Paid Blogging - The New Bum Marketing Method

Ahhhhh! The secret's out (with this article)

Paid blogging is going to be VERY popular soon.

...But is it another internet marketing fad, trend, or flash-in-the-pan?

Does it have sustenance?

Here are the Pros and Cons for Paid Blogging

I like to start with the cons then leave with you with the PROs because this is going to be a big deal soon and like it or not, paid blogging will be around for a while.

The cons are that some paid blogging sites require that you have a blog for a certain period of time before you're allowed to post and get paid for your blog posts. There are some advertisers paying for blog posts who require that your blog have a certain PR (page rank) before you qualify to post for them.

And the last negative thing I can think of is that you have to set up your own blogs. That's not a negative really, but this is where most people will stall, fail, and drop the whole idea of following through with this guaranteed income producer.

How does paid blogging relate to the bum marketing method?

Well, paid blogging, generally speaking, won't give you a residual income like the article writing efforts that the bum marketing method employs. You see, with bum marketing, once you write your articles, they're out in cyberspace forever,and you can make affiliate commissions off those articles.

Now, paid blogging is different because you don't make any affiliate commissions from your posts.

On the other hand, once your blog post is accepted you're guaranteed to get paid for it.

I don't claim to be the best article writer, but I do know that it's frustrating to spend a lot of time writing an article and to finally get it accepted, but then have nothing to show for all that work.

At least with paid blogging you get something out of it every time.

Here's the kicker!!! This is what make s it so great...

Thr more you post the more traffic and higher PR (Page Rank) your post gets.

That means you qualify for the higher paying blog posts. Sometime peopleare paying $1,000.00 for a blog post. Whew! Imagine that,huh?

Well, that's another way that paid blogging is similar to the bum marketing method. Both methods require a little bit of determination and writing and it pays off in the long run.

You just have to stick with it long enough to make it work for you. Again,with paid blogging,you get paid as soon as your blog post has been accepted, therefore the motivation factor is already built in and taken care of.

There are people out there that don't like to write, but they shouldn't be discouraged...

Most blogs are not candidates for the pulitzer prize these days and if you can write down your thoughts in a coherent manner, you'll do fine with paid blogging

I was Attacked By 20 Monkeys While Blogging About Money

I was attacked by Monkeys! while Blogging, It didnt make sense but..

Did you click on this headline just because you were curious enough and you want to know what's is this all about?

Well, I never really got attacked by monkeys but it made a really good headline and makes a good point when it comes to blogging. Your post headlines must be attractive and seductive to get people to click on it and read it.

I cannot stress the importance of headlines in your blog. Your headlines must capture your visitors attention and make them curious. I know you are smart and someone already told you this but lets face it are you making your headlines seductive to get it clicked?

The "How To..", "10 Ways…" , and other common headlines don't work anymore. You need to make your headline ignite the imaginations of your visitors. Here are some ways you can improve your headlines right now.

Use your imagination. Go wild and create fun and exciting headlines

Your Headlines is only to attract your visitors, It doesn't need to make sense.

Appeal to your visitors emotions and not to their logic

Grab their attentions no matter what. Make them curious about your post.

The above ways are but a few small ways you can improve your headlines today. If you really want to make your headlines really powerful I would suggest you take up copywriting and learn the fine art of persuading with words.

Internet Marketing - What Does And Doesn't Work? Part 2

Welcome back to our discussion on my experience of internet marketing. As I said before I hope to save you some money and time by learning from my stupidity. I will assume you read my first article and we will pick up where I left off. I only will talk about things I have tried personally.

Blogs And Blog Comments

As I have written before about blogs the spider engines love to crawl them for content and you stand a much better chance of achieving higher rankings with a blog than a traditional website. Blogs are a lot like forums and allow you to become part of a community of others blogs with similar niches.

Commenting on other blogs and asking intelligent questions is an effective way to build back links to your blog. Only market yourself this way when you can be the solution to a question or problem posed by another blogger.

Having a "my blog network" list right on your blog front page will attract other bloggers to be a part of your network. Posting frequently to your blog will have the search engines visiting often. Blogger.com even pings your posts automatically for you to alert search engines of new content.

Blasters

At one point I was faithfully blasting out ads to so called millions of opt in subscribers that were supposed to be out there hungry to join my program. That was until I was able to track hits to my affiliate link. I discovered that this yielded not even one hit after a week of blasting. Need I say more?

Free Classified Ads

Although some people say they have had good response from this method this has not been my experience. I got some response from people trying to sell me on the program or marketing method they were in but no real interest in my program.

Free For All Listings

A complete waste of time. Being found in these can actually hurt you in the search engines. Slap yourself if you are doing these presently and cease immediately.

Forum Marketing

I have had good success with forums as they allow you to have a signature box at the bottom of all your posts. To join these go to www.bigboards.com and you will find lots. Faithfully make a few posts to these with intelligent questions or comments daily and watch your hits to your links climb. There are lots of topics and you should be able to find something to participate intelligently in.

Article Marketing

Of course article marketing is the most effective way of building a web presence there is on the net. This is because people primarily use the internet for information. It took me years to discover this. It doesn't take long to learn how to write articles if you have a little motivation. Submitting articles to article directories is the wisest move you can make.

Concentrate on the big ones like Ezine Articles and Article Base. A lot of people are intimidated by this because they think they can't write. As the saying goes if you can make a grocery list you can write an article. Once you get going instead of submitting manually you can get some article submission software which allows you to submit much quicker. Writing is a learned skill and what you should do is get a mentor and you'll be off to the races in no time.

So I hope this helps you in your internet marketing. All comments or questions welcome.