Friday, June 18, 2010

Build Your Business by Blogging!

Blogging is a powerful way to keep an internet audience informed with new and exciting news that's happening in the world called the internet. Blogging is also an excellent way to build a constant flow of traffic to your website and develop a client base for your business. Blogging is not for everyone, because some people just don't like the idea of having to set down and express themselves in any form of writing.

Blogging is only one of the powerful marketing tools that successful marketer has incorporated to some extent in their overall marketing strategies. Some enjoy the personal satisfaction of writing all of their own material strait from the heart while others choose to use the services of professional writer to write for them. Either way this form of communication with online users can be extremely powerful and productive.

Early on in your blogging experience you should set some realistic goals of where you want your blog to take your business. There are different areas of concern with different situations which we want to discuss in further detail.

Some choose to use blogging for communicating with their existing client base, while others use the medium of blogging to develop new clients. Whatever your reasons, you need to take advantage of the easiest, most effective methods to accomplish your marketing goals.

Some use blogging simply to inform their client base about new and /or updated company news. This is a quick, easy and simple non threatening method of accomplishing that goal.

Others use blogs to answer questions, discuss guides and guidelines for their products, services and almost anything else relevant to their company. Some will even use blogs to include ads as well as other methods of marketing to promote their business opportunity.

Once you know where you want your blogs to go and what you want to accomplish with your blogs, the sooner you start this process, the quicker you will start seeing some positive results.

I have had excellent results with the Google Blogger format. There are numerous plug ins and widgets that will make your blogging experience more effective. Blogs are one of my favorite marketing tools to build and earn "Top Positions on Google" and other fine search engines. Having multiple blogs using different keywords in the title can become extremely effective for earning those top spots. The beauty of using the Google Blogs is that they are free.

Do some serious research and see which blogging format is best suited for you and your needs, as well as which blog will help you to accomplish your marketing goals the easiest and quickest ways. Not all blogs are alike, so compare the features and benefits of each, and choose wisely.

If you're going to be using photos, videos, and other forms of media make sure your choice of blogging formats includes these add ons. Some formats will allow embed videos and slide shows in the sidebars. If you feel that you may want to include these features in the future…. then by all means choose a format that will support these features now. These features may be effective to capture the attention of the online user; however, the search engines are interested in good relevant content for their page ranking algorithms. Try to deliver a well balanced blog that will appeal to both the user and search engines.

Many companies use their blogs to get the information in front of the general public on special featured products that may be part of a promotional campaign for a particular month. They use the blog to point customers to the main website for further information. The overall objective is to make money and whatever way you choose to accomplish those goals is important to your success….the end result is what you need to look at and what tools is required to make it happen.

Consider add-ons such as bookmarking plug-ins, RSS feeds and other useful features that will make your blog easy to recommend to other users. You will start experiencing some powerful results from this method of marketing that you never thought was possible. Post as often as possible and regularly to get the maximum effectiveness. Set a goal for every day, every other day or maybe once per week, but post to your blog(s) consistently. If new products or services become available then post that information as soon as possible. Keeping your regular followers informed will develop into a steady flow of income if handled correctly.

One word of caution here is to provide good information about your market in general and not so much advertising for a specific product your trying to promote. Make sure you offer two or three links to your business opportunity at the bottom of your blog. The user likes to know how to get hold of you. Make it easy for them to find you without having to hunt and search for your contact information on past blogs or articles.

Having a log on your blog is one of the features I like on the Google Blogger format. This makes it easy for the reader to go back and find a blog or article of interest without having to spend a lot of time searching for your information.

In any business blog, it is recommended you refrain from posting your personal feelings, religious beliefs and political opinions, so keep them to yourself. Some people may agree with your feelings and beliefs, however, many are turned off when you mix these issues into a business environment. If you want to express your opinions then start another blog or post to another blog designed to cover such issues.

In your business blog, confine your information to news and comments about the industry that your blog is about. If you see a video, read an article, review a blog with pertinent information about your industry then sit down and write about your findings and comments in your blog about this new found information, and how it affects your business opportunity and benefits your clients.

This has been a very brief summary about blogging in general. If you've never blogged before, try it you'll probably like it. I'm sure you will like it more and more once you see the powerful results that can be derived from blogging.

The eBiz Solutions Team is standing by to assist you in your blogging challenges. Call today for your free 30 minute "no obligation" consultation.

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Larry L Miller SEM/SEO Consulting

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