Today we’re going to talk about blog posting. We’ve talked before about how Max Pro co-creator Mike Antoni is a huge believer in blogging. We have a great blogging package that we sell by the way if you’re interested. But anyways, Mike believes that blogging is necessary for the success of your online business. He says it as a great way to build a loyal customer base and to drive traffic to your site.
But what we haven’t talked about before is the necessity of blog commenting. Commenting on other people’s blogs can be a great way to advertise your business opportunity and generate traffic for your site.
Here are some basic steps that you can follow to get you started:
1.) Establish a list of keywords to work from.
- You’re going to want to choose keywords that are home business oriented. Like work from home, build your own online business, etc…
2.) Plug your keywords into Google to generate a list of blogs for you to visit.
3.) Set a goal to visit at least 5 blogs a day
4.) Once at the blog read the posts and get a general feel for the blog. Make sure your biz opp would be welcome there.
5.) Create a signature that includes your website link in it and a brief blurb about your opportunity
6.) Thoughtfully respond to a blog post with an insightful comment. Don’t hard sell. Let your blog signature do the selling for you.
Keep at it and in no time you’ll have a variety of back links established that will generate traffic for you and your website!
Let’s talk a little bit about blogging. Max Pro system co-creator Mike Antoni is a die hard believer in blogging. He thinks it’s not only a fantastic way to drive traffic to your site but it’s also a great way to build up your list.
To drive traffic to your site you want to blog frequently. Blogs are updated and ranked more easily in Google then a regular website. So the more you update the better your ranking. You also want to make your blog posts as keyword rich as possible. This will also increase your ranking.
So remember to have a good set of keywords that your targeting before you start blogging.
In order to build a list off your blog what you want to do is offer a free giveaway that a potential customer would opt-in to receive. This can be something simple like a free report. Once the customer has opted in now you have the opportunity to relationship build with them which will increase your sales potential.
One further note; remember to choose a keyword rich URL for better Google rankings.
I write about four articles a week for my business ventures and one a week for my hobby blog. If you were writing anywhere from 8-25 articles per month, how would it feel if you got your writing done in a couple of days. Pick days when you can write uninterrupted for 4-5 hours. 2. Write offline–the idea is to give your full concentration to your writing. Writing offline will keep you away from email, Twitter, IMs and the like.
3. Pre-determine your article topics.
Just sit down before your writing session (or at the beginning of the month, or whenever), and start brainstorming article topics. Choose topics from that list for your articles. This saves bunches of time, since one of the hardest things is coming up with ideas of what to write about. Google researching topics, helps me a lot.
4. Come up with an informal outline before you really start writing–this makes things progress faster.
5. Keep snacks handy.
We are all capable of sitting for 4-5 hours and working on a project, but I know that if we start to get hungry, we have a need to eat. And we get up to go to the kitchen to get something to eat, then it may be a while before we get back to our desk. The solution in staying focused on the task at hand, is to keep snacks within reach–tea/coffee on the desk, pretzels, anything that we can quickly pick up and eat/drink.
6. Set word count limits/goals.
This is so important. Most article directories that are worth using, require a minimum of 250 to 450 word-count article. If you don’t have a limit on how long your article will be, you can write and write and write and take up all 5 hours just on one article! For most of us it is easy to write 300-500 word articles once we get a little practice with goal setting,
Here are some benefits of this “Batch” writing: *Writing for an extended period of time gives you the chance to get on a roll–one article spawn another article idea. Realize that one idea can be too big to cover in just one article and you can neatly transition into your next article continuing the thoughts of the previous one. Writing “on a roll” this way can help give your articles a sense of cohesion–one builds on the next, rather than just being a series of one-offs.
*You will be working more efficiently if you “batch process” things.
You aren’t constantly being pulled away to do other things, so you get whatever activity you’re working on done more quickly. This batching method is really geared toward completion of tasks.
*It is just plain satisfying to crank out several articles in a day. What a feeling of accomplishment!
*You can relax more.
When you know you will be writing 4 or so articles on your designated day, it frees you to relax and complete some fun ventures with family or friends.
I would just like to take a few moments to discuss SEO optimization. Did you know that your URL is very important in how Google ranks your site?
When you joined Max Pro you had to register your own domain name. But the question is did you register a smart one?
When picking a domain it’s important to think in terms of not only SEO but in terms of natural memory as well.
For instance, when it comes to SEO optimization for your MAX PRO site choosing a URL with keywords in the address would be vital. For MAX PRO words like what follows would be appropriate:
- make money from home
- home based business
- get rich from home
The business opportunity world is very competitive. So you will probably have to spend some time playing around with different words and options until you find an available URL.
Also, when it comes to natural memory you want to pick a URL that makes sense to your customer base, something that is easy for them to remember. The above URL examples I gave both make sense to the user and would be good for GOOGLE. But as another example if you ran a business that sold candied apples over the internet you would want to choose a URL like: sendmecandiedcapples.com.
So take some time and create some great keyword rich URLs. If you are using the Priceless software system you are allowed to have different URLs attached to the same account. The same is true if you are using Cool Net Web Hosting services.
What do I mean? Have you ever wished you had the foresight to see how big Microsoft or Google would be. How about Coca Cola or Walmart? While timing isn’t everything, it sure does help! Even Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, is bullish on direct selling, especially during a slowing economy. On a recent TV show he said, “Direct selling is a great model…with high gross margins, low capital intensity, lots of free cash flow,” It’s a fragmented industry with gigantic room for growth.” This is a good time of the year to do a pre-holiday marketing campaign – the timing is right!
Let’s talk keywords. Do you have keywords that you’re currently using to market your business and drive traffic to your page?
If not, you should.
Keywords are vital to internet marketing and all successful online ventures. So how do you get keywords? Your keywords should be unique to you. They should be tried and tested. And they should be what you believe in and are ready to put your money behind.
To establish your keywords first think of the niche that you’re in. If your an affiliate to Max Pro you are in the home business opportunity niche. So now, you need to find some related keywords.
If you’re a total newbie you probably want to head over to Google and search for their keyword tool. Once in their keyword tool place in a common keyword to our biz opp industry. You might want to try from one of the suggestions below:
- make money from home
- part time work from home
- make money online
- moms work from home
What you’ll do is plug one of these phrases into the Google keyword tool and it will give you suggestions for long-tailed keyword phrases. These suggestions will also come with a monthly search volume. First you want to pick keywords that have a local search volume of over 5,000 per month. That’s always a good place to start.
Next, you’re going to want to scope out your competition. Open up a new tab in your browser window and plug your long-tailed keyword into the google search box. In the upper right hand corner of the screen it shows you how many competing site there are.
Your goal is to find a keyword that has less then 300,000 competing sites. You’re looking for high monthly search volume coupled with low competition. This is what is referred to as a sweet spot.
You may have spend some time on this. Try to come up with at least 10 keywords for your initial campaign.
This post is gonna be a little bit wordy, so I’ll just get right to it.
First off, Backlinks are incoming links to a website or web page. As far as search engines are concerned, the number of backlinks can determine the popularity or importance of any specific site or blog.
The number of backlinks pointing to your website is one of the highest determining factors in terms of where your site/blog will rank in search engines.
So here’s what you can do to get more backlinks and make your site/blog more relevant.
First determine the keywords for your site/blog. Find at least 5 great keywords that are extremely relevant to the point you’re trying to get across. If you’re niche is fishing, then use keywords like:
-Fishing tips
-Bait and tackle
-Fishing poles
-How to fish
-Rod and reel
I just thought of those off the top of my head and I barely EVER go fishing. So you can definitely think of something that goes hand in hand with your topic(s).
So if you’ve got your keywords down, it’s time to search for relevant blogs based on your keywords.
I’ve used programs like comment kahuna and comment hut and they’re good, but I like using the old fashioned approach with google’s blog search.
Save this link or just type it in, but either way it’s http://google.com/blogsearch
If that links not working, go to google.com then click on the more tab, followed by the ‘even more’ tab. You’ll then see the blog search on the very next page.
Okay, so you’re in there and you’re ready to use your keywords.
Here’s what you’re gonna do…
Take your keywords and put them in quotes in the blog search box.
Example: “fishing tips”
Doing this is going to bring up the most relevant and highest ranking blogs with the keyword fishing tips. Start going through all of these blogs.
**Important note here**
YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY READ ALL OF THESE POSTS.
Here’s why…
For one, you want to come across as intelligent and like you actually read the post.
And secondly, you’ll be placing your backlink into the comments.
So, if I were to leave a comment on a fishing tips blog, this is what I would do.
Name: Bait and tackle
Hey, that’s a great article! (type here, whatever interested you the most about the article) ect. ect. ect.
So you see what I did there.
Most blogs are gonna want you to place your name in there. So use one of your keywords as your name. This will increase your comments relevancy.
Next, in your actual comment, be relevant to what the writer has actually posted.
Finally, when placing your name at the bottom, do it like this:
I suggest copying that code and saving it somewhere on your machine. Just make sure when you use it for yourself, you place your actual website and keyword in the appropriate places.
Leave all of your comments with that general idea and you’re sure to increase not only your search engine ranks, but your daily traffic as well.
Alright ya’ll. I’m getting outa here! Friday’s team meeting is coming up soon, so I’ll talk with you all later!
Affiliate Marketing: Making money as an affiliate selling other’s products.
Selling Your Own Products: Creating and selling your own products.
What is best for you? Advertising appears to take the least amount of effort as you can have Max Pro create a blog that can be set up with Google adsense or other ad-marketing program where visitors click on ads as they read or examine the site. There is a simple three C word formula for success: content=clicks=cash. To make very much money with ads requires lots of content in the form of good posts and article writing. This is a totally free method of making money but for most people it will only generate enough to pay for site expenses.
Affiliate marketing is the easiest way to make money online for most people. Since you are selling other’s products and services, the real job is driving traffic to the site. Clickbank.com offers many great products that you can sell. However, I am convinced that Max Pro can assist any individual in affiliate marketing with its tried and true training and support system coupled with a sales team that can close those traffic leads.
The third method of making money online is selling your own products. The real key here is the ability to create (write) material that is useful and offer it to a niche market that is eager to find this information. It can be about anything. A friend who has two sons who are used car dealers, is now creating a blog where she will help women (as well as men) not to be taken by used car dealers. She will make a lot of money and I personally will never buy another used car without her assistance. The Max Pro Team can assist here in building the professional site and provide the training that can lead to success.
What is the best method for making money online? This depends on you! I recommend getting started in this great venture and eventually do all three. Use the Max Pro System to accomplish your goal(s).
