My experience started out a bit shaky but I eventually learned what it takes to be a work from home marketer and is so worth the time it took to learn.

My Daily Commute Is Shorter Now

For a long time I’ve dreamed of working from my home and making a living at it. Now it’s become a reality and the short commute to the office is so cool.

I get up really early, the middle of the night for most people, and never liked waiting hours before I could go to work. Now I can get up a 4am and pretty much go straight to work. It’s nice to have my day done by noon most days.

I don’t use an alarm. I just get up when I wake up and that’s always early and then it’s off to the office to turn on my computer and next the kitchen to start my first coffee of the day. Then I hit the bathroom to freshen up and I’m ready for the day.

First Let’s Dump The Email Spam

Even though I wake up without an alarm I am still a little dopey for a while so this is a good time to get rid of the spam in my email box. It gives me a little time to wake my brain up enough to really start working.

It doesn’t usually take long as my email software kicks most of the trash to the curb. Next I can get to the real email. Just this morning I received 4 guest blog posts for two different niches and 2 other requests from people wanting to guest blog on one of my other niche blogs.

Guest bloggers make my life so much easier today as I have more than a dozen blogs to provide content for.

I Review Each Guest Blog Post

Each guest post is saved in a temp folder so I can come back to them once I have finished with my email checking. Once I have them all saved I check each on to make sure it meets the rules I have set for guest bloggers.

I don’t accept all guest articles as not all follow the rules. Maybe they don’t think I am going to check them but I do and they get rejected.

Some are bad and get rejected but for those that write quality articles and yet make a mistake somewhere, well they always get a second chance with me. Just not the spammers.

It’s usually about this time I head to the kitchen for another cup of java.

I Schedule Publishing Guest Posts

What’s really great about guest articles or posts is that I don’t publish them all at once. I like to have a single post per day or every other day and schedule posts so that the show up exactly when I want them to, even when I’m off fishing with a buddy.

Publish To Article Directories With PR

EzineArticles.com is one of my favourite article directories and is where I publish first. Why, well EA has the toughest guidelines and won’t mess with any duplicate content. So I publish there first, wait for approval, which can take a few day if you’re new there but it’s quick for me.

After I get the email telling me it was accepted I take the article and spin it using The Best Spinner. This makes a few extra articles I can then use for the other article directories which are less strict.

Relevant Blog Commenting

Don’t overlook blog commenting as it can send you a lot of relevant traffic. There are a couple of commenting tips that will help you get your comment accepted.

1. I don’t just leave a generic comment like so many I reject each day. Instead take a few minutes, read the article and then add a comment that adds some extra value to their article. This will usually get the attention of the blog owner. Especially if they moderate their comments like I do.

2. Don’t know enough yet to leave a value added comment, not to worry. You can read the article and then come up with a real question that will help you learn more. People are usually eager to help as it makes them look good and you may go to their site as well.

Note: Be the first to comment. This will mean most people reading the article will see your comment. If you are commenter 27 they may not even see your comment. To make this easier I use Google Feed Reader or Bloglines to monitor the blog feeds I want to comment on. Feed readers are great time savers.

Need More Content Hire A Writer

There may be times you will not be able to come up with all the content you want. I am always looking for more content so I can publish articles all over the place with links back to my money pages. The thing is I need unique content and rewriting isn’t always an option.

Just a few months ago I learned about iwriter.com where I could request articles for the writers there.  The cost was very affordable which kind of led me to thinking maybe it sucked but my concerns quickly faded away.

An example: Just yesterday I made a request for 3 different articles at 500 words each. They were completed, checked through CopyScape for uniqueness and I was notified they were ready for approval. Today they are already scheduled to appear on my blogs.

I kept one of the articles to use as my original for spinning a bunch more in The Best Spinner software.

PageRank Building

Just two weeks ago I got an email from a blogging friend telling me about BuildMyRank.com. She told me it was a great place to publish articles to build my rankings. It wasn’t free like some of the place I’ve used that got me zero results but they do have a 15 day trial and I would have 10 links.

Of course I signed up and started using the system immediately using up my free links in no time. My articles we picked up and published quickly and indexed in a couple of days. That info is available for tracking purposes.

I wrote 4 articles and used iwriter.com for two more articles covering 5 of my niche domains.

The articles are only published once so no duplicate content floating around. My articles got published on a PR4, PR3 and PR2 sites. I don’t have any free links left but I am certainly convinced it’s a good place to be a member and made the commitment to a monthly membership.

And that brings an end to this article, hope it helps you reach new heights. If so let me know by leaving a comment. Maybe you are even a possible guest blogger.

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Not every one has a product to sell online. I am one of those work from home online marketers who has no products of their own but I don’t mind at all because it doesn’t mean I don’t have products to promote and sell.

It’s great to have an opportunity to sell other people’s products as it means I can go into a whole lot more niches as I can join affiliate networks and promote other people’s products. All I have to do is learn about them and promote them on my blogs.

Affiliate Products To Promote

Today you’ll find affiliate marketing has limitless potential as there are so many products and services one can choose from. Selling affiliate products all day long for the rest of your life and you’d still never come close to selling all the products available.

One of my favourite niches is the home gardening niche as it’s a great way to save money and if you choose to blog about it you have a way to make money blogging. The garden niche is so big that it has many sub niches meaning you will find unlimited products to promote and sell.

Digital Affiliate Products

I use the Clickbank marketplace to find and promote gardening related digital products called ebooks, which are books in digital form so you can read them on your laptop, computer or ipad or Kindle.

You will find other affiliate programs for digital products other than just at Clickbank. You might want to look at PayDotCom.com and eJunkie.com too.

You need to learn all you can about affiliate marketing and Clickbank is the place to look. It was there that I found the Super Affiliate Handbook by Rosalind Gardner and my online business life started making money. Rosalind Gardner is the go to person for all things affiliate marketing.

Non Digital Affiliate Products

Of course all products are not digital so I went looking for other affiliate networks that have physical products I can promote.

There are so many affiliate networks I have joined but my top sales come from just a few I have listed below:

Commission Junction, LinkShare Affiliate and ShareASale Network

Those are just a few affiliate networks I use and they carry a lot more than just garden related affiliate programs. I use a lot of the same affiliate networks for my other niches like fishing and acoustic guitar.

I really doesn’t matter what you niche is there will be an affiliate program you could make money with, unless you pick a niche that is so out there that there is little to choose from but for the normal things there are often multiple programs to choose from.

Just as a reminder, it took Rosalind’s Super Affiliate Handbook to get me on the right path to making money with affiliate marketing on my blogs.

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Of course Internet access will only get you online, you are still going to have to do some learning before the money starts rolling in or before you start writing anything.

So it’s important I point out the fact that blogging for profit does take work but also that it is so worth investing the time it takes to learn. how to start a work from home blog that’s profitable.

Step One – Learn How To First

My biggest blunder when it comes to my online business was taking so long to decide to learn how to make money online. Don’t try to wing it hoping it will work for you as it will most likely just frustrate you. So the biggest mistake in marketing is NOT LEARNING FIRST.

Learning how to start your work from home blog for profit has to start with more than just a desire to make money. It will take some niche research so you can be sure you’re going to be blogging for profit in a niche you can rank for without working for years to do it.

Know right up front that the vast majority of those who try to make a profitable blog never actually make any money. This in my mind makes it vital that you learn how to succeed with a blog before ever writing a word.

First steps first …

How To Find A ‘Profitable’ Niche

Finding a profitable niche is important if your goal is to make money blogging but no this that most niches are profitable. The trick is to find a niche you can profit in which means a niche you can stick with long enough to make money.

It’s really not the niche that’s not making money, it’s the blogger who isn’t making the money, yet so many other are able to make money in that niche. Why is that?

Your Niche Has To Keep YOU Interested…

… long enough to get traffic that you can keep interested long enough for you to profit. Get that right and you may just have a winner.

Take the time to match a niche with your interests and you can go far. On the other hand pick a niche you think the money but don’t have a strong interest or experience in and you could be spinning your wheels for a really long time and never make any head way or income.

Where To Look For Profitable Niches

One of my favourite places to look for niches I can profit with is to head over to Amazon.com where I can find best sellers in every category. I just start going through the categories that I have hobbies and interests in.

Amazon makes it so easy to find products in niches I like and from there it’s all about finding the keywords and phrases that I can create a profitable blog with.

Enter A Niche You’re Knowledgeable About

I suggest one niche per blog so you can stay focused on one topic to help you gain ranking for your pages easier. Get too many topics in one blog and it’s hard for the search engines to narrow down what your site is about.

There is a number of methods used today to get content on ones blog but if you have a niche you have know-how in you will find creating your own content the best way to go at the start.

As I started to gain momentum and ranking with my blogs I began receiving request by guest bloggers. They wanted to write content for me, at no charge, how cool is that. Today I have blogs I seldom need to create content for as guest bloggers are giving me all the content I need to gain in the rankings and make money with my blogs.

Although I have some how to make money working from home blogs most of my blogs are hobby related like my fishing, gardening, acoustic guitar, and puppy potty training blogs.

Researching Your Niche Choices

Okay, you’ve found a few niches you’re interested so now it’s time to learn more about the competition in these niches. You don’t want to go for a niche that’s going to take way too long to rank for. However that doesn’t mean you want to avoid that niche.

Every niche I work through my blogs was hard to rank for when I wanted the top keywords but I didn’t go with the top keywords as my main focus. That would be blog suicide really as the competition for the niches I have are strong.

Instead I use tools to help me find the best keyword for me to use NOW, TODAY.

I started by using Google’s Free Keyword Tool, easily found with a quick Google search but once I had the money to invest I purchased two keyword tools that make my research a breeze. The two keyword research tools I purchased are Keyword Elite and Micro Niche Finder, you can check them out for more info.

Next Step Is A Keyworded Domain Name

Now if you are here and haven’t purchased a domain yet I’m proud of you as your domain name is an important step in having an optimized niche website. Example: which domain name do you thing I would get better ranking for as a home gardening blog, www.hbb2obm.com or www.backyardgardeningtips.com.

Well both those are my blogs and both are about gardening but the keyworded domain, which was started a year after the non keyworded domain is getting more than a thousand unique visitors per day over the non keyworded domain and is making considerably more income for me.

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Once blogging became available I thought I would give it a try but wasn’t sure about it so I went with free hosting and blog services. Unfortunately it didn’t turn out like I had hoped and I almost just gave up on free blogging.

Before I just dropped blogging all together I was talking with a friend who said I should try hosting my own blog and that started something wonderful.

Hosting My Own Blogs Today

Now I am not saying to spend a bunch of money and by your own servers. I am talking about buying your domains like I get from GoDaddy.com and then getting it hosted on a services like HostGator.com. Both are affordable and have top notch service 24/7/365.

True Blogging Success Takes Targeted Traffic

Learn quickly that without traffic to your blog it’s going to be a little tough to earn a living. This should tell you just how important, better yet, vital, to your blogging success. Learn early how to get web traffic that’s targeted to your niche.

There was a movie that came out years ago called ‘Field of Dreams’ and as I understand is where the phrase ‘If you build it they will come’ came from. This doesn’t really work in the blogging world so don’t be fooled into thinking you don’t need to do any more than build your blog site.

I learned this lesson with my first gardening related blog. After a year it was still only earning pennies a day. This was about the time I started learning how to work a blog and how to get traffic that converts to income. So I decided to try and fix my initial gardening related blog and also starting a new garden blog to see what would happen.

Long story short, even though I used the same but rewritten content for both sites that first site has never recovered or even come close to matching the more than one thousand unique visits my new garden blog gets.

I started the first garden blog in 2006 and the second garden blog in 2007, exactly a year apart.

Even though the first site has never caught up with the second site I am making good money with both now because I took the time to learn what I wasn’t doing right.

Go After Relevant Backlinks

Everything I do for my business is thought out in advance today. It makes that much of a difference.

When I plan an article or blog post I already have plans to write more than one article on that topic using relevant keywords in each article. I do use The Best Spinner to help me rewrite unique and readable content.

I write an article for my blog, publish it and then start an campaign to gain relevant backlinks to that page.  I don’t stop with just one article though because I need lots of links to keep a head of others trying to pass me in the search results.

What I Do To Get My Backlinks

1. It has to start with writing quality content for my blog. My content has to keep my readers reading, right.
2. I research keywords so I can have a strong keyword focus.
3. I write more relevant articles using specific keywords that I publish to top article directories.
4. Every article I publish is unique, vitally important today.
5. My keyword match the article I link to for relevance to the search engines.
6. Each link in my article is keyworded with related phrases that match the page I link to.
7. I like to be a guest blogger in a relevant niche.
8. I also do a lot of value added blog commenting and linking.

Having a strong backlinking campaign on the go for each of your blog posts is going to give you the edge you need to pass all the slackers and those NOT in the know.

Link Deep Into Internal Blog Pages

Don’t just link to your main page, like I did for so long. You need to link to your internal pages so they get some ranking going. That’s going to help your entire site.

What I do when writing an article to publish that will point to my blog is to make sure I point to a relevant page and not just to the domain or main page. This creates deep linking.

If I have just one link for an article, depending on where I publish it, I will point to an internal page. However if I am allowed more than one I will also point a link to my main page.

The key to making this work most effectively is to take care with your keywords so that they point to relevant pages, not just any pages. It makes the difference between seeing money in your Paypal account and wishing you did.

Forums Are Great For Getting Traffic, However

I have wasted a lot of time on forums but I am not saying forums are a waste of time, not at all. Forums are a powerful way to get traffic but also to establish relationships in your niche.

There is a problem with forums and it’s due to liking them too much and sticking around long after you’ve already created a link back to your pages. Don’t allow yourself to get caught up too much with forums as it can drain away the time you have to make your business more productive. It has to be a balance.

I will visit forums during my work day, but this is work time so I work while I am there. I respond to posts, write a few of my own and then get out of there. However at the end of my work day I can do what I want, so often I return to my favourite forums and hang around to chat a bit. It still has benefits for backlinking of course.

I saved this one for last because it can make such a difference to your business.

Do Invest Time And Money In Your Business

By investing time I mean you will dedicate a specific amount of time each week to the success of your blog. That can take some money to get things going but is well worth the investment.

I talked about purchasing your own domain like I do at GoDaddy.com and hosting your own blog at a good but affordable place like HostGator.com.

Also investing your time writing unique quality articles that will help you gain that traffic and ranking you need to succeed.

I will write a single article, that I wish to point back to another unique blog post on my site. I also make sure it’s keyworded like the article I wish to link to. Then I publish it, once only.

Next I rewrite the article completely so that it’s once again unique. I have a CopyScape account I use to check uniqueness so that I am not publishing any duplicate content.

Then I make sure the link text is varied a bit to cover a variety of relevant keyword phrase for that niche. Then I publish it to another site and it’s unique and relevant, plus I like to make the helpful of course.

In conclusion. Everything I do for my business is focused on specific keywords for my niche which I find using two paid tools. 1. Keyword Elite and 2. Micro Niche Finder.

Blogging can be really powerful when done properly and is so worth learning to do right.

It took me a bit of learning so I am sure you have a few WordPress how to questions. Now is the time to get those answers so you are more comfortable with blogging. The most asked question I get about WordPress blogs is how to install a WordPress blog.

Many work at home moms take the opportunity to use WordPress blogs to make money in the little spare time they have. That’s what’s so cool about blogging. You can just say what you have to say and get on with your day.

How to Start a WordPress Blog

First you have two choices with WordPress blogging.

1. You can go with free hosted WordPress blogs but for me personally option two is best.
2. Host WordPress blogs on your own hosting account.

I prefer hosting my own domains as I have more control over what happens to my domain. Also hosting one’s domains is quite affordable today. I host all my domains with HostGator.

I use HostGator because they use cPanel for control every aspect of your site, which I am used to. They also have Fantastico which lets me install WordPress on my domain in a couple of minutes. When you have as many niches on the go as I do you will want some automation.

Logging Into Your WordPress Blog

When you have your WordPress back-office installed also known as your dashboard, you will need to log in to manage your blog. From the dashboard you will be able to add posts, pages, plugins, change themes, so many things, especially SEO related things to help your site rank in the search engines.

Logging into your WordPress administration panel, again also called the dashboard, is easy however it’s important to remember your username and password.

http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-admin/

Writing a Post in WordPress

Writing a post in WordPress is simple and can even be done through emailing, which is great when you’re on the road like Jenny and I like to be.

Publishing posts is what WordPress is all about. Once you’re logged into your WP account you only need to click Add New under the Post menu and you will see a new edit window open.

You can of course add text but you can also add tables, graphic, video and so much more as well as having the ability to link to other sites and pages.

Publishing is just as easy as there is a publish button, but there is also a Save Draft option in case you’re not quite ready to publish and need to leave.

Creating Pages Using WordPress

Blogging with individual blog post is what I do in WordPress, most of the time, however WordPress also has a section for creating individual pages which is very similar to writing a post. Instead of clicking Post you would click Pages instead and from that menu you would click Add New.

WordPress Posts vs WordPress Pages

What’s the difference between posts and pages? Should you be publishing posts or pages?

Pages look similar to posts but there are differences. One big difference is the lack of categories and tag options on pages.

When I am using pages instead of posting it usually means I have content that’s static like a garden tools page on my garden related blog.

Blog Categories

Marketing is all about specific words known as keywords. Blog categories usually reflect the keyword research done by the blog owner. Keyword focused categories that match your content of course is how search engines establish where you belong in the big scheme of the search engine listings and ranking.

Handling Comments in WordPress

WordPress blogs have the option to have comments turned on or off for all or individual posts. So the first thing you need to decide is if you want comments active. You also have the option to have comments appear immediately or have them wait for approval. Personally I manually approve or reject comments.

Blog comments can make your site very interactive, if you have the right content.

I check each comment. If it doesn’t ask a question based on the content or adds value to my post I don’t usually approve it. If the link is not relevant to the content I reject it as well.

You will find there are a lot of work from home comment spammer trying to a backlink from your site, so be diligent and monitor your comments before approving them.

So Many Free And Paid WordPress Themes

One of the things I love about WordPress blogs is the variety of niche focused blog themes available.

Be sure you looking in the Appearance menu from your WP dashboard. From there you will see the themes available. You will also see an Install Themes tab. Click that and start looking for themes that will meet your needs.

I have paid themes today but I have had a lot of fun with free themes. I just like the power built into the paid themes I use today.

Once you’ve found the theme you want you can install and then activate it.

As a work from home marketer there are many reasons love WordPress blogging. I’ve found that using the right plugins help me greatly. Just because search engines love WordPress doesn’t mean it can’t be improved on for even better performance.

I have about a dozen sites going at any one time and market to a variety of niches which mostly revolve around my hobbies and interests.

I have turned my work from home idea into a full time thing now but must admit it wasn’t as easy as I had been led to believe.

Start With Niche Research

Start with niche research, now that’s sound advice. I seriously wonder at times just where I would be today if I had started my online business with a little research. A niche or market may seem good at a glance but once you start to evaluate it you may find it has way too much competition or exactly the opposite, no competition and no money.

Guessing isn’t going to make you money unless your guessing is really based on experience.

Research, the proper niche research, is so vital in a world of net savvy users who expect quality.

I Began Blogging About Things I Love To Do

Once I invested time researching niches in my areas of interest I started a fly fishing blog, two actually and on the same domain. Now I was blogging about something I actually know about, fly fishing and fly tying.

After a couple of months of posting informative and keyworded fly fishing related articles I monetized my fishing blog and started making a bit of money.

I did the same thing in the home garden niche and now have two blogs about gardening where I live and they make me money as well.

I find it so much easier to come up with quality content in niches I have a strong interest in. So today, if I were to hand out any advice about Internet marketing it would be to find something you love to talk about, but the niche you choose has to have people making money.

I had someone put it this way: “Think a year or two down the road. Will you still have something to say about the niche you’ve chosen.” It made me sit back and look at a few of the niches I was in. I was already struggling with a few that were only a few months old.

Are You Credible Enough For Me To Buy From?

I never thought about it much until I started evaluating my web site traffic.

One day it dawned on me that I don’t often buy from sites I’ve only just found. In the back of my mind I just don’t trust people. I will buy from sites where I have confidence in the site owner and that takes a bit of time and reading usually. Often more than 5 visits.

I have expectations when I am clicking search results links in Google. I expect quality and the info I need to make me want to buy, even if I am already in the mood to purchase. So many things can turn off potential customers you will never see again.

A few things that immediately turn me away:

• Lack of topic focus. Has every topic under the sun
• Content reads like it’s been over spun
• Too many distraction such as flashing banners and ads

Ask yourself this question when you are creating sites and content.

“Knowing there are many other great sites I can find, why would I want to stay on your site?”

It really comes down to knowing what you’re doing.

If you can’t be bothered creating quality for your visitors why should your visitors stick around? Make your readers happy and you stand to make some excellent money working from home.

Learning how to become a super affiliate isn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be.

My advice is to learn from a real super affiliate, Rosalind Gardner through her Super Affiliate Handbook. It certainly has helped me.

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It wouldn’t make much sense to me to go for quantity over quality as it has helped me to double my income in 2011.

I have numerous sites in a variety of niches as I have a lot more than just one or two hobbies and interests. For me this means a lot more work keeping up with the quality content. I had to find ways of getting more quality keyworded content without writing it all myself.

How To Get More Niche Related Content

Offer Guest Blogging: I have been a guest blogger before and thought that would be a good way to gain more great content. It worked fine for a some of my niches but others still needed content. So I had to look elsewhere which led me to…

Article Directories: I used articles from article directories for a while but didn’t like the fact that the content was duplicate content and I much prefer unique content, so I stopped using them. I still write articles and have them published on these networks as it does give me backlinks.

Article Networks: Next I thought I would give article networks a look because one most of these networks spin code is allowed which means articles tend to be more unique. Below are the few I joined.

• ArticleRanks.com
• SEOLinkVine.com
• ArticleMarketingAutomation.com
• MyArticleNetwork.com

I Soon Learned Free Comes With A Price

Once I added my websites to the network and started receiving articles I wasn’t the slightest bit impressed. The quality of most articles was poor at best. The fact we are not allowed to modify the content meant I had to reject a lot of articles, more than 95% actually, so it was quite time consuming and time is money.

These articles tend to have a lot of poorly spun content, most of which has had any valuable keywords spun out of them.

If The Title Sucks The Article Likely Does As Well

After a month of looking at article after articles I began to see a pattern. Those articles that had no value in the title most often didn’t have any value in the article either. That’s when I started studying the articles to see if I was correct and I was.

After discovering the link between a sucky title and poor quality content I started ONLY looking at the titles. If they sucked and had no keyword value I just rejected them. What a time saver that was.

Those willing to sacrifice quality for quantity just lost any opportunity of gain benefit from my high PR sites as I go for quality, always.

What Is Article Marketing?

Article marketing at it’s simplest is content that uses specific words and phrases knowing the IM world as keywords. These keywords are used in specific places that tells search engines what the niche and them is about which then place your site in the search results for your keywords and hopefully close enough to the #1 position that you get traffic that helps you earn money. – J. P. M.

Killing Article’s Potential With Article Spinners

Article spinners have an auto replace words and phrases with synonyms feature that can kill any potential an article has, in an instant. This can pop out dozens of articles quickly but what good are those articles if they have no keyword value.

I work at home as an online marketing and write articles 5 days a week. I also use an article spinner to help me create multiple yet unique articles. The thing that I do differently is to rewrite sentences individually so that I know they read like a human wrote them.

I use The Best Spinner as my article spinner of choice because it’s easy to use and it works for me, just that simple. I can rewrite articles into many articles with little effort and a whole lot faster than when I used to do the entire rewrites manually.

Once I have an article spun I can use that spin code on the article networks I joined above. What this means is that I can have that article published to about 30 or so other blogger’s sites and still have unique content on each of those sites.

The fact that I put quality over quantity means I might not have as many articles but those that I do have get published more than 90% of the time. That’s pretty awesome when you consider that those who choose quantity at the expense of quality get more than 90% of their articles rejected as junk articles.

How Do I Keep Quality in My Spun Articles

Niche Research Is Always My First Step: When I first started my online business I went after all the top keywords but after months of making no progress I learned about choosing the best keywords and that it doesn’t necessarily mean the top keywords.

It doesn’t matter how hard you work is you have the wrong keywords, so work smarter not harder.

Once I have my keyword list I start writing articles for each keyword phrase I have. Like I said above, I use The Best Spinner to spin many new and still unique articles, without losing my keywords.

I don’t lose my keywords like so many others who don’t take the time to protect them. The Best Spinner has a Protect Phrases feature that rocks. I just add the phrases I want to keep and when I spin the articles my terms remain intact.

What Happens When You Don’t Protect Terms

If some one doesn’t bother to protect their keyword phrases an article using the phrase Work From Home Ideas, could quickly lose any value once it is spun into something like this, Labor From House Thoughts.

When I see an article title that looks like the later I click reject because right away I know they didn’t the same thing to the rest of the article and I can’t be bothered if they can’t.

My Stats Tell The Story

A quick glance at my article network stats and I can see that I reject more than 90% of all articles for my sites. On the other hand, because I write and spin articles based on my keywords, I have nearly 90% of all my articles accepted.

Which route will you take?

In closing I would just re-emphasis the fact that quality wins over quantity in my books and using the The Best Spinner as your article spinner can speed up your article marketing efforts, just remember to go for quality, meaning you don’t spin out your keywords, over quantity.

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Just incase you’re not aware you can use commenting on other people’s blogs as a way to gain more traffic to your own sites. You can even build popularity to your blog using backlinking.

The thing is that you can’t just comment on any blog, you actually need to focus on blogs relevant to your blog’s content or keyword focus.

Be sure you check blogs before commenting. Make sure they are worth your time and not just spam blogs, also look to see that they update their content on a regular basis. I expect them to be blogging at least a couple of times each week, more if possible. One more thing, expect to wait a day or two before you’re approved, again this is due to so many comment spammers.

1. Add Value To The Blog Post: I have an ever growing number of blogs so I tend to get a lot of comment requests but sadly by far the most are spam and just get rejected. So be sure you read the blog post and add some value to the site with your comment.

You can stroke my ego all day long and it won’t get your comment accepted. It may have worked the first few times but now they just get rejected. If I see a comment that says nothing about the blog post they are commenting on I am pretty certain it’s automated and just spam.

Don’t assume all bloggers are idiots when it comes to accepting comments.

2. Be First To Leave A Comment: This can really make a difference in the results your comment have.

It just makes good sense that those who are late get left behind. So don’t bother blogging on old posts, if they already have lots of comments. But, if you are the first or in the first few most site visitors will get to see your comment, even the blog owner and that can make a huge difference in the traffic to your site.

I use Bloglines to follow blogs because it allows me to see the blogs which have new updates, at a glance, so I can get to them and comment as soon as possible.

3. Comment On And Link To Relevant Sites: I follow every link in a comment because I don’t want to let spammers get through so for this reason it’s best to link to a relevant site, you get accepted more often.

4. I Usually Aim For The Higher PageRank Blogs: It’s simple, sites that are more popular get more traffic, target traffic, so I try to find those sites, relevant to my own content and post comments. It gets me a lot more target traffic.

The more popular the blog is that you wish to comment on the more you need to refer back to point #1 and #2. Add Value and Be The First To Comment.

I have found blog commenting to be just this easy, but it takes regular work on your part, if you want your comments accepted and productive.

Extra Commenting Tip: If you choose to ignore a statement like ‘|Use A Real Name In The Name Field!‘ then expect to have your comment deleted as spam, even if you took the time to add value to the comment.

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Work from home marketers like myself and work at home moms aka WAHMs are most often successful for a variety of reason but one thing is similar between us all. We use RSS feed readers to keep up with other bloggers. However we don’t always keep subscribed, especially if the blogger doesn’t update regularly.

What To Do For A Successful Blog

1. Publish Content Regularily

Unless you write such compelling articles people can’t wait to read them you will need to create more than one article a week. Keep your new fresh content on a schedule your readers can get used to.

Blogs that don’t update their sites frequently get left behind. I kind of forget about them after not seeing any action from them in my feed reader.

2. Don’t Be Too Serious, Lighten Up Your Blog Posts

I spent my time learning things that will help me make more money online but sometimes the content just puts me to sleep. The content is educational but I can’t read it if I fall asleep, right.

Share a funny story that gets your point across. It helps me remember and to stay interested and focused on your content.

3. Not A Funny Person Then Tell A Story

I like humour but not everyone has a funny bone so a good story will do the trick to keep me reading. I read a lot of blog posts where the writer keeps me interested and learning through story telling.

4. Make Your Content Valuable, Not Just Funny or Interesting

When I read blog posts I am reading them to learn more about what I do, not just for a good story or joke. I don’t mind that but if I don’t learn something it’s wasting my time. When I am not working my business I love having fun and visit a completely different type of blog.

5. I Personally Use RSS Readers Over Bookmarking

Bookmarking works fine for sites I want to return to but the sites I want to follow because of the fresh content I use RSS readers. The reason I use a feed reader is because I can easily organize them and see which have new content, at a glance.

I use Bloglines as my RSS feed reader and find it easy to use. I like to categorize the blogs into niches, similar to how I keep my bookmarks.

As soon as I open Bloglines, from my bookmarks, I can see which blogs have new feeds. I don’t have to go to each blog and see if they have a new blog post today.

Many use free blogging platforms like WordPress.com and/or Blogger.com. I work from home full time and actually prefer the control I have over my domains by hosting them on my own.

I purchase all my domains from GoDaddy.com. I’ve not always had postive experiences on the free blogging services I mentioned. For me it’s better to pay 10 bucks a year to keep my domain and then I can host my own domains.

I don’t actually own servers and host my own domains. I pay for a couple hosting services at HostGator.com and HostingZoom.com where I can host multiple domains on one account. Very affordable and as I have more than one hosting service my domains have more than one IP address which helps in the search engines when linking between them.

Note: It’s important to me that I find hosting services which use cPanel. I have been using cPanel for years plus cPanel includes Fantastico which allows me to install WordPress quick, easy and automatically.

About WordPress Themes

WordPress installs using default themes but once you have it installed you can go into the Admin area under Appearance and then Themes. From there you can click the tab that says Install Themes to find different themes.

It’s a lot simplier to use the auto install than it was back when I had to install it all manually. It wasn’t really hard to do but I didn’t have a lot of confidence in my abilities at that time.

Blogging Using WordPress Plugins Make It All Seem So Easy

A huge bonus with WordPress blogs is the ability to install plugins that adds more functionality to your blog.

Some of the WordPress plugins I use to get more traffic and earn more income are:

• All In One SEO pack – helps me get more from my optimizing.
• Ad Rotator – pretty cool as I can have it show a random ad from a list of ads I include.
• Google Sitemap – I use this plugin to be sure Google has a list of my pages.
• Zemanta – that allows me to add images to my posts. Most of the time I like to use my own images but there are times I just don’t have the right image.

There are thousands of great plugins available but don’t go over board. Use the plugins that help your site but allow them to bog down your blog.

So in conclusion WordPress blogging is easy to get started and allows the work from home mom or dad or single person to make money online without a bunch of technical know-how.