Saturday, February 25, 2012

Blogging 101

If writing is an art, then, blogging is one way of using words to come up with an art. This is because people who are into blogging are the ones who are artistic on their own sense, carefully choosing words that would best describe their feelings, sentiments, wishes, desires, and everything.Basically, blogs were first introduced as weblogs that refer to a “server’s log file.” It was created when web logging hit the virtual market. Since its inception in the mid-1990s, web logging gradually saturated the virtual community making the Internet a viable source of greater information.However, with web logging, you still need a web site and domain names, but with blogging, you do not need anything just an account with blog providers. In most cases, these kinds of blogs are free of charge.With the onset of blogging in the industry, personal journaling had been a common ground for people who wish to be known all over the world. However, not literally famous as this is not a case on being popular or well-known personality.Generally, blogs are created for personal use. Like a journal, people can write their daily adventures, sentiments, and whatever ideas they want to express online.Nevertheless, with the advent of the online businesses, blogs had gradually taken the limelight in providing businesses a chance to boost their productivity online. This is where the business blogs have taken the limelight.Business blogs are, basically, created to advertise the services or products of a certain web site or online business in order to increase online sales.Moreover, business blogs are also one way of promoting the company so that the other readers will know that a certain company exists online. With blogs, entrepreneurs are able to establish a name in the virtual market through articles that can be very useful in the reader’s life.From there, you can make money out of blogs by simply syndicating it to your business’ web site. This can be done through the RSS technology.So, if you are thinking to create a blog, whether for business or for pleasure, you need to know some tips that could help you get through and make your blog one of the interesting blogs online.Here’s how:1. Consider your audienceEven if your blog is generally personal, still, it would be better to consider the minds of your readers. You have to think of something that would interest them.After all, most of the reasons of people who write blogs are not at all confined to their own personal motives. Most of them would love to be “heard” (or read) and would love to be known, in some way or another, even for just a minute. Hence, it is very important to come with a write up that everybody can understand, not necessarily that these people can relate to it but they can understand it.2. Pictures speaks a thousand wordsTo make your blogging worth the browsing effort of your readers, it would be extremely nice if you will put some pictures in it. It does not necessarily mean you have to place a picture of yourself. Any photographs will do as long as it does not pose danger or insult to anyone who will be reading your blog.3. Make constructive and beneficial blogsEven if you are free to write anything you wan to say to the world, still, it would be better to create some write-ups that would be beneficial to your readers.After all, its information technology that you have there so better be inclined to provide information rather than sheer quirky entertainment.4. Avoid making multifaceted and complicated blogsIn order to have an interesting blogs, try not to use some highly technical and highfalutin words. After all, it is not a science discourse or a debate that you are making, so better stick to simple facts and short blogs.Bear in mind that most people who use the Internet usually do more scanning than scrutinizing each site word for word. Therefore, it would be better to come with blogs that will not bore your readers just because you have these lengthy articles.5. Make it interactiveAs much as possible and if your capacity will allow it, make your blog interactive. Yu can do this by placing some video or audio clips in your blog.You can even place an area for comments or for some feedbacks. In this way, you can get some impressions or reactions of other people. Who knows, you might even gain some friends just by making them feel at home in your blog site. Indeed, blogs are not created just for the mere fun of it. It also has its own purpose in the world of the Internet. Therefore, for people who wish to harness their craft, as far as writing is concerned, blogs are the best way to do it. As they say, blogging is the contemporary term of creative and commercial writing.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Why Start Your Own Membership Site

Setting up a membership site is a highly popular business model for both internet marketers and business owners alike. Here are just some of the reasons why you should seriously consider adding a membership site to your online business, no matter which niche you are in.

There are many different membership models to choose from and it is easy to pick one that will fit both your business style and your markets needs. Do some research within your niche to see what other membership sites are available. It will help you decide on your price point and what you like and don't like about existing memberships so that you can create your own accordingly.

One of the greatest advantages of having a monthly membership site is that you can expect a regular income each month from that membership site. This can be a huge weight off your mind as many internet marketers can't guarantee their income from month to month. It is also adding extra monthly profits to your business.

Another advantage about starting a membership site, you don't have to have all the content ready for the full duration of the membership. The important thing is to get the first months content created and then you can launch the membership site and create the rest of the content later. With the income from the launch you can even pay someone to create the content for you which frees you up to do more promotion of your membership site.

If you already have content created in the form of articles, reports, ebooks, videos or software you can use a membership site to repurpose that content. Rather than selling it as one package you can drip feed the content over several months and charge accordingly.

When choosing the best membership model for your business you will want to keep things as simple as possible. The simpler you set things up, the less headaches you will get later on. There are fixed continuity programs, which basically means that the length of membership is fixed. This type of membership is great if you want to set it up, fill in all the content and then leave it as it doesn't require too much effort to maintain the site. Another membership model is nano membership sites, where you charge a very low monthly fee but there is no end date to the membership. Within this model you could have discounts to your main products and services available only to paying members.

Having a membership site also allows you to market your own and affiliate offers within the membership site too. Offer a quality membership with lots of value to your members and it will be the best business decision you've ever made.