…I’m just curious: Have you launched your blog yet? If not, you will be excited to start one after you’ve read below.

2005 could be dubbed the “blog year” as thousands of blogs
sprung up all over the internet. Check Technorati. They are now tracking some 57.4 million blogs. That’s 64% more than the numbers at November 2005!

Now what is this blog all about? Well, Blogs (short for “weblogs”) are a simple way for anyone to post fresh content in an easy-to-read webite format with the newest information always on top.

(Blogs are also referred to as Web2.0 in some circles.)

Blogs are very easy to set up and maintain.
You can even post via e-mail to some blogs in pretty much
the same way to would send an ordinary email, using a blog email address. Some folks go on a posting blitz daily because of the ease and simplicity of blogging.

Did you know that ordinary online businesses are blogging their way to internet success?

Yeah! search engine spiders love crawling through blogs
given their “freshness” and this boosts your search engine ranking, increase your traffic, and improve your credibility — what’s the sum total f all of this? You guessed it…more sales of course!

With a well-written blog, it’s easy to establish yourself and if you blog about a specific subject, like your industry or hobby, people interested in that topic will visit your blog and read it often.

What you just read in the above paragraph is what is called
social networking ultimately leading to more customers. Visitors will, without obligation, link to your web site overtime as you gain more popularity.

A word of caution though: It takes time to build trust. People must feel” you as a real person through your writing and this can take a little while. No need to worry howeever. Here are a few tips to sort of “fast track” your progress:

When writing your blog make your info “sticky” and of good quality. By “sticky” I mean writing in such a way that your reader keeps coming back for more.

Try to keep material original. They get more attention than links to news and other blogs. Remember, you want to connect to your audience and build trust.

Now this can be a bit challenging but keeping content up-to-date and topical is important. Let’s say you have a seminar coming up in your area on Forex trading in December and you wish to invite your readers.

Posting this info to your blog would be best at least a week before the event. Why? because it gives search engines ample time to crawl your blog so that folks will see your invitation ahead of time and not days after the event has passed.

Ok, lt’s see…we could leave it here for now.

However, before I run, I’d like to encourage you to make sure you direct your traffic to a “lead capture page”. What is this? Simply put, a gateway page that your visitor is prompted to put in his/her name, email address and possibly telephone number. That’s how I do it.

Until I talk with you again, (in Jamaican parlance I would say
: “Until mi talk wid yu again”)

Prosper and stay in good health,

Michael

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