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by SUKHPREET BAL
While in the beginning blogs were created more for personal use, as the internet and businesses develop more and more companies are using blogs to help promote their business, but the basics remain the same.
Whether you have a business blog or a personal one you no doubt want as many people to view it and hopefully interact with it, and you, as possible. There are a few key things to remember when both primarily creating your blog and then promoting it to others.
First and foremost keep your readers in mind; even if you have a blog that is full of nothing more than your personal rants, if you want people to keep coming back you need to make it easy to read and understand. Remember that in this day and age people using the internet will often spend a lot of time just skimming over pages so you need to capture and then keep their interest, the best way to do this is to keep your writing clear and concise, while it doesn’t need to be grammatically ideal (at least for a personal blog) it should at least make sense.
Try to provide useful and important information for your readers, no matter what subject your blog is about if you can give the viewers the information they want or find helpful they will keep coming back for more.
You don’t need to use every technical gadget you come across on your blog; while they all have their individual places a business blog for example may lose some of its professionalism if the readers are subjected to heavy metal music the minute they open the page.
While you are working on your readership base, and trying to gain readers, you are going to find that commenting on blogs that are relevant to yours will surely help. Find a blog that is on the same topic to yours, or close to it and leave comments. You can also make a track back with your blog postings to comment on your own blog. Doing so will probably more than likely give someone else the urge to track back to your blog. This will be good for it as well. Commenting on blogs that get many comments will make your blog seen by those involved in that market. You will gain traffic and readers that way, and it is easy as well as free.
Make your blog as interactive as possible; give your readers the chance to leave comments or feedback, the more reason you can give them to interact with you the more often they will come back; on that note you can also give your viewers the chance to subscribe to your blog so they receive emails when your blog has been updated etc.
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by MANDEEP ANAND
While it may be alluring to add a visitor counter, a flashy background, an exciting new font, and a bunch of peculiar animated gifs to your blog, this kind of plan can easily backfire.
There are many free blogging tools on the market, but loading up your blog with all of the free accessories that you can find isn't essentially a good idea.
The key to getting the most from free blog tools is being selective. It is a great idea to learn about all of the kinds of free blogging tools that are available so that you can make an informed decision about what to add to your blog but try to remember that just because you can have something doesn't mean that you need it. Practice command and only choose the options that you think will really be useful. If you can find out how many visitors are reading your blog by checking your traffic statistics, a visitor counter is likely to add needless litter to your page.
If your blog is text-based, a flashy background can be more of a disruption than a benefit. Be practical about assessing what kinds of blog accessories will help you realize your vision and modify your site.
Remember that even a blog tool that doesn't cost you any cash may not be an asset in the long run blogging for Business Owners. If you run a small company, you may find that the world of blogging for business owners is a world that you want to be a part of.
Blogging is a great way to get the word out to consumers about your product or service, and it can even be useful for inspiring employee reliability and helping you keep your workers at peak spirits. If you are looking for a way to take your business to the next level, consider what starting a blog might be able to do for you.
Blogging for business owners has a lot in common with all other types of blogging, but it has its own unique pitfalls and strengths. The key to having a successful blog as a business owner is keeping your goals clear and concrete at every step of your blogging adventure. It can be all to easy to get sidetracked, especially if you are just learning about the thrilling possibilities of blogging technology, but if you want your blog to succeed you need to stay focused.
Write up a plan for how often you will update, how you will promote your blog and retain readers, whether you will feature photographs or video, and other aspects of your blog, and then stick to it with the same kind of determination that you used when you built your company.
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