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From thesimple avenue for expressing oneself, blogging has gone a long way over theyears. Now, blogging is being considered as one of the effective tools in promotinga business as well as in generating money through advertisements. However,with the millions of people around the globe maintaining their blogs, it isquite a challenge to make yours stand out and get noticed by the chancereaders, advertisers and search engines. If you want to make a good amount ofmoney from blogging, here are the ten most basic things that you must bear inmind: ·       Chooseyour niche. Thereis a wide array of topics that you could write about in your blog—from serioustopics such as politics, economy, social issues, health, environment, sports,music, fashion, movies, cuisines, hobbies, or more personal ones likerelationships, family life, the daily grinds at work at school or at home, inshort anything that you can think of! However, it is very important to chooseonly a topic that you are most interested and knowledgeable of, as yourknowledge will be reflected in your writings. First, ask yourself: What specific topic am I most interested in? It isimportant to narrow down your choices. You may want to write about health forexample, but certainly you cannot cover everything about health, so it isimportant to choose a specific health issue, obesity and weight managementperhaps, from there you can think of almost a hundred topics about obesity andweight management to write about. In short, choose you niche and stick to it. ·       Buya domain. Althoughit may cost you some money, buying your own domain will enable your site to beeasily picked up by search engines. And also, you do not have to worry becausemost domain sites are being sold at much affordable prices.  You can buy a domain name for as little as$10.00.  You will need to purchase yourown name for example if your name is Annetta Powell it should beannettapowell.com or annettapowellonline.com. The key is to brand you on your blog. To purchase a domain for less than $10.00 go to http://www.godaddy.com/search/domains.aspx?isc=IAPdom26. ·       Writewell. Thegreatest factor that can make an occasional reader a regular visitor is thewell-written, entertaining, informative and helpful articles that can be foundon your web blog.  Remember, majority ofthe people are using the internet in order to find relevant information abouttheir areas of interest, if you can supply just that, there is a great possiblyfor these chance readers to be your loyal followers and they might evenrecommend your site to others. When it comes to length, the ideal blog post isabout 500 to 700 in words. ·       Allowsubscribers. Tosecure readership, it would also be wise to include a widget that allows thevisitors to subscribe to your blog. This way, you can send them regular updatesand perhaps newsletters. It is imperative that you build a list to market backto your subscribers so that you can generate a cash flow.  In order for you to generate a cash flow youwill need to purchase a software that allows you to store your contacts fromyour blog.  The software I use is fromGetResponse and it’s a awesome tool to have go to: http://www.getresponse.com/index/annettapowellfor more information. ·       Keepyour blog updated. Byfrequently updating and posting entries on your web blog you are increasing thechance for your site to be included in the search engine results, such asGoogle and Yahoo!. The more your articles appear in search engines, the morelikely that they will be visited by the internet users and when your site isbeing frequently visited, the more likely that advertisers will be interestedto place ads on your website! ·       Keepa simple format and layout. A simple, fuss-free layout, will enable the readers tofocus on your articles. Avoid too bright colors and unnecessary or repetitiveanimations. Although it is important to place ads on your site as it can generatemoney every time it get hit by your visitors, cramming too much ads may alsoannoy the reader and may all at once lose interest in reading your posts, so itis important to strike a balance when it comes to placing ads on your blogsite. ·       Respondto comments. Alwaysmake it a point to respond politely to the comments from your visitors. Whetherpositive or negative responding to comments, send a message to your readersthat you value their opinion.  ·       Marketyour blog. Whatcan be more frustrating than maintaining a good blog that nobody is able toread? This commonly happens due to poor marketing. Aside from maintaining agood blog, it is equally important to learn how to market it. One way ofmarketing your blog is by using key words in your header and within your blogpost. By regularly using keywords you are increasing the chance for your blogto appear in search engine results, such as Google and Yahoo! You can also signup at social networking sites like as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace to promoteyour web blog. ·       Commenton other's blog. Visitas many blogs of the same niche as possible and take time to leave comments oneach blog post. This way, you are attracting the blogger as well as his/herreaders to visit your page as well. Always include the URL address of your blogwhen you leave a comment on someone else’s page so that readers can easilyclick on your website. ·       Joinforums. Donot be shy and be an active member of various forums. By posting intelligentcomments on forum discussions, you are actually attracting the forum members tovisit your blog, like I said earlier, always include the URL address of yourblog when you leave a comment in forum discussion. For additional information on how to make moneythrough blogging, please visit http://annettapowellonline.com. Yours sincerely, Annetta PowellYour Professional Success Coach