9 Top Business And Personal Applications For Blogs

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Weblogs or blogs for short, can be developed around on nearly any and every subject. And not only for personal use, blogs can also be used effectively as business tools, for business of all sizes from Fortune 500 to home-based operations.

Many have found that a blog is similar to a personalized money churner for their websites and businesses. In fact blogs can function as stand-alone websites with a full assortment of features; such as, automatic archiving, comment posting, pre- and post-dating entries, survey tools, remote capability, easy management, RSS feeds, subscriber box, statistics, IP banning, Google™ Adsense capability, sidebars, full color templates, assorted marketing means like SEO tools and much more, depending upon the blog and hosting set up.

Blogs actually have a variety of practical applications for both businesses and individuals using them for personal use. Some popular applications are:

1) Content management system (CMS) – With good blogging software, you can manage the content of your website in an efficient manner. For example, with good a blog content management program, you can add multiple authors and even pre- and post-date entries, loading them in advance in order to take time off for a vacation.

2) Organizational Updates and Calendar of Events – Blog software also sorts your posts chronologically, giving the latest entry first place for enhanced readability, even allowing posts via email. Plus you can incorporate a calendar to quickly find and click posts on each date that bears an interactive hyperlink.

3) Customer Relations Board – A blog can also serve to increase credibility and help boost your customer relations. Web visitors can post comments and questions on the blog and even use its knowledgeable base of posts sorted by categories as a public relations tool.  Your blog will also allow your customers to find information quickly and easily with a search tool.

4) Sales Booster – You can use a blog to describe your products and services, listing them by categories and incorporating multimedia into the posts: digital photos, video and audio tutorials, PowerPoint slide show manuals, Adobe PDF guides and more. Invite visitors to subscribe to the blog for product and service updates, specials, coupons, an award points program and more.

5) Media Center – Post your press releases, digital photos, company history, executive resumes and article clips on your blog to boost the public relation efforts of your company.

6) Interactive Education – Educate your prospects and customers with your blog. Discuss not only your products and services, but your industry. Keep readers abreast of industry development and news. Invite feedback and reviews from your blog readers and industry professionals.

7) Community Development – Focus on developing a community of any size and invite participation from your blog readers. Invite file sharing, uploading digital photos and video clips, for example, with critiques and reviews.

8) Service Providers – Blogs can also serve as service providers by sharing news and relevant and detailed technical information about your products and services in a timely fashion.  For example, add one inside your member area, and once members log in, they can click your blog as an updated knowledge database that discusses issues linked to specific dates so they can immediately catch up since their last log in day. Plus they can read through your categorized entries to problem solve tech issues and more 24/7 at their leisure and own pace.

9) Internal Communication System- You can set up a private blog; for example, for your own members or company workers and associates for intra personal communications.  Display the latest information there and invite feedback and interaction, even adding surveys.

Hence, blogs can definitely be used in a variety of applications for both business and personal functions. They can serve as interactive tools like discussion boards and message forums or focus on any number of other software features to help a diverse audience interact via a common platform.

10 Commandments Of Profit Building

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There are 1000 things in our lives that we never see until we need something in them. “Niches are like bathrooms; you never notice one until you need it.” -Primm (The Niche Man)

#1 The person who finds a new niche claims the cream of the financial awards.

Gates built a platform for computers to operate on and made billions.  Someone made pulpless orange juice.

It’s shocking at how few books are written on the subject of niche buildings.  An under marketed niche is worth a billion dollar marketing campaign.

#2 The best niches are built on the foundations of success.

A niche is a new idea, but it is marketed on a foundation that has been proven successful.  Never think that a new product is all you need. You also need a strong marketing platform.

#3  The best new product is an old one that has been adapted.

The simplest way to create a new idea is to do what others have been doing for years, and improve it.  Adapting a current product to solve more problems and add more value for the money.

#4 The best way to increase profit is by adding to a current product.

The best selling product can be improved by adding something to it.  This is a twist on the adaptation principal.  Both adding and adapting products that are currently big sellers is one way to increase profit.

#5 Two is always better than one.

Combining two products that compliment each other is a way to let business owners increase the price of both – even if both products are currently on the market.   Convenience sells.  People would rather buy a product that is adapted to improve its effectiveness, has something added to increase value, and then is combined with something that improves is usefulness.

#6 Customize the product.

Too much choice can loose the sale.  However, offering a customized program will increase sales.  A company that sells ‘how to start a business’ products can increase sales by directing customers to a work at home, small business, and big business packages.

#7  Give people a chance to grow with the product.

People hate change.  That is why computer programs have plug-ins, expansions, and upgrades.  In truth, it would cost nothing to package the original program in every new version. However, people would be more likely to change products if they believe that they are getting a whole new package. However, loyalty is built if they believe they are improving their ‘tried and true’ product.

#8  Entertainment sells.

Entertainment has become a focal point of our culture.  Many people need to be entertained, amused, or fascinated before they spend their money.  A relaxed customer spends more.  A few ‘tools’ that entertain customers before they buy can make a big difference when it comes to their attitude when hit with the ‘buy now’ decision.

#9  Guarantees and Promises sell.

Consumers want to know how long their product will last and what they can expect. If people can expect to live longer, happier, wealthier, or with less work, then they will buy the product.

#10 Freedom

People hate to be tied down.  They are always looking for anything that will break their chains and set them free.

Bringing together as many of the 10 commandments of Profit Building will help business owners improve their bottom line, and build their own wealth.

7 Unusal Online Business Ideas

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So you want to start an online business. You have surfed the web, read some blogs and have found that lots of people are making some decent mullah. But you are frustrated due to the lack of any new idea. Don’t worry. There are still many ideas that you can implement using a little money, lots of efforts, and some persistency.

1. Think about your hobby. What you would like to do in your spare time? May be you like to go hunting, or scuba diving. May be you want to make dolls. List some of the annoyances and inconveniences you encounter while pursuing your hobby. Search in Google to find solutions to your problems and then write a small e-book. Sell the e-book using clickbank dot com.

2. If you are an artist, crafter, or designer, check out etsy dot com. You create your own shop by signing up for free. Listing an item with photos cost 0.20 cents. The selling fee is 3.5% of the final sale price. You can accept payment through PayPal.

3. Start a blog. But don’t start a blog on making money. Find your niche and sign up for free at Blogger to create your blog. You need to select a name for your blog. Select the name of your blog carefully. Write down half a dozen names that tell something about your blog topic. Check out those names using the overture keyword selector tool for search popularity. Use a name that people search at least more than a thousand times every month.

4. If you decide to use the number 3 (starting a blog) method to generate incomes, sign up with ReviewMe, PayPerPost, and Chitika for writing paid reviews of other companys’ products and services. This will supplement your Google’s Adsense incomes.

5. If you are good at computer programming, write a simple online tool, e.g calculating carbon foot print of your visitors, or total body fat. You get the idea. The program should be simple to use and easy to develop. Build a website around your tool and sign up with affiliate programs for revenue generation.

6. If you frequently go on short trips or vacation, buy a good but small and high resolutions digital camera for easy carrying with you all the time. Take at least 200 pictures on each trip and put them for sale on shutterpoint dot com. There are a few other websites where you can put your photos for sale. Check them out by doing a Google search.

7. Participate in paid survey.But don’t pay to join any program for paid survey. Use Google to search for paid survey and visit a dozen paid survey websites. Review their offerings and write those down. Now search webmaster forum in Google and then sign up in a couple of webmaster forums. Ask about others experiences with paid survey companies and pick a good one.

Now you have these seven unusual ways to make money online. You will not make a ton of money overnight. But once you gain experiences in online money making opportunities, you will explore other methods to earn big bucks.