The Makings of a Great Blog Post & Other Writing Enigmas

By Hector Cisneros

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With the success of our blog comes compelling questions as to how we did it? How were we able to grow our readership organically from nothing to as many as 85,000-page views in one month? The growth of a blog audience is a marketing question to some extent, but many bloggers forget one very important aspect of blogging – that of what people want! People want to read high-quality articles that are Relevant, Timely, Useful, Focused, Educational and or Entertaining. A high-quality blog that is useful to lots of people will garner readers and subscribers. Even if you have a great distribution system, if your blog is mediocre, it will produce poor results. In this episode of Working the Web to Win, we will explore the many elements of a blog and what is needed to end up with a high-quality product that compels an audience to read, comment on and share your articles. So, start reading and taking notes as we pen – The Making of a Great Blog Post and Other Enigmas.

Blogging as a Business

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By Carl Weiss

Blogs have been around for more than 10 years. During that time, millions of blogs have been written about every topic under the sun.  Some bloggers have even become superstars.  While blogging still remains a great way to promote any business, what most bloggers do not realize is that blogging can be a profitable business on its own.  That’s right, business owners are willing to pay a writer to handle the task of creating, publishing and promoting weekly blogs.  The reasons they are willing to outsource the job is simple:

Learning the Tricks of the Trade – Part 2 of Blogging 101

 

By Hector Cisneros

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Would you like to know writing secrets of three successful writers? Would it be useful if you know their tricks of the trade, the elements they use to capture a reader’s attention, captivating them to read on and to be engrossed to the very end of your article?  If that’s what you’re looking for, this second segment of Blogging 101 will deliver that in spades. It will provide the real tips and tricks of the trade provided by Carl Weiss, Robert Kaye and myself, successfully published writers and authors all.  So get comfy and dig in to read Working the Web to Win’s “Learning the Tricks of the Trade - Part 2 of Blogging 101.”