Blog commenting is something I personally don’t do enough of.
In my case, it is partially due to time constraints, however many bloggers simply don’t realize the benefits to blog commenting.
Here are some benefits to blog commenting that may change your opinion about doing it in the future.
- One of the main reasons to comment on other people’s blogs is simply to make friends.
Blogging is basically a networking activity and people who have heard about you or your blog, are more likely to link to you. Get acquainted with people. Make friends and they will return the favor.
- Blog commenting is the proper thing to do.
People who complain about not getting enough comments on their blogs, are usually the ones who don’t bother commenting on other people’s blogs. Practice the golden rule of sorts. Treat other bloggers like you would like to be treated. Give someone an “attaboy” and they will likely return the favor.
- A very good reason for blog commenting is to get clicks.
It’s a simple fact that most people will click your link just to see what else you’re writing about.
- Blog commenting will gradually teach you what works to attract comments from other bloggers. By observing the posts you commented on, or didn’t; you can gain an understanding of how to create your own commentable content.
- When you comment on a regular basis, you will gradually train yourself to find the main points of interest in a story. This benefits you when writing your own content.
- Blog commenting can develop ideas that can be expanded into your own blog posts. It helps you create interesting content.
- You never know who is reading your blog comments. You can make comments on blogs you would never believe anyone would pay much attention to, that could develop into business associations, or even partnerships.
- I’ve learned through life that you get what you give. Call it karma or whatever, but the fact remains that if you spend some time on blog commenting, you will get more comments in return. Try it for yourself and see how it works out for you!
- Regular blog commenting will improve your writing skills. The more you practice writing short, quick, precise comments that create an impact, the better a writer you will become.
- Blog commenting on new blogs will give you a fresh perspective.
You can get into a “rut” when you hang out with the same crowd, and listen to the same ideas being repeatedly bounced around.
Get out of your “rut” or “comfort zone”, and start commenting on new blogs every day to get some new ideas and learn different ways of looking at things.
Blog commenting on fresh blogs will jostle your creative juices, spark new ideas, make new contacts, open up new opportunities, and attract more new subscribers to your website than you can imagine.
Blog commenting is not only about whats on your mind, it’s also about joining in on the conversation, reaching out to others, exposing yourself, and exchanging new ideas.
Anyone getting started with email marketing knows that the most compelling issue facing them, is building a targeted email list of subscribers.
You can argue whether or not building your list the MOST important issue, however you certainly can’t deny that it is the most pressing email marketing issue.
If you have no subscribers to your list, it really doesn’t matter how good your content or your offers are. No one will see them!
Since the majority of newcomers that are just getting started with email marketing simply want to know how to get people onto their list; let’s start there.
Getting started with email marketing seems difficult at first, but is really quite simple once you get past the initial fear and decide to just DO IT.
- First, spend a little bit of money and get a really good email service.
As with most things in life, you get what you pay for, so for getting started with email marketing, I recommend getting a good service that is reliable, easy to work with, and can handle your growing list.
My favorite email marketing provider is Aweber however you can do a Google search to find other email marketing providers, and do a comparison for yourself.
- Next, after you have your email marketing account; you need to add a new list, give it an appropriate name, select a sign up form of your liking, get the HTML code, and paste it into your website preferably above the fold.
This sign up form is critical to your list, so do it right. It’s the only way you can get email subscribers through your website.
Aweber offers several style forms you can choose from, so you can play around with them until you find what suits you but whatever you do, don’t break the form submission. The last thing you want to do is lose subscribers.
You have now finished the basics, and are getting started with email marketing in earnest.
It’s not good enough to just have a sign up form on your website; you need to give people a valid reason to sign up!
The main reason why people don’t subscribe to an email list, is because the site owners don’t explain to them why they should.
- Don’t just say “Subscribe Here”, or “Click Here”. Tell people about your list and explain to them what they can expect when they subscribe.
- Give people a reason to subscribe to your list. Explain the subscription benefits.
- Make your sign up form easy to fill in. At a minimum ask for their email address; you can ask for their first name, but even that is not necessary unless you want to personalize your follow up messages. Don’t ask them to fill in a census form!
- Place your sign up form in a prominent location where will stand out and immediately catch your visitor’s eye. Reference your sign up form in your left side bar, under individual posts, in your subscription page, and even in your content when you can fit it in.
- Tell your subscribers that there is NO CHARGE, and that you are not a spammer. Don’t assume that your visitors know you won’t sell their information. Let them know that it is safe and free to sign up.
Although this seems like common sense, many people just assume that their would be subscribers will automatically realize the benefits of subscribing to their email list.
This is NOT the case. You’ll get more sign ups if your make it obvious, beneficial and easy for them to sign up.
You’ll get more sign ups when you make it easy, obvious, and beneficial.
Getting people on to your list is the hardest part of getting started with email marketing.
- Now you need to learn how to sell your list.
- A free ebook, audio recording, video tutorial, auto-responder series or anything of real value is a good incentive for people to sign up.
- Premium content, discount offers, sale coupons, special deals, and other exclusive offers also provide a good incentive.
- Provide a list that is so compelling that your readers will not be able to wait for the next issue. Make it worth their while and you won’t regret it.
As long as your subscribers are paying with their email addresses and give you their permission to talk to them; you need to make it worth their time.
The more generous you are giving your FREE information to your subscribers, the more they will look forward to your email offerings.
Getting started with email marketing is easy if you follow these simple suggestions.
AdSense is a legitimate way to make money online without spending a cent if you do it correctly.
Although affiliate programs are right up there with the best ways to make money online; AdSense is not far behind.
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AdSense is relatively easy to set up and you can begin making money as soon as you direct some traffic to your website or blog.
Even if you have no knowledge of HTML, you can still make money with AdSense by creating a Hub Page or Blogger Blog, writing about subjects that are of interest to you and your target audience, and funneling some traffic to your site.
If you really want to start making a legitimate income with AdSense, create a number of websites and blogs that are specifically targeted to high paying keyword niche topics.
- First, think about your topic.
If you are completely void of ideas, try typing “AdSense niche” into a Google search.
Then, to enable you to write content more easily, pick a topic that you are interested in or would like to learn more about.
- Next, after you have found an AdSense niche you are interested in; use some of the many free keyword tools to do your keyword research.
Wordtracker and SEOBook, both have keyword tools you can use to research your niche, and find keywords that people search for that have little or low competition.
- Next you can check the keywords you come up with, by entering them into a Google search.
This will show you how many websites match your keyword. You can usually get better results from your searches, by placing your keywords in parentheses.
- To make money with AdSense without spending a cent, you can set up a free website that has all the features of paid hosting with 000webhost.
000Webhost is a private service that provides free web hosting. They offer their free members up to 1500MB of web space, 100GB data transfer per account, email forwarding, domain hosting, php, and unlimited mysql databases which is perfect for WordPress.
000Webhost allows you to build multiple websites in one account, and multiple sub domains.
- You can even get a free .co.cc domain name from www.co.cc if you are really strapped for cash.
- You can get free traffic to your AdSense site, by using social bookmarking sites.
- Get more free traffic using the best of web 2.0 and use free directories by using Directory Submitter.
It takes some time to setup and acquire good quality content for your AdSense site, and sometimes a bit longer to make any money; but when you build a network of targeted niche websites or blogs with good content, your AdSense earnings will add up quickly.
For example, if you make about a dollar a day on your AdSense site; that’s alright to start with. You can then set a goal to create a new quality AdSense website every week.
When you get to around 30 quality websites, and each one earns about a dollar a day; that comes out to $ 30 per day or $900. a month.
As your websites get older, your traffic increases, and you build more links to each site, you can expect to earn more than just a dollar a day from your AdSense ads. You could be earning $5. a day from each website, which equates to $150. per day, or $4500. per month.
You can further monetize each website by including affiliate programs into the mix.
