Lots of beginning affiliate marketers are attracted to free online blogs like WordPress.com and Blogspot because they’re so simple to set up and use. You just follow the prompts and you’re ready to add advertising links in a matter of minutes. But the truth is a self-hosted blog isn’t really any harder to set up. It’s just that the hosting companies don’t walk you through the steps like the blog platforms do. But there are several important reasons why you should self-host your money-making blog.
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Web Design For Internet Marketers
Web Design For Internet Marketers by James Francis is a course on web design focused on Internet marketers. As the name suggests, it’s teaching how to create websites but with a focus on what matters to Internet marketers.
Blogging and List Building?
What does blogging and list building have in common? Judging from most blogs out there I would say not much – most bloggers aren’t building a list. And that’s a shame as they’re missing out on one of the best, if not the best, way to monetize their blog.
I think there are two main reasons why most bloggers overlook list building. One, because they associate email marketing with spamming and don’t want to associate themselves with it; and two, they think that a blog makes email marketing obsolete. Perhaps there’s also the third reason – they don’t know the first thing about list building to do it.
10 Special Ways to Increase Your Blog Readership
So, you’ve got a great blog with a top-notch design brimming with excellent content. You take a peek at your traffic stats and you see that you haven’t gained as many visitors as you would have liked, maybe it even dipped down a bit. While taking the ‘you write it and they will come’ approach looks good on paper, in the real world you have to face the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of blogs out there, all competing to be read. Don’t be discouraged though, I’ve been through that as well but with a bit of Web 2.0 elbow grease and some solid web marketing techniques, you will see your traffic rise up slowly but steadily over time. So get your writing game on and let’s get started!
Blog Hatter
Blog Hatter is a blog automation software that allows you to quickly create blogs and post content. You can easily manage your blogs or use Blog Hatter for semi-automatic blogging.
ShoeMoney System
The ShoeMoney System is an entry level video training program teaches how to make money on the Internet in a step-by-step manner. But instead of talking theory, ShoeMoney shows you how he’s doing it step-by-step in his own online business.
Blogging To The Bank
This is an entry for Blogging To The Bank 2011, a step-by-step blogging blueprint by Rob Benwell.
AIS Blueprint
AIS Blueprint or Automated Income Stream Blueprint by Chris Cobb is a product that was originally created for his private clients. During the period of development the same clients have dictated what should be included. Why that is important is because the result product has a much better bond with the user than a product created solely by an expert.
Bloggers Payback
Bloggers Payback is a product from Jason Gazaway about blogging to make money online. But Jason says it’s not yet another product about blogging. Bloggers Payback is packed with over 60 videos, over 200 pages of manuals, WordPress plugins, themes and other tools.
Money On Demand – The Newbie’s Guide to Internet Marketing
I’m being asked over and over again, what’s one thing I would advise a newbie to do to start making money online. I always tell them to start blogging. But that’s too broad of an answer, you will agree.