Online Blogging

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Online Blogging
How Can Online Blogging Be Profitable to Ordinary Individuals?



The following article is one of a series of articles which focus on Affiliate, Article and Internet Marketing. All of the articles are based on real experiences and research done over twenty years as a personal and business coach. They are also written in response to questions which I have been asked as well as address common challenges that people have with affiliate marketing, article marketing, internet marketing or running an online business in general. I sincerely hope that you find the following information of value. One idea, one tip, one clue can make all the difference.

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Ranking of any website depends on a few factors. It would basically depend on the relevance of the article according to the key words used; the number of times that page has been linked and viewed, etc.

These are quite easy to follow, and if these factors are carefully noted and looked into, the rankings of your website can increase considerably.

The first step is to get your website linked through various other pages. The more the pages are that contain your links, the better ranking they will receive. The second aspect to be kept in mind is how often you update the content on your website.

Frequently edited and updated sites receive higher ranking in search engines than those that have not been looked at by the owners for ages. Always editing the content of your website as a whole may not be an option.

In this case what you can do is add a Blog to your website. A Blog will function as nothing but a forum for people to come and discuss the themes that concern your website too. The more people that come, the more that discuss, the greater the awareness and visibility that is generated. This in turn creates more visibility and soon becomes that all powerful self fulfilling prophecy - you just keep on getting more and more visitors!

Now you know How Online Blogging Can Be Profitable to Ordinary Individuals?

It will create a platform, as well as become a journal whereby you can also post updates about your operations and your website. The advantage is that the content on such Blogs will not be restricted only to text, but pictures and videos can be posted too.

The few easy steps as described below will take you through how to create your own blog and what are the things you must look out for:

  • Cost can never be a problem because free online blogging services are quite popular all over the world. If you choose sites like Blogger, Wordpress or LiveJournal, you are sure to get exactly the kind of platform you are looking for. They are absolutely free.
  • If you are not very comfortable with web designing techniques, you need not worry. Creating your blog is not as complicated as designing template for a website. These online blogging services provide a wide range of templates from which you can choose the one most suited to your tastes.
  • You must also use your discretion while online blogging. Especially if you are incorporating your blog within your website, or creating a blog to increase awareness of your product, you need to keep in mind that this is an open forum which is read by all. You do not want to say anything that may end up angering your clients. Politics and religion are the two most controversial themes, and therefore anything about those must be carefully blogged about.
  • Anything that is particularly reader friendly and does not anger too many people is considered ‘safe’. If your aim is indeed to increase the ranking of your site, you will have to make sure many people read it. You can do this by making your content user friendly.
  • Also keep an eye on what other people write or say on their blogs. This can give you a general idea of what kind of responses those articles receive, and you can get valuable tips from them.

Online Blogging has come to be considered a highly effective marketing tool. You can easily create awareness of your product and get clients and customers to interact with each other. And not only customers, also those who are relatively new to your product get a platform to ask questions and clear their air about your product. If comments are made or questions asked, answer honestly and constructively - you will benefit in the longer term.

Moreover, it also increases your website rankings which can increase because the blog is constantly being updated, commented on, and discussions are always going on. Because of its sheer activity, the rankings improve, creating more awareness of your business and the product.

The following are the pointers based on which you can blog about your product:

  • Never make the blog post too long uselessly. It must be well written. Long posts tend to get dreary and they are not ‘catchy’ enough for people to sit and go through them.
  • Update regularly. Since you don’t need to write long posts, that is not much effort. Ideally, blog 3-7 times a week.
  • Be entertaining where required, everyone can do with some light hearted humor, without being derogatory.
  • You need not stick only to text. Video and photo blogging have caught on fast and are interesting ways to share your thoughts, and make your videos and photographs well known.
  • Be yourself. Do not to ape, imitate or copy someone else’s content.

Online Blogging And Monetization

Much has been written and is written about monetizing blogs with, for example, affiliate products and/or adsense. In fact, I have written articles on this subject myself. There are also free and purchasable themes for blogs already set up for adsense. These are great as long as adsense (or an alternative) is a key part of your particular online blogging strategy. But take care.

The same rule applies with your blogs as with your websites. Monetize by all means but be careful that your adsense ads and or affiliate links do not distract your readers and take their attention away from your own products.

I actually do both. I have blogs which focus on my own product related niches and I have other blogs that are monetized with Adsense.

Decide which will work for you in the short term as you develop your longer term online blogging strategies.

To help you decide...

In a day or two, I will follow this article up with another entitled "How to Start Your Own Blog in Less than 15 Minutes" So stayed tuned. You can also...

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To your success

Andrew Gowans
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Marbella, 29604, Spain

Andrew Gowans is a successful internet marketing coach providing advice for web marketers and webmasters on how to develop and promote their websites and advance their online marketing businesses. His focused, straight-talking articles not only provide a well researched and in-depth resource of interesting and relevant information, but also provide the "how-to" means of making money online.

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