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How to Profit from your Home Business Blog |
by:
Ian Canaway |
How to Profit from your Home Business Blog
Copyright Ian Canaway 2004-11-30
http://www.asuccesfullhomebusiness4u.com/
A blog is a simple tool which all affiliate marketers should be utilising to explode their affiliate sales.
I set up my blog in about 15 minutes at http://www.blogger.com/ it’s a completely free service, also it’s really easy to set-up. I followed directions on an excellent article on getting a new website listed in Google in 48hrs check it out here, http://www.scamfreezone.com/gg/ . I just followed the advice in the article also got started with no problems in no time.
I've been doing a lot of research with regards to blogging also came across a case of a 19 year old kid who was making something ridiculous like $50,000 a year with a blog on mobile phones, from his bedroom! So clearly there is a good earning potential through blogs, however they do take time to grow also build up a readership. Treat your blog as a marathon not a sprint, because it will take time.
Blogs provide a very simple, quick also easy means to add fresh content to your website. As I’m sure you’ve heard many times over ‘content is king’ in the search engines eyes also if you can provide high quality, regularly updated content your website should benefit with regards to your search engine ranking.
By providing fresh, high quality relevant content you will gain an increase of both first time visitors also repeat visitors, they will come back to check out your new content. Providing it’s interesting, relevant also useful to them. You will begin to build relationships with your readers, increasing your credibility also building their trust in you.
These repeat visitors will be exposed to your messages more also begin to trust you also your recommendations. This in turn will fuel sales also referrals. Just make sure you don’t recommend a product you haven’t tried because if it is bad you will lose all credibility!
Never recommend something you haven’t tried also tested your self.
You want to send traffic directly to your blog, do it through multi-dimensional strategies. Have a subscriber box for your newsletter to build your list from your blog. Use it as an exit pop-up from your main site or thank you page for new subscribers, directing them to relevant content immediately. As once your prospects have got to know you through the blog they are much more likely to explore your website also check out whatever you are offering.
Whenever you sign-up for an affiliate program or buy a product, review it in your blog also be brutally honest, your readers will love you for it. Take a completely unbiased view point also talk about both the positives also negatives of each product. In essence you are providing more of an insight into the product than the sales page itself, almost a sample, this will help convert those prospects that are ‘sitting on the fence’ so to speak. Obviously when you review your affiliate products, make sure that you use your affiliate links.
It has been shown that prospects are 7-10 times more likely to buy from a blog recommendation than from other sources!
Other ways that you can generate extra income through your blog are through the Google ad sense program, selling banner/link space as your traffic increases or as I mentioned earlier by adding you own opt-in sign up form to which you send your newsletter or other targeted offers.
Your blog can be syndicated using RSS, which I won’t go into here, that’s another article. But savvy webmasters can use your blog content on their web pages. This benefits them as they have regularly updated fresh content for their website also benefits you through increased exposure also free targeted traffic.
Be passionate about your blog, love your blog. If you do not then it will become obvious through your posts also you are unlikely to be anywhere near as successful as you could be.
Add to your blog regularly provide good quality content also reviews also you will be on your way to blogging success.
“A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one at all would find fault with what he has done”. -- Cardinal Newman
Get that blog started today!
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Ian Canaway is the owner of http://www.asuccesfullhomebusiness4u.com/ also you are invited to come also have a look round his new home business blog at http://ahomebusinessblog4u.blogspot.com/
For home business tips, advice also product reviews. Happy Blogging!
About the Author
Resource Box:
Ian Canaway is the owner of http://www.asuccesfullhomebusiness4u.com/ also you are invited to come also have a look round his new home business blog at http://ahomebusinessblog4u.blogspot.com/
For home business tips, advice also product reviews. Happy Blogging!
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