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Should I Use a Blog or a Website for My Internet Marketing?
by Rahimah Sultan
First of all a blog IS a type of website. Basically, anything on the Internet is a website. A website is any place you can visit online through a URL or a Domain. The answer to the question ‘Should I Use a Blog or a Website for My Internet Marketing’ is YES.
Let me explain. Blogs were created to make regular posts in chronological order, usually with the latest on top. A post is anything you want to write about or articles related to whatever your site is about. Now blogs use a set of tools that allow you to add, remove, and edit your online content. If you use a WordPress blog you do not have to know any code to have your own blog/website.
If you want to have a web presence, all you have to do is set up a static site on a WordPress platform and add plugins and custom themes (templates) to expand your blog/website with thousands of features.
Using a blog style website is the fastest and easiest way to get started online for a hobby or an Internet business. Should I use a blog or a website for my Internet marketing is now a moot point. Search engines love blogs. Every time you add new content it is picked up by them. If you post new and relevant content regularly, you will get return visitors to your blog.
Most WordPress themes allow you to set up a static website and then add the blogging component as a separate section of your website.
There’s no need to choose between a blog and a website when you can have them both. And you do not have to manage two separate sites.
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Online Marketing For Long Term Traffic
by Rahimah Sultan
In TJ Philpott’s article Publishing Content For Long Term Traffic he discusses three simple ways that using content can keep you in front of people online.
Publishing content is one of the best ways to build traffic online. If your content is of good quality it can circulate online indefinitely, and this can brand you as an authority in your field. If it remains relevant the long-term benefit is continual traffic. Three ways to do online marketing for long term traffic and for branding and getting traffic long after being published are blogging, articles and video.
Blogging has become the rule now rather than the exception for maintaining an online presence.
Article directories are still a great platform for publishing content. People still use them to find what they are looking for, and article directories archive older publications so, that information can be accessed.
Video is becoming one of the most popular methods of sharing content, because people are visual and they would rather see and listen as opposed to read text. The fact that they can see and hear you builds trust and loyalty much faster. (Click to read article)
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Marketing Roadmap Success: Getting Free Traffic
by Rahimah Sultan
This is part one of Marketing Roadmap Success: Getting Free Traffic. Although there are many different types of marketing roadmaps, in this particular Video Series we will talk about seven ways to get free traffic to your site or business. This article covers getting backlinks, SEO and better SEO positioning. Better search engine optimization positioning allows you to get better exposure, more traffic, and more targeted traffic to your site or business.
The series contains seven videos. This article covers three of the seven marketing roadmap success strategies.
1) Blogging Strategy
First, build a blog and post an article that relates to your website. For more search engine exposure, post frequently. When creating a blog choose a title based on keywords related to your niche or site, and use an easy to read template. The first article should be educational content with information or tips to keep people coming back to read more of your articles. This should not be advertising. Then at the end of the article, redirect people to your website. This enables you to get more targeted traffic.
2) Blog Commenting
Reading other peoples’ blogs and commenting on their articles is another way to get targeted traffic to your site. There is a discussion of free software and using Google for getting backlinks and how to search for blogs and valuable sites to leave comments on to get long-term traffic for your site.
3) Wiki Traffic
A Wiki site is a massive website, knowledge base or online library. Google looks upon Wikipedia as a great site with a good source of content. The video series details this process and how to use Wikipedia safely and legally to get good traffic back to your site without you getting banned.
If you follow each video step by step, even though they might cover different subjects that all fall under the category of free traffic, you’ll start to see traffic come to your site or business within a day of implementing these Marketing Roadmap Success: Getting Free Traffic strategies.
One of the Best Ways to Make Money Online
by Rahimah Sultan
Blogging is one of the best ways to make money online. Blogs are a very popular way of promoting your products and services. They are easy to install, easy to administer, easy to update, and search engines love them. Here are three ways to boost traffic to your blog and start making money online.
1) Update your content regularly
Search engines and blog services love regular updates. It’s very likely that you will get targeted traffic from search engines if you post regularly. I average an article a week. There are pros and cons for this. Some say daily and others say less often is better. It’s really dependent upon your content and your readers. If you’re a beginner you might post less as you may not have the good quality content that long time bloggers have or you don’t want to suffer burn out.
2) Post in forums
You can post in in forums, but don’t spam them. Post something fresh and interesting and put a link to your blog in your signature. Don’t just post in any forum. For example if you’re selling something to do with music, don’t post in forums that have nothing to do with music. Be sure to abide by the guidelines of each forum you use. Forum posting provides valuable one-way links to you that are good for search engine position in Google, Yahoo and Bing.
3) Submit to blog search engines
There are masses of search engines available, that list only blogs. Just do a Google search and you’ll find plenty. These blog search engines will help you with targeted traffic. Be sure to write a good title and a good description for your article so people will easily find it and click on your link.
If you just follow these three steps you’ll start seeing lots of traffic to your blog. Don’t forget to update your blog with fresh unused content that you write yourself. And remember that having a blog is one of the best ways to make money online.
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Set a Routine
Set a schedule and stick to it. Decide what days you’re going to publish articles for your home business and get them out on those days. If you’re new to blogging and unable to write articles daily, then do it two or three times a week. Regular posting can enable you to move up in search engine ranking, and it keeps you in front of your audience.
If blogging is only one aspect of your home business, and you’re not in a position to outsource work, you may not have the time to post articles several times a week. In that case, there are many sources for published articles that allow you to republish, as long as you keep the article intact and the author’s resource box.
Blogging Tips
by Rahimah Sultan
Are you having trouble with blogging? Are you at a loss for article subjects?
Here are a few blogging tips.
There are subjects all around you. Just be aware of your surroundings.
You can use newspaper headlines, people watching (what you’ve observed someone doing or making, etc.) or what someone did at the grocery or department store.
You can also research information online. It’s your blog.
You can talk about whatever you wish. If you have a niche-specific blog you probably want to make the article relative to that niche.
While making the article relative to your niche you can use analogies.
For example, you observed someone buying flowers. You can tell a story about the type and color, how carefully they were handled and discuss the customer service.
Then if your niche is internet marketing, you can relate this to products for your customers and your follow up customer service.
Once you think of a topic make an outline just like you did for school papers.
The outline should include:
A Title
An Introduction
Some Key Points
A Conclusion
A Resource box
Here is a very basic outline.
Title
The title should be in bold type and it should be engaging. It should set the tone for the entire article.
Introduction
An introduction is self explanatory. In this article, all of the above is the introduction beginning with the question “Are you having trouble with blogging?”
Headings
Your key points become your headings. I suggest an absolute minimum of three key points. They should also be in bold type.
Conclusion
Your conclusion is a summary of your article and anything else you wish to state that is directly related to your topic.
Resource Box
You can also include a resource box with your picture, a bit of information about yourself, and a link to your site or products.
In summary, you now have a template that you can use for every blog post. You can save it in outline form and use it over and over.
It contains a title, introduction, several key points related to your subject, and a conclusion.
Now you can get busy using this template of blogging tips to make your writing easier.
Find Your Niche and Blog
by Rahimah Sultan
Find your niche and blog even though you may be starting up a new web site aimed at bloggers or you want to make your existing blog site more distinctive. The key to building and maintaining a site that will capture the interest and attention of the blogging community is finding your niche.
If you can fill a unique need in a way that no other web site does, you’ll be able to build a lasting readership among web surfers. Once you have discovered a niche, you’ll still have a lot to do, but finding your place in the blogosphere is the place to begin.
Of course, even if you’re a marketing genius or have a really great idea for a blog, success is not going to happen overnight. Building the kind of readership that blogging for profit requires takes time, and in all likelihood it will be at least several months before you are able to turn much of a profit. Try to stay committed to your blogging project during this initial rough period.
To stay motivated, set goals for how often you’ll update and how many readers you want to attract, and then reward yourself for sticking with your plan.
Often, bloggers have unrealistic expectations of how fast their readership will grow and how much money they’ll make. When these expectations are not met the disappointment can crush the desire to continue blogging.
Many bloggers suffer from a lack of planning. If you want to turn a profit as a blogger, the key is to make a realistic plan and stick with it.
A Home Business With Affiliate Marketing
by Rahimah Sultan
One of the easiest ways to make money from home is through affiliate marketing. There are lots of companies online looking for ways to build their name (brand) while increasing their income.
Company Branding Through Affiliate Marketing
Branding through advertising can be very successful and incredibly high-priced. There are many companies willing to spend lots of money on advertising, and they are even more willing to spend that money on advertising that will really work well for them.
Affiliate Marketing Online From Home
When doing affiliate marketing online from home, the understanding is for you to place the company’s Ad on your site and you get paid a commission when there is a sale. The Ad that you will place on your site will be designed by the company.
If a visitor clicks on the Ad and buys, you get paid whatever commission you agreed to with the company. Now, the sales have increased for the company, and you get money, as an affiliate marketer, for posting that Ad on your site. Both parties benefit.
Traditional sources for advertising such as TV, radio, newspapers, and the Internet can be very expensive. The advertiser always hopes to make the money back from increased sales of merchandise and/or services. Advertisers are going to pay for the Ad space, regardless of the number of sales. The one who runs the Ads is the only one who gains from this practice.
Selling Other People’s Products to Make Money from Home
Now, how do you get people to your Web site or blog? And, why should anyone go through your site to get to another company just so that you can make a commission?
The first thing you need to do is market your Web site or blog (weblog). Since the trend has been toward Internet blogs to get people interested in what you and others have to say, you have the perfect means for advertising. Just place the company’s Ads on your blog to increase recognition of the company site. If what they offer is similar to the information on your blog, i.e., there is some commonality, then you have the perfect opportunity to turn some of your visitors into customers.
Many Online sites are on the whole, gateways to online shopping malls, which are simply affiliate advertising sources where people visit and find what they’re looking for in one place. Although Web surfers do take the time to search for what they want online, there are those who prefer finding everything, basically, in one location.
Your earning capacity from affiliate marketing depends on the kind of Web site you have and the amount of traffic you receive to your site. To maximize your potential to make serious money from affiliate marketing, you can become affiliated with very successful companies, which offer a high commission arrangement or you can become affiliated with several different companies.
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Tips for Promoting Your Website
by Rahimah Sultan
When you visit a website are you curious about who owns or operates it? Do you check it out, especially if it contains something that peaks your interest? What is the first page you look at?
Your ‘About Us’ page is a vital part of any website. It is actually one of the most visited pages of any and every website. If you want to find out about a company, an organization or an individual, you will probably look at this page first. That is why I have included it in my Tips for Promoting Your Website. So, take advantage of this fact when promoting your website.
Personalize Your Page
One of the first impressions you can make on a potential consumer is from your ‘About Us’ page. This is good news for everyone because it is one of the best pages on your website for you to get creative with and truly personalize.
If your business has a particularly interesting, or unusual, back story relating to how it came about, that could be a fun way to make the most of your ‘About Us’ page. You can use fun images or a pleasing color scheme.
One thing to remember when you’re creating a good and effective ‘About Us’ page is to personalize it enough to suit you and your business. Reveal the how, why, and what your business ultimately stands for. Do not overload your consumers with too much information.
Your ‘About Us’ page should not be too long. Explain succinctly what your company does, and what the goal is, but in a fun and relatable manner.
Optimize your website
Be sure you optimize your website for relevant, repeat organic traffic from search engines. Your title, description and meta tags should reflect what your site is about. The description should be a sentence or two describing the content of the webpage. Now use the main words of the description for the keywords meta tag. If you have a blog update it regularly and optimize each post in the same manner so the search engines can find it.
Post actively on forums and blogs
You can participate in forums where your target audience is reachable. Post useful responses to questions, and include a signature with your website on your profile. You could possibly incorporate your own tips for promoting your website in a discussion. Do not spam as you most likely will be banned.
Publish an e-zine
An e-zine is an online magazine like a newsletter. You can publish your own or subscribe to others. You can find many free directories where you can add your digital newsletter and articles. Ezine Articles is one of the top directories.
Social Media Marketing
Use the strength of social media sites – mainly Twitter and Facebook – to reach your marketing objectives.
So, do not ignore the importance of your “About” page. Use it to your advantage.
You can benefit from the free online advertising tips discussed here. There are many no cost resources on the internet to promote your business, and of course you have the option of paid advertising. I’m sure that using these Tips for Promoting Your Website can be beneficial.