The Five Secrets to Marketing Your Blog (the Right Way)

The Five Secrets to Marketing Your Blog (the Right Way)

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Guest Post

With the world now more web savvy than ever before, it's no surprise that more and more people are creating their own blogs. And why not? It's quick, easy, and free. But look past those hugely popular blogs with thousands of readers and you'll find a more sobering reality: countless blogs that have been posted to once or twice, then left to remain unattended forevermore.What did these people do wrong? Was it a simple matter of losing motivation and inspiration? Perhaps. But more likely is that these people simply failed to see the sorts of traffic they expected, due in large part to the fact that they didn't market their blog properly. So what can you do to avoid the blog graveyard? Well, lots, actually. Let's take a look at the five secrets of very successful bloggers (or how to market your blog the right way).5. Launch a blogger outreach campaignNetworking is at the core of all successful business ventures, no matter what the industry. You can look at your blog in the same way, meaning you need to get the 'feelers' out and get in touch with bloggers who you think have an audience that is relevant to your own. A blog outreach campaign can help you gain backlinks, as well as make valuable contacts within the blogosphere. Almost all of the most successful blogs on the web have been marketed this way, making it one of the most reliable means of boosting your profile and your traffic.4. PPC campaigns can give you a jump-startA lot of bloggers seem hesitant to open their wallets in order to make headway when marketing their blog, which is unusual. Consider the mantra: 'you have to spend money to make money' - and the same goes for blogs. If you really want your blog to be a success, you need to stimulate that first flow of traffic. Once they're on your blog you can dazzle them with your quality content, but don't be afraid to use Pay Per Click solutions like Google Adwords?to give your traffic a boost in the early days.3. Get your SEO rightIf there?s one language you need to speak in order to make a success of marketing your blog, it?s search engine optimisation. It?s absolutely vital for all blogs that want to maintain a good amount of organic traffic to optimise all of their content for SEO. That means that you should research keyword niches, find out which keywords and phrases have low competition, then target those. This doesn?t mean you should compromise on quality, of course, simply that you need to plan each of your posts to make the biggest splash with search engines.2. Make your content easy to accessBefore you even think about hitting the dizzy heights of blogging success, you need to be sure that all of your content is easily accessible. Part of this lies with our previous point, SEO, but it also depends on how you distribute your content, and how you let visitors know that there?s something new to read. That?s where RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, feeds come in. An RSS feed will allow your readers to subscribe to your blog, and be notified whenever you post something new. If you?re not too savvy on RSS, check out the Google-owned Feedburner ? it can be incredibly useful when marketing your blog.1. Harness the power of social mediaPerhaps it goes without saying, but your blog will not succeed if you don?t make the most of social media. That means you?ll need a Twitter feed, a Facebook page, and even be prepared to post to user-edited sites like Digg and Reddit. You would also benefit from including an ?Add This? option so that users can share your posts with their friends. The future really is all about social media sharing, so make sure that your blog is fully prepared and you?ll be preparing for success.So there you have it: the five secrets to marketing your blog the right way. If you can tick every one of these boxes, you?ll be well on your way to creating the next big thing in the blogosphere ? just be sure that you remember the golden rule ? quality content is king!

Gold Pass To Affiliate Summit West 2012 Winners Announced!

by | Oct 31, 2011 | Off Topic

Can I have a drum roll please... The first winner for an Affiliate Summit West 2012 Gold Pass is justdoitmom. I personally picked out justdoitmom from the comments & felt that she should get to go to ASW12 & enjoy Vegas to network with other affiliates. The second winner of?Affiliate Summit West 2012 Gold Pass is KitKat127! congratulations to both of you please email me at nickthrolson@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Win A Gold Pass To Affiliate Summit West 2012

by | Oct 20, 2011 | Off Topic

I will be giving away 2 gold passes for Affiliate Summit West 2012. ASW12 is taking place January 8-10, 2012 in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace.There will be two ways to enter the contest first way is by leaving me a?comment?explaining why you want to go to ASW12 . The other way will be via twitter the winner will be picked via random.org so If i do not pick you as the comment winner you have good chance of winning a ASW12 gold pass via twitter.comTweet: "I Just Entered To Win A Gold Pass To Affiliate Summit West 2012 via @nickthrolson http://goo.gl/aVJ06 #ASW12"To enter the comment contest, all you have to do is explain in the comments why you should be awarded a Gold Pass to the Affiliate Summit West.IMPORTANT?? please note the following: You must notify the recipients that they cannot be transferred, and the pass codes become invalid in the event the conference sells out. Also, anybody registering for a complimentary pass who neither checks in at the conference or cancels will be ineligible for future complimentary passes.The winners will be selected on?Monday, Oct. 31 2012 at 12:00 pm PST. This should give you enough time to book your air and hotel should you win. Good luck and I?ll see you in Las Vegas!
The Five Secrets to Marketing Your Blog (the Right Way)

4 Pillars for Article and Blog Marketing

by | Oct 18, 2011 | Off Topic

Using articles and blogs is the backbone of good SEO. There are those who will give you a range of strict guidelines when writing for search engine optimisation, but there is one thing we can always be sure of, and that is to produce the best content. As Google always advises, there is nothing like good content. If we are going to write, we should always write about what we know, and what will provide useful information for our potential clients and customers. Article writing is one of the best ways to build authority for our site (this includes our website design), both in terms of how Google sees us, and how readers see us. Building our authority will take some time, and so a step-by-step approach is always recommended. Here are the crucial rules to writing and distributing your content.
  • Content is King. There is nothing like good content. Content coming from your own experience, and from what you know, will be fresh and unique. No one has the ability to deliver content with the fresh perspective like you do as a professional in your field. Never try to write what others are writing about. Write about what you think is important based on your own professional experience. Write it for now, and post it for now. At the same time, fresh content gets the attention of search engines.
  • Understanding Online. It is important for us to understand we are writing articles for an online audience. This means we need to write with short and clear sentences. If you have built up skills of good email writing, you can use the same methods. In short, you need a clean and clear title, your article length should be no longer than 800 words (no shorter than 500), you have a clean and thoughtful introduction, and get straight to the point.
  • Placing Our Content. Placing our content is just as important as having good content. Understanding authority and ranking is a perfect example of how we can see Google and real reader issues coming together. An authority site will have a high Google ranking on a particular subject. Readers will respect the same site. The higher the ranking of a particular site, the higher the importance of the links we have placed in our articles back to our own site. This will lead to our own site ranking higher over time. Therefore, we want to submit our articles to sites of higher importance/ranking, to get more exposure and backlink ranking value from those sites. To get onto those higher ranking, more important sites, we need to have good content they can use. It is that simple.
  • Keywords and Linking. We know we need keywords in our article for it to be found in search. At the same time, we should write naturally. Not using words, or overly using words will mean our content looks unnatural to readers and to Google. The same goes for our backlinking. Those who are experienced in online marketing with articles will advise on only two backlinks per article. Those backlinks should be natural, while being the right keywords for your own page optimization. As always, good, natural content is always the best, and it is that content that will be accepted by authority sites, and it is that content readers will admire the most.
Marketing yourself, your company and your website through content takes time. It is important you are regularly posting articles and other content. As you build your site?s rank and visitor rating, you can develop your other areas of online brand and image development, such as social media marketing, with the same step-by-step approach.
How to Ensure You Get a Lot of Traffic from Your Guest Posts

How to Ensure You Get a Lot of Traffic from Your Guest Posts

by | Oct 10, 2011 | Guest Post

As someone who has been guest blogging on other blogs for 2 years now, I have observed a lot of cool things about my guest posts on other blogs and the results they deliver. One of those things is how erratic traffic from guest posts can be. For example, I once wrote a guest post for a big blog in my field which sent me around 50 visitors in one month. I wrote another guest post for the same blog and that other guest post sent me over 400 visitors in one month. As a result, I have done a lot of experiments to see which kind of guest post bring about visitors and which kind of guest post doesn?t. In this article I will be giving you a few tips to help you ensure you are always getting a lot of traffic from your guest posts on other blogs.Always Deliver Your Best ContentThe first step you should take when it comes to guest blogging, so as to get a lot of results, is to always deliver your best content. It can sometimes be very tough to submit your guest post to be published on another blog, but on the long run you will see that it is a smart decision from your part.Make sure you spend enough time crafting the perfect guest post, looking for the right title, editing your guest post and formatting it to ensure your message is properly passed across. When people see the kind of effort you went through to contribute value to their lives, they will be very happy to visit your blog so that they can learn from you.Think about the Long RunWhile getting a lot of traffic from your guest post the day it is published is cool, thinking about the long term is very important. Whenever you submit a guest post to another blog make sure you look for ways to ensure you enjoy the benefit of that guest post for years to come. For example, you can easily use SEO anchor texts to link back to your blog in the author bio of your guest posts. That way, aside from your guest post sending you a few visitors when it is published, it will also contribute to an increase in your search engine rankings, and as a result lead to more traffic for you on the long run.Engage with the Readers of the Blog You Submit Your Guest Post toWhile this sounds ridiculous, I have actually noticed it to contribute significantly to the amount of traffic I get from a guest post. One thing about engaging with commenters and readers of your guest post on another blog is that they come to see you as someone who is personal, and who really cares about them, and as a result they will be very happy to learn from you and tell their friends about you.Also make sure you spread the word about your guest posts and tell your friends about it. That way, they will also comment on the post and lead to an increase in social proof making people to see you as someone whose writing is able to attract comments. Onibalusi Bamidele is a 17 year old writer and guest blogger. He teaches people how to write on his blog, YoungPrePro. He also has a page dedicated to teaching people about guest blogging.