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One Blog or Many? When to Create Another Blog
Blogging There are times when one blog isn’t enough. You need another blog, or two. There are many reasons for creating another blog. For example, two reasons you may decide to create another blog is when one blog becomes large and unwieldy, or when you want to draw special attention to a topic, or a product. Is your blog too large? You may decide to create another blog when your original blog becomes too big. Once you’ve been blogging for a ...
Continue readingTweeting your Blog: Can Twitter Benefit your Blog?
Blogging Twitter is becoming a must-have blogging accessory. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, think of it as instant global SMS. It’s both a social networking tool and a mini-blogging application. My first impression of Twitter was “it’s stupid”. What could you say that’s worth saying in just 140 characters? However, I’ve changed my mind. I’ve been using Twitter for several months now and enjoy using it ...
Continue readingBlog Orientation: Make Your Blog New-Reader Friendly
Blogging Is your blog new-reader friendly? If you’re promoting your blog, you’ll attract a constant stream of new readers. You need to make these newcomers comfortable. Welcome your newbies. Get them up to speed on the subject of your blog, and help them to become regular readers. Here are five ways to help your newbies: 1. Add orientation posts to your About page Your About page is your primary tool to orient newcomers. In addition to ...
Continue readingFive Ways to Gain Credibility as a Blogger
Blogging How credible is your blog? The first time a visitor arrives at your blog, he looks for signals of credibility. He wants to know whether he can trust you. With so much junk online, establishing trust in your visitors is vital, otherwise their first visit will be their last. So how do you establish your credibility? Here are five ways: 1. Know what you’re talking about – have personal experience in the subject of your blog When you ...
Continue readingFour Ways to Creatively Promote your Blog by Writing Articles: get Links, get Known
Promote your blog “Article marketing” is a way of promoting your blog by writing articles for popular article directories. Writing a series of articles for others gives you links to your blog. It also helps you to become known in your niche, so that your blog gains credibility. While article marketing is not as effective as it once was, it’s still a viable marketing tool. And if you think creatively, you can use article marketing to powerful ...
Continue readingYour 2008 Blog Marketing Plan – plan for success
Promote your blog With 2008 well underway, it’s time to create your blog marketing plan for 2008. Your marketing plan doesn’t need to be complex – you can create it on an index card if you wish. However, you do need to create one. The more effort you put into marketing your blog, the more traffic you will get. The promotional activities you include in your marketing plan are up to you. If your blog is new, then forget about paid advertising in ...
Continue readingBig, Bigger, Biggest – Simple Blog or CMS?
Blogging Frustrated with your blog? While blogging platforms are easy to use – a blog is the easiest Web site you’ll ever create – blogging platforms also have limitations if you’re set on building a major authoritative Web site using a blog. The biggest limitation is the chronological format of a blog. As you post to your blog, older posts slip off the radar, and you’ve got to make a conscious decision to bring your older ...
Continue readingFive Tips for Writing Blog Articles the Easy Way
Writing Blogs need content: short snippets, articles, and longer feature articles. Here are five tips to improve your article-writing skills; within a few days, you’ll be writing content like a pro. 1. Outline before you start writing – a few points will do Jot down a few points before you start writing. Many articles follow this simple format: an introduction, a few points (around four, in an article of 500 words), and a conclusion. Writing ...
Continue readingFive Blogging New Year’s Resolutions to Make 2008 Great
Blogging It’s almost 2008, so in addition to creating some New Year’s resolutions for a brighter and happier 2008, why not create some blog-specific resolutions? Whether you’re a new blogger, or are a blogging pro, it’s time to review how far you’ve come in 2007. Create some blog-goals for 2008. Take a few minutes to review your blog – its search engine rankings and the income it has produced. If your blog is a ...
Continue readingYou’re a Blog Publisher: Selling Advertising on your Blog
Blogging Your blog is a publication, just like a magazine or newspaper is a publication. Therefore, you can follow the well-traveled route of selling advertising on your blog, just as other publications do. Selling advertising on your blog works even if you’re developing a business blog. The reasons you may want to sell advertising space on your blog include: becoming an authority in your industry and defraying some of the costs of blogging. Here ...
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