Starting a Business Blog

Are you ready to start a business blog? The key to blogging is writing great content, being consistent, and focusing on your writing for your niche rather than dreams of being the next big blogger. Good bloggers with good content will find loyal readers, it’s just that simple. Blogs are easy to setup and easy to maintain. All you need to do is:

Figure out what you want to blog about. Focus on a specific topic.
Write several introductory posts that focus on:
a. Who you are.
b. Why you do what you do.
c. Tips you can share related to your products or service.
d. Known issues in your area of interest and how you fix and/or work around them.
e. Experts or Headline News in your area of interest
f. Commentary on the posts of other bloggers in your niche
Select a blog site that works for you:
a. Blogger
b. Wordpress
c. Typepad
Take the time to get a nice, professional, premium theme for your blog template.
Figure out what links or banner images you want to add to your blog, don’t go banner crazy. The focus of your blog should be your writing, not your affiliate links.
Schedule your blog posts before hand; write several posts at one time and then schedule them to post throughout your desired timeframe.
Go out there and introduce yourself to other bloggers. Leave comments on their pages and add your favorite bloggers to your blog roll.
Share your blog and specific posts to others online. Repost your best blog posts on your favorite networks or include them in your newsletter. Add excerpts of your posts on social networking spaces, as promotional teasers and link builders.
Post your blog posts on social bookmarking sites making the most of your tags to highlight keywords.

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