Work At Home Info Blog » rikich0n http://www.funbiznow.com/blog Work at home info and resource Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How To Write a Great Blog Post http://www.funbiznow.com/blog/how-to-write-a-great-blog-post.html http://www.funbiznow.com/blog/how-to-write-a-great-blog-post.html#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:19:19 +0000 rikich0n http://www.funbiznow.com/blog/?p=1589 Blogs are great ways to let others what you have been uo to, but they are great ways to promote your business as well. If you can get others to read your blog on a steady basis it will help you get sales, opt-ins and connect with your prospects. The challenge is to make your blog interesting and informative, yet enjoyable read so others will come back. Here are some tips for writing a great blog post:

Share your expert knowledge with others. Individuals read blogs to gain information or insights into specific topics. Attempt to instruct within your blog posts. Share your expert knowledge and formulate yourself as a credible reference of information.

Make it easy to read, a good blog post ‘flows’. Keep your paragraphs shorts and if necessary include subheadings to break up your post. It is also good practice to highlight key information by using bullet points and numbered lists.

Allow your personality to shine, a great blog post is entertaining as well as informative. Let your personality to shine through in your post and show some ‘edge.’ Include sense of humor, anecdotes and personal experiences to your writing.

Keep it short. Most masses do not have the time to read long winded blog post of thousands of words. If necessary break it up into separate posts.

Encourage feed backs The best blogs encourage their readers to get involved and contribute to the conversation. Take the time to respond to other peoples’ comments.

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Individuals unsubscribe from a mailing list for many reasons:

* Because you are trying to sell to them
* Some people will unsubscribe the minute you email them promoting a paid product.
* Freebie seekers. There is nothing wrong in this, we all do but some people will opt-in to get your freebie and then immediately unsubscribe.
* You are not giving them what they asked for

You will never please every single on your list and you should not even try to!

If you always sell sell sell and never offer anything of value to your subscribers then your unsubscribe rate will go up. Starting by cut down on offers and start giving people information for free that they can actually use. This will build a relationship with them and it’s a far more effective way of selling in the long term.

These are just some of the reasons and there are countless more. People unsubscribing is part of being online marketing. You can minimize your unsubscribe rate by offering good substance and generally treating your list with the respect that they require from you.

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Find good, active forums in your related niche. You are searching for ones that are posted to regularly and contain active discussions and debate. There is no point in joining a forum which only gets few postings once every few weeks or none at all.

When you have found a good forum which addresses your subject field you then need to sign up as a user and start taking part in the discussions. Seek queries which you can response to, help others and share your expertness. Research the subject first online to build up your knowledge base.

When using forums for marketing is to NEVER come across as a sales person. Do not posting spam advertisements – as an alternative joint in and take part in the discussion. Encourage others to PM (private message) you and start building relationships with members.

Set up your profile so that people can find out more about you. This is also a good way to include a subtle link back to your websites.

Most forums allowed you to (and it is very important to always check the forum rules because they tend to vary quite widely) include a signature link at the bottom of your posts to one of your websites. Ideally this should link to something like your blog or a good freebie.

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