Twitter: Killing time or Social Blogging Tool?

www.Twitter.com has grown into an awesome community of interesting people leaving short messages that you can follow and then you add your tweet. So is it a waste time?

Despite all to the contrary it depends on how you use it.

If you decide to join twitter, a great site to book mark is www.Twitscoop.com
This is to pick up a few tips on how you can choose your words and have them eating out of your hand.
Finding out whats popular!

You can use twitter as a social tool like Butterfly Marketing to “Attract People” to your blog with a Butterfly Effect. Just don’t spam. Leave good content and it will create interest in your profile in which for example you could put: Thanks for following me . I would love if you could follow me on: Warning! 7 biggest blogging mistakes you don’t want to make

Presumably you’ve chosen your twitter friends carefully so that they are those who are interest in the subject which your blog represent.
Don’t waste your time talking about internet marketing if the twitter is about Obama and expect to get much of a positive response

Well with this being said , I hope you get the opportunity to use Twitter as it is really becoming a tool of the future for Blogging Marketing.

Newbie Blogging Strategies to grow your on line business. Part 1

 Niche Blogging.

First off. Do not blog on a general topic like dogs, be more specific like “Christina’s Golden Labrador Breeding Program”.

This would be your “Niche title” or Blog title. It will be what you will be writing about in your main blog in which your expertise will be freely shared with people that will be searching for that information. Give good honest content that will be sought after by your visitors, be generous.

There are millions of websites out there with millions (and growing daily) of web searches made on a multitude of topics. The more specific you make your blog title the less competition you will have. Do not however make it so obscure that no one would be looking for it, i.e. no traffic coming to your site.

You also need to find a niche that can prove profitable. Can you solve a problem, help, give advice, facilitate in your niche? Would your visitors would be willing to pay for this service, knowledge or expertise.  People are passionate about their pets and are willing to spend in this area (even in a recession).

Use the media to get ideas on what to blog on. The Obama’s would like a family dog once they have settled in the White House. Now there is much media speculation on what breed of dog they will choose. A lot of website blogs are now coming up with ideas on what it would say about the Obama’s on their choice of a dog breed. Interest has now got every one searching on line for this information “What Your Dog Says About You”. Apparently man’s best friend offers interesting clues into their owner’s psyche. Hot Topic!!!                

See all the hot keywords at Google Trends. to get ideas for hot topics to blog on. My husband has a Sqidoo lens called: Happy Marriage and dealing with marriage problems. Go check it out to get a few ideas on further blogging ideas… http://www.squidoo.com/Marriage-2 

Need to find a balance here and then make your blog site and offering better than your competitors.
Doing this gives you free exposure to the search engines which will bring you free web traffic to your blog.

1. Capitalise on these visitors by offering                                                                                    Affiliate products www.clickbank.com                                                                                                                                   Private Label Products that you have personalized,
Your own Products,
Advertising other peoples products through Google Adsense.

2. Become seen as an expert and an authority in this Niche.
Not every thing you do will be a success.
Try different ideas on your blog titles, sub titles and content.
Key word tool to down load for free: www.goodkeywords.com to get ideas with.
Blog layout, make it clean and fresh with open spaces, easy to read and follow.
Use keywords on picture titles.
Promote your name. Make this unique, stand out so you will be recognised.
I promote ** Christina Saunders** people will become familiar with your tag.

Come back for more blogging strategies,

**Christina Saunders**