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October 27, 2005

Can I make money from my blog?

New to blog? This article should help you get started. It's loaded with some valuable tips and information I've accumulated in over 9 years of working online. Read it and profit!

Of course!

How?

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You'll surely appreciate the value of the powerful information you'll find in here - and we hope you'll come back to visit us often. If you know someone else who might find this site useful, please tell them about us.

Posted by blog-marketing at 05:38 PM

October 26, 2005

What will my blog cost me (in time, money, effort)?

You've probably been asking yourself this very question when you came across this site - "What will my blog cost me?" Well, I hope this short article will answer your question.

Few minutes a day might be enough.

Or 26 hours in a day may not be quite enough.

It depends upon how much you want to do, and how fast you want it done.

If all you wish to do is post a few messages every day on your blog, it won't take long at all. Just a few seconds to log on, write your message into an online form, and click a button to publish it to your blog!

You could even host it remotely on a free service - all it'll cost is the time you take to log in and post.

To be a true member of the blogosphere, though, you have to work a bit harder. You'll need to spend time looking for, and visiting other blogs. You'll have to link to them - and get linked back in return.

You'll have to host your blog on its own domain, on your server. If your blog is commercial in purpose, you'll need to purchase commercial licenses from the software developer. Then you'll have to install it - or get it done.

It'll cost a bit, though not too much.

Look at it this way. You could either publish in a flash for free and hope for luck to guide you to glory. Or you could do it step by step, investing in your blog, knowing you'll reap rich rewards in the future.

Did you find this article helpful? If you did - and know of someone else who might want to read it - please take a moment out of your busy schedule to let them know about this site. And please come back soon - there's a lot more stuff on blogs we'll be adding to the site over time.

Posted by blog-marketing at 05:30 PM

October 25, 2005

What should I not do with my blog?

The tip today, even though simple, will save you lots of trouble if follow after it.

Don't post false information!

In the blogosphere, word spreads fast.

Amazingly, blindingly fast - sometimes.

You could be very popular - or very red faced - with equal ease.

It all depends on what you post on your blog!

Remember, your blog is a very powerful medium today. It could make you or break you just as easily.

Posted by blog-marketing at 06:17 PM

October 24, 2005

How can I get readers to come back often to my blog?

This article covers the essentials in getting readers to come back often for your blog! Read it, understand it and implement these steps to attract readers to come back to your blog.

Fresh content.

Keep it updated with new messages. By their very nature, blogs are constantly evolving. By making your blog a frequently updated resource for breaking news or information on your topic, you'll make it a 'must-see' destination and attract targeted readers who'll keep coming back for more.

Bulletins.

Invite your blog readers to sign up for reminders whenever you update it. Many blogging software programs have a feature that allows editors to send bulletins via email to members who have chosen to receive them. Third-party programs also plug into blogs and offer this service. Bloglet - at http://www.bloglet.com - offers a similar feature where you host a sign up form on your blog. Bloglet sends subscribers an email every time you add a post to your blog.

Syndication.

An RSS feed is available for weblogs. People who use news aggregators can subscribe to the weblog. In a convergence of push and pull technologies, services like Klip offer a way to 'subscribe' to regularly updated data feeds from a blog.

So now that you have learned the essentials in getting readers to come back often to your blog, take action on what you have learned NOW.

Posted by blog-marketing at 03:53 AM

October 21, 2005

How can I get people to find my blog and visit it?

This is one fabulous tip that will make you rich. Read it, and put it to work, and see.

In essence, this is very similar to promoting a new website.

And the answer is very simple -

Mention your blog EVERYWHERE, to EVERYONE

Note, I said 'simple', not 'easy' :)

Here are some quick ways to get started:

1. List it on Search Engines, especially Google which will soon boast a new tab specifically for blogs on its search interface. Blog content is usually SE friendly, so you can rank high for specific terms by sticking to a theme as you blog.

2. You visit other blogs and comment on their articles. Leave links back to your blog. Even write about them on *your* blog. Then tell them about what you've written. They'll respond. This way, readers of both blogs can find them. It is a mutually productive form of link exchanging.

Blogs have a feature called Trackback. When your post links to a post on another weblog that supports Trackback, it can ping (send an electronic message) to the other weblog notifying it that it has been referred to. In this way each blog post will serve as a collection point for content on a given topic.

3. Blogrolls - Weblogs often have a blogroll, linking to sites that the author thinks are interesting, informative, or useful. Keep your own blogroll growing. Try and get your blog listed on as many blogrolls as possible.

So now that you have read this fabulous tip that will make you rich, make a little note to yourself now to take action on what you have learned. ACTION speaks louder than words. Just do it.

Posted by blog-marketing at 09:40 PM

October 20, 2005

Can I get others to write for my blog?

My subscribers keep asking me to write about my most effective strategies in maintaining a blog. This article is one of the collection I wrote specifically in response to their request.

Yes, there are several ways you can have content added to your blog - by others.

If you have a team of content providers, you can create several user accounts using your blogging software. Each member of your team then logs in and writes for your blog, adding their content. You can even assign different levels of permissions for each user in some types of blog software.

Another way to get contributed content is to invite your blog readers to enter comments and feedback. Clicking on a link at the end of a post will bring up a popup window in which a reader can add comments. And the author can respond.

A third way to include content on your blog is by publishing syndicated content from others on your blog using some XML programming.

What you just read is a condensed, distilled, refined version of what took me years and years of hard work, learning and experimentation to understand. Just because it is available on this site for free, don't assume it has no value. Put any one of the ideas to work today - and you'll be amazed at the result.

Posted by blog-marketing at 04:49 PM

October 19, 2005

How often should I write or update my blog?

There's a ton of stuff out there about blogs. But how much of it can you understand, apply easily in your own business and implement at low cost? Here is one idea that you can.

A good blog is updated often, with pointers to interesting events, pages, stories and happenings elsewhere on the Web. New stuff piles on top of the page; older stuff sinks to the bottom.

Suit Yourself

A calendar can be intimidating. Is there any point to a blog - a website - that is only updated once a week?

Once a month? Once a year?

That depends on many factors that go to the heart of why you wish to create a blog in the first place. The good news is that no one's going to punish you if you post material infrequently!

So relax. Enjoy blogging.

Posted by blog-marketing at 12:37 PM

October 18, 2005

What should I write about on my blog?

One reader described this as a 'fabulous tip that will make me a fortune'. Will it make YOU one too? Read it, put it to work, and see!

There are many kinds of content you can put on your blog.

Stories.

You could use descriptions of things you've done, thought threads, streams of consciousness, idea feeds. Longer articles or short snippets. If you're using a long story, you could display a short summary on the homepage and link to the full post in an archive.

Pictures.

One of them is worth a thousand words. Good blog software lets you store and display pictures and also combines them into sequences for display to readers in attractively packaged format.

Presentations.

You could have any type of data including media objects like Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, Macromedia or Apple movies, PDFs, Audio feeds, downloadable applications - whatever.

Congratulations! You are now well and truly on the way to becoming a blog expert. Please come back often to read more articles on this site - and tell a few friends too.

Posted by blog-marketing at 04:36 PM

October 17, 2005

Is it better to have blog software run on your own server?

This article is a continuation of the previous article on blog software. To run it on your own server or not? Read it and profit!

Benefits: More security. You don't have to give out your FTP details or password. Your blog's accessibility is dependent only on your server, not the remote hosting service's.

Disadvantages: You need to have some basic knowledge about installing blogging software and scripts on your own server and troubleshooting problems. It requires some knowledge of changing directory access permissions, and other basic script installation techniques. Most of the blog software creators run helpful online forums and discussion groups to help out with problems.

So now that you've read about this new idea to build your blog and make it more profitable, please stop for a minute and make a little note to yourself to take action on what you learned. Something. Anything. Just do it.

Posted by blog-marketing at 04:23 AM

October 15, 2005

What are the Pros/Cons of remote hosted blog software?

If you want to become an expert at blogs, you need to keep learning. Updating your knowledge. Refreshing your information. Staying on the cutting edge. This short article will help you stay ahead of the curve.

Benefits: No problems or hassles related to installing blog software or scripts on your server and troubleshooting problems. You don't even need to have your own domain name or web hosting service if you plan to host the blog on the remote service itself.

Disadvantages: The remote hosting service might get taken down for maintenance or other issues at an inconvenient time. Or if traffic is very heavy on the service, you may face delays or periods of inaccessibility to your blog for updating it. This is more likely if you host it on a free service.

If you're hosting your blog on your own domain, you have to disclose administrative details about your website (like your FTP account username and password) in order that your blog posts can be uploaded to your server.

Posted by blog-marketing at 06:26 PM