Newbies How to build your own blog website

Hi there.
News Flash.
     My partner **Rod Saunders**

joined up to be one of Alex Jeffrey’s “Marketing With Alex Course 3″ students. Part of this weeks home work is a competition set by Alex is to see which one of his students will generate the most traffic to their business blog. The prize for this is a complete custom built business blog worth $2000. Rod is determined to win this great prize for himself

One of the terms in Alex’s agreement is for them to blog about; “How to go about Getting Traffic to a blog”.

     Can you imagine the kind of excitement this has generated amongst his students?

For the next week he will be blogging daily; giving out his tips and tricks on how he goes about building up traffic to his blog. This is one excellent way to find out and learn how you too can get traffic to your own blog (be it for business or otherwise).

     One of the 5 key elements to building a blog is getting traffic to it. To get traffic there are a # of things you need to do behind the scenes to optimise your blog for the big search engines, such as Google, MSN or Yahoo. Well I am sure Rod is going to spill the beans in order for him to win!

     For him to do that he has to beat off a lot of stiff competition, all eager for this trophy. This competition ends on Monday night so his blog is going to be packed daily with juicy tips.

     To watch this drama unfold and learn a trick or two, why not head on over to his blog right now to give him your support.

Just click on this blue link that opens in a new window and be taken to Rod’s “Home Based Internet Marketing Blog Now”

http://www.HomeBusinesSolutions.co.uk/index

To your blogging success.

**Christina Saunders**

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I heard the Australian Author Clive James say “He turns a phrase to catch the shine on it”. 

What is it about words and the way we use them that makes such a dramatic difference to the way in which they are perceived? With new modern scientific advancement in technology, new frontiers are daily opening up our understanding of our mind and the way we live within our world.

What’s this to do with blogging? Well…

Scientists are now discovering what writers have known all along; words are not only understood but also felt! Our understanding and perception of words is influenced by our past and present experiences.

For example if I said “flushed”; what’s your immediate thought that comes to mind?

Would it be a picture of some horrid thing getting flushed away down the drain?

That experience of your last embarrassing or awkward moment?

Some juvenile emotion when meeting your teenage heart throb idol?

Could it be that intimate expression with your loved one or the idea of some heat flush caused by menopause?

You see your interpretation could be different for each stage of experience from your life.

The words we use make word pictures. We feel words and certain words form pictures in our minds.

 I love the word “crisp” for instance, the crunch of fresh lettuce. A still winter’s morning, with snow hanging on the trees while breathing dragons breathe with each new exhale. Crunching on my favourite potato chip.  For you “crisp could mean something more?

Blogging is all about conveying thoughts, dreams, desires, experiences and ideas through the words we choose to best describe them. So the bottom line as a blogger; you need to identify who your prospect reader is and tailor your blog post to speak to them at their level.

**Christina Saunders**

I remember before I first started this blog I could not decide what niche to write about. Since I was wanting to learning how to start a blog, I thought “I know, I will just blog about what I am busy with”! I was interested in blogging and reckoned on other people also wanting to learn how to start. I could blog about my growth, with all my mistakes and show others how to do it and avoid my errors.

As I found new information so I had new material to share. It was fun and exciting as I overcame new daily challenges. Now if you are thinking of going into the self improvement niche, I have something to share with you, but more of that in a moment.

Thinking about what you want to blog about can be a biggy. Do I have enough knowledge about this subject? Are there people interested in this to make my blog popular, so to make it worth my while? What benefit will I give to my readers? Will I continue to enjoy blogging about this? These are some of the questions that were running through my mind at the time. Perhaps these are some of your thoughts at the moment? If yes I have some great ideas to help you with.

I have come to realise how vast the self improvement industry is and the huge need there is out there…

Take for instance the searches made on Google for depression and anxiety. See for your self;

Go to: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal and type into the search box ”anxiety”. There are over 2 million searches made on Google alone. In this financial unstable time, there is a huge need for help in this area.

Do you think your blog could be popular if you could help people in this area? Perhaps you may have suffered from anxiety at some point in your life and can empathise with others.  What did you do to get over this? Could you write about this? Do you think that you could monetize your blog in this area? Sure you could, there is a huge demand for these types of products!

Or have you or are you trying to quit smoking? Have you ever suffered from low self esteem? As you can see the list just goes on. There is little wonder that this subject of “self improvement” is a multi billion dollar industry and could be well worth your while.

To make it even easier for you to get your own quality products to promote on your blog, my partner has just released a Self Improvement- Private Label Products site;  PLR-Self Improvement.com. With these newly released information products; you can sell, break them down into lots of smaller blog posts, use them as articles to publish and brand yourself on other sites. In fact you could do basically do what you want with it.

For anyone starting out in the self Improvement niche this is a great opportunity to get for yourself further ideas and materials to blog and promote. Just click this link and you will be taken straight there: http://plr-selfimprovement.com/

To your continued success.

**Christina Saunders**

Things to consider when starting your blog website.

Just like getting your domain name and blog title right , fore thought needs to be given on your blog subject or niche???

The BIG question is: What are you interested in? What is your passion? Setting up your own blog should be seen as a long term project, with long term commitment for it to be effective. Good content has to be continuously added, to bring your readers back for more. This takes dedication on your part, so share what you are passionate about. This makes it fun, as you share what you love.  Doing this brings vibrancy and enthusiasm to your blog… Because you love what you write about, you have much to share. No writers block in this area!!!

It is normally best to keep your blog to a specific subject or focused niche. 

Finding the right niche within your passion is also key. Do a Google search for a “free key word tool”. Type in your niche name and see how many searches per month are made for this term. This will give you an idea on how popular that is. Most tools will also give other suggested phrases to think about to use as your base.

By making your blog focused on a certain niche helps the search engines source relevant content for it’s users who are looking for information. If you can give them what they are looking for, the search engines will match you up and bring visitors to your website. The more visitors the more successful your blog will become…

**Christina Saunders**  Looking out For You…

Important Announcement!

Bloggers – Do the new FTC (Federal Trade Commission) regulations affect You?

Mr Jim Edwards conducted a special interview webinar with Mr. Rich Cleland, Assistant Deputy at The Federal Trade Commission about the changes /additions to FTC advertising guidelines as they apply to Bloggers, Affiliates, Online Advertisers and Internet Merchants.

This affects all of us… Head over to his site to get the full picture. No catch, No op-tin, just a fine interview done for all of us.  >>Jim Edwards FTC Interview<<

Inspiration on writing a blog. Here are seven blogging tips to help for blog ideas.

1. Think about what people who visit your blog want. Ask yourself, what problems are they experiencing that I can help with. When I started what did I learn to helped me to get to where I am now? These are ideas that can be formulated into something of benefit that you should be inspired to write about.

2. What have I recently learnt that was informative helpful, inspiring, humorous, or entertaining? Work this into your blog giving your unique flavour. As You grow share those benefits, solutions, ideas or even “struggles” to show that you to are human.

3. Sign up with www.Stumbleupon.com and get their weekly review of the most popular sites. Find sites relevant to your blog for ideas, tips or strategies.

4. Google trends is another site worth visiting to see what’s hot. Write about something of interest that you have found then point your readers in that direction. Out ward links from your blog are also good as it shows your readers that you care about them by offering something of quality. They will come back for more as regulars.

5. Write down a list of ten questions relating to your niche that your readers could be asking. Just do a google search ” intelligent questions on …….” you will be amazed at what questions get asked. This is a great way to jump in to give your input.

6. Use a good key word tool that gives alternate keywords and phrases. This I find is great inspiration for my heading. Once the heading is decided, just write down every thing you know  without really thinking. You can always come back to proof read it.

7. What up and coming important event is due? This can be the foundation to your blog ideas. Easter for example or the next big game. What plans, views or interests can you write about?

Inspiration for writing a blog is easy if you think about these 7 blogging tips and ideas.

**Christina Saunders**

Make money with blog is possible “IF”  you take on board the following:

• a. Be prepared to Learn, Work Hard by Taking Action through implementing what you learn.
• b.  Invest Time and Money in Yourself and Business, make mistakes, then learn some more as you find out what does not work for your blog… 
• c. Requires persistence, desire, faith and belief in yourself to succeed.  
• d. Blogging for money takes you on a sharp learning curve, embrace this as you’re enriched by becoming a more competent, confident you.
• e. The great thing about this all is that the skills needed to make money can be learnt, and all the information to making money “Internet marketing” is available here on the Internet mostly for free.

So What Do You Need To Make Money?

1.You need your own blog website  preferably with your own domain name and hosting account.

2. You need to post quality content using optimized keywords in a niche where people buy in.

3. Need products, services or expertise to sell.

4. Need to know marketing which includes copy writing skills.

5. Learn Search Engine Optimization (SEO)  to drive traffic to your blog.

6. You need to list build targeted names and e-mail address’s of prospects interested in your niche or product.

7. Need to automate your communication with this list building to build trust and confidence.

8. Need to listen and be sensitive to your readers (prospects) needs, desires or problems.

9. Find a solution and offer help in the best way possible. Customer is King and always right !!!

10. Always be on the look out for fresh ideas, products, affiliates to JV with, and information to add to your blog.

Search other sites in your niche to see what is successful for them and how they make money by blogging. No need to reinvent the wheel, just improve what you got. By mastering this blog making money top 10 list you can go anywhere in the world and do it, even on a sunny beach of your favourite destination.

Good luck,

PS. Grab your free copy of “Your Newbies Guide To Blogging” e-book.

**Christina Saunders**

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**Christina Saunders**

For instance, a host giant like www.xanga.com provides a great chance to start a blog on your own; it is a good opportunity for anyone interested in joining a world-wide community that shares pictures, videos, thoughts and points of view. Furthermore, you’ll also get precious information from many domains.

Another such great host site is www.myspace.com where you may register your blog under a variety of categories depending on the theme and topic. There is a wide selection of users and definitely good quality traffic if you make the blog worth visiting.

For those who want to make some money with their blogs, by advertising, I strongly recommend www.adsense.com, a Google-joint program that enables bloggers to make a really good income. How come? On this site you closely follow all the necessary steps to choose the ads (both images and text) that best match your blog content.

Blogging takes time and effort, and you can definitely avoid some mistakes other pros warn against by permanently inquiring on new stratagems to use with Adsense; after all you have to make as much money as you can. Hence, http://www.marketingquickiesv2.com/adsense-adwords-marketing.html is a site that should teach you something.

You should also need to subscribe to one of the many sites that provide blog lists so that you may be more easily found by interested users. http://www.blogcatalog.com/ is a good choice to promote your blog and create traffic.

In the same listing categories we have to mention the giant https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/submit/intro/ that is one comprehensive directory where you’ll definitely want to have your blog subscribed. The problem here is it costs $299 per year to register. If this is a business blog it may be well worth the expense. 

Need inspiration on what to blog on then look on further than www.google.com/trends. We should also point out to a “blog on blogs” that is definitely worth visiting given the large amount of information on the topic: http://www.problogger.net/. For someone who is just learning the rules of the game, there is much to find out here!

You may want to learn more about your the website by having a look at: http://website.grader.com/ . They give F-ree web analysis report to improve your page ranking in the search engines.

Last but not least, there are all sorts of professional sites that can help you with the tools you actually need for blogging. Here I refer to http://asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm and other similar pages that may guide and assist you in the attempt to find the software that best matches your blog.

Good luck!

New Year Resolution.
Find Your Voice, Start blogging.
We all need to start somewhere as a blogger and this is as good a place as any. An amateur blog resource you can down load for f*ree will give you all the low down that you need to get started with your newbie blog. Just leave your first name and primary email address and I will send you your own copy with my compliments. “Amateur Bloggers Tool, Check List and Recommended Resources”