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June is the Time to Begin Your Christmas Sales

Paula Atwell — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:45:48 +0000

Most people do not start thinking about Christmas until November. Some do not even think about it until December 15th. However, I start thinking about Christmas in June every year, and that is because I am a retailer. June is also a great time to start thinking about how you are going to make m0ney [...]

Content Marketing A Hot Topic

Bev Owens — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:33:38 +0000

As you start your beginners blog, it is important to keep abreast of new trends or new ways to do things. I have been reading about “content marketing” of late and I think this is something that both new bloggers and old bloggers should start to think about more. With search engines like Google changing [...]

Backlinks after Panda and Penguin

Paula Atwell — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:06:17 +0000

We have discussed backlinks on Writing Online before, but I wanted to bring it up again to reconsider how to backlink content and if it is necessary after the changes on Google over the last year or so. Many of you have heard of Panda and Penguin which are nicknames for the most recent ways [...]

Image Tips For Your Beginners Blog

Bev Owens — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:33 +0000

We have discussed the use of images in your beginners blog and stressed that you use images that you have a legal right to use. Today I would like to offer some image tips for your beginners blog. Some beginners may not know how to place an image in their blog so let’s talk about [...]

Writing Content: Should You Hire Someone or Write It Yourself

Paula Atwell — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:32:25 +0000

There comes a point in time for any online business owner where they have to decide how much of their business they can run themselves, and how much they need to delegate. I found myself in that position last year, and as an adjunct to that, with a limited supply of funds to pay another [...]

Should I Answer The Comments?

Bev Owens — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:00:17 +0000

It might take a little while before you start to get comments on your beginners blog. Are you wondering, “Should I answer the comments?” The short answer is yes but it can get a little more involved sometimes because it depends on the comment you have received. Obviously, you want to build a rapport with [...]

Niche Marketing – How To Start Choosing Your Niche

AJ — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:18:51 +0000

In my last post about Niche Marketing, How To Come Up With Ideas For A Niche, we discussed how establishing authority is crucial in order to establish trust. Simply – people have to trust what you are saying, in order to believe what you are saying and then they may just buy through your recommendations. [...]

Image Credit

Bev Owens — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:42 +0000

Today in the series on a beginners blog, I want to revisit a topic that we lightly touched on earlier in the series. Image credit has always been the correct thing to do but it has not always been done properly. There has been a huge push, of late, with different platforms insisting that all [...]

Niche Marketing – How to Come Up With Ideas For A Niche

AJ — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:18:20 +0000

In my first post about Niche Marketing, Introduction to Niche Marketing, I discussed how I started writing online and that in order to find a good niche, ideally you need to write about topics with which you have personal experience AND those where you can develop a reputation as an authority on that topic. Today [...]

Getting New Readers To Your Blog

Bev Owens — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:00:31 +0000

Continuing in the series on a Beginners Blog, I wanted to talk to you today about one way of getting new readers to your blog. It is difficult when you first start out to get a following. Even when you have studiously done your keyword research and written some down right awesome content. It takes [...]