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		<title>Blogs Have Benefits Like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of online blogging you will come across some different blogging types.  The beauty of blogging is that you are not limited to using one type.  As a matter of fact, you can use different blogging types to get your message across all in one blog.  Bloggers that are serious [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the world of <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com">online blogging</a> you will come across some different blogging types.  The beauty of blogging is that you are not limited to using one type.  As a matter of fact, you can use different blogging types to get your message across all in one blog.  Bloggers that are serious about their blogging never find themselves limited to a single type.  They are able to use all types to inform the world about the things that matter the most to them.</p>
<p>The only exception to this rule is <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/index.php/category/make-money-blogging/business_blogging/">business</a> oriented blogs.  These blogs tend to focus on the topics that pertain to their business and provide their customers with pertinent information on the products and services they offer.  They are focused blogs that cover one topic and are often used as a method of marketing in today’s technology oriented world.</p>
<p>Blogs in general will cover a wide variety of subjects.  It is an easy medium to use and bloggers are popping up on a daily basis expressing their feelings or advertising their online business in an informative way.  Additionally blogs also offer bloggers a way to earn money while working at home.  This is accomplished through pay per click advertisements on their blogs and affiliate marketing.  But the main goal for most personal bloggers is the simple joy that sharing their thoughts and feelings bring.</p>
<p>Each of the main types of blogging – namely business and personal – has their own benefits.  Here we will take a look at those benefits.</p>
<p>&lt;h2&gt;Business Blogging&lt;/h2&gt;</p>
<p>Business blogs are cropping up all over the internet as more companies are adding them to their marketing plans.  The blog, when professionally done, offers businesses a greater way of communicating with their current and potential customers.  They also provide these businesses with a way to improve their search engine rankings through search engine optimization.  This is biggest leverage a business blog provides.</p>
<p>When combined with a website where customers can explore the product line and purchase your company’s goods online, a business blog is a great tool.  You can use any content on the blog that pertains to the business that is informative as well as promotional.  Blogs are easy to use since they are primarily text based and an easy way of communicating organizational matters.  When your business blog is search engine optimized it allows search engine spiders to easily access and process your information, improving your page rankings and making your site more visible.</p>
<p>Business blogs can also be updated on a regular basis.  This gives you a vehicle to use for press releases, product recalls, new product promotion and more.</p>
<p>&lt;h2&gt;Personal Blogging&lt;/h2&gt;</p>
<p>Personal blogs are more like a person’s diary, providing readers with exciting commentary on the blogger’s life and whatever else they want to discuss with their readers.  These blogs can be used as a way to update friends and family on what is going with their lives.  These blogs tend to also include photos, audio clips, and videos that you as the blogger feel comfortable sharing.  Sometimes personal blogs will even include information about a service or product they feel strongly about.  They are great communication tool and can work with your business blog to your advantage.</p>
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		<title>Want To Be A Successful Blogger?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging today is not as hard as it once was.  It is one of the most popular trends of our time and it is a great communication tool.  If you are using a blog or considering a blog for your online business, you will find that it will help make your business more visible to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogging today is not as hard as it once was.  It is one of the most popular trends of our time and it is a great communication tool.  If you are using a blog or considering a blog for your online business, you will find that it will help make your business more visible to a wider audience and it will help boost your website search rankings.  They make it easier for customers to find you.</p>
<p>Blogs are not difficult to set up, especially with the different blogging software that has entered the market.  However a blog cannot be successful unless you put time into it.  Many blogs – both personal and professional – tend to be abandoned after a short period of time because the blogger simply did not have the time to keep it up.  If you are going to use a blog on your <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/index.php/category/make-money-blogging/business_blogging/">business</a> site, get ready to commit to it.  It will be beneficial to your company.</p>
<p>In order to make your blog work for you, you need to learn a few ways of making it successful.  Once you have perfected the following methods of making a successful blog you will find that it only takes twenty minutes out of your day to write and post an entry.  Once your post is live you then need to take some additional time to review your blog, read any comments that you may have, follow some other blogs in your industry and answer any questions your customers may have presented you with.  All of this can be done in a single hour.</p>
<h2>Let’s take a look at the ways of developing a successful, credible blog.</h2>
<ol>
<li><strong>Make sure that you always put unique and relevant content in your blog.</strong>  Find an interesting story that you can share with your customers that is associated to your business and blog about it.  Tell your customers about your company’s policy on dealing with clients so that they know you are a credible firm that treats their customers well.  Always offer them a way to contact you.</li>
<li><strong>Try to post on your blog at least once or twice a week. </strong> Your posts do not have to be extensive as long as they offer your readers something of value that is informative.</li>
<li><strong>Add links to your blog that are connected to useful internet resources.</strong>  This is a good way to help expand your target market and bring more traffic to your blog and website.  Look for links to topics that are related to what your company offers.  If the links are to someone’s blog, leave a comment there so they know you are reading what they are posting.</li>
<li><strong>Submit your blog to special blog directories and search engines. </strong> Make sure you use trackbacks as well.  You can find instructions on both in blog tutorials that are on the internet if you have never done this before.</li?
<li><strong>Add a counter to your blog</strong> so that you know how many visitors have been to your blog and are reading it.  This will help you visual how successful your blog is and you can use this number to determine how many people are reading your blog on a regular basis.</li>
<li><strong>Create a landing page with a brief list of your services or products and link it to your blog.</strong>  Additionally, make sure that all of the links on your blog are valid links and are related in some way to your blog.</li>
<li><strong>Make your blog a separate website from your actual business website and link the two together.</strong>  By keeping the two sites separate you are increasing your chance of getting a wide variety of visitors.  You are actually spreading out your marketing in this way and it has proven to be a successful tactic.</li>
<li><strong>Do not fill your blog with sales content.</strong>  Give readers something informative, like the history of a product or how you came to start your business.  They are already on your blog because they have some interest in your company.  You do not need to give them your sales pitch as well.</li>
<li><strong>One you have launched your blog have some patience. </strong> While some blogs get inundated with hits right away, others take time to get noticed.  Always update your blog and keep it current but do not get discouraged and give it up.  Think of new techniques you can try to bring in more readers and put them to the test.  You may be surprised at the results.</li>
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		<title>You need a Long Term Plan to Blog for Profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of folks want to blog in order to make money but don’t know how to do it.  You need to know that it just takes an average intelligence, someone willing to work hard and the ability to understand how blogs work.  Those who try to make money from blogs and actually succeed, however, are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lots of folks want to blog in order to make money but don’t know how to do it.  You need to know that it just takes an average intelligence, someone willing to work hard and the ability to understand how blogs work.  Those who try to <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/index.php/category/make-money-blogging/">make money from blogs</a> and actually succeed, however, are few and far between.  This is because many people have a poor idea of how the process should work and they have unrealistic expectations of how to make money on the blog.  They can become greatly disappointed in how the whole thing works and may give up frustrated. Another big problem is a lack of proper planning on <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/">how to make money from blogging</a>.  You need to have a plan and stick to it in order to become a successful blogger that makes a decent living off the web.</p>
<p>In order to be able to blog for profit successfully, you need to have a great number of readers.  The more traffic you have, the more you will get from advertisers wanting to advertise on your site. Getting a generous amount of readers, however, isn’t an easy prospect.  There are a lot of blogs out there and your blog needs to stand out in order to have readers want to read it.  When you have more and more blogs, you should have enough readers eventually in order to get the advertising income you need to make a living.</p>
<p>Many bloggers write posts all the time yet do nothing to market their blog. Updating your post as often as possible will allow you to have your post ranked highly on the search engines. You can also keep your blog ranked highly on blog rolls.  Those blogs that are updated frequently get read more often by readers.  You can’t waste too much time updating, however, if you haven’t drawn in any readers to read the posts.  Set up link exchanges with other bloggers so that your blog gets advertised by other bloggers.  This lets you make contacts within the community of bloggers and you’ll get more real traffic to your blog site.</p>
<p>Even if you are excellent at marketing, you will not get a great following overnight.  It takes time to collect up enough readers in order to finally make the money you’ve been hoping for out of your blog. It will probably take several months of blogging before anyone sees your site and comments on it.  Try to keep a commitment to blogging in spite of the fact that no one is reading it and await the time that readers begin to know who you are and what your blog site is all about.  This is where you will finally get a payoff of all of your hard work and talent.</p>
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		<title>Everything You Wanted To Know About Blogging And More</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what blogging is?  What it entails?  You’ve probably heard the term blogging but have no idea what it’s all about.  Read on and we’ll tell you everything you wanted to know about blogging and more.
What, exactly, is a blog?
A blog is a form of web log that is updated [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Do you know what blogging is?  What it entails?  You’ve probably heard the term blogging but have no idea what it’s all about.  Read on and we’ll tell you everything you wanted to know about blogging and more.</strong></p>
<h2>What, exactly, is a blog?</h2>
<p>A blog is a form of web log that is updated on a regular basis.  Depending on the blogger, the blog could be updated on a daily basis.  Blogs usually contain information on a particular topic and quite often they are used by the blogger as a personal journal.  Blogs commonly contain posts that cover a wide range of topics, such as information on the blogger’s personal life, rants about things that bother them and even political philosophies.  A blog can contain whatever the blogger wants them to.</p>
<h2>Where did blogs and blogging come from?</h2>
<p>Blogs appeared on the scene during the 1990s.  No one seems to know who started the first blog, but they did not really take off until 1999.  These first blogs were basically web tours and personal online journals.  Today they are used for just about any type of web content including marketing for businesses.</p>
<h2>Why are blogs important?</h2>
<p>Blogs give people a way to communicate with the rest of the world.  It is a fashionable thing to do and personal blogs are filled with interesting commentary on everyday life, cultural aspects, pictures, audio clips, links and pretty much anything the blogger wants to discuss.</p>
<p>Corporate blogs, on the other hand, are important marketing tools that help companies expand their online presence.  They can be found by search engines and help businesses optimize their websites.  They also provide businesses a valuable source of feedback from their customers.</p>
<h2>What types of blogs are on the internet?</h2>
<p>There are two main types of blogs that you can find on the internet: professional or corporate blogs, and personal blogs.  Corporate blogs are used to inform potential and current customers of a business of the latest developments in their product lines, recalls, and other pertinent information.  They are usually updated on a daily basis so that they can be found by search engines and they help increase a business’ search engine ranking.</p>
<p>Personal blogs are a blogger’s personal journal that can cover any topic the blogger wishes.  Most personal blogs are simply put together for entertainment purposes.</p>
<h2>Which type of blog is used the most?</h2>
<p>Currently business blogs are the most widely seen blogs on the internet.  More and more companies are finding out that blogging is a very good way to impart information to their customers and they are incorporating the use of blogs as an advertising and marketing tool into their business plans.</p>
<p>In order for any blog to be successful it is imperative that you know how the blog is going to benefit you or your business.  You need to alert your readers what your blog is going to be about and when they can expect it to be updated.  Corporate blogs can be used to pass along a wide range of information, including supplemental content that may be useful to the consumer.</p>
<h2>What do you need to create a blog?</h2>
<p>What you need to create a blog will depend on the type of blog you are creating and the software you are using.  Business blogs typically use an HTML version in order to adhere to security issues within the company.  Personal blogs commonly use online programs and blogging sites, such as Word Press.</p>
<p>If you have a program in place for creating your blog then all you need is relevant and informative content to put into it.</p>
<h2>What advantages does blogging offer online businesses?</h2>
<p>Blogging is great way to get word out to the international community about your company.  Informative and well maintained blogs will bring in new customers and you can use feedback from comments on your blog to enhance your own products and services.</p>
<p>Additionally, blogs can be submitted to search engines that simply search this type of website page.  When you submit your blog to one of these specialty search engines, you are boosting your online presence in addition to your page rankings.</p>
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		<title>Even Bloggers Get Writer’s Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bane of every writer’s existence is a little thing called writer’s block.  It’s when you have the desire to write but simply cannot get anything down on paper – or on the computer screen.  Your mind is either entirely blank or so full of thoughts that you have no idea how to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The bane of every writer’s existence is a little thing called writer’s block.  It’s when you have the desire to write but simply cannot get anything down on paper – or on the computer screen.  Your mind is either entirely blank or so full of thoughts that you have no idea how to sort them out to write anything.  Even bloggers get writer’s block.</p>
<p>You could be the best blogger on the face of the earth or the best novelist.  You are still going to run into a case of writer’s block every now and then.  How do you deal with writer’s block?  Here are a few suggestions that might help you break lose the words in your head.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Surf the internet for a while reading other blogs.</strong><br />
Sometimes it helps to go see what other people are writing about.  Read some of your favorite blogs.  You will be amazed at what people are writing about and you will probably get some ideas on what you could be writing.  Hopefully something in these blogs will help break down the floodgates that are stifling your creativity and let the words come flowing out.</li>
<li><strong>Open up your blogging inbox and see what topics you may have there.</strong><br />
If you have not checked your blog inbox for a while you may discover some topics that you planned on writing about but never got to.  You could also have reader comments or questions there that you can take the time to answer.  Once you start answering questions the blogging ideas may appear.  Also take a look at links that are in other posts.  They may lead you to other blogs for more writing ideas.</li>
<li><strong>Comment on other people’s blogs.</strong><br />
Feel free to leave a comment on someone’s blog.  You may discover an idea there that will allow you to expand on the original blog on your own.  If the other blog allows it, use a trackback in your comment that leads to your own blog on the same topic.</li>
<li><strong>Watch the news.</strong><br />
What is going on in the world today can make a great blogging topic.  Even though the news may not relate to what you normally blog about it is one way of trying to spark ideas.  For example, if there is a news story about the upcoming Olympics that sparks a memory of past Olympics, write about that. This is a human interest topic and people will enjoy reading it.</li>
<li><strong>Go random.</strong><br />
The beauty of blogging – especially personal blogging – is that you do not have to stick to a specific topic.  You can write about anything.  Find a word or picture and simply write about.  Include the word of picture in your blog so that your readers can have a frame of reference.  If you cannot find a word or picture that breaks the block, check out some of the creative writing prompts or software on the internet.  They usually have some great suggestions of topics you can write on and they are designed to help stimulate your mind when you are faced with writer’s block.</li>
<li><strong>Look for the extraordinary.</strong><br />
Do you find space exploration fascinating?  What about an unusual recipe or animal story?  Go ahead and blog about it.  You will find information on extraordinary topics in encyclopedias, the Farmer’s Almanac, even your local newspaper.  Many people enjoy unusual topics and will like the change of pace in your blog.</li>
<li><strong>Add something to your blog that you have never added before.</strong><br />
Maybe there is a video on YouTube you really like and think your readers may enjoy.  Go ahead and blog about it and leave your readers a link so they can enjoy the video as well.  Don’t be afraid to do something different.</li>
<li><strong>If all else fails, take a break from blogging. </strong><br />
Your mind may simply need to take a break.  Go outside and enjoy the fresh air.  Do a craft.  Go on a shopping trip.  Do something that gives your mind a rest.  You may find that when you finally sit back down at the computer you are ready to write once again.</li>
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		<title>Expand Your Business With Corporate Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogs. They are the newest sensation when it comes to getting your message out to the internet community.  But do you really understand what blogging is?
Blogs are internet publications that journal the author’s thoughts, opinions, and interests.  They are like a personal journal that gives the world a look into the author’s life.  The author [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Blogs. They are the newest sensation when it comes to getting your message out to the internet community.  But do you really understand what blogging is?</strong></p>
<p>Blogs are internet publications that journal the author’s thoughts, opinions, and interests.  They are like a personal journal that gives the world a look into the author’s life.  The author is called a blogger.</p>
<p>When used in a corporate setting, a blog can be a great tool.  Corporate blogs can be utilized as marketing tools in order for a business to sell their particular services and products.  They are published on the internet with the backing of the corporation.</p>
<p>Today many businesses are using corporate blogs to help reach their target audience &#8211; their customers.  It helps the company become recognized as experts in their particular field.  It shows not only their customers but also their competitors that they know what they are talking about, especially when it comes to what they are trying to sell.</p>
<p>Corporate blogs are being used in conjunction with more traditional methods of advertising, such as radio ads, print publications, television commercials and more.  The blogs main function is to reach the company’s target audience, but that is not the only reason for adding a blog to your company’s webpage.</p>
<h2>Other reasons to use corporate blogging:</h2>
<p>You could use your corporate blog as a way to build an intimate relationship with your audience instead of as selling tool.  While it is all right to use a blog as a selling tool, you can set up a separate blog to be used as a public relation tool.  This allows you to interact with other customers, your customers to respond to each other, and provides you with some great, reliable feedback from your customers on the products and services you are selling.</p>
<p>Corporate blogs are also a good way for your employees or members on a project team to keep up with what is going on in the business.  They will be able to openly discuss ideas on how to make your products better and how to make projects run smoother.  They also serve as online ‘meetings’ when it is difficult for all of the project members to get together at one time and you have pertinent information to impart to them.</p>
<p>Corporate blogs should be easy for your audience to read.  Try not to fill them with technical jargon that your readers will not understand.  Plus blogs are conversational.  Your audience will be able to ‘talk’ on it with each other as if they were old friends.  It offers them a place to voice their opinions and express any ideas they may have about the blog topic.  This allows you to read their thoughts and get ideas on how to make your product – and your corporate blog – better.</p>
<p>Corporate blogs that are set up properly will become popular and you will find that other companies will link their corporate websites to yours.  The more companies that link to yours the better your standing will be in the industry as an expert in your field.</p>
<p>Here is a description of the six most popular varieties of corporate blogs being used today.  Each of these blogs has their own unique style and characteristics.</p>
<h3>The Sales Blog</h3>
<p>Sales blogs are designed solely to sell or advertise your company’s services and products.  Someone in your company will write this blog and it is targeted towards potential and current clients.</p>
<h3>The Relationship Blog</h3>
<p>Relationship blogs are designed to build up the company and client relationship.  Your target audience is considerably smaller than the audience of your sales blog.</p>
<h3>The Branding Blog</h3>
<p>This is the type of corporate blog you will want to use if you are looking for a way to strengthen your company’s brand.  Your employees are the ones that write this blog and your target audience is the same as the audience in your sales and relationship blog.</p>
<h3>The Knowledge Blog</h3>
<p>The knowledge blog is an internal blog that imparts information to your employees regarding things such projects they are working on, business intelligence, news and anything else related to the company and is for your employees.</p>
<h3>The Collaboration Blog</h3>
<p>The collaboration blog is used for employees working on a particular project.  It provides the employees with research tools and a place to discuss the project.  Members of the team usually write this blog.</p>
<h3>The Culture Blog</h3>
<p>Used to build a personal relationship between your employees, the culture blog is a company social blog that usually has nothing to do with work-related matters.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a way to enhance the relationship you have with your customers or your employees, consider using a corporate blog.  You can find free blog publishing services on the internet that are user-friendly.</p>
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		<title>Making Money by Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging involves two primary business model types.  The first way is the most common and involves selling ad space to other companies that want to sell to people who read your blog.  For this, you must have a large readership and you must choose companies that relate to your blog and its readership. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogging involves two primary business model types.  The first way is the most common and involves selling ad space to other companies that want to sell to people who read your blog.  For this, you must have a large readership and you must choose companies that relate to your blog and its readership.  The second way to <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/index.php/category/make-money-blogging/">make money on the blog</a> is one that blogs on a specific product and you get a cut of the sales of the product, either by selling it yourself or having other companies sell for you. Both types of selling can make you a great deal of money if you are good at marketing. </p>
<p>If you plan to sell advertising, you need to recruit companies who might be willing to sell ad space on you site.  You can hire someone to do this job or you can do it yourself and keep all the money to yourself. You can sell and you have to do very little in the way of work. You can sell ad space through ‘Google Adsense’ and you’ll have to do only a little bit of work.  You won’t get all the money from click throughs, though.  </p>
<p>Selling ad space directly to other companies will give you the chance to get the most money out of your banner ads but it takes a lot of time to connect with the web master of each and every company you’re interested in having sell on your blog.  If you have a great many connections to the business world, this can make you a great deal of money.  This is the route to take if you happen to know a lot of people with websites related to your blog.  If you know a lot about sales and can make a good pitch, you can do this and rent space on your blog and sit back, making money from click-throughs.  The biggest problem when doing this is that you need a lot of readers before this becomes a serious source of income.  It may take you several months of blogging before you can actually get there</p>
<p>There are a lot of established companies looking to break into blogging as a source of business income.  They need to do it by putting on that friendly face so common with blogging and this isn’t easy. The company will incorporate their blog within their website in order to appeal to the softer side of their customers. They will hire an established blogger to do the blog for their site and if that is you, you can make a great deal of <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/">making money blogging</a> for someone else.  The fees vary but can be very lucrative.  </p>
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		<title>Don’t Fall Into A Blogging Trap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging has become a very popular way for the business community to communicate with their target audience.  If you have not added a blog to your business website you may want to seriously consider doing so.  Many businesses have already found out just how versatile this tool can be and they have been [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogging has become a very popular way for the business community to communicate with their target audience.  If you have not added a blog to your business website you may want to seriously consider doing so.  Many businesses have already found out just how versatile this tool can be and they have been able to reach out to potential customers that traditional marketing methods have not touched.</p>
<p>If you take a look at online <a href="http://www.makemoneybloggingschool.com/index.php/category/make-money-blogging/business_blogging/">businesses</a> you will see how successful they have become by adding such a simple tool.  Their profits have increased because of the additional consumers they have reached.  It has also opened up a means for these businesses to get some useful feedback from their customers on their products and services.  For these two reasons alone you should be considering adding a blog to your repertoire of marketing techniques.</p>
<p>However blogging does not come without its downside.  Many successful businesses have discovered that their blogs are not working the way they had hoped even if their business is highly successful.  They have failed in the blogging arena because they do not know how to recognize the many pitfalls that come with blogging and how to avoid them.</p>
<p>Before you start blogging for your business you should be aware of the pitfalls and how to avoid them so you do not fall into the same trap many other successful businesses have.  Here is a list of blogging pitfalls to avoid.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #1: Filling your blog with nonsense.</h2>
<p>If your consumers have made a comment on your blog that needs addressing, address it.  Answer the questions they have truthfully.  If you are unsure what topics to address on your blog, ask your current customers what kind of information they would find helpful on a blog.  This is a business tool and should be used as such.  Fill it with useful information that will be a benefit to your customers.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #2: Not knowing how to properly use your blogging software.</h2>
<p>Blogging software is really not difficult to use but many companies pretend they are experts in using it when they really aren’t.  This hurts your credibility and while your customers may accept the excuse that you are new to blogging, they will only accept this excuse one time.  Do your homework and research the many features your blogging software offers before you make your corporate blog live.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #3: You didn’t specify the category your blog or posts belong to.</h2>
<p>If your target audience does not know what your blog topic is all about, they will get confused and avoid your blog.  Use the blog category feature to preview what your blog is about.  This will help your readers understand what they are going to read about before they click on your post.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #4: The blog is not a reflection of you or your business.</h2>
<p>Corporate blogging should be a direct extension of your company and the products or services you offer.  If your customers read your blog and are left wondering what your post has to do with your business, there is a problem.  Current and potential customers should be able to see a similarity between the information in your blog and what is on your website.  Just like traditional marketing tools projects a professional image of your company so should your blog.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #5: You didn’t research other blogs in your niche market.</h2>
<p>If you are new to blogging take time to research the other blogs in your niche market for ideas.  Competitor’s blogs can show you the different strategies being employed in the industry as well as what they are writing about.  Take your time formulating your content and utilizing some of the research you have done on other blogs to make yours informative and useful.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #6: Your blog has no real content.</h2>
<p>Do not fill your blog posts with advertisements and product marketing.  This will bore your customers and if they are already reading your blog then you do not need to pitch the sale to them.  Instead give them information on your products and services that mean something to them, even if your post is about a related topic.</p>
<h2>Pitfall #7: The blog is not updated regularly.</h2>
<p>It is important to update your blog on a regular basis.  If you do not post on your blog for an extended period of time your customer will think that you simply do not care and they will stop visiting your site.  You will be the one that ultimately loses out.</p>
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		<title>Consider Blogging To Boost Your Business Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses have been looking for inventive ways to boost their online sales.  After all, the internet has grown to immense proportions and even large companies have managed to get lost in the shuffle.  If you want to give your business a boost, consider adding a blog to your company’s repertoire of advertising techniques.
The term [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many businesses have been looking for inventive ways to boost their online sales.  After all, the internet has grown to immense proportions and even large companies have managed to get lost in the shuffle.  If you want to give your business a boost, consider adding a blog to your company’s repertoire of advertising techniques.</p>
<p><strong>The term ‘blog’ is a shorthand for the term ‘weblog’.</strong> Blogs are small websites, mini sites if you will.  The people who write them are known as bloggers and their entries on their blog are known as posts.  Posts are listed from the newest to the oldest with an archived section usually located along the side of the page.  By using special blogging software, bloggers can post about anything and their readers can post comments back, whether they are good, bad or indifferent, and this adds content to your blog.</p>
<p><strong>The online community of bloggers is known as the blogosphere</strong>.  This vast community has its own way of doing things, from greeting newcomers to watching how blogs grow.  The blogosphere can help your blog grow as you gain a reputation of being an honest, resourceful blogger.  Be forewarned, however, that blogs have been taken advantage of.  There are some companies out there that simply publish spam blogs or ‘splogs’ that really have no value.  You can have an online blog that promotes your company.  You just need to make sure you do it in such a way that you contribute to the world blogosphere in a positive manner.</p>
<p>Before you even create your corporate blog it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with all of the rules that are followed in the blogosphere, even though these rules are not necessarily set in stone or followed perfectly.  You want your blog to be a success.  Understanding the rules is important.</p>
<p>The first and foremost rule of blogging is that your corporate blog must positively contribute to the blogging community.  You must have content that is real and informative.  They should provide more than just advertising of your services and products.  Disguising your advertisements as content is not going to work so it is up to you to determine what kind of information you are going to impart to your target audience that solves your need for marketing and the blogospheres need for strong content.</p>
<p>Instead of publishing a blog that is toned like a marketing brochure that sells your products, publish a blog that gives the consumer pertinent information about the product and then open up a discussion with your consumers regarding what they learned.  Allow them to speculate on your product and permit other bloggers to respond to your blog posts to get some valuable feedback.</p>
<p>While you may think that this is not going to work in your best interest, it actually will, especially if you can use it to build up an interest in your company without making the content feel as if it has an advertising tone to it.  The blogosphere is an excellent way of opening up additional doors to your company to provide it with recognition.</p>
<p>Be careful, though, because a corporate blog that is done improperly can also sabotage your business and cause problems that you may not have expected.  Unless you specifically set up your blog to approve all comments or posts before they go live you could open your company up to comments from customers that do not favor your company.  When this happens, you are left to address the customer’s comments and if you try to sweep them under the rug, your credibility will suffer.  Always be prepared for the negative comments and be ready to face them.  Responding to the negative actually makes you look professional and reliable.</p>
<p>In order to develop a good, solid reputation for your organization and the products or services you offer, try to keep your blog to issues that are neutral and will not bring harmful comments.  Once you are able to do this, you can explore other means of promoting your company through your blog, including traditional outlets of information, through your competitors and through other media.</p>
<p>You need to be confident in the products and services you are selling in order to make blogging work for you and your business.  If you are and you develop your corporate blog properly, you will build a good name for your company and your blog could top the search results for what you are selling.  If you do not feel confident about your business, then you may want to leave blogging for someone else.</p>
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		<title>Blogging about your Home-based Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogs are perfect things in which to enhance the progress of your home based business.  You can indulge yourself with blogs that speak to others of the business you have your created. It is like a virus that spreads information about your business to those who forward your blog to friends and family, sharing their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogs are perfect things in which to enhance the progress of your home based business.  You can indulge yourself with blogs that speak to others of the business you have your created. It is like a virus that spreads information about your business to those who forward your blog to friends and family, sharing their interest about your blog.</p>
<p>There are a lot of benefits about blogging.  Blogs allow you to express who you are and what the business is all about.  You can blog on things you have gotten from the internet and treat your blog much like a personal internet site or website.</p>
<p>The blog has many different functions.  It is used as an advertising tool and helps you really push your business to the forefront of internet commerce. Using the powerful force of the internet, companies have the ability to make the blog a trusted source of information to buyers who will help the business grow.  There are millions, if not billions of people who surf the net every day and who will be willing to read your blog and respond accordingly.</p>
<p>While this applies well to big business, what about smaller business or home businesses? Can blogs work for them?  Of course.</p>
<p>Home based businesses are not much different from bigger businesses when it comes to blogging and the internet.  The only difference is that small businesses have less money to blog with and may not be able to afford their own blog format.  They must use free blogging sites and must use the templates provided by the blog hosting site.  The rest is no different and you can come up with a nice blog for free.</p>
<p>Home based or smaller businesses need to blog more frequently than bigger businesses.  You need to promote yourself more than big businesses.  As your business is off the beaten track, you need to have a web presence in a website so that you can look like a bigger business as far as the wb is concerned.  Blogging levels the playing field between larger and smaller companies.</p>
<p><strong>In addition, let’s look at why you should blog to enhance your home based business: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Blogs can be written by anyone without knowledge of programming language and html.  You can use a WYSIWYG format in order to just write your blog and have it look nice without knowing how it got that way.</li>
<li>There is no hassle to putting on whatever you like on the blog, including pictures and videos. You can post whenever you wish.</li>
<li>Blogs cannot be spammed as they are unrelated to email notifications.</li>
<li>Blogs are very convenient so that you can make many are of them on a variety of topics.</li>
</ul>
<p>There can be great profits with this free form of advertising as it costs nothing to get your business out there on the web.</p>
<p>Having a business blog does require your time and attention as well as patience for it to begin turning a profit for you.  In order to reach a goodly number of readers and customers, there are a few things you need to accomplish besides patience.</p>
<ul>
<li>You need to do regular updates to your blog in order to give your readers something to look for and anticipate.  You should blog at least three times a week.  You need to let your audience know you’re there and provide your audience with the most updated information.</li>
<li>Your blog needs to allow for comments so that customers can give feedback and suggestions.  Your audience can feel like the blog is more interactive if they can say what they like about your company and its products.</li>
<li>Don’t forget to have links to other sites on your web.  It helps your blog have more credibility and it is fun for your customers.</li>
<li>Make your blog site look simple.  Have some white space and make it look attractive. Content must be good and must attract your audience into your blog.</li>
<li>Remember your values and keep them intact.  This means that you have tons of patience, a good relationship with your audience and a nice conversational tone.  You will build your audience through these values.</li>
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<p>Your business can be known throughout the world, just by creating the right kind of blog and by following the rules above.</p>
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