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8 Tips to help you make money blogging
8 tips to help you make money blogging.
Follow these and you get a good start on how to make money with your blog.
Blоggіng іѕ just a must hаvе for every internet mаrkеtеr оut there. Yоu саnnоt rеlу juѕt оn the оld tесhnіԛuеѕ. You must wаkе up tо thе BUM оf wеb 2.0 mаrkеtіng. If know nothing about mаkе mоnеу wіth уоur blоg, thеn thеѕе 8 ѕtерѕ аrе for you
1. Drіvе trаffіс tо your blоg. The first ѕtер tо create money frоm your blоg іѕ tо drive trаffіс to іt. Thuѕ, уоu muѕt learn hоw tо орtіmіzе уоur blog ѕо ѕеаrсh еngіnеѕ wіll index іt. Yоu саn аlѕо uѕе оthеr trаffіс generating tools ѕuсh as article mаrkеtіng, forum posting, еtс.
2. Optimize уоur blоg name. Blоg names, like аnу other domain names, muѕt hаvе these сhаrасtеrіѕtісѕ іn оrdеr tо drіvе traffic tо your blоg: Must contain relevant kеуwоrdѕ, contains a mаxіmum of 30 сhаrасtеrѕ, еаѕу tо spell, еаѕу to rеmеmbеr, аnd іt must соmmunісаtе whаt thе whole blоg іѕ аll about.
3. Advertise оn your blоg. This іѕ the еаѕіеѕt wау tо convert your trаffіс tо іnѕtаnt mоnеу. Yоu саn орt tо use Gооglе аdѕеnѕе and еvеrу tіmе your visitors сlісk thеѕе ads, you wіll еаrn іnѕtаnt саѕh.
4. Lіnk buіldіng. Exchange lіnkѕ wіth other websites оr blоgѕ that ѕhаrе уоur blog tоріс. Rеmеmbеr, search еngіnе wіll rаnk уоur blоg bаѕеd on thе quantity аnd ԛuаlіtу of lіnkѕ роіntіng to іt.
5. Jоіn раіd blоggіng networks. Yоu саn also mаkе mоnеу bу writing уоur rеvіеwѕ аnd оріnіоnѕ оn various products аnd ѕеrvісеѕ offered оnlіnе.
6. Uрdаtе уоur blog regularly. Gіvе уоur rеаdеrѕ ѕоmеthіng to lооk fоrwаrd tо еvеrу time thеу vіѕіt your blog. Post new аrtісlеѕ, images, vіdео or аudіо аt lеаѕt twice a wееk ѕо you wіll nоt lose your readers interest.
7. Avоіd grаmmаr and ѕреllіng еrrоrѕ. Chесk your content tо make ѕurе that they are frее frоm any еrrоr. Onlіnе users can gеt еаѕіlу annoyed wіth grаmmаr аnd ѕреllіng еrrоrѕ аnd tаkе thеѕе as carelessness on уоur раrt.
8. Bе dіffеrеnt. Mаkе ѕurе thаt уоur blоg standout. Offеr unique соntеnt and unіԛuе blog dеѕіgn that ѕhоwсаѕе уоur personality.
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Wіth thеѕе 8 steps you ѕurеlу can have ѕоmе ideas оn hоw tо make mоnеу wіth уоur blоg. This аrtісlе іѕ just a guіdе, but a very роwеrful оnе іf уоu knоw how to use it.
10 Things About Social Media You May Not Know
Social Media will give your customers a easier way to find you, and you’ll create Social Proof giving your business more clout. Her’es some interesting facts you may not have know about Social Media. Do let us know if you have any questions. You may contact us at InnSocialMarketing@gmail.com
From Visually.
What Do colors Say About Your Business?
Here’s a great Infographic to Help You Decide on Your Branding and Colors Being Considered as Part of Your Online Brand.
Why You Need a Social Media Calendar
Why you should have a Social Media Calendar.
It’s even more important to know what to include on your social media calendar. By keeping a social media calendar and including these specifics, you will be able to keep your channel active and you will keep your content organized and up to date. Here are our tips for structuring your Social Media Calendar.
1) Be Active and post on a regular basis. Keep your blog updated and write your posts, once or twice a week. Posts may be written and scheduled for posting in advance right on your WordPress site. You want to be “top of mind” to your followers and keep your presence in their in boxes. We suggest emailing your list each time you post a new blog and direct them back to your site post. This encourages more followers, more engagement and more participation with your list.
2) Keeping a calendar helps you build a better Social Media strategy. You’ll be able to have an idea of what kinds of posts engage more interaction. You’ll be able to plan for future content based on past behavior from your followers.
3) Mix up your type of posts. It’s even possible to bring back some of your past dated posts and make them current by updating them. Always include images in your posts, and try Top 10 list posts, survey’s, How to posts, and more to be diverse and interesting to your audience.
4)Gain better control and management of your Social Media channels If you have multiple social media channels, keeping all your accounts updated is important with regular posts to all networks. A calendar helps you plan, post and keep all networks current, active and scheduled.
5) Time Restraints and Controls Keeping a current Social Media calendar will save you time. It could become a weekly task instead of a daily one and save you hours of time.
6) Tack your performance and analyze By keeping a SM calendar you’ll be able to see what days, times, type of posts you get better engagement on with your “tribe.” You’ll know what types of content to continue creating for utmost interaction.
Wrap Up The more channels you have the more organized you will be when you use a Social Media calendar. You’ll become more proficient posting regularly and you’ll save time and not feel so overwhelmed by Social Media. Checking your stats will also give you a better perspective of your followers preferences.
4 Quick Tips to Drive More Social Media Engagement
4 Quick Tips to drive more social media engagement.
The internet today is primarily a visual medium, much different that it was years ago when the sites were filled with just blocks of text. The other thing is, technology has evolved so, that online visitors expect to see more visual posts.
Videos and images are now the dominating force behind successful content engatement, comprehension, and effectiveness. Maybe this is because our brains are able to process images up to 1,000 times fater than just reading words. Thus the internet has become a place that is filled with many forms, styles and combinations of visual data.
You’ve most likely notices, social media posts include images, video, lists, contests and much more. With sites like Instagram and Pinterest images as well as other forms of visual content pay a crucial role in effective online communication.
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Here are 4 quick tips to help you use visual content to get more Social Media Engagement:
1) Use Content-Inclusive Images to get more responses and interaction. This means incorporate some of these right inside your post: Infographics, quotes, checklists etc.
2) Use Images with a call to action.
A call to action is asking the reader to do something. Example: Click the image, (this takes the reader to your promotion or offer).
3) Use the Right Tools to Create Your Images
If you know Photoshop, great use that tool. I’s the best and has been around for a while. But there are free options today, that can be just as effective. You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on graphical editing software in order to create compelling images. You can use tools like www.picmonkey.com and www.canva.com to create your images for free.
4) Hire a Professional if you are not comfortable
If you feel you don’t have the time, or are graphically challenged and are unable to create images yourself, then you can outsource this task. In fact, a we can help you with this at www.InnSocialMarketing.com. We produce images, as well as other types of content, to ensure everything flows well.
So if it’s within your budget, the small investment for a specialist is definitely worth it. Get in touch with us today: 609.375.8111
It’s important – The Right Social Media Mindset
It’s important – The Right Social Media Mindset As a business owner, there is just no reason why you should not be using Social Media to take advantage of the marketing power social media offers. There are millions and millions of people on many social media sites daily. Did you know that if Facebook were it’s own country, it would be the third most populated country in the World? This shows you just how HUGE social media is and why you should be leveraging Social Media for your Business.
What this means to your business is that there’s a congregation of potential customers just browsing these Social Media sites in their idle hours. They may get bored and have nothing else to do that is important. They are just browsing. This is a perfect opportunity for your business to be noticed, and possibly gain a new customer or guest. Thousands of companies have used Social Media in this way and have found success.
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To tackle the Social Media market, you’ll have an easier time of it if you approach it with the proper attitude.While both online and offline businesses will use social media as a way to engage the customer, the online business deals with social media the way that an offline business would have television ads. It’s a straight way to the sale, since a customer visiting an online business’ site is doing the closest thing to physically visiting the business itself.
If you have an offline business, this is not the case, as the customer is ostensibly at a computer and not at your physical place of business while browsing social networking sites. It’s important to consider this difference and use it to take a different approach to advertising your offline business using social media. While an online business is bringing customers to the storefront, you should be looking to create an impression of your business and try to entice them to come to the physical store. While it is definitely advantageous to consider making an online version of your site for ease of purchasing, you want to have the customer come to your physical store.
This means creating awareness of your products, brand, content, and expertise – and creating that drive to experience the whole package by going to your store.
While it’s likely that the most profitable way for offline business to generate customers in terms of long-term revenue is still offline, the virtual market is taking off fast, and it’s likely that the current state of affairs will change over the next five years. Now is a good time to get involved with marketing through social media and figuring out how it can best serve your offline business before it takes off to a whole new level.
When Social Media Marketing becomes too overwhelming for you and your staff, give us a call @ 609.375.8111 or drop us a note via email: innsocialmarketing@gmail.com, as Social Media is all we do and we can definitely help you.
