Blog or website - which is better?

by Nattie
15 replies
Hi all!

Ok, so I want to sell my ebook, but not sure if a website is better or having a blog. My niche is baby-care.

What are the pros and cons of both?

:confused:
#blog #website
  • Profile picture of the author AlexanderBeloev
    Originally Posted by Nattie View Post

    Hi all!

    Ok, so I want to sell my ebook, but not sure if a website is better or having a blog. My niche is baby-care.

    What are the pros and cons of both?

    :confused:
    I personally am running a blog and I think it is a lot easier to get targeted traffic for free to a blog. You can also build a list with it and if the content is good and regularly updated the traffic will be recurring
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  • Profile picture of the author Marian
    Using blog (wordpress) is much more flexible, you can sell your stuff from a wordpress blog, and use it for posting your articles at the same time, using squeeze page at the same time and spice it up with some cool wordpress plugins as well!

    Marian



    Originally Posted by Nattie View Post

    Hi all!

    Ok, so I want to sell my ebook, but not sure if a website is better or having a blog. My niche is baby-care.

    What are the pros and cons of both?

    :confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author Nattie
      Many thanks guys!
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      • Profile picture of the author BrendanBaker
        A blog is a great way of developing an audience for your product... a static website is good, but it's not engaging like a blog can be.
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        • Profile picture of the author Nattie
          Originally Posted by BrendanBaker View Post

          A blog is a great way of developing an audience for your product... a static website is good, but it's not engaging like a blog can be.

          What's the best way to get traffic to a blog? Thank you for your suggestions
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          • Profile picture of the author AlexanderBeloev
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            • Profile picture of the author Nattie
              Thank you everyone!
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              • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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                A blog is a website.

                People use the word "blog" a little differently from each other. Some people think of a "blog" as a regularly updated site with dated posts and comments and a sidebar (it doesn't have to have any of those things, of course). The content management system called WordPress is thought of by many as "blogging software" but it can be used for all sorts of sites which bear no recognizable resemblance to "blogs" at all. Similarly, "non-bloggy" HTML software can be used to make regularly updated sites with dated posts, too.

                Many blogs are far more complex than many "non-blog sites".

                I never really know whether people will think of my niche sites as "blogs" or "non-blog sites" (they are, technically, mostly made with blogging software - though never WordPress - but you'd never really know that by looking at them). It doesn't matter, anyway.

                A squeeze page made with Optimize Press is technically a "blog". But so what?

                To all intents and purposes, it's become a meaningless distinction.
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                • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
                  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

                  A blog is a website.
                  I have a website with a blog on it, where I talk about blogs and websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author anwar001
    A blog can be engaging but it needs regular, consistent hard work. If you don't want to do it a good site can be a better option. Having said that, technically, you can make a blog function as a website in order to save yourself from all the technical hassle.
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  • Profile picture of the author Boga Dhami
    Blog would be my choice,Wordpress the best in my opinion because there are host of plugins paid and free.Tweaking your blog is a breeze.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheInfoMarket
    I would go with a platform like WordPress and get the best of both worlds.

    You can start off with a few pages and have a standard website and later on when you have the time, expand it with a blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ducksauce
    Alexa has said it perfectly. I think blogging became a popular term when content mangament systems like word press became popular to the main stream, making it easy to own a domain and have you own site you can easily update.
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  • Profile picture of the author shawoon98
    Originally Posted by Nattie View Post

    Hi all!

    Ok, so I want to sell my ebook, but not sure if a website is better or having a blog. My niche is baby-care.

    What are the pros and cons of both?

    :confused:
    You need to understand the purpose of a blog and a website.

    1. A blog is meant to be a platform where you can share your thoughts, knowledge and say what you want to say. You can write reviews, the benefits of your ebook, different ideas and helpful posts for your readers on your niche and at the end mention how your ebook can help them solving their problem.

    2. A blog is meant to be ever green and ever updating. So, your readers come back over and over to refresh themselves with latest posts your write. So, keep on posting. As you update your blog with fresh posts about latest trends in your niche, you'll soon be able to place yourself as an authority in your niche. Benefits- you achieve trust from your visitors, other bloggers in your niche and search engines.

    3. Blogs get page rankings quickly (with right SEO off course)

    4. A website might be a single page sales page. That's your shop. Here is where actually sell from. That's what big sellers do. They create websites with a well formed sales letter to sell and a blog or a blog network to create an authority position.

    The blog is where people land and get pleased with a feeling that they are getting everything while you are actually/cleverly putting them into your email list and driving them to your sales page. This way, you get traffic, authorship, list, returning traffic and sales.

    Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author blogvkp
    Today creating and managing a blog is really very easy. You can use wordpress as your blogging platform ( it can also be used as CMS ). Then finally extend your design with any professional theme and you are ready to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Originally Posted by Nattie View Post

    Ok, so I want to sell my ebook, but not sure if a website is better or having a blog.

    :confused:
    You are asking the wrong question and in the wrong way - which means only the "confused" part of your OP is right

    Why do you think they exclude each other? (rant: I don't understand why everybody is thinking along the "zero sum game" pattern...)

    Anyway, if by 'website' you meant a more conventional (HTML coded) salespage, then a blog (with constantly updated content) could - and should - be complementary: the two aspect, the two different approaches would help each other.

    The blog creates your image of authority in the niche, by providing relevant, useful, reliable content (advice?).
    The sales page pitches your product to potential buyers.

    There is nothing that says you couldn't have both.
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