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5 Types of Blog Posts

Kristen — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0000

The time has come… I NEED to teach my mother how to blog. I have no problem teaching the theory of blogging or the “how to” stuff or even breaking it down to the simplest form so that she can do it herself and be successful. It’s the “finding the time” that is the hardest part. I’ve actually started recording short snippet videos for her and the last one I recorded was the video version on the article below about the types of blog posts.

Here are the 5 Types of Blog Posts

How you create your blog posts depend on the type of blog you are writing for and what the goal of that blog is.

If you want to keep your blog fresh and interesting, you should post often. Creating different types of blog posts will help to keep your audience interested. It will also keep you from getting bored with your blog.

It really doesn’t matter if you are blogging so that you can earn income from selling ads or affiliate products off your blog, selling your own products or services. You should try mixing it up with these 5 types of blog posts.

1. The Review Blog Post.

Review blog posts can help you monetize your blog. You “review” – take a closer look at – a product. When you review a product and include an affiliate link, you’ll make a commission off of each sale generated with your affiliate link. Review blog posts should go over some of the major pluses and minuses of the product. Even if you loved the product, you should keep your review balanced by mentioning a few things that could have been improved. Your audience will appreciate your honesty and be more likely to trust your recommendation.

2. The INSIGHTS Blog Post.

Quick tips are great “in between” posts since they are so short. They are normally between 100 and 250 words. If there’s a great bit of information that you want to share with your niche but it doesn’t really warrant a full blog post, you can post a quick tip. The tip should be focused on one key area of the niche. For example, “How to Grease a Muffin Pan” is a perfect quick tip article for a cooking blog.

3. The Tips Blog Post.

Blog readers love lists! If you’ll look at the most popular blogs you’ll see that they make good use out of this type of blog posts. You can make lists fit any niche topic imaginable. They are great ways to convey information online because they can easily be scanned by web readers who like to skim over information. You can create resource lists that will help your readers find information on your niche. You can also create lists of different ways to accomplish a goal in a niche, like “5 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Sales Letter.” The possibilities are endless.

4. The INTERVIEW Blog Post.

Although these require a bit of preparation, they can be very valuable to your blog. You can interview someone in your niche and share the results of the interview with your blog readers. This will not only help provide valuable content for your blog, but you can also get more traffic to your blog. Likely, the person who you are interviewing will publicize the event on their blog and around the ‘net which will bring more traffic back to you.

5. The Tutorial Blog Post.

Like quick tips, how to posts help you provide valuable information to your readers. However, unlike quick tips, these posts go into detail on a certain topic. Some how to posts are even separated out into two or three part courses. For ideas on what to create how to posts about, look at the most frequently asked questions in your niche and develop posts around those topics.

There you have it, 5 simple ways to juice up your blog writing and give your readers some variety!

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5 Types of Blog Posts

Free Blog Installation and Setup Offer

Kristen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:02:10 +0000

Get Your Very Own Hosted WordPress Blog

and Grow Your Business

How much would you spend every month for a new loyal customer? Would you spend $10.00 for a customer that is going to buy an average of $40.00? Then have the opportunity to sell to them again in the future or offer affiliate products to compliment their original sale?

How about $1.00? Would you spend a dollar?

I use my blog to brand myself, a content management system, spread the word of my other businesses, connect with new people and to send huge amounts traffic to my own sites, affiliate sites, special offers, leverage social media etc. etc.

As far as I am concerned their is no excuse to not get your our own professional looking and cash generating blog.

Small Business owners think they “have been there, done that” when they created their static website and paid a web designer hundreds of dollars, pay monthly hosting bills and still have not seen regular returns on their investment.

It just sits in cyber world and fills the URL space on their business card. They haven’t had the time or education on how the internet is changing and allowing the non-technical business owner to build their traffic both online & offline with their website, connect with customers, get ideas for new products and grow their business.

In fact, you may have read my earlier post “Watch Out, I’m Teaching My Mom To Blog” and the kick it gave to her business to switch from a static site to a hosted WordPress blog.

Or maybe getting your own blog set-up has been on your “to do” list for months or even years but you just haven’t gotten to it?

Well with my help that’s about to change. If you are not paying attention to all the top businesses out there have their own blog which they update frequently and use various Web 2.0 and social media marketing.

Just check out your favorite brands and companies in Google and you will see who is blogging and Twittering. Why because they see the benefits of connecting with their customers in as many ways as possible using the internet and it goes beyond SEO to get your website in the top rankings.

They know that creating a relationship with their customers will help build trust and loyalty and bring those same customers back. They know they will be the first one to hear the likes and dislikes of customers and be able to addresses the hot spots and retain those customers.

The problem remains….

Many small business owners struggle to get their blog set-up and working right with all the right plugins and widgets. They think they don’t have time for “blogging” or that they aren’t technical enough to do it and don’t want to pay someone to maintain it again.

“Getting A Blog Set-Up Properly Is Hard!! Tell Me, Does Any Of This Blogging Jargon Confuse You…?”

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*Monetization advice on what programs to use to make money with your blog

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I am doing everything for you AND showing you how you can use this tool 10 minutes a day to build your business!

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Honestly, I’ve helped so many people try to navigate the limitations in their hosting providers- most can’t access ftp permissions, they don’t have cpanel or they are have to send in a support ticket for every little change they want to make that it’s frustrating to see people spend their time and money on un-necessary steps. My hope is this offer will help people that are on the edge of the pool to jump in and start focusing on their money making strategies and not time wasting activities. And yes.. that is my affiliate link so it’s a win-win for everyone.
umm.. 10…you get unlimited email addresses?

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Free Blog Installation and Setup Offer

Become A Blogger Video – Impact Marketing Techniques

Kristen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:59:42 +0000

You don’t see this kind of thing very often, but Yaro Starak and Gideon Shalwick from Become A Blogger have just released one of their premium
content videos to the general public (no cost)…

Become A Blogger Video

Inside the video, Yaro talks about what he calls “Impact Marketing Techniques” – the kind of tricks he’s used himself to drive hoards of new traffic to his own 6-figure income blog.

Now, what makes this video so special?

Well, normally you’d have to pay for it.

But not today…

You can watch it at no cost right now, without one of those silly optin forms – nice for a change really:

Become A Blogger Video

In any case, I just thought I’d let you know about this powerful video, because no matter what you do online, you can never know enough about how to
drive crazy amounts of traffic to your blog.

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Become A Blogger Video – Impact Marketing Techniques

Blog Success Review

Kristen — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:30:24 +0000

Jack Humphrey, Blog Success Review

You might know Jack Humphrey from his Authority Black Book, after all this is an incredible 64 page resource that takes you from recommended WordPress plugins to generating traffic and has more links then I can count to save you time.

You can pick up your own free copy of this resource here: Authority Black Book

However, that free resource assumes you know the basics of what you are doing. When in fact, the majority of the people I talk with daily DON’T know the full ins and out’s of blogging. They find it challenging to understand the process of installing a blog, optimizing their blog, finding and adding the right content, or even wonder why they have been “blogging” for months, yet haven’t earned a penny from their blog while other people have made it a full time income.

That’s why I started searching for more blog resources that I can review and recommend. I take this seriously because I have read my share of crap ebooks, special reports and expensive products over the last few years. I know that a majority of my blog readers are not highly technical (and many not remotely technical and that’s ok )) And if I’m going to point people to a resource I want it to do what it says it’s going to do.

Many of the products I reviewed jump from one level to another, or assume you have ftp knowledge or just leave out big chunks of information that would leave a beginner reader scratching their head and frustrated not being able to complete the task. Sound familiar?

That’s why I started to see people talking about Blog Success and I decided to look at it a bit closer. I mentioned in a previous post on How to Blog, that I really like Beginner Blogger and for some that just need the technical side of how to get started blogging that is still a great resource. For those that need more in-depth, “Step by Step” guidance on how to become a profitable blogger, then keep reading.

What is Blog Success?

This is not a simple ebook, or a special report, this is a full blown site that you login into and have access to a full site of resources and content.

What is Covered?

All the pieces for a successful blog are covered inside. When you first login you will be given a colorful section of buttons that will lead you to the area that fits your level and needs.

The best way to start is with the Welcome Video that gives you a guided tour.

You will see that Blog Success is made of several main areas:

Mindset – where you understand the philosophy for the training.

Research and Content Development – covers the steps you need to research and create your content development plan for your blog

Traffic – outline the most important steps for finding and RETAINING new visitors to your blog

Monetization – shows you every possible way of making money with your blog

Technical – one of the best parts because this takes even the most beginner blogger and shows them step by step how to make all the pieces work.

Software – download area with more training links – save you time by giving you the best resources in one place

There is also an extensive FAQ and Dictionary.

I can’t forget that there is also a support section, a forum AND a buzzzzz group. Those are amazing extras!

This is an excerpt of an article written on the site from Diane the Blog Success Membership Manager that I just LOVED because it rings so true to me.

“If you, like me, enjoying having your fingers in many pies you may find that eventually you have set up 10, 20 or even more than 30 blogs. Every few months you may spend a week or two researching, creating, finding a theme for and getting ready this blog on your chosen niche. You may even get round to adding a few posts to it.

Eventually though you need to begin focusing on getting visitors to your blog. Your focus needs to change from blog creation and setup to blog traffic generation and marketing. Nothing can happen in terms of earning an income from your blog if you do not have an audience.

I love blog themes, I am obsessed with photos, I love the way something looks and I actually enjoy putting a new blog together – but doing this for my own blog does not earn me any money. And the two or more days it takes to do this could be better spent on driving traffic using the 60 day plan.

If you have been in a conversation about not having time to go through the plan you may want to look at what you spend your “blog business” time on. After all once the blog is up, the sign up box has been added, your ecourse or ebook is in your auto responder and you have set up the categories you want – what else is there to do? Absolutely nothing when it comes to blog setup! That is what is so great about running a blog as a business.

Once you have completed all those tasks there are only two things you focus on, on a consistent basis. The first is writing blog posts and the second is marketing your blog using the 60 day plan.

Your blog is up. It is ready. It doesn’t need any more tweaking! It doesn’t matter about the plugins. It doesn’t even matter what color your header is. And no you can’t start that new blog on that new industry you just heard about that is guaranteed to make you millions!”

And I think that sums up my first year of blogging in a nutshell! I spent (ok WASTED) so much time thinking I had to get everything perfect that I burned myself out because I wasn’t gaining readers, or making money.. but I could talk about the best plugins for 2 hours!!

That’s exactly what Blog Success helps you with, it’s your guide to make a great blog that you can earn money from, position yourself and be successful by giving you all the resources, training – including videos and the forum support, and all you have to do is follow the directions.

I highly recommend Blog Success for the beginner blogger or even someone that is not happy with their results so far. Yes, there is a monthly fee associated BUT after being immersed in blogging for the last couple years I KNOW that if you take action on what is included in this site, your membership price will pay for itself every month AND you will have that extra income you need.

Check it out for yourself, there is a $1.00 TRIAL To Blog Success and look for yourself. If it’s not for you, you can unsubscribe within your account profile- no calls or emails back and forth to customer support, just one click but I think you will be very happy with all you will learn and have access too.

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Blog Success Review

How To Blog Review- Part 1

Kristen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:30:03 +0000

People who know me, know I love blogging. I have this blog, Moms Business Coach but I also install and customize blogs for clients and love talking “blog talk” with new bloggers.

However, there are things that have become so second nature that those that are new to blogging need to start at square one, especially if they are not technically inclined. I heard this loud and clear as I was trying to teach my mother how to maintain her own blog.

I also know that I spend a fair amount of time on social networks and forums and have a regular group of people, that I consider friends, that I use for support, brainstorming, desperate pleas for help and enjoy the connections with. That’s why I was thrilled when one of my online friends decided to release her product to help people learn how to create a blog in 4 Weeks eCourse.

Blogging itself can seem easy, if you can use Microsoft Word, you can dump your drain your thoughts into your blog postings. But it’s the setting up, getting going and foundation that so many people find to be a stumbling block. Traci is often the one that is helping people on the forums willingly sharing her expertise and making it very simple to get from point A to point B.

I’ll be honest, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had a chance to check out the insides of her course but I KNOW it’s going to be well worth the tiny price tag she put on it, after all, to outsource it is more then what this will cost AND you have to outsource over and over… so this is one area that I think everyone should know how to on their own because once you see how to do it you can get blogs set up quickly in as many niches as you want, use it for new products, use it for personal contacts, and the list can go on and on with all the opportunities a blog brings.

I highly recommend you check out How To Create A Blog with the Beginner to Blogger in 4 Weeks eCourse and if you see it before me leave a comment, but I hope to get a full blown review of it soon because I know I have boatloads of people that can use this information today!

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How To Blog Review- Part 1

Want To Podcast For Website Traffic? Here Is How To Automate Your Podcast

Kristen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:45:35 +0000

Podcasting is an easy way to drive more website traffic since it gives your site or blog a new customer touch medium and search engines more content, a win win situation for everyone. However, there are still many blog and website owners that are neglecting this website traffic tactic because they think it’s too complicated, takes time they don’t have or they need to expensive equipment to get started.

I’m here to prove you wrong on all the above points! First, I’m only technical enough to be dangerous and I was able to create several podcasts in one afternoon following the simple steps direct from the ebook, Beginners Guide to Traffic Tactics and I really thought it couldn’t get any easier.

However, this doesn’t fix the issue that some blog owners have on “what” they should be talking about on their podcast. They freeze, they over think the process, they don’t like the sound of their voice… they procrastinate putting this easy website traffic tactic to work for them.

Now, enters “Odiego” after reading about it in an industry magazine and then seeing Super Affiliate,Lynn Terry, put it to work on her blog ClickNewz, I decided I would take the leap and give it a whirl.

If you live like me, I am connected to the computer alot…ask my husband.. alot! But I am also an avid walker and I love to strap on my MP3 and get an hour of “me” time in every day. Now, I can download blogs and listen to the audio version while I walk- talk about multi-tasking, I love it!

Yes, it is a computer generated voice, but if the content is good that is a small price to pay for the option. I also see that they are working on adding new voices & accents in the future.

It took me about 10 minutes to set up. You go through the same exact process you would when uploading and activating any other blog plugin. Odiego even gives step by step instructions for those that do not use WordPress.org (a self hosted blog platform).

Did I mention that it is free?

For an exact step by step tutorial of this easy process, check out the Mashable post that shows how to convert your blog post to itunes and you will see that you no longer have a reason to avoid podcasting!

As you see in the above tutorial, you will automatically get a full webpage of your audios that you can download. The Moms Business Coach podcast page can be seen here, make sure you bookmark it!

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Want To Podcast For Website Traffic? Here Is How To Automate Your Podcast

How To Get Free Traffic Tricks

Kristen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:06:42 +0000

Anyone that has a conversation with me regarding online marketing knows that I love finding free traffic tricks. I feel slightly geeky the way that I find website traffic is like a giant puzzle that can be put together hundreds of different ways and I love sorting through all the pieces.

I don’t consider myself an “expert” but I do know that I have learned traffic tricks that I can easily put into place to get a desired outcome in the search engines rather quickly. I take pride that I have researched, tested and taught myself how to put these pieces together from seo, rss, blogging, and many other web traffic tactics.

For example recently a new competitor showed up on the scene and got national media coverage. After I watched the news segment, I flipped open my laptop and within hours I ranked number three on the front page of Google for their business name in the spot directly under them. I wanted to be sure that anyone that did a search for that business after watching the newscast knew that I existed as well. I’ll have to do a little more work so that I can finish above them then I’ll be happy . In addition, I was able to create a blog post in 10 minutes that also made it to the front page of the search engines. Is that poor sportsmanship or just the survival of the fittest on the web?

I was excited that when I started a brand new blog and only plugging away on it part time, I was able to increase my website traffic to the point that my Alexa ranking dropped from over 10 million to under 200,000 in a matter of weeks and sits in the top three spots for my keywords.

The daily questions I get from other small business owners prompted me to create my Beginners Guide to Traffic Tactics ebook. This guide is where I wanted to be sure that all beginners can get website traffic on their own and not get hung up with lack of money or technical experience as an excuse for NOT getting website traffic.

Then I think my friend Terry Wygal, who is what I would consider a website traffic expert, must have lost a bet or something during his last mastermind group and started helping me promote my ebook and decided to share some of his stealth, ninja like techniques with everyone! It’s an absolute must to check out and get on his Free Traffic Tricks mail list because I don’t know what he has up his sleeve, but I’m sure it will be priceless!

If nothing else, watching his video and seeing how Terry leveraged his free traffic tricks to earn a $17,000.00 check is motivating and inspirational!

What’s my favorite thing about Terry? (besides being a great guy & the kindness of him sharing his experience to help my first informational product?) Is that Terry is a part of the Maverick team, I have an entire review post/video coming on that subject, but for the sake of this blog post I will tell you that as a Maverick you commit to give back to others.

Terry gave back in a big way recently after holding his last event Blueprint to Financial Freedom. He helped out fellow internet marketer, Dr. Mani by donating to his charity for children with The Dr. Mani Children Heart Foundation that helps raise awareness of children with congenital heart defects.

Since I joined the Maverick Insider this month, I also took the pledge to give back and I decided to continue with one of my favorite organizations, Make A Wish Foundation. Ten percent of all sales of my Beginners Guide to Traffic Tactics will be dedicated to www.wish.org.

Now that I shared this secret free website tricks resource with you, don’t wait, like I said, I don’t know what Terry has planned, so go now and sign up so you don’t miss a thing! I’m already there and I can’t wait! Go… Here… NOW… http://www.FreeTrafficTricks.Com

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How To Get Free Traffic Tricks

It’s The Start of a Blog-a-thon, Come Join!

Kristen — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:26:12 +0000

There have been so many things going on this week that I feel bad for lacking off on blog postings. I wrote a few new bonus lessons for MBC Online Training, I’ve had the opportunity to meet with some great people this week, I recorded a couple more interviews on topics of RSS and Social Bookmarking, I’ve had my manufacturing meetings for my baby towel with samples returned from India; In a nutshell, I feel like I’m soaring to new heights every day and I’m so excited and love the work that I do that I can’t sleep at night thinking about what I can show you next.

Of course, the problem has been I only have some many hours in the day so this week I’ve also made some monumental business decisions that I will share with you soon.

Well, wait until you see what is coming down the pipeline!

I’ve done as I said and put a few of the tactics from my Website Traffic and Sales Ebook into action and I’m going to put them into place in the next couple days, this is one of the only good reasons my blogging has gone down so my website traffic numbers have too. This means I’ll be in a better position to see what sort of results I will get from the specific actions.

This blog post is off-the-cuff, here’s what’s going on, heads up posting. But I’ve decided to make up for the lost week of blogging and now that I have some other tasks completed and out of the way, I’m going to start my first official “blog-a-thon” on Moms Business Coach.

This means I am going to blog everyday at least once, including product reviews, business strategies, hot seats, tips, tricks and secrets- nothing is going to be held back for the next 30 days. Don’t miss it, subscribe today to the RSS feed because I’m going to leak some reallllly meaty (money making) strategies that I have learned recently that will show you how to make more money from what you are doing already!

Woo I’m so excited I can’t wait!

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It’s The Start of a Blog-a-thon, Come Join!

Quick Question Tuesday- SEO, Spiders, Content

Kristen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:05:22 +0000

Image by hongxing128 via Flickr

“..part of SEO is to attract the spiders. I know that making changes on your site attracts them to come back and check out the changes. To what extent do changes need to be made? In other words, does that mean that full paragraphs of text need to be changed frequently on each page of your site, or is it more behind the scenes, like with titles, keywords, etc? Common sense is telling me it is the visible text that ‘customers’ may see, but I can’t understand how to continually change all the text on my site.
To sum up…my question is really how much needs to be continually changed in order to attract the google-bots and other spiders?”

Answer:

As with any SEO question you can get as technical as you want, but I like to keep it short and practical, so in a nutshell; It’s more then just changing text it’s adding content.

Go back to your keyword list and pull out your long tail keywords and add a page of information, like an article, for each of your keywords. Just think of how your site will grow if you add one article a week to your site focused on your keyword or topic. That’s an extra 52 pages that you can have “floating” around the internet and showing up in search engines that people can use as a front door to find you.

Of course, I’m not saying never change your base content, you should always keep testing and tracking and tweaking the content on your base pages for conversion purposes.

However, writing an article that is 400-600 words long should only take you 1/2 hour of work and less then that once you get used to the format.

Add linking to your other pages within the article to help the spiders effectively move around all your pages. An easy swipe line for doing is adding a line such as “As I stated in my earlier article, 5 Tips for SEO, print out your list of keywords and use those for your content base”

Let’s pause for a moment and look at this tactic:

I referenced you to an earlier article I wrote- keeping you on my site longer
I created an anchor text link that spiders will be attracted to with my keyword in it
I created a gateway for spiders to move from one page to another since they will follow the url
I added more value to you as a reader by giving you more information you were looking for, understanding SEO.

Blogging As A Free Marketing Tool

Installing a WordPress blog (remember that’s free too) on your host account, attracts spiders to your site because it’s always giving fresh content. Spiders don’t see free WordPress.com or Blogger blogs as adding to YOUR site, but to WORDPRESS.com. Even if you have a link to the free blog site from your website, they live on different IP addresses so the most it will do is follow the URL. For more information on free blogs vs self-hosted blogs you can check out, 5 Reasons You Should Host Your Blog.

The extra benefit of using a self-hosted blog, is the fact you can schedule your post. This cuts your time by allowing you to spend a few hours with your keyword list, create your articles and load them and have them scheduled to go out on certain days automatically. You can do it once a month and not think about it again.

Back to the nutshell, there is your 2 choices, add an article page to your site every week or install the free WordPress.org on your host and post every week and use this tool for passive income in addition to fresh content made easy.

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Quick Question Tuesday- SEO, Spiders, Content

Kick Start Your Search Engine Optimization With 5 Essential Steps

Kristen — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:31:16 +0000

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Perform a search on Google for “search engine optimization tips” and you will end up with thousands, even millions of results. Frankly, the entire process of Search Engine Optimization can be overwhelming for anyone, and more so for those of us that are always trying to balance webmaster role with every other business role.

Search engine optimization is the process of making sure that your website content and information helps you to achieve high ranking on search engines such that you will get traffic directed to your website through these search engines. There is a science to it, there are many hard and “soft” rules of do’s and don’ts, and there are plenty of people that will pay thousands of dollars to have another company take care of their SEO for them.

Top 5 SEO Tips

1. The very first and important step in search engine optimization (SEO) is to know all your niche keywords and phrases. If you want to attract some potential customers to your website, you should know the relevant keywords and phrases to use. When people are looking for information online, they type different keywords and phrases on search engines, and you will need to know these keywords and phrases. By having these keywords in your website content, your website will show up on search engines when people look for information that relates to these keywords. I suggest using the Google keyword tool (free), the Free Wordtracker or the paid Keyword Elite.

2. Make maximum use of your keywords and key phrases. In order to make sure that your website is found by search engines, you will need to have your keywords in your web content and on your blog. Make sure that your web content is keyword-rich. Use your keywords in all the articles that you write. It’s easy to print out a list of your keywords that you can quickly refer to and use as your content base.

3. Build your website such that your keywords and phrases are included in the content of your website, including the tag of all your web pages.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.19in;"><strong>4. </strong>Expand one way and two way links to your website. Link building is one of the most effective ways to increase the visibility of your website on search engines. Build one way links by submitting articles with your website URL in the resources box, and participate in relevant forums and have your URL in your signature. Write product reviews and post them at other related websites and include your website URL. You can also exchange two way links with other web masters for related web sites. The more websites you have linking back to your website, the better your web site ranking will be on search engines.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.19in;"><strong>5. </strong> Submit your website to website directories. This will help to improve your page ranking on search engines and will also drive traffic to your website. If you don’t want to spend the time doing this there are really affordable services that will do it for you. Check out <a title="Directory Submitter" href="http://www.moms-business-coach.com/directorysubmitter" target="_blank">Directory Submitter</a> and they start pricing at $10.00, you can’t beat that!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0.19in;">SEO is very important for the success of your website. Follow the steps outlined above and make your website visible on search engines. If your website ranking is high on search engines, it means that you can be easily found and a lot of traffic will be driven to your website.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0.19in;">For more information and easy to follow steps and SEO Tips then check out <a title="Online Business Special Reports" href="http://moms-business-coach.com/online-business-special-reports/" target="_blank">Moms Business Coach SEO Simplified Special Report</a>, made just for beginners to SEO and it boils it down into easy to achieve steps that anyone new to the world of online business can put to use today.</p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Zemified by Zemanta" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/c5ab6863-a273-4238-9fed-6189e0a4adae/"></a></div> <p>Post from: <a href="http://moms-business-coach.com/blog">Online Business Marketing For Home Based Businesses</a><br/><br/><a href="http://moms-business-coach.com/online-business-marketing/seo-tips/">Kick Start Your Search Engine Optimization With 5 Essential Steps</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>