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Blogging: Internet Marketing Magic

Written by: Jamaal Abdul-Ali

Article Overview: Blogging is one of the most effective marketing strategies online and every serious internet marketer should have one...

Blogging: Internet Marketing Magic

Copyright © 2009 Jamaal Ali

Internet Marketers are always looking for ways to drive traffic to their website, landing page, product and or service. If not they should be.

Many are spending hundreds even thousands per month on pay per click and other forms of paid marketing strategies to reach their targeted

market and desired audience. One of my colleagues, who is a multiple seven figure earner spent $225k last year. By far , one of the most

effective strategies out there and one many marketers don't seem to get is BLOGGING. Blogging has many advantages and benefits, the one

factor that makes it so powerful is it's free. Free marketing, what could be better than that. If you're blogging for profit you will want to have

your blog self hosted so that you maintain ownership of the content and the ever so valuable list of prospective clients you attract, in this case

you will pay a nominal monthly fee ranging from $6.95 to $16.95 in most cases depending on the additional bells and whistles. Other than that

your only other expenditure will be you time and creativity.

Marketing your self, your product, your service, your message online has never been easier or more productive, if your product or service doesn't

limit you to the local market place then the entire world is your market. Little wonder why fortune 100-5oo companies, minor and major

newspapers, roofing companies, sports organizations as well as the average Joe & Jane Blow are jumping on the bandwagon. Unlike a

traditional website, and, a blog really is nothing more than a website, you can interact with your audience and they with you through the

comment function. In this internet marketing social media universe blogging is king.

Your readers can communicate directly with you, carry on a conversation and essentially turn your blog into a community, and, for internet

marketers there's nothing sweeter than having your own loyal legion of fans to market to. Blogs by their nature have a greater level of trust

because of it's conversational style, it's a two way street, a natural communication tool that allows you to create and environment where people

become to know like and trust you, where you become an authority, and expert on your chosen topic. Again, music to your marketing ears.

If you are still reading this chances are you are currently a internet marketer or contemplating being one and usually for the purpose of

generating income, understand, just like it's predecessor, the traditional website, you can't just build it and expect them to come. You have to

attract them by gaining attention. On the internet, attention and traffic are synonymous terms, and, to get traffic you need only do two

things. First and foremost, last and not least, always and forever, you MUST write good content, content that adds value to you readers

experience, period, end of story. The other indispensable ingredient is marketing, it's how people will find your

great content. It should be noted here that no matter how stellar your marketing effort, when people find you, if your content is not good, if it

is not informative and adds no value they're never,ever coming back. On the flip side, if you've done it right then chances are you have a reader, a friend and a

potential customer for life.

So, let's recap, since a internet marketer is always looking for ways to get traffic, blogging is one of the most effective tools you have and its

free. People buy from people they know like and trust, no better way to establish this than with a blog. As a marketer, you want to establish

yourself as an authority, a expert, giving your reader what he/she needs, without doubt blogging does this. You want to create a community of

loyal followers eager to read your next post, open to your suggestions and ultimately buying from you. Mission accomplished, happy blogging.

This is the first in a series of 7 articles about the art and magic of blogging and why you should be doing it to increase your exposure, traffic and bottom

line. Stay tuned...

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