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So you have decided that you would like to have a blog. But not just any old blog, you want to know how to have a blog that makes you some money. Of course you do. After all if you are going to be spending your time writing your opinions and thoughts, you want to be able to cash in on it.

Well the good news is that it is very easy to make money blogging. The hard thing is getting traffic to it. And you need the second if you want the first.

Fortunately search engines seem to like blogs because they usually contain unique content and are updated regularly. So as long as you are smart with your titles and keywords you should be able to get the traffic.

Think carefully about the types of keywords and phrases that you use in your blog. Avoid highly competitive words and instead try and find words or phrases with high search volume but low competition. That way your posts are likely to be ranked highly for those search terms.

Don't just stick with the typical money-making blogging topics such as 'weight loss' 'insurance' or 'make money online' either, you just never know what people are going to be interested in. One very popular blogger makes his living writing a review about the television program Lost. You wouldn't have thought writing your opinions about a television show could make you money did you?

There are many ways to make money from your blog including adding AdSense ads (Google's contextual advertising program), promoting affiliate products or even promoting your own products if you have them.

Obviously your offers need to be tightly tied into the subject matter of your blog to be relevant, but if you can get the traffic then it should be a piece of cake to make money from it.

Now that you know how to have a blog that makes you money, go get blogging!

Why not join the hundreds of people that are already making money from their blogs. Learn how to have a blog that makes you money.

Tracey is a writer and internet marketer who knows all the secrets to making money online - well most of them anyway. http://www.traceys-ebooks.com/

Web logs, popularly known as blogs, have become one of the hottest communication tools on the Web. Offering the opportunity for anyone to create their own free Web site, encouraging opinions and interaction, blogs provide forums for individuals to create their own highly personal presentations to the Web audience, and for consortia of all types to experience the sort of online community feeling that was pioneered by early newsgroups and by the phenomenal success of AOL in the 1990s.

Blogs have reached into the corporate and government sectors as well. A prominent federal magazine suggests that some company employees spend more time blogging than on personal e-mail, an average of over an hour a day. What started out as an outlet for teenage expression and grassroots journalism has turned into a lucrative communications tool for small and large businesses alike.

General Motors Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz, turned to the companys blog when rumors surfaced about the discontinuation of the Pontiac and Buick brands. It became a means for a direct response, a way to talk to their consumers unfiltered.
Other companies such as Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are also recognizing the impact of blogging in their relationships with their customers and employees. In an article dated June 5, 2005, The Washington Post proposed that there were more than 100 official corporate blogs in existence, with hundreds more on the horizon.

Although a major newspaper called blogging ephemeral, fast-paced and scathingly opinionated, blogs continue to grow steadily in the corporate world and companies are realizing their value.

Corporate Blogging

Internal Communication

Corporate Blogging refers to a company producing or supporting a blog that it uses to accomplish business objectives. A blog can serve many purposes in a corporate setting. Internally, a blog can be a forum for discussion about work-related issues.

The informal atmosphere is encouraging to internal corporate communication. From small-scale discussions to virtual town meetings, in which employees at all levels feel that they can be heard, blogs promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Blogging can help establish a company or employee as an expert in their field. By posting information about a certain topic, a person exhibits their knowledge of the subject matter, setting himself up as an authority. People will come to equate the site and the author with that topic. This reputation for subject mastery and expertise can boost your sales and consumer opinion.

A blog can be an interactive addition to an intranet or e-mail newsletters. Since automatic update notification is possible on blogs, people are more likely to stay on top of the latest postings.

Public Communication

Blogs can be used to communicate to prospects, clients, employees and the media. Press releases and project updates can be posted, as well as job opportunities or information that the company wants to distribute outside of the normal news channels.

A blog can strengthen the bonds between the company and its customers. When a company presents itself honestly and transparently, it not only builds trust, but instills loyalty as well. Customers are more likely to work with a company they feel they know better than another. Blogs allow for that informal communication. They create good word-of-mouth among customers who dont read the trade magazines or business pages. The nature of a blog fosters that image of transparency and openness for a company. Most people prefer companies who are honest in their dealings and frank about their issues. As seen in the media with the Dan Rather case, a blog can illuminate the truth through encouraging people to share what they know.

Blogging also reflects forward thinking. By staying current with the technological trends, you give your company a fresh image.

A blog can serve as a recruiting method. Interested job seekers can examine the company by reading its blog.

When testing a new product or service, a blog is an excellent place to give more detailed instructions or receive feedback.

Although, comments can be negative. Not everyone will agree with what is said on a blog. Instead of preventing them, welcome the constructive criticism and edit comments only to remove profanity and personal attacks.

The Down Side

There are some drawbacks to blogging. It is not a magic solution to your business needs. Many people feel that blogging popularity is much like the Internet in the 90's, a promise of money, but not necessarily delivery.

Blogging can lead to legal issues as well. Companies have real concerns about liability, exclusions and limitations, and indemnity. Although there are laws that protect against libel, misappropriations and other injuries suffered as a result of posts on the Web, companies can be held vicariously responsible for statements made by employees that are harmful to others.
In any medium where an employee is sharing information, there is the possibility of leaking trade secrets or financial information. Former Google employee Mark Jen was famously fired for gabbing about life at the company on his personal blog, not sanctioned by Google.

Like all essentially unfiltered communication, blogs can get personal. Many bloggers feel the need to discuss their personal lives as well as their professional ones. Companies must be careful not to stifle communications by keeping personal lives out of the workplace. By doing this, they risk closing down the lines of communication entirely.

Inevitably, a disgruntled employee may use this as an opportunity to badmouth the company. This is not limited to blogs, since an unhappy employee has a variety of mediums through which to vent his disapproval. Blogs just make it easy.
The content may not have enough substance to warrant or hold an audience. Some companies fill their blog with marketing fluff. People can see right through this and will most likely ignore the site. Blogs should be used for transparency, not shameless self-promotion.

Best Practices

Fine Print. Since there are so many legal issues surrounding blogs, it is imperative that the site has some sort of disclaimer and limitation of liability.

Know What Youre Doing. Senior management should be educated by the corporate communications and legal department about what blogs are and how they might affect business.

Create Blogging Policies. A company should have a list of policies regarding blogging to ensure that trade secrets are kept secret and personal lives do not become public. Policies may include keeping financial information from being posted, as well as severe consequences for anyone using the blog for negative publicity.

Avoid the Marketing Blog. Making your blog into a blatant marketing campaign is a bad idea. Customers are looking for real answers and honest opinions. They will pick up on insincerity instantly.

Keep It Fresh. Make content relevant and timely. Update the blog as often as possible with the most worthwhile news. This will encourage people to come back.

Reinforce the Companys Core Values. Then, make sure the content fits these values and supports the business strategy.

Encourage employees to use it, but remind them of the ramifications of their actions.

Free versus Paid Products

When creating a blog, there are hundreds of services and software from which to choose. The first decision to make is whether to go with a free service or pay for one.

For paid services, the cost varies depending on the features used. The basic hosting fee for a domain is anywhere from $5 to $15 a month. The domain name will need to be registered yearly, which can cost $5 to $35. This does not include the software, which may also have to be purchased.

While free services offer the basic necessities of blogging, paid services are usually more desirable since they have more to offer.

With a free service, the company offers a free site, but it may contain advertisements to offset the cost of maintenance. A paid site will not have any advertisements.

Most free services have a variety of templates to choose from for the look of the site, but paid services offer highly customizable designs.

In addition to the basic functions, paid blogs offer the ability to upload photos and images and tailor links on the site. They also offer better security and allow the creator to censor or control comments. Paid sites normally lead to a higher search engine ranking. They enable the creator to configure search output and there are fewer restrictions placed on paid sites.

Paid news aggregators will often keep a list of recently updated blogs and will rank them, showing new sites and newly added photo albums.

For a simple blog, any free service will do, but to get a truly customized and highly functioning product, it will take paying something for it.

RSS Feeds

With the rising popularity of blogs, it has become increasingly time-consuming to keep track of ones that are of interest. No one has time to check each and every favorite blog every day to search for new content. RSS feeds have become the solution.

RSS feeds are small XML files that contain a headline, date/time and description and link to information published on a blog. When used along with a feed reader, or news aggregator, they give an update on the newest content that has been added to a blogging site to a subscribed user.

RSS was developed in several different versions, each with a different meaning. RSS can stand for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary, depending on the version used. All versions do the same thing, though. They provide a summary of information. They send a blogs highlights to subscribers instantly upon publication. RSS feeds save the user from having to visit the site for updates.

To receive RSS feed, a user must have a feed reader, also commonly referred to as a news aggregator. This can be software, a Web-based service, extension or built into a browser. It essentially takes the XML code and translates it into readable information. When the update button on the feed reader is clicked, it searches all of the subscribed sites RSS feed for new information.

Having a RSS feed greatly increases the traffic to a blogging site because it provides an easy way to keep an audience abreast of the latest developments. Once someone is a subscriber, he will continue to be involved in the site. RSS also makes it easier for someone to add a site as a link onto their own site.

Blogging inherently encourages communication and the transfer of ideas. Blogging lets businesses extend their reach and strengthen consumer loyalty, as well as get people talking about their product. It's a matter of perception, encouraging integrity and strengthening relationships in the corporate world. Blogging has become the trademark of forward thinking companies willing to suffer a few stings in order to get to the benefits it has to offer.

Kari White is a Content Developer for Brook Group, LTD, a Web development firm near Washington, DC. For more information about Web marketing, visit Brook Group's Resources page.

While every internet marketer must have a website, it may be far more important to have a blog if you wish to achieve marketing success.

Your website is necessary because that is where you make your actual sales. But with the outrageous claims that so many websites make, it has become increasingly more difficult to drive traffic to a website. Surfers are getting more and more tired of all of the hype and unfulfilled promises that so many websites make.

As an alternative, surfers are far more likely to visit a blog when they are looking for information than they would a website. Blogs started out on basically a personal level and do not have the reputation for overblown hype. Even commercial blogs contain much more content and far less hype than websites. Because of this, a surfer is far more likely to visit a blog rather than a website.

In addition to that, blogs have another advantage over websites. They always have a comments section where the visitor can make comments about a particular posting. This makes the blog a 2-way street and if the reader feels that a posting is making over-hyped claims, the can respond and give feedback about the post.

So, if you want to make the best out of your marketing efforts, if you don't have one already, you must build your own blog. One thing that I have found with blogs, however, is that in an effort to monetize the blog, the blogger often add "AdSense" advertising. When I view a blog, I find this to be very distracting and draws away from the effectiveness of the blog. Go ahead an fill the blogroll with as many self-serving links as you want but don't distract from that by adding 3rd party advertising. It is only a few pennies that you will make with these 3rd party ads and it will definitely distract from your promotions on the blog.

Go ahead and promote your website with whatever advertising that you want, but one of the best ads for your website is your own blog. In addition, don't forget to look to other blogs that you can make comments on. This is another great way to drive traffic to your website or blog. Don't put any advertising in your comments but, rely upon your signature file to drive traffic for you.

So get to work. Blogging is one of the best shoestring marketing methods. For the most part, there is little or no cost involved and you can get some really great exposure.

Stan Pontiere has been an online marketer since 1997. At first part-time and then full-time since 2004. For further information on Marketing on a Shoestring please visit: http://www.marketingonashoestring.web44.net or my blog at: http://www.internetbizops.myccblog.com

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It shouldn't be a secret anymore that blog marketing is more powerful than static site marketing.

We have tested both models heavily in 2006 and found that our rankings come far easier with a blog as our content management system as opposed to any other form of web publishing.

Below are some tips to make sure you are taking advantage of all there is to offer in the Web 2.0 world of traffic, links, and easy search engine listings.

1. Tag your posts. If you are using Wordpress (and you should be) use a plugin called Ultimate Tag Warrior to tag posts and put together keyword dense archives. You can find this plugin at wp-plugins.net.

2. Syndicate with RSS. Not just the feed that comes with your blog, but with custom feeds that specifically isolate keyword groups you develop content for regularly. The best tool for this is PheedPress, available from Content Desk.

3. Get Involved! Trackbacks and comment links are alive and well, despite reports to the contrary. Bloggers will grant your trackbacks and comments when they are on topic and useful. These are the easiest links available on the web today.

4. Social Bookmarking. Public lists of bookmarks are easy spider food and will get you more traffic the more you use social bookmarking. Your entire site should be bookmarked somewhere, and preferably in all the major bookmarking engines.

5. Get Dugg. Digg.com and other social information networks take "stories" from sites that post them. Then they are ranked by members. You are either in or you're out. Dugg or buried.

6. Myspace Networking. There are social networks popping up all over the place that are like Myspace. One notable network is called MyWebTop.com and it is specifically for online business owners to network and get valuable links back to their sites.

7. Article Syndication. Not the 2005 version. In 2007, the best results for article syndication will be for people who adhere to the holy grail of content syndication: Topical, Relevant, Well-Written Content!

Most of the above will work for old-style sites, like sites written in static html. But not nearly as well as when you publish on a blog platform.

Blogging doesn't mean pouring out your feelings anymore. It is serious business and the platform itself can be used for anything where information needs to be updated regularly.

Properly marketing your blog site depends first and foremost on what you have to say. If it is boring, lame, or focused too much on blatant advertising of products and services, you will get slammed with extremely poor results.

The secret is the content. Very good content will dominate a niche. The platform you put it on will dictate how well it dominates. And how regularly you perform the tasks above will dictate how long you dominate.

Jack Humphrey publishes on the Content Desk Publishing System and teaches blog marketing tactics at The Friday Traffic Report blog.

Blogging is working the real stuff online these days. Automated blog posting involves two key processes. In first process, you start writing a compelling and engaging content, which is fresh and attractive. The second process involves submission of the text. The content submitted can be through the automated incorporation is done in a systematic and synchronized manner such that your content is regularly visited by the fresh online audience every now and then.

To understand the real power of such content deliverance techniques, you should be aware of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS). Your content pieces are fed into other blogger's RSS feeders, making your blog syndicated, or putting in another way, people out there will subscribe to your content and receive online copies as well. Automated blog posting can be carried out manually or using software. Either way, the focused aim is always to get the traffic and businesses. When you post the fresh content to your zone, you should add link in order to make them more SEO friendly and financially effective.

The spiders are always hunting in the web jungle for the populated, informative and regular drafts; and the moment these hungry arachnids catch their food it is your win win situation. Automated blog posting becomes even more important because search engines like the original content. The obsolete post is not liked by the readers too. Every time a new visitor visits the any content rich area over the Internet and reads fist two lines, he/she can drive away or drive in.

Remember, your document piece should not be a junk or talking something weird and off-track. This is because the Internet audience is there for skimming and not reading the text. For automated blog posting, it is necessary that your blog have the real content and not a corpus of nonsense. The first line of you paragraph can make your submitted document a hit or a miss.

As an online marketer your primary motive is to be successful in Internet business. Automated blog posting is the potent and cost effective medium to explore and give a potential boost to your profit-earning venture.

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It shouldn't be a secret anymore that blog marketing is more powerful than static site marketing.

We have tested both models heavily in 2006 and found that our rankings come far easier with a blog as our content management system as opposed to any other form of web publishing.

Below are some tips to make sure you are taking advantage of all there is to offer in the Web 2.0 world of traffic, links, and easy search engine listings.

1. Tag your posts. If you are using Wordpress (and you should be) use a plugin called Ultimate Tag Warrior to tag posts and put together keyword dense archives. You can find this plugin at wp-plugins.net.

2. Syndicate with RSS. Not just the feed that comes with your blog, but with custom feeds that specifically isolate keyword groups you develop content for regularly. The best tool for this is PheedPress, available from Content Desk.

3. Get Involved! Trackbacks and comment links are alive and well, despite reports to the contrary. Bloggers will grant your trackbacks and comments when they are on topic and useful. These are the easiest links available on the web today.

4. Social Bookmarking. Public lists of bookmarks are easy spider food and will get you more traffic the more you use social bookmarking. Your entire site should be bookmarked somewhere, and preferably in all the major bookmarking engines.

5. Get Dugg. Digg.com and other social information networks take "stories" from sites that post them. Then they are ranked by members. You are either in or you're out. Dugg or buried.

6. Myspace Networking. There are social networks popping up all over the place that are like Myspace. One notable network is called MyWebTop.com and it is specifically for online business owners to network and get valuable links back to their sites.

7. Article Syndication. Not the 2005 version. In 2007, the best results for article syndication will be for people who adhere to the holy grail of content syndication: Topical, Relevant, Well-Written Content!

Most of the above will work for old-style sites, like sites written in static html. But not nearly as well as when you publish on a blog platform.

Blogging doesn't mean pouring out your feelings anymore. It is serious business and the platform itself can be used for anything where information needs to be updated regularly.

Properly marketing your blog site depends first and foremost on what you have to say. If it is boring, lame, or focused too much on blatant advertising of products and services, you will get slammed with extremely poor results.

The secret is the content. Very good content will dominate a niche. The platform you put it on will dictate how well it dominates. And how regularly you perform the tasks above will dictate how long you dominate.

Jack Humphrey publishes on the Content Desk Publishing System and teaches blog marketing tactics at The Friday Traffic Report blog.