Blogging is a great way to generate traffic to your sites and to come across as an authority figure/leader within your market place.
A blog is a website that is continually updated with regular information, by creating a blog on internet marketing you will come across as a leader and gain status from anybody who reads your blog posts. People follower leaders so hence why it will generate you traffic.
To ensure your blog is viewed by as many people as possible pick one that ranks the highest by search engines. The two highest rated are Blogger and WordPress.
Pick a particular topic that your blog will relate to. Then provide really good quality content on that topic for people to take notice of you and want to hear more. For example my blog is on Internet Marketing so I could write a blog on Search Engine Optimization. By giving a good quality content blog on aspects of Internet Marketing I will have more people click onto my sites than if I were to just sell my business. You have to give people reason to want to click onto your sites; make this easy for them by leaving links to your sites at the end of each blog post.
You want to have the link lead to your squeeze page (for any internet marketing newbies a squeeze page is where you gather a persons details such as email address in order for them to receive something such as a free report), then they will see your page and opt in. This can build you a list very quickly, making you money online if you promote relevant products/home business opportunities to your list.
Keep your blog posts entertaining, much like the style in which you write an article. Remember your link is at the bottom of the post so give them a reason to read to the end and want to click on your link.
Be sure to break up your text into smaller paragraphs, if you only have a large block of text it will seem like a lot of effort to read. Remember people only stay at sites on the internet briefly so catch their interest with you headline, put emotive words in there. A great tool to see if your headline will catch the reader’s eye is http://www.aminstitute.com click on their headline analyzer and it will give you a score out of 100 to see how many interesting/emotive words your headline contains. If at first you do not score well, persist at it and create a good one, there is no point in writing the rest of your article otherwise as not many people will stay to read it.
Another great way to make your blog interesting is to add a video to it; this is a great way to catch the viewer’s eye because most people would rather watch a video than have to read text. This can also lead to people wanting to see more of your videos and in turn will boost your viewer ratings on free sites such as YouTube and create a following. Blogging is all about giving out high quality information and generating traffic to your sites (through links), if you write quality content you are sure to generate traffic and inevitably make money.
This article came from the laptop of Jonathan Pitts. One of the best rated Internet Marketing Mentors in the UK, Jonathan uses his expert knowledge and proven marketing techniques to teach others how to become successful Internet Marketers and really improve their lives. He has produced a no holds barred Truth Report on Internet Marketing to really advise anybody considering joining this exciting industry.