When I first started blogging I did a lot of blog commenting and it brought in a lot of traffic. I had a ton of blogging ideas and got a lot of comments myself.  At the time I had no idea about back links or SEO, far too complicated for me to try and understand.

Little did I know that I was actually building links and contributing to my blogs traffic while leaving comments on other blogs.

Blog commenting is great for a number of reasons and I want to share with you today some of the reasons you should leave blog comments and how it can not only benefit you but also the blog owner and your readers.

Those benefit range from social interaction, self development to SEO and every time you leave a comment you get all three for the price of one single action. So let dive in and take a look at what blog comments do for you and your readers.

Blog Commenting – SEO Value

If you have a blog then I would suggest you get a plug-in called Comment Luv. The reason is that every time one of your readers leaves a comment on your blog they get a back link to their last post but it give the title of that post and leaves it at the bottom of their comment.

This is a very cool way to allow your reader to get exposure on your blog. You are rewarding them and saying thanks you for taking the time to read your post.

Blog Commenting – Social Interaction

Comments are a great way for you to interact with your readers and for them to interact with you. They can ask questions, start a debate with your or be completely rude to you (of course you don’t have to approve those comments!)

It also shows that your blog is a cool place to be and having comments encourages others to leave a comment as well. For some reason some people don’t like to be the first to leave a comment, although I don’t really mind doing this. By you leaving your comments on other people’s blogs puts you out there in the spot light, people will either love you are not depending on how you comment.

Blog Commenting – Self Development

In order to leave a comment you first have to read the post right? Well you will get some people who leave a comment like “Nice Post” and that’s about it. I don’t approve these as all they are looking for is the back link from my blog.

Spend a bit of time and actually read the post and leave something that adds value to what the blogger has written. You will get your comment approved and also start to build a relationship with that person. You will also pick up some great tips for your business or for posts of your own.

So start blog commenting today and see the change it makes in your personal development and your own blogs traffic. if you enjoyed this post then please leave me a comment and share with your friends using the social button at top.

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Niche Blogging To Success & Authority

Niche blogging is one of the fastest ways to establish your blog as an authority in the eyes of Google. This is a tactic I used to great effect in the early part of last year and I am still reaping the rewards from some of those early posts.

So how do you go about niche blogging and how do you know what to blog about?

The basis for the technique is all about writing content and lots of it but publishing it all together with a specific link building strategy.

At first it may seem like a lot of work but it is well worth the effort when you see the results come in and your traffic increase.

So let’s look at the process so you can put the tactic into practise and see for yourself. The truth is all you are doing is posting in one go instead of everyday so the work level is about the same as making a post a day.

Niche Blogging in 7 Simple Steps

• The first thing to do is keyword research which may well be boring but it is essential to your success. You want to start off with a niche and find 4 keywords around that niche. It must be 4 different keywords.

• You are going to take your 4 keywords and make 4 different blog posts around each keyword.

• You will link each post to the other 3 using anchor text. So post A will link to post B, C and D. Post B will link to post A, C and D while post C will link to post A, B and D and finally post D will link to post A, B and C. (hope that makes sense!)

• Next you get all your posts ready for publishing but don’t hit publish just yet. Check that all you links are correct and that all the titles and URL are correct along with tags, keywords, images and H tags.

• Next step is to write to more articles for EzineArticles.com. In the resource box you are allowed 2 links and these should link back to your blog posts, hence the 4 posts to start with. Publish this to EzineArticles and let them approve.

• Once you have sent you articles into EzineArticles publish your blog posts. Don’t wait for Ezine to publish as there will be broken links on the article which is not good. Do all you blog syndication and sharing as soon as you publish.

• Rinse and Repeat – Niche Blogging explained.

Niche Blogging Summary

Of course once EzineArticles have published then you can put those articles onto other sites if you wish.  I’m not going to get into the debate about spinning or duplication as I see so many different sides to the story. I will leave that one up to you.

You can get your articles outsourced as well which will save you a ton of time and effort so all you need to do is keyword research and post the content.

This tactic also works with just 2 article as well, so if you want to get a feel of doing this start with 2 and then move on to 4 posts.

One of the reasons this works so well is because you are not just posting out one piece of content but four which are all interlink with one another in the same niche. Search engines will like this as they will see more in-depth content to give to the readers.

Niche blogging takes time but it really works well if done consistently and you only need to post every four days if you wish. Let me know your thoughts about niche blogging and please share this post with your friends.

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Best Blogging Platform To Use As Part Of Your Marketing Strategy

So which is the best blogging platform around and why so you pick this particular blog platform in the first place?

The undisputed king of blogging platforms is WordPress. This must be the self hosted version from WordPress.org, not to be confused with WordPress.com

In this post I want to look at the 3 things that makes this platform the number one choice for bloggers around the world. It really is a powerful site and you will see why by the end of this article. In fact you are reading this post on a self hosted WordPress blog.

Best Blogging Platform 3 Reason To Use WordPress

Let’s dive in and see why this is the best blogging platform around.

• You Own It

• You Can Customize It Your Way

• Google Loves It

You Own It – Because the blog is self hosted and you pay and small month fee to a hosting company you actually own the blog. It like having you own piece of real estate on the internet which is so important. It can’t be shut down unless you are doing something really illegal. You can post whatever you like and sell anything you like on the site.

Unlike other sites such as Blogger and WordPress.com these sites are owned by another company and you are just barrowing their platform. You therefore have to follow their rules and if you break them then your site could be taken down and you lose all of your content.  Owning you own site is the best possible solution so that you keep all of your content.

You Can Customize It Your Way – There are 1000s of themes you can upload to make your site your own. Some are free and some you have to pay for, you could even spend a lot of money and have somebody design one for you. You also have plugins which make the site run better and also add extras like social media sharing, optin forms, tracking and a whole host of cool things to help optimize your site.

You can even make your own blog header design that is unique to you, your brand or service. These can be made free or very cheap, just shop around on the internet.

Google Loves It – Google loves this platform and I believe with the changes Google has made in the past week it will love it even more. You see Google has gone a social in the search engine. I’m sure you have seen the new way the searches come up now, Google will bring up sites that people you are connected with on Google + have recommend.

A blog should be very social and with all the plugins you can get for a WordPress blog this makes it really easy to make your blog a social place to be. By allowing comments and people sharing you content you are giving Google what it is looking for. I am a big fan of making life easy for Google to rank my site so the more social it is the better. Also a lot of the themes are already setup for SEO which makes them very powerful tools to use.

You will have to do your on page and off page SEO but the themes will help you get a better position for your content.

Best Blogging Platform Other Options

So all in all the best blogging platform is WordPress.org however you shouldn’t dismiss the other free blogging platforms. Having a Blogger accounts is a great idea for getting backlinks to your main blog, as is any other free blogging account.

These normal carry a high page rank which is essential for a backlinking strategy. Just use them for that purpose and your main blog should always be the one you own.

If you don’t have the time to go and set all of this up or the know how there is one more option that is open to you and that is a blog from Empower Network.  For just $25 a month you get a WordPress blog that ranks really well on the search engines. Plus you get a sales funnel where anyone who buys the blog pays $25 a month also but that money goes into your bank account, all 100% of it.

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Blog Header Design – Is It Really So Important?

Your blog header design is one of the most important aspects of your blog design but it one thing you don’t want to get all hung up on.

The most important part of your blog is the content and value you provide. Just because you may have a fantastic looking header, if your content stinks then you blog is next to useless.

A great header will certainly get your blog noticed and people will remember it for a long time. I know as I have been to blogs than I may have visted years ago and suddenly remember that I have been here before.

You may not remember the name but you will remember the header and blog lay out, it will trigger something in your mind.

So in this post I want to share with you 3 places you can get a really cool design and I can guarantee it will not cost you more than $5 for your header. I will also show you how to add free blog headers into you blog.

But before we jump in I just want to say that you should invest in a header for your blog and not use one of the free template ones that come with some themes. It will make your blog look like you haven’t give much thought to it so reader may not stick around.

Blog Header Design – Your Top 3 Place Online!

So the 3 blog header design places I want to share with you are:

• XHeader

• Fiverr

• Do It Yourself

XHeader – This is a free piece of software you download to you computer and is so simple to use. Just set the size of header you want and add whatever images and text you think matches your site. Don’t upgrade to the paid version as you will be just wasting your money.

If you can add an image to Word or PowerPoint then this is just a simple as doing that. The link above will take you to the download site so you can use it for free.

Fiverr – I have not used this yet for a header but have for other things and have not been disappointed. Now if this is a new one on you then everything on the site is $5! You can get pretty much anything you need for just $5 so shop around and see who catches your eye.

Do It Yourself – If you want to get all creative and don’t want any more software clogging up your hard drive then you can use Word or PowerPoint. I have used these to create badges for Facebook and other images as well.

All you need to do is create the header in the size you want and then capture the image using Jing and upload it to your blog.

Blog Header Design – 2 More Really Cool Places To Use

If you want a more professional looking blog header design then you could use Elance or ask a question on Warrior Forum and I know somebody there will point you in the right direction.

Just remember you blog header design is not going to make or break you blog, it’s the content you publish that will have reader returning in there droves.

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Auto Blogger – Get 1000s of Eyes To See Your Content

Now if you blog daily it would be great if you could become an auto blogger, and I don’t mean blogging about cars.

Blog syndication is just as important as SEO and actually writing the blog post itself. This can take up a lot of time that you could spend better on actual money making activities.

So in this post today I am going to show you how to become an auto blogger and start you syndication all on auto pilot. Some syndication you still have to do manually but I am going to introduce you to a tool that will do all the syndication for you.

In fact it so cool you don’t even have to login and post the content yourself, it will do that for you as well!

So what is this awesome tool that will get you auto blogging? TRIBEPRO!

You can actually join TribePro for free and use the platform for free forever if you like. But this post is not for people who are looking to start blogging for profit on the cheap. By outsourcing your syndication you will make more money.

Also Tribe is not just for your blog posts, you can post your video’s and articles on the site as well. This is great for getting back links to articles that link back to you blog posts.

Auto Blogger Success With TribePro

Below is an image of a post that went into TribePro earlier today, as you can see that about an hour after it was posted the content was bookmarked to over 700 of the top social networking sites around.

How long did this take me to do?

Well no time at all, the post was posted into TribePro via RSS feed and the syndication was done automatically as I am a Pro member and I am syndicating lots of other people.

So how much does all this cost?

Well like I said you can join for free here and setup your account in a matter of minutes. However how long do you think it is going to take you to get over 700 shares for one blog post?

Maybe many days as you have to do everything manually and do all the sharing manually.

So for just $39 a month you can get everything done for you. You blog post will be posted automatically, your will get all your shares done for you, you just need to know what to blog about, sit back a relax knowing that your content is being shared across the world.

Become An Auto Blogger with OnlyWire

Ok you will need OnlyWire but this is also free to a certain limit. It is very cheap to upgrade and get more shares.

So become an auto blogger today and get your blog content in front of as many eyes as possible and start making money in 2012.

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