WAYS TO IMPROVE BLOG TRAFFIC

There are actually an endless
number of different ways that
you can improve blog traffic if
you know what to do and how
to do it. Here are some tips to
improve blog traffic by making
improvements to your blog.
Improve Blog Tip #1 –
Improve your content
quality and write better
overall content.
The quality of your content is
going to be one of the most
important criteria when it comes
to determining how successful
your blog is. Great content is
going to make it easier for you
to market your blog, and you
are going to find yourself being
able to improve the entire
community around your blog so
that other people will begin to
recognize the value behind the
information that you are
providing. Writing improved
content will not always be easy,
but it will be well worth the time
and effort investment.
Improve Blog Tip #2 – Set
aside time for the purpose
of brainstorming.
Your writing skills are not the
only requirement for when it
comes to creating good blog
content. You are also going to
need to have ideas that are
original as well as interesting. If
you do not have good ideas,
then your quality of your
content is going to suffer, even
if you have the best writing skills
around. Make sure that you are
regularly setting time aside so
that you can brainstorm, coming
up with as many different ideas
as you can.
Improve Blog Tip #3 – Hire
other people to help you
write in your blog.
If you are finding it difficult to
come up with enough high quality
content for your blog, consider
paying other people to help you
out. There are plenty of high
quality bloggers out there that
are more than willing to write
for you if you are willing to pay
them to help you out with your
blog. If your blog is capable of
producing more money than you
are spending, then this is a
consideration that is well worth
making.
Improve Blog Tip #4 –
Publish posts from guest
bloggers and writers.
There are many bloggers out
there that have learned the
trick of publishing guest posts
from bloggers elsewhere on the
internet in order to get more
comments when they cannot
afford to pay other writers to
write in their blogs. Guest
posting is something that is
great for everybody involved. It
gives you free content, it gives
the guest blogger increased
exposure and a link back to
their own blog or website, and it
offers your readers more
content as well as a new
perspective on the same niche
or industry.
Improve Blog Tip #5 –
Publish more or less
frequently.
If you are not posting a lot,
start finding ways to post more
frequently. Only do this if you
think you will benefit from it in
some way. On the other hand, if
you are posting too often, try
increasing your blog quality by
decreasing your blog quantity.

7 BLOGGING TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR MARKETABILITY THRU THE POWER OF EDUCATION - BASED MARKETING ONLINE

You will hear all of the online
"experts" tell you that you must
have a blog. You also need to
post on others' blogs and I am
sharing 7 sure fire tips on doing
that for the ultimate success!
Education or value-based
marketing is an important tool
to attracting new customers to
your business. Blogging is an
excellent tool for sharing that
knowledge with potential
customers. Therefore, having
your own blog or blog posting
and commenting on others blogs
is a smart marketing strategy,
as long as you implement these
tactics.
These tips will get you started
increasing your education-based
marketing online.
When posting your own Blog
remember these tips:
#1. Blog regularly. Daily is the
optimum goal. At least three
times a week is better than only
one day a week. Blog visibility
increases with regular posting so
this is critically important!.
#2. Keep your posts short, yet
powerful. People, especially busy
ones, like short, value-based
information that makes them
want more. This tip also helps
with the first point because if
they are shorter it is easier for
you to write and post regularly.
#3. Pose a powerful question at
the end of your blog. Your goal
is to get people to comment on
what you have written.
Comments are a good thing
because they increase your
visibility and web traffic. A
question tempts them to
comment.
#4. Make comments open. Too
often people "screen" comments
by having to approve them. First
this is a HUGE time eater as you
create yourself more work!
Secondly, don't be afraid of
somebody who disagrees with
you. That's a good thing, not a
bad thing and you can actually
use it to your marketing
advantage.
When reading other blogs:
#5. Read blogs where you can
offer your own feedback and
value. One of the most powerful
ways for clients to find you is
through this type of message.
Once, I got a client who said, "I
was so appreciative of your
comment on XYZ blog. After
visiting your site I'd love to work
with you."
#6. If you read it, comment on it.
Not only is it great to read
blogs, you can also actually
double your value by
commenting! And commenting
brings business to you.
#7. When you comment, always
close with your complete name
and web address. This is the
most common mistake I see made
on blogging. How can they find
you if you do not make sure
they can? I always end with my
full name, and web address and
my tag line.
Blogging becomes a powerful way
to provide education-based
marketing to potential
customers, which increases your
opportunity for business. It will
also increase the opportunity for
people to "find" you when they
search! Establish your expertise
through blogging, and watch
your marketability soar!
I hope these tips will help you
with both writing your own blog
and commenting on others. What
do you think of these tips? Do
you have others to offer? I
would love to see your
comments.
Ann is a international speaker,
coach and consultant teaching
Empowerment (getting the life
you desire), Leadership (knowing
your personal power) and
Ownership (taking responsibility
for what you want). In October
2008 Ann created the Social
Networking Coaching Club, a
forum where you get
personalized support to learn
how to stand out among the
chatter online and sell more
without being a slimy pushy
salesperson!

CHOOSING A PROFITABLE NICE FOR YOUR BLOG

In choosing a profitable niche for
your blog, you first have to
think about what it is that you
really enjoy. Whatever niche you
choose to blog about, should be
something that is at the top of
your interests list. In this article
we will cover the top reasons
why selecting a niche that
interests you will be profitable
to your blog.
First and foremost, the niche
you choose for your blog should
be something that you have
experience with. This will cause
you to be able to write high
quality content for your blog
and in doing this; you will secure
repeated visitors to your site. In
addition to this, writing about a
topic that you enjoy saves you a
lot of time as you will not have
to spend the same about of time
writing it as when you have to
write about something that you
are not familiar with.
Secondly, when you write about
a niche that interests you, you
have more fun writing. Writing
about a topic that you have no
knowledge about and that you
are not interested in can be
very difficult. For each new blog
post you will have to research
each topic and this can be an
exhausting ordeal. On the
contrary, when you love
whatever it is that you are
writing about, it greatly reduces
the amount of research you
have to do on the topic, and
thus your writing experience will
be more fun filled and rewarding
to you.
Finally on our list in choosing a
niche that will be profitable for
your blog, is actually how to
make start making a profit. This
may not be pertaining to you;
however, if you want to
monetize your blog you will have
to know how to start making a
profit.
Almost all the blog niches that
exist can be monetized. There is
always an advertising campaign
or a product that is directed at
the visitors of your blog; despite
this, not all niches are created
even-handed. The market has a
specific demography of people
who have a taste for more
extravagant things and as such,
niches that are geared towards
this demographic will pay a lot
more than others. Because of
the stiff competition, advertisers
will have to disburse more money
in order to reach the visitors of
your blog. This therefore means
that the niches you use on your
blog, falls into the category of
those that are more profitable.
A slight disadvantage is that
there are already blogs that are
targeting users using the same
niche as you; therefore, you will
have to put in a lot more work
in order to get traffic directed
to your site. All in all you are the
one who decides which route to
take. You may either choose to
have simple promotions with
effortless traffic and low
payouts, or you may opt for
more profound promotions with
limited traffic but huge payouts.
Mark Owen has been working as
a successful online marketer for
many years specializing in
creating niche mini sites and
professional blogs. Want to learn
more about making money
blogging? Please visit http://
makingmoneyblogging.co/ We
offer helpful tips, tools, and
video tutorials that will help you
get your blog started right.