What Can a Blog Do For You?
Many aspiring writers have tossed around the idea of writing a blog, and many millions get going. After a slow start in the late 1990s, blogs caught on. Today, though, they are no longer the simple online diary or weblog of the past.
Blogs have changed dramatically from the early years. Governments and big business have entering the blogging world. Blogs are now a focus of social media marketing and sales pitches. Microblogging via Twitter is currently today’s “big thing.” For some, the blog has lost its innocence and with it, much of its charm. For others, blogging presents all sorts of opportunities, from democratizing journalism to selling goods. Anyone contemplating starting a blog today would do well to get a grip on how different – and how difficult – successful blogging is now.
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Generating Free Blog Traffic via Blogger Forums
Blog forums are great ways to generate free traffic to your blog. You know for a fact that you won’t be beating a dead horse since all the users are there because of a shared interest in the topic.
Some examples of such forums include Blogger Forum, Bloggeries and Blogst Forum. A Google search will yield a vast number of results. Be sure to check how active any forum is prior to registration — that way you can start with the busiest.
Remember to carefully read any forum’s rules prior to posting and abide by them. Also, don’t spam the boards with multiple posts just containing the link to your blog. All that will do is alienate potential visitors.
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Creating a Blog — WordPress Style
by Terry L. Green
The world of the Internet is constantly evolving, from its terminology to its software. The Internet is changing the way we communicate, and opening a whole new world of social media. Blogging is one such constantly evolving method of communication, and WordPress is one of the leading platforms people are using to blog.
Evolving Software
WordPress is a free, web-based software that is open source, which means its basic code is available for developers to build upon and alter at will. WordPress is the successor to b2\cafelog, the original blogging platform, but this blogging child has evolved beyond its blog roots. Its open source flexibility means that programmers across the globe have altered its functionality until WordPress has become a content management system (CMS), or a program that creates, edits, and manages website content, as well as blog content. The best part about WordPress is that it doesn’t require knowledge of PHP or HTML code to use it. WordPress is a basic templating system, where the blog or website creator chooses the look and rearranges the content. And now, with the addition of a simple, but brilliant plugin, you can easily turn your WordPress blog into a membership site!
Don’t tell my husband … but I’m in love!
You gotta love WordPress.
I know I posted something just the other day about membership sites using WordPress and WishList Member, but I just recently got back after attending an incredible three days in Buffalo at WishList Member Live, a workshop hosted by Stu Mclaren and Tracy Childers, the founders of WishList Member – and I’m really pumped up. I’m especially excited about it because we’re getting more and more requests to set up membership sites for clients, and the WishList Member plugin makes our job so much easier and enjoyable!
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Memberships = Residual Income, BUT
When I say “Membership Sites“, what’s one of the first things that comes to mind?
Residual income right?
Getting paid month after month is definitely a nice situation but here’s the problem…
If you can’t get your membership site off the ground, you’ll never be able to enjoy the residual benefits of having one.
And that’s where most people get stuck.
Why?
Because they either make it too hard or they get caught up in the “technical” aspects of building a membership.
Here’s the good news…
I found a solution that will make this a breeze for you.
It’s called WishList Member:
http://member.wishlistproducts.com/wlp.php?af=951103
If you like WordPress, you’ll LOVE WishList Member because it quickly (and easily) turns your blog into a full fledged membership site.
It’s a excellent product and they have great support (including 30+ videos you can view for free before even buying the product).
Take a look:
http://member.wishlistproducts.com/wlp.php?af=951103
Enjoy!
Terry
P.S. If you sell any “digital products” online, you may also want to look at this as a way to deliver your products because it gives you greater control over who has access to your products 
Here is the link:
http://member.wishlistproducts.com/wlp.php?af=951103
P.S.S. After you purchase your copy of WishList Member, give us a call to find out how we can help you get your membership site up and running – You’ll be glad you did
