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Why Blogging is the new Internet Marketing Tool

2007-09-19 Posted at 09:54:37 PM

5 Reasons Why Blogging is the New Internet Marketing Tool

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Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s. It used to be a way to comment an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one’s opinion on the said page. What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and everything under the sun. As it continues to move forward, online advertising has tapped into the blog’s potential. Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

1.Blogging is simple. The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging. No skills are necessary… an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse. It’s like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entice your reader to also try your product. If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn’t?) then you can blog and advertise.

2. Blogging is authentic. In this day and age where advertising saturate our lives, we question the credibility of promoters’ claims. However, in blogs, real people share their real-life experiences, unscathed by paid advertising. Reading blogs about first-hand product use is like talking to people about their first-hand experience. You definitely want to buy a tried and tested product.

3. Blogging is free. Because blogging is yet to be proven as a mainstream online advertising media, most sites see it as something to augment current marketing tools and thus offer it for free. Any opportunity for free webtime is definitely a bonus especially to businesses that are starting up. Needless to say, paid blog pages can generate more income for your seriously growing business.

4. Blogging builds credibility. As you get more and more into writing your experiences on a particular product or industry, your readers come to realize that they can depend on your posts for their own information needs. As such, you become an expert on it; as a consequence, more readers visit your site and more bloggers link to your blogs. As companies and professional organizations notice the growth of your readership base, they may soon get in touch with you for advertising on your blog page, or make you an affiliate, which pays for every referral generated from your blog site.

5. Blogging builds your market. Unless you are a Hollywood star, chances are, only your Mom reads your posts. Mom has a lot of friends, so she lets her friends know how interesting your blog site is. But you need not depend on Mom to increase your readership base. Look into the following ways to build your market through blogging:

-By using your e-mail. Today, blogging is overcoming the e-mail’s popularity in quickly and effectively reaching and expanding a market. In this age of speed and quick access, logging in and downloading e-mail is simply taking longer than clicking into a blog site. Let them explore your site by using a short e-mail message as teaser to your blog site. If your e-mail is on an entirely different subject, use your e-mail signature to give a link to the site.

-By using subscription. An easy way to get your readers e-mail is to give them an opportunity to subscribe to your blogsite. Keep some exclusive information for your subscribers to entice readers to subscribe and give their e-mail address. Just be responsible in using their e-mail address, as the last thing you want is a comment on your blog that you are a spammer.

-By understanding your readers. Conduct a simple survey for your readers to understand their profile and advertising preferences. Ask consumers to give you feedback on a post, an ad link, or a trial that you shared. In this way, it is like interviewing your readers without the commitment and intrusion of a face-to-face interview.

-By joining a blog network –A network of blogs maybe a collection of blog sites that share the same industry, interest, readership base, payment mode, etc. Consumers find credibility and convenience in clicking one link to several real bloggers about a single subject. Clearly, more bloggers are better than one.

-By using RSS. RSS is the fastest growing technology on the Internet today. As such, having RSS feeds to your blog is definitely another means of generating awareness for your readership base. Having a variety of feeds can add interest to your blog site.

Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

MONEYLEGS UPDATE

**Re-Designed front page and 50% commissions for upgraded members coming soon!
Be SURE to be at the Thursday night conference......the UNVEILING will take place!

Convert Credits: There is a special page created for outside exchanges. This page allows Importing of Credits to Moneylegs. Participating owners are able to turn it off and/or alter ratios from their Moneylegs Account as well. The latest additions to the Exclusive Moneylegs Credit bank is Clicks4Education. You will notice that the Convert links have been added back to the Inhouse Exchanges. The Import Page is password coded so you will need to enter the password of the exchange you are transferring credits from. Ratios are listed at the Top of the Import Page as well. These same changes are done on the Export Page too. We hope to be adding more exchanges to the "Bank" soon. Be sure you have all of your referral ID's set at the FollowMe Link Directory. The FollowMe is directly related to the Credit Bank. If you do not have an ID filled in at the Follow Me; the Exchange will not show in the credit bank. Here is a new tutorial we are offering regarding "The Bank". Traffic and Leads Course 8 also feeds off the FollowMe Directory.

BLOGESTATES NEWS

**Due to abuse of our Free Posting System; we are going to have to manually approve all Free Member Blog Posts. As you recall, Free Members are only allowed to post blog entries that are non-business related. Other than a basic signature line, they are prohibited to promote commercial material. The simple solution to this is upgrading to the Commercial Blogging Package for only 5.99/mo. Rest assured that Commercial Members will not be required to go thru the approval process. Another great reason to become a GJW Commercial Blogger today! Keep in mind that we have Training at Moneylegs regarding Blogging. Refer to the Blogging and Winning Course. Also, you should be able to craft Blog Entries without being logged out before you hit submit. We still recommend using the NVU editor for your Blog posts. Again, part of the previously mentioned blogging and winning course.

I am actively working toward building my 3x3 matrix and my spillover can only help you. Get active and participate and you can only win, win, win!

As always, please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
My Yahoo address is: yhopps. PLease add me to your contact list and
we can chat or call for FREE with the awesome Yahoo phone.
Toni Shrader

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Here are some more tools for you to use:

If you have not already installed Firefox, this is something that I
highly recommend doing. This does not need to be your primary
(default) browser. However, I do use it for my default browser.

Install Firefox
http://www.mozilla. com/firefox/
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I also recommend downloading and installing the following add-ons to
Firefox. If Internet Explorer is your primary browser, make sure to
copy and paste these links into Firefox.

Web Developer
https://addons. mozilla.org/ en-US/firefox/ addon/60

This is by the tool I use the most frequently when I am checking or
evaluating a page. Once you have it downloaded and installed, take
the time to look around at all the different features.

Search Status
https://addons. mozilla.org/ en-US/firefox/ addon/321

I install this one into the foot of the window in the status bar. If
you right click on the icon after install, and select options, it
will let you select placement of it.

Right click on the icon will also show you a wide range of actions
that you can do using this tool.

LinkChecker 0.61
https://addons. mozilla.org/ en-US/firefox/ addon/532

Quick easy way for me to check all the links on a page.

Need help with the Core FTP program?
I have a tutorial on my blog at:
http://www.blogestates.com/blog/tokshra/2006/12/04/6949

Need photos for your blog or website? Here is a free source for Royalty
Free photos, The site is broken down into categories, or you can just
type in what you want and it will perform a search for you. You can
use these photos any way you choose. http://www.sxc.hu

If you are having a difficult time with cPanel,
here is a link with great video instructions:
http://www.webhostgear.com/114.html
I don't know about you, but having a video to show
me the way really helps.

If you need help with html coding here is a great link
for you: http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
It is not videos, but does provide lots of information
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Instructions for transferring credits can
be found at: http://www.moneylegs.com/mltrtut.html

Have you visited our forum?
http://www.gjwforum.com/invboard/

Have you been to a conference lately?
If not, Why not?
You will be totally amazed at what you will learn
and get to share your comments with other like
minded people. Be sure to sign in with your full name
so that we will know who you are. The link for the
room is included on the training schedule page.

To see the training schedule for all classes being offered,
http://www.seosquid.com/?p=conferences
There is a link for the room as well as a time zone link.
Be sure to attend these conferences and if you need to have
conferences scheduled for a more appropriate time for you,
please let us know. We are more than willing to accomodate
your schedule.

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I am leaving this on my blog as I feel it is really an
inspiration for all of us!

The Emerging Butterfly

Here's a real-life example of dreams coming true with hope
and hard work and persistence paying off…and when
preparation meets opportunity, sparks fly!

Now, I'm not normally a fan of this type of music, AND
he doesn’t look great, he’s kind of awkward, and lacks
self-confidence (can anybody ever relate to that?). So
I am sharing them with you so that you will know that
YOU have it in you, too!

Here are the links, there’s three of them — watch all
three to watch this amazing emerging butterfly! I love
all three, but the first one (with Simon Cowel's reacton)
is my personal favorite.

I love it!

His first appearance:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9oxTy7KIAaA&mode=related&search==

His second appearance:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rDB9zwlXrB8&mode=related&search==

His final appearance:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9hIq_GGi1n4&mode=related&search==

And he has since appeared on many other TV shows and
personal appearances. His world has really opened up AND
his life has changed (for the better) permanently.

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Check out my SEO Blog: http://tinyurl.com/yos4ne
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and empower you to achieve your goals.

My Contact Information:
Toni Shrader
PH: 765-795-4062
Yahoo: yhopps
Email: tkshr@ccrtc.com

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2007-09-19 Posted at 09:54:37 PM

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