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Small Business: Free Blogs For Better Traffic
| Guest post by: Charly Leetham |
Article Overview: Blogs are effective for traffic generation and profiling, simply because they get updated. When you add a post to a blog (an article, if you like) - most blogging engines will automatically tell the blogging directories about the new content (including Google). These automatic updates make it a lot easier (and eventually quicker) for your content to be indexed (appear in the Search Engines) and found by people searching for your keywords.
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Small Business: Free Blogs For Better Traffic
Without a doubt, blogs and blogging are popular - and they're used in a variety of different of ways.
Some people use blogs simply for journaling and sharing their writing; others use blogs to publish material; a well planned blog can be used for income generation and... a blog can also be used as a method of traffic generation and profiling for your website.
It is this last point that we are going to focus on - and discuss why using a free blog can be effective.
First - blogs are effective for traffic generation and profiling, simply because they get updated. When you add a post to a blog (an article, if you like) - most blogging engines will automatically tell the blogging directories about the new content (including Google). These automatic updates make it a lot easier (and eventually quicker) for your content to be indexed (appear in the Search Engines) and found by people searching for your keywords.
Having a blog under your own domain name is really must and all of your primary material should be on this site.... however, you can use free blogs - like URBlogged.com - to help the indexing and Search Engine ranking process.
As free blogs are used by many people, they are constantly being updated with new material - and what do search engines love most? FRESH CONTENT. You can take advantage of this by posting content that links back to your blog or website on these sites - and it isn't difficult.
Judicious posting of content to free blogs will increase your reach to your Target Audience. Here are a few tips on how you can easily use a free blog to your benefit:
- Register your free blog name using your primary keywords. Your blog name (and url) will then become yourkeywords.urblogged.com - this is a great start for Search Engine Optimization.
- Always post your main article or blog post to your primary blog first - assuming your site is indexed relatively quickly, your site generally becomes the ‘authority' for the material
- Take your article, and modify it so that it is different. Some simple ways to change your content include:
* Changing the introduction and conclusion paragraphs
* If you have a Top 10 Tips style article, share the 3 best tips in the article you share on your free blog
* Instead of posting the full article, post an audio or video with your talking your post - Post your article on your free blog, and link back to your main site. When linking, make sure you use your keywords as your linking text (using 2 links in every 100 words is generally acceptable).
- Before publishing your article, include an ‘About The Author' section at the bottom of your post. This section can be your profile and a Call To Action to send readers back to your main blog or site to get more information.
If you can aim to post one new article a week to your free blog(s), you should see a marked improvement in the traffic to your website....
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About the Author: Charly Leetham RSS for Charly's articles - Visit Charly's website Charly's expertise has been developed throughout her career that exceeds 24 years. Initially as a hands on 'tech' in the Electronics and Communications Industry (before the IT Industry even existed) and later as a Sales Person, Client Relationship Manager and Contract Manager managing business for employers. In 2004, Charly left her steady, 6 figure a year job to follow her dream of becoming a small business entrepreneur. Her journey has taken her from Retail Store Franchisee, through financial turbulence to a steady and comfortable Home Based Business. Charly shares the experience, the challenges, the realisations and the lessons that she has learnt during her journey to Home Business Entrepreneur. In addition, Charly is Wishlist Member Certified and is one of a few online business professionals who are recommended by the creators of the Wordpress Wishlist Membership Plugin to consult, install and configure Wordpress based Membership and Community Sites.Click here to visit Charly's website   Shopping Cart Independant Affiliate Programs The Power Is In The Follow Up Just how does Analysis Paralysis or avoidance issues affect you in your business Small Business The Power Of Press Releases Solopreneurs What Makes You A Solopreneur |
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I'm helping start up a Business Coaching and Consulting company here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a Subsidiary of RSC Business in Los Angeles).
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If you would like to have this short 20-30 minute interview conducted on your Business and you reside in North America please send me an email or PM.
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