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Blog Commenting 101

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Hi everyone!

One way to properly increase brand awareness, create additional inbound links and drive traffic to your site is through blog commenting.

blog commenting image 1If executed correctly, blog commenting can generate favourable results for you. (Especially when you do the commenting on authority sites.)

In my ongoing effort to increase your marketing awareness, I’ve listed down some basic blog commenting do’s and don’ts.

Here’s my take and hope you can learn a thing or two from it. Read on!

Blog Commenting Etiquettes

Some shrewd on-line marketers will always grab the opportunity to comment on a blog site because they want to add their own link (usually their site or solution) in the comment that they are posting.

Can You Post Comments with Links?

Is this an acceptable method when doing blog commenting?

blog commenting image 2One main reason as to why marketers would want to leave a comment with a hyper link in it is because they want to generate a back link.

This back link usually leads to their site or sometimes even to a landing page.

While this practice can be frowned upon, still if approved by the blog site administrator, it’s  an excellent way to get a lot of views for your brand.

While there is a lot of value to be enjoyed whenever a blog comment with a hyper link is approved by a high authority site, still it’s inappropriate especially if it’s a “link-bait and switch” type strategy.

Let’s not forget that blog commenting is all about giving your personal or professional take on the subject at hand.

It’s a proven practice that you should leave a comment in respect to the material mentioned, meaning the comment should be relevant.

If you were to add a hyper link in your blog comment, then it should offer value and be related to the topic of the blog.

Here’s a good example of how blog commenting should be done.

This is taken from a blog in Product.com blog.

3 key elements of a quality blog comment

Use an Avatar

blog commenting image 3Whenever possible, have a Gravatar or info image embedded every time you do blog commenting.

This will prove that you are a “real-and-alive” living individual and not just a robot or a pigment of some shrewd marketers or black hat ops imagination.

Use your Real Name

blog commenting image 4When commenting on a blog, there’s an option to either use your name or to stay anonymous,

it’s a proven effective practice to use your real name and if you are asked for an email or website in the comment form, add them as well.

Never use a keyword that you are trying to haggle for

This is a clear signal of  spamming. Leave a comment that offers actual value. Likewise, please don’t ever, ever use the comment box to introduce yourself or your brand.

Time and time again we see a lot of comments that take 10-15 seconds to read!  These are obviously just for self-promotion and are geared to get a back link to their brand.

Give real value every time you blog comment and in time you’ll see your connection grow. Why? because people will notice that you know your stuff and this will lead them to seek you out.

That’s all it takes!

Now, can you start commenting on my blogs?

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Are you hitting your Marketing Objectives?

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marketing tipsIn order for your business to reach its goals, marketing objectives should be implemented.

Many people use objectives and goals interchangeably; a good way to separate them is to plot out an advertising and marketing plan, stick to the course until its completion.

Here are three easy and achievable marketing plan guides that will help you achieve your marketing objectives.

Easy Tips for Hitting your Marketing Objectives

Hit the Target on the Wall

web marketingThink of your marketing objectives as targets that need to be aimed at. Starting a marketing campaign through emails can be a perfect example of this.

The results you get can give you an accurate data on how far or near you are from your goal. You can even set clear cut values like 50 prospects through emails campaign.

Keep it Simple

sales pitchSet for yourself one or two objectives and keep working at them until they are accomplished.

The reason for this is simple, the more objectives you set, the more time and money you need to achieve them, and it’s not practical.

Let’s use an example:

  • Gain 5 new customers by December 15
  • Maintain the purchase frequency of current customers at 7 times a year for the financial year 2014

As you can see, it is a lot easier if you will use this method to track your marketing objectives. The goals are clear cut, which makes fine-tuning your marketing strategies really easy.

Link to Sales

pitchingUltimately, the prime directive of every marketing objectives is to get your solution or product out in the market; translate it to sale and establish good customer relationship. (Repeat customers)This being the case, it is smart to link all your marketing objectives to sales.

You can do this by setting up definitive and specific areas of concern, like for example:

  • Inbound marketing
  • Press releases
  • Social media campaigns

By targeting these areas of concern, you will have a clear cut course of action and can accurately pinpoint what you need to accomplish.

In closing, it is really important that analytics be set up early on, this tool is essential if you want to see the actual statistics of your marketing objectives, whether they are hitting the target or missing them altogether.

More next time!

Blogging the Empower Network Way

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Hey everyone!

Blogging is BIG business – that is if you know how it works. Let’s face it, it’s not easy to design and set up a website, then fill it up with useful contents, insert images, videos, add the proper SEO techniques and more.

guestsAny one of those tasks alone will require you to spend a lot of man hours familiarizing yourself with the techniques involved.

Not to mention the probability of spending some hard earned money in education and training or of having someone else set them up for you.

So what to do?

If you don’t possesses the gift of writing and serious marketing skills, Empower Network just made it a lot easier to do all those BLOGGING requirements and more.

The Advantages of Empower Network Viral Blogging System

Simplified Blogging Platform

build social mediaImagine getting the right amount of traffic your website so desperately need without being desperate in the process? Sounds all good right?

Empower Network was able to integrate all the important ingredients that can and will enable a “newbie” website to have a thriving online presence that will lure in the readers and turn them into satisfied customers – IN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME.

It is actually a huge leap – from turning a prospect into a customer. It requires a lot of back breaking and nerve-wrecking late night brainstorming –  BUT with Empower Network’s viral blogging system, it has become more than achievable, it’s actually “all in a day’s work”.

Empower Network was designed by marketers for marketers. This being the case, now, you can compose your blog, add images or videos then post with just a click of a button. No need to worry about those complicated LSI or meta tags and other SEO techniques – Empower Network takes care of that.

Isn’t that just dandy?

Authority Site

blogBeing an authority site makes it very easy for your blog site to rank.

The higher the ranking, the more visible your site is, the more visible your site is, the better the opportunity for your product or services to reach a lot of viewers which can result from them from being prospects to satisfied customers.

Strong Viewership

With more than 300,000 current members (and still growing), you can easily tapped into this vast pool of people to get your product noticed. It’s that simple, really. Oh did I mentioned the awesome opportunity to earn $15K a month? I didn’t? Well with Empower Network business opportunity, you can.

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Effective Blogging Secrets Revealed!

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Hi everyone!

“Blogging is a conversation, not a code.” – Mike Butcher.

I believe this is true. There should be a connection. Sadly, a lot of bloggers ignore this crucial key point! All they want is to let out their opinion and blabber without really connecting with their readers.

bloggingAn effective communication contains two key components – speaker and the listener. The same holds true in the “blogsphere.” Unless the speaker (blogger) can effectively convey his idea, then there’s what we call a failure of communication.

Imagine this, you are the blogger, how will you cook up a blog that will perk the interest of your readers? Give that thought some precious seconds to sink in. If still unsure, let me offer these tips:

Blogging Tips

Compose Head Turning Headlinesheadlines

Your headline is your readers first contact point with you. How well you craft this will determine
if you’ll turn a prospect into a follower. Always right a compelling one. Usually readers only want to know what they can get from you. Address that properly and you’ll get their attention. Make sense? Read on.

Start with a Strong First Statement

strongA strong opening statement will definitely add to the effectiveness of your blog, no doubt about it, so it’s pertinent that you take some considerable amount of time thinking of a killer statement. Take this approach along with your compelling headline as a one-two punch combination.

Readers can’t resist this approach. It’s the lure and the bait.

Learn how you can draw up a compelling headline and then boost it up further by giving it a killer opening statement. This can take a while, but with constant practice, you’ll get it eventually.

Use Powerful Words

According to the modern English language, words are not created equal. Some are more powerful than the others. Use these words to your advantage. Sprinkle your article with these powerful words. Some example are – you, free, new, because and instantly. Have you used these words lately in your posts?

Nothing beats a killer sentence!one day

“Sentences are the engines of creativity. “– Demian Farnworth. Nothing is truer than that fact. Take this sentence for example “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” See how instantly it painted a scene in your head? Killer sentence evokes emotion. It also creates an image in your mind. Lastly, always address the 5W’s, who, what, where, when and why. In short, be factual too!

Be Authentic

originalYou are a unique creature. You have your way of structuring sentences that instantly inform readers that it’s you that they’re reading. Use this uniqueness to your advantage.

You see, the problem with today’s budding bloggers is that they want to be the next big Matt Marshall or any of those big name bloggers.

While it can help to have someone to look up to and imitate, in the long run you need to discover who you are.

There you have it folks, start incorporating these fine tips now and tell me how it turns out. You can leave a comment below!

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Timely Blogging Tips

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Hi there!

Blogging can sometimes be cumbersome, especially at some point when you run out of steam, which eventually you will. Trust me, it will happen, even to the best of them. So what will you blog about when this occurs?

Do you have any contingency plan?

sweatingIt always pays to have a backup plan ready for any eventualities, and running out of ideas is something that you really need to watch out for.

Here are some fresh ideas you can pick upon and incorporate in your blogging approach.

Blogging Tips

Blog about News Eventsnews events

Being a business owner entails that you be abreast with the latest news and trends about the industry. You can put this advantage to good use by blogging about what is upcoming and new.

This gives you the opportunity to be a resource person and you can even give your insight about the news event to your readers.

Keep a Keen Sight on Google Trends and Twitter

google trendsObserve what leaders in the industry are referring to or that have a huge number of interest and write about that (knowing that if it’s an appropriate subject like the World Cup, your material won’t possibly rank or likely ever be seen before the attention drops).

Volume wise, you’ll be blogging to entice guests and in case of authorities chatting, you’ll likely be blogging mainly for links so it will have to be more reliable.

Write about changes in the industry, product and services launches, etc.

For example, while an upgrade to Google Chrome may not straightly affect our approach to SEO, it’s relevant by its effect on our website visitors, so it is definitely a topic worth blogging about.product launch

While this might sound a bit cloudy and uncertain, every upgrade that chrome does will definitely have an effect on our approach to online marketing or even to SEO at times. (Algorithms anyone?)

Product and services launches are great topics to blog about, even if these are from your competitors, why? It will absolutely give you the advantage of knowing where your position is as with regards to your competitors.

Blogging about this topic will give your readers insight about (clears throat) how well you can address the competition without sounding all sour and insecure about the whole thing, which if done properly, I believe will result in better audience confidence in you!

There you go, I hope you can incorporate this tip in your blogging approach.

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