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How
To Gain Weight Fast Affiliate Program - How To Use Blogs
First
Way To Use Blogs - Comment On Other People's Blogs:
Many
blog software packages allow you, as a blog post reader, the
opportunity to comment on a particular post. This is a great
way
to get free traffic, and possibly get indexed by the search engines,
provided that you do the following:
- Choose blog posts
related to your topic. The closer the relation the better
- The
blog comment feature allows you to place a name, e-mail address
(usually hidden from the rest of the world when your comment displays),
AND a field where you can enter a URL. This is where you
would
enter your Clickbank hoplink/affiliate link
- Be
sure to post USEFUL, RELEVANT, OR HELPFUL comments. The
purpose
of blogs is to promote discussion and a "social" atmosphere, so
contribute useful content. Yes, you simply can place a
comment
like, "Good post." Unfortunately such a comment will not
entice
readers to click on your name (which has your affiliate link behind it)
- Instead of entering
your actual name, you can use a keyword phrase (see the earlier
section). Be smart about this
- Remember
that many times the blog owner has to approve comments before they get
seen by the rest of the world and the search engines.
Therefore
be sure to offer useful, relevant, or helpful comments
- You
can find blogs related to the topic by going to a list of blog
directories or going to Google.com and entering this in the field:
blog:
keyword phrase
You would then search for blogs where you can place comments and your
affiliate link.
Second
Way To Use Blogs - Create Your Own:
If you are willing to invest
the time to
create, add content to, manage, and otherwise maintain a blog then you
will have a valuable tool for promoting your affiliate links.
Keep the blog relevant to one niche, add quality unique content, link
out to sources of useful content so your visitors get value, and BE
CONSISTENT. Be sure to add useful information to your blog at
least once a week, if not more frequently; and be sure to listen to the
feedback of your readers.
You can write endorsements, link out to other articles you have
written, upload a brandable PDF report, and even place product images
such as the ebook covers you find in this affiliate section.
Just
make sure that you don't make each post a blatant advertisement as your
readers will leave and most likely not come back again.
Also find your blog's RSS feed. Copy that link on a separate
document and then go to various blog and RSS directories. By
submitting your link to these directories you will automatically notify
them every time you make a new post (not an edit of a previous post).
Choose the relevant topic and the directories' subscribers
(for
your topic) will be informed of your new headline every time you make a
new post. This way you get the word out to people who are not
even on your mailing list.
Also submit your RSS feed to an automatic "pinging service" after every
new post. Use Pingoat.com, Pingomatic.com, or Ping.in.
It
takes about 30 seconds and is free to use. These pinging
services
automatically notify the blog aggregators (think "search engines" for
blogs) that a new post was made.
If you want more advice on blog marketing, go to
http://opensourcemarketer.com/blog/
Recommended Blog Software:
- Wordpress.org (or install Wordpress through CPanel/Fantastico script) -- if you have your own website and web hosting
- Wordpress.com -- if you want your blog to be hosted on a server other than your own
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