To Blog or Not to Blog: Are Blogs Becoming More Popular than Forums, Newsletters and E-zines?

Written by Vishal P. Rao


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For an example of a blog service that features syndication, please visit: http://www.typepad.com

6. There are no lists to maintain, or spam filters to worry about with blogs. This is one reason why so many writers and publishers have turned to blogs. E-mail delivery of newsletters and e-zines has become difficult overrepparttar past few years, withrepparttar 124689 advent of spam filters. Blogs are not delivered, and therefore, no methods of defeating filters are needed, and no "non-deliverables" occur, which has beenrepparttar 124690 bane of writers and publishers prior to this.

A good blogging software exists at: http://www.silkblogs.com

7. Blogs are economical. Since no lists are maintained, there are no list server costs. Blogging software and blogging services are also very reasonably priced, giving good value forrepparttar 124691 money spent monthly consistently. Some blogging services charge others to "read", while others charge writers to "write", but overallrepparttar 124692 monthly charges are rather minimal either way.

8. Blogs are educational. There are such a variety of informative and educational blogs available now, that a search for any subject usually turns up hundreds of offerings. Differing points of view on all subjects are offered routinely, giving a reader or poster an "insight" intorepparttar 124693 hearts and minds of other bloggers.

Blogs also, to be successful, however, need to containrepparttar 124694 same elements of a popular newsletter or e-zine:

A. Compelling, well-written content. No one, either online or offline wants to read materials that are poorly written or difficult or boring to read.

B. Updated material. Just as in newsletters or e-zines, if material is not updated continually, thenrepparttar 124695 audience eventually dies.

C. Rousing topics. Topics of interest to a wide range of readers succeed more than topics that appeal to very few, or are rather dull topics.

D. A nice layout and visual appeal. A blog is akin to a Web site for written materials, and just like inrepparttar 124696 design of a Web site, every care should be made to haverepparttar 124697 blog be visually appealing and friendly to visitors.

Newsletters, e-zines and forums, of course, will remain. But as you can clearly see, blogging, bloggers, and blogs themselves, have definitely added torepparttar 124698 "online experience" and will possibly (and hopefully) be around for decades more!

Vishal P. Rao is the owner of http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com - One of Internet's leading website dedicated to starting, managing and marketing a home based business.


Where Not to Spend Money

Written by Jeff Mulligan


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Newbies figure that becauserepparttar internet is so big and complicated, businesses that sound too good to be true might work onrepparttar 124688 net. In reality, they do not.

Look at it this way: You've got to LEARN before you EARN.

Intermediate marketers understandrepparttar 124689 big picture of how things work. They know what tools they should invest in. They know what kind of traffic works for their sites. And they can judge which opportunities may work for them.

Wise intermediates still invest in education. They realize that things change and it's important to stay on top ofrepparttar 124690 business.

Advanced marketers probably ownrepparttar 124691 tools they need. (They may have even developed some tools of their own.) They may not need to spend much on marketing either - they often have affiliates who are doing lots of marketing for them.

But smart ones are always testing new marketing strategies. And I've been amazed to see that lots of these advanced marketers are attending seminars. Evenrepparttar 124692 ones who are doingrepparttar 124693 teaching are sitting inrepparttar 124694 audience forrepparttar 124695 next guy. They continue to learn.

The important thing in all this is to realistically assess where you are in this cycle so that you are investing your money inrepparttar 124696 right place atrepparttar 124697 right time.

The learning never stops. And more learning equals less wasted money.

Jeff Mulligan has an MBA and 20+ years of marketing experience as an ad agency Senior VP and VP Marketing for two software companies, one of which was publicly traded. Jeff owns CBmall, a site that provides 15 different ways for ClickBank affiliates to earn income on thousands of popular InfoProducts and affiliate programs.

http://www.cbmall.net


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