Comments on: How Blogging Benefits Email Campaigns http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm Email Marketing Tips by AWeber Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:54:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sales Funnel Secrets Blog » Blog Archive » AWeber & Feedburner Merge http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-24764 Sales Funnel Secrets Blog » Blog Archive » AWeber & Feedburner Merge Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:01:21 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-24764 [...] Recorded Video Seminar: Blogging to Boost Marketing Results How Blogging Benefits Email Marketers What Are Blog Broadcasts? [...] [...] Recorded Video Seminar: Blogging to Boost Marketing Results How Blogging Benefits Email Marketers What Are Blog Broadcasts? [...]

]]> By: Marc Kline http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16647 Marc Kline Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:52:55 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16647 Rob, Great questions! As I understand it, you're commenting on whether links should go: A) In one direction, where the blog sends lots of links to the main site, but the main site does not link back to the blog. or ... B) Both directions, where the main site links to the blog, which links back to the main site. Unfortunately, since Google and other search engines tend to be proprietary, it'd be hard to really measure these things. And I am hardly an SEO expert. I would expect that the most immediate goal of our readers would be to get people to their website, since that is where most business activity tends to take place. So, we should certainly start with a blog that links to the main site. I might consult some SEO forums to get some expert opinion on whether or not the main site should then link back to the blog. Rob,

Great questions! As I understand it, you’re commenting on whether links should go:

A) In one direction, where the blog sends lots of links to the main site, but the main site does not link back to the blog.

or …

B) Both directions, where the main site links to the blog, which links back to the main site.

Unfortunately, since Google and other search engines tend to be proprietary, it’d be hard to really measure these things. And I am hardly an SEO expert.

I would expect that the most immediate goal of our readers would be to get people to their website, since that is where most business activity tends to take place. So, we should certainly start with a blog that links to the main site.

I might consult some SEO forums to get some expert opinion on whether or not the main site should then link back to the blog.

]]> By: Rob Wendes http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16568 Rob Wendes Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:51:19 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16568 A great article, but one thing it raises in my mind is the argument about whether the Blog should stand alone or be tightly linked to the main web site. On one side of the coin you have the arugument that the Blog should draw in traffic which is then passed on to the main web site (hopefully), on the other side of the coin you have the main web site which is tighty coupled to the blog. In the first case the links go in wone direction, good for Google ranking. In the second case links go from the site to the blog. In that case if you link back the blog to the site you get reciprocal links which are bad news for page ranking, but the main site is enhanced by lots of fresh content in the blog. Any views? maybe another article? A great article, but one thing it raises in my mind is the argument about whether the Blog should stand alone or be tightly linked to the main web site. On one side of the coin you have the arugument that the Blog should draw in traffic which is then passed on to the main web site (hopefully), on the other side of the coin you have the main web site which is tighty coupled to the blog. In the first case the links go in wone direction, good for Google ranking. In the second case links go from the site to the blog. In that case if you link back the blog to the site you get reciprocal links which are bad news for page ranking, but the main site is enhanced by lots of fresh content in the blog. Any views? maybe another article?

]]> By: Carol Bentley http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16377 Carol Bentley Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:08:56 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16377 Hi all, blogging can seem a little scary if you've not done anything remotely techy like this. Aweber's tools give us some great ways of getting the results we want. If you are brand new to blogging and want some help on setting it up to work successfully, not just be a drain on your time, then check out Ed Rivis' blog where he gives tips on blogging and other web-based subjects. http://www.edrivis.com/ Hi all,

blogging can seem a little scary if you’ve not done anything remotely techy like this. Aweber’s tools give us some great ways of getting the results we want.

If you are brand new to blogging and want some help on setting it up to work successfully, not just be a drain on your time, then check out Ed Rivis’ blog where he gives tips on blogging and other web-based subjects. http://www.edrivis.com/

]]> By: » Tips on Growing Website Traffic - AWeber Blog http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16338 » Tips on Growing Website Traffic - AWeber Blog Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:15:46 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16338 [...] In order to help to answer this question, just last week I posted an article on blogging , which among others things, touched on how blogging can help to generate traffic. [...] [...] In order to help to answer this question, just last week I posted an article on blogging , which among others things, touched on how blogging can help to generate traffic. [...]

]]> By: Carlo Selorio http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16167 Carlo Selorio Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:21:51 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16167 Hi Marc, I've been looking at ways to do this for my blog. I'm not really tech savvy. I now know how to do it... I guess I just have to put my aweber optin form. I wasn't really sure if I should put it after I change my blog design. Informative information. Hi Marc,

I’ve been looking at ways to do this for my blog.

I’m not really tech savvy. I now know how to do it… I guess I just have to put my aweber optin form. I wasn’t really sure if I should put it after I change my blog design.

Informative information.

]]> By: Marc Kline http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16128 Marc Kline Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:54:24 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16128 Hi Shirley, If you scroll up to the top of this article, you'll see that we have a form published to the "sidebar", something that appears on every page of our blog. In your own blog's settings, you should see a place to make changes to it, and there should be some guidance in your blog application's documentation (like <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_Sidebar" rel="nofollow">this for WordPress</a>) if you need some help. If you're using AWeber for your email marketing, you can just use our web form tool to create a form, and it will provide you with what you need to just copy and paste into that section. Hope this helps! Hi Shirley,

If you scroll up to the top of this article, you’ll see that we have a form published to the "sidebar", something that appears on every page of our blog.

In your own blog’s settings, you should see a place to make changes to it, and there should be some guidance in your blog application’s documentation (like this for WordPress) if you need some help.

If you’re using AWeber for your email marketing, you can just use our web form tool to create a form, and it will provide you with what you need to just copy and paste into that section.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Marc Kline http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16126 Marc Kline Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:42:10 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16126 Whatever content is typically transmitted in your RSS feed would appear in the email messages sent to subscribers. What does appear will depend on the blogging software you're using, and I'd recommend taking a look at your feed to see. We use WordPress, which provides an area where we can enter an "Optional Excerpt". What we put in that box appears in the RSS feed and in our email messages, so generally we will just copy and paste in what appears above the <!--more--> tag in our original post. Whatever content is typically transmitted in your RSS feed would appear in the email messages sent to subscribers. What does appear will depend on the blogging software you’re using, and I’d recommend taking a look at your feed to see.

We use WordPress, which provides an area where we can enter an "Optional Excerpt". What we put in that box appears in the RSS feed and in our email messages, so generally we will just copy and paste in what appears above the <!–more–> tag in our original post.

]]> By: BP http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16123 BP Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:33:38 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16123 Hi Great article. When I'm blogging I add a paragraph at the bottom of each post saying: "If you've found this article helpful then why not sign up for Doctor Cameron's blood pressure newsletter. See the bottom of the page for details" (You can see this in action on www.bloodpressurehigh.com) It works well and I've seen an increase in sign ups since I started doing it. Hi
Great article. When I’m blogging I add a paragraph at the bottom of each post saying:

"If you’ve found this article helpful then why not sign up for Doctor Cameron’s blood pressure newsletter. See the bottom of the page for details"

(You can see this in action on http://www.bloodpressurehigh.com)

It works well and I’ve seen an increase in sign ups since I started doing it.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16109 Shirley Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:36:25 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/how-blogging-benefits-email.htm#comment-16109 Do you have to use a special code to put an "opt-in box" on your blog? I'm fairly new to blogging and am not sure how to prepare a blog with an opt-in box. Do you have to use a special code to put an "opt-in box" on your blog?

I’m fairly new to blogging and am not sure how to prepare a blog with an opt-in box.

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