Blogging Business Strategy

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Blogging is really quite a phenomenon. Anybody can be “published” internationally on the Internet with a blog - but that doesn’t guarantee you readers. What is the strategy that successful bloggers use to make money online?

Today on Get More Business Podcast we’ll be discussing a strategy that many Internet Marketers use when developing an income producing blog.

Here’s a list of some of the basic steps to get started:

Research - Before you do anything at all you need to do some research on whether or not people are shopping for what you want to offer. Terry Dean has a great report that is available for only $10 that will describe a method and several sources for researching and choosing slam dunk markets.

Secure a domain name and hosting - The host that I trust for my domain registration and reliable hosting is a company called My Small Business Website. Their prices are reasonable - less than $10 to register a domain and just under $4 a month to host - that’s less than a Mocha Frappechino from Starbucks! Their customer service is friendly and available 24/7. I almost never talk to customer service or tech support - only because I almost never have a problem! The website hosting package includes a free WordPress Blog that can be installed for you - you just need to customize and fill it with content!

Create a 30 Day Plan for creating content and promoting your blog. This is not my idea. I subscribe to Terry Dean’s Monthly Mentor Club. This monthly printed publication is a wealth of information. It’s the best $20 I spend each month.

Following are practices that you will need to do repeatedly to create an income producing blog:

• Research Long Tail Keywords for your market - this is important to get found on the Internet.
• Post comments on complimentary blogs and forums
• Write relevant blog posts - write ahead for the whole week!
• Turn your blog posts in to Articles and submit to other publishers and bloggers
• Submit your best posts to Blog Carnivals
• Write and Submit Press Releases
• Interview guests to create products and or blog posts
• Create and upload video

Your success will be in consistency. Don’t abandon Your blog! We’ll talk more about this on the show!

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Click to listen to today’s show in talkshoe player or download mp3 - I give TONS of information that you can begin using immediately to create a blogging business strategy.

For a more structured training I recommend that you participate in Anik Singal and Rosalind Gardner’s Blog Classroom. Read here for more resources.

coaching to play big and win big - April 9, 2008

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Welcome to the April 17, 2008 edition of coaching to play big and win big.

Anya Portnik presents Selling in a recession, podcast #1 posted at Gavin Ingham.

Anya Portnik presents Why repetition is the key to improving your sales performance and your sales results posted at Gavin Ingham.

Anya Portnik presents Motivational speaker Gavin Ingham interviews goal setting expert Andy Smith posted at Gavin Ingham.

Edith presents Are You Compromising Yourself? posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Carol Bentley presents Results are in. . . lessons to learn. . . posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “Results are in…lessons to learn..”

Ask Matt presents Why Using No WWW Can Boost Your Pagerank posted at BlogTactics.com, saying, “No www boosts pagerank”

Ask Matt presents RealTraffic Exchange Widget Gets Targeted Traffic posted at IM & Affiliate Marketing Product Testing, saying, “RealTraffic Exchange Widget Gets Targeted Traffic”

Mattg presents Do You Get Twitter? posted at Matt Garrett, saying, “Twitter is really a fast growing community site and providing a good environemnt to interacting with people of same thinking or business line. So, go and get a twitter, now.”

Ed Rivis presents Don’t run your Internet Business like these guys. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “How not to run your internet business”

Edith presents Free Live Call with Marketing Guru Seth Godin - Meatball Sundae (April 9th) Hosted by SFentrepreneur posted at San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Community That Connects You With Entrepreneurs Around You.

Stephen Dean presents Positive Thinking Is Worth Less… posted at Stephen Dean’s Copywriting And Internet Advertising Blog - Copywriter.

Anya Portnik presents The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales training tips from the hit TV show, Part I posted at Gavin Ingham.

Praveen presents Business Skills of a Basketball Coach posted at My Simple Trading System.

ITAKEOFFTHEMASK presents Mastering Life Transitions is the Key to Happiness and Success posted at itakeoffthemask.com, saying, “You’ve reached a career dead-end, how do you make a job transition? Your heart was broken into a million pieces, how do you survive the days ahead? You’re migrating into another country, how do you face the challenges before you? How do you survive the transition?

Surviving difficult life transitions is one of the most important things we need to know if we desire to live a full and meaningful life. We may not have noticed it, but transition follows us the moment we were born ’til the moment we die. First, we make the transition from childhood to adolescence, from adolescence to adulthood. Then we make the transition from single life to married life, from an active career into retirement.. In between are many other difficult transitions challenging us, sometimes ripping our very hearts apart that we know not how on earth we’re ever going to survive.”

Carol Bentley presents Writing to your audience posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “Writing to your audience”

Ed Rivis presents The correct course of action for online success. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “The correct course of action for online success”

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Rules: science and practice posted at SharpBrains, saying, “”If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle.”"

Heather Johnson presents 10 Simple Ways to Create a Productive Work Environment posted at Flipping Heck! Productivity, Technology and Motivation blog.

Karl Goldfield presents Training: Habits for Success | The Sales Coach, The Sales Blog posted at Karl Goldfield.

Business

Woody Maxim presents The Fear of Loss posted at Woody Maxim.

Vee presents Community Role in your Success posted at Polishing the Pearl Blog, saying, “Al Betz is a national speaker, author of “Polishing the Pearl,” and has been a court reporter for nearly 40 years. Al knows how to coach and how to be coached. Al was the official court reporter for the John Hinckley, Jr., trial for the shooting of President Ronald Reagan, the breakup of AT&T, and so many more high-profile legal trials. He is simply electrifying as a nationwide speaker. I hope you enjoy this article. Feel free to visit us any time.”

Rolf F. Katzenberger presents 3 steps to your Personal Mission Statement posted at Evomend | Timeless resources for personal organization., saying, “Do you need a Personal Mission Statement? What for? If you do it well, the statement will give you orientation, identity, decision support and sound relationships. It takes only 3 steps.”

Coaching

Brendan Brewster presents Self improvement advice and coaching posted at Not Just Another Internet Business Success Journey, saying, “Coaching plays an important role in fully realizing the potential of life’s opportunities.”

SJ Yee presents Time Management for Lazy People posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart, saying, “Time is Money. Here’s a detailed summary of the key concepts in the time management lecture by Randy Pausch… You can skim through it to get the points you need…”

Michael Walsh presents The Top 6 Ways to Add Fun and Grow Your Business posted at Business Growth, saying, “Attached is an article that discusses the two main reasons you want to add fun to your business and how to accomplish this.”

Brad Trnavsky presents Self-reflect, Recharge, and Redirect for Success in 2008 - Sales Management 2.0 posted at Sales Management 2.0 - Featured Blog Posts, saying, “A great article about how to determine where you are and where you want to be.”

Karl Goldfield presents Training: Coaching vs. Managing | The Sales Coach, The Sales Blog posted at Karl Goldfield.

Rebecca Suzanne Dean presents How To Write Your First Paragraph posted at Rebecca Dean.

Joshua C. Karlin presents Fundraising Ideas - Identification posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Alex M presents Increasing Online Entrepreneur Profit: What to Sell on the Internet? posted at We talk on making money on the Internet.

Todd Goldfarb presents How To Find Your True Purpose posted at We The Change, saying, “I am a coach in NYC that talks a LOT about Purpose with clients. Here is a great piece that explains my philosophy if looking on the inside as opposed to relying on external factors. Enjoy!”

Mark Riffey presents Be the Google of your market niche posted at Business is Personal.

Robert Phillips presents Lessons Learned from The General posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Marcus Hochstadt presents Think And Grow Big posted at Marcus Hochstadt.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of coaching to play big and win big using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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New Edition “Coaching to Play Big and Win Big” Blog Carnival

Calling all Coaches!

Join me in a Blog Carnival. Generate some traffic and tell the world about your Mission in Coaching.

Deadline for Submissions Mar 29, 2008 at 9 pm Pacific
Publishing Scheduled for Mar 31, 2008

Blog Sumission Form Here

Write on a topic that describes

• a relentless need for Coaching
• being in a Coaching experience
• share why someone would want to be Coached
• how having a Coach has made all the difference

Let’s have some fun! Posts can be humorous, serious, spiritual, or just down-to-earth practical.

First Ever “Coaching to Play Big and Win Big” Blog Carnival

I just discovered blog carnivals (Thank you Terry Dean). Blog Carnivals are a terriffic way to:

• Interact with the blogging community and other professionals
• Generate and exchange traffic
• Entertain new and creative ideas
• Create a virtual “master mind” on a particular topic

Today’s participants and subjects are diverse - mostly business related with a sprinkling of personal development.

Let’s begin!

Welcome to the March 17, 2008 edition of coaching to play big and win big.

Thank you to everyone that participated!

Steven Chang presents 100 Ways To Explode Your Info-Product Income! posted at Passive Income Online.

Mike King presents Being Humble: Action Steps to be More Humble posted at Learn This, saying, “A good coach does so not by forcing others, but by being a humble leader while providing the communication needed to coach others. This articles outlines what it takes to be more humble.”

Steve Oliphant presents Stop Gambling with Your Future and Start Making Money posted at Steve Oliphant’s Musings.

Covert Hypnotist presents What Exactly Is Hypnosis? posted at Conversational & Covert Hypnosis Blog, saying, “Hypnosis entails more than just the trance-like state you see depicted in many movies and television shows, it is a deep and complicated relationship held between the hypnotist and the subject that comes complete with a desired set of goals to achieve.”

Steven Lohrenz presents Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Badly posted at Steven Lohrenz, saying, “Being bad at something is where everyone starts. It’s perfectly ok to be bad at something.”

Brad Trnavsky presents Managing Underperformers to Sales Success - Sales Management 2.0 posted at Sales Management 2.0 - Featured Blog Posts.

Brad Trnavsky presents What Monkeys Teach us… - Sales Management 2.0 posted at Sales Management 2.0 - Featured Blog Posts.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Coaching to Play Big and Win Big using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.