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		<title>Create a mobile app in minutes with Ovi app wizard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take your content mobile with Ovi app wizard! Now anyone can create an app for Ovi Store in just a few minutes. It’s fast. It’s easy. And it’s free. No programming skills are required and it’s open to all individuals and businesses, with no registration fees. After you’ve created your app and registered as an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/OviAppWizard.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-172" title="OviAppWizard" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/OviAppWizard.png" alt="" width="550" height="304" /></a>Take your content mobile with Ovi app wizard! Now anyone can create an app for Ovi Store in just a few minutes. It’s fast. It’s easy. And it’s free. No programming skills are required and it’s open to all individuals and businesses, with no registration fees. After you’ve created your app and registered as an Ovi store publisher, it will become available to millions of Ovi Store customers within 24 hours of your submission.</p>
<p><strong>Fast. Easy. Free.</strong></p>
<p>To create your app, enter the URL for your website’s RSS or Atom feed. You can include up to three additional feeds for news, a blog, or a feed for your content from YouTube or Twitter.</p>
<p><strong>Customize your application</strong></p>
<p>Customize your application by uploading your logo and icon, and selecting your own colours for your app.</p>
<p><strong>Distribute to millions</strong></p>
<p>Create an app, register as a publisher to Ovi Store, and your content will be available within 24 hours to nearly all Nokia<br />
devices which support Ovi Store.</p>
<p><strong>Monetize with optional advertising</strong></p>
<p>If you want to add optional advertising to your application, it’s easy. Just select your ad partner and enter your account ID. The money you earn is yours to keep! Create an app, make it available, and begin experiencing the<br />
power and reach of Ovi Store!</p>
<p>Create your app for Ovi in minutes. It’s free just <a href="http://appwizard.ovi.com/web_nokia/stepone.jsp" target="_blank">click here to create</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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		<title>Link Building Method #1: Article Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This day i will start off with the first link building method, which is one of the most traditional yet effective methods which is Article Marketing. Basically, it involves submitting articles to the major article directory sites or submitting to other hundreds niche related blogs via My Article Network. What you need to do is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/article_marketing.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-116" title="article_marketing" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/article_marketing.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>This day i will start off with the first link building method, which is one of the most traditional yet effective methods which is Article Marketing. Basically, it involves submitting articles to the major article directory sites or submitting to other hundreds niche related blogs via <a href="http://simple4u.net/one-way-backlinks-from-10-000-blogs-network/" target="_blank"><strong>My Article Network</strong></a>.</p>
<p>What you need to do is sit down and write a series of 350-550 word articles, each of which focuses on one of your main keyword terms. Again, use the keyword term in the article title, the first and last paragraphs and perhaps twice more somewhere else in the body text.</p>
<p>When you submit articles to the major directories, you must also include what is known as a resource box, which is a short description of you or your business. Once again, this resource boxmethod is your ‘sales pitch’ as to why someone should visit your site, so make sure that you tell them.</p>
<p>Try something like:</p>
<p>“John trump is an acknowledged stop smoking expert. His was<br />
discovered an amazing natural way to stop smoking. Get John’s exclusive FREE report to stop smoking now by clicking stop smoking naturally or go to http://www.YourSite.com/stopsmokingnaturally”</p>
<p>The keyword term is mentioned twice, once as an anchor link, plus the URL is included for directories that do not accept direct links. There is an attractive free report on offer and a clear call to action telling the reader exactly what they need to do to get the report.</p>
<p>A resource box description like this is highly effective.</p>
<p>However, most article directories allow Webmasters to download articles for republication on their site or in their newsletter as long as they include the original author information, including the back links.</p>
<p>Moreover, if you create an article that is downloaded and republished many times, one article can generate dozens or even hundreds of links. What is more, it does it all on autopilot without any input from you.</p>
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		<title>Element of Search Engine Ranking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ranking plays such a large part in search engine optimization that you will see it frequently in this SEO article series. You will look at ranking from every possible facet before you reach the last page. But for now, let’s look at just what affects ranking. Keep in mind, however, that different search engines use [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/us_search_engine_ranking.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-94" title="us_search_engine_ranking" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/us_search_engine_ranking.png" alt="" width="332" height="347" /></a>Ranking plays such a large part in search engine optimization that you will see it frequently in this SEO article series. You will look at ranking from every possible facet before you reach the last page. But for now, let’s look at just what affects ranking. Keep in mind, however, that different search engines use different ranking criteria, so the importance each of these elements plays will vary.</p>
<p><strong>Location</strong> : Location doesn’t refer here to the location (as in the URL) of a web page. Instead, it refers to the location of key words and phrases on a web page.</p>
<p>So, for example, if a user searches for “wordpress plugin,” some search engines will rank the results according to where on the page the word “wordpress plugin” appears. Obviously, the higher the word appears on the page, the higher the rank might be. So a web site that contains the word “wordpress plugin” in the title tag will likely appear higher than a web site that is about wordpress plugin but does not contain the word in the title tag. What this means is that a web site that is not designed with SEO in mind will likely not rank where you would expect it to rank.</p>
<p><strong>Frequency </strong>: The frequency with which the search term appears on the page may also affect how a page is ranked in search results. So, for example, on a page about wordpress plugin, one that uses the word five times might be ranked higher than one that uses the word only two or three times. When word frequency became a factor, some web site designers began using hidden words hundreds of times on pages, trying to artificially boost their page rankings. Most search engines now recognize this as keyword spamming and ignore or even refuse to list pages that use this technique.</p>
<p><strong>Links </strong>: One of the more recent ranking factors is the type and number of links on a web page. Links that come into the site, links that lead out of the site, and links within the site are all taken into consideration. It would follow, then, that the more links you have on your page or leading to your page the higher your rank would be, right? Again, it doesn’t necessarily work that way. More accurately, the number of relevant links coming into your page, versus the number of relevant links within the page, versus the number of relevant links leading off the page will have a bearing on the rank that your page gets in the search results.</p>
<p><strong>Click-throughs</strong> : One last element that might determine how your site ranks against others in a search is the number of click-throughs your site has versus click-throughs for other pages that are shown in page rankings. Because the search engine cannot monitor site traffic for every site on the Web, some monitor the number of clicks each search result receives.</p>
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		<title>Social Marketing Has Never Been This Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have some great news for you today…My good friend John Merrick just released  a new ebook called “Social Bookmarking Exposed”. It is an excellent step by step guide on how to easily take advantage of the latest web 2.0 ( social marketing ) techniques, and bookmark your way to a huge amount of free, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/social_marketing_logos.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-85" title="social_marketing_logos" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/social_marketing_logos.jpg" alt="" width="325" height="299" /></a>I have some great news for you today…My good friend John Merrick just released  a new ebook called “Social Bookmarking Exposed”. It is an excellent step by step guide on how to easily take advantage of the latest web 2.0 ( social marketing ) techniques, and bookmark your way to a huge amount of free, targeted, quality  traffic!</p>
<p>And the best part…</p>
<p>It is no secret that Web 2.0 tactics such as Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and  Tagging have taken the internet by storm  recently.</p>
<p>One of the main reasons for the success of  Web 2.0 is that all of these tactics are  loved by the search engines.</p>
<p>Because of this you will be getting relevant,  targeted traffic to your site. This will  lead to your website’s rankings skyrocketing  in no time at all, and with very little effort  on your part.</p>
<p>And the good news for you is… you don’t  need to be a Web 2.0 expert to do this. And John is not only giving you free access to the “Social Bookmarking Exposed” ebook. If you grab your free copy today you’ll also get:<br />
The “12 Secret Tips For Twitter Success” a detailed and easy to follow step-by-step  guide on how to set up and use Twitter.<br />
14 Twitter Video Tutorials – these powerful Twitter video tutorials will take your Twitter marketing to the next level and beyond.<br />
10 Extra Traffic Videos – That will help you get truck loads of laser targeted  traffic to your sites.</p>
<p>Grab your free copy today and secure your 3 fast action bonuses, while they<br />
are still available!.</p>
<p>Even though “Social Bookmarking Exposed”  is completely free, I highly recommend that  you grab the special offer – if you are  lucky enough to see it when you log in. You will only get one chance to…<br />
Raise your affiliate commissions to completely insane levels.<br />
Rebrand the entire ebook with your affiliate links – Making it your own personal 24/7 auto-pilot sales agent.<br />
And more… you have to see this yourself!</p>
<p>So grab your free copy now, and take a good look at the special offer. At that price it truely is a no-brainer. That’s it for now, thanks for reading.  Enjoy your free ebook and bonuses – I know you will love them.</p>
<p>P.S. Grab this unique package now while it’s  still free. John does not plan to give this  package away for free forever!  There’s no guarantee that it will still be  free if visit the site tomorrow!</p>
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		<title>Best Linking Software For Quality Links Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many question that people ask to get high quality link exchange or backlinks, and the answer for this question is too many!, and then also they ask which is the best linking software to get quality backlinks? the answer is not many, even every developher said that their linking software is the best on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many question that people ask to get high quality link exchange or backlinks, and the answer for this question is too many!, and then also they ask which is the best linking software to get quality backlinks? the answer is not many, even every developher said that their linking software is the best on the market, but i just see 3 linking software that i think and it would be great to use such as SEOELITE.COM, WEBCEO.COM, IBUSINESSPROMOTER.COM,  and let’s take alook at the last linking software :</p>
<p>IBusinessPromoter.com or IBP is the best of the best linking software, IBP offers powerful tools that help you to build high quality inbound links as efficiently as possible.</p>
<p>IBP will get you free traffic in many different ways: You willl get the right targeted traffic from your link partners, you will get also return traffic because your site is a valuable resource with great links and you will get increased search engine traffic and take the best position search engine due to improved page rank and better link popularity.</p>
<p>IBP will only help you to find the right kind of link and help your search engine rankings, because the wrong links can have a negative effect on your search engine positions. And to get top search engine position you need have an optimized web page content and good inbound links.</p>
<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/inbound-links.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-74" title="inbound-links" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/inbound-links.gif" alt="" width="489" height="58" /></a></p>
<p>Why you need good inbound link / link popularity ? because Link popularity become one of the most important factors in the ranking algorithms of modern search engines. And the idea behind this concept is that your website must be a good if many other websites link to your site.</p>
<p>However, it is not only important that many sites linking to your website. It is also important that the right websites linking to you. The websites that link to your site should be related to your site. The links should also be from high quality websites that search engines trust.</p>
<p>In addition, the links to your website should contain keywords that are related to your site in the anchor text (the text that is used for the link).</p>
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		<title>Web 2.0 Costumized in Your WordPress Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couple days ago i got a niche email from my blogging advisor “Yaro Starak” about how to make a better wordpress with WEB 2.0 and turn your blogging passion into real business. Do you have 4 minutes to install a fully customized and Web 2.0 enabled WordPress blog..? And it even comes with a professional, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/web20.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-68" title="web20" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/web20-260x300.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="300" /></a>Couple days ago i got a niche email from my blogging advisor “Yaro Starak” about how to make a better wordpress with WEB 2.0 and turn your blogging passion into real business. Do you have 4 minutes to install a fully customized and Web 2.0 enabled WordPress blog..? And it even comes with a professional, search engine optimized Niche theme. Just watch the video to see what I mean at http://www.expertwordpress.com</p>
<p>Blogs are the most easy way to communicate with your customer. And they are also most favored by search engines. In fact it is not uncommon for a properly optimized blog post to appear in search engine results on front page within MINUTES after publishing! The key is… “properly optimized”! Blogs are one of the best ways to earn from sharing what you know and love and do it in the most natural way – by communicating to your target audience.</p>
<p>But thw first you need to know is your ( target audience ) and ( how to monetize your blog ) without annoying them. A task 90% of bloggers fails at miserably! Are you one of the 10%? Did you say no or not sure…? Than you simply got to see this site www.expertwordpress.com, what perhaps is even better – you don’t have to pawn off your car to get the benefits of all above.</p>
<p>Alex and his partner Dmitriy have just released a package that completely changes how blogging is done from now on. And since they are nearly giving it away, response was dramatic. Just do a search on Google for “expert wordpress“ to see what I mean. Better yet, see the site for yourself before they decide to increase the price. With almost no refunds they are thinking that the price is too low and perhaps will raise it…</p>
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		<title>Making Money With Banner Advertisements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are strenuous to make money sacrifice of the articles on your website, it is weighty to effectively further your site therefrom that you will trail customers and they can take notice virtuous what a good, grade site you have. Qualified are several ways consequently market and back your website, one of them being [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/makemoneyroadsign.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-53" title="makemoneyroadsign" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/makemoneyroadsign.jpg" alt="" width="484" height="324" /></a>When you are strenuous to make money sacrifice of the articles on your website, it is weighty to effectively further your site therefrom that you will trail customers and they can take notice virtuous what a good, grade site you have. Qualified are several ways consequently market and back your website, one of them being though banner advertisements.</p>
<p><strong>What Banner Advertisements Can Do For You?</strong></p>
<p>Banner advertisements can cooperation bring visitors from others sites to your own. Although scandal sheet fees can betoken appreciated to encourage on long traffic sites, prominence the head it may stage cheaper and / or a faster journey to start seeing symbolic revenue from your website efforts, somewhat than waiting for SEO techniques to bring your own site to the top of search engine influence. Aside from champion to support on someone else’s site, ace are again free banner exchanges to choose from. We will introspection at the pros and cons of each banner advertising modus operandi below.</p>
<p><strong>Free Banner Exchanges</strong></p>
<p>Free banner exchanges are when you and other sites exchange each others banners. Their banner will snap on your site and your banner will push one their site. Although this possibility is free, ace are two main problems with it. Lead off, if you demand your banner on a valid numeral of sites, it will niggardly cluttering your own site up with these banners. This could equivalent shot you leadership the edge if you sprint an affiliate website now, instead of clicking on your affiliate links, your visitors may emblematize clicking on your banner exchange links. Secondly, you posses to express well careful about the types of sites that you exchange banners with. Some sites cognate to capture a lot of banners inasmuch as that they can serve as a directory or portal site and not have to own extra concrete content. These “banner farms” or “link farms” will do scratch direct for your site and, control the meantime, you will exemplify bringing them budding traffic.</p>
<p><strong>Paid Banner Ads</strong></p>
<p>Being we epigram extensive, paid banner ads cost money, but they will eventually fee hit if you choose the equitable ones. You need to warrant that the site produces the amount of traffic that they recite and that they keep your ad placed magnetism a street that invites visitors to perspicacity adrift being too much pushy. You again hankering to choose a site that does not condo plenty profuse other banners on the duplicate page due to yours or that polished are no competitor links on the same page.</p>
<p>All in all, banner ads can end up being profitable for you site if you go about it the right way. If you do decide to check out banner advertisement as a marketing avenue, be sure to keep the above tips in mind.</p>
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		<title>10 Types of Business Blogging Posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10 Types of Business Blogging Posts Business blogging posts generally fall into one of 10 types. When you’re trying to write for your business blog and you feel a little stuck (or if you’re new to business blogging), you can just pick one of these 10 types of business blog posts to use as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Blog-Posts.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-43" title="Blog orange" src="http://simple4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Blog-Posts-300x274.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="274" /></a>The 10 Types of Business Blogging Posts</strong></p>
<p>Business blogging posts generally fall into one of 10 types. When you’re trying to write for your business blog and you feel a little stuck (or if you’re new to business blogging), you can just pick one of these 10 types of business blog posts to use as a guide.</p>
<p><strong>1. Customer success stories</strong><br />
One of the most powerful types of posts you can write for a business blog is the customer success story, because it sells without the “hard” sell. As far as other people are concerned, you are in business to help them. In fact, you could go as far as to say that your business helps others do their business faster, better, or cheaper. So you want to tell stories about how your business has helped others do their business faster, better, or cheaper than without you.</p>
<p><strong>2. Product or service tips and tutorials</strong><br />
Keep your customers informed with your blog. Chances are, you and others in your company are the foremost experts on your own products or services. You</p>
<p>want your customers to be loyal, informed, and prone to brag about you. Keeping them educated with constant tutorials and tips helps you do that. It also helps you create scenarios in which customer success stories can happen. Microsoft has become very good at this, lately.</p>
<p><strong>3. Upcoming products or services information</strong><br />
Use your business blog to provide your readers with sneak previews, teasers, beta invites, focus group/survey invites, and other buzz-builders. Customers who frequent your blog — especially those who frequently comment — may very well be early adopters of your company’s products or services. These are people whom Seth Godin calls “sneezers”. They are the ones who can do word of mouth marketing without even being asked to.</p>
<p>They spread your “ideavirus” to others. Providing some information on upcoming products and services makes your business blog a place of excitement and anticipation. It helps reward loyalty and spread your marketing message and brand at the same time. Again, we can look to Microsoft as an example. Before Office 2007 was publicly available, it was available as a beta (test) version. Office 2007 developers at Microsoft previewed the new interface and new functionality, which helped to build buzz about Office 2007 before it was released.</p>
<p><strong>4. Request feedback from customers</strong><br />
Your business blog is a much better avenue than surveys and focus groups for getting feedback. Why? Precisely because of the reasons most people would say “no way” to such an idea: it’s messy and impossible to graph. You can use blog polling services or plugins to provide some graph-able structure to the feedback, but likely your most valuable insights will come from comments to the post.</p>
<p>People who feel strongly enough to take the time to leave a comment (good or bad) are a precious resource for your business, because it costs nothing to get what may be the most intelligent, valuable feedback you can have.</p>
<p><strong>5. News and announcements</strong><br />
Reporting news and announcements is often the first type of business blog post that comes to most people’s minds, and that’s why I deliberately did not place it high on the list. I wanted to you get some exposure to other post ideas and get you thinking about them.</p>
<p><strong>6. Industry news</strong></p>
<p>Position yourself as a leader in your industry by relating industry news to your customers. Tell them why it’s important for them to know this, how it affects them. Your customers want to know that you are aware of the big picture and that you’re looking out for them. That helps reinforce the notion that they made the right decision by going with your products or services.</p>
<p>With type of post, being opinionated is okay, but remember some important points: don’t bash your competition — say nice things about them, and don’t sell in these posts. Objectivity is not possible and most people know this, but trust is. You want your readers to trust you. You need to show modesty and humility and refrain from bragging or selling.</p>
<p><strong>7. What to look for in a…</strong><br />
This is a classic educated customer type of post. There’s an old saying: an educated customer is our best customer. In the so-called information age we live in, the better-educated you are about something, the smarter your decisions will be. Educating your customers (as opposed to bombarding them with your unwanted “marketing messages”) puts them in control of a purchase process that engenders confidence by being knowledgeable.</p>
<p>If you sold aftermarket performance parts for cars, you can’t sell to someone who doesn’t understand what’s so great about your products unless you can educate them about performance and quality. Don’t go for the hard sell. Educated people sell themselves on your products because you deal with them more as equals who are experts.</p>
<p><strong>8. What to watch out for from…</strong><br />
Used judiciously, this type of business blog post implies that you’re not doing these things — and others might be. Helps to build trust because you’re looking out for your customers. You can only use a post of this type occasionally, because its effect quickly wears off with repetition, and you will look like you’re just fear-mongering.</p>
<p>You will see this type of post from someone who sells higher end products and services. For instance, if you sold expensive, custom-built computer workstations, you cold write a post called “What to Watch Out for from Cheap Parts Computer Companies.”</p>
<p><strong>9. Related interests</strong><br />
If you sell outdoor gear then you should blog about trips you take. If you sell diapers then you should blog about parenting and your own experiences as a parent. You’re relating to your customers by blogging about related interests you have in common with them. This is a benefit you get when you target a niche demographic rather than just a niche product.</p>
<p><strong>10. Product, service, or process explanations and stories</strong></p>
<p>Consumers want to know your process because they want to trust you. They really do, and they will if you give a reason. This is part of the new transparency and openness in business. Consumers want to know where what they buy comes from and how it’s made. Tell your customers where your materials come from, how things are made, how your service processes are structured. Inform, inform, inform.</p>
<p>Educated customers really are the best customers. And yet, you can do a great job with the story and anyone will “see” increased value in the product or service. For example, I could show you a plain spice jar labeled Cinnamon. And I could show you an unusually shaped and designed jar that contained Moroccan cinnamon from a particular region where the soil is the best possible for growing amazing cinnamon and this cinnamon is processed by the same family for generation after generation and blah, blah, blah.</p>
<p>Which one would cost more? Nearly everyone would say the second jar would cost more. How do you know the first jar didn’t have the same kind of cinnamon in it? It depends on the story I tell. Now, I am not suggesting for even a moment that you make things up that aren’t true. Think about it this way: if your products or services don’t have any good stories behind them, maybe there’s something else deeply wrong with your business that a blog ain’t gonna fix anyway. But otherwise, a blog is one of the best ways you have to tell the best stories about your products. And here’s what is especially amazing about this: your customers will tell great stories, too, in the form of comments and in some cases even on their own blogs.</p>
<p>The previous 10 types of business blog posts will serve you in good stead for a long time. You can literally just pick one and start writing. It’s a formula for always having something to blog about. But to really make your business blog do what it was designed to do, which is further your business, we need to reframe how business blogging is done in a way that recognizes the differences between business blogging and other kinds of blogging and that serves the needs of a business blogger. To do this, I have coined the term Gateway Blogging.</p>
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