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Blogs Are Your Internet Marketing Secret Weapon

2007-03-09T08:26:00.000-06:00

These days, blogs are among the most important secret weapons that internet marketers can employ. They are a terrific way to have opinions stated in an un-moderated and public place, where ideas and insights can be shared among everyone who wishes to read them.

For internet marketing, blogging builds credibility for the website through the many opinions and ideas that are shared there. The company, and its bloggers, become recognized by their readers as a resource for useful information. Therefore, people will not only visit once, but will return again and again to find out what else is new.

Blogging itself is an extremely inexpensive, quick, and simple way to reach out to thousands of website visitors. It draws people who are in your direct target market, making relationship building a much more natural process once that visitor takes their use of your website one step further and makes a purchase of whatever product or service you are selling – and have been covering in your blog.

Blogs make you an expert in your field. That’s right, with the right researching and writing skills (or with a skilled writer and researcher in your employ) then you can become an expert in your field as far as your website blog is concerned. To be an expert, all you need to do is keep up with the latest in your industry within your blog posts, and maintain it regularly.

To make sure that you’re headed in the right direction with your blog, check up on other website blogs in your industry to see what they have posted. Naturally, this doesn’t mean that you should be posting the same things as your competition. In fact, that is among the worst things that you can do. Certainly, you’re allowed to share an opinion now and then, but your blog will need to stand out if it is to be taken seriously. If you are simply reiterating what others are already saying, then you will be seen as old news, and will be overlooked in favor of the original thinkers.

To start your own blog on your website, you need to have the right tools in place. Blogger and Blogware are only examples of the many different options that are available to you.

When you post on your blog, make sure that you’re doing it because you have something to say, and not because it’s time to post. Your blog posts need to be interesting if you are to keep a steady readership. If you’re not interested in what you’re writing then the odds are that your visitors won’t be interested in what they’re reading.

To keep up the interest, don’t take yourself too seriously. Of course you are allowed to write about serious and important topics in your industry and about your products, but you can also include some trivia and humorous commentaries that directly or indirectly relate to your blog topic and will amuse your readers. This is perfectly acceptable in blog posting and is, in fact, encouraged. It allows the readers to feel that they have made a real “contact” with you, and that you take a real joy in what you do.

Blogs aren’t just good for creating regular visitors to your website, but they are also quite beneficial for bringing in new visitors as well. You’ll find that when you are writing about any given topic in your industry, you are using the words and terms that apply to your topic. As these words become more frequently used throughout your website, for example, within your recent and archived blog posts, search engine spiders will pick up on their use and may increase your ranking for those keywords.

To sum up, here is what you need to benefit from your blog:

• The right blogging tools
• The motivation and commitment to contribute regularly
• Something relevant to say!
• Some skill in writing – if you don’t, hire someone who does
• Some knowledge in your industry – if you don’t, hire someone who can research this information
• Some perspective, not just vague ramblings

If you have these, you’re all set to start taking advantage of what blogging can contribute to your internet marketing strategy.

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Types of Blogs You Can Build

2007-03-04T03:42:00.000-06:00

The types of blogs you can build are limited only by your imagination and by your willingness to conduct research. For instance, while some bloggers focus on general topics, such as cars, other bloggers narrow the scope of their blogs even further to sub-topics, such as luxury cars or antique cars. From an optimization standpoint, a blog with a narrower scope would likely outperform a blog with a broader scope in terms of conversions or clicks-per-visitor. So, if your goal is to make money, the types of blogs you can build are somewhat limited.

In terms of actual topics for the types of blogs you can build, there are about 9 major areas that are popular for current blogs: business, culture, community, politics, religion, science, travel, online diaries, and gossip. Most blog directories use similar topical categories to order blogs.

In addition to the topic for the types of blogs you can build, you will also want to consider the program used to generate it. This is another way that directories categorize blogs. For instance, blogs can fall under the category of the tool or software that was used to create them. Some blogs are created using Google's Blogger. These blogs are often lumped together in directories as the same "type" of blog. They actually have an auto-surfing system that allows you to jump randomly from one Blogger blog to the another.

Other types of blogs you can build include social networking blogs, which allow members of the same network to interact with each other using various blog functions. Two examples are Livejournal--which was one of the original social networking blog systems--and Myspace, which is currently the largest, boasting a base of around 80,000,000 users. In recent months, marketers and business persons have begun using Myspace to introduce their product to potential customers.

Another type of blog you can build is a video blog or "vlog." These usually contain videos and allow other posts to attach media in comments.

The last types of blogs you can build are geographical blogs. With such a robust blogging atmosphere--with users weighing in from all over the globe--directories, such as Blog Wise will allow users to search for blogs by geographic location. If you believe you have some information you can contribute about your specific region, you may want to start a regional geographic blog.

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7 Benefits Of Building Niche Blogs

2007-03-01T16:01:00.000-06:00

In this article, I will describe 7 benefits of building niche blogs.

A "niche" refers to a targeted market with profit potential that is not saturated with competitors. The whole idea is to realize the benefits of building niche blogs and then find the niche markets out there and start building.

Benefit #1

Niche Blogs are essentially niche websites that are alive!

That's because your blog will grow as you continue to publish posts or pages regularly to your blog. In contrast, many niche websites are seldom modified or updated after they are created.

Benefit #2

Blogs are designed to publish and update contents easily once you have them set up, configured and running.

Once you get the hang of it, it's a matter of getting into that habit of writing blog posts and pages and publishing them regularly.

Benefit #3

They are either FREE or cost very little to set up.

You can create your blogs easily by visiting blogger.com or wordpress.org and taking time to study and learn the "how-to".

Benefit #4

You can make money with your niche blogs in many ways, such as:

- Publishing third-party ads in your blogs (eg. Google Adsense pubishing)

- Recommending affiliate products and services in your blogs (eg. Amazon)

Benefit #5

Unlike websites, blogs are interactive. Visitors, or blog readers, are usually allowed to post comments for a blog post (or article) to the blog owner.

This 'dialog' helps to build rapport and relationship between the blog owner and his visitors or members.

Benefit #6

Since blogs are usually updated regularly via blog posts and pages, blogs will rank higher in search engines as compared to websites. In contrast, you have to do a lot of tweaking to a niche website through Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques.

Search engines will visit your blogs more regularly as you blog more regularly.

Thus, you can also place links of your other websites to get them indexed quickly by the search engines.

Benefit #7

A blog's syndication function is its most powerful benefit!

You can syndicate the contents of your blog by allowing other website publishers to publish your feed (or channel) on their sites. This helps to bring more traffic to your blogs as the visitors of these sites subscribe to your feed via web-based or desktop newsreaders.

So, with the above benefits, doesn't it make a lot of sense to start building niche blogs as quickly as possible?

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Blogs Creating a Buzz with Businesses

2007-02-28T19:55:00.000-06:00

Businesses are buzzing about blogs. A blog--short for Web log--is simply a digital diary or online forum. Technically speaking, a blog is an online journal that is regularly updated with content and built on a platform with automated syndication. The appeal of blogs is driving businesses to find ways to capitalize on these unique public journals. Almost 80,000 new blogs are created every day, according to the semiannual State of the Blogosphere report from Technorati, a Website that indexes blogs. There are some 14.2 million blogs in existence, 55 percent of which are active. Business publications are rapidly bringing blogs to the front lines, boosting their presence on the Web and search engine performance.

How Businesses Are Using Blogs

Blogs can be created to cover almost any topic. Here are some of the ways you can use blogs to benefit your business:

* News -- Since blogs can be syndicated, any content addition is easily distributed throughout the Web. Company news can make great content.

* Education -- You can use blogs to educate consumers about products and services. Google's Adwords Blog is a good example of this usage.

* Commentary -- Insightful analysis of industry-specific news and events makes great blog content.

* Promotion -- Blogs can be a great channel to promote new products or services. This promotion can be achieved through a combination of news, education and commentary. Blogs and Search Engines

Blogs tend to perform well with search engines. Search engines have historically looked for content-rich Websites that are updated frequently. Search Engines like unique and popular content; they also favor content with keyword links. Blogs contain these elements, which makes them a great match for search engines.

In addition to helping your Website rank well in search engines, a blog can provide quality links back to your main domain. Plus, it can expand your traffic and presence on the Web, all of which can add up to more sales.

Tips for Developing Blogs

Here are a few quick tips to help you have a successful blog:

1. Keep it simple: Blogs should be easy, quick reads that link to other pages that are more in-depth.

2. Keep it fresh: Blogs should be updated frequently. Good content should be added a minimum of three times a week.

3. Provide useful content: Add content that is useful for others to read and your blog's popularity will grow.

A blog can help you better serve your customers, plus enhance your brand image online.

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Learn More About The Evolution Of Blog And Bloggers

2007-02-27T15:23:00.000-06:00

Ever since the introduction of blog development tools like Blogger, Pitas etc. in 1999, the personal publication tool weblog or simply blog has undergone many transformations. In the infant stages, until 2001, blogs were viewed as personal publishing platform where one can post his or her experiences, complaints, happy moments and pet peeves. Since it world business community has identified the potential of blogs to harness as a powerful marketing tool. Today blogs don't confine to letters and words. You can find photo blogs (where one can publish photos), audio blogs, also called radio blogs where users can download and listen to audio messages or music and video blogs or vlogs where video files are published.

Majority of blogger platforms today allows the users to publish syndication feeds (RSS or Atom). The feeds are especially helpful for ardent blog readers to keep in touch with the latest updates of a blog - be it anything like photo blogs, radio blogs or video blogs, the user can get the latest content via a desktop based feed reader or a web based feed reader like Google Reader.

There is an estimated 35 million blogs worldwide and the number is fast increasing. The main reason people becoming bloggers is that they need little knowledge about HTML or any software. They can publish to the photo blogs or radio blogs (audio blogs) via a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. The blog platform will do all the necessary background actions.

The taking over of Blogger (blogger.com) by Google is the biggest turning point in blogging. Blogger.com allows bloggers to not only publish their posts, but also allows them to publish their own ads, to experiment with the template. Ads by the supported platform is absent in blogger blogs. Typepad is another blog platform that individuals and companies use.

Companies see blogs as excellent method of attracting and retaining visitors. Google blogs are the biggest example of corporate blogging. Each and every updating about the company is published in department blogs and the subscribers of news feeds can see the updates as and when it occurs.

There are many attempts to cash in on the enthusiasm of bloggers. Almost all companies now promote affiliate marketing through blogs and blog advertising is fast picking up. Bloggers make use of the pinging service by technorati, blogot etc. Pinging service tell search engines that new content is available at the blog. Pinging and newfeeds keeps the search engines busy visiting the blog.

Bloggers that publish text blogs, photo blogs, radio blogs or audio blogs and video blogs enjoy the democratic nature of the blogs. There are no editorial content and interaction with the readers is easy because of the comment feature. Blogging has emerged here to stay. And it will be the medium through which companies sell their products and services in the future.

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How to Add Your Blogs RSS Feed to Your HTML Site

2007-02-25T10:44:00.000-06:00

One of the advantages touted by blog proponents is the ability to use your blog (and/or other blogs) to automatically add "fresh" content to your site. Search engines like regularly updated content, and will get in the habit of dropping in to see whats new!

However, as you will have quickly discovered if you've had a go at this already, getting the content flowing is somewhat tricky. Everybodys talking about it... but nobody's saying hey, you can do it this way!

It depends a little on how your site is constructed. For normal people (read non-technical types) who are intent on good search engine rankings, you've probably had the good sense to build your site in HTML. That actually makes it a little bit harder! :-) It just seems that all the web-geeks out there use PHP or similar arcane web construction processes, and of course they make this stuff look easy. However, us normal people can be left sucking air a bit...

RSS to HTML - to use JavaScript or not?
There are quite a few JavaScript RSS to HTML applications available - some free, some at modest cost. My advice? Don't go near them! The problem with JavaScript here, as in any other area, is that the search engines will simply skip right on by that section of your page. Yep, that's right - a complete waste of time if you are trying to deliver "fresh" content that a search engine spider will find and index.

RSS to HTML - use a hybrid PHP solution?
Nothing worth having comes easy... but hey, you know that already! Until someone comes up with a better/easier solution, you are going to have to get your hands dirty with code! What I found, after a day of searching down dead-ends, was a nifty little application called CaRP. Its a PHP-based tool, there is a free version, and it actually works!

Achieving this took an hour or so - uploading CaRP, installing a MySQL database for it, running the configuration file, and tweaking settings to display the feed as required. A small block of PHP code must be installed in the HTML page where you wish to display the feed. Execution of PHP scripts within an HTML page has a couple of requirements.

- First, your Hosts server must be configured to allow this.
- Second, you will have to edit (or create) the .htaccess file in your site's root directory and add a small block of code that allows script processing for your site. This can be configured as site-wide, or for a single page only.

CaRP allows multiple ways of customising the way feeds are displayed. For a start, you can set global formatting to apply to all feeds from within the config file. E.g. you might want to set a default font size on channel titles, and a different size on text within items. You might also want to change the total number of items displayed per listing, and set all links to open in a new window. (Recommended!)

Then, within the individual HTML page where you specify the feeds to be displayed, you can add different formatting attributes to different feeds.
The CaRP application has good documentation, which you will probably have to read... yes, when all else fails, read the instructions!

Good luck!

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You Won't Believe It's This EASY to Make A Fortune With Blogs

2007-02-24T00:45:00.000-06:00

Indeed, it is not only possible to make a fortune with blogging, but it is easier than most people can imagine.

If you really want to make a fortune with blogging you need as many blogs as possible. That's the most important single determinant to making a fortune with blogging.

Just one blog can't make you millions. Even a few blogs can't make you millions. You need to set up and manage as many blogs as possible... because when it comes to making real money, it is a NUMBERS game.

I know your next question will be - How can I easily create as many blogs as possible, right?

Well, I admit that you just can't create as many blogs as you want manually. You have to find a way to automate the process. After all, you and me just have 24 hours in every day. We need to find ways of getting the best from these 24 hours. And with the right software, this can be possible. There are great software that can help one to achieve in minutes what others do in hours and even days.

I know your next question after this will be - How can you easily manage the posting of content to as many of these blogs as possible, right?

This also shouldn't be a big problem because there are now tools and software that can be used to automate this process. Of course I am not talking about blackhat software that tries to steal content from the search engines and/or other people's websites. I am talking about completely whitehat software out there that can be used to automate the process of content posting to as many blogs as possible.

But like I have always warned my friends that are interested in making a killing in blogging, you should take your time to search for credible blogging software that will do this for you.

If you have these right whitehat blogging software and have a mindset of creating as many blogs as possible, you can indeed join the few smart bloggers out there that are making a killing with blogging.

An alternative to making a fortune with blogging is to hire an avalanche of people to handle the various aspects of blog creation and content posting. But this is CRAZY because why should anyone spend such a huge amount hiring staff when there are incredibly software available to help with the various aspects of blogging?

One such software is Easy Blogger Creator Pro. It automates the task of building niche specific blog farms. You can go Here to their site and watch a Free Flash Tutorial on how to use the software before you buy.

EasyBloggerCreator.com

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Don't Just Plug Your Ideas, Blog Them!

2007-02-23T01:30:00.000-06:00

Without a doubt, the most often used and sought after medium of communication in the Internet is no other than the ever popular blog.

While there are still individuals who have no idea what a blog is exactly, those who are regular web surfers know that this popular medium is a very effective tool for bringing one's thoughts or ideas across to the surfing public.

Why are blogs so popular then when not everyone can define exactly what they are? Well, you just said it. People do not exactly know what a blog is and therefore this leaves room for a lot of things that one can do with it. Moreover, the blog is accessible, honest and, more importantly, it allows for a wide exchange of ideas with its readers which it does through the comments posted on each article it carries. This is one feature not all web sites carry and which makes the blog an effective communication medium.

Precisely because you can leave comments on a blog, you are able to test your ideas or, if you are selling a type of service or a product, you are provided a feedback mechanism that will enable you to receive reactions on your product that you can use to make improvements on it. On the other hand, if it's just an exchange of ideas you are after with your blog, then you can just post your articles and wait for people to stop by and leave a comment. Soon you will have a community of people who share your interests and ideas coming over to read your blog on a regular basis. The most fulfilling part of maintaining a blog is seeing how many people are actually bridging distance and time zones to reach out and communicate with you through your blog. This is what makes the blog an extremely powerful communication medium.

At present, there are over four million blogs in existence online and more are being developed each day. Each of these blogs carry topics and ideas of interest to the blog writer and its community of readers. Blog topics may range from teen diaries to campaign platforms of U.S. presidential candidates. There are no hard and fast rules with regard to choosing topics for a blog. The only rule that one needs to strictly adhere to (if this can be regarded as a rule) is to always keep your blog content fresh and interesting. Like all published materials, reader interest can only be sustained if you keep giving him new and interesting articles to read. Otherwise, he will go and read something else. Bear in mind, no matter how nicely laid out or attractive your blog may be, if your content is stale and uninteresting, your blog will certainly die a natural death.

A blog may be a potent communication tool but it can only be this with your active participation and commitment.

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Why Maintaining a Blog Now Means Extra Money Later

2007-02-23T01:21:00.000-06:00

There are many reasons one should create a blog and maintain it, but it is not necessarily something just anyone should do. If you are devoted to a certain topic, or if you have a strong personality with insight into lots of various issues then it is obvious what you should do. Even if your goal is to make money it does not have to be represented by a gauntlet of banners, pop-ups, pop-unders, or any other unscrupulous advertising processes.

First, the domain name you choose should be one that will get better with time. This means no .tv, .biz, .org, .net or any other domain besides a .com. The reason for this is their worth. These domains will never lose their value and in fact the value will increase over time. It is important to not use numbers, dashes, or misspellings.

Second, you must update your blog as much as possible. This does not mean to flood your blog with useless entries. This means you want to create a place where people are looking forward to your next entry.

Third, create a news feed that people could access without going directly to your website. This news feed is referred to as an RSS. This is important because your entries will appear as headlines in different forms across the web.

Fourth, find blogs just like yours and comment on them. Do not be threatened by a blog similar to yours, in fact, the two sites should be networked together for ultimate readership.

Fifth, keep it looking nice. Aesthetics supply the backbone of practically all popular blogs. You want to show off your taste in design. Do not overpopulate your blog with advertisements or useless scripts. You have a blog to become a beacon of information, not to be one of those sleazy advertising websites.

Sixth, take your time. Success or readership do not arrive overnight. It will take at least 6 months to get a good idea of what future traffic might look like. Patience is the key issue when maintaining a blog. Traffic is like a skyscraper, you have to build it floor by floor before you can reach the top.

All of these things will contribute to a blog that is so highly regarded that simple non-evasive text ads could be making you literally $100,000 a year or more. The possible success is determined by how creative, patient, and insightful you can be as a blogger or blog owner.

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Profit Pulling Niche Blogs For Income Traffic And Branding

2007-02-21T12:46:00.000-06:00

The best thing about blogging is that there are no rules. You can write about anything you want. A self-publisher’s dream! There are some things you can do though to maximize your Google Adsense profits. Narrow your subject. Don’t just write about shopping. Write about shopping for antique dresser drawer pulls. Write every day. Have a blog at more than one site. If you develop a readership, you’re more likely to increase your profits.

Write about something you know or want to know or at the very least care about. If you try to write a great blog based on a “hot keyword” yet it’s something you could care less about, you’ll likely not stay with it long. Experiment and see what works for you. You can write based on your own opinion or something factual. You can review a product or service or a movie. Read other people’s blogs and notice how many reads they’re getting. Above all, have fun. After all, it’s free and if you’re persistent you’ll see your Google Adsense dollars adding up.

Instant Traffic To Your Blog

In the past, before the advent of blogs, niche sites were built page by page. Once you build the pages, you'll have to start driving traffic to your site. It is a two step, time consuming process. (or perhaps more?) With Blogs, you can have instant traffic to your blog through the power of syndication or Rss.

By submitting your Rss feed to Rss directories, your feed (blog content) can instantly be indexed by major Rss directories like Yahoo, Technorati, Blogdigger etc. You'll get exposure to tens of thousands of subscribers looking for feeds to subscribe each day.

Automatic push-button publishing

Blogs are the easiest and cheapest way to have an online presence. With Wordpress, everything is just point and click. Wordpress provide a simple editorial interface. All you need to do is write your content, and publish it just by clicking the ‘publish button’ in most cases, and you’re done.

Fosters relationship building, trust and stickiness

Unlike websites, which are static, Blogs allows interaction between you and your readers. Blogs has a commenting function, and if turned on, allows readers and visitors to post their comments, thoughts or opinions to a particular article that you have written. Constant interaction with your readers builds a feeling of community and ‘stickiness’ factor

In other words, it brings repeat visitors to your blog. Once the relationship is there, you can then recommend products more easily to them. Your readers and subscribers will be more ready and willing to accept your product or services.

Increase search engine ranking

Almost every major search engine has a software program called ‘bot’ that searches or ‘spiders’ websites online to find new content so that it can bring back and update the search database. Basically what this means is that the more frequently you update your site, the more frequently the search engine ‘bot’ will visit your site, and this helps to boost your search engine rankings.

If you make postings and publish regularly to your Blog, you can be sure that search engines will visit your Blog again and again. You can then place links of your other websites in your Blog and these will get indexed quickly by the search engines.
Of course you could also update your existing web site with new contents, but you would have to go through a more technical process, that of using an HTML editor or FrontPage and uploading through FTP and so on.

Free listing in Google, Yahoo and MSN

The traditional way of getting your website listed in these three major search
engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN is slow and inefficient. A listing in Yahoo directory alone would cost you $299. However, with the inclusion of RSS feeds by these search engines, you can now gain a ‘backdoor’ listing which is legal and free.

If you have an RSS feed, you can have it included in Yahoo and MSN and your website will be immediately listed in these major search engine within 24 hours! Even Google has joined in the bandwagon of RSS feeds. Furthermore, you can also easily generate a 'Google Sitemap' with your niche blog and submit it to Google sitemaps directory. This gives you another powerful advantage and ensures your site gets crawled by Google each time you update your niche blogs.

Put Adsense Ads in your blog to generate passive income.

How do you do that? Good question.

With blogger.com which is Google's own blog software, after creating an account, and posting a few blogs, click on the template button and near the bottom you will see the code that reads div id="sidebar"

Each template is slightly different but with a little experimenting you will find the best place for your Adsense Ads.

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How to Market Your Blog for Optimal SEO Gains

2007-02-19T16:48:00.000-06:00

Ok, so you've created your nice shiny new blog, and you've been adding high quality postings containing lots of useful information on a regular basis for a few weeks (or months)... whats next?

Review Your Blog

First, take stock of your blog's set-up, and make sure its ready for debut;
1.) Do your postings have some relevant key word content in the headings? If you're intending to improve your overall ranking across search engines, remember to "optimise" the page just as you would any other page of your site. Decide on the keyword phrase you are targeting, make sure its used in the heading. Make sure its highlighted in the body text, particularly in the first and last paragraphs.

2.) Do your postings contain a "clickable" link or two back to your site? By this I mean a "proper" link in the format (a href="http://www.example.com")Example Link(/a) and not just your plain URL. To build traffic, you want to make it easy for people to get to your site!

3.) Does each posting contain your "Author Details Panel" that credits the articles and postings to you, including your (clickable) site URL information? Make your links open in a new window - thats a kind gesture to those who'd like to return and finish reading the original page...

4.) Have you made a statement of your copyright constraints, if any? Perhaps you should encourage people to copy and distribute your blog content, providing the Author Panel remains intact? That would be the best way to ensure widest distribution, and the consequent proliferation of valuable 1-way links back to your site! Write up your requirements, and post it as a page, which then generates a permanent link on your Blog menu.

Blog Marketing

You will probably want other people to read your blog in order that they may appreciate your literary genius, right? But of course, nobody knows where its at yet, so you've got to give it some publicity. The first step should be to add a prominent link to it on your own web site, or sites - pretty obvious, you'd think? However, in all the excitement, that is sometimes overlooked!

More importantly, if you want it to start generating lots of nice new incoming links, and generating serious traffic increases, you've got to actively "market" your blog to the places that blog readers go... and "Where is that, pray tell me do?" I hear you say...

Well, the ping services you've added earlier are all well and good, but due to the volume of spam and garbage postings, some discipline had to be installed into the blog process to exert some control. Your site is no doubt "pinging" a variety of servers each time you create an entry. However, before any significant transfer activity takes place, you will have to front up and formally register yourself and your blog with as many of those services as possible.

The process is analogous to submitting to a normal search engine or directory, and pretty much for the same reasons. In some cases you may be asked for a reciprocal link - not too much to ask for the favour about to be rendeered to you. In other cases, a "donation" might be requested. Before handing over the cash, have the sense to check the Google Page Rank of the site... its got to be high (5+) to be worth it!

The challenge is finding all these blog directories... but a brief search will show that there are listings available.

By the time you've spent a day working through the 150+ directories accessible from the various links you've located, you'll be in good shape to get that traffic counter ticking along. Your postings, and the consequent "ping" to the various services, should now have your content distribution flowing right along.

Good luck!

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Make Money Blogging with Affiliate Programs

2007-02-17T22:06:00.000-06:00

Blogs are the perfect method to quickly and easily make money on the Internet. A lot of people have caught onto this concept, and it’s not surprising that blogs on everything from knitting to compost gardening have sprung up online. However, most people trying to make money from blogs are doing it wrong. For this reason, a lot of people fail to realize the money making potential of blogging and write it off as another Internet fad. This belief is far from the truth.

First, you need to understand the power of Affiliate Programs and how they can take a blog from a hobby to a money making machine. Affiliate programs are one of the most important factors in making money with blogs. An affiliate program will pay you anytime someone purchases a product through your affiliate link. These programs are perfect for anyone wanting to run a home-based business without a lot of hassle. You don’t need to carry inventory, handle the money transaction or deal with customer support issues. You simply send traffic to the sales page for the given product and let that page do the selling. And there are affiliate programs for every type of product imaginable.

You can sign up for an affiliate program directly or you can join through an Affiliate Program Provider (APP). APPs are a third party provider that collect payment and provide reporting for affiliate providers and their affiliates. AAPs are completely free to join and once you sign up you can promote ebooks and other products immediately.

Clickbank is an affiliate program provider that only sells downloadable products, like software and ebooks. Clickbank remains one of the most popular APP because of its ease of use and the popularity of information products. The Internet is fueled by people’s search for information on specific topics. Ebooks are a natural tie-in to the blogging. When you blog, you are providing information and by offering Clickbank products you allow your readers to get even more information on the same topic. After you’ve picked the topic of the blog (hopefully a profitable topic!), look to Clickbank for ebooks that you can sell as an affiliate.

The Clickbank site has many helpful statistics that can assist you in determining which products are the most profitable. There are products listed in nine different categories to allow you to narrow down your search. Each product listed has a set of statistics underneath that give you information about the profitability of the product. There is a figure titled “[Earn %]” that lets you know how much an affiliate will receive from each sale. The “$/earned per sale” cues you into the average amount that affiliates earned per sale. This is the net amount and includes any refunds that the ebook provider may have had to give out. The “% referred” reveals how many of the products were sold through affiliates. “Gravity” tells you how many affiliate have sold the product in the last 60 days. The higher the number, the better. Although you’ll want to avoid products that are flooded in the market, it is important to pick something that is selling well and selling consistently.

Using affiliate programs with Clickbank can be one of the fastest ways to make money through blogging. With a little planning, you can tap into the money making power of blogs and be on your way to Internet riches.

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Easy Ways to Make Money Blogging

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Now that blogging seems to be in full swing, there's a predominant question in every blogger's mind - how do I make MORE money blogging?

The blogging world is a gold mine for the person who knows what he is doing. Tips and techniques can be shared and methods learned for making money with blogs , however, you cannot make money Blogging until you start trying. So, the first thing to do is plunge straight in and start trying to monetize your blog.

Ads ads and more ads:
If your blog is catering to a niche market and you are providing valuable content, there is an easy way to make money blogging - sell ad space! Even large corporations are on the lookout for ad space on blogs that have a good following. After all, Blogs are all about public opinion. If you let others advertise on your blogs with banner ads, sponsor ads, solo ads and classifieds, you can start earning money by blogging.

Google AdSense is another attractive option if you want to make money blogging. Google's Adsense program makes it easy to advertise on your Blog. You get paid for every time someone click on an adword campaign located on your blog - not a bad way to subsidize your blogging income!

Endorse, promote and link:
'You rub my back, and I rub yours'. Joint venture marketing is a powerful marketing strategy. By entering into joint venture, you basically promote or endorse certain products. The profits from these sales are split. If you have a loyal following a joint venture is easy because people want to JV with you.

Affiliate marketing is another way in which you can make money blogging. When you come across a product that is related to your blog recommend the product to your readers by linking to it. If they click the link and a sale takes place, you get a percentage of the profit. Some products can really make you a lot of money.

The membership model:
If you own a blog that provides quality content, you can think of converting it into a membership based blog. Once you have hooked your readers on your blog content, they will find it difficult to stop reading your blog. If you make your blog a paying member's only blog they will pay to gain access. However, this can be done after you have established your blog and convinced readers that your blog is worth paying for.

Convert Blog into E-Book:
Sell your blog content in more ways than one by converting them into e-books. If you cater to a niche market, there usually is a great demand for an ebook on the topic. Converting your blogs into content that can be sold will help you earn extra money blogging.

Ask for money:
You do not have to pound away at your keypad for free. If you have a blog that caters to a need or fights for a cause, do not hesitate to ask for a little monetary appreciation.

Recently, one blogger was able to leave his day job for 'uniterrupted Blogging' by cashing in on donations sent by his supportive readers.

If you have decided that you are blogging for money, do so whole heartedly. Place your Ads where people can see them, not in some half-hidden corner. If you are asking for a donation, ask loudly, don't just leave an add or donation button sitting on your blog half-heartedly. There is no need to feel apologetic or defensive about making money from your blogs. After all, if you have started a blog that gives people something they want, you have every right to get paid.

Why are some people making a lot of money online? Let the blogging for money expert, Danny Warner, show you how. Visit Danny at his website by Clicking Here:TheBloggingCashMachine.com

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