Emails And Auto-Responders
Email marketing is still the most effective form of generating traffic on demand and it all starts with building a list. If you have a subscriber list in the internet marketing niche, use the email below to send out a broadcast. Even if you don't, you can start building you list today and still add the follow-up Emails into your auto-responder to ensure you get as much exposure as possible! Please note that these emails have been formatted to work with Aweber .
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Beginner's Blogging Lesson #1 - Where To Start
SUBJECT: Beginner's Blogging Lesson #1 - Where To Start
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Welcome to the first lesson in the "Blogging From The Beginning"
crash course.
Over the next few days you will receive several lessons that
will help you learn the ins and outs of beginning to build your
own successful blog. In your lessons will go over some basic
options for setting up your blog as well as some different
techniques that you can use to make it popular and profitable.
In this first lesson let's talk about how to choose the right
blog platform to suit your blogging needs.
Starting a blog is one of the most accessible ways to make money
online. If you are starting your first blog, you are being
confronted with many choices about how to set up your blog,
including selecting your blogging platform. A blogging platform
is the software that will help you turn your writing into a
website that can be easily navigated and accessed by visitors
from around the world.
There are two basic platforms to choose from when it comes to
successful blogging: Wordpress and Blogger. Both of these
options have advantages and disadvantages. Before you make your
decision, you should read through the pros and cons of each and
think about which will be best for your needs.
Blogger has several advantages. It’s very easy for new bloggers
to use. Setting up a blog with Blogger is as simple as following
a few prompts. There is nothing to install. Some of the other
advantages include: Price: Blogger is totally free to use. You
don’t have to purchase a domain name as the system will give you
an address based on the name of your blog.
Ease of use: Posting to your blog is easy. You can also change
the look of your blog very easily. This is all done through
Blogger’s dashboard. If you have more than one blog with
Blogger, you can access all of the blogs from the same dashboard.
However, Blogger does have some major disadvantages when it
comes to creating money making blogs.
Lack of flexibility: Compared to other options out there, the
design and function of a Blogger blog is very limited. You can
download and install custom themes for the blog, but most look
very similar. This means your blog won't stand out as well in
your niche.
Domain name: You will get a free domain name with your Blogger
blog, but the domain name will be “yourblogname.blogspot.com”
instead of “yourblogname.com.”
Ownership: You will never truly own your Blogger blog because
the files and content are hosted on Blogger’s server.
Wordpress is the other popular platform for blogging. There is a
free option that functions similarly to Blogger. However, there
is also a free option that allows you to have your own website
name. You install Wordpress on you website hosting and hook it
up to a domain name that you own. If you don’t know how to do
this, your hosting company should be able to walk you through
the process.
Other advantages include:
Customization: Wordpress themes are diverse and plentiful. Some
themes will even make your blog look like an online newspaper.
Features: Wordpress users have created tons of “plugins” that
will increase the functionality of your blog and help you make
the most out of your site.
However, Wordpress is not without its problems. It is not as
user friendly as Blogger, which can make it intimidating for
newbies. You will also have to spend money to get your domain
name and your website hosting.
Despite these disadvantages, most professional bloggers go with
the Wordpress option because they maintain ownership of their
blogs and can customize them to their heart’s content, but
ultimately the choice is up to you and what will fit your needs
the best.
That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will talk
about brainstorming and generating good topic ideas to write
about on your new blog.
Thank you again for joining me for this short course. If you
have any questions or need any assistance please feel free to
contact me at anytime using the contact information below. I
will be happy to help.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
http://monstersalesmachine.com/wppluginsecrets/go.php?e=PAYPAL@EMAIL.COM
Beginner's Blogging Lesson #2 - Brainstorming
SUBJECT: Beginner's Blogging Lesson #2 - Brainstorming
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It’s time for your second lesson in the “Blogging From The
Beginning” crash course. I hope you found lesson one informative
and that you have decided which blogging platform you are going
to use for your new blog.
In this lesson we are going to talk about brainstorming and
generating good topic ideas to write about on your new blog.
Starting a blog is fairly easy, but keeping a blog interesting
and fresh is a whole other matter. While many marketers have no
trouble beginning a niche blog, the sheer number of abandoned
blogs around the ‘net speaks to the fact that many marketers
don’t know what to do to keep a blog going. According to
blogging experts, the key to keeping a blog going is to post
frequently. This means that you’re going to need a ever present
stream of content coming into your blog.
You may be intimidated by the thought of having to come up with
lots of topic ideas. Brainstorming great topic ideas for your
blog posts are easy if you use the following ideas.
- News in your niche.
Your blog should be timely and there’s no better way to attract
attention on your blog than to tap into some ongoing news. No
matter what your niche is you can find news stories and breaking
information that will help fuel timely blog posts. Sign up for
Google Alerts (it’s free) and set up alerts on important words
in your niche. This way you'll be able to see the news in your
niche and blog about current topics.
- Comments section.
The comments section in your blog can be a great source of
writing inspiration. Let’s say you have a post on your marketing
blog about keyword research. Within the comments section, a few
people start asking about how to use keywords in articles for
article marketing. Voila! You have your next blog post. Look
through your comments section to identify topics that you can
write about or questions you can answer in the form of a blog
post.
- Resource lists.
Are there some websites or other resources that your niche needs
to know about? Write a few resource list posts. Resource lists
posts are very easy to write and they provide maximum value to
your readers because they can get the information that they need
easily. When you can’t think of anything else to write about you
can pull together a helpful list for your readers.
- Other blogs in your niche.
Keep your finger on the pulse of your niche. Watch other blogs
in your niche and see what they are writing about. You can take
a different angle on the same topic, or cover an area of the
topic that the original author missed. If you disagree with the
author, feel free to go ahead and express your opinion on your
blog. Other bloggers can be a great source of information so be
sure to get involved in the community.
- Quick tips.
Start collecting a list of quick tips you'd like to share with
your niche. These can be inspired by your personal experience
with the niche, from other blog posts you've read or from other
products in your niche. When you find yourself stuck for blog
post ideas, you can write a quick tips post.
These tips just scratch the surface of where you can find topic
ideas for your blog posts. Start keeping a notepad file with
blog post ideas and you'll never be at a loss for material.
That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will talk
about the different “Kinds” of blog posts that you can use on
your blog.
Again, I appreciate your joining me for this short course.
Remember, if you have any questions or need any assistance
please feel free to contact me at anytime. I will be glad to
help.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
http://monstersalesmachine.com/wppluginsecrets/go.php?e=PAYPAL@EMAIL.COM
Beginner's Blogging Lesson #3 - Blog Post Formats
SUBJECT: Beginner's Blogging Lesson #3 - Blog Post Formats
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Today we are going to talk about the different “Kinds” of blog
posts that you can use on your blog.
Blog posts come in many different forms and lengths. If you want
to keep your blog fresh and interesting, you should post often.
Creating different types of blog posts will keep your audience
interested. It will also keep you from being bored with your
blog.
Whether you are blogging to make money directly from the blog or
blogging to drive traffic to an affiliate program, you should
know about these five kinds of blog posts.
1. Review blog posts.
Review blog posts can help you monetize your blog. When you
review a product and include an affiliate link, you'll make a
commission off of each sale generated with your affiliate link.
Review blog posts should go over some of the major plusses and
minuses of the product. Even if you loved the product, you
should keep your review balanced by mentioning a few things that
could have been improved. Your audience will appreciate your
honesty and be more likely to trust your recommendation.
2. Quick tips.
Quick tips are great “in between” posts since they are so short.
They are normally between 100 and 250 words. If there’s a great
bit of information that you want to share with your niche but it
doesn't really warrant a full blog post, you can post a quick
tip. The tip should be focused on one key area of the niche. For
example, “How to Grease a Muffin Pan” is a perfect quick tip
article for a cooking blog.
3. Lists.
Blog readers love lists! If you'll look at the most popular
blogs you'll see that they make good use out of this type of
blog posts. You can make lists fit any niche topic imaginable.
They are great ways to convey information online because they
can easily be scanned by web readers who like to skim over
information. You can create resource lists that will help your
readers find information on your niche. You can also create
lists of different ways to accomplish a goal in a niche, like “5
Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Sales Letter.” The possibilities
are endless.
4. Interviews.
Although these require a bit of preparation, they can be very
valuable to your blog. You can interview someone in your niche
and share the results of the interview with your blog readers.
This will not only help provide valuable content for your blog,
but you can also get more traffic to your blog. Likely, the
person who you are interviewing will publicize the event on
their blog and around the ‘net which will bring more traffic
back to you.
5. How to posts.
Like quick tips, how to posts help you provide valuable
information to your readers. However, unlike quick tips, these
posts go into detail on a certain topic. Some how to posts are
even separated out into two or three part courses. For ideas on
what to create how to posts about, look at the most frequently
asked questions in your niche and develop posts around those
topics.
That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will be
talking about some easy ways that you can get traffic to your
blog.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
http://monstersalesmachine.com/wppluginsecrets/go.php?e=PAYPAL@EMAIL.COM
Beginner's Blogging Lesson #4 - Getting Traffic
SUBJECT: Beginner's Blogging Lesson #4 - Getting Traffic
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We're winding down to the end of this short course. But we still
need to go over a few important topics so that you can get
traffic and make money from your new blog.
Today we are going talk about some easy ways that you can get
traffic to your blog.
The simple truth is that a blog without readers is pretty much
useless. If you've been blogging for a while and have only been
getting a trickle of viewers to your posts, you need to put a
traffic building plan into action.
Building traffic is just as an important skill to bloggers as
writing quality posts is. Most bloggers are terrific at creating
content but don’t know a thing about building traffic. Here is a
quick guide to the five most popular (and most effective)
traffic building techniques.
- Get social!
Social networking and blogging go hand in hand. Your blog posts
can be distributed across social networking channels in many
different ways. Sign up for Twitter and tweet about your posts
as soon as they are added to you blog. Update your Facebook
status with a link to you new blog posts. Submit your stories to
Digg.com, Reddit.com and StumbleUpon.com. Remember that in order
for social networking to be effective, you need to participate
with other people on your list. If you visit their links and
respond to their updates, they'll be likely to do the same for
you.
- Get noticed!
Find blogs in your niche and start following their posts. Make
sure to add insightful and interesting comments on their posts.
Not only will the blog owner take notice and visit your blog,
other commenters will visit your blog to get more of your great
insight into the topic. Don’t spread yourself too thin with blog
commenting, but make it a point to comment on a few related
blogs each week.
- Get good use out of your RSS feed!
RSS feeds are a way to syndicate your blog’s content so that it
is sent to many different people in their own blog readers or on
their own sites. Most blogging systems have RSS feeds
automatically included but you can add a lot more functionality
to your feed by using a free service like FeedBurner.com. With
FeedBurner you can add things like sharing the feed via e-mail
to your feed so it will pull in new readers and encourage
previous visitors to come back to the blog again.
- Get articles in directories!
You may think that by being a blogger you can ignore article
marketing. However, you can get a lot of traffic to your blog by
tweaking some of your popular blog posts and adding them to
article directories. You can post your popular posts as articles
with a link back to your blog in many different article
directories. Not only will you get a valuable backlink but your
article may also be used by ezine owners which will bring you
more traffic.
- Get backlinking!
Speaking of backlinks, you should work to build backlinks to
your blog through several different means. By creating backlinks
to your blog, you’ll improve your blog’s ranking in search
engine results. You can get lots of traffic from search engines
if you are within the first group of search results for your
keywords.
These simple ways of building traffic can be used over and over
again to help build traffic to your blog and increase your
readership.
That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson. Don't forget
to look for your next and final lesson. We will be talking about
how you can actually start making money from your blog.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
http://monstersalesmachine.com/wppluginsecrets/go.php?e=PAYPAL@EMAIL.COM
Beginner's Blogging Lesson #5 - 5 Ways To Monetize
SUBJECT: Beginner's Blogging Lesson #5 - 5 Ways To Monetize
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Well, we have come to the final lesson in the "Blogging From The
Beginning" crash course.
In this final lesson I want to share five easy ways that you can
make money from your blog.
Your blog has the potential to be a money-making magnet, if you
know the right steps to take. Blogs once started as a sort of
online diary. They've been totally transformed to fit a whole
range of needs, from a place to house an online newspaper to a
simple way to start an Internet stream of income. The following
five methods will help you make money from your blog, no matter
what niche you are in and how you are using your blog.
1. Affiliate marketing.
This is one of the easiest ways to make money from your blog,
and the simplest to start. You begin by selecting an affiliate
program from one of the popular affiliate networks. You can
either post a review on your blog about the product (complete
with your affiliate link) or post ads along the side of your
posts (also with your affiliate link). Affiliate marketing is
simple to implement because you don’t have to worry about
writing a product.
2. Selling your own product.
If you feel there is a need to be met in your niche and want to
create your own product, you can add it to your blog for another
stream of income. Advertising your own product on your blog is
a smart idea. Your readers have already built a level of trust
with you so they'll be likely to be interested in your product.
You can link to your product’s sales page directly from your
posts and display graphic ads in the sidebars of your blog.
3. Contextual advertising.
Contextual advertising, like the type offered at Text Links,
will help you make money from your blog without much
intervention on your part. When you sign up with Text Links or a
similar service, your blog posts will automatically have certain
words hyperlinked. These links go to advertiser’s websites. You
get paid when someone clicks on a link. Unlike with affiliate
programs, you don’t get a commission on the sale but you do get
paid whether or not your visitor buys from the advertiser’s site.
4. Other types of advertising.
Google Adsense and other pay per click advertising programs will
give you code to add to your website. These programs will
display ads in the sidebars of your website. Anytime a visitor
clicks on one of these links, you will get paid anywhere from a
few cents to a few dollars depending on your niche. These ads
don’t appear within the body of your post, but they are based on
the content of your posts so they will be attractive to your
audience.
5. Get paid for reviews.
Once you have some traffic coming to your blog, you can be paid
to post reviews. There are many different networks that link
advertisers with bloggers. You simply find an advertiser through
one of these networks and promise to post a review on your blog
about the product or service. You'll be paid a flat rate for
your review. Be sure the product or service is relevant to your
niche for best results with this monetization model.
As you can see, you have a lot of different options when it
comes to making money with your blog. Try one or all of these to
see what works best for your niche.
I sure hope you have enjoyed your lessons and learned a lot
about building and profiting from your own blog. I also want to
let you know that just because we have come to the end of your
lessons that doesn't mean that you can't contact me if you have
any questions or need any assistance setting up your blog. I
will be glad to help.
I wish you the best of luck with your blog!
Regards,
YOUR NAME
http://monstersalesmachine.com/wppluginsecrets/go.php?e=PAYPAL@EMAIL.COM