Sweet Businesses » wordpress http://www.sweetbusinesses.com Never Trust A Guru Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Writing Blog Posts That Suck Readers In!http://www.sweetbusinesses.com/2010/04/04/writing-blog-posts-that-suck-readers-in.html http://www.sweetbusinesses.com/2010/04/04/writing-blog-posts-that-suck-readers-in.html#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:47:32 +0000 Teasastips http://www.sweetbusinesses.com/?p=1022 Google Buzz

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Let’s face it – there are a lot of websites out there from people to choose from! No matter what topic you choose, there are bound to be tons of other sites on the same topic. Your goal should be to make your blog stand out and get people coming back for more.

When you create your blog and your posts, you have two specific groups of people you need to be targeting – new visitors and old visitors. New visitors need to be able to instantly tell what your blog is about.

This means that you need to have a tagline at the top of your blog that explains your focus. This statement, displayed under the title of your blog, will give your new visitors an instant snapshot of what you’re about. Make the sign up box for your RSS feed prominent and you’ll get new subscribers.

There are loads of ways to get traffic to your blog but I want to concentrate on some of the easy, free methods you can put into practice and get the first trickle of visitors to your blog
TODAY.  These methods can then be scaled up to turn that trickle into an uncontrollable FLOOD!

Commenting on Other Blogs
As well as using other blogs for new blog post ideas you are also going to snatch some of their traffic!  You can do this by leaving an informative comment, along with a link to your own blog underneath their latest blog post.  Moronic, one sentence comments which simply read “I agree” or “Great post, I will be sure to come back often” will not fool anybody and are likely to get deleted.   The focus is on quality here.

If you can spend around 10-15 minutes per day crafting a good comment for two or three posts on different blogs then those readers will see you are knowledgeable in that particular niche and will visit your blog to see what you have to offer them.

The key is reciprocate, reciprocate!  If you don’t leave comments on other blogs, how do you expect to get comments on yours?  Leave your thoughts below.


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  1. Read this post by Larry Brauner and set your marketing agenda.  Find out what it is you want to accomplish.  Are you seeking product longevity or brand longevity.  There is a difference.8 Reasons Why You Might NOT Be Promoting Yourself Enough
  2. Pick the social media that is suitable for your business.  If its Facebook, then use the groups and Fan Page feature to market and brand yourself.  Branding yourself is more important that promoting your products and services.  People buy from people, not from institutions or companies.  In the world of social networking success, you must establish yourself as a real person that your readers can identify with.
  3. Bookmark your posts.  Submit your blog posts to Digg, Delicious, Yahoo! Buzz Up and more.  If you’re using WordPress there are many social bookmarking plugins that are available to you.  Make sure you utilize them.  Doing this exposes your content to a wider audience than just friends on Facebook or Twitter.
  4. Use your web analytics program to determine where your traffic is coming from.  You can also discover what posts are favorites among your readers this way.  Maximize this information by creating new blog posts in that niche and by uncovering new readers.
  5. When using Twitter, be human.  People want two way communication not just random links and verbiage without interaction.  Keep in mind you’re using ‘social’ media, and being social means communicating, interacting and engaging.
  6. If you use Fan Pages on Facebook, ask your fans what they like about your product.  Get their feedback in order to improve your product or service and to manage your brand.
  7. Know who your audience is.  If your product or niche is mommy bloggers, then search for mommy bloggers and speak to that audience.  Think of online communication the way you would if you were seeking an audience offline—look for those who would benefit from your product or service and then go after them!

Part of getting traffic to your site is knowing who you are targeting to.  Take some time to focus on the types of readers you want.  Spending a little time doing the little things will amount to big results later on.

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I just came across this cool new site and I thought maybe you could benefit from it.

It’s called Tweet My Blog and it’s a very cool Twitter plugin For WordPress.  You can download it for free here: TWEET MY BLOG PLUGIN

Anyway I joined and I’m very excited about all the cool stuff I can do with this plugin. I also bought the one time offer, it was such great value. Be sure to check it out.

Ever wondered how you could harness the power of Twitter to drive massive amounts of traffic to your sites – and how to convert that traffic
into cash?

John Merrick and Soren Jordansen have just come up with the perfect solution for you, with their new product called Tweet My Blog.

It’s a WordPress plugin that makes it super easy to combine the powers of WordPress and Twitter – driving massive amounts of traffic to your blog.

And the best part… It’s 100% free!  TweetMyBlog will automatically:

1) Post a tweet whenever you update you blog. The tweet will link back to your blog, driving a ton of interested readers your way.

2) Highlight your latest Tweets on your blogs sidebar – increasing your Twitter following

3) Promote your affiliate link on auto-pilot, whenever you use the plugin and sidebar widget. Earn commissions just for posting to your blog.

This is far more than just another WordPress plugin – This is a fully fleshed out marketing plan that will put the power of Twitter at your finger tips.

And… Even though they are giving this plugin away for free, you should take a close look at the special offer they have in store for you when join. I instantly grabbed my own copy,
and I know it will skyrocket my marketing power when using Twitter and WordPress.

To your success,

LaTease ‘TeasasTips’

P.S. I don’t know if John and Soren are going
to keep this free forever, I certainly feel
they could start charging big bucks for it.

So, grab your copy today, while it’s still
free – and start using it before you
competition does!

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As I was commenting on blogs this morning, I ran across a neat wordpress plug in that allows the opportunity to reblog this content.  I thought to myself, reblogging would be terrific because it would create instant link backs and instant distribution of my content.

To me, that seemed like a great answer to the problem of people not wanting to comment, or not leaving a comment.  The whole purpose of this blog is to help people understand how to use various promotional tools online designed to drive traffic to your blog and make money from the traffic.  So, I installed the Zemanta plug in and so far I am in awe!

Let me tell you why:

As I write my blog post Zemanta locates images, and related articles for me.  In addition, this plug-in suggests tags and keywords that fit my post topic.  For you bloggers who have difficulty discovering keywords for your blog posts, Zemanta just may be your answer.  Also, if you are using the Meta SEO Pack plug in for wordpress, you can use the suggested tags and pop them in the Meta Keywords box for the plug in.  So far, all I can see is good things from this plugin.  It is SEO friendly, gives you instant backlinks, suggests other articles your readers may be interested in, provides and suggests images for your post, offers your readers a chance to reblog your post and suggests tags and in-text links for you.

What are intext links?

In-text links

Adding hyperlinks is easy peasy lemon squeezy with Zemanta’s single-click link suggestions!

As you write your blog post, Zemanta picks out which people and terms are important in the text and recommends links to them. Inserting a link is a one click operation, but if you really want control, you can pick out a different destination from the drop-down (not available on all links).

Try out Zemanta, it can only enhance your blog as well as create an opportunity to further engage your readers.

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