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Create Your Very Own Blog

December 11, 2008

First of all it important to look at why we would want to create our own blog?

A blog is your very own space on the internet to catalogue your thoughts, ideas, opinions & suggestions on absolutely anything you want.

You might ask ‘Why would anyone want to hear my opinion on xyz?’ but I would then ask you to answer this question: ‘Is there anyone else out there who has had exactly the same life as you?’

The answer is a resounding no. You are unique, which means that the your experiences and viewpoints your learning and outlook will be different to that of anyone else and therefore will be something that other people will take an interest in.

Whatever your interests are, by creating your own blog you can share your experiences of them with other people and who knows, someone might even learn something.

If you are promoting a business online a blog is a great way to increase your SEO by increasing the number of links back to your main site. It is also a place for your colleagues, affiliates and downline to visit you and is a great way to confirm your position as a leader in your field when you provide them with regular, good quality content.

There are many blogging services online and I strongly recommend that you have a look around and find the best one for you, I did and that is how I came across http://Blogger.com This is one of the easiest systems I have ever come across and you can actually have your own blog up and running in a matter of minutes. Here’s how:

Step 1 – When you arrive at the home page click on the ‘Create Your Blog Now’ link in the middle of the page – or take the quick tour first if you want to.

Step 2 – You will be redirected to the ‘Create an account’ page where you will need to supply blogger with 5 bits of very basic information. Then read and accept the terms & conditions and click on ‘continue’

Step 3 – You will then be taken to the ‘Name your Blog’ page where you will need to… that’s right, name your blog.

The name you decide to give your blog should be a simple catchy description of the purpose of your blog. If it is for business purposes then keep it clear, professional and direct; if it’s for personal/social use then you can probably afford to be a little more creative ;-)

You will then need to decide on the blog address, again if it’s for business use then remember that you will be giving this address out to people so you want it to be something appropriate. – Once you have typed in the blog address, which will look like this: http://YOUR-ADDRESS.blogspot.com click on the ‘check availability’ to confirm that it is available. Once it has been accepted type the characters you see in the word verification field and proceed straight to the next page. (There is an option for advanced set-up, but unless you are already quite techno savvy it‘s something you can come back to later.)

Step 4 – Next you will be asked to choose a template for your blog. This is a chance for you to put some of your personality into the blog so take your time and search through all the templates. Imagine the kind of content you are going to publish and what sort of background you would like to have that framed by. There are 12 to choose from and you can make more changes at a later date if you want to.

Confirm the template you want to use and click continue.

Step 5 – Congratulate yourself! That’s it. You have just created your first blog ready to display your articles, thoughts and suggestions to the world.

Click on the start posting arrow and that will take you into your blogger back office where you can add information to you profile, upload a picture or just start writing.

Once you are ready to present you blog to the world you will need to ‘ping’ your blog. This is not a solo version of the table tennis game instead ‘pinging’ is how you let all blog sites know that your blog is ready to be listed, without this no-one will get to see it.

The great news is that pinging your blog is even simpler than creating it.

Go to http://www.Pingomatic.com and fill in your blog name and address, then scroll down and select all services to ping, then all you need to do is click on the ‘Send Pings’ link and that’s it. Now all those blog listing services will become aware of your blog and be able to list it. Every time you update your blog with another article or thought just go back and re-ping in the same way.

This very simple to set up and use system is a fantastic way to keep you and your business right in the public domain and all it costs is a few minutes of your time.

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Affiliates Help Build Links And Sales

November 21, 2008

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David Fishman asked:


Everyone on the internet is trying to create an income generating website, there are many possible ways to do this, and you can do this from your opt-in list or affiliate links. Using affiliate marketing allows you to create a virtual sales force that you only need to pay when someone purchases an item, or you can become an affiliate and sell products, the benefit of this is that you do not need to keep the merchandise in stock, actually you don’t even need to have stock you need to direct people to buy the merchandise and the other webmaster takes care of the details. You can do one of two things, you can create your own site and sell your own products, the downside to this is that you need to lay out the money to purchase the stock or you can sell other people products and not worry about the stock, there is no real cash layout and it is a easier and safer way to go.

For many website owners who do not have a product or service of their own to sell, it can be hard to make money online.

Since the internet revolution it has made it possible for people to make money and it opened up many opportunities and it opened a whole new world of advertising. Every morning that I awake the internet is one of the things that I give God thanks for. This sort of marketing can be on broadcasting media, through Internet and any other possible medium.

The Internet is over flowing with schemes that promise you will get rich quickly, some of these programs work while others fail and do not do anything to help your business. Affiliate programs are very rewarding when many people are selling for you and money starts rolling in.

Affiliate marketing is creating and making money from other webmasters products and services, when a visitor clicks or purchases a product the affiliate makes money by being paid by commission.

The affiliate need to know what type of commission they will be receiving when they sell the products, they need to know when they will be paid and what method and how long. Affiliate educates consumers and helps them with their purchasing, it directs the customer to the site and the product is purchased by the customer and the commission is given to the affiliate this is all done automatically.

On the internet there are many places you can find successful affiliate marketing examples, the people have actually created successful marketing campaigns via affiliate marketing. Many of the top and successful affiliates are paying for there advertising and traffic, this is important because you wonder if free affiliate marketing is works. The more effective a business is at solving certain problems, the more successful it will tend to be.

The most successful affiliate marketer tends not to give away their secret of success when it comes to their business. Creativity is the first thing every successful affiliate marketer possesses.

Choose the right affiliate programs which you personally believe in and like to promote to others. When selling products for some other website you do not need to keep these products in stock, you merely need to recommend the product. Before selling the product you should own the product before trying to sell it, this way it lets you review it and successfully market the product to customers.



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