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Hello Max Pro’ers,

The 2nd part to my last last Blog Tips post!

As we discussed last time, there are many things you can do for your business by blogging.

Again, a Blog is one of the simplest and most effective ways to catalog your business.

I’d like to share from my own personal Blogging experience.

For a couple of years I maintained a personal Blog about my life, the things I did, and the thoughts I had.  It was a lot of fun at times, even when I felt like I had to post, but didn’t feel like it.  Sometimes I would sit tapping my fingers wondering how to word my thoughts.  And at other times Blog posts would just fly off my fingers 2-3 times a day.  I learned as I went and met all kinds of cool people from around the world.

That’s the thing about Blogs-  the world is a smaller place.  You get to connect to other people on different levels.  Whether I was posting about sitting in rush-hour traffic or about the latest political elections, people responded.  I would check out their Blogs and comment on their posts as well.  Before you know it I was making friends and acquaintances 2-3 levels deep, and sometimes more!   Simply by posting on my Blog on relevant and semi-relevant topics of the day hundreds of people viewed my blog, left comments, and kept the dialogue going.  There was a stretch where maintaining my personal blog felt like a part-time job!  The amount of people you can connect to is mind-boggling.

Through my personal Blogging experience I’ve seen what being active online can do.   I discovered new thoughts and ideas, new music and art, and even made true-real life friends through my old Blog.   It’s a really powerful medium, and it can be just as effective and important for a business.  Even yours!

Now for a few tips that I’ve learned.

Blog Tips and Tricks.

-  Write now. Can’t over emphasize this!

-  Be relevant.   With my personal blog at times I was accidently relevant.  But by being relevant to your topic or niche you can really build traffic and communication with readers/customers.

-  Be consistent.   Don’t let more than a few days go by without posting.  If you post daily, post daily.  If bi-weekly, bi-weekly.  Readers/customers will anticipate your regular updates.  As will search engines!

-   Respond. Can’t repeat this tip too much either!  Sometimes you can be buried under an avalanche of comments, and that’s okay.  Try to respond as much as you can and keep the convo going.  People love to talk about things they’re interested in, especially if they’re interested in your product or service.

-  Link. Link, link, link, link, link.   It’s always important to link to other sites.  Your sales site, other sites of your company, customers sites, business-related sites, even random sites that you talk about.  For example, if you’re discussing a topic you can mention Wikipedia.org about the topic for the reader to find more information.   People, and search engines, love links.  The more you link, the more backlinks to your Blog and site you may find.

Another trick is just to write the post.  I took my ideas I had for this Quick Tips and Tricks series and began this post.  More ideas popped in my head, and this entry turned out a little longer (and better I hope!) than I intended.  Another beneficial aspect of constant Blogging.   You get used to it, and you find yourself easily writing posts!

For more on blogging check out Posts By Larry for excellent content and strategy.

Until next time,

Good Blogging!

- Ryan Travis, Blogger and Social Marketer

www.maxprosystem.com