Did you know blogging is going to make you money?

If you put your time into blogging, and actually try to connect with your readers, you are going to make money. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but it will be someday. The secret to blogging is, TIME and EFFORT. That's it. You don't have to be a professional writer, you don't have to be a marketing genius, you have to do one thing to make money from your blog. Sit down for 20 minutes and write what you know, who you are, or where you're going. 

Did you know blogging can drive traffic to your webisite?

So you decided to blog, why? Most of us want to make money. (We've covered that.)

Now what?

We need to get people to our website? Right! Drive traffic to your website through your blog. Write about your website, write about your niche, write about your real estate experience. Write about who you are, and make it exciting. In your blog link to your website whenever it makes sense, or whenever you're writing about something you have on your website. You have a beautiful website, so what? If you had a beautiful town with no roads to your town, how would people find you? Blogging builds roads to your website, the more roads, the more traffic. 

Did you know blogging can connect your customers to you on a personal level? 

If you think of your local community you have a status. People know who you are, people already refer you business because you have lived there your whole life. People know you, people know your family, people know your ethics, right?

Now if you think of your "internet community," what is your status? Do you even have a status? Do people, who are on the internet in Timbuktu, know your personality? Do they know your work history? Do they know who you are? NO! Unless you tell them, unless you connect with them, unless you BLOG YOUR LIFE, they have no idea who you are.

Did you know people all over the world  are reading your blog?

Now that we are blogging who we are, what we do, where we are, and where we're going. Blog to the world. Blog for the community abroad. Become an ambassador for your community. Become someone to the people reading your blog around the world. When they come to your community they will already know you.

Did you know a catchy headline can be the difference between read or not read?

Would you read this: I went to a listing today, and then we went to another one, and then I wrote an offer and blah blah blah, me me me. Puke! When someone looks at a headline they want something for them, they want information to help their needs, not yours. Write headlines for your readers not for you.

Did you know people search the internet for two reasons?

Write your articles as if you were the person looking for it. People search the internet for two reasons. They want something or need some information. Are you the one who is going to provide what they want? Are you the person with the right information? If you write your blogs with this in mind, you will have great success.

Did you know blogging is killing newspapers?

Newspapers are being pushed out of the news. People are looking on-line more and more for their news. When someone is looking for news on the internet, this is when your blog can be their shining light. Who wants to go to the the local mart and pay $.50 for news they can get instantly on-line, in their pajamas, while drinking a cup of joe, in their living room? Not me, and more and more people are realizing this everyday. Be the news, blog your expertise, and reap the rewards.

Did you know blogging is a sure fire way to gain Search Engine Results success?

Search engines are here to stay. The internet is HUGE. If you lived in small town USA, and went to New York City for the first time, were dropped off on a corner from a helicopter, blindfolded, have no idea where you were, and had to find your way around, what would your first instinct be? Ask for directions or find a map right?

Search engines are maps of the internet, you ask a question, they give an answer. With the internet growing exponentially you need to be in the search engines to turn your website "roads" into "freeways".

Did you know if you're not blogging, you're not communicating in the information age?

We are in the information age, people want information, people need information, and people are finding more information then ever before. Did You Know? (Watch this video it tells you where the internet has been, is now, and where it's going. It will blow your mind.) 

Did you know blogging gives you a voice in the largest economy in the world?

Who are you? What do you have to say? Who wants to listen? Who cares?

You would be amazed. I have been blogging for about a month and a half now. I had no idea how many people wanted to hear what I had to say. They didn't know they wanted to hear my voice, but when I decided to talk, they listened. It's a phenomenon called web 2.0, the internet is becoming more and more a bi-product of socially user generated content. It's your turn. Make your voice heard, people will listen. 

Did you know blogging doesn't take up your whole day?

It took me about 45 minutes to write this blog. It takes about 1-2 hours a day to maintain my ever growing presence. Yeah, when I first started it seemed to take a lot longer then it does today. I have noticed it takes me less and less time for each blog I write. Would you put 10-15 hours a week into prospecting for new business? I know I would. You put that time into blogging, and the effects will last forever. If you put an hour into writing a newspaper ad, it will last for one day. Blogs don't disappear or get thrown away like a newspaper, or an ad, they will last forever. 

Lisa Udy

Immaculate Homes

www.LisaUdy.com

Lisa@LisaUdy.com