So why should you have an official blog?
Did you know that blogging is the new “BLACK”?
A blog can be uploaded to networking sites to spread the word about your business – that’s free advertising!
A blog gives you the chance to voice your opinions to the world.
A good blog can generate subscribers and we all know how important they are!
A blog with the right keywords will help the search engines to find you.
An informative blog can give you kudos…you could be seen as an expert in your field.
A blog can create an income from affiliate advertising and adsense.
So what are the 8 things you should have on your official blog site.
1. A subscriber’s sign up box. This will enable visitors to subscribe to the RSS feed of your posts.
2. A newsletter subscription box. Once they have agreed to receive your mailings then you can safely market to them by e-mail – it is always better to add a few subtle links to your products or services in a newsletter than to bamboozle them with adverts.
3. A comment box. When people comment on your blogs you are capturing their details.
4. The Opportunity to buy something. Of-course it is great when your visitors spend money on your website but you will need a lot of visitors to make any real profits from it but it is possible. The magic word is traffic!
5. Adsense – I have a lot of visitors and do make a few bob from Adsense but again you need a lot of traffic to make any real money.
6. Adverts – a busy website is more likely to attract advertisers so concentrate on getting your visitors up before you approach any advertisers.
7. Bookmarking buttons to places like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Everytime you write a new post hit those networking buttons and send your work around the web. I am a member of 50 groups with LinkedIn alone, my posts go out to all of them on a daily basis. Don’t upload the full article, just a snippet then a link to your website.
8. This brings us to the most important part of your blog or article…THE TITLE!
If you want literary accolades then write something clever like “To blog or not to blog that is…..”
The trouble is that this title will not help the needy searcher…if your target audience is someone who wants to know more about blogging then make your title as search engine friendly as you can.
Think of the words people will use when searching Google then create your title to not only inform people of the content of your post but also include the important keywords.
Pat Sutton
Official Blog – Internet Marketing and Personal Development
http://www.patsutton.com
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very good info; I enjoy reading your posts – they are rather educational! With your permission, I would like to post this on my biz blog having you listed as a guest writer.
Thank you,
Carolina
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Caroline, thank you, I would be honoured to be on your biz blog, please send me the address so that I can have a read, kindest, Pat
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