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Which is more productive? Blogging vs Tweeting

It’s amazing how fast people change their opinions of social media sites.  I can remember back to the summer of 2008 when my business friends of mine dismissed Twitter as a waste of time.  As time goes on the micro-blogging site is only continuing to grow on me, and now the challenge exists in allocated my time and efforts between tweeting and blogging.  The following is a response to questions I field from numerous marketers and attempts to compare the two based on four parameters.

Effort

Many marketers are realizing that tweeting requires more effort than expected, due to the large number of tweets for those with significant followers.  Blogging necessitates effort in a different way, since each post is much longer yet fewer of them exist.  However, allocating your efforts evenly between the two will likely yield more immediate activity and response from your readers on Twitter.

Money

Comparing the monetization is probably a bit pre-mature.  Twitter is still quite new and thus trying to formulate a workable model for monetization.  Blogs’ more established framework lends itself to Google Adsense given a strong and consistent follower base.  Alternatively, Twitter doesn’t give users that capability.  So having a hundreds of thousands of people reading your tweets will not directly pay you anything.  View Twitter as merely an avenue to your money-generating sites online.

Results

Twitter garners more appeal to me as an online marketer, and personally it appeals to my instant gratification propensity in the way it can yield immediate results.  It’s a matter of a mouse-click to get your informative, news-worthy, humorous or bizarre thoughts to the world.  By contrast, a well scripted blog post could take days to attract the same number of eyes.

Time

The irony with Twitter lies in the time consumption users experience.  Unlike blogs, which can require more time in per-post writing, Twitter originally began with the hopes of limiting the time required to communicate with online social circles.   Despite this, Twitter users can decide their degree of involvement regardless of their following site.  Personally I try to limit my own Twitter use to an hour a day, which includes new tweets, responding to messages, and managing my followers/unfollowers.

So which is more productive?  Instead of jumping to hard and fast conclusions, I’d recommend social media junkies to use both and to achieve an inter-connected balance between the two.  The undeniable truth prevails: offering good quality content yields the highest productively.

About the Author

Daniel has been involved in network marketing for many years. He is the founder of the Doctor DubLi Team and has created numerous marketing tools for networkers worldwide. Learn his tips for online network marketing!

Right Vs. Left Wing Bloggers

Google has now turned to censorship against conservative blogs and websites. Have they lost credibilty w/ you?

Here’s a link to a story from World Net Daily. Ms. Gellar is widely respected as a leader in responsible, well thought out conservative internet news and blogging. My question is, does censorship cause Google to lose credibility in YOUR eyes, no matter whether you’re left or right in your views.

Anytime anyone puts censorship on a person’s political views, I think it’s wrong. I think when we discuss our opinions of the country, America needs to hear everyone to truly blend into the melting pot we are supposed to be.

What is all this about Republicans/conservatives hating everyone? I don’t hate anyone. Just because we don’t agree with the “if it feels good, do it” attitude, doesn’t mean we hate people.

Republicans censoring people for not agreeing with Bush? If that were true, MSNBC and CNN would have been off the air long ago. Yet they have been allowed to say every vial nasty lie about Bush they can tell. For 6 years they have told you that Bush started a war in Iraq. You might want to look at the facts and see we never left that area after Operation Desert Storm. Your hero Bill Clinton blew up something in Iraq or something somewhere on the our planet every single day he was in office. Check your facts. How much of that did you see on CNN?

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10 Ways You Can Use Blogs Right Now

Now that you have got a basic understanding of the ins and outs of blogs, and some options available, you’re probably wondering: How does this help my business? How does it help me to stand out?

1. Team Communication. Companies use blogs internally to communicate project status to stakeholders and managers. It beats clogging everybody’s email with mass broadcasts. It allows these missives to be archived, indexed and easily searched.

2. Enrich Your Clients. You can easily link to articles and resources relevant to your readers and their needs. You can more easily attract experts to provide value-added content to your audience.

3. Get to Know Your Customer. Nobody buys from someone they don’t know. Blogging allows you to demonstrate your expertise and point-of-view quickly and easily. In addition, blogs allow the customers to receive your updates in the format they choose.

4. Collaborate. You can create your own marketing buzz to drive attention and buyers to your products and services. Some companies use internal blogs to report on projects or to track work groups distributed around the world.

5. Research and Development. Weblogs are the perfect forum to test out new ideas and receive instant feedback. You can allow others to see how you develop your products and services, and at the same time, they can tell you how best to serve them.

6. Go Global. Blogs, like other online media, allow you to take your business and ideas to a global market. Translation services are getting better every day, allowing more people to read online content in different languages. I’ve helped bloggers from New York to New Zealand, from Indiana to India.

7. Hidden Entrance to the Press. Journalists are busier than ever and blogs provide a virtual directory of pundits on any topic. You and your company can be the content expert they’re looking for. Furthermore, if your company is talked about in the blogosphere it could end up using that exposure as a back door to the press.

8. Get Published. Publishers are turning to blogs to find new writing talent. Blogs can give a publisher a taste of your writing style as well as a sample of your depth of knowledge. Content specific blogs show a commitment to a certain topic or subject matter.

9. Write your book. Let your readers help you write your latest book or article. Post chapters or ideas, then let readers help you in researching, testing and suggesting ideas. Or, use a blog after your book is published to update the material or to answer questions from readers.

10. Success Stories. Invite clients to blog about their successes with your products and services – it’s like a living testimonial that never ends. As clients share their experiences, your prospects can see first-hand how you can help them, too.

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How much to make-up bloggers make with AdSense?

I was wondering how much to make-up blogging girls make? The ones that have about 200 followers?

To make decent money with Adsense you need thousands of visitors a day.
On average one visitor in 100 clicks an advert and a click can be as little as I cent .
You cannot openly say click my ads because I am giving out giveaways.

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The Business of Corporate Blogging

Tony D. Baker a blogger on Blogger compares starting a blog with keeping a pet. In the beginning its fun and a novelty, but as time goes by, you realize the maintenance, the training manual and other onuses that come with it cannot be ignored.

When web logging entered the scenario, it had the characteristics of a virtual journal. Over the years blogging kept evolving to include political views, art reviews, video collections, musical influences, fashion forecasts and events, travelogues, etc. to the list of contents featured in a blog.

Blogs today have been accepted by mainstream media as major conglomerates of public opinion. There is usually no cost involved to start one. They are easily customizable and are a time-saving and informal media to interact with other individuals having similar tastes and ideas.

Based on the popularity quotient of blogs, corporate groups include blogs in their public relations and marketing campaigns. While, the content of these blogs is certainly inclined towards meeting their own ends, in essence they are wonderful marketing strategies as they measure consumer tastes and suggestions, which can benefit the company in the future.

A business blog also provides the consumer a peek into the undertakings of the company. It provides an informal portal for consumers to interact with key company personnel who are in the position to offer their personal views, clarify multifarious procedures, and address consumer displeasure.

This powerful e-marketing tool is here to stay. According to market researches, more than 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies blog. The first half of 2006 calculated 34 percent of large companies as having established web logs. Their popularity is steadily increasing in corporate circles.

With the competitor field getting wider each day, where is your place in this megacosm? Visit Clear Media Online to access e-marketing professionals who can create, maintain and popularize your business’ exclusive corporate blog. We shall assist you in interacting with your target market and build up on your website’s and blog’s link credibility.

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My fiance has a 360 on her Yahoo name, but no member directory listing. So far she has not been able to make a public profile. In order for her to view my photos page, she must have an Adult profile. So how can we create a public profile to meet the requirement? The regular links lead her back to the360 page, and there is no Adult member option, just Adult only blogging.

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Why Search Engines Love Blogs – and so Should You!

Ask this question of any SEO expert and they will tell you “fresh content” and “backlinks”, other than Google took over Blogger. The last one is the favorite as no one can argue with that.

Search engines like fresh content as it is valuable for their users, and links show that other sites or blogs (and not just your own website) think that the information on your website is useful to their readers.

A blog can be an individual’s viewpoint, a life journal, a school girl’s diary, a poet’s space, an artist’s expression, or just about sharing your moments with family and friends. One can share information, pictures and even videos with no previous knowledge of designing and programming.

Companies use blogs to promote their latest products, introduce new services, announce upcoming events, share event pictures and videos, announce special offers/discounts, run opinion polls, introduce new team members, special announcements, build loyalty, and invite their customers to leave comments and give testimonials.

Bloggers believe that blogs are being taken more seriously as information sources. One in five bloggers don’t think that newspapers will survive the next ten years. Half believe that blogs will be a primary source for news and entertainment in the next five years.

Bloggers are most open to receiving marketing messages from other blogs. Even non-blog web content is more influential among this group than traditional media sources for brand information.

Home businesses and young entrepreneurs use blogs to increase awareness and attract traffic to their online business, new ventures, and daring expeditions into the unknown.

Professionals use blogs to brand themselves, create awareness and credibility, make money (yes that’s possible), and share their knowledge and experiences.

Housewives use blogs to share cooking tips and recipes, their children’s growing moments, travel log of the last trip, and shopping expeditions.

We SEO experts use blogs for achieving higher rankings for specific keywords. Unbelievable, and yet in many instances my blog link appears higher on search engines results page than pages that I optimize personally for the same keyword.

Getting started with blogging is relatively easy. You can sign up with blogger.com or other such blogging platforms.

If you don’t own a domain name for your blog, no worries, you can start with a free subdomain with Blogger.

Lets look into some interesting statistics on blogs.

The numbers vary but agree that blogs are here to stay!

comScore MediaMetrix (August 2008)
- Blogs: 77.7 million unique visitors in the US
- Facebook: 41.0 million | MySpace 75.1 million
- Total internet audience 188.9 million

eMarketer (May 2008)
- 94.1 million US blog readers in 2007 (50% of Internet users)
- 22.6 million US bloggers in 2007 (12%)

Universal McCann (March 2008)
- 184 million WW have started a blog | 26.4 US
- 346 million WW read blogs | 60.3 US
- 77% of active Internet users read blogs

Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2008 Report is now available. For a detailed report go to technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/

The report states that Brands make up a major part of bloggers’ online conversations. More than four in five bloggers post product or brand reviews, and blog about brands they love or hate. Even day-to-day experiences with customer care or in a retail store are fodder for blog posts. Companies are already reaching out to bloggers: one-third of bloggers have been approached to be brand advocates. (ref Technorati 2008 Report)

But wait, that’s not all. The report also states that Blogs are an increasingly attractive platform for advertisers. The majority of bloggers we surveyed have advertising on their blogs. Marketers realize that bloggers are creating high quality content and attracting growing, loyal audiences. So there is potential for profit from blogging. (ref Technorati 2008 Report)

Well you are convinced, and you start writing periodically, uploading photographs and videos and have shared your blog link with many friends, but a few months down a nagging worry start to hit you (this is for those who don’t track their readers using tracking software’s like Google Analytics) that you are writing for “you” alone and your mum who thinks “my son is the best”.

While there is nothing wrong with writing, just for the pleasure of writing, I am sure you all want to reach out and touch someone else with all your hard work. The real challenge is to get your target audience to read your blog whether its family, friends, colleagues, or readers around the world who would be interested in what you are writing about.

Trust me even friends will betray you if what you write does not make them want to come back, so pay close attention to the questions below and answer them as honestly as you can.

-What would make your blog special to your audience?
-Why would they want to bookmark your blog?
-Why would they want to link to it and tell others?
-What is my ultimate goal for this blog?

While the first 3 questions require you to dig down deep inside your minds and hearts, the last question is most critical. What do you ultimately want out all the hard work, late nights and coffee cups invested into your blog?

Well, whether your blog is for the purpose of sharing knowledge, gaining credibility, increasing visibility and rankings, building customer loyalty, sharing information, making money, or assisting our fellow men in the journey of life, the bottom line remains search engines love blogs, and so should you.

So keep writing!

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About the Author

Over 11 years of experience in conceptualizing digital solutions and Internet/mobile marketing strategies for various brands across business, entertainment and media segments.

I have a passion for:

Creating integrated brand solutions for web and mobility platforms

Handling online brand campaigns for well- known Brands

Assisting brands to connect with the TG with Content based solutions

Brainstorming with a creative team to come up with innovative concepts

Ideating and implementing Internet marketing strategies across search engines, blogs, social networking and bookmarking sites, video sites, wiki’s, article submission sites, RSS feeds, etc.

Search Engine Optimization strategies for increased traffic via Google, Yahoo, MSN.

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