This is a comprehensive guide that explains How to SEO Your Website. This tutorial offers an overview of how to optimize your site’s performance in search engine rankings. From how to set up your site to naming pages to creating conversation across the web, this page offers strategies, tips, and suggestions that will make your site a success. Read More...
At first blogging was strictly used as a tool for online diaries. Then blog and ping came along and people began making money with blogs. Then in 2006 tag and ping was introduced and blogging became an even more formidable tool in the hands of internet marketers.
Today many of the most well-known internet marketers have their own blogs which they use to keep customers informed of what’s happening. Many marketers use a blog as a way to promote their upcoming product launches and to dialog with their visitors. By leaving comments visitors and customers can interact with the blogger, using the comment box to ask questions, give testimonials, and let their thoughts be heard.
Anyone, whether experienced or internet newbie, can set up a blog, make a post, and have search engines spidering their site within minutes. Visitors can be coming to their blog in less than a day.
Blogging Tools
There are lots of great tools for bloggers to use. Many of these tools are free. Blogging software such as Wordpress combined with a multitude of plugins, tag and ping, RSS, and social bookmarking work together to making blogging a phenomenal way to get your product or information before the public.
There are plugins that put tagging on steroids, such as Ultimate Tag Warrior. There are plugins that help you put video on your blog with a simple line of code, such as Fallen Media Plugin. And at least one plugin, Akismet, that takes care of spam comments.
There are plugins that create a static home page on the blog, similar to a home page on a static web site. If you don’t want a home page, perhaps you would like to make a permanent post that stays at the top of the main page. There is a plugin that will do that called Adhesive. There is also a plugin called Adsense Deluxe that simplifies placing Adsense ads on the blog.
Favorite Wordpress plugin downloads can be found at:
Headzoo.com some of the best plugins for Wordpress
Wp-Plugins.net has an amazing number of plugins for Wordpress
There are also free themes available for you to use with your blog. A theme is the look of the blog. If you are using Wordpress, check out Themes.Wordpress.net for an unbelievable number of free themes you can download and use for your blog.
The Importance of a Good Ping List
First of all, if your blog is keyword-rich, the search engine spiders will visit your site’s quality content, especially if you update and ping your blog regularly, once a week at the very least.
For lists of possible sites to add to your ping list do a search on the term “ping list” or visit these two sites: SeoBlackhat.com/2005/09/05/rss-ping-list/ and InternetFamous.net/2007/list-of-ping-services.html.
Submitting Your Blog and RSS Feeds
Two more ways to get more traffic to your site is to submit your blog and your RSS feed to sites like Technorati and Ice Rocket. A great list of fifty-five such sites can be found at MasterNewMedia.org/rss/top55.
There are many sites where you can submit your blog, such as Technorati and Icerocket. There are also sites like these that include feed aggregators that will syndicate your RSS feeds. Or you can use a service like RSS Submit to submit your RSS feeds automatically.
Conclusion
This is just a quick rundown of the tools available for bloggers to generate traffic to their blogs. Of course, new tools are being created all the time. Last year tag and ping and social bookmarking became popular.
Now we are in a new year with new possibilities. Whatever happens, blogging is continually gaining in popularity as a way to make money online. Read More...
This was a question I was asked by someone in the early stages of my blogging for money career. This fellow noticed that I was spending hours and days doing what he does for mere minutes and even seconds.
What he was taking advantage of that I wasn’t was “using the right software to do in minutes what others do in hours or even days”.
So, I ask you that same question…
Why are you a FOOL… while blogging for money?
When it comes to the Internet and it’s money making capabilities, it’s obvious that there are great software and tools out there to ease the process of doing most things. But sadly, most people don’t know these software, nor how to use them to achieve their set aims.
For example, one of the greatest time wasters for me was manually creating my WordPress blogs. I used to spend many long and painful hours creating my WordPress blogs.
It was this same friend of mine that later told me I could automate this process with the right software.
I didn’t like blackhat software so was wary until he showed me how the software worked for him without getting him blacklisted or getting his blogs into any kind of trouble with the search engines.
But before you rush out there and start looking for blogging software that will automate most of the process for you, a word of caution here.
There are many blackhat blogging software out there that you shouldn’t go near, let alone use.
Many of such blackhat blogging software promise you heaven and earth, but if you go ahead and invest the huge amount buying them, you would end up getting into trouble and losing the little money you previously earn.
Don’t listen to the mouth-watering promises offered by such software. Instead, take your time to thoroughly investigage if the blogging software is whitehat or blackhat and if it can get you into trouble with the search engines.
Don’t know where and how to investigage?
There are lots of greatly written articles like this that show you what to expect and how to locate great looking whitehat blogging software.
There are also lots of whitehat focused blogging forums where you can ask real-life members for their opinion on the best whitehat blogging software out there. These members actually use these software and are in the right position to give you advice.
But whatever decision you end up making, know that you shouldn’t continue to be a FOOL like I was wasting hours and days doing what a whitehat blogging software can help you do for minutes! Read More...
Indeed, it is not only possible to make a fortune with bloggging, but it is easier than most people can imagine.
If you really want to make a fortune with blogging you need as many blogs as possible. That’s the most important single determinant to making a fortune with blogging.
Just one blog can’t make you millions. Even a few blogs can’t make you millions. You need to set up and manage as many blogs as possible… because when it comes to making real money, it is a NUMBERS game.
I know your next question will be – How can I easily create as many blogs as possible, right?
Well, I admit that you just can’t create as many blogs as you want manually. You have to find a way to automate the process. After all, you and me just have 24 hours in every day. We need to find ways of getting the best from these 24 hours. And with the right software, this can be possible. There are great software that can help one to achieve in minutes what others do in hours and even days.
I know your next question after this will be – How can you easily manage the posting of content to as many of these blogs as possible, right?
This also shouldn’t be a big problem because there are now tools and software that can be used to automate this process. Of course I am not talking about blackhat software that tries to steal content from the search engines and/or other people’s websites. I am talking about completely whitehat software out there that can be used to automate the process of content posting to as many blogs as possible.
But like I have always warned my friends that are interested in making a killing in blogging, you should take your time to search for credible blogging software that will do this for you.
If you have these right whitehat blogging software and have a mindset of creating as many blogs as possible, you can indeed join the few smart bloggers out there that are making a killing with blogging.
An alternative to making a fortune with blogging is to hire an avalanche of people to handle the various aspects of blog creation and content posting. But this is CRAZY because why should anyone spend such a huge amount hiring staff when there are incredibly software available to help with the various aspects of blogging? Read More...
News writing is an ideal outlet for forum opinions. This form of writing is a great way of turning the views of forum contributors into a strong and readable news article.
Forums are important barometers for online and offline marketers, lobbyists, stock brokers, journalists are others who wish the gauge public sentiment.
Niche forums can tell you exactly how people feel about certain products or issues as well as provide guidance as to what their needs are.
Forums are rich hunting grounds for those seeking information because there are massive amounts of quotes to work with. Journalists love quotes and will make use of their news writing skills to extract the pertinent information and turn it into news.
A news writing expert would have a number of options when tackling his or her forum article and will keep an eye out for the following angles.
1. Reaction after an important event within the community, you can trawl the forums to measure peoples reactions. This is among the common forms of news writing derived from forums. For instance, you may like to write about the reaction to Martine Scorseses Oscar victory, the Colts Super Bowl triumph or the election race. The list is endless. You would report on good and bad reaction or even make them into separate articles.
2. Trends this is not only about fashion. It is a measure of how people think, behave, spend, travel and do anything else in life. You can keep an eye on forums and try to spot changes in how people behave and feel within a community. Is opinion about the war in Iraq shifting? Do people travel less often? Is soccer becoming more popular in the United States? It could be a treasure trove of articles for news writers.
3. Unusual look for opinions that go against the general. Using news writing techniques, highlight an unusual view and tell people how it goes opposite to what almost everyone else is saying. Bizarre views make for great copy.
4. News as obvious as it sounds, has somebody said or revealed something that is truly newsworthy? Did anyone claim to have been abducted by aliens? Has someone boasted to have invented the next best thing since sliced bread? Maybe somebody has performed an amazing feat of athletic skill that is worth telling the whole world about.
These are only some of the methods you can use to extract news from a discussion forum. You do not have to be a professional journalist to identify news angles but to have the right impact, you should try to employ proper news writing standards when putting your article together.
This means using news writing’s who, what, where, when, why and how system and ensuring that the key piece of information you want to relate is right at the top. You should also make sure that you attribute what you write to the forum contributors, highlighting the url and the date, in case the moderator decides to withdraw the posting later on for whatever reason. Read More...
One of the major reasons why most people are poor and only a few are rich worldwide is that there are certain secrets that these few rich know that the majority of the poor do not know. Read More...
If you use the internet regularly, you surely have seen an increase in internet journals known as blogs (web logs) over the last few years. Currently, there are millions of blogs on the Internet. There are many reasons for this and we can expect this trend to continue. Read More...
Now that you have decided to write a blog for your business, what is the next step for you? How do you go about creating that blog? Weve put together a list of 5 tips to help you on your way:
1. Know your audience Who are the people that you are targeting? As with any strategy for a good business, it is critical that you identify your niche audience. Answering this question will help you write a blog that will keep the readers interested.
2. Locate your blog Choose a good site where you want to blog. There are different blog sites available on the internet, some of which are free and allow you to start blogging immediately. If you want to register your own domain name and run your blog on your own server, you will need to install server side blog software. Many web hosts offer an automatic installer that will get your site up and running quickly. Once you have selected the site where you want your blog located, register yourself to create an account. Create a unique title for your blog and provide a brief description that will let others know what it is all about.
3. Choose a template Most blog sites give you different options for your blog design. Choose one that matches your taste and is in keeping with the theme. Most of them also let you customize it with your own html code, but if that is not your cup of tea, leave it alone most templates are pretty good. Make sure that the template that you choose reflects the kind of business that you are running – go in for a professional look with corporate colors.
4. Write effectively Write a blog in such a way that it will be read, time and again. Remember, blogging is all about content. If your content isnt interesting or relevant to your target audience, there will be no readers for your blog. Keep it brief and adopt a friendly, conversational tone
5. Update regularly You might think its easy to write a blog well, youre both right and wrong. Setting one up is simple, but maintaining it on a long term basis is something else altogether. Post messages often and your audience will keep coming back for more. Regular updates to the content on your blog increases your visibility on search engines. Add more information, tips and commentary and invite comments and feedback. Do your best to post at least two or three times a week to keep your visitors interested and coming back for more
To increase the effectiveness of your blog, you could also add on extras:
o Add counters to keep track of visitors to your blog.
o Offer the ability to subscribe to your blog and get posts by e-mail.
o Promote your blog by adding a link to your blog in your email signatures.
o Add advertisements to your blog to earn residual money.
Blogging is here to stay, so go ahead, hop on the bandwagon! Read More...
An Internet forum is a website where people post ideas. Internet forums are sometimes referred to as simply forums. Read More...
It doesn’t seem like you can click onto a website these days without seeing a “blog” or “forum” in one of the corners of the home page. While they both enable visitors of websites to communicate with the sites creators, owners and other site visitors, they do so in different ways and have different types of followings. The differences between blogs and forums is pretty much as follows: Read More...
