But “blogs” themselves aren’t a “strategy”. They’re just a tool. And just like a hammer wouldn’t be an effective tool if you swung it at your finger instead of the nail, a blog isn’t an effective tool unless you use it as part of a solid marketing strategy.

A guy I usually listen to when it comes to using blogs for making money online is Andrew Hansen. Andrew’s claim to fame is his strategy for combining blogs with affiliate marketing, and various free traffic generation methods, to create passive income revenue streams that can remain profitable for a long time.

Part of this strategy is to use blogs NOT as an every day blogger who’s focused on pulitzer prize winning content, generating of mouth and creating link bait… but instead to use blogs as a simple content management system that can assist in getting fast search rankings for highly profitable keywords in order to generate high conversion rates on affiliate offers.

As Andrew says, blogs are perfect for this purpose because they are easy for anyone to set up, don’t require any coding knowledge, but come with features that most regular websites don’t have that can be leveraged for extreme advantages in the search engines, like RSS Feeds, pinging and others.

Interestingly he also points out how blogs while traditionally aren’t known for their ability to create high clickthrough or conversion rates on “offers” (including presells or direct sales offers) can in fact be tweaked to leverage some of the MOST powerful conversion boosters and can thus become high conversion selling machines.

Andrew’s just about to release a new “Institute” to teach people more about these strategies for profiting through “niche blogging” and he’s put out some really interesting FREE videos that you can check out to learn some quality actionable steps to making money from your blogs, or STARTING to make some blogs that will generate passive income for you too.

While we await the launch of Niche Blogging Institute, make sure you click here to check out the FREE golden profit tips from Andrew himself.

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You might own a website with no traffic or less traffic. You might own a high traffic website but you want to bring it out to more people. You need more exposure for your business or services. With that in mind, you look and search for different ways to promote your business. 

Blog came into you mind and ’snap’ you got an idea to promote your business using a blog. 

Yes, this is true. You can use a blog to promote your business (website) or services.

Which is why let us see the top 5 Reasons for you to have your own blog (for commercial use or personal use).

1. A greater web presence

When you have a website, you already make your mark on the internet. With a blog, you just strengthen your web presence and more people would know about you. 

2. More relevancy

Imagine a business without a website. You are limiting your business opportunities. When you have a website along with a blog to promote it, you expose your business to as many people as possible and what you didn’t know is when or how many business opportunities you have.

3. A global means to communicate to customers and peers directly

Gone are the days when letter or telephone are the only means of communications especially for those far away from each other. Internet brings us closer to each other virtually, which means we can communicate easier and make things better. 

4. Higher search engine rankings

I am sure as a webmaster, you want your website to rank as high as possible in the search engine. A blog can help you achieve that.

5. Ability to receive positive feedback and constructive criticism

The internet is now web2.0 which means it is a two-way communication rather than one-way. Your customers can leave comments for you and you can post your feedbacks at the same time, easy and convenient. 

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While most of us know what is blogging, some of us are still trying to find a grasp in understanding blogging. To make things easier, you should watch this video in order to have a better understanding about blogging.

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It’s not a trial version and you can install it on as many websites as you’d like. 

He even teaches you how to get more traffic with it for free.

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Blogging to the Bank 3 Review

Blogging has been around for a long time now and most people know what a blog is nowadays but not many know of the techniques required to setup a blog properly and optimize it in order to make money with it.

Can you make money blogging?

Now, this is what the author Rob Benwell wants to teach you. He has a system teaching his students from A-Z about starting up blogs, diving visitors to as quickly as possible start earning money with the blogs. Rob is not only an expert on blogging but he is also a great teacher, trying to help everyone out there to reach riches beyond their imagination. From his blogging techniques alone, Rob has earned over $1.000.000 at the young age of 24.

The Blogging to the Bank e-book series started back in 2006 where he first shared his secrets of making money using blogs. This was a highly successful e-book which taught a lot of people to become successful blogging with both free and hosted blogs. After yet another successful release of Blogging To The Bank version 2.0 in 2007 which sold to over 20.000 people, Rob is now ready to give  us Blogging to the Bank 3.0.

This new version is more aimed at building your own power blogs for a longterm income with the latest available strategies. The Blogging To The Bank series has been known to be very easy to understand and version 3 follows in the same footsteps. The step-by-step blueprint inside is explained in the most simplest way so that everyone can follow and implement in their blogs.

Here is what you get from Blogging To The Bank version 3.0:

* How just one little blog can earn you as much as $3,900 per month * The Five Biggest Secrets that will guarantee you success for your blogging efforts in 2009 * A Step-by-Step Blueprint for Blogging Success in the long term * The easiest way to create blogs with just a few clicks * The Golden Keys to building a Blogging Empire that earns you over $250k per year * Six Surefire Traffic Techniques that will drive over 36,000 visitors to one blog every month * One Secret Technique that no one tells you about to build a multi-million dollar blogging business

The Pros and Cons of Blogging to the Bank 3.0

Pros: Blogging to the Bank 3.0 is very well explained with illustrations and the step by step blueprint is a right to the point for anyone to follow and start earning money with their new blog. The guide also gives some tips about other interesting tactis of monetization, like how to make money selling the blogs you produce. A good thing is unlike many other itnernet marketing products, this e-book is really low priced and worth every penny.

Cons: Even if the 58 page e-book is compact with information and without any fluff, it’s still a bit "thin". It’s more directed to the beginner, so more advanced bloggers will probably only pickup a tip or two. In some sections Rob are little bit weak on explaining the details.

Verdict: Overall Blogging To The Bank 3.0 is well worth the money & time for people who want to explore the possibilities of monetizing with blogs. It does well going through step by step how to setup a profitable blog, however you should know that as with everything you need to be consistent and put in some hard work to get great results. If you have gone through version 2.0 and liked it, you should be getting Blogging to the Bank 3.0. After all Rob is constantly tweaking his system to make sure that the steps do work perfectly and version 3 now contains all the latest strategies which he has in store for you.

Update: Rob has really made a hit with this one, after the first week over 5.300 copies are sold and the numbers are quickly rising everyday. You should definitively not miss out on this if you are even just a little interested in making money blogging. To your Sucess, Rolf Lindesfelt

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 There are many factors that make blogs much better than normal WebPages including the speed at which blogs are indexed, ability to submit to blog directories & normal directories, pings and track backs. All these little things can help drive more traffic to blogs. Here are 15 popular techniques you can use:

1. Create at least four keyword posts per day. Most of the top blogs such as Boing Boing, Daily Kos, and Instapundit (with literally tens of thousands of visitors per day) publish an average of 30 small 100-150 word posts per day according to "Secrets of the A-list Bloggers: Lots of Short Posts" by TNL.net

2. Submit to My Yahoo! When you submit your own RSS to My Yahoo it is indexed by Yahoo.

3. Submit to Google’s Reader. When you submit your own blog RSS to Google’s Reader the Google Blog Search will index your site.

4. Add a relevant link directory to your blog and trade links like a demon possessed! Although it may take more time than simply submitting to a search engine one time, this method is perhaps the best way to drive traffic to your site. Use software such as Zeus to speed up the link trading process.

5. Use ping sites like ping-o-matic. Ping your site every time you add a new post.

6. Submit your blog to traditional search engines such as AltaVista, and MSN.

7. Submit your blog to traditional directories such as DMOZ. Directories (particularly DMOZ) increase relevance with Google. DMOZ is very picky, but what do you have to lose by trying?

8. Submit to as many RSS Directories and Search Engines as possible. This is a simple but repetitive process that can be done with software such as RSS SUBMIT.

9. Comment on other blogs. Do not just leave short, lazy comments like "I agree." Leave well thought out replies that will force readers to wonder "who wrote this?"

10. Use track backs. If there is a blog that you refer to or quote and it is highly relevant to your subject, leave a track back. It increases your link popularity and may even score a few interested readers from the linked site.

11. Go offline. Use newspaper ads, public bulletin boards, business cards, even stickers to let as many people as possible know your blog exists.

12. Add a link to your blog in your e-mail signature block.

13. Use Groups (Usenet). Find a relevant group on Google groups, Yahoo groups, MSN groups or any of the thousands of other FREE group services and find like minded people and talk with them. Make sure to use your blog URL like it is your name.

14. Use Forums. Forums are one of the best places to go for advice. Go to forums and find problems to solve. Make sure you leave your blog name, but be tactful about it; some forums get annoyed with those who selfishly drop a few links to their own site and leave.

15. Tag your website. Tagging is a new idea that has erupted across the web. Sites like Del.icio.us, Technorati and many others have a social feature that allows you to place your article under keywords or "tags" that everyone interested in that tag can see.

About The Author

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 "Why Should I Blog? I Simply Don’t Get It"

This post on a popular discussion forum set me thinking – and I came up with 12 reasons you should blog.

Read them and get started on your blog. Or better still, go get your blog up and running and THEN come back and read this

#1 – You Do Not Need To Know HTML

One of the biggest hurdles many hopeful website creators face is they don’t know to design a webpage. Blogs overcome this – all you do is type into a box, and the blog software automatically converts it into a webpage and publishes it on the World Wide Web for anyone to see.

#2 – You Are ‘Forced’ To Keep Your Content Fresh

Blogs are essentially online diaries. It doesn’t make sense to write in your diary every month or two. Similarly, running a blog itself ‘forces’ you to update it often. And refreshing your blog often makes it more useful to readers and consumers – and by extension, to search engines who are in the business of presenting *their* clients with valuable resources.

#3 – Your Blog Is AUTOMATICALLY Optimized For Search Engines

Search engines love fresh content. But that’s not the only way blogs are powerful tools to rank high. Indeed, most blogs are structured to offer a high degree of search engine optimization.

All sections of your blog are linked together. The terms used as link ‘anchors’ are keyword-optimized. Categories can be created to host themed content. Navigating through your blog is intuitive. Archives can be customized, and generate hundreds of pages of content that act as ’search engine spider bait’.

#4 – You Get A Built-In Linking Structure

With very few exceptions, most blogs are structured to be a tightly integrated network of links – to other sections of your blog! It’s quite easy for a visitor to get ‘lost’ within your blog… without ever leaving it.

Calendars link to posts on specific dates. ‘Recent Post’ listings point to your freshest content. Archives connect all your earlier posts. Search boxes let browsers look for certain kinds of content. And it all happens automatically, without you spending hours on creating a link structure or sitemap!

#5 – You Generate Multiple Content-Rich Pages

Every post you make on your blog is content. And by intelligently setting up your archiving preferences, you can turn each post into many different forms of content, each on a page of its own. Blog regularly for a few months, and you could end up having a 100+ page website – all filled with relevant, keyword-optimized, themed content!

#6 – You Can Keyword-Optimize Your Blog Extensively

All parts of your blog’s template can be customized. And a very powerful way to do it is by inserting relevant keywords. It’s a do-it-once job that will give you ongoing benefits for as the life of your blog. You can include keywords in your blog title, description, blog post headings, trackback links, comment invitations, archive titles, and category names.

#7 – You Create An Online Community

If your blog is on a specific theme, you can build a loyal readership and develop an online community. You can even take it a notch higher by tying it in with a forum or membership site. Ask for comments, suggestions, ideas and feedback, or invite reader participation. Pretty soon, your blog will be growing organically – even if you don’t write a lot!

#8 – You Initiate Conversations With Readers

Of course, the first step is yours – to initiate a dialog with readers. You could do it with your blog post, asking a question or by inviting comments and interaction. Your blog will be read by an audience that’s already interested in your subject or theme. This conversation will be priceless to you, the blog owner.

#9 – Your ‘Inbound Link’ Process – Trackbacks

Blogging is about distributed conversations online. Links are an integral part of such an informal network. Trackbacks are a kind of blog technology that make it possible – and simple! Your blog will benefit from the inbound links a trackback will bring, and you’ll also get extra traffic from other sources.

#10 – You Can Syndicate Your Content Easily

Getting readers for your content is good. Getting your content out where many more readers can see it is GREAT! Syndication (via RSS feeds) is built in to most blogging platforms, giving you a quick and easy way to get a wide readership for your blog posts.

#11 – You’re Creating Stuff Search Engines LOVE

Search engines exist to offer their audience a compilation of the best resources on a subject or keyword. Your blog is the answer to a search engine’s prayers! By sticking to a theme and presenting the content in an organized, structured, intuitively connected pattern, your blog will be appealing to search engines in a way only a very professionally planned and designed website can ever hope to be.

#12 – You Get ‘Alternate’ Traffic Sources

Remember what we saw about blogs being linked and networked together? Bloggers like to share opinions with others. And when they ‘talk’ about you, they are going to point to your site, or a post on your blog, to show their readers what they mean. They become ‘alternate’ traffic sources – for YOU!

Other tools like blog rolls, furls, favorite bloggers and more can drive sporadic – but sometimes big floods – of traffic your way. And best of all, it’s effortless and costs you nothing!

Not yet convinced? Well, then maybe blogging isn’t quite your cup of tea. But if you trust me, try it – you just might be pleasantly surprised.

About The Author

Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian is author of ‘Blog Profit Ideas Exposed – 33 Ways To Profit From Blogs" – http://www.BlogProfits.com – and ‘How To Profit From RSS Feeds" – http://www.RSS-Marketing.com and publishes 8 different ‘niche’ blogs and has been reporting on marketing with blogs and RSS feeds since 2001.

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