Get active in your marketing to get backlinks to your blog
Usually in my marketing for my blogs I go down the usual routes of commenting on dofollow blogs, submitting the URL to all search engines and RSS feeds, post on similar topical forums as well as submitting some articles to directories get backlinks when I create a new blog. I tried something different with my last blog and I think it might be working.
I created a squidoo and hubpages site for my blog topic and linked to it from there and in addition I added my RSS feed to the pages to help encourage readership. So far in looking at my statistics for that blog it looks like it might be working in that I see an increase in blog traffic all coming from those two places.
Give it a try for your own blog. At the very least you get backlinks to your blog but you also can earn passive income from your squidoo lens or hubpage. I have also noticed that those sites get really heavy weighted by search engines and my hubpage is now on page 1 for my keyword so hopefully that will be a good quality backlink for my blog.
I personally don’t get a lot of value out of reading sites like squidoo and hubpages, they seem like great avenues to get backlinks or make money but as I read through existing pages from other people I didn’t really get value from them. But hey, a backlink is a backlink and this one was free so no complaints from me.
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Three ways to make cash online with your blog
Many new bloggers create a blog with the sole intention to make cash online with it however not many have really thought about how they are going to do it. Having a set plan before you begin on how you plan to make cash online can help make the process easier as you have focus in your writing. Here are three ways you can make cash online if you put your mind to it.
Blogging with adverts: This is the most common way by a distance. Many bloggers have heard of google adsense and affiliate marketing. This makes the creation and setup pretty straight forward and easy however the actual part where you make cash online with adverts is not as easy. It is a lot of hard work to go this route. You need to have high level of traffic and spend months building a blog to start earning any money let alone a decent income. This should be one part of your make cash online scheme but not the whole thing.
Selling products from Amazon: Some topics lend themselves nicely to recommending products which you in return can get a referral percentage. Amazon has such a wide range of goods for sale it is the perfect location for one stop referral income. This also works out great because you can put the referrals within posts as well as setting up your own storefront to sell the goods.
Write sponsored blog posts: Once you have established your blog over a period of time you can start to make cash online by writing blog posts which are sponsored. Some of the posts might be for products (check out reviewme or payperpost) or even some might just be about another business or blogger. Many bloggers pay other bloggers for links or referral posts to increase their blog traffic.
Keep in mind putting all of your eggs in one basket is a bad idea if you plan to make cash online. Try to work as many angles as possible with your blog to get the most amount from your income streams.
Filed under Blogging, Make Money Blogging
Blogging for beginners: watch the word count in your posts
There is a line where a blog post has gone off the deep end with their ranting and raving to the point where the word count has exceeded most people’s tolerance level. On the flip side some people only write a few lines which took longer to load up the blog post than to read it. So my tip in blogging for beginners is to find the line between too much and not enough, in my experience this is between 250 - 300 words.
250 - 300 word blog posts are generally accepted as the normal amount to qualify has enough material yet not overkill. If you are beginner blogger and have this wonderful idea for a huge post that would exceed 250 words a popular solution is to break your post down into a series and post them over a period of a week or so. Consider your own reading habits and apply it to your own blogging to make the most of your 250 words. Here is a good article to keep in mind when writing your posts.
Another reason sticking with 250 to 300 blog post word counts is that it helps readers set expectations. They know what to get from you and what to expect. I think that is important as sometimes I get turned off by random blogs that have no consistency in their layout or format. So if you have an idea that covers many areas, break each area into a different post. This also helps you out by focusing each article about one topic it will let you make the most of keyword density which can help your SEO results of the article.
Filed under Blogging, Blogging Tips
Did you work to get backlinks today
I know it is easy to get last, trust me I feel the pain but one of the most important things to do as a blogger is to get backlinks each and every day. Every time you put a post out there set a goal to get 5 backlinks to that post. This will help keep your blog growing in readership and increase your pagerank in the long run.
So where to you get backlinks each day? It is really up to you they can come from reading similar blogs about your topic and commenting on them or posting in forums you belong to. Just think what is the point of writing a great blog post if no one ever reads it? Keep fired up with your blog and try to stay active in your blogging role. It is not enough to just hit publish and walk away thinking you did your job and in time that will result in earning income. You need to not only post on regular basis but work to build backlinks out on the web back to your blog.
If you can’t get 5 backlinks each time you post set a lower goal, even if you only get one backlink each time you post you will be so much further ahead. The key for success is consistency with blogging. Just be consistent and active in your blogging and within no time you will see results from your hard work. So did you work to get backlinks today on your blog?
Filed under Blogging, Traffic and Blogs
Can you get ranked without search engine optimization
Many new bloggers are turned away to the idea of making money online because they are flooded with the idea of search engine optimization. I know when I started out I was told if I didn’t learn everything there was to learn about search engine optimization than no one would ever read my blogs. Well, this is not really the case and I think this gets forgotten. If you are a new blogger, don’t get overwhelmed.
Good quality content over a long period of time will increase traffic naturally. People who read the site will sign up for RSS feeds, they will link to articles you post as reference points, your articles will show up on the search engines. The difference between rolling out a full blown SEO blog and not focusing on your keyword selections is a matter of time. Search engine optimized blogs will rank to the top much faster and with less work than a blog that is not writing for search engine optimization. They will get ranked to the top if they consistently produce good material for years but this is the hard way to get there.
So really comes down to the blogger. SEO is one way to get a blog ranked up high quickly in search results however this does not mean anything on its own. It does not mean anyone reads your blog or that you will make money from your blog. Just that it is ranked high in search results. So what am I getting at? Well, there needs to be a blending of quality of content mixed with SEO techniques. You need to write for your readers and focus on putting out articles that add value but at the same time you need to use some basics SEO fixes like keywords, getting backlinks and selecting proper titles for your blog posts. These simple steps could shave off months to years to getting ranked on page one for your niche.
Get your online email marketing going
One of the most important things you can do as a blogger is to convert traffic to readership. A great way to do this is to offer an email subscription on your blog and use that as the basis for your online email marketing.
If you provide interesting content on your site that adds value to the readers, they will want to return however lets face it, people get busy and forget about you. What you need to do is make sure they are reminded and notified whenever you make a new post. This is where your online email marketing comes into play. You want to place somewhere on your main page where it is attractive to the idea (not hidden) a place for users to subscribe. In your blog posts now and again feel free to encourage readers to subscribe or use a blogging plug-in so that each post reminds the reader to subscribe to your email feed.
Once you have built up a steady online email marketing plan you can even add advertisements in the newsletter that gets sent out each time you post. In addition if you eventually sell an ebook or start a new venture this email list will give you a starting place for an audience.
Another way to use online email marketing is to find an online email marketing professional who has already built up a deep list of readers and see if you can convince them to make a post about your blog or do a guest post for their site. This will help get some traffic your way and hopefully convert some of their traffic to your own.
Filed under Blogging, Traffic and Blogs
