The last option is my personal preference and I created a list of 5 of my top reason why.

The Big 5

* If you have a blog hosted on your domain, you have control over everything about your blog. You can have your own layout and design for your blog, which means you can have a blog that matches your website logo. You can make your blog as unique as you want. This gives you an edge against other competing blogs in the same niche which may have similar layouts. You also have complete freedom to do anything you want with your blog. By hosting your blog on your domain, you can control your blog in many ways you want and you can add any features you want.

* By hosting your blog on your domain name, you make it easier for people to remember your blog.

* Hosting your blog on your domain means that you can develop and promote your own brand using your blog. You can make your blog headings similar to your website. In terms of search engine optimization (SEO) and advertising, this is very important because you will be advertising and optimizing your own domain and your own brand. SEO is also effective to do with your own domain name that includes your keywords. This will increase your blog’s visibility on search engines.

* By hosting your blog on your website, you have added security. This means that you don’t have to worry about losing your information or getting locked out of your account.

* You present a professional image by having your online business logo on your blog. This gives you ad edge against other competing website or blogs.

Based on the advantages outlined above, if you are serious about your online business, you must consider hosting your blog on your own domain.
Don’t Make Excuses

I know you are yelling at the computer right now that you don’t php from css to ftp so you can’t possibly create your own blog. Yes, it is easier to head over to Blogger and enter your email and your name and be blogging away within 10 minutes. But think of all the opportunities you are missing… and risking….

If you order a hosting package from some of the bigger hosting companies you can easily re-coup the small hosting fee you are paying with all the different ways you can monetize a blog with good traffic.

Good traffic that you can build using all the super cool tricks and plugins that only a self hosted blog will produce.

If you are still afraid of not being technical enough to load a blog you can pay someone a small fee to install and optimize your blog for you (like Moms Business Coach), a small investment in your automatic monthly income or follow a very short, step by step process that most hosting companies make so easy!

I recommend my host provider, I had my blog installed in under 10 minutes!

http://moms-business-coach.com/recommends/bluehost

Go Ahead, take a leap and if you have questions just let me know- we’ll help you out!

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5 Reasons You Should Host Your Own Blog