Article Directory :: Internet Marketing/Online Business Articles To Blog or Not To Blog Copyright © 2010 Mark Ellis Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 22Dec2008 Word count: 484 Viewed: 133 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site Shakespeare said, "All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players". If he were around today he might say that all the world is a blog and all the men and women merely bloggers. Blogs have been is existence since about 1997. They were first used by people who had a strong understanding of the Internet and how to create web pages from mere code. Their original purpose was to pass on information to colleagues and friends about content and interesting sites on the web. Eventually weblogs transformed into what they are today: a medium for personal diaries, political opinion, news analysis, commentaries on professional expertise or even as a showcase for your pet. For every conceivable interest there is a blog. According to Technorati, there are approximately 113 million blogs worldwide. Whether that figure is accurate or not is open to debate as there is no standard way of counting blogs. Regardless, I would suggest that you add another blog to that count, which is yours. For most people, blogging is a great way to express themselves but for some it is also a way to earn extra income. Anyone who has a business or I even thinking about starting a business should strongly consider starting their own blog. A blog is an excellent medium for passing along information. Write about your business. Write about your area of expertise. If you have a website you can direct people to visit. If you have a regular brick and mortar operation you can tell people about products, services, locations or special offers. Use your imagination Other sources of income from a blog can come from using your blog to place advertisements from other businesses. Google adsense is the most common advertisement network. There are also other advertising networks besides Google; Linkshare, Kanoodle and ValueClick are just a few. Of course, if you like a lot of work you can arrange your own advertising, but you would need to find the accounts and provide all the support. Not a small task. Making your blog available only through subscriptions is also another income producing possibility In order to do that you would need to provide content for which people would be willing to pay. I do know of a young lady in Brazil who became rich and a celebrity by providing details on her blog of her exploits as a high priced escort. Finally, you could request donations on your blog; sort of an electronic form of begging. I've never tried it but, who knows, it may work. At least you might be able to pay for your hosting costs. On the other hand, if you are blogging for a charity or non-profit organization this would be perfectly acceptable. Blogging can be an adventure, a form of therapy, a way to contact the world, meet new friends and influence people. For those interested in finding more information on earning income from blogging I suggest a visit to: http://www.websitemarketingwealth.com EasyPublish™ this article - publishers click here More articles by Mark Ellis

Free Report! Ten Essential Secrets Of Article Marketing ... Grab Your Free Copy Now: We respect your privacy. Need Content? Regular Top Quality Content for your Blog, Ezine or Website ... Delivered Direct, For Free! Click For Details Arts & Entertainment Automotive Business - General Computers & Technology Finance & Investment Food & Drink Health & Fitness Home & Family Internet Marketing/Online Business Legal Pets & Animals Politics & Government Reference & Education Religion & Faith Self-Improvement/Motivation Social Sports & Recreation Travel & Leisure Writing & Speaking

More internet marketing articles:

• Publicising Your Practice On Internet Forums (Anton Pearce)
  This article looks at the best way to use online forums to promote your Internet site

• The Million Dollar Difference - Home Business Building vs. Home Business Training (Trish Thackston)
  When I first got started as a home business entrepreneur, there was no shortage of opportunities to get training on how to run it successfully. It was easy to find hours of training every day. More than I could absorb. A lot of people around me were doing more home business training than home business building. Predictably, they became very knowledgeable broke people. Do you know the difference? Not finding out will cost you a fortune.

• Your Internet Based Business Should Have 2 Distinct Types of Page (Michelle Jayes)
  If you have an internet based business website are you aware that you should have two different types of pages for your site? The two types of pages are a sales page and a content page, or if you prefer you could call them squeeze or landing pages and article pages.

• 21st Century Network Marketing 101 (Dan Lambeth)
  Building a network marketing business these days requires a computer, the Internet, and a funded proposal which you can use for advertising money. With these you can learn the most effective online methods. But you also need offline strategies that are noninvasive and rejection free.

• Make Money On The Net: Try Get Paid To Programs (C Mark Babcock)
  Are you familiar with get paid to programs? There are thousands of people who make money on the net every day with programs like these. In this article we will briefly discuss how you can use get paid to programs on the Internet to make extra money for yourself.

• A Big Audience Is Out There Seeking Your Internet Home Based Business (Thomas Brant)
  Realize that the humongous online audience available to your internet home based business will only find you if you work at finding them. Consider the many options available online and become highly proficient in those that best market your business.

• Stop Wasting Money Driving Traffic to Your Website! (Ivana Katz)
  Many new online entrepreneurs waste thousands of dollars promoting their shiny new websites, only to be disappointed by the results. They are so excited about finally having arrived on the internet, they want to announce it to the world! And who can blame them. If you are blushing right now because you have thrown away a lot of money promoting your website without getting the results you were hoping, read on ... all is not lost.

• Free Targeted Traffic - How To Save Affiliate Marketers (Riley West)
  Affliate marketers need all the help they can get! And the ONE THING that will help them the most is TRAFFIC! And the very best kind of traffic is free targeted traffic. Lately more and more affiliates have been slowly morphing into a search engine marketer that lusts after free targeted traffic. And it isn't near a bewildering as it seemed to be at first.

• Article Marketing - 7 Tips For Getting The Most From Your Articles (Richard Taylor)
  Lots of people start article marketing campaigns, but soon get frustrated that all the effort and time they spend writing is not rewarded with floods of traffic or ranking boosts. So what can be done to ensure the time you put into writing your articles is actually time well spent? Here are 7 tips for boosting your article marketing results.

• Twitter: What makes it a great tool for internet marketing? (Stacey Zimmerman)
  If you are looking for a good place to start your internet marketing career, Twitter is a good place. It is a place where more than 5 million of people are interacting with one another. Twitter is a social media site that provides micro-blogging services to those who sign up. It will enable you to post 140-character messages that are called tweets.