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Blog and Ping – A Search Engine Traffic Bonanza By: John Jantsch

My search landed with this info on blog, fantastic ! Novice blogger would rejoice for the info :

Copyright 2005 John Jantsch

Everyone is talking about blogs these days as the magic money-making marketing tool. Some of the hype may actually be true, but I suggest you cut through most of what you read about blogs just long enough to understand why every business needs a blog.

Right now, that’s not to say this won’t change, search engines are in love with real blogs. By real blogs I mean blogs that are set-up and run by businesses that offer useful content on them. Like every successful marketing method there are people out there setting up fake blogs and dumping garbage, but keyword rich, content into them in order to trick the search engines into ranking the content highly. [Please resist the urge to add to this form of search engine spam as it may actually get you banned by a search engine.]

When you understand a little about how blog software works you get a better understanding about why search engines love blogs. Here are the top reasons that business blogs and search engines go hand in hand.

Lots of Pages
Each blog entry is shown in chronological order on a blog’s homepage but, each entry is in reality its own web page, with its own unique URL and title. So, an active blogger can create hundreds of keyword rich web pages in a matter of months.

Change Is Good
In order to claim your place at the blogging table you must commit to making posts often—4 or 5 times a week perhaps. This commitment means that you are creating, updating, changing some portion of your site several times a week. The typical small business web site is lucky to receive an update several times a year. Search engines like change.

Wake Up Call
Because search engines love changing content, they are ever ready to visit a site when it is updated. One feature unique to blog software is something called a pinging. Basically, what you are doing is sending out a message to various blog directories to come and visit you site because it has been updated. Once a search engine has located your site, this is like a personal invitation to come back and get the new stuff. I use a site called Ping-O-Matic to send pings to multiple services. Some blog software can be configured to do this automatically.

RSS Directories
Blogs also have a built in distribution method known as RSS. This allows you to push your updated content out to people who subscribe through an RSS reader such as Bloglines or FeedDemon as well as Yahoo and MSN. This ability allows you to communicate directly with subscribers but it can also help get your main site noticed and indexed by the major search engines. Yahoo, for example, allows people (including you) to subscribe to your blog’s RSS feed. On the day you create your blog, you can subscribe to it via a free MyYahoo account and Yahoo will visit and index your blog for free. It has no choice.

Linking Is Key
Part of the blogging culture is the predisposition to link to and from quality content that relates to the subject your are blogging about. In other words, bloggers like to link. Links from other high quality blogs will send traffic and get your blog and web site noticed.

So, your blog marketing strategy a little like this: Set-up a blog and start posting. Ping each time your make a new entry. Submit your blog to the major blog and RSS directories. Start looking for link partners. Repeat

In the last few weeks I set-up blogs for an attorney, a label manufacturer, and a remodeling contractor. In each case, the blogs were indexed and spidered by the major search engines within 48 hours. Traffic to the main web sites for these businesses (although a bit meager to start with) has already doubled or tripled. Traffic from each of the major search engines is now showing up for a large number of important search terms and phrases.

Who knows how long this blog traffic bonanza will last but at this moment a blog has never made more sense.

If you’re convinced that you need a blog but don’t want to hassle with setting it up and learning how to promote it properly, check out my basic blog coaching package. I do the work, you’re up and blogging and promoting your blog in a matter of days.

About the Author

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant based in Kansas City, Mo. He writes frequently on real world small business marketing tactics and is the creator of “Duct Tape Marketing” a turn-key small business marketing system. Check out his blog at www.bloggingbusiness.com

Free articles on the net : Internet Marketing

I have been engaging in two weeks of intensive research and learning on Blog, internet marketing and I come across this article from

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Enhancing Business Success by Stuart Tan

The first question every internet marketer must ask is: “How to Get my First Visitor”. If you know how to get your first visitor, then you are pretty much set. I recommend multiple ways to do this. First, assess the nature of your audience. Assess the demographics. Do you think that you will be able to guess what age range, interest areas of the group? Second, ensure that you build friendships all over the internet. I want you to be very clear because simply creating this can help. For instance, are you visiting people’s blogs? Commenting and creating credibility? Or joining forums to create reputation so that others will find that you are a helpful person? Third, you can always advertise, but watch your budget!

The second question you need to ask is: “How do I earn my first dollar?” and the repeat the process over and over again. There are many ways to do this. If your target could be classified in a membership site, that’s great! If you feel your target audience would be better dealt with via teleseminar, then make it happen. On the other hand, if you are only going to be able to be allowed to make profit by providing free content, then use Adsense to monetize on that.

About Stuart Tan
Stuart Tan is Singapore’s http://www.InternetmarketingSingapore.com“>internet marketing coach. He frequently runs teleseminars and provides business building processes that enable individuals to succeed online.

Blogging and Branding

I am a novice in blog.

I have started creating the first blog in WordPress on 15.8.06.And today I have created 6 inter-related blog sites. I am amazed at the ease to use WordPress, now I have no need to use web site designer, anyway, I have not owned any web site before.

This ease of use, and DIY way and at no cost factor would create a new trend in blogging and web sites. There are 40 million blogs at this moment in the world, the figure would surely grow exponentially.

I would endeavour to grow my Herbalife business in synergy with blogging.

I believe blogging can be a powerful marketing tools for businesses. It certainly apply to MLM people.I am excited about this new tools, as I have put in full effort to do and learn in this completely new field for me.

Branding.

How can I brand myself ? Would blogging be a good platform ?

As I grasp all factors and intuitively I know I would be pursuing the branding of myself using blogging.

At this moment, my motivation is exhilarating high, I was not so in July.

Setting good examples by doctors

The 26 Hour Day by Vince Panella

Frequent repetition of positive skill tools leads to consistency, creating habit.

Consistency leads to discipline, creating the strength to overcome most obstacles and distractions.

And discipline leads to success, creating control of most of your habits and behaviours, your time, and ultimately, your destiny.

From the book ” The 26 Hour Day : How to gain at least 2 hours a day with Time Control “

By Vince Panella.

What is true Wealth ?

What is true Wealth ?
When can you call yourself truly wealthy ?

You are Wealthy if you can maintain foreever your current lifestyle even though you stop working tomorrow !

How many days could you survive if you stopped working tomorrow ?
In a recent Singapore survey, 62% of people cannot survive more than 90 days ! How about you ?

You are truly wealthy , if you can survive foreever without working, just with one or a combination of the following multiple streams of continuous incomes that can support your current lifestyle :

1. Interest payment from your fixed deposits.

2. Dividends from unit trusts or stock market share investment.

3. Net rental income from real estate investment.

4. Residual income from insurance sales.

5. Residue income from network marketing business.

6. Royalty income from these intellectual copyrights : Music, songs, books.

7.Franchise income from franchised business.

Setiawangsa : My Home and My Business Base

Central

Saturday July 15, 2006

Home is heaven in a gem of a township

By CHOW HOW BAN
hbchow@thestar.com.my

IT HAS been described as a gem of a township that is a pleasure to drive into and this is absolutely true of Taman Setiawangsa in Kuala Lumpur.

A development by Island & Peninsular Bhd (I&P), the housing estate boasts hilly terrain, well-maintained infrastructure, a good balance of commercial and housing facilities and a panoramic view of the city skyline from the highest point in the area.

The tree-lined road leading to the hilltop in Taman Setiawangsa.

No two parts of the 100ha development are the same. Visitors entering the housing estate will be greeted by the serenity of a purely residential area with terrace houses.

Further down Jalan Taman Setiawangsa, one will experience the hustle-bustle of a mature township with a busy commercial area, Giant hypermarket and fast-food chains.

Cruising up Jalan Bukit Setiawangsa, the main road leading to the hilltop, is a pleasant experience as one can see houses at the foothill – matchbox-like in the distance – and great landscaping along the road.

As one reaches the hilltop, the environment changes from a hectic to laid-back and almost rustic atmosphere. There, one can enjoy some of the nicest designs in bungalows and semi-detached homes, get a breath of fresh air and take in the spectacular view of the city.

Visitors can take in a panoramic view of the Kuala Lumpur skyline from the hilltop of Taman Setiawangsa.

Puncak Setiawangsa Residents Association chairman Shahidan Sabu said Taman Setiawangsa was divided into three areas, namely the mixed commercial and housing area at the foothill, Bukit Setiawangsa (mid-hill) and Puncak Setiawangsa (hilltop).

He said the foothill and mid-hill areas were developed in stages in the 1980s before work started on Puncak Setiawangsa, which was completed in 1995.

Since the formation of the residents association, he said, the residents had beefed up security by implementing the guardhouse and patrolling system to maintain peace and serenity in the area.

“These security guards are staff of the Civil Defence Department. They work two shifts daily and patrol each road at two-hour intervals. The system has been effective and there have not been many break-ins and snatch thefts in this area.

Jalan Puncak Setiawangsa 8 ends in a dead-end that offers a breathtaking view of Section 5 in Wangsa Maju.

“Eighty percent of the residents of Puncak Setiawangsa pay their security fee. I would say we have a united and cooperative community,” he said.

“Every morning, you will see residents coming up to Puncak Setiawangsa to jog and the Federal Territories Minister (Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique, who lives there) is one of them.”

He said the area was a popular spot from which city folk watched the fireworks display during the Merdeka and New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Taman Setiawangsa was I&P’s first development project in Kuala Lumpur. Just a five-minute drive from the city centre with easy access to the Ampang-KL Elevated Highway and Middle Ring Road 2, the township has adequate retail outlets and other amenities like a mosque, a recreational field, a hawker centre, two schools and a multi-storey car park and multi-purpose hall.

Many residents enjoy playing football in the only football field in Taman Setiawangsa. The field has been upgraded and is well maintained.

The last phase to be launched is the Tiara development involving double-storey terrace houses. Upon completion in 2007, the entire Taman Setiawangsa development will have an estimated 3,092 units.

Lau Ah Hock, 54, who has been living there for nine years, said Taman Setiawangsa was more a residential area than a commercial area and life there was quite relaxing.

“I enjoy the greenery and it is quite peaceful here. It is the nearest point that people can go for exercise apart from Taman Tasik Titiwangsa and Lake Gardens in the city,

Another resident, Lam Mok Foong, who moved to the area in 1988, however, said development had been rapid and residents could no longer enjoy the vast expanse of greenery that they used to.

Mamak restaurants with giant screens are the only places for residents to hang out in Taman Setiawangsa.

Although she felt that the area lacked recreational facilities as there was only a football field, a basketball court and a community hall, she was nevertheless happy with its strategic location and accessibility.

She noted there were now fewer illegal street hawkers as the local authority had successfully relocated them to the hawker centre in Jalan Setiawangsa 13.

Shahidan said everything ranging from road signs and landscape to rubbish collection had been good.

“Taman Setiawangsa is a strategic place with well-planned development, beautiful scenery and conducive living environment. It certainly fits the description of rumah syurgaku (my house, my heaven),” he added.

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Healthy Diet For Busy People

Another category that I am excited to blog is titled as Healthy Diet for busy people.

This blog would chronicle time saving solutions,tips,thoughts and opinions that the novice blogger Wong Tooi Giap and his wife Leong Bee Bee endeavour to get healthy diet for the family of four, despite living a very busy life.

We have two wonderful twin sons Wong Qinyang and Wong Qinyuen, both age 19, who had recently completed their A level exams.

We have no mate at home.

Both of us work fulltime running a stationery shop from 10.00am to 9.30 pm daily.I am a general insurance agent as well. We are working on Herbalife network marketing as independent distributors.

Seven Self-Motivators by Brian Tracy

Seven Self-Motivators by Brian Tracy (excerpted from the Success Mastery Academy)

Here are seven Self-Motivator reminders for you to review on a regular basis.

#1 – Get Serious. Make a decision to go all the way to the top. Up to now you’ve thought about it. Up to now, it’s passed your mind. Many of you made the decision, and you’ve made up your mind to go all the way to the top, and your lives have taken off. It’s the most extraordinary thing. Your life is one, like in the shadow going up the dark side of the hill until the moment you decide that “By gum, I’m gong to be the best at what I do. I’m going to be in the top 10 percent.” And suddenly you rose into the sunshine, and your life is forever after different - wonderful. Get serious. Don’t fool around anymore.

#2 – Identify Your Limiting Step to Sales Success. What’s your limiting step? What’s the one skill area that’s holding you back? What’s the skill? What’s the quality? What’s the action? Ask other people. Find out what you need to become good at. Sometimes it may be only one skill. If you became really, really good on the telephone, you could maybe double your prospecting effectiveness and double your sales. If you became very, very good at getting the order at the end from qualified prospects, you could double your sales. If you became very, very good at managing your time to really, really manage your time well, you may be able to double your face time and double your income. Find out what’s holding you back. What is the critical limiting step that’s determining your success today?

#3 – Get Around the Right People. Who are the right people? The right people are the people in this room. Get around winners. Get around positive people. Get around people with goals and plans, people who are going somewhere with their lives and have high aspirations. Get around eagles. As Zig says, “You can’t scratch with the turkeys if you want to fly with the eagles.” And get away from negative people. Get away from toxic people that complain and whine and moan all the time. Who needs them? Life is too short.

#4 – Take Excellent Care of Your Health. Take excellent care of your physical health. That means good diet, good exercise. Everybody knows they should eat better foods, get regular exercise and especially lots of rest. That’s very important. If you’re going to work hard 5 days a week, go to bed early 5 days a week. Get a good night’s sleep. Be fully rested, and tonight get really rested. You don’t have to watch the Letterman Show…

#5 – Positive Visualization. See yourself as the very best in your field. Remember, all improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures. Visualize yourself, see yourself as the best continually. You are the best. Isn’t that right? So therefore, see yourself as the best.

#6 – Positive Self-Talk. Talk to yourself positively all the time. Control your inner dialogue. And what do you say to yourself? Say, “I’m the best.” Say it. Say I’m the best. I like myself. I can do it. I love my work. Yes, that’s how you talk to yourself. And the more you say it to yourself…someone may say, “Well, what if you say those things to yourself and you don’t believe them. Isn’t that lying to yourself?” No, that’s not lying to yourself. It’s telling the truth in advance. Because it doesn’t matter where you’re coming from – all that matters is where you’re going. Talk to yourself the way you want to be, not the way you just happen to be at this moment. Remember, you may have gotten where you are today largely by accident. But where you’re going in the future is purely by design.

#7 – Positive Action. Get going. Move fast. Develop a sense of urgency. A sense of urgency is the one thing that you can develop that will separate you from everyone else in your field. Develop a bias for action. When you get a good idea, do it now. Only 2% of people in our society have a bias for action. And if you’re already in the top 10%, you can move yourself in the top 2% by resolving that whenever you have an idea or something, do it now. And the faster you move, the better you get. And the better you get, the more you like yourself. And the more you like yourself, the higher your self-esteem is. And the higher your self-esteem is, the greater your self-discipline. And the more you persist, then you ultimately become unstoppable.

Remember, You’re the best!

Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy is the author of The Success Mastery Academy which is part of this week’s special, The Five Day Seminar Package Blowout Offer — at 80% off the normal retail price, free shipping*, two additional Bonuses and a payment option! For more information or to purchase go to http://5day.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.