When you decide to create a home based business online it might be a good idea to establish a blog to help drive traffic to your sales page. If you’re into article writing, for example, you can update your blog on a daily basis with fresh content via a new editorial and also post your writing at the top article directories on the web which will help increase traffic to your website.
Here are five more blogging tips for anyone who may be new to this Internet phenomenon and who may be trying to get their home business discovered on the web.
1. If you’re just developing your home business you would want your blog to reflect a business theme. For example, if you’re going to be an affiliate marketer online then your blog should contain information related to this topic. Your blog could be titled affiliate marketing tips or affiliate marketing advice and your content should be focused on this theme and provide daily tips for your readers. Because your blog is business oriented it should be more formal than a personal blog but not so formal as to deter your visitors from returning to read what you have to say.
2. When selecting a blog title you must be very careful not to select a niche which may be saturated with Internet entrepreneurs. This will make it very difficult to compete with the larger and more established businesses in order to make a decent income from your website and will make it very tricky to get good rankings in the major search engines online.
If you enter a niche which is too wide ranging your Internet career may be a short one so it’s best to narrow your focus to a smaller segment of the larger niche. For example if your theme is Internet marketing which is a very large market you may want to consider a smaller segment such as traffic generation for your home business.
3. Once you’ve created your blog the question then arises as to how often you should post fresh content to your website. The major search engines on the web love content and they like this information to be updated on a regular basis. It would be terrific if you could add fresh content on a daily basis in order to attract and maintain the search engines attention to attain high search rankings and increase traffic to your site as a result.
However if this isn’t possible try to update your home page at least bi-weekly at the same times during the week. The search engines depend on fresh content updated on a regular basis in order to keep your website on their radar and near the top of their rankings. When starting out it’s a good idea not to update or add new information too often because this may be interpreted by the search engines as spam and you may be ignored in search rankings.
4. When you have your blog established it’s a good idea to submit your website to the major search engines, blog directories and RSS feeds on the web. Add your site to as many of these directories as possible in order to gain maximum exposure and to drive traffic to your home business home page. You can submit to these websites yourself or hire a submission service to take care of it for you if you don’t have the time.
5. Driving traffic to your blog and ultimately to your home business website via your blog should be the focus of your marketing efforts early in the development of your enterprise. There are many ways to accomplish this with one of the most effective being posting in forums and chat rooms on the Internet. Join as many of these groups as you can handle and add information or your opinions on a regular basis.
This is another great way to gain invaluable exposure for your blog and is an excellent technique for establishing relationships online. By adding relevant and informative content to these sites you can gain a reputation as an expert in your niche which will also result in increased traffic to your website and eventually increased sales.
Blogging is an excellent Internet marketing technique when used correctly and can quickly establish your new online home based business at the top of the search engine rankings and in time at the top of the home business listings on the web.