Building an online home business today should include having your own blog. My own blog is set up using WordPress with a static home page.
This means I can continue to blog and add content very easily without my homepage changing. Plus today there are many excellent WordPress themes you can use that do not even look like a blog.
So, whether you are actually blogging, or using a blog as your website, you’re going to need to get traffic to it. Today I am going to talk about five marketing strategies that are working to make money online today.
1. Email marketing.
This is a great way to drive traffic when you have a list. You should always be working on adding new subscribers in numerous ways.
As well as giving good value to the people who subscribe to you, you can also send them offers to your list and make sales. You can also post updates on your blog and refer your list back to those as an easy way to get more traffic.
2. SEO.
Search engine optimization is something you want to do with every blog post you make.
Target keyword phrases in the title of the blog post, and in the introduction and closing paragraph. Bold those keywords to give them additional emphasis. Bookmark your blog post using Only Wire and list the title and keywords for the search engines to see.
3. Blog marketing.
You actually need less content when you spend more time marketing the posts you make.
Marketing your blog means getting out on the world wide web where people can find it. Kim Roach made a good post on her blog about marketing your posts with her opinion of the Top 100 Content Marketing Tools:
http://www.buzzblogger.com/content-marketing-tools/
4. Forum marketing.
This continues to be an excellent traffic generation method.
Making quality posts in discussion forums is a good way to get quality traffic. A good discussion forums such as the Warrior Forum will archive the post and those can be ranked by search engines too.
This is a good way to get traffic as well as meet people online. Many joint ventures have been developed through discussion forums. I also use something called Viral Content Buzz to share my blog posts around.
5. Paid traffic.
Google Adwords is still the king of pay per click advertising. Ezine advertising and MyWizard Ads is a good way to reach a targeted audience without spending alot of money.
We haven’t even talked about social media such as Facebook and You Tube. However, the five ways I have listed are excellent blog marketing strategies to put in your traffic generation mix!
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Love this photo of you, Lynda.
You have certainly nailed it with these suggestions for blog marketing strategies.
I have not really focused much on email marketing yet. Probably because I see so much abuse of it. It seems like I get on someone’s list by purchasing their product, and them I am deluged ever after with sales oriented emails. There is usually not so much value given after I have become a customer. That’s a shame.
I haven’t tried Viral Content Buzz because I have been testing IBO Toolbox. So far I have gotten lots of traffic and new friends there who appear to be in my target market.
The Warrior Forum has been around forever it seems. It was actually the very first forum I joined. That was back when Alan Says owned it and gave away tons of free stuff when you joined. I still consider it a valuable resource.
So far I haven’t done any paid traffic but I will when I create another product to sell.
You comments are helpful for beginners and experienced marketers alike. Thanks
Hi Mary, I know what you mean about emails. I try to give value when I send them out as opposed to promoting and selling. Viral content buzz was recommended to me and I use it a lot. Its amazing how much my blog posts get shared around by using it. I used to use IBO toolbox myself but I havent been on it recently.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comments, they are in themselves, valuable for anyone to read.
I always appreciate your comments Mary.
Lynda
Helpful tips.. I have been wanting to apply them all to my blog..
Hi Manjullka, thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I am glad the tips helped you out and good luck in your appliance of them
Lynda
Hi Lynda.
It’s nice to meet you here at your blog. Found you on LinkedIn. :)
Great post btw. I’m currently using all of the methods you touched upon, except paid advertising.
For me, forum marketing delivers the best results, but I have made a firm commitment to put more effort into list building as the new year approaches.
I know this post will help a lot of beginner bloggers, and I’ll be sure to share it with my online friends.
Have a lovely day.
Kerry
Hi Kerry,
Thanks so much for visiting my blog AND leaving a comment. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to do that. I am pleased you liked the post and if it helps anyone then its done its job. I too, have recently concentrated on building my list with the blog and its working for me. Good luck with your new year plans
You have a great day
Lynda