Blogging for Big Bucks

2007-08-16T10:37:00.000-04:00

Adsense Blogging: Simple Tips To Maximize Your Blogging Revenue

Tip! Submit your blog to blogging lists and syndicate it so that it becomes a viral marketing machine. When you have a blog that stands out in your niche people will be walking over each other for every new post you make.

Maximize your Adsense revenue is something that every Adsense blogger has in the back of their mind. It is important to do everything that you possibly can to maximize the number of Adsense clicks on your blog.

For many Adsense blogging affiliates there main objective is to generate as much keyword targeted content as they can to their Adsense blogs. This is probably the most important thing to ensure that steady streams of people are coming to your website everyday. However it is equally important to make sure that you take advantage of every opportunity to get them to click on your ads. Here are just a few tips that you can use to help increase the number of clicks on your Adsense blog.

The first thing that you want to do is to try to blend your ads in with them color theme of your blog. It's important that your ads look as much like the other links on your website. I don't know why this works but it is something psychological in the brain that makes people not want to click on stuff that looks different form the rest of the page. So try to blend your ads as closely as possible.

Ad placement is also very important. You want to try to place ads where people will see them. I place my directly at the top so when people pop on to the website that's what they see. I also use the sidebar for ads so as people scroll down there are additional ads along the side. These are the places that have worked best for me.

These are just a couple of strategies that you can implement to ensure maximum clicks at your Adsense blog. Hope this helps.

2007-08-14T20:31:00.000-04:00

Adsense Blogging: How To Generate Lots Of Content For Your Adsense Blog

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The Google Adsense program provides a way for bloggers to generate passive income from their blogging efforts. In order to maximize your Adsense blogging efforts it's important for you to generate as many visitors as you possibly can to your Adsense blog. This is accomplished by creating informative and original content that people are actively searching for and delivering it to them via your Adsense blog.

So how can you generate lots of original content for your Adsense blogging enterprise? There are several ways you can do this. One of the first ways is to hire someone to do it. There are thousands of web content writers who will produce original content for your Adsense blog for a fee. These people will write the content and all you have to do is copy and paste the content to your blog. This however can become very expensive for some people as these writers may charge anywhere from $6-$20 per content piece.

Another simpler and less expensive way to do and the way that I recommend is to write the content yourself. Writing content for an Adsense blog is not that difficult. All you really have to do is come up with some keywords you wish to target, develop some interesting titles around those keywords, and then start writing. This method takes both time, effort, and a little bit of dedication but the long term pay off is immeasurable.

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These are just a couple of ways to start generating content when building your Adsense blogging empire. The Adsense program provides a simple way for webmasters to monetize the traffic they receive at their websites. It simple to install

2007-08-12T12:50:00.000-04:00

7 Habits of Highly Effective Business Blogging (Well Actually 8)

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Blogging, it's all the rage. The biggest problem with becoming a successful blogger is time and content management. Blogs are cool. Blogs are fun. Blogs are addictive. Blogs are time vampire and energy suckers.

Steven R. Covey's masterful 7 Habits of Highly Effective People started a trend of listing better ways to do things. Even though cheating isn't on his list, I'll go ahead and borrow a page from his book (a great read by the way) and make a list!

1. Write a blog post everyday. This can become a daunting task. It doesn't have to be. At least one thing happens everyday that makes you think about how you do things in your area of expertise.

For example, today I was going to post on my blog about how it's important to watch what you say.

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The article came to me after I realized that I was naming our revised custom blog pricing packages "Basic BM", "Bronze BM", "Silver BM", "Gold BM" and "Platinum BM". If you haven't figured out why these package names aren't really great for branding unless you're selling some sort of colloidal or metallurgical solution for folks who don't eat enough bran, then you may want to have someone edit your blog posts and help you with branding!

Every day at least one "Hmmmm" relative to your blog topic will come up. At least write yourself a note when it happens so when it comes posting time you'll have a topic.

2. Create a "series" of posts. This is sort of a follow on to point 1 above. Hopefully your blog provides valuable information that keeps readers coming back for more, or even better subscribing to your RSS feed. If you have a "hot topic" that requires more than 1,000 words to get through, think about creating a series. For example: "Creating a WordPress Blog: Step by Step" could be your series. This could easily be a 10 part series on one topic.

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3. If applicable add some personality to your blog. Ideally your blog is "information for information seekers", but the fact of the matter is that your readers are people too and will identify with you as the author if you "humanize" your blog posts with some humor, anecdotes or day-to-day experiences.

4. Use real world applications to demonstrate to your readers the expert advice or information you're passing on. Given that most of your blog postings are going to be 100% test try to help your readers "visualize" the benefit of heeding your advice by demonstrating a real world example or actual application that you or one of your existing clients have encountered. Try for the "Hey, man, that would solve our problem, too" reaction from your reader.

5. Incorporate graphics into your blog posts. If you have graphs, charts, image examples or any visual or audio aid that can help your reader get the most out of your post, use it. The more enjoyable you can make the user experience the more valuable they will find your blog, the more they'll come back, and the better chance you have to convert that reader to a customer.

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6. Utilize the resources at Ezinearticles or GoArticles to add additional relative content to your blog. Make sure you give attribution (don't delete the links). You're not the only with good ideas, so don't hesitate to add other author's valuable content to your blog. It's only fair to give them the link back, it won't really hurt your SEO rankings like a traditional website linking strategy. Ezinearticles is a great cure for writer's block!

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7. Don't forget to throw in calls to action for your reader to contact you. Hopefully your posts are valuable and you, the author, are becoming regarded as a "goto guy (or girl) by your readers. Don't forget to remind them that you are a resource and provide them with effective calls to action to reach you. If you're unsure about how to make the most effective use of your blog and specific calls to action, or aren't getting the traction you want on the search engines get in touch with me I'll be happy to help you out. (see how I snuck that one in!)

8. Make friends with your competitors, utilize your colleagues and encourage your employees or partners to write articles for your blog. Again, give them the benefit of the link. You'll be surprised what comes out of sharing your blogspace with those around you, and it'll provide your readers with a better mix of writing styles. Encourage your readers and customers to propose article topics and submit questions. Great for writer's block.

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Well, there you have my 7, no make that 8, Habits of Highly Effective Blogging. Get yourself a copy of Stephen Covey's book, don't forget to write down tomorrow's blog topic and blog away!

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2007-08-09T17:48:00.000-04:00

Make Money Blogging Without Having To Get More Web Site Traffic

Many people blogging do not make any money from their efforts because they have no idea that they can achieve a lot long before they can get more web traffic for their sites.

If only the millions of people currently blogging could understand that they do not need high traffic to make money, it would make a huge difference. But first and foremost, it is important to understand that you will need to completely change your approach. The whole idea is that there is stuff that is best suited only to high traffic sites, just like there are things that work best work with low traffic sites only. There are also certain things that work well with both low traffic and high traffic sites. The tricky part is getting to recognize them.

Let me give an example here of an affiliate program that usually works quite well for both low traffic blogging sites and high traffic sites. This is the Google Adsense program. By focusing on high value Adsense keywords a low traffic site can do just as well as a high traffic site that really doesn't bother so much about attracting high value Adsense ads on their sites using the right keyword phrases in their content.

There are many more affiliate programs that will work well enough with low traffic blogging and web sites to make you some money. To find them you will need to study various affiliate programs that are best suited for the audience covered by your site, and then you will need to do intensive and careful testing until you find the right one. Your chances of success are much higher when you start off knowing exactly what you are looking for. In this case an affiliate program that will work for a low traffic blogging site so that you can start to make money long before you can find more traffic.

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2007-08-08T11:11:00.000-04:00

Niche Blogging - New Marketing Approach

Setting up your blog to target a niche market is one of the best things you can do with your blog, provided you know the craft and have the requisite skills to run it successfully to start generating instant traffic (through syndication or Rss) and possibly start earning as well.

Niche blogging, has it own silver lining. With people suffering from information overload, specific information dissemination through niche blogging will attract instant attention as more and more people will subscribe to your Rss feeds and would love to syndicate with such informative blog. Thus with the power of blogging software like Wordpress and your niche marketing skills, you can earn handsome profit.

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With Wordpress, setting up a blog is easy and in few minutes of point and click you can have the most powerful tool to make money online. You can instantly start publishing your contents and let the world know of your blog through the Rss feeds. With Wordpress, your syndicating tool-Rss feed, is automatically created. No sweat!

To promote your niche blog and generate instant traffic, submit your Rss feeds to top search engines and Rss directories meant specifically for Rss feeds. Allow readers to subscribe to your Rss feed and send our news reads as well.

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You can also promote your Wordpress blog though activating search engine promoting functions. Nothing can replace good and killer contents on your blog, after all readers are going to

To generate revenue though niche blogging, you can follow simple steps.

Most popular ways through which you can earn money is from Google AdSense. Subscribe to Google AdSense and start earning profits through Google Ads, being published on your blog. You can also become Amazon Affiliates. Select the product you want to display on your blog and start earning profit.

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There are varieties of plug-ins developed for niche blogging especially if you are using Wordpress. Adding Google AdSense in your posts to protecting your bog from being spammed or hacked, you can download and easily install little programs and make your job easy.

To add Google AdSense ads in your post, you can download the Phil Hord plug-in and in few minutes of working, you have the money minter in your blog.

Rakesh Ojha is a SEO specialist and Online Marketing Consultant with over 5 Years in SEM Industry. Contact him at rakesh@searchengineoptimization4u.com or visit his website at http://www.searchengineoptimization4u.com.

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2007-08-04T17:10:00.000-04:00

Childcare Providers and Blogging - How It Can Help Your Business

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Several years ago, the word "blog" was barely even a commonly used word. Now it seems that everybody has a blog. For those that don't know, a blog is an online journal where an individual can write about whatever they like, as often or as infrequently as they like. They can be used for many reasons, including as a helpful tool for childcare providers. Here are some guidelines for how to set up a blog, how it could help your business, and some safety precautions.

Blogs have become so popular that there are numerous sites that allow you to set one up for free. Search for the term ‘blog' and you should discover many sites to choose from. You need minimal computer knowledge since the sites make the initial set-up and adding posts to your blog very easy. Even adding pictures is not that hard. You'll need to come up with a name for your blog. Using your childcare business name will make it easy for parents to remember.

Once you have your blog set up, how you decided to use it is up to you. You may want to use it mainly to communicate with parents who currently have children in your care. Let them know what you are doing each day, what is coming up, and any announcements they should know about. A blog is a nice way for parents to know what their children do each day, and is a good way for childcare providers to communicate information to all the parents at once. If you do write about specific children in your care, for safety reasons do not use their full names. Consider using just their initials, or some other way to identify them. Do not post pictures that show children's faces. Again for safety, post only pictures that show the children from the back, or other poses in which they cannot be identified.

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A blog can also be a powerful tool to let parents looking for childcare to know about the care you provide. They can get an idea of what average days are like at your childcare. The more information you have in your blog, the more likely it is to come up in searches, so parents looking for care may find you by finding your blog in a search.

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No matter how you use your blog, remember that it is a representation of you and your business, so keep it professional. Whether you add a post once a day, or once a month, a blog can be a quick and easy way to communicate with both the parents who currently have children in your care, and those who are looking for childcare.

Melissa Newby, MSW, has worked as a therapist and in marketing, but her most rewarding job has been to raise her son. Frustrations with available childcare resources led her to co-found http://www.daycarematch.com with her husband.

2007-07-15T14:42:00.000-04:00

Blogging For Money: The Four Step Process To Success

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So you want to make money with blogs? Good decision! Blogging for money is a simple and enjoyable way to build a presence online and make some cash while you're at it. Actually, blogging for money is the bread and butter of internet marketing in this day and age, and there are millions of people making a small fortune doing it.

The first thing you need to do is make a decision as to whether you wish to blog about a subject that deeply interests you (hobbies, sports, politics, pop culture, yourself!), or whether you wish to build a blog which is primarily designed to be a money maker. If you choose the latter, you will need to identify a niche market that you can blog to. This can be almost anything, from horticulture to antiques, but the more targeted the better. For example, instead of targeting the general antiques market, aim for 19th century French ceramics.

After you've decided the subject of your blog, you will then need to register with a blogging host. The most popular blogging hosts are Blogspot and Wordpress, both of which offer their service for free. Just go to their websites, follow the instructions and get your blog up and running. You can then spruce up the look of your blog by choosing between pre-designed templates, colours, fonts and designs.

The penultimate stage is to monetise your blog. There are two main ways in which to do this. The first is to add Google Adsense to your blog, and the second is to add affiliate links. Google Adsense is an advertising scheme in which advertisers pay a pre-determined sum of money to have their adverts placed across Google search pages and websites; as a blog publisher, you can add the advertising from Adsense on your blog and get paid every single time a visitor clicks on one of the ads. Google Adsense is absolutely free to sign up to. The second method of monetisation is affiliate links, which are simple text links or banners from vendors who are selling products. Typically you can expect a 50 - 60% commission on sales of digital products. Go to Clickbank to sign up for affiliate sites.

The final stage is to actually drive traffic to your site! If you're blogging for money, then you're going to need actual visitors to help make your blog an active cash machine. Getting traffic to any website is an art in itself, and there are many methods you can try out. One free method you can use is to post in related internet forums and message boards with a link to your blog in your forum signature. Another method is to submit articles to directories which, again, have a link to your blog.

This really is a general overview of blogging for money, which is a big picture. But do be reassured of its relative ease. The most important thing is just to make a start. Identify what you wish to write the blog about, register a free blogging account at Blogspot or Wordpress, and then start posting! After that, you will surely pick up hints and tips about monetisation and driving traffic along the way. Many internet marketers will confirm that blog optimisation is a lifelong learning process, so do not feel you have to get it right first time. Blogging for money should be fun, so ensure you enjoy the process.

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

Jack Silver is an internet marketer based in the U.K.

He only started internet marketing earlier this year, but has already quit his job to work at home full-time. The lure of wearing pyjamas and drinking limitless coffee during the daytime proved irresistable.

Jack has published his rags-to-riches story for free public viewing at http://www.moneyinpyjamas.wordpress.com.

2007-07-11T20:06:00.000-04:00

1 - Blogging: Let's Get You Started!

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

So what is blogging really all about? First off, let me tell you that it's a lucrative business to blog and that blogs are easy to set up and manage. Imagine getting paid to write about subjects that interest you, whenever you want, wherever you are! The flexibility involved allows you to maintain your blog at your own pace, and with Internet cafés easily accessible all over the globe, even your vacation won't get in the way of your blogging... Or should I say: even your blogging won't get in the way of your vacation?

In this article, let's take a look at the profitability of a blog and set up one of our own, free of charge! Interested? Read on!

First, you need to get yourself a blog. There are several options - host a blog on your own domain or get a free one. For starters, let's talk about the free blogs. You can obtain one at http://www.blogger.com or the newer (and better!) http://www.wordpress.com. WordPress is a free blog engine that is robust and infinitely expandable.

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Blogger is actually owned by Google, so it will be detected by Google's radar faster and you will be indexed more quickly. WordPress.com, however, is a relatively new option so I have no comparison on the speed of getting indexed by search engines. However, WordPress is better in the sense that it has more advanced features such as Trackbacks and Categories. You can also manage your sidebar links more efficiently (more about this later).

Get a free blog at either Blogger or WordPress. Then, familiarize yourself by publishing your first post on your blog and tinkering around with the options and templates.

Here are some words to start expanding your blogging vocabulary:

Permalink - Permalink stands for permanent link, which is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that leads to an individual post that you make in your blog.

Trackback - When you post about someone else's blog post elsewhere, your post will show up in their "trackback" section. This feature, however, is not available with a Blogger account.

Pinging - Blogging seems to be paired with pinging almost every time either one is mentioned nowadays. Pinging is actually the action where a certain aggregator is notified whenever your blog is updated, so that the aggregator may show the newest post of your blog on their website. This is a useful way to gain traffic, which I'll discuss in a future article.

Content

Next, let's look at the type of content that's suitable for your blog in order to make it profitable. You need to understand that there is no fixed scope that your blog should have, which means you can write about whatever you're interested in. Mind you, the difference between a profitable blog and a non-profitable one is the way you write. What would you prefer: reading your university professor's lecture notes or the latest novel by your favorite author? People prefer to read "light" items most of the time. When they check out your blog, they are not only looking for information, but they are also looking for information that they can access easily.

So, to attract more visitors as well as to keep your current readers coming back for more, it's very important to add a personal touch to your blog posts. This can be done by simply imagining that you're talking with your personal friend. An extra bonus for your readers would be a great sense of humor, so try to add funny comments in your articles where relevant.

Another important point is to avoid addressing your reader as a plural unit. Don't write as if you're preparing a speech. Instead, write as if you're having a conversation with a single person, an equal friend, because this will make your reader relate to you more easily.

Besides that, it's also very useful to establish your own personality through your words. We're very curious creatures, so naturally your visitors would want to know as much about you as the information you're offering them.

Having a distinctive personality in your blog will make a world of difference between your blog about gadgets and all the other blogs about gadgets out there. This is a lot like creating your own brand name, where people immediately remember your blog's name when they need information about gadgets, just like how people immediately think of McDonald's for fastfood or Nike for sportswear.

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There will be more on the subject of content the next time.

When word gets around about your command of blogging, others who need to know about blogging will start to actively seek you out!

About the author:
Chonticha Marijne runs several Internet ventures, including http://www.e-Abundance.com , http://www.e-AbundanceTools.com and http://www.e-AbundanceSystem.com. She is based in the Netherlands and particularly enjoys publishing for newcomers. This article is copyright © 2006 by Chonticha Marijne and may be reprinted in its entirety as long as both byline and copyright statement are included.

2007-06-27T12:03:00.000-04:00

The Importance Of Debt Consolidation Blogging

Tip! Share your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.

As blogging continues to grow in power and influence, the power and importance of debt consolidation blogging continues to grow as well.

It is important for those in need of debt consolidation and financial advice to carefully consider their needs, and to find a debt consolidation blogging site or sites that best meets their own needs.

Ordinary People Consulting With Other Ordinary People

One of the best things about debt consolidation blogging is that it allows ordinary people to consult easily with other ordinary people in the same type of situation.

These days, of course, there is nothing unique about being in debt, and using resources like debt consolidation blogging to work your way out of a problem with debt can make a great deal of sense.

Qualified People Help Those Who Need Help

Of course it is important to choose a debt consolidation blogging site that is truly independent, and one that is run and staffed by those who have been there.

After all, the whole idea behind a concept such as debt consolidation blogging is that those who have been there and gotten out of debt are uniquely qualified to offer advice to others who find themselves in the same situation.

Every Debt Situation is Different

For that reason and others, it is important for those looking at the power of debt consolidation blogging to look at the past experience of the bloggers and to make sure that the situations are similar.

Even if the two financial situations are similar, however, it is important to remember that every financial situation is unique in its own way. This means, of course, that the advice offered on the debt consolidation blogging site may or may not be directly applicable.

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It is important as well to remember that a slightly different approach will be needed for each situation.

Using Blogging To Find Impartial Advice On How To Handle Debt

Even though every situation will be quite different, it is important to keep in mind that debt consolidation blogging can be a powerful tool and a great way to address a serious debt situation.

Finding the best and most impartial advice on how to handle a debt problem is not always easy, but debt consolidation blogging is a powerful step in the right direction.

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Shaunta Pleasant is a professional writer and editor on debt consolidation topics. Visit my site to learn more about planning the perfect wedding at http://www.debt-consolidation-help-services.com/debt-consolidation-help-services-blog.html

2007-06-26T08:12:00.000-04:00

Making Money Blogging: Your Guide to Blogging Profits

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Blogging is all the rage at the moment, and its popularity will continue to surge. It's free, easy and fun to do. But suddenly there's an even better reason to start your own blog - making money blogging is now possible. It's not difficult to make money from blogging, and this article will give you a few pointers to help you get started.

Firstly you want to sign up to a good blogging host. Blogspot (http://www.blogspot.com) is a Google-run host, and wonderful for beginners. Wordpress (http://www.Wordpress.com) is another free host, and because of its design flexibility is considered preferable to blogspot by many advanced marketers. Typepad (http://www.typepad.com) is a paid service which offers a very slick product.

Secondly, you have to decide what your blog will be about. You have two main choices here. The first is to write about a subject you're passionate about and generate a cult reading audience. The second is to be somewhat calculating and pick a niche subject you know would be lucrative for advertisers (e.g. the latest games console).

The advantage to the first method is that you can post passionately, regularly and with great ease. You won't have to contrive your prose. The downside is that it could take a while to build your audience, but if you do succeed in this, then you'll have a set fan base for the life of the blog.

The advantage to the second method is that it is easier to target a niche group of people and drive traffic to your blog by frequenting their likely hangout (e.g. if your blog is on flower arranging, then you could hit the appropriate forums with a link to your blog in your signature). The downside to this method is that you will have to write good posts on the subject, so if you're not familiar with it, then it will require research and perseverance.

Now you have a blog and you've chosen what to write about. The third step is to monetise your blog. Making money blogging is dependent on incorporating two main monetisation methods into your blog. The first method is to use affiliate links, advertising products relative to your niche (e.g. an ebook on flower arranging). The second is to insert Google Adsense text advertising onto the template of your blog.

Affiliate products can be sourced at popular sites such as Clickbank (http://www.Clickbank.net) or Commission Junction (http://www.cj.com). By inserting a simple link to the product you are affiliating for, you will be entitled to a healthy commission any time someone purchases the product after being directed to it through your link.

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Google Adsense is Google's own advertising programme. After signing up for a free account (http://www.google.com/adsense), you will be given a snippet of code. If you go to your blog account and open up the Source page, you can paste in the code in the relevant spot and Google adverts will start running on the page. Every time a visitor clicks on a Google advert, you will get paid a sum of money, based on what advertisers value the click to be worth.

Making money blogging really is easy in technical execution, so much so that even a relative technophobe could do it. The real key is to attract enough targeted traffic to your blog on a regular basis to ensure that you're getting the hits on your affiliate links and Google Adsense advertising. You'll find plenty of advice on how to charge traffic to blogs through internet forum searches. Just be persistent and display a willingness to learn.

Finally, ensure you don't lose potential visitors by short-changing them with your blog's content. Content truly is king, and if you want to develop a solid fan base of visitors to solidly monetise your blog, then you have to give them good material.

Making money blogging is the best way to dip your toe in the internet marketing waters. It is absolutely free to do, and if you become proficient at it, then there is no reason why you can't be making many hundreds of dollars a month, if not four figures. And if you've successfully done it once, you can successfully do it again with another blog. Rinse, repeat and watch your online income double.

Michael Stimpson runs the Internet Cash Picks website. Internet Cash Picks shows internet marketing newbies the easiest and most efficient products to help them make money online. You can get more information about Internet Cash Picks at (http://www.InternetCashPicks.com).

2007-06-21T12:21:00.000-04:00

What Blogging can Do for Your Business

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There is certainly nothing new about the concept of blogging, and yet many business owners and Internet entrepreneurs don't seem to grasp the power of this simple strategy. This is evidenced by the fact that many business websites do not include a blog.

If you run a business site, but do not currently have a blog, there is a great chance that you are leaving money on the table. Regardless of what kind of business you are in, a dynamic and interactive web log will improve customer response and add profits to your bottom line.

Consider this:

When you use a web log as the platform for your newsletter or ezine, you can post each of your promotions to the web, and then invite your subscribers to your blog to view your most recent update. When readers follow the link from your email to your latest blog post, they will not only have the opportunity to respond to the current promotion, they will be able to browse your blog and take action on offers you made last week, last month, even last year.

Quite often when I mail my list about my latest blog post, I end up making new sales on a promotion I did some time ago. And since my blog is linked to all of my other web sites, it's easy for me to generate traffic for multiple products and services with just one mailing.

And blogging is a great way to generate new web traffic for your domain. By setting your blog software to ‘ping' search and directory portals each time you make a post, you can alert a large number of people about your new content with the single click of a button.

Also, search engines are more likely to spider your site on a regular basis if you update your content frequently. With blog software, making changes to the text on your web pages is as simple as sending an email; you just fill in a subject line and post body, and then click ‘submit'.

Tip! Several blogs are dedicated to teaching people the do's and don'ts of blogging, READ them! Include in your reading materials blogs that are consumer-based too to give you an idea. 2.

You can even configure your blog so readers are able to leave comments and questions about your articles. They don't have to take the time to send you an email, they can just click on the comments link and post their feedback right there on the spot. This is one of the easiest ways possible to encourage productive interaction among your prospects and customers.

Tip! Start blogging and complete 20 posts before going to marketing.

Blogging requires no special technical knowledge. Sure there is an advanced side to this marketing strategy, but just adding a web log to your domain and making posts on a regular basis can improve your traffic flow and customer response tremendously.

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Tim Whiston is a full-time entrepreneur and internet marketer. For more quality content, be sure to check out his Internet Marketing Blog.

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2007-06-20T18:15:00.000-04:00

Blogging Tip

Blogging Big. How To Hire Bloggers And Build Your Own Blog Network Empire.

Nobody likes a copycat! Remember this as you read this article on blog tip. If you are going to take the time to build a blog don`t waste it by taking other content. There are some very educated people who take time to write these articles to actually help the reader accomplish things that otherwise would be a mystery. So don`t steal their thunder by taking credit for such things.

Most of us know what a blog directory is. Most of us have some knowledge that everyone who has an online presence needs an online blog. Most of us do not realize that blogging in the wrong way is a waste of your time!

Today you can search and find blogs everywhere on the net, it seems when you search the major directories that blogs show up in top positions. Is your blog appearing in these places? If not, then maybe you don`t know something that these other bloggers do know.

Install your blog directly on your site Make sure you are using full search engine friendly urls with these blogs Do not copy other blogs and post them on your blog as this is duplicate content and will hurt you Add at least 1 post a week if not more If you are unsure about these mentioned above contact us for assistance.

Now let's get to the good tip.

· Key word relevant content: Meaning, stay focused on 1 subject and about 2 - 4 related keywords or phrases. Decide ahead of time what you will write about, do research to see if the topic has keywords that match and use those keywords.
· With those keywords or phrases spread them out so they appear within every 100 words or so.
· Add your URL in the first sentence & approx every 100 words using it about 3 times max. Don`t do more then this as it won`t help at that point
· Make sure after you have written your article to do a spell and grammar check.
· Install your blog on your own URL. You will find that your links from your blog going to other sources will count more if these are installed directly on your site
· Notify Blog Servers by pinging them.

Tip! First and foremost blogging is easy! The easiest way to get your thoughts or information onto the internet is through blogging. No particular skills are necessary beyond the ability to type and construct an intelligible posting.

Don't waste time on this anymore, get your blog, get listed on directories and increase your page rank. So what are you waiting for make up your own blog and start blogging.

Darren Dunner writes for http://www.surrealblog.com ,
offering the latest information about different stuffs, visit them today for
more infromation on blogs. Visit today: http://www.surrealblog.com

2007-06-18T18:54:00.000-04:00

How To Make Money Blogging

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After you create a blog that is interesting, now it is time to start making money. The second step of getting visitors is the most important, if you plan on making money. The third step is choosing how you will make money from your blog. You should try to keep your blog on the same topic on all your post, being that you can have an unlimited number of blogs, you can have a blog for any and every topic you choose. Make sure to start a new blog if you are totally off the main subject of the blog that you are posting to.

Blogger and several other free blog companies make it very simple to have a brand new blog up and running in a matter of a few minutes. Try not to post an article about dogs on a blog about golf. Once you have an interesting blog on one particular topic, the best place to start making money is Google AdSense. Blogger has made it very simple to add AdSense ads to your blog.
The ads that show up on your blog will be targeted towards the topic of your blog, which means if you have a blog about dogs, the ads that show up on your blog will deal with pets. It's like Google is paying you to advertise on your blog.

Another way to make money with your blog is with affiliate programs. Companies will pay you good money to advertise their products, and all you have to do is put a link or banner on your blog leading to that companies web site. Once a sale is made the company gives you a commission. That is the reason you should pick one topic for your blog. If you want to have a blog about your life, by all means do it, but have other blogs about specific topics if you want to make money.

Once you find a topic that interest you, look for affiliate programs for that particular topic. With the dog blog example, there are several dog training products that you can have links and banners to on a dog blog that will make good money. ClickBank is the top company when it comes to affiliate products, they have over 10,000 products to choose from. Browse their products to see which ones you would like to promote. Obviously you want to pick something that fits the topic of your blog, but don't limit yourself to just one, you can change a product you are promoting with a few clicks.

The internet is the essence of marketing, by that I mean, every word in an ad matters, every color, where the ad is located on your blog, whether is is blinking or not, and the color of the text. It might not seem like all of those things matter, but the fact is, everything that you decide matters. The good thing is you can experiment with how your blog looks as much as you want. There are several e-books written on how you should place and where you should place them, in the beginning, just go with the basic blog set-up until you get the hang of things.

Create a Blog

Todd C. Robinson is Blogger for http://create--a--blog.blogspot.com

2007-06-16T20:25:00.000-04:00

Blog Entrepreneur: Blogging Is the Perfect Internet Business

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

If someone were to tell you that you could create a global business, completely for free, with nothing more than the tools you already have, and the investment of your time, you'd question their sanity.

Nevertheless, it's true. If blogging appeals to you, you can create a viable Internet business within a few months: for free.

Blogging is a new development in online businesses. Essentially, it's instant publishing. Because entrepreneurial blogging is so new, you have a great opportunity to build your business before others copy what you're doing, so get started now, and start building your own online empire.

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Let's look at five business models for your new Internet blogging business. These five models can be combined if you wish - there are no rules in blogging. You can change the business model of a blog at any time, to a model which generates more income.

Each of these models has the potential to earn you a six-figure income. They are:

• Affiliate blog(s)

• Web publisher blog(s)

• Sales blog(s)

• Service blog(s)

• Blog network(s)

Let's look at these models one by one.

Affiliate blog(s)

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Many businesses develop affiliate programs, because they can recruit a sales force of thousands of people, with little expense. The appeal of affiliate programs for affiliate marketers is that you don't need a product or service - you can start selling others' products, on commission.

If you intend creating an affiliate blog, select the products that you'll be selling before you create the blog. This is because you want to be sure that there is a wide range of products that you can promote. There's nothing worse than developing a blog, and finding out that the well is dry: you've picked a niche where products rarely change, and in which the products are so standardized that there's nothing new to write or podcast about.

Web publisher blog(s)

In this model, your blog is the online equivalent of a magazine. Just as a magazine has features and advertising, so does your blog. In this business model, your content is vital, because you're counting on your content to attract advertisers.

If you choose to develop a Web publisher blog, you've got great models - the thousands of magazines which are published each year. Check out a couple of your favorite magazines. Usually a monthly magazine will have a theme for each monthly issue, with two or more stories devoted to this theme. The magazine publishes its editorial calendar a year in advance, so that advertisers can line up their advertising for a specific issue.

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Sales blog(s)

In the sales model, you devote a blog to a single product, or range of products. When offline companies start blogs, their blogs are sales blogs - they're using their blogs to sell their products. If you have products that you want to sell, a sales blog is an excellent business model. You could sell a product that you've created - an ebook, a DVD, or art work - or products that you buy from others, and resell.

If you're already running a business, you could start an entrepreneurial blog to act as the marketing arm of the business.

On the other hand, if you don't have a business, look into having products created for you, or buy products which you can resell on your blog. Look in your local Yellow Pages for manufacturing companies: you may be able to find products that you could resell at a profit. Of course, there are many wholesaling companies online, but the benefit of dealing with a local supplier is that you can inspect the products that you're selling, to ensure quality. Your shipping costs will also be low, resulting in more profit for you.

Tip! Several blogs are dedicated to teaching people the do's and don'ts of blogging, READ them! Include in your reading materials blogs that are consumer-based too to give you an idea. 2.

Service blog(s)

While the sales blog sells products, the service blog sells services. If you have a service that you sell, then you could create a blog to generate customers for your services. Or, you could sell the services of other people, via a blog.

If you're selling a service, you know that it's hard to differentiate yourself from the thousands of others who are selling the same service. A blog is a way to do that. If you're a dance coach, for example, you've got plenty to write about. You'll attract lots of new business, and you can bring in additional income when you solicit your equipment suppliers to advertise on your blog.

Blog network(s)

Blog networks are groups of Web publisher blogs formed into a network. There can be half a dozen, or hundreds, depending on the ambitions and interests of the owner of the network. Blog networks usually derive their income from advertising.

If you want to develop a blog network, your aims will be to: develop a mission for the network, as well as a clear idea of where and how you'll add blogs to the network, and where and how the revenue stream will be built.

So, there you have it. Five different business models for your blog-based Internet business. Now all you need to build your new Internet business is enthusiasm, inspiration, and time.

Angela Booth is a copywriter and veteran career blogger. Her new ebook, Blogging For Dollars, helps you develop a lucrative blogging career, and gets you started as a blogging entrepreneur. The ebook will be available from August 2006. Read the book's blog at http://www.dollars2blog.com/blog/

2007-05-27T18:36:00.000-04:00

5 Biggest Blogging Mistakes

Tip! Start blogging and complete 20 posts before going to marketing.

1.You have your own domain name and web hosting but you decide to
host your blog elsewhere. Why? If your website is www.anythinghere.com then your blog should be hosted at www.anythinghere.com. There is no reason for you to use an external blog service. First of all you are putting the control of your blog in their hands- what happens when they decide to erase it? - Believe me, it happens. The second reason this is silly is because you should want to brand yourself and your business. Using another company's domain is great for their branding but not yours.

2. Long blog entries bore people. Don't be afraid to break up entries, you
don't have to post the whole story in one day. Also, make use of bullet points,
numbered lists, and pictures.

3. Save the long words for your doctoral dissertation. We know you are smart,
we know you have a nice vocabulary but we don't want to read "magnanimous" when "noble" will do. Keep it simple.

4. A RSS subscription option is very important. Don't be afraid of it. Don't run from it. If you want people to read your blog on a regular basis then you have to make it easy for them to do so. Having an "enter your email here" box is a nice start. But if I have 25 blogs I read, I am not going to want 25 different emails coming to me each time someone updates.

5. Writing for search engines and contextual advertising is not the best way to make money. Sure, you may get a few adsense clicks here and there but do you really think that people will come back for more if your sentences read like "I think you should make money with your financial payday loan so you can work at home and be rich with this banking information that I will give you for more money." To put it simply, write for people-not for machines.

Donyell (DJ) Nelson is an entrepreneur, writer, and speaker who gives people the inspiration and information to create successful online businesses. She is the host of Bold Business Talk and the author of Jump Start Your Success: 9 Insider Secrets to Running an Online Business. Find out how to jump start your business at http://www.Donyell.com

2007-05-26T17:04:00.000-04:00

Affiliate Marketing, Blogging and Adding Meat to Bones

Tip! Share your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.

Every morning that I awake the internet is one of the things
that I give God thanks for. Never has it been so easy to
start your own business and you can even market it for free with
the right techniques.

Anyone from my farmer Grandmother to the beggar on the street
can have their own online business. The easiest way to start
one's own internet business is to sign up as an affiliate and
sell a company's services or wares for a commission.
Commissions can ranged from a measly 5% (Old Navy) to a generous
75% (Mysurveysjob.com).

The best way to get started is to head on over to Blogger.com
and build a blog. Now, don't back away just yet, this is the
easy part. You don't have to know any technical hogwash to
create your own blog; there are pre designed templates for you
to choose from. Just pick one which suits your taste and in no
time you are ready to start adding some meat to the bones of
your blog via content.

If you are not into writing, there are thousands of articles
sites that you can get free reprint information. Say you want to
be an affiliate in the lucrative poker industry,
Ezinearticles.com, Isnare.com and many others have hundreds of
poker articles for your perusal. All you need to do is follow
the strict reprint rules and soon your blog's collar bones will
begin to come out of that hole.

Now that you are beginning to get familiar with your niche you
will be researching and learning more and more. Then you may
begin to compose your knowledge and share it with others in the
form of articles.

As your blog's jawbones stop protruding with the nourishment of
content, you may feel to start networking with others. Forums
are great to meet others with a similar interest and to get
solutions to your problems and to help others solve theirs.

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

To make your blog have those swinging hips you need to feed it
with a list. What kind of list? A list of email prospects that
is supplied with valuable information on a regular basis via
email. You can subtly send them directly to your affiliate links
or boldly direct them to your blog with your affiliate links
strategically placed to ensure maximum exposure and click
through.

Tip! Start blogging and complete 20 posts before going to marketing.

Your commissions should be reinvested into PPC ads and ezine advertising especially Solo ads. The urge to get your own domain
name and hosting may start to grow and this is strongly urged.
But if you choose to remain on Blogger like me then no problem;
it's not what you have but what you do with it that counts.

Now for the burning question? How soon will your blog go from
skin and bones to having those swinging hips? A few months to a
year would be a good time frame. If you add just two posts a day
to your blog in six months time you would have hundreds of pages
with traffic generating keywords intact. Still don't want to
wait that long? Look at this way. Even Popeye knows that Olive
could not be bouncy like Oprah in two months time. So why would
you expect your affiliate business to accomplish that goal?

by Nicholas Dixon
Copyright ©2006

Nicholas Dixon built his mini online empire without owning a PC.
If he can do it then so can you. Make major money instead of
pocket change. Find out more @ http://Majormoney.blogspot.com.

2007-05-19T14:29:00.000-04:00

Does Blogging Help Attract Network Marketing Prospects? Oh Yes

A Blog Helps Your Prospect To Get To Know You

Even though you can market this business entirely online, your prospects are still people. Your prospects seek business partners with integrity and they know choosing the right sponsor determines the dynamics of their business.

Your prospects want to know about you and what you might have done. More importantly how you can help them achieve what they want.

Every communication tool you employ becomes another channel for your prospects to determine your ability to lead and the more you can position yourself as the potential candidate for the sponsor, the better your prospects see that you should have the privilege of working with them.

You might not need to be an expert in network marketing, but the more you can articulate the advantages you bring in the mind of the prospect, the better you can attract wide range of prospects. But your prospects need to get to know you and it helps when you can properly communicate with your prospects about your personality, style, values and philosophy through writing.

But what becomes important is that you don't want to just blog about anything. Nobody wants to spend time reading your random thoughts and your prospects are too busy to care why you are in the business.

Instead, what you need to write is what kind of problems you can solve and what advantages you bring to their self-serving needs better than anyone else your prospects deal with.

Those are the things your prospects want to hear from you and not really what you think about the ORAC value within a particular fruit or why you brag on and on about why you think how great your organization may be.

Show your face and be a human and communicate as much as you can with your prospects through your blog so that it pre-sells your opportunity on your behalf.

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

A Blog Helps You Position Yourself As An Expert

Blogging about a particular topic helps you position yourself as the expert in the field.

Why? Because you are writing!

You might say, "How does writing make me an expert?"

Have you ever met authors who are regarded as experts because they took time to write about something?

Have you ever seen experts whose expertise may be unimportant to you but you looked at them to be the authority in the field?

It's because most of these people write. Experts are not always prolific writers but they write while others don't.

It doesn't matter if you write a book on "how to drink water properly" or "10 ways to speed dial phone numbers" .

As long as you are in the business of solving other people's problems, you have the expertise to position yourself as the authority in that field — that's if you write about it.

Yes, you heard me right. That's if you take time to write about what you know.

You see, I never consider myself as an expert of anything but some people look up to me as an expert in for example… promoting network marketing online.

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It's because I write while many other marketers don't. As a matter of fact, there are so many people out there who know the business better than I do and who know how to market it better than I do.

But if you don't take time to write, your prospects don't know that you have the expertise. And if all you say is how many downline members you have had in your previous organization or how many years of experience you have had, you are not explaining all of the benefits that your prospects should experience by getting to know you.

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I'd say that 95% network marketers who use the Internet use the web the wrong way.

Majority of the websites I see in so many organizations market the business the same way — that is they "advertise" their businesses.

However, statistics show that 92% of the entire internet users go online to look for information and not a sales pitch.

But prospects and consumers come online to look for information about an opportunity and they need more information about it. They need editorial content rather than advertisement so that they can figure out what's most important to them without being sold.

"People Hate To Be Sold, But They Love To Buy"

The same thing applies to network marketing. Your prospects don't want to be sold, but they are always looking for ways to solve their problems and they need to know how network marketing (or Amigo Health in the case of my business) can meet their pressing need and how you can personally be a solution to their self-serving needs.

You see, English is my second language but I am not afraid to use it market the business. For this obvious reason, I am not the most grammatically correct writer available, but that doesn't stop me from writing.

A Blog Helps You Rank High In Search Engines

The reason why you are reading this page is because you found me on the Internet. And the reason why I am getting your attention is because you found me probably through the search engine result.

I am not the most technical person but my website ranks high in the search engine result. It's because my content is unique and relevant and search engines see that they should include the pages I write.

I used to belong to a MLM company called Everyday Wealth. That's when I started writing on the Internet and I saw my pages getting indexed whenever I wrote about the company until that company stopped operating the business through multi-level marketing.

But my website always ranked high and that picked up lots of free leads without having to pay for advertisement. I never saw that it was very duplicatable because not many people took time to write, but their prospects did find the ones who practiced the same marketing.

But now it's 2006, anyone can build a website if they just use a blog tool. It doesn't matter if you use Blogger, Typepad, or Wordpress, if you just follow the instruction, you can easily open up an account and start writing it today.

Since what you write is original and unique, search engines will find your web pages and will start indexing you. This can be done all free of marketing cost.

I love using blogs to market my network marketing. I get to meet prospects every week that have questions and they find me online because I take time to write.

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I get to help solve their problems and answer their questions. Without necessarily having to advertise the business, but having to pre-sell the opportunity by being the guy available to help meet their needs.

Takuya Hikichi, A distributor for Amigo Health network marketing specializes in education-based network marketing, consultative marketing and customer focused marketing. Visit http://www.squidoo.com/amigo_health for more detail.

2007-05-03T13:40:00.001-04:00

Blogging, Nutrition and the Truth

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When my friend, Jim Larsen, sends me articles like the review of a Lancet paper from April 2005 where the authors tell their audience that they should abandon their calcium and other nutritional supplements in favor of pharmaceuticals I get my hackles up (my wife thanks you Jim. The paper he sent me is so poorly done that my 9 year old would be scolded for writing it, I have to wonder whether some people's drive for money has so clouded their thinking that any semblance of morality was dropped off somewhere far away from their homes. The participants in the study from the Lancet had a incredibly high drop out rate (over 1/3rd) which in and of it self should have thrown it out but it also did not look at levels of Vitamin D (critical in calcium metabolism), did not look at hydrochloric acid levels which are necessary for proper absorption of calcium and they use too low of a dose! Many of the studies putting down calcium also used the wrong form, calcium carbonate which is a cheap but very poorly absorbed form.

When you look at the advertising in journals like the New England Journal of Medicine (I commonly refer to it as the NEJ of Aggravation) and The Lancet, you can see why they consistently whore themselves to Big Pharma. You may think my words are harsh but the distortion and lying is of such a catastrophic nature, that I should be accused of being too mild in my characterizations of these people.

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Now to turn my focus to the other side of nutrition, the hucksters and sales sharks who tout things like horny goat weed as the solution to all male sexual dysfunction, or some self-proclaimed health truth tellers from some dark corner of the Amazon who claim they are the only bastion of truth yet when you disagree with them (with good cause), they call you Nazi's (yes I have been accused by one such lunatic as having opinions reminiscent of the perpetrators of the Holocaust) and big Pharma shills. These are the ones that allopathic medical practitioners point to as the model of alternative minded people. They do such a disservice to nutritional health that I feel some of them may really be the big Pharma shills.

Tip! Share your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.

While not all blogging is filled with truth sayers, by sharing our ideas and thoughts, we allow people to hear all sides of a story, not just the side that advertisers want you to hear. We blog not just to see ourselves on the net but to allow you to see what the truth might be. As for me, I will continue to blog as long as I see deceit, disinformation, falsehoods and shills.

Mark Schauss is the President of Carbon Based Corporation a company dedicated to diseminating health information, especially when it comes to laboratory testing. He has lectured the world over on subjects as far ranging as environmental health, nutrition, lab testing and childhood neurological conditions, especially epilepsy a condition his oldest girl is afflicted with.

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

Mark has also been involved in the alternative health community for over 20 years. His opinions have often times struck a controversial note not because of outrageous claims but because of his strident fervor of finding the truth. Hucksters, marketers and the dishonest are his life goal targets.

Highly respected in the community, his talks spark numerous "ah ha" moments as well as a deeper understanding of the important health questions of the day.

Blogging For Candidates 101

2007-04-29T17:18:00.000-04:00

Blogging for Candidates 101: Nuts and Bolts

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A "blog" is simply an internet (web) log. Blogs are created for personal or professional use. They may promote a product or service, or merely serve as a personal online journal. There are currently just over four million blogs today, with a new blog born every seven seconds.

The problem of cocooning candidates

Today, we work and live in an era of heightened cynicism and secrecy. Isn't it much harder than it used to be to call into a company and attempt to speak with a candidate by telephone? Central voice mail systems have grown more sophisticated and guarded. And even when recruiters are able to finally speak with an actual live person, it's often a reluctant administrative assistant or receptionist. Finally, if you are fortunate enough to be transferred to your candidate, more often than not you are greeted with that person's individual voice mail recording. It has become de facto practice by many professionals today to simply leave their "do not disturb" function turned on for most of the work day. Later, they will screen and return external calls at their discretion.

To address these changes, in recent years legitimate e-mail and web site marketing was considered a non-threatening (and somewhat successful) way to reach these "cocooning candidates." These are in fact still viable tools, but there costly learning curves associated with them.
Some recruiters have gone back to launching traditional direct mail campaigns. However, this can be an expensive and time consuming proposition to undertake with regularity. Success may be mixed until you find just the right combination of style and timing.

Moreover, most outreach marketing attempts essentially are competing for a candidate's attention today. Consider this:

� Only 29% of eligible job seekers visit the "Big Three" (Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, CareerBuilder.com)
� The average consumer is exposed to about 3,000 marketing messages per day.)
� 85% of people conducting research are using the internet.)

What can blogging do for you?

Recruiters (or researchers) who seek candidates for open positions, or to profile candidate requirements for the purpose of building a network pipeline, there are two ways we can use blogs:

(1) The first way is to start your own blog and attract top talent to your blog site. This is not an overnight marketing cure-all, and it will require some patience. But cultivating a readership of professionals in your niche field is a highly effective means of reaching candidates who would have never otherwise learned about your career openings. The key to making this work is to learn to attract a specialized readership to your blog, just like a beacon in the night. You don't need millions of readers�Just hundreds of the right readers.

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(2) The second approach is to search other existing blogs and develop contacts and relationships. This is a perfectly legitimate means of networking, as any internet page is essentially public domain information. Based on posting activity and interactions you initiate, you can easily develop in-roads and find more candidates in less time.
Let's talk about both approaches.

Tip! Start blogging and complete 20 posts before going to marketing.

You want to start your own blog. Now what?

How much time do I need to spend on my blog? What do I write about?
By their very nature of being near real-time, dynamic logs about life, blogs are frequently published mediums. I publish my blog at least three times per week (sometimes more often if I have more to say).
If you are going to take the time to create an effective blog, and develop a regular reading audience, I suggest blogging at least twice every week.

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How do I decide what to blog about?

Who is your audience? What message are you trying to convey? Are you recruiting for new business clients? Looking for joint venture relationships? In need of candidates who are in short supply in your market place? Are you selling products or services, or promoting your company brand?

The first step you should take is to decide on what your intended focus will be. If you write about what's wrong with our political system one week, then the following week write about outsourcing IT services to India, then in week three prattle on about how beautiful your home town is in the fall, your readership will not feel a sense of community or predictability about you. This completely defeats the purpose of building trust and credibility! You would be better off making cold calls if you continue on this path.

One of my blogs (The Hiring Insider, www.hiringinsider.com) shares tips and tools to help line managers, corporate recruiters, human resource professionals, etc. learn to make better hires faster (or so I hope). Week in and week out, I try to maintain a specific, consistent thread of helpful information that builds upon previous week's blog entries. However, a new reader should be able to jump in without any trouble at any time, so remember this as you plan your writing agenda. My other blog (http://jobsblog.blogspot.com) provides tips to job seekers in the life sciences field who are confused about who to trust in the pharmaceutical job market, and what practices to engage in and avoid in order to land the best possible job for their skill set.
As you craft your blog entries, constantly think about who, what, why, where and how. Be sure to ask yourself where you are headed over time with your blog topics. Try to stay theme-related.

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How do I choose a service to blog on?

There are many services available. For beginners, I recommend using blogger.com (Pyra labs). Google acquired blogger.com in February of 2004 (http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000802.shtml) and is really enhancing its features. It's also FREE. Yep, you can register for an account in less than ten minutes and be up and blogging. Other great tools include Typepad (http://www.typepad.com/) and Movable Type (http://www.movabletype.org/).

Again, the most important ingredients are publishing good content, and establishing and maintaining a base audience.

However, you aren't done yet. Now that you've come this far, you need to promote your blog and get yourself out of the starting gate.
Begin by submitting your blog to the blog search engines. There are several hundred of these, and they are growing by the day. It is somewhat arbitrary which ones you choose to register with. However, at a minimum, I recommend that you register your site with at least the following:

Tip! Share your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.

www.technorati.com
www.daypop.com
www.blogarama.com
www.blogtree.com
www.bloglines.com

What if I don't want my own blog?

If you decide instead that you want to search other blogs to source candidates, you can do any or all of these three steps:
First, search for blogs based on what skill sets you are seeking (Oracle blogs, copywriting blogs, programmer blogs). Secondly, read the blog entries and see who is posting comments. Third, most bloggers have "blog-rolls" on either the left or ride side of the page. These cite other blogs that they like, and are usually related to the subject matter on their own blog. Resourceful recruiters will take advantage of these links and research them as well. You will also find blogs they may like or recommend which are unrelated.

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

While I generally post relevant blogs, I also try to have a little fun. After all, recruiting is challenging work�Why not take a break and see what Dave Barry is up to? http://weblog.herald.com/column/davebarry/

© Lucia Apollo Shaw, HireWorks, Inc. 2004
HireWorks, Inc. helps small to midsize organizations in the life sciences recruit and retain top talent. http://www.hire-works.com

Visit our blog at http://www.hiringinsider.com

How To Generate Income From Blogging

2007-04-28T15:56:00.000-04:00

How To Generate Income From Blogging

Tip! Share your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.

Blogging is a relatively new term that has just begun to make its rounds through the Internet world. You may have asked yourself in the past "what is blogging and why is everyone talking about it?" And the answer is relatively simple. Blogging is nothing more than a website that is updated on a regular basis with the newest entries being displayed at the top. A blog is pretty much an online journal where anybody can go and type their thoughts for the rest of the Internet world to read.

If you like to write, and are looking for a new place to display your work, blogging may be the answer you have been searching for. There are a couple of blogging tips that you should keep in mind before starting. First off, there are many blogging sites that will allow you to have your own web page for free. These free blogging sites can be found through a simple Internet search. Of course, if you want to get more serious about your blog you can register your own domain name and compile your blog their. Another tip to keep in mind is that if you do not want to write about your personal life, blogging for business may still be right for you. There are thousands of businesses that also run blogs as a way for their customers, and prospective customers, to stay informed. Blogging for business has taken off in the small business sector over the past year, and it is surely going to reach a wider audience as word gets around.

If you had to ask yourself "what is blogging", you probably are not aware that you can make money off of it as well. Many people start blogs as a way to make money. The best way to do this is by signing up for a Google adsense account. This has been proven as one of the best ways of making money with a blog. When you sign up for an account, Google will place targeted ads on your blog that will earn you money every time somebody visits your site and clicks on them. So, if you have a lot of traffic on your blog you will definitely be able to make some extra money.

Tip! Choose Your Weapon - There are two blogging platforms that I would recommend using, either will work just fine so it is entirely up to you. The first is Blogger.

There are plenty of blogging tips that are available by searching the Internet. It is important to read these blogging tips so that you know exactly what you are doing, and where to start. Making money with a blog is also very possible if you can garner enough traffic to your site. Even though blogging is still relatively unknown to a lot of the world, it is sure to pick up more steam over the next couple of years and become even more popular.

David E Nettey is the webmaster of http://www.sourceneeds.com and http://www.LyecryNet.com and operates a successful home based business and coaches others to successfully start their own home based business. For Internet Business Ideas and Opportunities visit his website http://www.Profits-Web.com

Blogging For Big Bucks

2007-04-28T13:30:00.000-04:00

BLOGGING FOR BIG BUCKS is designed to bring you a series of informational articles that will show you how blogging can make you a lot of money and bring you success in your own business.
BLOGGING FOR BIG BUCKS