Blogging is a great way to generate traffic to your sites and to come across as an authority figure/leader within your market place.
So what ia a blog? Well it is a website that is continually updated with regular information. By creating a blog on Internet Marketing or whatever your product you come across as a leader and gain status form naybody who reads your blog posts. People follow leaders in nature hence why it will generate traffic to your sites as people will want to hear or learn more from you.
You want to pick a blog that is highly ranked in search engines, the highest ranking are blogger and wordpress; by picking a high ranking blog it is likely to be seen by more people and therefore drive more traffic to your sites.
Pick a particular topic that your blog will relate to. Then provide really good quality information 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 opportunity. 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.
An important thing to consider is the style in which you write your blog post, keep it interesting and entertaining. Just because you are giving information does not mean it has to be dull. You want the viewer to read until the end of the post so that they will click on your link.
Break your text up, most people decide if they are going to read a piece of text by the way it is laid out. Have smaller paragraphs rather than a large block of text to make it more appealing. Another tip is to make your headline stand out and catch the readers eye, a great tool to see if your headline is good or not is http://www.aminstitute.com click on their headline analyzer. Make it catchy otherwise there's no point in writing an article if nobody will read it.
A really good way to make your blog appealing is by adding a video to it. Most people would rather watch a video than read text, this makes your blog stand out and build a relationship with the viewer. If your video is entertaining the likely hood is they'll want to watch more of your videos, This will boost your YouTube ratings and create a following. Bloggin is all about giving good quality content and generating traffic to your sites by leaving links at the end of each one. After people join your list they will more than llikely buy a product from you.
Author Resource:
This article came from the computer of Jonathan Pitts . One of the best rated Internet Marketing Mentors in the UK, Jonathan uses his valuable knowledge and proven marketing techniques to mentor others how to become successful Internet Marketers and really improve their lives. He has created a no holds barred Truth Report on Internet Marketing to really advise anybody considering joining this exciting industry.