Saturday, August 16, 2014

Content 4 Sites - Easy Blogging

The content needs are busting at the seams.  All you need to do is consider all the different blogs that are currently online.  Only more of them will get launched.  Blogging is a form of web development that makes it easy for anyone to share online without knowing all the rough details of setting up hard core websites with coding and programming.

Why is blogging the method that people choose to get online?  The answer is really simple.  It is just ease of use and the other is the quality of the blogging systems.  

The blogs that are online now look just as good as some of the expensive hard coded sites.  It does not have to take a long time to get a blog online that just looks amazing.  You might be thinking about days or weeks, but really blogs can get launched in a matter of minutes and they will still look like a high valued site.

Content is the real difference maker for blogs.  The sites need to keep getting fresh content loaded that people want to read.  This is where the problem comes in for most people.  They might be all charged up at the beginning, but they don't have the stamina to keep on pumping out those great articles day after day.  

There is a solution for getting the content for these blog sites.  You can do it all yourself and end up hitting the blogging and writing wall or you could start using leverage.  

What is the leverage for blogging?  The leverage is plr content.  Instead of doing all the writing by yourself, you get your content from article files that are created by other writers.  They make the content available and you take the extra step of customizing them for your sites.

You might open an article and see that it is really a general article on a topic that you have some knowledge about.  You can take that article and add to it and change it up to make it perfect for your site.  Using the article on the front of the blog is a helper.   

The blogs need to get new information all the time.  People come to blogs and they want to read something new.  This plr content can be helpful in keeping your blog readers updated with something else to chew on.

The content can also be used a quick way to get up to speed on new topics.  You might not have all of the details about a subject, but this type of information can at least get you into the ball park.  

Blogs are so quick and easy that they are just like doritos chips.  You know the sayings about doritos?  You cannot have just one.  The same thing is popping with blogs.  You learn how to use them and you will find a way to set up another and another.  This will quickly complicate things when it comes to your content levels.  This is just one more reason to turn to content from private label sources.

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Now, you have the inside scoop on how to get content for blogs.  You can find these articles really easily by searching online.  Download them and store them in a safe place.  Open the files and take a good look at what you have.  You might come across some good content that you can use on your sites.  Another tip for using these articles is for a mailing list if you have one.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Starting Small with a free blog

Get a free blog and see where you can take it.  Some blogging systems are available online for really no cost but your time.  

This can be a way to learn about blogging and sharing information.  Another positive point for using free blogging is typing.

You can help enhance your typing skills with your blog.  Hitting the keys over and over again can help you stay sharp with your typing skills.

The blog that does not cost you anything is still very powerful. You have a place where you can talk about the things that catch your interest.  You will need to make sure to go by the rules of the blogging platform.

You don't just have to focus all of your blogging efforts on writing.  Blogs are also great for showing interesting pictures, videos and audios.

Your free blogging site might not become a household name, but it does not matter, you just want to start improving.

The free blog that you setup could be the stepping stone to other online ventures.  A blog is also a way to start connecting with others online.  You might post some content and then get some blog comments from people that read your stuff.

What if you already have something to sell? You could use your free blog to help sell your stuff.  If you don't already have a product, you could come up with one and use the blog for more marketing.

The one price for a free blog that you cannot avoid is time.  You are spending your time on a free platform that does contain some risk.  What is the big risk with free sites?  The problem of getting a site banned or deleted is real.  You might open up your blogging account to find that it is gone and it really sucks. 

Don't take a free site lightly.  Just think about all the ways that you can gain more experience and grow.  The small beginnings of a site might lead to something bigger in another way.

Is Your Website Ready for Mobile Web Users

Start paying attention to the changes happening online.   One of the changes is how easy it is to build a website.  A website is the entrance into the online business game.

Newer web development technologies are making it simple to build great looking sites.  Why the big need for the change?  The reality is that people are coming online with different devices.  

Welcome to the mobile internet.  The web is getting accessed by people with different computing devices and this has caused a need for change.  There are lots of websites that have older designs.  The old websites might be considered obsolete.  

A mobile web user can pull up a webpage, but it might not show up correctly on the screen.  This can be a big problem for the website owner.  The web owner is doing everything that they can to get people to visit the site and a bad user experience could mean a complete waste of time and resources.  A mobile optimized or responsive website is what is needed.

Why the need for mobile responsive?  There is more than one game in town.  The old days of the web would be used by people sitting at home with a desktop computer or a laptop.  Mobile devices are getting online with different screen sizes and different operating systems.  This new complexity means that some older websites that are coded without mobile internet users in mind will need to come up to the latest standards.

Business owners might still have basic webpages that were built with basic html and text.  You know that some business owners are not keeping up with all the new changes in technology.  They might be keeping their heads down focusing on doing the business and not thinking about how important new web development techniques can be to the company.

The good news is there are new web dev frameworks and platforms that can be used.  Designers and programmers are coming up with great new ways to use tools.  The average business owner is probably not going to know the difference between html and javascript.  They just want to get a solution to their internet marketing and web development problems.  Some of them might not even realize that they have a problem.

Don't make the mistake of believing that a website is done once it has been created. New technologies are being released and it is changing the game in business.  Make sure that you invest some time to learn the upgrades and new mobile development options that are available.  

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Services or Products

There are only so many hours in a day to provide services.  What can you do to get past this hurdle?  It might be time to start thinking about creating digital and physical products.

The great option of creating a product, especially a digital product, is that you don't have to worry about money for time.  When you are providing a service, you are tied to the clock.  When you have a real product or a digital product, you just deliver the item.

Digital items have a big advantage.  There is no limit to the product.  You could have people downloading your information from around the globe and you don't have to worry about keeping the item in stock.  They just pay for the product and they hit the download button and you are done.

It is important for the business owner to start thinking about how they can create digital products to get out of the money for time trap.  Think about the information products that you can create.  You might not want to be a writer, but you are in luck.  There are other forms of digital products.  

What about creating video information products?  Can you come up with a great info product for your market?  If you are unwilling to be in front of the camera, you could choose to do audio programs or use software to create your videos.

It is time to starting thinking about different ways to earn income without spending all of your time.  Think about creating information once and getting paid from it over and over again.  


Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Time Management - Getting more from your time

What are you doing with your free time?  Are you just sitting back at home and watching the tv?  If you are going to be about business, you have to be about business.
You could take the same time that you are wasting and instead, put your time to good use.  Think about getting the most of the time that you have.  Planning and time management are two big ways to get ahead of the game.

Instead of wasting your time doing things that don't lead to your goals, you could be productive as much as possible.  It might be something simple like making a list of the tasks that need to get done.  It could be outsourcing some of the work.  It could be finding the things that are really worth doing and not doing the things that don't lead to getting your goals completed.

The tv can be on in the background, but you want to get the most done with your time.  It is time to start measuring. You might remember in the past the whole franklin covey time management system books.  It is time to start getting smarter about improving your business.

You probably already know some things that could be done to help your business.  Instead of putting them on the back burner, start marking them off of your lists.  Take the time and get one of those smaller tasks completed.  It is one more thing that is off of your list.

Do you need to upgrade your website?  Do you need to get more content for your blog?  Start inching closer to your overall goals.  The tv shows are fine, but the real question is how is your business doing?

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Include Email Marketing in Your Online Site Plans

Are your sites premium online inventory?  The web is filled with different kinds of content and more people are getting online.  One of the business models that people immediately try to use is online ads.
The idea is to generate web traffic to your sites and then leverage that traffic into income from ads.  Do you have the kind of content that advertisers want to pay for? What if you don't generate it? 

Don't just think about the web traffic on the front end.  There is another way to stay relevant.  The concept of email marketing might seem old, but it is still a way to earn income.

Loading your content sites up with ads might be a turn off to some of your visitors.  Another business model for content is to get your prospects to sign up for an email newsletter.  

The email newsletter could deliver even more valuable content to the people that really want it.  People love creating blogs and constantly updating their sites and this is a good idea, but if they are not adding a mailing list sign up box, they are potentially missing the long term game.

You can post some content on your blog and it just does not get the love that it deserves.  Email marketing gives your content another chance to reach your audience. 

Creating high quality content for your site is job one, but you should not put all of your eggs into one basket. You want to open as many different revenue streams as you can.  Internet ads for the front of your blog or site is just about a given, don't forget to include email marketing in your online site plans.

Internet Marketing Advertising - Did you sell cookies to raise money in school?

Start your own internet marketing advertising company from your home office.  The web is the online platform for sharing information and selling.

There are lots of companies that are already in business that have products to sell.  Everyday, new companies are getting started and they have the same idea in mind when it comes to selling products and services.

The need is real for people and companies that can come up with new ways to sell.  The internet is the global platform and there are different methods for attracting traffic and getting people to buy.

You could be sitting at your home office computer and conducting real business.  Create campaigns and turn your thoughts and ideas into workable online solutions for businesses.

Can you get the right products for the right groups of people?  The web is filled with new information and the information is only growing.  You might have already heard about the new massive waves of data that is called big data.

Data is getting created for lots of different reasons.  More data means companies have more information to measure.  They want to use this data and turn it into sales.  

You might come up with the perfect way to use data and come up with internet marketing ads that drive the point home to the right audience.  Advertising is not a new idea.  You might have already had your own chances in the past to participate in advertising and sales. 

The school candy sale and the school bake sale are just two examples of learning about business, marketing and advertising.  You learned the costs of the products.  You got the product in hand ( candy bars ) and you had to find a sales strategy ( sell the candy to the people that worked with your parents ). 

The truth is that you have already dipped your toes into the business world, but you might not have been paying a lot of attention.  Business is happening all around you and now we have the internet to help get business done.

Marketing and advertising are business services that are tough to put your hands around.  You are using your ideas.  It is a part of the creative class.  You are not limited when it comes to setting up an internet marketing advertising company.

The web takes the old school idea of the candy sale and takes it up a notch.  You don't have to worry about bringing home boxes of candy and eating them all before you get a chance to sell them.  You can get into internet advertising with just a few business tools and you don't even need to have physical products to sell.  The internet is available for more than just selling physical goods.  You can focus your attention on digital or physical products.

It is now time to start putting on your thinking cap.  Can you come up with new online strategies and internet ads?  You can do it.  It does not take long to learn about online ads.  

You might want to learn about creating headlines and making classified ads to start.  There are free classifieds where you can test your offers.  The other thing to remember about becoming a business owner is that you might not do all of the work on your own.  What about outsourcing some of the work?

You might be good at bringing in the business.  Getting the work completed can be a task that you may want to outsource.  There are lots of resources online.  The internet is big and there are lots of people that are looking for services and tasks.  It might be you strong point to bring the right people together at the right time to get the projects done.

Project management is a big business.  Can you line up the work and work the plan until it reaches success?  You can do it.

The first step is to start looking for the opportunities.  The internet is here and there are lots of changes.  With each change, more opportunities arise.  Your internet marketing advertising company might start out on the kitchen table, but you don't know, it could turn into something bigger in the future.  Start dreaming big when it comes to business.