promote your blog

How To Make Your Blog Popular – Part 2

There is no “magic bullet” to make your blog popular. It is usually a matter of careful planning at the start to generate interest from your readers. Add a little creativity on a variety of “stuff” you can add to your blog, along with a little “luck.” Yes, I said luck! When you do trial [...]

Blogs as Social Media Tools

It seems like as of late, “social media” is where it’s at nowadays.  The trouble is, everybody gets talked into it but doesn’t have any idea how to use it properly! Many novice users jump in, start “communicating” and then either lose interest right away or get addicted and end up “wasting” productive time during [...]

List Building is Important To Any Business

I have been going through my “mailbag” lately and find that most businesses are interested in getting new customers to increase their revenue. I explain that the best way to do this is to grow the list. Whether it is retaining the current customer base or seeking new customers, the principle remains the same…any business, [...]

Most Effective Blog Promotion

One of the most effective ways to promote your blog is to “donate” information to other blogs with helpful information based on the topics discussed there. For example, let’s say your blog is about golfing, perfecting the golf swing to be exact. You will do a search for the term “golfing blogs,” or more specifically [...]

Market the Content on Your Blog

Time and time again, I am reminded that “content is king” when you set up a meaningful and profitable website or blog. In other words, you have to constantly and consistently “feed” your site with relavent content that  will keep visitors coming back for more. Even if you have to hire someone to insert content [...]

How To Blog for High Google Rankings

I found this handy video that explains one way to get your blog posts listed on the first page or at least the top ten in your keywords and keyword phrases. Now this video or technique does not guarantee that you will make number one, but it is a must to see this video at [...]

Bloggers as Branders of Their Business

As mentioned earlier, if your business is not blogging now, you are at a great disadvantage. Your competition is probably thinking about blogging or if not, already doing it. Blogging is the most efficient way to get the word out about your business. “Bloggers who post for a business reported even higher levels of success: [...]

Blogs Can Drive Visitors to Offline Businesses

I get a lot of email lately regarding how a blog can drive visitors to offline businesses. Remember as I mentioned before that just about 80% of people who are looking for your physical location are online using the search engine to find products and services what your offer. Now is the time to make sure you [...]

Step One – Make a List, Build Your Business

In step one, you need to make a list of at least 100 businesses to approach. You can generate this list from several sources. I use the local business magazine that has space ads. If they can afford space ads, they can afford your product or service. I also use the weekly news bulletins, and [...]

Building your customer list with a blog

Lately, there is a buzz about blogs being able to build your customer list. There is a lot of truth to this but it does take calculated work. If you are dedicated and able to think “outside the box” and run with several systems at the same time, you simply can’t miss with generating a [...]