What is the point of blogging?

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Everything we do always needs to have a ‘point’ or purpose or it all gets very mundane. We all need a reason to do what we do, even if it’s simply earning a living. Here, Smart Cow Marketing’s owner, Simon, gives us some points to ponder…

1. Blogging is about communication

On my own blog I interact with those people who are searching for daily updates in the normal life events. I use my own experiences to share information and learn new things through contacting with my readers at the same time; I am trying to shed the light on some of the important life problems.

2. Blogging sometimes is about ‘teaching’

I try to solve problems, answer some questions, point people in a new and a helpful direction. I try to give hints when they are puzzled. When they are troubled I try to assist them as best as I can and to teach them how to depend on themselves before asking for others’ help using some gentle nudges from me.

3. Blogging can be controversial

On my own blog, I do encourage the exchanging of views. I started a technology related topic for example and ask questions for the sake of opening a discussion with my readers and get their views.

4. Blogging needs enthusiasm

Sometimes I get very tired but that doesn’t last for a long time as I really love writing in general. So as soon as I start to plan a post, I usually come up with the whole idea which can be created and executed in another time.

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What makes up a good keyword selection?

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Choosing the right phrases and keywords for your site is an important part of the process of search engine optimisation; make your site searchers alike and making your site more visible to different search engines.

Keyword technique

The best technique to learn the balance between the number of people searching for a particular keyword and the competition for that keyword is using keyword research tools that assist you to know how people are searching the Internet. By knowing how people are looking for your service or product, and how much competition you have, you will know what keywords to focus on and which to leave alone.

It takes some time especially in the researching works required for finding the right keywords that can work perfectly for your website niche, but once you have mastered this keyword researching skill, you will really see how this skill can benefit your site making it reach its peak point.

The Google Keyword Tool is the most important tool when you decide to choose the right keywords for your site. The fact is that Google dominates the search market which means that the Google Keyword Tool is very much accurate at showing webmasters how many people are using the search engine.

The nice thing about the Google Keyword Tool is that Google shows the search results for the certain keyword you searched for at the top. After that, there is a list of some relevant results for the keyword therefore, you can always get more chances to select the optimum keyword by using the keywords listed in Google!

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What makes great web content?

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One of the most commonly asked questions is “what makes the best website content?”.

This is a nice question and it shows the perfect opportunity to instruct the roles that content will play in the success of most of sites.

Here is the simple answer to the above question:

There are two main types of content: “marketing” content and “site” content:

1. “Site” content is normal stuff like a “Frequently asked Questions (FAQ)” page, an “About” page, a “Privacy Policy” page, a “Contact Us” page, and, sometimes a “Terms of Use” page.

2. “Marketing” content is a mix of all the blog posts, articles, slideshows, white papers, e-books, podcasts and videos included on a website. This content has to be original, credible, friendly and useful.
“Marketing” content is one of the most effective methods to drive organic search engine traffic continually to your website without any kind of advertising done.

Advice for great content and how to make it work:

1. In order for your website content to be professional, you have to consider your customers – their needs, pain points, preferences and interests for sharing and media formats.

2. Market the content to certain people who have high influence over distribution (Tell 3 friends, who go to tell other 3 friends, and so on). Actually, you need your message to propagate quickly and easily at the same time, you need some kind of automated work for spreading the word which can be turned to a gold mine for you if you decide to satisfy your customers.

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How to brainstorm for keywords for your online business

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Brainstorming for keywords is about generating the root for different keyword ideas. You will need these keywords to assist with your online marketing campaign. Make sure you keep the content within your site real and not just stuck with keywords that you think the search engines might like, doing this is just looking for trouble.

Below is some advice on how to find keywords for your online marketing campaign.

These keywords are to be used in Google Adword keywords tool or any other keyword research tools in order to get additional ideas and select the keywords intended to target the website niche.

There are different ways and methods for brainstorming in order to generate keyword ideas such as:

1. Look Around. The items you see in your room, on your desk or anywhere else within your view can be the source of great keyword ideas.
2. Watch Television. Write down names of Television shows, items you see during a Television show and many more.
3. Go Shopping. Stores hold thousands of items that could be a root keyword. When you look at items, don’t write down the name of the item only but you also should note down the generic item.
4. Use Google Trends. If you can’t think of anything, go to Google Trends and see what the people are looking for right now.
5. Use Affiliate Networks. If you have no good ideas, check any affiliate network such as: Clickbank, Commission Junction and many more then check the products and find the relevant keywords that are usually written in descriptions of any product.
6. Go to Library. Titles of Books are considered to be a perfect method to find ideas for your niche. Actually, the obscure section in any library must be a big online niche. The library doesn’t have enough room to add books for all niches that you can fine online.
7. Look for long tail keywords. Head keywords are considered to be the most popular searched item, such as “shoe” this however only takes up a small percentage of total searches the majority being long tail and specific searches such as “find a brown leather shoe in Croydon” so look for specific long tail keywords.

Once you’ve found your keywords you can use this as the basis of your marketing campaigns however do not under any circumstances abuse this.You will be clearly found out for any keyword stuffing and penalised accordingly.

Add content often to your site however make sure it is always relevant to your target audience and always worded with their interest in mind and through your own sites personality.

This is just one of many ways you can optimise your website. It’s important that you understand why optimising your website is key when it comes to the growth of your business.

Good luck and happy marketing.

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