children, Gambling, Cars, Country, Business, and on and on.....The same goes with many other passions that we did not even see the virtues in them. We saw the vices and hissed, closing our eyes to the opportunities abound therein.
Before you venture into the passionate game called blogging, I advise that you apply the litmus test called L.S.M. That is: Locate (L) your passion, Showcase (S) your passion, and Monetize (M) your passion.
Blogging is all about passion. Passion is the fuel that drives the vehicle of career success.
Passion is anything that captures your imagination and drives you into action to fulfill that pleasure. Somebody once described bloggers as actors and actresses on the internet "stage", which performs to entertain their audience, and make money while doing so.
What that means is that there are 1.5 billion people that are potentially available to become your audience, if you decide to 'perform' with your Blog. The internet world has been divided into two broad categories: (i) actors (ii) Spectators. The spectator pays to watch the actors.
Adamu Alexander
What If I Could Show You How you can build Your blog with Passion and make hell of a lot of Money from it Daily Even while You are Sleeping? Get Free tips From http://www.bloggersbase.blogspot.com
Adamu Alexander. http://bloggersbase.blogspot.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adamu_Alexander
What is Passion? Passion is that crazy motivation you have over something. That ready to die for something spirit in you.
The most successful Blogs in the world are Blogs that were created around passions. In other words, Blogging is a game of passions! A monkey is ready to die for banana! That is passion.
Gossiping is a passion. The 7th most popular Blog in the world is a celebrity gossip Blog called perezHilton.com. It generates over 120 million page views monthly, and earns over U$D 180, 000 monthly.
Let me give us few passionate areas I saw that people are ready to die for: Football, Music, Money, Woman, Man, Knowledge, Gospel, Children, Gambling, Cars, Country, Business, and on and on.....The same goes with many other passions that we did not even see the virtues in them. We saw the vices and hissed, closing our eyes to the opportunities abound therein.
Before you venture into the passionate game called blogging, I advise that you apply the litmus test called L.S.M. That is: Locate (L) your passion, Showcase (S) your passion, and Monetize (M) your passion.
Blogging is all about passion. Passion is the fuel that drives the vehicle of career success.
Passion is anything that captures your imagination and drives you into action to fulfill that pleasure. Somebody once described bloggers as actors and actresses on the internet "stage", which performs to entertain their audience, and make money while doing so.
What that means is that there are 1.5 billion people that are potentially available to become your audience, if you decide to 'perform' with your Blog. The internet world has been divided into two broad categories: (i) actors (ii) Spectators. The spectator pays to watch the actors.
Adamu Alexander
What If I Could Show You How you can build Your blog with Passion and make hell of a lot of Money from it Daily Even while You are Sleeping? Get Free tips From http://www.bloggersbase.blogspot.com
Adamu Alexander. http://bloggersbase.blogspot.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adamu_Alexander
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Blog Bucks - How to Earn Money Blogging?
You know what? The Internet is full of success stories about people who just happened to launch a blog one fine day, and then sat back and waited for the cash to flow in. And surprise, surprise, it did, too. And then they wrote paragraph after paragraph about how to make money by blogging, and made some more money. As I say, you'll read plenty of such stories.
Don't believe any of them.
Yes, you can earn plenty of money by blogging, but it requires planning and research, and doesn't just happen out of thin air. Having said that, it is a fairly simple process once you get started, but the trick is to get started on the right path.
Ever since the blogging phenomenon exploded in our midst, we've had supposed experts suggesting to us how to make money from blogging. However, the fundamentals are too often ignored in the rush to draw in the bucks. The truth is that no matter what anyone says, in order to make your blog a profitable one, you need good content, good promotion, and plenty of hard work.
The content part is in your hands, obviously. The surer you are of yourself and your interests, as well as the reason you are launching a blog, the more it will reflect on your contents. So if your blog supplies precise, relevant, and interesting information, and offers links to other interesting sites, for instance, your battle is half won.
Next, make sure you install a reliable tracking system that enables you to monitor traffic on your blog, so you know the footfall. Also, make it a point to visit as many blogs as you can and leave your URL in the comments, so people are linked back to you. If you can create a large enough community of visitors with whom you have to take time out and interact individually, you will find sponsors willing to advertise on your site.
Besides, you can also join affiliate programs to promote certain products through your blog, and install such profit earners as Adsense. Once you get into the flow, the money starts to flow, too, and all you then need to do is keep abreast of current blogging trends so that your blog remains forever topical.
Article by Camilla Bertelsen and the owner of http://earnmoneybyblogging.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Camilla_Bertelsen
Don't believe any of them.
Yes, you can earn plenty of money by blogging, but it requires planning and research, and doesn't just happen out of thin air. Having said that, it is a fairly simple process once you get started, but the trick is to get started on the right path.
Ever since the blogging phenomenon exploded in our midst, we've had supposed experts suggesting to us how to make money from blogging. However, the fundamentals are too often ignored in the rush to draw in the bucks. The truth is that no matter what anyone says, in order to make your blog a profitable one, you need good content, good promotion, and plenty of hard work.
The content part is in your hands, obviously. The surer you are of yourself and your interests, as well as the reason you are launching a blog, the more it will reflect on your contents. So if your blog supplies precise, relevant, and interesting information, and offers links to other interesting sites, for instance, your battle is half won.
Next, make sure you install a reliable tracking system that enables you to monitor traffic on your blog, so you know the footfall. Also, make it a point to visit as many blogs as you can and leave your URL in the comments, so people are linked back to you. If you can create a large enough community of visitors with whom you have to take time out and interact individually, you will find sponsors willing to advertise on your site.
Besides, you can also join affiliate programs to promote certain products through your blog, and install such profit earners as Adsense. Once you get into the flow, the money starts to flow, too, and all you then need to do is keep abreast of current blogging trends so that your blog remains forever topical.
Article by Camilla Bertelsen and the owner of http://earnmoneybyblogging.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Camilla_Bertelsen
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
19 Reasons To Have Your Own Blog
Are you debating whether to create your own blog? If so, you can advance your decision making process by reviewing the following important reasons for creating and maintaining a blog.
1. Enhance your professional standing, and authority, as a contributor in your area of interest.
2. Enhances your ability to tap into the remarkably interesting and creative world of Web 2.0.
3. Makes it easier and faster to learn about and keep up with your friend's interests, hobbies, goals, aspirations, and involvements.
4. Gives you more freedom to promote and emphasize your uniqueness in the way you want to.
5. To increase your personal cash flow. Is anybody out there making too much money?
6. You can make your unique outlook, advice, and opinions readily available to your visitors.
7. Use your blog to support your website. It's now possible to get a blog up and running in less than hour.
8. Expands your ability to find and then communicate with many other interesting and creative people.
9. You will be able to start a forum where your visitors with common interests and concerns can find and help one another. This is one way of making your blog "sticky". Visitors to a sticky blog are more likely to stay longer and to return.
10. You are further empowered to earn prestige, admiration, and advancement in your areas of interest.
11. You can post your own articles and those of others.
12. You can create blog pages to creatively and imaginatively present your favorite subjects.
13. Allows you to offer ebooks, mini-courses, software, white papers, and other special reports in downloadable forms.
14. You can host pages on your blog or even build entire sites for "technology challenged" friends and associates.
15. By providing a syndication feed from your blog, you can deliver messages and updates without having someone's e-mail address.
16. Adding audio and video content can be very attractive, entertaining, and as well as informative.
17. You can build and share a well ordered history of your ideas, your art, and your music.
18. By offering free guidance and/or a newsletter you can gain friends, fans, and business contacts.
19. You will learn why almost everyone with a blog asks themselves, why build just a blog?...when I could almost as easily build a web business?"
In closing; this list is just a sampling of the possibilities., I realize that the points are just touched on. However, I hope you found it thought provoking and maybe it can inspire you to make choices that advance you in life.
James Colt is an experienced Personal Trainer (ACE), Personal Coach, and Marketing Consultant.
1. Enhance your professional standing, and authority, as a contributor in your area of interest.
2. Enhances your ability to tap into the remarkably interesting and creative world of Web 2.0.
3. Makes it easier and faster to learn about and keep up with your friend's interests, hobbies, goals, aspirations, and involvements.
4. Gives you more freedom to promote and emphasize your uniqueness in the way you want to.
5. To increase your personal cash flow. Is anybody out there making too much money?
6. You can make your unique outlook, advice, and opinions readily available to your visitors.
7. Use your blog to support your website. It's now possible to get a blog up and running in less than hour.
8. Expands your ability to find and then communicate with many other interesting and creative people.
9. You will be able to start a forum where your visitors with common interests and concerns can find and help one another. This is one way of making your blog "sticky". Visitors to a sticky blog are more likely to stay longer and to return.
10. You are further empowered to earn prestige, admiration, and advancement in your areas of interest.
11. You can post your own articles and those of others.
12. You can create blog pages to creatively and imaginatively present your favorite subjects.
13. Allows you to offer ebooks, mini-courses, software, white papers, and other special reports in downloadable forms.
14. You can host pages on your blog or even build entire sites for "technology challenged" friends and associates.
15. By providing a syndication feed from your blog, you can deliver messages and updates without having someone's e-mail address.
16. Adding audio and video content can be very attractive, entertaining, and as well as informative.
17. You can build and share a well ordered history of your ideas, your art, and your music.
18. By offering free guidance and/or a newsletter you can gain friends, fans, and business contacts.
19. You will learn why almost everyone with a blog asks themselves, why build just a blog?...when I could almost as easily build a web business?"
In closing; this list is just a sampling of the possibilities., I realize that the points are just touched on. However, I hope you found it thought provoking and maybe it can inspire you to make choices that advance you in life.
James Colt is an experienced Personal Trainer (ACE), Personal Coach, and Marketing Consultant.
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