How to Use Audio to Promote Your Business and Services
Did you know that a large portion of the population retains information better when they hear it than when they read it? This is one of the many reasons that it pays to offer audio as an option for your site visitors. Here are some more: * Audio can inject personality into your website in … Read more
Can I Monetize My Blogs?
Absolutely. Once you’ve got a good stream of traffic coming in, monetizing your blogs is a cinch. Today’s most popular method of monetizing blogs is allowing advertisements on it. And the company offering the world’s largest online contextual advertising program is Google. This program is known as Adsense. By signing-up with Adsense, you are allowing … Read more
What’s The Deal with RSS?
Another very important benefit to publishing a blog, is something called “Real Simple Syndication” or RSS for short. RSS is a content delivery channel, distributing your content to your audience wherever they may be. Blogs use RSS to automatically deliver your content to your readers without them having to visit your site everyday to check … Read more
How Do I Get Traffic for a New Blog?
Probably the trickiest part for any online business owner is getting targeted traffic to their sites. This is more science than art and has spawned an industry all of its own. Search engine optimization or SEO as it’s more affectionately referred to, is a major player in how you get targeted traffic to your sites … Read more
Branding the Blog: How to Choose THE Name for Your Blog
If you already own a website, you understand the significance of choosing a good domain name. A good domain name not only enhances the branding of your business and makes it easy for your readers to share with others. If your blog is going to play a significant role in your business, then spend some … Read more
How to Join the Brand Boosting Blogging Challenge
Blogs create a face to your business that your customers can identify with and participate along. It has become a valuable part of today’s consumer-generated media, giving consumers a platform to engage actively and participate in dialogs with key personnel within a company. Companies like General Motors, IBM, Boeing, and Microsoft have set up blogs … Read more
Using HTML Templates in Aweber
We’ve seen how easy it is to select a template and apply it to a follow up message or broadcast, but Aweber’s pre-set categories and templates are not your only template option. There are three important areas we haven’t yet covered: Setting up your web form (actual contact/sign up form) using a template Using Aweber’s … Read more
Setting Up Autoresponders and Adding Broadcasts
Before we dive right in to setting up emails, it is important to understand the difference between these two autoresponder email types: Follow up email (is sent at a specific point after a subscriber has signed up:e.g. 2 days after the subscriber signs up) Broadcast (is sent to every subscriber – or to specific lists … Read more