To Blog or Not To Blog?

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Hello my fellow Warrior brethren,

I am slowly but surely building out my 1st squeeze page with WordPress and Optimize Press. Are there any benefits of creating a blog? My initial thought is yes because it would allow me to throw a crumb or 2 of information and drive them back to my squeeze page.

If a blog is beneficial should I add it into my WordPress site or put it on some type of Blog site like Blogger.com.

For the record my niche is online and offline marketing

Thanks
#blog #squeeze page #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author datingworld
    Blogging is useful and for sure it won't harm you. It will look more better if you put it on word press instead of blogger.
    Good luck with your project.
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  • Profile picture of the author texas319
    How often and how fresh should the content be?
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  • Profile picture of the author JerrickYeoh
    Since you already use WordPress, ofcourse continue with WordPress.
    - use back own domain name and provide the weight of your domain keyword.
    - use subdomain or subfolder of your domain name in your blog will help better in your SEO .
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  • Profile picture of the author PrettyJenny
    2-3 posts a week are a good amount for the blog to be fresh. You do not have to update every day. Like others said, you should have your own Wordpress blog. Blogger sites could work too but do not look very professional.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nixgan
    Go for blogging, it will surely help you in the long run of your internet marketing career. Besides, the first subscription I had actually came from blogging. Use wordpress for blogging, keeps it more personal and not easily banned or deleted.

    As for the content, it must of course always be as fresh as possible, even unrelated contents like your visit to somewhere, or eating something bizarre. As long as it is interesting, it will work. After all, blogging is for creating better relationships between you and your subscribers.Just add a link to whatever you want to sell and a little description at the end of it. Works wonders.

    As for the number of times you should blog, I suggest either daily or once every two days depending on your amount of free time. But beware, when you start blogging, you must keep to a certain schedule so the subscribers can know when you are there and when to get to you.

    Just blog, have fun and start earning much more ! All the best to you
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  • Profile picture of the author texas319
    Wow great insight! So how should I tie in blogging with e-mail marketing via AWeber and what the best way to discreetly sell from a Blog or is it more of an avenue of building a list?
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  • Profile picture of the author SamDermot
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    Yes, blogging can give long term money if you provide quality, if you have Adsense then you can start earning money immediately as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author texas319
    @Sam - How can Adsense start making me money from a Blog?
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    • Profile picture of the author wilken
      Originally Posted by texas319 View Post

      @Sam - How can Adsense start making me money from a Blog?
      If your blog has visitors and you put Adsense on it, then if somebody clicks on your adsense ads you will make money.
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      • Blogging can help you drive organic traffic to your website and gain loyal readership. If you provide quality content, people will trust you and visit your site on a regular basis. Additionally, blogging can help you promote your products and services more effectively.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexchan338
    I would blog it as it will develop the type of relationship with potential buyers the way squeeze pages cannot do. With the blog, I would post regularly say 2-3 times/week. I would not only write about info related to squeeze page, but also blog about other niche related topics. Doing this so that visitors would not be too overwhelmed or oversold. This is beneficial for building good rapport and the long term relationship.
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  • Profile picture of the author andyjbenson
    Hey! Good to meet you, and YES to blogging! Long term it will do your business the world of good both with organic traffic and with building authority for YOU as an IM.

    You will find that your subscribers will visit your blog on a regular basis for your updates and to see what new info you have that may help them. It will continue to make you more credible in the marketplace and that will only build trust with your subscribers which long term will only increase your conversions.

    And yes to sticking with WP. It's the best Blogging platform IMHO!

    Cheers!

    Andy Benson
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  • Profile picture of the author sfx1971
    Use you blog as a tool to drive traffic to your squeeze page.

    Write about your experiences as you go along, make it 'warts and all' and document your journey. Write about what you did right and what you did wrong.

    This does a couple of things:

    1) It keeps you accountable
    2) Eventually people will find your blog and start to ask questions, people will start to view you as an expert and follow you. If you have monetized your blog accordingly then people are more likely to opt in to your offers

    This is what I do, so feel free to check out my basic blog if you need some ideas
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  • Profile picture of the author andynathan
    Blogging has done more for my internet marketing than any other form of marketing except possibly social media. You do not have to blog 5 times a week like I do, but you should blog at least once a week.

    I am actually talking on a webinar tonight about how I got 24K plus visits in a month. Never would have happened without my blog.


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  • Profile picture of the author Trevor M
    Definitely start a blog.

    It's a great way to start interacting and developing a relationship with your readers.

    You don't have to start trying to monetize it straight away.

    You also don't have to update it all the time when you're starting out. Just update it when you feel like it and have something to write about.

    It's a good thing to start establishing your blog. You don't have to make it your number 1 priority if you don't want to.

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  • Profile picture of the author texas319
    So I should setup blog.mydomain.com or mydomain.com/blog or don't worry about? Should my homepage be my sqeezepage/optin page? And have a link for blogging and let my blog attact organic traffic while I market my FREE video coarse and resource package? Btw I am giving away a free video coarse (3 lesson) and resources to support the video. e?
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  • Profile picture of the author vamert1986
    Blogs are an awesome solution to reach lots of people today within a rapid manner. They take lots of operate, and to produce a weblog definitely helpful they have to be updated with fresh content material at the least quite a few instances per week. Lots of web-sites will possess a weblog as well as a most important web-site as a kind of news process for their most important web page, or just as a solution to drive website traffic to a web-site.
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  • Profile picture of the author texas319
    I was assuming a blog would actually give me a leg up in some sub-niches also it would help me reach more than my base.
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