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A busy blog gets more traffic and wins faithful readers. So what can you do when you start to run short on ideas for your blog? You should consider making your blog a “community blog” and invite a few others who share your interest in the subject matter to post on the blog alongside you.

Why should you consider a community blog? Here are a few reasons. There are large community blogs that actually pay individual bloggers to post on a regular basis. Most of the time, though, bloggers accept the invitation and post for free just to gain the extra exposure — especially if they’re going to blog alongside people they know and enjoy.

Or having a community blog can also help allow for fresh content to be added to your blog on a consistent basis. Which means that fresh content can draw search engines and website visitors to your blog on a regular basis. Besides, a community blog can help free up your time as the blog owner since you will have additional bloggers contributing to your blog on a regular basis.

An example of a community blog can be seen at Bizzia.com. This blog’s focus is sharing business related information. There are many authors who share their knowledge through their writings on this blog daily. Each blogger has a specific topic or industry that they write about. The overall goal for the blog remains to be a website that share industry specific news and information to its web visitors.

One of the great benefits of a community blog is that the bloggers tend to comment quite a bit on one another’s posts. This helps to encourage commenting from visitors. If you target a specific topic for your blog, you can recruit other bloggers who have specialized knowledge on the same topic. Everyone involved will benefit from the traffic that flows through the blog.

The key to success with a joint blog is to have clearly defined responsibilities. You could set up a schedule for each blogger to follow, or require that everyone post once a day or twice a week. Whatever works for you. Lay out the rules for self promotion and linking out of the blog. The more generous that you are, the better response you’ll get from other bloggers. Make sure everyone involved understands your expectations about duplicate content, cross posting and other issues like crass language or flaming.

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One of the most interesting features of a blog is the commenting function. Because of it the blog doesn’t have to be a one way flow of information. The ability to accept comments turns a simple web page into an invitation to communicate. Blog communication with website readers can help keep the blog’s content consistently growing and increases the interaction between readers.

I’m sure that you’ve visited busy blogs that get lots of comment activity. The interaction comes close to what we see on a community forum, only the blog owner has control over the subject that their visitors can comment on. The give and take of ideas is fun and adds valuable fresh content to the website.

If you’re a new blogger, you may have realized that the availability of commenting isn’t a guarantee that people will actually leave a comment. It does take work to get people commenting on your blog. This can be a bit frustrating but there are some ways that you can increase the number of comments on your blog. Below are some ways that you can use to help  increase the commenting on your blog.

• Ask Questions: One simple approach is to ask your blog readers a question. End your blog post with an express invitation to answer one of your burning questions.
• Am I right or wrong? (Ask opinions): Ask your readers if they agree with your blog post or if they have another opinion.
• Ask for advice: Ask your blog visitors if they have ever experienced anything like what you’re dealing with. Invite them to give you tips and share their own stories.
• Ask friends for help: Sometime silence is hard to break. Ask a friend to make comments on your blog and offer to do the same for them. When others visit and see other comments it gives them the courage to add their own.
• Respond to comments faithfully: When someone is brave enough to make a response to your posts, you should make a quick reply. Thank them for sharing their thoughts and providing you with feedback. Return the favor and post a comment on their blog. This will encourage them to come back and comment again soon.

Whichever approach you choose, remember that many of your visitors may not have experience in using a blog. Give them specific directions on how to respond. (Click on “Comments” and share your thoughts.)

I'm eager to hear your comments below...

Micro Blogging is the newest Web 2.0 sensation, and savvy marketers are cashing in on the craze.

Why should the competition have all the FUN??

The best way to describe micro blogging is “text messaging on steroids.”

If Google is sitting up and taking notice of Twitter, Pownce, and Tumblr…then I’m on it!

I’m assuming you’re serious about your internet business or you wouldn’t be reading this, so let me explain what all the fuss is about micro blogging and why…

You, as a network marketer can’t be late to this Web 2.0 “party”!!

If you check out alexa.com, you’ll find that twitter is the 904^th most popular site on the entire internet. It was developed last year and became popular among techno-gurus at the 2007 South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas.

The fact that it’s a relatively new player is EXACTLY why you should be paying attention.

I did a site check on Google, and Twitter has 22.4 MILLION indexed pages. That means Google is paying attention, and if Google is sitting up and noticing, you need to jump on this opportunity to make it work for your business.

When you put your content related to your business opportunity on Twitter and other micro blogging sites like Pownce, Tumblr, and Jaiku, Google’s spiders follow…your pages will get indexed…your properties will rank…and you’ll make more $. 

So…exactly what is micro blogging? Think about how many times a day you ask someone, “What are you doing right now?”

Part of the magic of Twitter is that it limits you to 140 characters per post, forcing you to make pithy statements on the fly.

Imagine what this could mean as far as FREE leads to your business!

As an internet marketer, you’re able to connect with potential prospects without investing a lot of time, and it can be done from your cell phone, from email, Instant Messager…quick, to the point, easy. They get to know you and trust you.

It’s tough to get people’s attention today. 

They’re bombarded with media, their email boxes are stuffed, and they’re stressed for time. Like MySpace when it first broke out, Twitter allows people to become your friend or subscribe to your RSS feed.

According “Black Hat Web Marketer” Howie Schwartz, internet marketers using MySpace to promote their businesses are finding it more difficult because it’s getting saturated as opposed to its early days when there was little competition.

MySpace is dying…Twitter is the new MySpace.

Here are a few basic tips to help you get the most out of micro-blogging without being overwhelmed…or overwhelming others:

• Consider your audience: Remember you are writing to potential business prospects. Make sure you’re giving them something of value.
• Post regularly but not too often: Twitter has a “nudge” feature that reminds you to post if you haven’t done so for awhile. So keep the posts coming, but don’t inundate your audience.
• Don’t include personal details in an open broadcast: If your feed is public and you have a lot of “followers” or “friends” who you don’t know well, you might consider leaving out some specific details about where you are and what you’re doing. “I’m at the grocery store” might be better than “I’m at the Wal-Mart on Grove St.”

Listen, the internet is like a woman playing hard to get…difficult to pin down, next to impossible to guess its moods, but oh so rewarding when you give it what it wants. How you market on the internet depends on how Google is feeling. You have to learn to read its moods.

Money is made on the internet early on before your competitors jump in on the action. 
You have to take advantage of these hot, new stars when they make their appearance…your business depends on “getting to the party” first!

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