How to Start an Amazing Blog: 3 Quick Tips
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How to Start an Amazing Blog: 3 Quick Tips
Are you stuck trying to figure out how to start a blog? What if you could learn 3 quick tips about how to start an amazing blog?
If that is what you want, then read this blog post and listen to this episode of My Biz Dream Team Opportunity Wednesday Training Series.
However, before I jump in to tell you how to start an amazing blog, I want to give you some basic information.
First what is a blog?
A blog is generally defined as a web journal. You are writing about a topic of great interest to you and others. A blog allows you to share your ideas about a specific topic with a targeted audience. For more information about the history and evolution of blogs, check out this article in lifewire.com
Second, why should you have a blog?
If you are an entrepreneur, you may want to start a blog because the other entrepreneurs in your niche have a blog. But, is that a good enough reason?
Before you jump into that big pond of bloggers, stop and think a minute.
What is your why?
Do you have a real passion for the topic?
If you have the passion, do you time to regularly blog?
If you have the passion and the time to regularly blog, then start writing!
Now you want to know, “What do I write about?”
Well you probably have thousands of ideas about the topic you are passionate about. But have stopped a minute to eliminate some of your creative mental chaos?
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Think Strategically
Take those thousands of ideas and write them all down. Yes, you heard me. Brain dump your ideas!
Now begin to categorize and organize your creative ideas.
Next conduct some research on the leaders in your niche. What are the most popular topics on their blogs? What topics receive the most comments and social media shares?
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Write Strategically
Grab the Attention of Your Targeted Audience!
After you have strategically organized and categorized your ideas for your blog, begin to focus on writing eye-catching headlines.
In writing strategically, make sure that your headlines are specific and offer a result.
For inspiration, visit the blogs of leaders in your niche. Study the headlines and the writing style of the posts. See what is getting the attention of their readers.
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Repurpose Your Content
Remember you do not need to stay in constant creation mode. You can repurpose your content.
Once you have been blogging for a few months, go through your posts, and revamp them. Give them a rebirth with a new voice.
For more information on repurposing your content, read, Repurpose Your Content: 3 Quick and Effective Strategies
Also see: Write, Speak, Broadcast: 3 Strategies for Business Success
Conclusion/Call to Action
If you want to know how to start an amazing blog, then follow these 3 quick tips:
- Think Strategically
- Write Strategically
- Repurpose Your Content
By following these 3 quick tips, you will start an amazing blog.
At My Biz Dream Team, we show you how to develop an internet lifestyle business that can help you reach your money goals. Check out The Strategic Pathway to Success Program™. Let us show you how to reach your goal of creating a lifestyle and a business that you love! Act today.
Pamela Montgomery
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, online marketing strategist, and speaker, providing results-oriented strategies that help you achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life!
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How to Quickly Start Blogging Today
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Quickly Start Blogging Today
How to Quickly Start Blogging Today
Do you want to quickly start blogging today about your fantastic solution to solve that pressing problem for your target audience? Yes, I understand your enthusiasm. I felt the same way.
You have a million ideas that you want to share with the world. But, you wonder, “How do I get started.”
If that is your question, then this post is for you!
Today’s blog post, is about channeling all that energy and enthusiasm into The Quick Start Blogging System™ that allows you to quickly start blogging today.
Step 1 Decide on the format of your blog
Will you use audio, video, or writing to produce your blog? Most bloggers use a written format. However, that does not mean that you must follow the lead of other bloggers.
Several points favor written blogs. First written blogs are familiar and popular.
Second, a written blog is best for search engine optimization.
Third, a written blog is great for an audience who wants to read content.
Some bloggers combine formats on their blog. When you combine different formats, you can reach a broader audience who likes to receive information in a variety of ways.
Do not spend too much time on this issue. Pick one format. You can add another format later.
Read more to find out How to Quickly Start an Awesome Blog
Step 2 Develop an Action Plan
If you want to quickly start blogging today, you must immediately write down when you plan to create the blog content. Do not keep this schedule in your head. It is imperative that you write it down. Otherwise, it is not a plan!
Creating content for your blog is the key to long-term blogging success.
If you are still working a job, you must carve out time for content creation. Otherwise, the idea to quickly start blogging today remains a dream.
Read more to find out How to Quickly Create an Action Plan for Your Awesome Blog
Step 3 Get a Quick Understanding of SEO
This blog post is not about teaching you SEO (search engine optimization. However, you do need to understand a few concepts before you can quickly start blogging today.
Understanding these three concepts will save you from spending money on advertising.
You need a quick understanding of: categories, keywords, and tags.
1. Categories on your blog, are like the table of contents in a book. These are the broad topics that you will cover.
2. Keywords are specific words that use in your blog to position your content high in the search rankings.
3. Tags are used like an index that you find in the back of a book. A tag is usually a narrow topic.
You can always add more categories, keywords, and tags later. It is important that you quickly start blogging today.
Do not spend too much time planning, start blogging today!
Read more to find 12 Sources for Great Blog Content Ideas.
Also, checkout, Blog Checklist:15 Ideas for Your Next Blog Post
and Josh Morrow's seminal article How to Start a Blog in 2018.
Conclusion/Call to Action
If you want to quickly start blogging today, then you need to follow The Quick Start Blogging System™.
1. Decide on the format of your blog
2. Develop an Action Plan
3. Get a Quick Understanding of SEO
As you begin to blog, you will strive to develop a unique point of view that separates you from the rest!
At My Biz Dream Team, we show you how to develop an internet lifestyle business that can help you reach your money goals. Check out The Strategic Pathway to Success Program™. Let us show you how to reach your goal of creating a lifestyle and a business that you love! Act today!!
Pamela Montgomery
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, online marketing strategist, and speaker, providing results-oriented solutions that help you achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life!
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Repurpose Your Content: 3 Quick and Effective Strategies
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Repurpose Your Content: 3 Quick and Effective Strategies
As a blogger, you do not need to stay in constant creation mode. Once you have a library of content, go through it, and start to repurpose your content. You can go back to interviews that you have done, podcasts that you have appeared on, emails and social media posts that you have sent, and then add the content to your blog.
1. Repurpose Your Content: Interviews
If you have ever appeared as a guest on a podcast, one way to start to repurpose your content, is take the script from that podcast and put it on your blog. You can also link the audio to the podcast to your blog.
Repurpose Your Content
2. Repurpose Your Content: Blog Posts
You can also revamp your old blog posts. If you have blog posts that can be improved or blogs that can be better defined for your target market, start there. You can revamp those old blog posts and rebirth them with a fresh voice.
I recently edited and revamped several older blog posts. Now they more clearly express my view point and answer questions asked by my readers.
See: Write, Speak, Broadcast: 3 Strategies for Business Success
3. Repurpose Your Content: Social Media and Emails
If you are post to social media and find yourself writing lengthy social media posts, then you can take those posts and use them as an excellent framework and foundation for a blog.
The same concept applies to your emails. If you are emailing your list, that content should be used again. Do not let it go to waste! Share that content with your broader audience.
You can turn those tips and strategies that you are giving as nuggets of wisdom to your list and use them as a foundation for a blog post for the public.
Conclusion/Call to Action
Take the time repurpose your content. Go through your content and evaluate what you have that you could possibly reuse in a variety of ways.
Maybe you even have content that you have written before, and now you can transform that content into short videos, or a workbook that would work better for your ideal client.
Click here to read an article by my mentor, Connie Ragen Green, on several ways to repurpose content and why it works so effectively: Repurpose Content: These Strategies Work
Leave us a comment to let us know how you plan to implement these three quick and effective strategies into your business plan.
At My Biz Dream Team, we show you how to develop an internet lifestyle business that can help you reach your money goals. Check out The Strategic Pathway to Success Program™. Let us help you accelerate the growth of your business so that you can reach your goal of creating a lifestyle and a business that you love! Act today.
Pamela Montgomery
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, online business strategist, and speaker, providing you result-oriented solutions to help you to achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life!
Quick and Easy Strategic Planning for Your Blog
Strategic Planning for Your Blog
Strategic Planning for Your Blog
Creating content for your blog can feel overwhelming, especially if you do not have a plan. When you use strategic planning for your blog content, it will feel less stressful.
Blogging does not have to feel like “too much” on your to-do list.
Once you set the intention for your blog and begin to follow a working plan, you will be able to grow the audience for your blog content in no time at all.
When you map out the following:
• Define your intentions for your blog
• List the categories of content for your blog
• Identify your audience
• Create defined goals you would like to achieve
…You will experience incredible results in your business. You will grow your audience tenfold and position your business to lure in clients that you are meant to serve. It all starts with a plan!
When you blog with the right intention you will be able to:
• Rise in your industry as the go-to expert in your field
• Capitalize on your reputation and brand
• Attract your ideal clients using content with purpose
• Drive traffic and potential clients to your website
• Sell your coach offerings with ease (to the people who need it the most!)
Remember, what my mentor Connie Ragen Green says, blogging for your business, is worth it!
Exercise: Organize your blogging goals
Evaluate Answer
- What is your intention for your blog?
2. How many readers would you like to attract?
3. What days of the week do you plan to post your blog?
4. How many times per week do you plan to blog?
5. List five categories that your content could be organized under for your blog:
6. What remaining goals would you like to reach for your blog?
At My Biz Dream Team, we show you how to develop an internet lifestyle business that can help you reach your money goals. Check out The Strategic Pathway to Success Program™. Let us help you accelerate the growth of your business so that you can reach your goal of creating a lifestyle and a business that you love! Act today.
Pamela Montgomery
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, online marketing strategist, and speaker, providing you results-oriented strategies that help you achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life.
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How to Quickly Create an Action Plan for Your Awesome Blog
Quickly Create an Action Plan for Your Awesome Blog
Quickly Create an Action Plan for Your Awesome Blog
A few months ago I wrote “How to Quickly Start an Awesome Blog.” I received great response from the article! However, a few people told me that they did not act on the advice that I offered. As a follow up to that earlier article, today I am sharing a few elements of The Action Plan for Blogging™. By following this plan, you can quickly create an action plan for your awesome blog.
I understand your frustration in not being as successful as you had hoped to be blogging. It took me a few months to get accustomed to the demands of blogging. Like me, you may be distracted by household chores, issues at your 9-5 job, or catching up with the latest episode of Grey's Anatomy.
However, if you want to be a successful blogger, then you must quickly create an action plan for your awesome blog. Otherwise, time will slip away and you will have nothing to show for it. You might give up your dream of having a successful blog. I encourage you to read this blog post by my mentor, Connie Ragen Green, for encouragement and understanding of the importance of “Blogging for Your Business.”
If you want to achieve the success that you desire, then act now to quickly create an action plan for your awesome blog.
1. Use a Calendar to Schedule Time for Creating Blogs
You need more than a plan for when you will post and market. You also need a plan to determine when you can fit in this time to create the content. I am most successful when I use a calendar to schedule appointments with myself for work. This is time that I dedicate to writing and planning the next blogs and other products that I create.
2. Hire Team Members to Help Create Blogs
Hire someone and outsource to a virtual assistant or a writer if you are pressed for time. Content is the cornerstone of your blog. If you are not putting out content in a consistent way, then you cannot expect to reach your ideal audience. Make it a priority to create content yourself. Otherwise, hire team members to help create blog content.
3. Use Private-Label Rights Material
You may want to use PLR (private label rights) material that you or your assistant has edited. I find the materials offered by Nicole Dean and Melissa Ingold at Coach Glue to be excellent. You can edit or add to this material to make it sound more like you.
When you follow the link for Coach Glue, you will receive a free New Client Kit, to help you get started in your business. You can also check out the other helpful PLR products that Coach Glue offers.
What is most important is that the content gets created. It does not matter if it is from you or from someone you hire on your team. Either way, creating an action plan and filling in timeframes where you can either create the content yourself or task it out to your team members is going to be the defining point for the success of your blog.
Conclusion/Call to Action
Now that I have shared a few elements from The Action Plan for Blogging™ it is time for you to quickly create an action plan for your awesome blog. Ideas are wonderful to have, but unless you organize them, they often get put on the back burner. Sometimes your wonderful ideas do not end up as successful results. However, if you have an action plan and factor in the time needed to complete and achieve your goals, then your ideas turn into actions, and your actions will turn into extraordinary results.
Remember that it is vitally important to quickly create an action plan for your awesome blog. As the blog owner, you are responsible for creating and publishing valuable content for your audience. To make sure that your great ideas are not put on the back burner, quickly create an action for your blog. Your plan should at a minimum include:
(1) Scheduling specific dates and times for writing;
(2) Adding team members to create blogs, if you do not have time;
(3) Using Private-label Rights material
Remember, do not give up your dream! You can rely on me, Pamela Montgomery, to encourage you and to be an advocate for you achieving uncommon results in your business and in your life.
Pamela Montgomery
3 Quick and Easy Website Tweaks that Leverage Your Time
3 Quick and Easy Website Tweaks that Leverage Your Time
3 Quick and Easy Website Tweaks that Leverage Your Time
When it comes to leveraging your time, developing an automatic system is the sharpest tool in your toolbox. It allows you to get more done in less time. One area that many small business owners overlook is their website. You can make the following quick and easy website tweaks that leverage your time.
1. Use Your Blog to Build Your Mailing List
Like any smart business owner, you likely have opt-in forms on your website. But do you have a solid call to action at the end of your blog posts? When a new reader is finished reading your posts, she is primed to learn more. Give her the opportunity by offering an opt-in at the end of each post.
Even better, make it a logical next step by creating a related offer for each post. These content upgrades typically consist of a simple checklist or worksheet. They capture attention by providing even more information about a topic the reader is already interested in.
If you are having trouble thinking of ideas for your blog posts, check out this blog post, “12 Great Sources for Great Blog Content Ideas.”
2. Keep Them Reading with Related Links
How often do you revisit old blog posts to link to newer content? This is an important maintenance job that will help provide visitors with the information they are looking for by linking related posts together.
Not only is this strategy good for keeping visitors on your site, but Google approves as well. Posts that link to each other encourage search engine bots to crawl your site more thoroughly, and help boost the rankings of your most relevant posts.
3. Make the Best of Your Download Pages
Whether you are giving away a free report or paid product, your download pages can pull double-duty by offering visitors a “what’s next” option. For free download pages, a related, low-cost product is best. It gives readers the chance to learn more about you with a small investment.
If you are using a double-opt-in mailing list, make use of that confirmation page, too! That is the perfect place for a quick upsell or an invitation to join you in your Facebook group or weekly Facebook Live presentation.
Conclusion
Remember to make the following quick and easy website tweaks that leverage your time. Your reader should be offered the next logical step whenever she lands on your page.
(1) Use your blog to build your email list.
(2) Keep them reading with related links.
(3) Make the best of your download pages.
For more information on leveraging your time, grab this free download: “7 Powerful Strategies to Improve Your Business Time Management”
At My Biz Dream Team, we can show you how to develop an internet lifestyle business that can help you reach your money goals. Check out The Strategic Pathway to Success Program™. Let us show you how to reach your goal of creating a lifestyle and a business that you love! Act today.
Pamela Montgomery
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, entrepreneur, and speaker, helping you create the life of your dreams as you achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life!
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How to Quickly Start an Awesome Blog
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How to Quickly Start an Awesome Blog
How to Quickly Start an Awesome Blog
It felt overwhelming when my mentor first told me that I needed a blog to establish myself as an online entrepreneur. Do you feel that way? Do you feel overwhelmed by the idea of setting up a blog? Does the thought of writing 2-3 blog articles each week seem daunting? I understand. It felt that way to me at first. However, I have managed to consistently blog for more than a year. Imagine if you had a simple 3-step process that you could implement today to quickly start an awesome blog. Do not let the feeling of overwhelm keep you from pursuing your dream!
In this episode of My Biz Dream Team: Opportunity Wednesday Training Series we discuss how you can quickly start a blog. We walk you through how to get your blog up and running in matter of hours.
1. Buy a Domain Name
First you will need a name for your blog. Begin, by thinking strategically about your blog and the specific topics that you will address. Find a name that resonates with your intended audience and then purchase that domain name. Make sure that your domain name is a “.com.” Your domain name should not be a “.net” or any of the other variations. Buying a great domain name is the first step to quickly starting an awesome blog.
2. Select a Hosting Service
Next, you want to decide on a hosting service for your blog. Some bloggers start out with a free service. I did at first. But I quickly found that to be unacceptable for my long-term growth. So instead I began using Bluehost to host my blog. It is quick and reliable. Try it to see if it works for you.
3. Create Your Blog
Most bloggers use WordPress. It has become the industry standard because of its ease of use. There are also several free plugins that you can use to make your WordPress blog even more functional. Listen to this great interview with Adrienne Dupree about some free plugins that you can add to help you quickly start an awesome blog.
Conclusion/Call to Action
You can quickly start an awesome blog by following these 3 steps.
1) Buy a domain name
2) Select a hosting service
3) Create your blog
Once you have completed this 3-step process the work begins when you consistently produce high-quality content that your ideal clients will want to read. Tell all your friends and neighbors about your new blog. Ask them to subscribe.
At My Biz Dream Team, we can show you how to develop an internet lifestyle business that can help you reach your money goals. Check out The Strategic Pathway to Success Program™. Let us show you how to reach your goal of creating a lifestyle and a business that you love! Act today.
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, entrepreneur, and speaker, helping you create the life of your dreams as you achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life!
Pamela Montgomery
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A Behind the Scenes Look at Blogging Made Easy
A Behind the Scene Look at Blogging Made Easy
A Behind the Scenes Look at Blogging Made Easy
Do you know how the most prolific bloggers are able to produce so much content? Today I will give you a behind the scenes look at blogging made easy. You may be wondering why I spend so much time talking about blogging. You may be tired of hearing about it. But at the risk of offending you, I am willing to write one more time about blogging.
1. Why You Should Blog
Blogging is the cornerstone of your marketing. If you do not plan to spend money on ads, you must blog about topics of interest to your target market. Or the blog could supplement your ads.
As I mentioned in my most recent “Focus Guide: Get Known and Be Seen-How to Build Your Authority Status,” blogging is one of the best ways to get your message out to the broader world. Here is the link to the Focus Guide, in case you have misplaced it.
http://mybizdreamteams.com/authoritystatuspdf
Remember to blog consistently. In my experience 2-3 three times a week is best. When you first start to blog, you may think you will run out of ideas. I have a solution for that.
2. A Blogging Resource
My good friends at Coach Glue, Melissa and Nicole, are extending their offer of 65 done-for you blog posts. The offer was scheduled to end yesterday.
But now you have another opportunity to purchase the set for only $17.
You only need to lightly edit the articles to make them your own. It is a fantastic offer. Just think how much easier it will be to write 2-3 blog posts a week, if you already had a well-written blog post that only needed light editing.
I have already downloaded them. They are well-written, interesting, and fun!
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Now that you have a behind the scenes look at blogging made easy are you ready to join the insiders?
In addition to blogs, this set of materials can become short reports or opt-in gifts for your landing pages. The uses are numerous and invaluable.
3. A Special Limited-time Bonus
When you purchase this set of 65 done-for-you blog posts today, I am offering you as a bonus, a 20 minute “Build Your Authority Status” consultation. We can review your business and strategize how you can use this fabulous product to build your authority and visibility.
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Conclusion
You can increase your blogging productivity by using this set of done-for-you blog posts by Coach Glue. Make sure that you are blogging consistently 2-3 times a week on topics of interest to your target market.
I am Pamela Montgomery, attorney, author, entrepreneur, and speaker, helping you create the life of your dreams as you achieve uncommon results in your business and in your life!
Profit from Your Blog: 11 Smart Ideas that You Can Use Today
Profit from Your Blog
Profit from Your Blog: 11 Smart Ideas that You Can Use Today
You can profit from your blog if you follow these 11 smart ideas that you can start using today.
Remember that you need to stand out from the crowd.
You need to spread the word about your business and drive traffic to it. You also need to market your blog. This article provides you with 11 smart ideas that you can start using today that will show you how to profit from your blog.
1. Target a Specific Group with Your Content
Determine who your specific demographic is. Is that demographic female or male? Married or single? Live in the city? Have a college education? Write specifically to them.
2. Be Original and Honest
Be a leader by posting original content. Do not post the same old news. Instead give your audience your slant on a common topic. Make sure that you are truthful by verifying facts and providing links to additional resources and verification.
3. Dare to Be Different
Just like in a newspaper or magazine, controversy sells. Be prepared to participate in conversations with others that disagree with you.
4. Post as a Guest Blogger
Submit high-quality, relevant pieces of writing to prestigious blogs in your niche.
5. Market on Social Media
Participate in social media channels. Post on Twitter. share images, information and videos on Facebook. Let your readers know about your new posts.
- Use Twitter to connect with other interesting people.
- Use Pinterest to show your story through images.
- Use Instagram to show the behind the scenes of your blog or show your daily routine.
- Post daily to Facebook to appear frequently in your fans news feed.
6. Teach, do not Oversell
Offer solutions for reader problems and other information not only about your blog but other sites as well.
7. Use Long Tail Keywords
Narrow the focus of the keywords that you are using. Use long tail keyword terms and phrases that your readers are searching for.
8. Brand Yourself
People are interested in other people before they become interested in products or services that you offer. Become known for what you do by sharing your story. For more on branding, read our recent blog post, Be Different: Increase Your Perceived Value.
9. Create Regular Content
Content can be written posts, eBooks, videos or some other form of content. You should aim to blog 2-3 times a week. For some great ideas for your blog posts read, Blog Checklist: 15 Ideas for Next Blog
10. Build an Email List
Offer a free download or other information related to your topic.
11. Send Regular Blog Updates
Let the subscribers to your blog know about your updates. Get them actively engaged sharing and commenting on your blog posts.
Call to Action
Remember to take consistent daily action to profit from your blog. You can implement these 11 smart ideas today. As you build your audience and consistently market to them, you too can begin to profit from your blog.
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