What is Blogging

Posted by on March 19, 2012 3 comments

As blogging moves from a new media to a more popular media there are many that wonder if they have what it takes to run a successful blog. The truth about blogging is if you can write well and have something you are passionate about there is no reason to not start a blog. The reason blogging is so popular is it simply put is an online publishing platform that takes all the coding out of the picture letting anyone with a computer and internet access start an online presence. The two main places people go to start a free online blog are wordpress.com or blogger.com. If you have a few dollars per month then you may want to use a paid hosting service such as godaddy.com which will increase the amount of content you can have on your site as well as the amount of bandwidth you can use.

There are a couple types of blogs that you can start and any of them can become popular and begin earning you an income. The first type of blog is a personal blog which is when you set it up and post personal stories, poetry, stories, insights, and other things which relate to you and your life. The second type of blog is professional or commercial and these are the blogs that are set up in order to dominate their niche and earn a large income. To begin one of these you will need to know quite a bit about a certain topic, post everday, and spend hours everyday marketing or pay for marketing. I personally recommend paying for marketing and marketing the presence yourself so it has multiple people constantly marketing the presence. Personal and professional blogs are the two most common and popular, but there are some other forms of blogs. Once you learn more about the wordpress platform you will find that it is possible to use a blog as an article directory, video blog, or support blog (which is when a blog is used to support a main site or business).

To some the setup of the blog will be one of the most difficult aspects if you are loading it onto a server. This is something that should not be attempted by those new to online business and is beyond the scope of this post. Both wordpress.com and blogger.com will allow you to start a free blog without any ftp or coding on your part. Many major hosts will have blogging scripts that will automatically download with a click onto your server.

To be a successful blogger there are a few simple rules to follow the first is never expect any type of success in your first year. This is a difficult idea for many to grasp, but what you must understand is your presence is new and it will take quite a bit of time to catch up to the rest of presence in your niche. The more time your presence has online the more trust it will have gained with the major search engines and the niche audience in general. Another important rule for successful blogging is writing as often as possible. The best option is writing every single day this is what most bloggers recommend, but for anyone with a life this is quite difficult so a few times a week will usually suffice. The final rule is learning and implementing link building. The idea once you build it they will come is way out of date and to even get seen by your first visitor internet marketing and search engine optimization must be done. To learn about internet marketing I recommend sticking with this blog and visiting the webmaster forum v7n.com/forums.

Finding Your Online Business Edge

Posted by on March 12, 2012 3 comments

Usually it amazes me how little separates the first few spots in Google and the rest of sites who are usually much less visited. These sites are not spectacular they simply marketed their presence or became popular enough to push up to the top three and then quit. With your online business there are a few things I would like to tell you about and hopefully they will allow you to push past the competition easily. The first thing is knowing what your niche is and the keywords you are ranking well for. You should be checking this frequently making sure you notice any movement either up or down. There will be many pursuing you so expect a fight, but usually the marketing workload will drastically cut down once you reach the top.

Now to find out who is attempting to reach the top of Google for your keywords go to Google and search using this phrase inachor:”yourkeywords”. This is a search that allows you to track who has built the best and most links for your particular key phrase. Remember even though content will satisfy your visitors so you should be creating it on a regular basis search engines look at incoming links much more than the content on a page. You will need to focus on this if you would like to get noticed. There are several places to build links including article directories and regular directories for lists visit a webmaster forum such as v7n.com/forums or search Google for lists.

Now even though links will get you traffic and usually give you the edge over your competition they will not raise you to superstardom if you are creating them all yourself. To really dominate your niche you will need to be creating content that is getting linked to on a regular basis. This is why it is extremely important to not only look at who else is in your niche, but also take the time to read what they are writing so you know more about your niche than the rest of your competitors. Once you are a true expert within your niche when you write content there will be a significantly increase in the amount of links you will get pointing towards your newly written articles which means you will not be required to create links, but simply create content.

Knowing everything you can about your niche will help your internet business, but another important thing to begin learning about is search engine optimization and internet marketing. Those who know more about how a site is ranked will be more likely to complete the necessary steps to rank well in the major search engines. It will take quite a bit of time to learn about these two things so don’t worry about ranking well until you have a complete grasp. Simple things such as where you can market your presence without being condemned for spamming will usually be your first step.