Hi Jeffrey,

I’ve looked at your auction and compared it with the first one you linked to, the $3.53 a day for 107 Blogs! 🙂

I must say if you’ve read carefully my responses in the post you will agree that I’ve touched everything that has to do with the issues raised. You may not agree with that “product” but what I’ve said in the post is that, to sell a product you should be able to create a market, or a demand for that product. And that is done in your sales copy.

Do you noticed that his auction sold in 2 days while yours, though it remains just a few hours to expire, is yet to reach the reserved price listing?

Ok, it’s clear that, as you earlier said, this is not your market. But I’m one who believes that marketing is everything about succeeding in business. Though you may not agree right now because you have a lot of orders waiting to be fulfilled, you’ll definitely need to market sometime later.

So read this post again. I think you will get some ideas from it. But not minding that, you can decide that later, when you’re making the money big time and wants to increase your market reach, you may have to “dish” out some $2500 for some copy writer to write your sales copy! 🙂

Btw. your last comment has given me an idea for another post. I may just be doing that very soon!

@cane furniture,

Don’t quite get you there. Do you mean these ideas make you think “online money making is a mere fake and it is only for persons who are scamming the web?”

Will love to hear from you so we can get this straight.

@Leon,

It’s really clear that many more bloggers are thinking in this line also. Bloggers have seen that collaborating is better than trying to outwit the other person. Get it right and your blogging business will indeed be a thing of joy! Thanks for the comment.

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Hi Nathalie,

Thanks for your comment.

It’s really not about tactics. Before you talk of tactics you should know what you want and then develop a strategy. Tactics grow out of your strategy.

Hi Lalti,

You’re correct about that. And that is the purpose of this post. If you use the tips in this post you can overcome this problem. Thanks for stopping by 🙂

Hi Robin,

Thanks for the comment. Yes, these tips may indeed be great for newbie bloggers. But the truth is any experienced blogger can take these and turn his/her experience into a lucrative business. And, in my estimation the target audience for this post is actually the middle to advanced bloggers, or don’t you think so?

Great to hear that. Can you send me the link after the translation? Will like see how it looks in your language 🙂

You’re definitely right Louis.Thanks for joining the conversation.

Indeed Google readily rewards you for frequent updates. This is one of the algorithm changes they implemented a couple of years ago called the freshness update. If you see a spike in ranking because of frequent update of your site you shouldn’t surprised.

It’s a pleasure to hear that. Thanks for stopping by.

You’re welcome Recomandat(?)

It’s great to know you find this interesting. Can you let us know your experience of it after trying it out?

There’s actually more benefits in having a live chat on your business websites these when customers desire immediate response to their inquiries. Thanks for joining the conversation.

@Pankaj, Indeed, promotion tactics is actually the target of my next post which will publish in very soon. On businesses that have problems with Pinterest success, it usually the problem with social media marketing.

Most businesses are actually approach these things the wrong way and then when they don’t see good results they complain. I passionately believe that any business that will implement what we have laid out in this series on Pinterest will definitely see results if they implement them.

@Mitch,

It’s obvious why email did not work for you. You must understand that email marketing is not the same as “mass email broadcasting.” Email marketing is about permission marketing. You will need to build a list and nurture it to be responsive. Buying email contact from some email merchant and sending out email broadcast with the hope that some will click and buy your offers is a recipe for failure. That is not what I’m advocating here. You will need to learn the basics again before you can really say if email works or not.

@Emmanuel,

Frankly, it’s something that has gotten many bloggers thinking. Just earlier today while writing this post I simply did a Google search to see what others are saying about this and you will be surprised. Many bloggers are really concerned. It is truly an evolution and only those who make the proper changes on time will survive it.

Thanks for coming around to put in your voice to the conversation.

@Shiv Saroya,

Yeah, Google Authorship is the sure way that Google associate every content on the internet with its author and so claiming your every one of your content through authorship will help you when your content is scrapped. Thanks for the comment.

@Reginald,

Thanks Reginald. Frankly, Google authorship is great. Ignoring it is throwing away a good opportunity to drive more traffic!

@Jennie,

That make it about 8 days! Well, you may not believe it that sometime ago, my blog was actually down for about two weeks because this same issue 🙂 Today, I really don’t care whether my host is there to help or not. When I was moving away from the VPS host, I simply searched online for another host, purchased the package I wanted and then proceeded to moving the blog without any need to inform the previous host. I was only after moving and they were reaching out to know how far about the problem I was having with my account that I informed them I’ve moved my blog from that servers.They were surprised and simply had to let me go! 🙂

@Amrish,

I must say I very much aware of the “export” option in wordpress dashboard. I’ve used it a couple times. But I must say you cannot use that and get your site up within ah hour or less!

This post may be very long but that is because I wanted to give every detail so that anyone doing it for the first time can know what to do at every point.

Now, about using the “export” and “import” tool in the dashboard, you must understand that if you are using that option, you will need to upload or re-install all the plugins you were using in your blog one by one after importing the blog files. Again, if you want to keep your blog as it was before, you will need to work on the customization and if you are like me who most times customize my themes about 70%, that will take you another day or two!

But the method I have on the post here is so simple that if you work with it, you can get the blog back within an hour everything about the blog will be the same and anyone who is familiar with your blog will never know that the blog has changed hosts!

In fact, yesterday after publishing this post, I went on to try it again on one of my blogs and within 30minutes I backed up the files, deleted the old blog and then re-installed it, load up the files again, deleted the database and uploaded the old one, and the blog was back without any stress! 🙂

When I said this is the simplest way to move a blog, I can tell you I have tried different methods and I’m saying this from experience.

I can say the only way of using the wordpress export tool is better is,if your database is corrupted either because of hacking activity and you don’t have a backup.

Any, thanks for the comment. It’s a pleasure for you to bring that up.

@Tom Nardone,

I truly appreciate your position. All of us are motivated by different things in life. But come to think of it, being rich or famous what is really the difference? When you make some people feel good and by adding value to their lives and they in return give you the high applause is not the same as paying you for what you are doing? (Remember riches is not just about money.) That of course is your own reward!

Again, that you will never follow any blog with advertisements because you would question its integrity or motivation, does that mean you will never listen to a radio station or tune in to a television station because they carry advertisements? Of course, they are there to entertain, educate and inform which is just what blogs are about. That is why blogs are today called the new media. And I hope you never follow any of the news blogs out there because they all have advertisements!

All the same thanks for adding your voice to the conversation.

@sapna,

Thanks so much for the mention. I tried making a comment on the post but then the site returned a 500 server error. I will try and do that again.

@sapna,

That is a great idea. I’ll definitely look around if I can get one and when I do, I’ll make that another post. Thanks for the comment.

@Rajkumar Jonnala,

It’s a pleasure to see that you love this post. Thanks for stopping by.

@William Jones,

Thanks for the comment. It’s nice to know the post resonate with you.

@Theodore Nwangene,

You are right on spot my man. Chinua Achebe has impacted most of us in a very special well. I’ve read not less than 5 of his works and he really never cease to fascinate me with his insight. Thanks for coming around to put in your piece.

Happy Easter and looking forward to hearing from you again.

@Adrienne,

I quite agree that the free classifieds can really be frustrating sometimes considering the number of ads that get posted each day. But not minding that I can testify that I’ve had some success even with free classified. May be the sites you are using also matters. If the site allows graphics, your choice of graphic will tell how much you get from it.

Thanks for letting us into your experience.

@Aasma,

It’s glad to know that this post resonate with you. Frankly, I testing this out and so far the results have been encouraging. I think why many people have overlooked classifieds is the fact that there are thousands of ads most times in a free classified site. But if you know how to target your ads and how to craft catchy headlines, you can make great impact with your ads.

Thanks for the comment.

@Aasma,

You are right on target Aasma. Anytime I read piece of content on a blog or any website, that is the first thing that comes to my mind, what is the purpose of this content? I doubt if many of the bloggers out there really understand this. Most simply publish a blog post because they need to meet up with their publishing schedule. I think every blog post should have a definite purpose, which is, helping the reader solve a pain while helping the blogger get her piece of the cake! 🙂

@sapna,

Glad to hear that Sapna.Frankly, if you are not able to settle on what your purpose is from the beginning,getting the best from your efforts will be a problem. In everything I do I always want to get my bearings right so that I do not flounder in my efforts.

Thanks for the comment.

@Roger Weavers,

I’m really glad to hear that you are making money from SEO. Unfortunately, many online marketers thinks that it is a dead tactic not understanding what SEO really is.

And for inbound marketing, it is really the best marketing strategy for marketing online. Once you know what it is how to go about it making money from your content becomes much easier.

Thanks for the comment.

@sapna,

I agree with you there. i also advise business persons who wants to get into blogging because of the gains to get some career bloggers to help out if the money is there. Running a business and managing a blog is not really easy.

Thanks for the comment.

Btw. keep on giving us those funny and insightful infographic posts of yours! 🙂

@David Tucker,

You get the idea very clear indeed! It’s simply about you taking your blog readers as “customer” and as they say, the customer is king. Your part therefore is to package your content is such a way that the “customer’ is the king is satisfied with what you are offering.

Thanks for the comment.

@Tim Bonner,

I really like your angle there: building relationships with your blog. I am sure that many bloggers will say this is one of the things they do on their blogs. But come to think of it, did you start the blog simply because you want to build a community? I mean, is the community the be all of the blog? Is the community you are building a means to an end?

Now, whether the community is the main focus or it is just a means to an end, I will say you are definitely treating your posts as products even when you do not mean to. I’m sure in every post, you definitely want to give something that your readers will read and come out saying,WOW, you’ve just made my day!

Even when they did not pay to have access to that post, but you have just given them what they truly wanted. Approaching your posts as products don’t really mean you will want give them something that answers the all time question: what’s in it for me! Fact is, it is when you take your post as a product (which if the need arises they will be willing to give their money for it) that your post can go beyond the average in the community.

@Katerina,

Well, I cannot really say if that is true but from experience it does appear that clients that are targeted in b2b settings are more in the know about email marketing and therefore better equipped to handle issues with maturity. That not withstanding, with more people getting involved in buying stuff online, b2c customers will readily be open to email marketing.

Thanks for the comment.

@Joe Hart,

You made a valid point there. In these days when we are bombarded with so much information of every side, knowing when to send your email messages is important. Post too often and you risk too many unsubcriptions. Post too less and you risk your subscribers forgetting about you.

@Theodore Nwangene,

Yea, I completely agree with that reason of being seen as an authority in your field when you create a product. But don’t forget that that authority actually start with your blog content. If on your blog you have not being offering valuable content and you go on to create an info product, no one will take a look because you have not been able to establish that authority in your blog. This is why I advocate that you must start with your blog posts.

No to worry my man, I’ll get across to you. My end has also been hectic.

@Felix Lee,

Well, I think it’s now more easier for many to really believe that email is not dead because content marketers are now pushing it to be one of the tactics you must use if you want to succeed as a content marketer.

Thanks for the comment.

@Khushal Rao,

That is just so and we must make our content useful to the readers. Thanks for commenting.

@Sue Neal,

It’s really great that you were able to find something you could work with. I have of Flexsqueeze but have not really used it.

I think the beauty of any wordpress theme is the simplicity of customizing it. Many of these theme coders take it that when you have the theme it is ok to use that way but they do not understand that you need to separate yourself from the million other blogs out there.

Thanks for the comment and wishing you a great weekend.

@Theodore Nwangene,

That really is the problem of email marketing. From the beginning it has always been that way. You must remember that it is carried over from the days of direct marketing. The list was mainly a marketing tool and nothing else. In those days mailing out to a list was not about building relationships but for the purpose of selling some thing and this is what they have taken into this age of the internet.

Personally, I was subscribed to different lists but one of the things I am doing right now is unsubscribing from everyone that have not added any value to my life and business. But even with that I must say there are many that I have learned from.

So, the wisdom is being able to decide if a list will be useful to you or not. Don’t just subscribe because the person behind the list is a big name. Many of them are in it for the business of selling those list. That is why you sometimes start getting emails from someone you never remember subscribing to. Most of those giveaways where they do nothing but collect your email address are worst. The simple word here is, be careful.

Thanks for the comment.

@Alex K,

It’s really great to hear that. Would you be kind enough to let me know when the blog goes live?

@sapna,

Then the pleasure is mine! 🙂

@Theodore Nwangene,

Thanks my man. I’ve really thinking about that recent posts of a thing. I think I’ll have to take care of that soon.

@sapna,

Love to hear that Sapna. Like I mentioned in the post I referred, it really depends on what you are after. If your blogging business is making more for you than what you set out to do in the first place, then focusing more on blogging is just the best bet. However, if you are still very much interested in taking blogging as a tool to build your business, you simply need to find a way to do that without your blogging activities becoming a hindrance.

About building relationships and getting to know new friends in the blogosphere, this is really one big area where blogging can help you with your business. This community of friends and followers you create around your blog is what will turn out tomorrow to be a big business for you.

But come to think of it, don’t you think you are more of a graphics artist than a programmer?

@sapna,

I can understand your position there. In fact, a few days ago I wrote about this situation where many who got into blogging as a business marketing tool turned out to focus more on running their blogs than the business.

But anyway, do you now consider yourself a blogger than a programmer? Are you getting more from blogging than your programming business?

@Cudjoe,

You can say that again. It’s really pathetic to see that many online business persons carry in their minds the picture of competition in every thing they do online. I really believe that collaborating with other businesses is the quickest way to getting what you want.

Thanks for the comment.

@Mohammad ismail,

Thanks Mohammad. It’s really a pleasure to know that this blog has given you something worthwhile. Just knowing that your visit was not a waste of time gives me great pleasure. Looking forward to seeing more of you!

@George Nieves,

It’s really great to hear those good words 🙂 Yea, they are music to my ears but most importantly it is good to know that the little effort is making good impact. Thanks for connecting.

I must say also that you have a good way of expression and what you aim to do on your blog is something worth emulating. To be a guide for those who are lost in this internet jungle is worth a hug! Looking forward to seeing more of your.

@bjohn,

I truly see more and more useful content on the net. I think the time when you could just put up some lifeless site and post some piece of content hoping for the traffic to flow in is gone. Thanks for the comment.

@Sai Kumar,

I also agree that Matthew has given us a whole of lot of tools to work with. Since he posted this article I added these tools to my arsenal and must say they just superb.

@Theodore Nwangene,

You can say that again! Frankly, it’s been years of fun and satisfaction. I must say blogging is one great thing where you decide to hold up your head no matter the situation or get sucked in by the current and be drowned. The lessons of life I’ve learned as a blogger are truly more beneficial to me than the financial gains so far. I count them more beneficial because I know they will definitely be of great help to me in life.

I agree with you so much about that wise saying. You are true African teaching great lessons with a few words! May 2013 be great for you!

@Theodore Nwangene,

Oh yes my dear friend. I just wonder what those who advocate posting everyday have to say in their posts if not some of those ramblings you see on most blogs. When I did the 23 days of Christmas inspiration series, I know how much it took me to write those inspiring posts every day. Coming up with something worthwhile in every post is not easy and if you must be a helper then pushing out just your ramblings in the name of blog post is nothing. All the same it all bears down to your readers if they love those ramblings and feel good about them, while not. But if you must add value to the blogosphere, set a good time for your blog and give us something we can work with!

Wishing you all the best in 2013!

@Ehsan Ullah,

Hi Ehsan, glad to see you around. It’s a pleasure to hear from you and thanks for the congratulatios!

I must say you got the flow wrong somewhere. I never said looking for new strategies is wrong. The point here is not to be always on the look out for new tactics when you have not done anything with the ones you know. For clarity here again is what I said:

“Now, if you are asking that question because you are already experiencing good success in your present blogging business and wants to expand, it is a good thing.

However, if you are asking that question only because you are seeking for the next tactic or strategy you want to try out in your present business, then my advice is, please DON’T!

Instead of looking for the next thing, take a second look at what you are already doing and do more of what worked for you in 2012.”

I hope that clear things up.

Once again, thanks for joining your voice to the conversation.

@Raplus,

Oh, shouldn’t wait any longer. Frankly, I’m just starting mine after much analyzing and trying to come up with the perfect offer! 🙂 But you know, there is really no perfect offer. You just have to “do it” and if need be readjust things as you go on.

Thanks for the comment.

@Jack Milgram,

it’s really glad to know that many like you agree with this line of thought. Personally, I really think the idea of laying out a business plan before ever starting is nothing but a textbook one. Many of the successful entrepreneurs agree with this also. You see running a successful business is not something you can study in school for 3 – 5 years and then you say you now know it. In fact, when you are just starting out there are areas of the business you may not know anything about. Saying you have to write a business plan before starting will only keep you perpetually stranded!

We can leave that for the textbook entrepreneurs. Yes, when you have a business idea, look around, do some form of research of those already in the business. Get your own strategy in place and then hit the road. After you have some knowledge and experience about the business, you can now sit down and make those lengthy business plans.

Ok, sorry I’m not planning to go to anyone for loan, so may be that is why I just think this is the right thing to do. Of course, except you know what you are doing I don’t advise taking a loan to start a business. Start with what you have and build from there without anyone breathing down your neck.

Thanks for the comment.

@Chimezirim Odimba,

I agree with you Chimezirim. I’ve always looked at content as a vehicle to convey your value or solutions. But what I see online every day are content publishers and marketers who thinks content is the all in all. You could write a good content devoid of any grammatical error but if that content is not doing anything for the reader, it is nothing. So, all in all, it is the reader or your audience that truly determines if you are providing that value. It doesn’t matter what you think.

Thanks for joining the conversation and Happy New Year! Wishing you every success you deserve.

@STEVEN J.,

You’re correct there Steven. This is just the biggest problem that many people are facing with social media promotions. My suggestion however, is this: have a strategy and plan before you ever start! Without a plan and strategy you will be lost. Decide on what you want achieve with your social media presence. Decide on how many hours a day you want to commit your social media activities and divide those hours among the different networks you want to work with. Again, you don’t have to take up all the social media networks out there. As you interact on these networks you will see the ones that are giving your good returns. You can decide to focus on them and devote less time to others. But all should start with a strategy.

Thanks for the comment.

@Aasma,

Good question there Aasma. I hope Michael will come around to give some insight.

@Ruben Corbo,

It’s a pleasure to see that around. Looking forward to seeing you feature here again. Thanks for such inspiring post.

@Sapna,

You are definitely right there. With split testing only one element is taken into consideration at a time but with multivariate testing, just as the name indicates (multi-) you can take two or more elements at once. What this means is that you can arrive at a conclusion much quicker than when using split testing.

Thanks for the comment.

@Brady Partridge,

I want to agree with you there. Lately, I have been looking at most of the freelancing sites and must confess that what many freelancers are asking for their works really makes one to raise an eyebrow. Besides, a lot of employers now want to give peanuts for their jobs but the terms they give are really laughable.

Like you suggested, creating affiliate sites and putting up your content there could really be more profitable if you know what you are doing. I really do not visit freelancing sites for jobs anymore. Positioning yourself as the go to resource can make the difference. You can see my content writing site here as an example – http://www.seowebcontentscribe.com

@Martin Casper,

Hi Martin, I must agree with you there. When I first saw this article that was just my reaction: “this is something everyone must read!” I really do hope that more and more marketers will see this and read it. This is really different from what we have heard about tracking and testing. Kudos to Ruben.

Thanks for the comment.

@Chimezirim Odimba,

Wondering why many are selling those tools when you can get better versions for free? Then you will still have to learn a few things about the internet! Truth is, internet marketing is nothing but finding someone who is too lazy to do something for himself and doing that thing for him while he pays you for it. QED!

Frankly, with a little careful look you can get nearly everything free online. And like you said, over the years I’ve personally concentrated all my keyword research on Google tools. Why go for some monthly packages when Google (the biggest of the search engines and the big daddy of them all) is ready to provide you with data from their own databases? Of course, this may take you a little more time than other tools since those tools have a way of gathering and doing research on different keywords at the same time but if you are not doing SEO as a company or you are running too many searches at the same time, Google tools are just ok.

About SEO for Firefox, I have used it many times, in fact, I’ve it installed, and I can say it is ok. It has a way of giving some deep insights which can be useful.

@Smith Warnes,

Introducing links and a ranking factor is actually Google’s biggest problem. Since adding links as a factor for ranking sites, the SEO environment has become infested with all forms of blackhat SEO. But like you said, Google is actually trying to make all see that as much as they regard links as important, we should not over do it. Links should come naturally but any act that tries to force the system is only working against Google’s terms.

Yes, I agree that guest blogging and blog commenting are good ways of building backlinks, but as I tried to point out in the post, considered critically all of these are still not natural. We just to have be careful that we do not fall foul of Google’s hammer as use this strategies.

Thanks for commenting.

@Aasma,

Concise! Complete!! Compelling!!!

Thanks for the super summary 🙂

@Veer Modi,

That’s my little way of saying thanks for the information you provided. You’ve added value to the post and there is no better way to recognize that than giving full credit to you. It’s really my pleasure!

@Yeremi Akpan,

I frankly love your angle, make people love you and Google will have no choice but to love you too! Yea, that’s really good. I agree that creating content for people and not the search engines is paramount. For one, it is people who spend the money and not search engines.

However, we must understand that Google is not really changing the posts in the middle of the game. Search engine optimization has always remain the same with Google from the beginning. The problem is blackhat SEOs who have abused the system. The same ranking factors Google has used 3 or 4 yrs ago are still what it is still using. What is happening right now is flushing out of the chaff from the wheat!

My problem with just building relationships as touted by many bloggers is the fact that those you are building relationships with are actually the same bloggers whose purpose is also to build relationship with for the reason of trying to sell to you just as you are. There is a big flaw here which many bloggers do not see. Please understand me, but I really don’t fancy the idea of someone trying to build a relationship with me just because he/she is thinking of the financial gain out of that relationship. Relationships should be for mutual understanding.

This is one reason why many bloggers are struggling to make ends meet. You spend hours blog hopping and posting comments. Those same bloggers come around to reciprocate and the circle continues everyday. What is your ROI? Well, many will point to the joy of connecting. Good!

But, depending on your niche, if you, in conjecture with building those relationships, do a little SEO and begin to drive some more traffic from the search engines, you will be pulling another stream of ‘connection’ who possibly may be searching for a solution to a pain they have. Now if you content in any way have the solution they are looking for, you have gotten possible financial client!

This is really my logic in encouraging every blogger to never abandon SEO. I hope I have been able make my point. Or, what do you think?

P.S. You may just want to read my latest post referenced on the commentluv link below!

@Tim Bonner,

I’m with there on Google wanting quality content all along. What they are doing today is not just what they discovered now and want to implement right away. It has always been their business plan but the number of those who wanted to game the system were just too much and now they are coming out strong. I personally so a more humane environment after all this. Google is definitely going to invest in more of technology to fight this menace.

But may I ask why you do not focus more on SEO these days? Don’t you think this is really the time to do more of SEO seeing that the negative guys are being pushed out of the market opening more opportunities to those of us who are doing our best to stay within the rules?

@Johnny,

You definitely hit it on the head there, Johnny. When you are a freelancer you just need to know how to manage time and of course be ready to motive yourself because there is so much that may want to keep you down.

Thanks for the comment.

@Gabi,

Glad to hear that. I do hope you will put what you are learning to use!

@Bhushan,

You are right there. I think a freelancer who takes his/her business seriously should be able to respond with ease. Customer service is a big part of business success. Unfortunately, not many freelancers sees themselves as being in business.

On demanding more money along the line, I think in every contract there are terms. Once these terms are agreed upon, both sides are expected to respect them. However, where there is the need to review these terms both sides will of course do well to look into them again.

No freelancer will want to just demand for more pay without any cause. Anyone doing that will only end up failing because clients will understand what he is doing and then stay away from him.

@Bhushan,

I agree with you about self-hosted videos. As much as Bill shows there is so much to gain from that I must say not everyone of us have the capacity to host of own videos. I think turning to sites like Youtube.com can do all of us a greater good.

Thanks for the comment.

@Bhushan,

Thanks Bhushan for the comment. I truly believe that Google is helping all of us to benefit more from the internet. As a content publisher, working within the rules of Google will help you gain more and info seekers, they get just what they are looking for instead of browsing through tons of content without any any hope.

@Bonnie Smith, It’s mine pleasure!

@Bonnie Smith,

Good I got you there. Hope you take the necessary steps and put this to use 🙂

@US Immigration Attorney FL,

You are correct. It is the internet that has given all of us this opportunity to take our stand in our little ways! Thanks for the comment.

@Kristine,

Yeah, there are definitely two sides to a coin and it’s definite that nothing is indispensable. As much as business plans are necessary they are not indispensable.

Thanks for the comment.

@Elena Anne,

Thanks Elena. For me it’s really the animation. This taking infographics to another level! I’m sure that very soon we will be seeing more animated infographics on the net. Ok, maybe that is just my prediction, Lol!

Thanks for the comment.

@Simmeon,

Hmm, good try there Simmeon. I can go with you on the 3D connection. And about doing business online that is sure however, more people will be accessing the internet on their mobile devices that if your online business is not mobilized, you will be losing out!

Thanks for the comment.

@Martin Casper,

Oh Martin! More of content in an infographic post? In fact, my comments at the start of the post were rather too long. You were supposed to get the details from the infographic. Any way it does appear that you are for more content than this new craze about speaking in graphics! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by.

@Patricia Weber,

It’s really a long infographic but an interesting one if only you will take the time to digest the message. Thanks for stopping by.

@Vera,

You have a point there Vera. Integrating social media into your blog will drive some quick burst of traffic to your blog but it is SEO optimization that will ensure that the traffic continue over the years.

Thanks for the comment.

@Bhushan,

Ok, Bhushan, I got your point there. I really love that idea of building a house and having a plan for that house. I’ve always referred to building a business as also building a house and for this I quite agree with you! Thanks for the comment and please pardon me for the late reply.

@Patricia Weber,

Great to have you join the conversation. I quite understand your point there. Business plans are important but the question is are they imperative in creating success in your business? Do you really need to write a business plan before you start your business?

@Rick Salas,

Sorry about the long comment? Never! I truly love it that way!

Yea, leadership is indeed important when it comes to building a successful business. You need people to succeed as made clear from the post, “The team is more important than any idea or plan. The top three priorities should be people, followed by people, and then people.”

Thanks for the reply.

@Paul,

Good to hear that this post resonate with you. Only thing is, did you committed to writing your business plan before you started or you started and working with what was in your heart, you then detail out your business plan? Will love to hear from you.

@Rick Salas,

Hmm, another lengthy one from you there. Though you have raised a whole lot of issues that has to do with the work place, I will try and restrict myself to running a business and that I want to pick up your point that, “Just because people [have] the best business plan doesn’t make them the best candidate for the job!”

And I agree with you 100% here. In fact this is the cruse of this discussion. It is not the business plan that will make you succeed it is your ability to handle the every day affairs and challenges of the business that will. And this is why focusing on trying to draw up a business before you start off will most times become a hindrance.

In fact starting off with what you know and then drawing up a plan along the way will better help you draw a business plan that is all inclusive and better designed to help you succeed.

Thanks for your input.

@business broker,

Make some interesting quotes about that business? What has quotes got to do with starting a business? Yes, you need planning but do you know planning take different forms? Let’s learn from those who are in the trenches rather than some classroom theories. In fact, I know of many who have wonderful business plans but till this day, they have not done anything about them.

Your getting up and doing what is in your heart will drive you to your success more than flexing out some business plan!

@Ehsan Ullah,

I quite understand your point, but I don’t know where we get the impression that it is those who make out a plan at first that have the quickest success. That of course is nothing from the text books!

Go out there and get to know from those in the trenches the story is the same. Of course, a business plan will be necessary in the course of the business but if you want to sit down at the very beginning and lay out that plan before you start you will only be wasting precious time.

Ok, you may want to say that is sharpening the ax so you could chop down the tree in record time, but that is not really the fact. The ‘sharpening’ you need is the knowledge to run that business. Take a look at those 5 points again and you will see that if you truly have that in mind when starting you will be heading in the right direction.

@port st lucie physical therapy,

Then we are on the same portal! 🙂 Thanks for the comment.

@Kate Brown Wilson,

It’s a pleasure!

@business broker,

That’s great to hear! Congratulations to the people of India!

@Mohammed Abdullah Khan,

Hmm, that’s great to hear. But come on, we are talking about making good returns as entrepreneurs and just about seo and traffic generation. In fact, we never inferred that in the post. don’t you think it will be good for you to let us know what you are a blogger or entrepreneur? Will want to hear from you!

@Simmeon,

Hmm, what an insight! Entrepreneurs focuses on Money; Bloggers focuses on People! 🙂

That’s really a good way to put it. But the fact is that entrepreneurs do focus on people because ultimately they know it’s people who matters if you must make a profit. The main difference is what you first mentioned, the mindset. The bloggers mindset is greatly different from that of the entrepreneur.

The blogger, because he is not focusing on making a gain finds it most times difficult to make a sales pitch instead he will want to share and share! Thanks for the comment.

@Ehsan Ullah,

Got it really clear! That’s what I really expect of most of us who are blogging. There is the joy of connecting with other bloggers and sharing our knowledge but then we must also understand that we are entrepreneurs who wants to make a living online. Thanks for the comment.

@Bhushan,

Exactly. You see, most bloggers are blogging because they want to make money with their blogs. But unfortunately not many are running their blogs like a business. Many take their blogs just as past-time or a thing of fun and yet want to make good money from it.

The post is to help us re-evaluate how we are really running our blogs. So, the question is, are you working on your blog as an entrepreneur or you just consider yourself a blogger who wants to share his thoughts with the world?

@Geek Girl,

Glad to know that this post was helpful in a way. Wishing you good results when finally you decide to monetize your blog. Thanks for the comment.

@John,

It’s a pleasure to be of help. Wishing the best on using pinterest!

@buy seo services,

The fact is as a business online you don’t have ignore any possible avenue that will help you with your business. Thanks for the comment

@Kate Brown Wilson,

I agree with you. Once you’re an entrepreneur who blogs then you are automatically both – an entrepreneur and a blogger! That’s what most of us are. The only difference is that we do not focus on our blogs as unto its self. It is a means to an end!

Thanks for the comment.

@Patricia Weber,

Glad to know that this has been of help somehow! 🙂 Frankly, the issue of monetization was discussed on this blog a few days ago and I’m still surprised that many still believe that blogs should not be monetized. May be you were in this category and that’s why you have been focusing on great content without the mind of monetizing your efforts.

Any way I sincere hope you make good use of this new insight! Thanks for the comment.

@Asma Khan,

Speaking for myself I must say, I was not really scared of the change. I only stayed away until I’m sure it can help my business. Don’t you think that is why some people are not using Pinterest for now? Or, I think some other possible reason may be the fact that you need to create some good graphic to make any impact on pinterest unlike other social networks that depend on basically text!

Or don’t you think so?

@Mandy Allen,

You’re definitely right. But how many people are really listening to this? Matter of fact is, many of us jumped into the bandwagon with the mind that making money with blogs is the most simplest thing anyone can do! But what a mistake. Right now we are wiser but many are still falling over heads to jump in. I only hope they are listening.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

@junaid,

That truly is the spirit of the Olympic games. Frankly, some of the news that is coming from the London Olympics shows that many of the participating nations and of course some of the athletes have not really imbibed this spirit. We hope things will change with time.

Thanks for your comment.

@tissue microarray,

Really complex? Of course, every thing need time to master. Just give yourself to it more and more and very soon you will be making waves; 🙂

@love guru,

Thanks for the “definition” love guru! Would you care to let us know if you’re using pinterest right now and how much success you have achieved so far? We will want to know.

@lenin,

Thanks for your comment and it’s glad to know that the post resonate with. About being a newbies, all of us have been and of course, we are still newbies in many areas.

About traffic from pinterest, so far I’ve not really seen much. But as you can see I’m only just starting with the network but from what I heard from other sites it is really a good source of traffic.

@LLB Coaching,

Hmm, that’s good to hear! May be you are practicing how to shoot for the stars! 🙂 Lol!

@Amanda@BuySellWordPress,

Glad to hear that. Can you give some insight into her you are using pinterest right now? Will appreciate it.

@Aasma,

That is true. However, it doesn’t have to be graphics on you site only. You ca also pin interesting photos from the web. The more you get involved the more people who will be following and very soon it could lead to some traffic to your site.

And of course, what stops you from using graphics on your site, even if it is minimal!

@Quack,

That’s was one of the reasons why I stayed away all this while! But you know as business persons you just don’t ignore any little opportunity that can impact on your business. If others are reporting good traffic from pinterest why stay away?

@Simmeon,

I quite agree with you that using Pinterest demands some ‘cunning’ tactics. And I must say that automated Pin it button is truly such a cunning tactic. You know it’s use is to encourage you to pin the graphic on which it auto displays.

On the other hand, the fact is that a graphic needs to be enticing enough to encourage such interest. I’m really looking forward to using more enticing graphics in the coming days.

Thanks for the comment

@Ehsan Ullah,

It’s really a pleasure! Michael’s feat has been a challenge to me and that was why I decided to do this interview with him. I truly believe that many of us can learn from his story.

I’m glad that this is challenging to take guest blogging more seriously.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

@jackotomaker,

Well, it’s unfortunate that the issue of corruption is eating deep into the fabric of many nations right now. But that does not mean your athletes cannot do well in the gains. Besides, it’s not really about winning medals, I think the Olympic games is more about the peace and oneness or our world.

Thanks for the comment.

@Yeremi Akpan,

Hmm, can’t agree more! It’s interesting to know that you have had experience in what social media distraction can be. But like you said, there is really need to have a balance. I can say I’ve not been too involved with twitter and facebook. Though recently I’ve been on LinkedIn and discovered that it is more useful for my business. What I’m really planning of doing is have well laid out plans for all of the platforms to be better and gainfully involved.

Thanks for the comment.

@Rahul,

Hmm, this is really another angle to this. Yes, I’ve heard of the issue of page rank linking amongst SEOs but using that to refuse guest blogging is actually taking it too far. This is blog is dofollow which means I’ll be losing a whole lot of page rank. But I don’t think so.

Beside, I don’t think your blog page rank reduced from 4/10 to 2/10 because of guest blogging. You just need to find other ways to increase the page rank. Produce more quality content that others will be eager to link to and you will again booster the page rank.

Any way, if you do have proof that it is guest blogging that cause the page rank reducing, you can always let me know. We are always ready to learn more. Thanks for the comment.

@Amanda,

Of course, you can’t be in business for 4 yrs without some reward! The real lessons is that the dept of your preparation will determine the results you get. Thanks for the comment.

@Loverboy,

You sure of that? Come tell us how many medals is your “a lot!” so that at the end we know if you were correct! 🙂

@jacob,

Hi Jacob, it’s a pleasure to have you around. Just moderated 3 of your comments and must say, it’s your freshness here that moved me to approve the comments. As you can see from this post, we do not appreciate those who are out to post a quick comment. We appreciate a clear contribution to the conversation for that is what a blog is about. We are here to build a community.

And so, not allow us to put you in the bloggers hall of shame, we challenge you to be a better member of the community by making comments that will help others.

Will you do that or do we put you in the hall of shame?

@bj,

It’s really unfortunate that after agreeing that it is the truth you still went on to conclude that it is not easy to follow.

How do you think these athletes are able to keep to their regular trainings? Do you think it is easy for them? Not at all! What you need is the determination. And instead of saying it is not easy, take a decision and make a declaration that it is the most easiest thing to do. When you do this, your whole being accept it to be so and of course, the unseen forces of the power of your WILL will take over and you will be surprised by what you can accomplish.

@Simmeon,

Absolutely! Take a closer look everyone of them and you will see that this is true. They put off everything that will hinder them make every effort to win the prize.

This is what I think we as entrepreneurs should learn from them.

@Yeremi Akpan,

That is really interesting. We are really getting somewhere! 🙂 Most bloggers have not realized the community building aspect of blogs. I’m really surprised most times when I see blogs with less than 5 comments and yet the blogger never cares to reply those comments. Indeed, this is something we definitely need to include in the list. Thanks for the insight.

@Simmeon,

Do you really think that our perception of what a bad practice is differ from person to person? Don’t you think that every bad practice being perpetuated by many bloggers today is spoken against by everyone? Is only that this bad guys really don’t care. They are more concerned with their results. To them the end justify the means. But should this really be the case?

@Yeremi Akpan,

Hmm, that is really touching. Many marketers don’t realize the fact that customers are becoming more and more critical with online promotions. Knowing fully that any one can claim to be a guru in any field, many people only use what you are putting out as a yard stick for assessing you.

Thanks for the comment.

@Printing Kent,

Indeed many people are with you on this. Credibility matters and having misspellings in your e-commerce site does not in any way tell good about you. Thanks for the comment.

@Yeremi Akpan,

Hmm, what good advice here,

“Your readers are more important than a sale. If that does not show through all your communications, then you may just as well be shooting yourself in the foot.”

Frankly, it’s unfortunate that many in the name of marketing do all kind of thing to make a sale. They never know that the purpose of marketing is not to make a sale but to create a customer who will ultimately result in a sale.

Go for the short term and your business will die very quickly!

Thanks for adding your voice to the conversation!

@Adrienne,

Hmm, you couldn’t have said it better,

“The one thing I’ve learned about this industry is that you really have to care about people and if you don’t, I can’t see you building a lasting business.”

Thanks for the comment and this insight.

@Sandeep Kumar,

Hmm, that’s really going above the usual. Never heard such of things. But this clearly shows that many bloggers are now more than ever bringing in the negative side of humanity into the blogosphere.

Well it does appear that if we must succeed in stopping these negative traits, a more concerted effort must be taken. Only if some of these our highly acclaimed pro-bloggers will join this movement, then we will begin to see results very soon.

@Ehsan,

I understand that MSN is focused on those mega companies, but come to think of it, are there no wrong practices that can actually be displayed in the bloggers hall of shame?

I’m not really asking that we begin to name bloggers or point fingers at anyone, rather that we chronicle some of the bad habits of bloggers with the mind that somehow it may affect some change. Or don’t you think this can help?

@Eva,

It’s really great to know that you find this post useful. Visited you blog but I’m sorry that I couldn’t read it since it’s not in English. I hope you make good use of the knowledge you would be receiving as you make this blogging journey. Thanks for the comment.

@bj,

it’s a pleasure to know that the post resonate with you. Thanks for the comment.

@Yeremi Akpan,

Glad to see you around. Frankly, any blogger who is not using Google analytics is either new to the game is plain ignorant of the power of that tool, except of course, if he/she is using something else.

I think knowing your customer is really the biggest lesson I’ve learned from Google. I’ve have always wondered why Google will spend money on some very good tools and give them away to online users. It was only when I saw the power in what Google was doing that I realized that Google was not really losing giving away those tools!

This is what I have been applying in my business too. For example, on this blog, I aim always to give only the best. Most times one will be tempted to package the same information and sell it as special report but knowing that by giving value and using it to assess your readership will ultimately bring more dividend than the immediate gain is something I’ll like to go for any time.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

@merry,

I agree with you Merry. That’s why I spend a good time researching before I write most of my posts. I really try to make my posts stand out.

@viec lam hai phong,

It is clear that your friend did not think of the search engine value of that name before going for it. All the same, I think if the name is what is keeping away the traffic then it is time to choose something else. And why don’t you let him know this?

@Christopher Roberts,

Oh, great Christopher, it’s simply what we are talking about here. It’s really a good thing that you brought this up. Thanks for the correction. That has also added to my knowledge! I would have gone ahead and corrected it but I’ll be leaving it there so that others who care to read it later can also gain something from it as I did! 🙂

@Anton Koekemoer,

Good insight there Anton. It’s unfortunate that very few businesses really understand this. Most of the marketing I see on social media are really unprofessional. That is why most will readily complain that social media marketing is a sham. But they don’t know that they are doing it wrongly. Without building the right relationships, selling on social media will produce nothing but frustration.

Thanks for this very insightful comment.

@Christopher Roberts,

Yea, I’ve actually seen that. Only thing is that I just discovered most of the posts in those categories really did not command the kind of attention those on “techie” subjects have! But like I said, I’ll definitely put something up for you. It will really be my pleasure!

@bj,

Yeah, I really saw the doggedness of Google in becoming a big time player in the social media game despite the challenges it has faced. There are definitely going to be great challenges in whatever we do, but in all we must our targets and never turn back!

@Faissal Alhaithami,

I cannot but agree with you. I’ve really seen this all over Google business products and I know its really an insight into running a successful business. Your customers are your best bet if you want to succeed.

Thanks for the comment.

@Sarah Mills,

It’s really funny that in one breath you say, “bad spelling and grammar will turn visitors away” but yet turn around to say, “the headline logic is flawed!” If you agree that bad grammar and spelling turn the visitor away, moving them (the customer) to ‘different’ websites, don’t you think that is losing the sale to another site? That is of course if you’re selling something on your site.

Ok, I may agree with you that spelling may not be the biggest problem, but come to think of it, don’t you think a wrong spelling will somehow affect the grammar therefore changing the meaning of a sentence?

For example, “you’re” instead of “your,” “there” instead of “their,” which are very common on most web copies as a result of automatic correction while using Microsoft Word in writing.

You need to understand that the aim here is not to put down anyone but a simple call for us to be more careful with our writing. It will not only make our readers more comfortable but also add to our bottomline as businesses or don’t you think so?

@Adrienne,

That’s really funny way to put it, “let the big boys fight it out!” 🙂

And I can say it’s a fight that’s giving Apple Inc. some good battering. From all sides their cards are falling apart. One thing for sure is that there is going to be more competition and who knows, that may just be a good for us all.

Besides, this another test case for the patent laws in view the changes in our today environment.

@Ehsan,

Good thinking! I just had to enter this post when I saw that he changed the rules to include posting on any topic you are familiar with. What matters really is how much promotion you put into it.

@Matt,

The pleasure is mine. And I’ll truly appreciate it if you will help promote the article. If you find it so helpful why not share it with your social networks? Any way, just asking.

@bj,

Thanks bj. This issue of first impression is really very important. Creating a bad impression will only rob you of your success.

@Adrienne,

Hmm, what an interesting addition here! I must say it’s only a few that are really using the phone to build business relationships instead of selling. And just considering it I can see so much potential in it especially in the area of putting a personal touch to the whole thing. Instead of just dealing with your prospects as some figure out there, you can relate on a more personal level thereby making the relationship more concrete.

And on the use of blogs, I can see your point. Of course, many who are just coming into the blogging arena have the wrong notion that making money blogging is about setting up a blog and running it solely as a business. This worked some years ago when blogging was in its infancy. You could build and blog and hope to earn money from ads and promoting affiliate products. But these days, doing that means you will have to compete with some of these big names in the game. Unfortunately, I was going in that direction until of recent.

Now, I see a blog as a part of the social media game. Your own place where you can have some form of control over your relationship building efforts. The blog should be a part of your over all business promotion plan. With this understanding, I now devote more of my time to other aspects of my business than I do with the blog because I’ve realized that throwing more of my time at the blog is depriving me of other things that needed to be done.

I appreciate your coming around and for this wonderful comment. Remain blessed!

@Simmeon,

You are very right Simmeon. Being able to lead your social media connections to engage with you on your personal site is what really shows that they are interested in you. If all you are doing is socializing with them “out in the street” without them caring to check out how your “home” looks like, it means they are not ready to take the relationship to a deeper level!

@Trixie,

Thanks Trixie. Misspellings will continue to be a problem until we all stand up against this.

@kevin,

Hmm, it makes the website look less professional! I quite agree with you. Thanks for the comment.

@buy seo services,

That is true. A simple mistake could change the meaning of the sentence. Thanks for the comment.

@Ehsan,

I like that angle Ehsan. I know that many bloggers will not really care if there are mistakes on your blog or not. However, let’s say you are blogger who promotes yourself as a freelance content writer. When someone comes to your blog and on a single post, there nothing less than 4 noticeable misspellings. What impression do you think that person will have of you? Or do you think it really does not matter?

Oh, it was really a pleasure. Must say you have a great blog there and I’ll definitely be visiting more.

@Aasma,

Do you know that of all you listed I’m very much interested in “establish yourself as an authority in your niche?” That can do a whole lot of things for you. If you aim for that in your guest post, every other thing will fall into place – other webmaster will link to your posts, readers will eagerly promote your articles on the social media sites … You can name more!

That is why in my series on guest blogging, I encourage everyone to decide on what they want before writing their guest posts.

@Claire,

I agree with you totally about sending a ready-to-post article. When I send guest posts to blogs where there is no option to register as a user, I usually send a html format and a plain text format. This is to easy the work for the host blogger. However, if guest bloggers are expected to register (as it happens on this blog) it will be a good idea to submit your post taking the time to format it so the host blogger will not spend much time in reviewing it.

Thanks for the comment.

@Kate Brown Wilson,

It’s my pleasure!

@buy seo services,

Has a solution of some big queries? Will be pleased if you can explain that.

@Kate Brown Wilson,

Mean you were never aware that Facebook Inc. has gone public? Well, that’s interesting because it has been in the news for the past couple of weeks. Anyway, it’s glad to know that you heard it first here! 🙂

@Glynis Jolly,

Do you mean these additions make the site more easier to use or you’re just enthusiastic about the new design?

@Kate Brown Wilson,

I must agree also that mohdakthar has indeed given us some very useful tools that will help us with our blog performance. I personally have not used most of these tools before, but when mohdakthar did this post, I took sometime to look them up and I’ve included them in my resources file!

Thanks for joining the conversation.

@Zara,

Just what I mentioned why replying Aasma’s comment. I’ve heard many people try to make light of it that Google is really the one who is making the money with these tools. As much as that is true, the tools help Google to know more about us all so as to better target users with their ads, but we must not fail to appreciate the fact that we are all benefiting using those tools. I cannot really imagine how much I would be dishing out every for such a tool if Google had not magnanimously provided one! Or, don’t you think so too?

@Rob Koenig,

That story had always intrigued me. Whenever,I consider the way some things are handled by different people in trying to make believe that they know much about those things, my always to this story.

Sarah have really cleverly made a point with this story in this article. I think we will need some de-glazing as regarding many of the subjects we read online if we are not to be like the blind men! 🙂 Nothing is more rewarding when you approach it knowing what you are doing instead of just speculatively. Or don’t you think so, Rob?

@Beth,

Oh, it’s really great to hear that! I do hope you’ll be able to use these tips to do something great. Frankly, guest blogging can do a whole lot of things for you. You can get involved right away. I encourage you to read the other posts in the series and you’ll definitely be glad you did. Thanks for stopping by and for the comment.

@LM Photography,

Yes, and it also opens the reader up to better recieve what you have to say! Make the audience more receptive and you will make good of your purpose. 🙂

@Becca,

I do agree with you that you blog about the subjects you’re passionate about. With this you’re able to more interact with readers. Nevertheless, a good writer can always do magic with just any subject. If you’re freelance writer you will understand that you will have cause to write articles on subjects you’re not really passionate about. But as a good writer it falls on you to produce something engaging. So the secret is really in your research and writing abilities. Or don’t you think so?

@Kathrine.

Thanks for the comment Kathrine. It’s a pleasure to see that this post resonate with you. Your insights are really interesting. Google is working round the clock to sanitize the internet. We must work with it by providing good content instead of trying to game the show.

@cmichaelsny,

Keywords is definitely the engine power of seo. Pick the wrong keywords and you will be heading for failure. Thanks for the comment.

@Rob Koenig,

It’s great to hear that. It all goes to prove that these tips are really useful! Thanks for the comment.

@Nik,

I understand your point there. May be you need understand that most guest bloggers are guest blogging as service providers. The article may be a paid guest post in which case the blogger is expected to provide those links to the paying site!

I’ve published a few of these before knowing fully well what they are. But refusing them outright because of the “irrelevant link” is not good enough. That is by my judgement any way. Those links are definitely in the resource box and not the body of the article. So if the content is okay the practice have always been, the writer promoting himself or business in the resource box.

Of course, you have your own reasons for refusing this type of guest posts. But for me, I’ll rather judge the article by the content and the topic. Once the topic is in my target niche and the content ok, I’ll publish the article.

You may want to give some reasons why you are so concerned about the links in the resource box.

@Hen Dos,

If you understand your question very well, you desire to guest blog on a blog hosted on the blogger platform. If that is what you mean, the answer yes, you can make a guest post in blogger. What you simply need to do is send the guest post to the owner of the blog and he/she will publish it as a guest post.

I don’t know if this answer your question. If not let me have details.

@Kate Brown Wilson,

Glad to have you around again and thanks for the comment.

On whether one need to have reputation before being a guest blogger, I don’t think it’s really necessary. In fact, guest blogging is a good way of building your reputation online. By the time you publish guest posts all over the web more and more people will get to know you and if your posts are really great, you’d be able to build a good standing with a wide audience out there.

So, if you’re really aiming to build a reputation, do some more guest blogging!

@pavithra,

Hmm, you’re not really alone even many who know about the effectiveness of guest blogging are just doing the wrong way. I’ll advise that you read through the whole series (check out the older posts in the links at the beginning of this post). I’m very sure that you will gain some useful knowledge from it.

Thanks for the comment.

@Dianna,

You’re welcome Dianna, it’s a pleasure to know that the post resonate with you. Thanks for stopping by and the comment.

@Jasmin,

It’s glad to know that this post resonates with you. One of the reasons for the series is to help all of us become better in using guest blogging to drive more traffic.

BTW. This is series is still on-going and the latest has just been published. While don’t you check it out. I’m sure you will love it also! Thanks for stopping by.

@mohdakthar,

Truly appreciate your understanding!

@top movies,

It’s a thing of joy to know that you found this post interesting. Indeed, guest blogging is receiving good attention today because more and more people are coming to understand that the benefits are really great.

Guest blogging gives you good returns in terms of backlinks which is good your search rankings. Besides, it is also good for traffic generation and brand building which every online marketer would want to take advantage of right now.

This guest blogging series was started because, after publishing a few guest bloggers on this site, I discovered that many have not really come to terms with the many benefits that guest blogging can give them. I do hope that the series will help as many who will put the tips to use.

Thanks for the comment and I’ll truly appreciate if you can tell you friends about this series or don’t you think it will benefit them also?

Hi Genry,

Took a look and tried using it but must say it’s a little complicated. And frankly, I don’t think it’s really what I want to use. I’m better off with something more simple to understand. Maybe some other persons will try it out and let us know what they think.

Thanks for sharing the link.

@Ryan,

Frankly, I have heard of SEOmoz for sometime now but have not really used it. However, even if you’re already using SEOmoz you can also try out the free version of SheerSEO and compare the two. Though the free version have less features, you may just be able to know if you really need it.

Right now I’m still playing around with SheerSEO and I must say it’s just superb.

@Peter,

I agree with you on every point Peter. When it comes to content marketing you must do everything to make sure that your audience benefit from it and of course ensure that the conversation is a two-way thing.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

@Fabrizio,

Frankly, I was blown away with when I tried it out. Right now I’m still exploring the different features. Another good thing that I’ll vouch for the software is the email alerts that you receive periodically. These let’s you know how your keywords are faring. Whenever there is a change, whether a drop or rise in ranking, you’ll know from this emails. It’s really worth trying out.

@Mark,

“Writing quality content makes it even harder!” I sincerely think this is why many shy away from it and those who want to use it really want to put in the effort.

I quite agree with you about quality content. In fact SEO tactics without the necessary good content will amount to nothing because ultimately it is the content that will engage the reader. But you cannot shy away from the search engine optimization.

Thanks for the comment.

@Aasma,

You’re right Aasma. If you really want your guest posts to achieve your goals you must go the extra mile. Many do not realize this. Some do not even promote the post once it is live. They are content with having a link back to their site. I sincerely believe that building links to the guest post is a good way of ensuring that it rank high in the search engines.

Thanks for this wonderful contribution.

@Melanie,

First, pardon me for replying this late. On your comment, I must say you actually get it very right. Many bloggers have the wrong notion of just putting together any thing without really caring about optimization.

Personally, I believe in quality over quantity and I’m really glad that apart from the benefits I mentioned, you were able to add some very good ones! I truly look forward to seeing more quality guest posts on the blogosphere!

Thanks for your comment.

@Sheyi,

Oh thanks for those suggestions. I’ll definitely look into them.

@bjohn,

Thanks for those good words. It’s a pleasure to know that the post was helpful. Hope to continue to provide these tips in the coming parts.

@Charleen Larson,

Frankly, I must say every time I noticed a new visit in my site stats and discover that the visit is from one of my guest post from the past, I never stop being amazed! However, because those guest posts were well planned out when I wrote them, I’m not too surprised.

Nevertheless, I’ll be dealing with another aspect that is really crucial to their success in the next post. Of course, you know even if the post rank high in the search engines and people click on the link, they will only be directed to the host blog. But how do they get directed to my blog?

That will be the angle we will be handling in the next post. I hope you read that also.

Thanks for adding your voice to the conversation!

@Syeda Mehwish,

Knowing and properly utilizing the right keywords is definitely important when it comes to driving traffic through seo. But should you really learn keywords before you become a big time blogger? I think that will come with different arguments. However, a blogger who really want to drive traffic through the search engines MUST learn the essentials.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

@Refrigerator Repair Pasadena,

Frankly, video is one content marketing tactic that is catching with the online audience. Unfortunately, I’m not very good with video but I hope to do more of it in the future. Thanks for the comment.

@Paul white,

Of course, there are those who will want to argue it. But the fact still stands. Without content, and good content for that matter, no one will really connect with your site. Make your content to the user and your success will come easy.

Thanks for the comment.

@book keeping adelaide,

The pleasure is mine. Thanks for stopping by.

@cane furniture,

You have a point there. That is why marketing online demands building trust with your target audience. From experience so far, having a blog can really help in building this trust. As you interact with your readers you are more open to sharing what will keep the relationship going.

Thanks for the comment.

@vps,

You’re definitely correct there. From my study so far it does appear that Facebook in a way is giving us more power with our pages. Only thing is that it’s going to take some thinking outside the box to really use the timelines.

Do you have a facebook page? Will be glad to take a look.

@Gareth Morgan,

Ok, I got your point. But as I mentioned in the reply, it actually depends on what you want to achieve. Of course, as a blogger you will want to write all of your content. But remember if your aim is to really get your name out there and you have the money to spend, what stops you from outsourcing your guest blogging activities? You could have hundreds of guest posts written for you by freelance writers and then you seek out the places to submit them! 🙂

Besides, with the great results of traffic generation from guest blogging, many businesses are now using freelance guest writers to write and submit guest post on blogs right now. It will interest you to know that I personally offer that service as you can see here:

http://webincomejournal.com/strategic-seo-content-creator

So, guest blogging is really something that bloggers should get into. If you can become adept at it as a blogger, you could turn it into another stream of income, or don’t you have the mind for multiple streams of income?

@Anna,

Well, it’s good thing that you find this post, right? Of course most of the questions you have about guest blogging will be answered during this series.

Anyway, to the question of who will the guest post benefit, the simple answer is both parties. You as the host blogger benefit in that you have some good content posted on your blog without you lifting a finger! And of course, you know all the goodies about have fresh, unique content, right?

And to the guest blogger, you benefits through having a link back to his/her blog and of course some traffic also! Indeed there are other benefits but these are really the main ones.

If you want that blogger to submit his/her post make sure it is unique and well written. I hope this was helpful or is it?

@JamesW,

Thanks for the bookmark. Be sure to check back for the remaining post when they come live. You’re going to love every bit of it!

@Harleena Singh,

Sorry for the late reply. Frankly, writing guest posts is not really much of a difference compared to writing for your own blog. The only difference is in the fact that you’re publishing the post on someone else’ blog.

Of course, if you want to connect with your blog readers you must understand what they want and give it to them in a way in which they will be happy with you. This also goes for guest blogging.

However, if you really want to make an impact with your guest post you’re going to go beyond your usual self. Remember you’re now dealing with a different group of people who may be different in many ways from the readers of your blog who, in any way, must have bonded with you.

This is where studying the host blog is very important. I’m really glad that you got that message.

Thanks for the comment and the mention on twitter.

@Michael Chibuzor,

That is really something that will be of great help to all. Actually, I’m planning out something in the course of this series which I hope will bring you into the picture. Once I work out things I’ll let you know.

You’re welcomed.

@Julie,

Truly love that, it doesn’t cost a cent! And when you’re in business saving some here and others there is sure to make the pocket fatten! 🙂

Thanks for the comment.

@Gareth Morgan,

I can say I was in those shoes. I never thought of how I will want to take one of my best post and stick it up someone’s blog! But today knowing the benefits of the guest blogging I never bat an eye before giving it away!

Thanks for the comment and I hope you really set your mind to do some guest blogging in these ahead! 🙂

@Christopher Roberts,

You’re not alone on this. Most of us thought starting an online home based business was going to give us more time for everything we want to do. But that is really far from the truth. A business is a business and there’s just too much to do in a day.

The only solution, as I’m fast learning, is to have in place a plan for everything. I’m already restructuring most of my activities each day because of this. We definitely cannot add to the time we have each day but we can make better use of them!

@Harleena Singh,

The negative views I have really heard so far about guest blogging is not on the part of the guest blogger but the host blogger. There are bloggers who, seeing the value of guest blogging, have opened up their blogs for guest bloggers and now allow only the guest bloggers to provide the content while all they do is post an occasional article which most times is nothing but a product promotion. These type of bloggers are only exploiting the content of other bloggers and that is why most bloggers don’t want to guest blog since they see it as giving your best to someone else who is using it for his own gain.

But as Michael clearly pointed out, the gains on the part of the guest blogger is greater, that is, if you have a good plan of what you’re doing. Once you set your plan, you don’t have care since you will be achieving your purpose with every guest post you write.

@bjohn,

I must say I was really surprised that of recent many bloggers are beginning to talk about guest blogging. Why I’m not too surprised is that many more online marketers are getting to know the importance of content marketing and guest blogging is actually the most common among bloggers.

I actually thought of doing this series a few weeks ago. I only hope that I’ll be able to do justice to it the way it is welling up in my heart! 🙂

Thanks for the comment.

@Jeana,

It’s worth repeating that not all content is really king. Kings are meant to reign and it’s only those content that truly reign in their environment that are king! 🙂

Thanks for the comment.

@waterpearls,

Once you’re marketing online, content is the driving force. Of course today more and more people are coming to terms with this fact. Unfortunately not many people are really doing it right. This is the purpose of this series. I do hope you’ll follow it through to get the details!

@bjohn,

You’re definitely correct. As the customer online is getting better informed and intelligent at deciding what he/she wants businesses are realizing that to get more attention you need to put something good out there. Besides, gaining online visibility in the midst of the numerous options available every wise business person will of course go for the power of guest blogging.

Though it was at first some way of bloggers to build backlinks and enhance their personal brand, guest blogging is now a big way of promoting your business online no matter what that business is.

My guest blogging series is going to be a powerful contribution to the blogosphere. I do hope that other bloggers will contribute to this series through their personal experience.

@Ryan Hanley,

Yea, the only unfortunate thing is that very few bloggers and marketers are really taking advantage of this great marketing tool. I hope to use this blog series to draw some attention what any blogger can do with guest blogging. Thanks for the comment.

@Arun Singh,

You’re definitely right. And this is one of the problems that is cropping up on Pinterest. Many people are already using other people images without due credit. Besides, since most graphic online cannot be traced to any particular person because they have been circulated widely without crediting any particular person, it definitely means that copyrighting graphics will continue to be a problem.

Thanks for the comment.

@Daniel, It’s more of a problem because of the free nature of the internet. We just have to find ways like the ones listed in the article to keep these content thieves at bay.

@GADEL,

We all have that attitude. Of course the internet is free for all but courtesy demands that you give credit where necessary.

@Janet,

Ok, that was clear enough. Instead of paying monthly fees continuously, get the appliance for a one-time cost and save big $$$! 🙂

@Antonio,

thanks for the comment Antonio. Frankly, as a solopreneur the best way to go is to find a way of turning your skills and passion into a business. This way you will always enjoy the journey!

@Christopher,

That is really cool! And that point about getting products to review, that is where I see the potential in your blog. Ok, may be not now, I definitely see some day when you will begin to go for the cash! 🙂

@Christopher,

You know you surprise most times when you’re very certain that you’re not into this because of business. As I’ve written in some of my posts,any blogger can turn his/her skills into business online. I’ve also mentioned it that your blog has the potential of making good money if it is put that use. But all the same i admire your stand and thanks for wishing me googluck! 🙂

@bjohn,

Online meetings are really becoming the in-thing these days and of course I look forward to hosting mine some day! 🙂

BTW. what do you mean you have to examine your thoughts whenever you host online meetings?

@Amit Shaw,

I’m glad that this was helpful to you. You should understand that this post was part of a series on wordpress seo that ran for about 4 weeks. I suggest that you take the time to read the whole series. If you do I guarantee that you will have everything you need for basic seo implementation on your blog.

However, I’ll take a look at your and will let you know if there is any thing you can do.

@Amit Shaw,

You’re welcomed!

@books,

I will simply say when you’re not in the mood don’t push yourself. Take some time off. I do that occasionally. However, you have to be careful that it doesn’t progress into laziness that will handicap you. What i do to guide against this is to devote myself to reading a related subject. Reading gives me inspiration to write again. Simply sharing the thoughts of others in what I’m reading gives me ideas on what to write about next. So when you feel like not writing, take the time to go off and read what others have written. These could be blog posts or some real book!

@Lisa Donaho,

Unfortunately, I’ve not done any ebay selling before. But why not do a google search? You may just find enough information on how to go about it.

About selling anything online there are just some simple basic rules/tactics:

1. Know what your target market wants/needs and give them only that
2. Know who your target customer is
3. Know where to meet them
4. Know what language to use in marketing to them
5. Know what emotional buttons to press when selling to them
6. Know how to sell online. Package your product/service the right way
7. Know when to approach your prospect

Indeed there is more you should know but if you have these basics in place and work with them, selling online could be form.

@Harleena Singh,

Great, Harleena. This coming from you is sweet music to my ears! Of course as a freelace writer I understand you have to deal with just any topic. Now, this agrees with what I have said in the post. You don’t have to be passionate about the subject. As a freelance writer, you are passionate about writing. You love reading up new subjects. You love putting your own thoughts into those subjects and then bring those thoughts to live by “fleshing” them out with words!

That is the passion of a writer. Anyone who will only write about subjects he/she is passionate about can never be a freelance writer. It is where your passion is that matters.

Btw. Did you check out my offer page? Can I have your thoughts please! 🙂

@Julie,

Of course, if you have a passion for creating content and you find blogging an exciting adventure, why not? The good thing is that you will be doing what you love and getting a good income from it. For me nothing is more than that. It’s satisfaction of the highest order! 🙂

@Lee,

Yea, great minds can really have a way of touching every area of our lives. That is why simply going through this speech, struck a cord in me and I couldn’t wait to share it with the world. Thanks for stopping by.

@Sandipan Mukherjee,

Thanks for the nice words. Looking forward to seeing more of you! And just to ensure that you never miss something good here, why don’t you subscribe to our RSS feed? Just wondering, you know! 🙂

@Price per Head,

Glad to know that this was helpful. Just want to let you know that we have so much more for you. Why do you take a look at other articles on this site. you will just amazingly impressed! 🙂 And you can add us to your bookmarks too!

@Liezel,

Indeed, the internet is helping us do things in a much easier and quicker way. Thanks for the comment.

@Allentown Nightlife,

Hey, do I understand you here? Do you mean you agree with me but on a different note? What do you mean, “I differently agree with you?” Anyway, you must understand that I never disputed the fact that passion is needed to succeed. However, like you put it, you must love what you do. And this is what I’ve tried to present in the post. My stand always is, “Love what you do and not do what you love!”

@Amit Shaw,

Frankly, this is really a problem that many bloggers face. It is really a good thing to know that you’re working on this. But the fact is, it all bears down to what you want to achieve as a blogger. There is of course a minimum requirement but you don’t have to be some English language professor to become successful as a blogger.

@Sandipan Mukherjee,

Well, I’m flattered! I’ve seen your comments on various articles here and that truly shows you love what we have here. Thanks for the support and the kind words.

@Sandipan Mukherjee,

That’s good music to my ears! 🙂 It’s really an enjoyable thing to be of help. Thanks for the comment.

@peter,

It’s glad to know you find this article helpful. Thanks for the comment.

@Justin,

I’m personally also working on that. In my search I discovered that there are many software that is available for anyone. Though most of them have a price tag, some have free trial options. However, there is one I think anyone aiming for free webinars can use. It comes totally free but add supported. You can read more about it here:

http://www.anymeeting.com/

I hope this is helpful.

@BuySellWordpress,

It’s good to know that this was able to connect! 🙂 Examples are really great when it comes to passing across the message. Thanks for the comment.

@Vintage Diamond Rings,

It’s great to hear that! Would love to see more of you. Thanks for stopping by.

@Amit Shaw,

You’re welcome Amit. It’s always my pleasure to be of help.

@Linda,

It’s a pleasure to hear that. I hope you turn that positive impact to something beneficial to your business this year 2012!

@Cat Alexandra,

Lightbulb moment? Glad to hear that! I truly think that if only we can fully appreciate the power of our mind and put it to the right use we will not only astound ourselves but also help make the world better.

And about flipping the switch, it’s not really everyone that is ready for it. It’s only the prepared ones that will see the switch to flip it! 🙂

@Cat Alexandra,

I’m really glad to hear that. Connecting with other like-minded bloggers is one reason I run this blog. Though, I know many only want to drop a comment just because they want some link juice, it gives me pleasure whenever I come across those who really want to connect. Looking forward to a fruitful relationship.

@Amit,

You’re welcome. And thanks for the comment.

@Susane,

It’s my pleasure to be of help. Thanks for stopping by.

@bjohn,

I actually think everyone of us can learn from these. Whatever you vocation in life setting your mind to be of use to all will set you for life!

@Divine,

I think there have always been programs that pay you for what you know and whom you know! It only bears down to what you are looking for. I’ve been online long enough to know that expecting to make money online without any commensurate input is nothing but a wild dream. Or do you have proof that this program is different?

@Harleena Singh,

It’s really a great pleasure that you can connect with this. I’m really open to learning and so, whenever I read or listen to people like Rev. King, I always make sure I get something to keep. These lessons spoke to me and I couldn’t wait to share them with my friends.

Thanks for the comment.

@Intraday Trading Tips,

Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be glad to have you around again.

@Jesse McGreevy,

Combining facebook pages with twitter can really be very good for traffic. I think facebook pages are better when it comes to engaging with your target audience.

@Anita Richard,

Indeed, webinars do help in marketing especially these days. How exactly webinars help marketing?

I think just like the traditional offline seminars organising a webinar and asking prospects to signup for it either free or paid, depending on your subject package, is a good way of marketing your business online. Those who signup for the webinar are sure to become customers if your presentation is good enough.

@Noella Christine,

It’s glad to know you are ready to implement these ideas. To me that is the greatest joy. Thanks for the comment.

@Jesse McGreevy,

Good talk Jesse. Customer feedback will not only help you to improve on things but also help you to serve better and when you do, you build more trust and grow bigger.

And talking about feedback, may I oblige you to give me your frank assessment of my blog’s design? Take a good look at it and let me know. You may post it on this comment. I’ll appreciate if you will be frank! Looking forward to hearing from you.

@bjohn,

That’s a fact bjohn, how can you really grow your business if you do not know and apply ideas like these? Running a business most times calls for creativity and that’s what ideas like these are about. And about listening in order to serve better, business people should understand that listening is a great art. You don’t have to a crocodile – with a big mouth and no ears! Talk less but listen real good! 🙂

Thanks for the comment.

@Becca,

Thanks Becca and glad to have you visit.

@Jacob Hines,

Thanks for the encouraging words. The post is actually meant for all business people so it’s not a surprise that it spoke to you directly. My greater joy will be if you are able to pick any of these ideas and profit with it! How about that?

@Tessa,

It’s my pleasure. I do hope you do something about the info for that is the only way it can be useful to you.

@bjohn,

That’s actually a good decision to make. Remember you can only get a mango fruit from a mango tree. It is the tree that determines the fruit and not the fruit that determines the tree. To produce the right kind of fruit the tree must therefore be the right type. Make the tree good the fruit will be good.

If you’ll indeed follow through with your decision then you should expect that your fruit will indeed what you desire!

@Claire,

Is that not ironic? I mean, you agree there that the competition in some local niches at the moment is low and that it would be the right time to profit from local searches. Yet, even when you say you work in seo all you are doing is wishing that there is some trade you could market to right now!

May I encourage you that you can not make the money simply by wishing. Just as you said it is the proper time to become an authority as the competition is still low. Even if the market is small for local SEOs why don’t establish your authority now as a local SEO in those markets? Don’t you think you would be able to squeeze some gains from it? And who knows what tomorrow will bring? If you establish your authority in the market now, you may just become a big player tomorrow. Or don’t you think so?

@Adrienne,

Glad to see you again, a great 2012 to you!

I read your post it was clear that you have all these laid out for the year. Frankly, that’s the best way to go. Without doing this there will be no way to monitor your progress through the year.

You’re quite correct about things that may come up without you anticipating them. That is the truth. Making plans does not mean you have everything set on stone. We are human and are limited. We see in part and know in part. Our plans are only a part of the whole picture. I’m sure having this mindset will greatly help as you already know and anticipate these things.

@Divine,

Great talk there! Nothing can be more satisfying to bask for sometime on your own success. You’ll not only be rejoicing in achieving that goal but also telling yourself something like, “If I can do this I can also do that!” And that is a great motivator.

Thanks for the comment.

@Darci,

Passion is really a great determinant when it comes to succeeding in life. Knowing your make up is important. Don’t run your business like an employee, going through the mechanical motions every day. Inject your passion into the business and no matter what is happening you’ll love doing what you’re doing!

Thanks for adding your voice to the conversation.

@Srinivasan,

You are welcome, Srinivasan. Look forward to more from you!

@Cindy,

I quite understand your situation. This is just the same reason why many people will not “waste” time to plan at the beginging of the year!

But letting the fear of disappointment to stop you from planning is like saying there is lion is in the streets and therefore you will not do what you should do.

However, the idea of baby steps in achieving your goals will greatly help. That is actually the best way of doing it. Sit down and decide on what you will want to achieve for the year. Then working with that in mind, segment it into smaller units and work to achieve the smaller (baby plans) units within certain time frame!

If you work that way, by the end of the year you will discover you have achieved you over all goal!

Thanks for your comment.

@Jesse,

The truth is success begins with YOU but many people waste their running around looking for solutions outside themselves. This year my resolve is to work more on myself so that I can be the better person I want to be.

Thanks for the comment and best of the year to you!

@Sergio Felix,

Hey, you have really made some very good and insightful comments on the subject of social media here. The truth is that right now, social media is more in connection with marketing than networking. 99% of those using the social media sites are there more for marketing than networking. This is the more reason why there are more of marketing pitches on these sites than real discussions!

It will interest you to know that it’s only a few (just like you) who are on the social media sites without a monetary gain in mind. I must also say that your point about understanding “properly what is leisure time from what is actual work” is really a great insight to succeeding with this social media of a thing.

If you’re able to differentiate this two areas and work on them with the right mindset, it will go a long way to helping one avoid being sucked in by the noise going on in the social media sites.

Thanks for such an insightful comment.

@bjohn,

Continuous learning is the only way to keep abreast of what is happening in your area of focus. Stop learning and you’ll be left behind! Thanks for the comment.

@Cindy,

That of course is very instructive. This is really the problem of our word today. When in the guise of personal rights we are undermining the rights of the generality of the people, we really need to again look up the meaning of liberty! Thanks for the comment.

@Sylviane Nuccio,

You definitely must have some emotional attachment to this then! Great speeches like this have moved men to do great things and the fact that they are immortal, ringing down the corridors of time, is something that really touches me. Thanks for the good words about my work here. Appreciate!

@Gregg,

You’re definitely right there. I fell into that situation and I’m still trying to work my way out it. Maria’s tips are really helpful to me.

@Darci,

And that progress is something that we can look up to. Google has already given us a powerful way of meeting online using video chat, what they called hangout on Google+. With this we can really be in different continents and still meet real time. And I see more of these in the days ahead. Our technology is moving at light years indeed!

@Annie,

Oh yes, and you know it’s only the dead that do not grow. If you want to stay green, you must continue to learn and, of course, grow!

@Better Business Tax Debt Relief,

One great lesson we must learn in life is that when you stop learning you stop growing. That is true whether you’re a business or an individual! Thanks for the comment.

@DiNaRa,

Must say I’m glad to have you around once again. Thanks for adding your voice to the conversation.

One thing I’ve learned is to always begin with the end in mind. This way you can be able to set out steps that will take you to that “end.” It’s just like taking a trip, you need to know where you’re going and the purpose so that you’ll be able to know what you should take with you and what route to take.

@Adrienne,

The simple way to really understand Google is to look at them from the angle of a search engine and a marketing outfit. Everything they do is done from that angle. All the tools and resources they give away to us to help us with our online marketing, is all done with the mind of helping them better understand the market and then place them in a better position to further dominate the search engine niche. I think I can see them applying just what you mentioned in your post about building a successful business, help as many people as you can and you’ll succeed 🙂 Google know that secret very well and they are using it to their advantage.

When G+ was launched and many bloggers were writing about the rivalry between Google+ and Facebook, wanting to know which will dominate the social media market, I wrote a post and made it clear that the competition is not about Google+ and Facebook but Google as a business entity against Facebook and I said then that it will all work out for a better experience for all of us. Here’s that post:

http://webincomejournal.com/3753/google-plus-vs-facebook.html

I think we are now really seeing Google’s plan gradually unveiling. I believe there is still more to come.

@Marco Eitel,

G.A.S.P. is truly awesome. I was only concerned when I began to see some funny comments even while using it. However, I’ve come to allow it do the work the best way it can! 🙂

@Joseph,

Oh, thanks for the comment. I’ve truly found the quote valuable and just can’t help sharing it all!

@BuySellWordpress, You’re definitely right. Unfortunately not many are seeing it in this light. Many who believe you don’t need seo to generate traffic will continue to ignore this powerful combination.

Ok, there’s really no dispute about Google being the grand daddy of search!

@Internet Marketing Service India, the secret of social media success is truly in the popularity you can create by it. It’s as your reach widen with your social media activities that you reap the benefits. Thanks for the comment.

@free radicals,

Thanks for the good words. I’m pleasure is that you have gained something from our contribution here. Will be glad to see you again.

@Removal Companies,

Indeed, the issues of virus and other spam activities could be frustrating when using the social media sites. However, with the recent happenings with the search engines, ingoring social media in your business marketing suicidal. I’ve just done a post on this. Follow the link referenced on the commentluv link to read it.

@Cassy,

I think your idea have some weight in it! Googling top 10 selling products sounds like a quick way of determining what is selling right now. In that wise I think you will be positioning yourself to sell what the market already wants. Great idea!

@Sell My Car,

I indeed agree with you that doing a good research is neccsary. However, I don’t think you need to spend months for that research. But taking the two comments together I think we can use the ideas expressed to find a buying market and profit with it.

Thank for sharing your thoughts.

@Andrea Clark,

I do hope you find it useful. Will be glad if you can update me about it!