Why Work From Home As A Blogger? Top 5 Reasons You Cannot Ignore

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Working from home is the latest trend that many of us are opting. Everyone wants to enjoy their life as they want. So, why are people still going for a dull 9 to 5 job?

May be they are not aware of what will they be doing at home? How will they be starting their business? What will be the cost?

What are things that they need working from home? And many such questions would be pondering over their mind while thinking of "Working from Home".

There are lots of options to set up your home based business. But the one I am gonna discuss is - BLOGGING...!

Blogging is the art of writing and sharing your experience on internet. You can become a professional blogger whenever you want. Blogging is not a mystic language like C++, Java etc.

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Aweber Review >>> Is It Really The Best Autoresponder In The Market?

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Aweber email marketing solution

Aweber is the name you hear every time you think about getting the best email autoresponder for your business. Am I right?

OK, before talking about Aweber, let me quickly touch an important point.

Email marketing - this one’s a biggie! And its mostly ignored by the newbies, which is indeed a shame.

Why? Because people think its old school.

Because they think that there are far more advanced techniques or avenues to reach out to their readers/followers/customers (like social media or blogging).

Because they don’t understand its importance.

Because they’re ignorant!

...And I would really blame them (and no one else) for that.

I know that could have sounded little harsh - but that’s … [Read more...]

Optimize Your Images for Search Engines: Don’t Get Missed Out In Image Search!

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Using images in blog posts are cool. Images are catchy.

They catch the attention of the reader quickly at a glance, and faster than your content itself.

Tell me, where did your eyes go when you landed on this page?

On the image to the left, right?

Yup, images are attention grabbers, even if they're not relevant to the topic of the blog post - just like this one above!

Images can be thought provoking, funny or naughty and can engage hook your readers easily without much effort.

Or they can be totally unrelated to the post, yet can be simply used to grab reader's attention.

Once the blogger (I) has managed to fix my reader's (you) eyes, 30% of the work is already done. I can make my readers read the first sentence of my blog … [Read more...]

HeaderBar Domination Review: For Laser Targeted Un-Obstructive Promotions

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Lets face it - if you're an internet marketer or a blogger, you have loads of stuff to promote (or get people's attention to).

In order to achieve maximum conversion, you need something that will allow for quicker responses and persuade visitors to adopt the right course of action.

You will see that, in most cases, all your time and effort invested in promoting a particular blog post, page for sales, offers or other information with the help of a number eye-catching graphics yield no visible results.

You may still continue to lose extra sales as well as traffic very fast. The number of subscribers to your blog may also not be up to the mark.

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2 Simple Tips To Make Your Blog Feel Like Home For Your Readers

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Attractive woman taking a rest lying on a sofa

I recently published a post on how to get your readers emotionally engaged with your posts. I always love to touch people’s hearts.

No matter what you’re selling, if you manage to create that personal relationship with your readers, you will never be forgotten.

And I’m not telling you to “use” this as a trick to make people buy from you - not even close!

The point is - the more your readers are emotionally connected with you,

  • the more they will enjoy your work,
  • you will get good motivation to continue with your business (there’s nothing better than having a group of encouraging people around),
  • they will easily trust you and ultimately buy from you, without you having to punch them on their face with … [Read more...]

How To Be An Un-Annoying Blogger (You Don’t Have To Please Everyone)

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There's this thing about cooking for the family. It's one of the most confusing tasks that I handle every day.

Whenever I cast this question, "What shall I make for dinner (or breakfast or lunch)?" I always get different answers from the members of my family.

No, don't think that my family is too big. Its just the four of us - Me, my hubby, my son and my hubby's cousin.

Between the four of us, it is really so hard (and its getting harder every day) to fix a dish for dinner.

And there you go - think about your blog! You have hundreds or thousands of readers.

You think you can please all of them? No, don't even think about it!

You can never please all of your readers. The more you try, the more time you waste - it is that simple. And I am totally against that … [Read more...]

Three Blog Post Types to Help You Infect Your Blog With a Virus

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Are you your blog’s only faithful reader?

How many visitors have you received in the lifetime of your blog?

When you divide that figure by the number of blog posts you have written, what is your visitor to post ratio?

A number of bloggers – a good number – publish blog post after blog post without any commensurate traffic.

How do you know if you belong in that category? If you are getting no traffic, you don’t need a seer to tell you; the sound of the crickets is enough to tell you all else are quiet.

A lot of bloggers panic when they realize they are getting no traffic and their knee-jerk reaction is to write more blog posts believing that they will even out in the numbers.

Sadly, they never see the relationship between the kind of content they are writing and the poor traffic and … [Read more...]

How To Beat The “Not Writing” Block And Publish Awesome Content

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An obstacle that blocks your progress

If you are a blogger, you usually get a lot of "blocks". Blocks are nothing but times when you get stuck at something - being unable to proceed further.

It is like hitting a brick wall; not knowing how to proceed.

One of the most popular blocks that hits every blogger is the writers block. Well, what is it?

Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing as a profession, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work.

It is when you are unable to put a word on the screen when you really need to be cranking out content. Most bloggers start and end with starring the blank screen when they encounter writers block.

Other kinds of "blocks" include.... well, un-motivated days. When you have no sales, not enough comments, when your blogging is just "all work and no pay" - you simply feel blocked. Now, lets put all those blocks … [Read more...]

25 Quick Social Media Tricks And Ideas For Bloggers

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A lot of people are now admitting - however begrudgingly - the effectiveness of using Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn for online marketing and SEO purposes.

Even when it comes to blogging, these social media sites are still great tools for promoting your site and your latest posts and hence generating traffic!

So for all you bloggers out there, here are neat tricks for certain sites that you can use to raise the ratings of your blogs.

Foursquare

Tip 1: Sync with your Facebook and Twitter

On your account, click on the Settings button and press Sharing under Your Profile. This connects your Facebook and Twitter accounts to your Foursquare profile where you can select what you want to publish to your followers or … [Read more...]

Email List Building: A 3 Step Working Strategy To Build Email List FAST

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Tillman, the world's fastest skateboarding canine. Courtesy: nydailynews.com

Email list building is something that is permanently on every internet marketer's to-do list.

Email marketing is not dead. It is golden.

It gives you a golden opportunity to land directly into your target customer’s inbox. If you don’t understand the importance of landing directly on someone’s inbox, think about this:

How many blogs are started every day (given that every Tom and Dick can start a free or a “reasonably expensive” blog now-a-days)? How many people create Squidoo lenses? How many Hubpages are there on a given topic? Youtube videos? Ezine articles?

Sure, all the above forms of content provide information (but I have to admit that most of it is crap!). But look at the noise. Will you be … [Read more...]