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By now you have had plenty of time to consider your reasons for blogging. Are you one who falls into the, “I want to blog for business reasons.”? If so, know that is fine. As a marketing tool, blogs have great potential. You can use a myriad of places to host your blog and everyone will still have access to it. You can update as needed and you can delete as needed. One of the best advantages of blogging is that you can do everything from the comfort of your own home or the nearest Starbucks.

If you have ideas and opinions to share, a product to sell, a brand to market…then blogging is an excellent option for you to consider. As you work hard to maintain your viewers by offering passionate content, you will begin building your online credibility. After all, credibility is truly what you are after.

If you do not already have a blog that is associated with your business or your website, then now may very well be an excellent time for you to start blogging. Blogging takes lots of time. A well written post might take several hours to write, but unlike email, the shelf life is much longer. Stay committed and keep your heart in it!

To learn more about blogging, and how it can benefit your small business, you can sign up today for one of our introductory blogging courses.  Our free online Get Ready To Blog course will introduce you to the basics of blogging terminology, platforms, and promotion.  This course will fully prepare you for our eight-week instructor led course, Blogging 101.  This course will guide you every step of the way through setting up your first blog, designing it, writing your first posts, and growing your readership.  Blogging your small business can be a key aspect of your small business marketing strategy, and we are here to help you get started.

In tough economic times, every penny counts, right?  Some of you may have been wondering if you could make money from blog writing.  It is definitely possible to make money blogging, and one of the most popular ways is through affiliate marketing.

At its most basic, affiliate marketing is simply promoting a product or service on the web using a special link.  For a blog, this would involve either direct advertising, reviews, or posts about this product that readers would click on. 

Some affiliate programs pay you just for that click.  Others require that those readers purchase the product through your link, and then you receive a percentage of commission off of that sale.

Amazon.com is probably one of the best known affiliate programs.  They have a multitude of ways to promote themselves via your blog.  One is by simply creating customized links to their products on your site.  Another is by displaying Amazon banners on your blog. Amazon has also created many different widgets that you can highlight in your blog sidebar.  They even have recently created the ability to embed a professional looking online store right within your blog.

But if you are thinking of blogging about a particular topic, it might be more applicable to choose affiliates that are relevant to your blog theme.  For this you might want to search through some of the many online affiliate directories to discover affiliate programs you are interested in.

No matter what type of affiliate you choose, the important thing is drawing traffic to your blog.  No matter how many affiliate links you have within your blog, if there is no one to click them, they won’t be doing you any good.  So creating a quality blog that has a steady readership is a must.

If you would like to find out more about creating a blog, and growing an audience, sign up today for our free online blogging course.  This course will give you valuable information on designing a blog, writing quality content, and building traffic. 

You can make money with affiliate marketing, and we would like to help you get started, so sign up today!