Why It Took Me So Long To Blog

When I saw my first blog, I wasn't impressed.

The first blogs I ever read were embarrassing tales teenage angst better left private, political diatribes from both rabid right rabid left, jargon-filled tech rags made my eyes glaze over

And yet everyone was talking about blogs I would soon be left behind if I didn't have one. But they never gave me a simple explanation how would benefit me. They talked about RSS - you know, obligatory "real simple syndication" - followed by a long, boring, techie article filled with jargon wasn't simple at all. They talked about syndicating my site, but not how would benefit my business.

No one ever told me, "Hey, fool, listen up! How would you like a 3 or 4 line text link your site thousands other sites getting you tons traffic backlinks up ying-yang all SE's?"

If they had, trust me. I'd have been blogging my heart out!

Eventually I did start a blog simply because was getting harder harder get my ezine delivered. This particular ezine delivers tips network marketers. Now if you've had any experience with spam filters, you know any email with "M" word (MLM) or "N" word (network marketing) practically lights up scoreboard! I even tried using "M*L*M" or "net*work mark@eting." But got old real fast. Trying sound like a halfway intelligent professional while writing like a first grader their first day school just didn't cut it. I was starting confuse even myself!

So I decided start a blog, then just email my list with link article every week. Not only has greatly increased day day traffic my site, but I discovered a couple interesting benefits along way.

One big bonus was how easy was publish my site. Doing things old way, I wrote delivered my ezine. Then I converted article html FTP'd up my site. Then I had download update my article archive page. Then I had download update my sitemap. Then I would download my index page add a little blurb about new article get indexed faster. All told, several hours mind-numbingly boring work.

Not so with a blog. I just write my articles NoteTab, then copy paste them into my Blogger control panel. It adds all HTML places into my chosen template, FTP's my site, updates my archives - all blink an eye! Talk about an easy-to-use content management system. Even a 10-year-old could have done it.

After I posted my first article my new blog, I realized I could get some new backlinks my site by submitting blog some many blog directories. So I spent a few hours sumbitting my blog.

But my eyes didn't really open until a couple weeks later. I started realizing I was making more sales than usual popped check my web stats. To my astonishment, I realized I was getting 50-100 more visitors per day. I checked my referrer logs then my backlinks Yahoo found over 100 new traffic sources links!

I clicked through some those links then a big lightbulb lit up my head. Those new referrers were from many people using RSS feeds their sites. And their site visitors were actually clicking those links finding my site.

Now I was hooked!

Think about - 50-100 more visitors per day, 100 new backlinks. All from one article that I posted a brand new blog that took 5 minutes set up Blogger.com free! How many free marketing techniques get those kind results right out door? And how much better would my results be from regular posts my blog submitting even more blog directories? Or from simultaneously posting those blog posts article directories?

That was 2 months ago, I'm discovering that answer every bit exciting I had hoped! Not only that, but I'm discovering more more ways improve my results. And ways use blogs new exciting ways that I don't hear other people talking about.

I know that many marketers are under impression that blogs are just geeks, or that blogs are just some new toy everyone getting but no one knows what do with. If that has been your belief, I hope you'll take a second look!

For more tips ideas how make money blogging, be sure visit my "Why Marketers Should Blog" weblog at (what else) http://www.WhyMarketersShouldBlog.com

Liveblogging Electoral College, Senate And House Results Tonight Donklephant - Nov 4, 2008 By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Blogging Get ready folks, because we’ll be covering every national election result till the very ... More Site Issues Donklephant More Site Issues Donklephant all 3 news articles

Site Issue Donklephant - Oct 28, 2008 By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Blogging, Technology Something’s going on over at our hosting service Media Temple, which means our site has been up ...

China gags Scoble but blogging still lives The Inquisitr, Australia - Nov 9, 2008 This past weekend has been a really boring one as far as news in the tech blogosphere. It got to the point that I joked on FriendFeed that we needed a ...

From The Department Of “ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!” Donklephant - Nov 11, 2008 By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Blogging, Bush, WTF? Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. ...