6 Tips for Creating and Running a Successful Internet Marketing Blog
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Here are 6 tips for you based on many years of running my own IM blog and going from having zero traffic and building it up to almost 100 posts and now average 50 - 100 visitors per day and and sometimes way more. I get hardly no traffic from google either (the way i like it, sod google) all traffic is type in, referring blogs, social media and from my list.
1. Having your name in your domain name really helps for branding because every time someone comes to your site or enters your domain name in they type your name. (this is as long as you want to brand you within your industry and not looking to sell the site further down the road)
2. Reply to every comment personally as soon as you can because this means you actually care about your readers and by doing so people will come back more to comment to interact. The more you reply personally and interact the more comments you will get and the more comments you get the more traffic you will attract and the more traffic you build the bigger you can build your list.
3. Use your blog as a content platform for your subscribers. I have been doing this for over 18 months and it's very powerful for creating very responsive lists. This works well because you build a much more solid relationship with your subscribers. You simply add lots of great content to your blog over a period of time.
3. Have a good about me page. This is very important. I see so many people that are trying to brand themselves having a 50 word about me page. This business is all about relationships, trust and credibility so don't be shy about who you are and where you have come from.
4. Don't just follow all the bad blogging advice where they tell you you must be blogging 3 - 4 times a week etc. If you try to always post that much the quality of your posts will generally slip big time. All I do is post when ever I have something very good, useful, interesting to say or give my readers and subscribers. People would rather read 1 awesome post which really helps them every 3 weeks than 3 per week which are thin and low quality.
5. Forget 400 word articles. If you truly want to build a good following and get a reputation for providing value then 1000+ as a bare minimum is where it's at. Many of my posts are 2000, 3000, 4000 and one is even 7000 words lol
If you go the extra mile you will be rewarded that I can promise you :-)
6. And lastly and this one really frustrates me as to why people always do this. Don't have lots of banners in your sidebar or all over the place promoting affiliate products or tools and software. This will kill your blog. And especially don't do hardly any of those product reviews where you promote some new launch. Again..this will kill your blog.
Perhaps when you have built up a lot of traffic and trust within your niche/industry that is different but I would not even think about it initially. I see many people do this days or weeks after starting a blog. This is a big mistake and will really cost you.
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1. Having your name in your domain name really helps for branding because every time someone comes to your site or enters your domain name in they type your name. (this is as long as you want to brand you within your industry and not looking to sell the site further down the road)
2. Reply to every comment personally as soon as you can because this means you actually care about your readers and by doing so people will come back more to comment to interact. The more you reply personally and interact the more comments you will get and the more comments you get the more traffic you will attract and the more traffic you build the bigger you can build your list.
3. Use your blog as a content platform for your subscribers. I have been doing this for over 18 months and it's very powerful for creating very responsive lists. This works well because you build a much more solid relationship with your subscribers. You simply add lots of great content to your blog over a period of time.
3. Have a good about me page. This is very important. I see so many people that are trying to brand themselves having a 50 word about me page. This business is all about relationships, trust and credibility so don't be shy about who you are and where you have come from.
4. Don't just follow all the bad blogging advice where they tell you you must be blogging 3 - 4 times a week etc. If you try to always post that much the quality of your posts will generally slip big time. All I do is post when ever I have something very good, useful, interesting to say or give my readers and subscribers. People would rather read 1 awesome post which really helps them every 3 weeks than 3 per week which are thin and low quality.
5. Forget 400 word articles. If you truly want to build a good following and get a reputation for providing value then 1000+ as a bare minimum is where it's at. Many of my posts are 2000, 3000, 4000 and one is even 7000 words lol
If you go the extra mile you will be rewarded that I can promise you :-)
6. And lastly and this one really frustrates me as to why people always do this. Don't have lots of banners in your sidebar or all over the place promoting affiliate products or tools and software. This will kill your blog. And especially don't do hardly any of those product reviews where you promote some new launch. Again..this will kill your blog.
Perhaps when you have built up a lot of traffic and trust within your niche/industry that is different but I would not even think about it initially. I see many people do this days or weeks after starting a blog. This is a big mistake and will really cost you.
If you're fed up and still struggling to create an income online using a proven system then Click Here to Download your FREE List Building Course on How You Can Make $30 - $100 Per Day Online Using A Simple System that anyone Can Copy