7 Ways to Leave Comments and Drive Traffic Back to Your Blog
Copyright © Jose Love
People say that to make an impression, you'll have to open your mouth. While that is physically impossible in the virtual world of the Internet, saying your piece is not entirely difficult to do. Thanks to forums and discussion boards, you can leave a comment or start a discussion thread about virtually any topic from anywhere in the world. And yes, you can even leave comments to drive traffic to your blog and increase your readership.
Leaving effective comments
You're probably old enough to know that not every comment that gets thrown into an opportunity for interaction creates the desired effect, much less become
appreciated by those who hear or read it. If you don't use this technique carefully, you will either waste the opportunity or simply allow it to create the wrong impression.
Here are 7 ways you ought to do it:
Choose the sites you leave comments on
Ever wondered why Tiger Woods is great? Because he chooses his battles well. You'll never find Woods swinging his club at a lesser known tournament – not because he's a snob but because he focuses on the games that truly matter and on being on equal ground with other greats.
Keep this in mind before you leave comments on a website. Just because you have the burning need to drive traffic to your blog doesn’t mean you can just drop by a site – any site – and write there.
Choose the sites and blogs whose forums you participate with. Find out if the site deals with a topic or subject related to your very own blog. Practice only purposeful commenting – the kind where you leave only well-crafted comments on sites that will help build the buzz about your blog.
If the site is completely irrelevant but you have the urge to leave a comment, do so only during your spare time. Otherwise, focus your energies only on more productive activities.
Know what you're saying
Before you leave a comment with the purpose of driving traffic to your blog, at least write one that is useful. Your goal is to be noticed AND respected for your opinions so leaving useless and dead end comments such as 'Cool!' and 'Way to go!' just won't cut it.
If this is the best you can do, forget about leaving comments right now and focus on other strategies to drive traffic to your blog. Better avoid this technique than be embarrassed or be viewed as lame or mediocre.
But if you can write and have something meaningful to say, by all means, do so. With every comment you have, make sure you keep it short, concise, to the point and useful. Talk about relevant topics and avoid those that will do nothing for your purpose.
Avoid strong language
Of course, some sites will probably allow you to leave comments that are strongly worded or at least camouflaged as symbols such as !#$%&*, but there are ways to get your point across, regardless of how angry, upset or argumentative you are.
Furthermore, majority of sites and blogs impose certain regulations that restrict the use of certain words. Try to rephrase a sentence without losing its main thought. Use an online thesaurus, if necessary. Remember that once a comment is posted online, there's no way to get it back especially if it's not your site. You can leave that comment there to rot but you can never take it back.
Do not be rude
Have a sense of humor. The Internet is a vast expanse of space, currently limitless. In fact, it's a whole universe unto itself. If people leave comments on your post that seem to insult you or argue with you, don't fight back without thinking.
First of all, we are a democracy and people have every right to their own opinion. Second, firing back with the same kind of idiotic language will not be a good reflection on you. Third, you're way better than that. If you must defend your stand, do so with class.
Calm down
Please, if you must drive traffic to your blog by leaving comments on other websites, keep it professional and tone it down. DON'T LEAVE MESSAGES LIKE THIS ONE!!!!!!
A good rule of thumb is to follow accepted structure of the English language or whatever language it is you're using to post. If you must use exclamatory
points, make sure they are truly needed. Otherwise, avoid them.
Leaving comments written in purely bold or capitalized letter smacks of desperation and lack of professionalism. It's hard-selling and makes people stay away in
droves.
Check replies to your blogs
Maximize commenting on other sites and drive traffic by frequently checking back on the forum you participated in to see if there are any replies to the post you left. This is a good way to build buzz and network.
Check your facts
If you will be quoting someone or citing a certain study, make sure your facts can be corroborated. Don't use make believe or newly invented figures and statements or even half-truths and try to pass them off as legit. You will be exposed. If you want to drive traffic to your blog by leaving comments, make sure you don't tarnish your reputation with the effort.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Reasons Why Leaving Spam Comments is NOT the Way to Promote Your Blog
Reasons Why Leaving Spam Comments is NOT the Way to Promote Your Blog
Copyright © Jose Love
There are basically three words that can describe spam accurately: desperate, manipulative, evil. While that may sound like the resume of some soap opera
villain, it rings true for every one of us who have ever been burned by spam.
Spam is an example of why sometimes, the means does not justify the end.
True, the aim is to build buzz for your blog but the technique used is just plain wrong. If you're planning on leaving spam comments on other websites any
time soon, know that it's not the way to promote your blog. On the contrary, you might even do damage to your blog without knowing it.
Understanding spam comments
Spam comments started sprouting their evil seed when online guestbooks began appearing on websites. Unscrupulous site owners and marketers bombarded these
guestbooks with links (many even used purely links) back to the spammers' websites. If any comment is included at all, it may contain highly generic ones
such as 'cool post' or 'great website' or 'nice page'.
Spam appears in just about anything these days, including blogs, often in the form of a comment. How this is done is quite simple. Any blogger who wishes
to promote his blog can simply write down keyword-heavy texts in the guise of a comment and then post it at random on another blog or website. Sites that
allow hyperlinks to be displayed are usually the prime targets.
The problem here is that this type of commenting is not purposeful at all. It's done at random, similar to throwing darts at a huge dartboard while wearing
a blindfold in the hopes of hitting something, anything.
Why spam commenting will not work for you
Leaving spam comments to promote your blog may seem tempting enough but it's best to avoid it. That is, if you want to be taken seriously and see your blog last long enough for your grandchildren to appreciate. Here are reasons why leaving spam comments to promote your blog are NOT the way to go:
You're being watched
These days, you spam someone once and you'll be branded for life. Or at least the blog or business you're trying to promote will be. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 makes sure spam is controlled and no one can wave it around like a weapon.
Becoming associated with spam is bad news for your blog. People hate spam… period. They will be more than happy to report you to your host provider or even your affiliate companies and avoid your blog altogether. And yes, Akismet and a host of other plug-ins designed to fight spam will be watching.
You will be penalized
By leaving spam comments on another website with the sole purpose of promoting your blog, you give that website's owner the permission to become a witness against you. Your host provider will cut off ties with you and if you're using your blog to promote an affiliate's products, even your affiliate will drop you.
Should this happen, you will have to start all over again, from square one, with a tarnished reputation. If you leave more spam comments in the future, you'll only be repeating the cycle all over again, all to your detriment.
You'll be seen as unprofessional
Leaving spam comments to promote a blog is for the lazy, the uninformed and the desperate. Why else would you use a technique that is generally viewed as
unsavory? If you're unprofessional, your visitors will find it difficult to trust you ever again.
You'll be violating certain unwritten codes
The reason why comments are allowed in websites is to provide people a platform with which to interact. Blogs, forums and discussion boards are large meeting places, open to people regardless of their age, sex, location or personal beliefs, with the implicit agreement that those who participate will be respected for their beliefs.
By leaving spam comments on these sites mainly to promote your blog, you break this code of trust.
Leaving spam comments can increase your blog's ranking... artificially
Although an artificial increase in ranking can mean good news for your blog (it will allow your site to appear high in search engine rankings), this is only an initial effect, sort of like anesthesia. Soon, it will wear off.
This is particularly true if your blog has nothing else to offer. Visitors who have been driven to your blog through search engine links (which you were
able to achieve artificially) will sniff around your site and if they find nothing there, they'll leave soon enough, never to come back.
Worse, word might even get around that your website is filled with nothing but air. If you must promote your blog this way, make sure you have the content
to make visitors stay.
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Copyright © Jose Love
There are basically three words that can describe spam accurately: desperate, manipulative, evil. While that may sound like the resume of some soap opera
villain, it rings true for every one of us who have ever been burned by spam.
Spam is an example of why sometimes, the means does not justify the end.
True, the aim is to build buzz for your blog but the technique used is just plain wrong. If you're planning on leaving spam comments on other websites any
time soon, know that it's not the way to promote your blog. On the contrary, you might even do damage to your blog without knowing it.
Understanding spam comments
Spam comments started sprouting their evil seed when online guestbooks began appearing on websites. Unscrupulous site owners and marketers bombarded these
guestbooks with links (many even used purely links) back to the spammers' websites. If any comment is included at all, it may contain highly generic ones
such as 'cool post' or 'great website' or 'nice page'.
Spam appears in just about anything these days, including blogs, often in the form of a comment. How this is done is quite simple. Any blogger who wishes
to promote his blog can simply write down keyword-heavy texts in the guise of a comment and then post it at random on another blog or website. Sites that
allow hyperlinks to be displayed are usually the prime targets.
The problem here is that this type of commenting is not purposeful at all. It's done at random, similar to throwing darts at a huge dartboard while wearing
a blindfold in the hopes of hitting something, anything.
Why spam commenting will not work for you
Leaving spam comments to promote your blog may seem tempting enough but it's best to avoid it. That is, if you want to be taken seriously and see your blog last long enough for your grandchildren to appreciate. Here are reasons why leaving spam comments to promote your blog are NOT the way to go:
You're being watched
These days, you spam someone once and you'll be branded for life. Or at least the blog or business you're trying to promote will be. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 makes sure spam is controlled and no one can wave it around like a weapon.
Becoming associated with spam is bad news for your blog. People hate spam… period. They will be more than happy to report you to your host provider or even your affiliate companies and avoid your blog altogether. And yes, Akismet and a host of other plug-ins designed to fight spam will be watching.
You will be penalized
By leaving spam comments on another website with the sole purpose of promoting your blog, you give that website's owner the permission to become a witness against you. Your host provider will cut off ties with you and if you're using your blog to promote an affiliate's products, even your affiliate will drop you.
Should this happen, you will have to start all over again, from square one, with a tarnished reputation. If you leave more spam comments in the future, you'll only be repeating the cycle all over again, all to your detriment.
You'll be seen as unprofessional
Leaving spam comments to promote a blog is for the lazy, the uninformed and the desperate. Why else would you use a technique that is generally viewed as
unsavory? If you're unprofessional, your visitors will find it difficult to trust you ever again.
You'll be violating certain unwritten codes
The reason why comments are allowed in websites is to provide people a platform with which to interact. Blogs, forums and discussion boards are large meeting places, open to people regardless of their age, sex, location or personal beliefs, with the implicit agreement that those who participate will be respected for their beliefs.
By leaving spam comments on these sites mainly to promote your blog, you break this code of trust.
Leaving spam comments can increase your blog's ranking... artificially
Although an artificial increase in ranking can mean good news for your blog (it will allow your site to appear high in search engine rankings), this is only an initial effect, sort of like anesthesia. Soon, it will wear off.
This is particularly true if your blog has nothing else to offer. Visitors who have been driven to your blog through search engine links (which you were
able to achieve artificially) will sniff around your site and if they find nothing there, they'll leave soon enough, never to come back.
Worse, word might even get around that your website is filled with nothing but air. If you must promote your blog this way, make sure you have the content
to make visitors stay.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Using Tags to Get More Traffic to Your Blog through Blog Directories
Using Tags to Get More Traffic to Your Blog through Blog Directories
Copyright © Jose Love
Tags are generally ignored by site owners and bloggers in terms of potential. They're small, for one and very often easy to overlook. Furthermore, those
who do not understand their use or significance or at least why and how they work may not often appreciate their value. This is unfortunate because tags can help increase the traffic coming in to your blog from blog directories. Learn what tags are and how they work so you can maximize their use.
Tag – you're it
A tag, also referred to as a meta tag, is a keyword that is used to label specific information found on a web page. A meta tag uses HTML tags that are
hidden from plain sight but clearly 'visible' to web crawlers.
A tag functions mainly for identification of an article, for example, or a title, subheading, site description or image – hence the name 'tag'. They are often used as tools to ping multiple search engines, create a presence for use in social bookmarking and to drive traffic to your site, especially your blog.
With tags, it will be easier for your site, article or web page to be found in search engines where they are supported.
Put simply, a tag is a small piece of identification on your blog that informs a search engine bot or spider what your site is about and how it should be
indexed. If you can choose and design the right combination of tags for your blog, you will be able to manipulate the number and type of traffic that reaches your site from blog directories legally.
Using tags on your blog to drive more traffic
Blog directories are repositories of information and news regarding the types of blogs available for a particular topic or subject. As such, they can be very useful sources of highly targeted traffic for your own blog. To maximize the use of blog directories for this purpose, consider doing the following:
Choose your words carefully
Keep in mind that your blog is just one of millions out there vying for attention. Even if you're trying to build a reputation within a relatively smaller
niche industry, you will still be competing with at least a dozen others in your market segment. Careful consideration in choosing the specific keywords (or
tags) to use with your blog will help you stand out in blog directories.
There are three important tags that you should focus on when designing your blog for traffic increase from blog directories. These are the title tag, the description tag and the keyword/s tag.
The title tag. The title of each blog entry you have should contain the most essential keywords that appear in your write-up or are relevant to your
content. This will help optimize your entry and make it easier for search engines to find and index.
Prospective visitors who perform a search using Google, Yahoo! or MSN Search, for example, will be able to reach an optimized blog, since it's more likely to
appear in a search engine list. As a result, you drive more traffic to your blog.
The description tag. Although description tags are ignored by some search engines, adding this to your blog can help influence how your blog (or at least its web pages) is described.
The keyword tag. The keyword tag is the word or phrase that you will repeat within the content body or web page in question. Used strategically, these keywords can help increase your blog's results in search engines and bring in more traffic to your site by allowing visitors to easily find you.
Don't be afraid to combine keywords, though. That's how you will be able to create highly targeted key phrases to optimize your blog. Three- to four-word key phrases will do. Multiple word tags are advantageous to single word searches as well. If you use a keyword phrase tag that says 'rock paper scissors',
for example, your blog still has the potential to show up in case someone uses only the word 'rock' or 'paper' in his search.
Don't overdo the use of tags
If you don't watch out, tags can be addictive. It could reach a point where you might find yourself using tags that have little relevance to your blog.
This usually happens when you try too hard to make sure that your blog or web page appears in more listings.
Although it may seem like a good idea to help increase traffic to your blog particularly as a means to shine in blog directories, overuse of tags can be
counter-productive. Try to be careful in choosing only the kind of tags that your blog truly needs. Leaner but highly targeted tags are much more effective
than generic ones.
Follow through
A good tag can gain initial interest in your blog and increase traffic coming from blog directories. However, it can only do so much. Now that traffic is
beating at your door, you should be able to throw a real party thereafter. Make sure that the content associated with your tag/s is well worth your visitor's click. It should offer specific information for a specific purpose and should include the content that you so readily promised in your links.
Otherwise, you won't earn the trust of a loyal readership or following. A baited title that lacks the backing of useful content will be viewed as a cheap trick and won't earn you a lot of respect – or traffic.
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Copyright © Jose Love
Tags are generally ignored by site owners and bloggers in terms of potential. They're small, for one and very often easy to overlook. Furthermore, those
who do not understand their use or significance or at least why and how they work may not often appreciate their value. This is unfortunate because tags can help increase the traffic coming in to your blog from blog directories. Learn what tags are and how they work so you can maximize their use.
Tag – you're it
A tag, also referred to as a meta tag, is a keyword that is used to label specific information found on a web page. A meta tag uses HTML tags that are
hidden from plain sight but clearly 'visible' to web crawlers.
A tag functions mainly for identification of an article, for example, or a title, subheading, site description or image – hence the name 'tag'. They are often used as tools to ping multiple search engines, create a presence for use in social bookmarking and to drive traffic to your site, especially your blog.
With tags, it will be easier for your site, article or web page to be found in search engines where they are supported.
Put simply, a tag is a small piece of identification on your blog that informs a search engine bot or spider what your site is about and how it should be
indexed. If you can choose and design the right combination of tags for your blog, you will be able to manipulate the number and type of traffic that reaches your site from blog directories legally.
Using tags on your blog to drive more traffic
Blog directories are repositories of information and news regarding the types of blogs available for a particular topic or subject. As such, they can be very useful sources of highly targeted traffic for your own blog. To maximize the use of blog directories for this purpose, consider doing the following:
Choose your words carefully
Keep in mind that your blog is just one of millions out there vying for attention. Even if you're trying to build a reputation within a relatively smaller
niche industry, you will still be competing with at least a dozen others in your market segment. Careful consideration in choosing the specific keywords (or
tags) to use with your blog will help you stand out in blog directories.
There are three important tags that you should focus on when designing your blog for traffic increase from blog directories. These are the title tag, the description tag and the keyword/s tag.
The title tag. The title of each blog entry you have should contain the most essential keywords that appear in your write-up or are relevant to your
content. This will help optimize your entry and make it easier for search engines to find and index.
Prospective visitors who perform a search using Google, Yahoo! or MSN Search, for example, will be able to reach an optimized blog, since it's more likely to
appear in a search engine list. As a result, you drive more traffic to your blog.
The description tag. Although description tags are ignored by some search engines, adding this to your blog can help influence how your blog (or at least its web pages) is described.
The keyword tag. The keyword tag is the word or phrase that you will repeat within the content body or web page in question. Used strategically, these keywords can help increase your blog's results in search engines and bring in more traffic to your site by allowing visitors to easily find you.
Don't be afraid to combine keywords, though. That's how you will be able to create highly targeted key phrases to optimize your blog. Three- to four-word key phrases will do. Multiple word tags are advantageous to single word searches as well. If you use a keyword phrase tag that says 'rock paper scissors',
for example, your blog still has the potential to show up in case someone uses only the word 'rock' or 'paper' in his search.
Don't overdo the use of tags
If you don't watch out, tags can be addictive. It could reach a point where you might find yourself using tags that have little relevance to your blog.
This usually happens when you try too hard to make sure that your blog or web page appears in more listings.
Although it may seem like a good idea to help increase traffic to your blog particularly as a means to shine in blog directories, overuse of tags can be
counter-productive. Try to be careful in choosing only the kind of tags that your blog truly needs. Leaner but highly targeted tags are much more effective
than generic ones.
Follow through
A good tag can gain initial interest in your blog and increase traffic coming from blog directories. However, it can only do so much. Now that traffic is
beating at your door, you should be able to throw a real party thereafter. Make sure that the content associated with your tag/s is well worth your visitor's click. It should offer specific information for a specific purpose and should include the content that you so readily promised in your links.
Otherwise, you won't earn the trust of a loyal readership or following. A baited title that lacks the backing of useful content will be viewed as a cheap trick and won't earn you a lot of respect – or traffic.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Do's and Don'ts for Reciprocating Traffic to Promote Your Blog
Do's and Don'ts for Reciprocating Traffic to Promote Your Blog
Copyright © Jose Love
Some mockingly call it as the mutual admiration society and wherein people praise – and link to – each other in order to generate traffic. No matter how you look at it, reciprocating traffic works not just for promoting websites but blogs as well. Here are several dos and don’ts to take note of if you’re in the mood for sharing some love with your fellow bloggers.
How to Reciprocate Traffic for Blog Promotion
Reciprocating is easier than you think. You just have to take note of what other bloggers are doing for you and return the favor. Of course, you can also consider initiating things by being the first to post a comment, include a link in your directory, respond with a blog entry, or review another blog.
As long as what you’re doing places focus on you and the other blogger, you’re doing the right thing!
Make your reciprocation valuable
If you are going to reciprocate a favor, be sure to make it valuable and meaningful for the other blogger. It would simply be a waste of web space if all you’re going to say is hi and goodbye. If that’s what you’re going to do, it’s best not to reciprocate at all.
To make reciprocation valuable, consider which areas you can make the greatest contributions – pages which, even better, the other blogger would appreciate
to gain more traffic for. Look for questions that coincide with your fields of expertise.
Make it mutually beneficial
Reciprocity is not merely an exchange of links. It also includes mutual acknowledgment – and maybe even recommendation – of each other’s expertise. When you
post a comment or display a link in your website, make sure that the information you provide not only reflects positively on the other blogger but on yourself as well.
Pay attention to house rules
Reciprocation means visiting another person’s blog and as they say, when in Rome, it’s important to do as the Romans do. Every blog has its own set of house
rules and you must pay attention to them. One example of house rules is the inclusion of links in your comments. Some bloggers prefer not to have any links displayed without their express permission.
Acts of rudeness commonly result from simple misunderstanding and ignorance of rules. If you’re unsure about your statement, you can always email the other blogger and ask for confirmation as to whether your reply is adequate or not.
Don’t be condescending
It’s easy to be so without even being aware of it. When you are visiting a blog that’s less popular than yours, don’t act or speak in such a way that you’ve
made it very clear to everyone the other blogger should be grateful for you little act of reciprocation. That’s a big no-no to do, and you’re sure to receive
unpleasant feedback even if it’s true. Such things are better left unsaid.
Always return the favor
Last but not the least, remember to return every favor you receive! This is the golden rule of all golden rules and to violate once or several times is
something that no Internet marketer forgets. Soon, tales of your infamy will spread and you shouldn’t be surprised if the popularity of your blog starts declining.
Regardless of how much or how little you’ll benefit from reciprocating the favor, do it anyway. It’s called good business!
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Copyright © Jose Love
Some mockingly call it as the mutual admiration society and wherein people praise – and link to – each other in order to generate traffic. No matter how you look at it, reciprocating traffic works not just for promoting websites but blogs as well. Here are several dos and don’ts to take note of if you’re in the mood for sharing some love with your fellow bloggers.
How to Reciprocate Traffic for Blog Promotion
Reciprocating is easier than you think. You just have to take note of what other bloggers are doing for you and return the favor. Of course, you can also consider initiating things by being the first to post a comment, include a link in your directory, respond with a blog entry, or review another blog.
As long as what you’re doing places focus on you and the other blogger, you’re doing the right thing!
Make your reciprocation valuable
If you are going to reciprocate a favor, be sure to make it valuable and meaningful for the other blogger. It would simply be a waste of web space if all you’re going to say is hi and goodbye. If that’s what you’re going to do, it’s best not to reciprocate at all.
To make reciprocation valuable, consider which areas you can make the greatest contributions – pages which, even better, the other blogger would appreciate
to gain more traffic for. Look for questions that coincide with your fields of expertise.
Make it mutually beneficial
Reciprocity is not merely an exchange of links. It also includes mutual acknowledgment – and maybe even recommendation – of each other’s expertise. When you
post a comment or display a link in your website, make sure that the information you provide not only reflects positively on the other blogger but on yourself as well.
Pay attention to house rules
Reciprocation means visiting another person’s blog and as they say, when in Rome, it’s important to do as the Romans do. Every blog has its own set of house
rules and you must pay attention to them. One example of house rules is the inclusion of links in your comments. Some bloggers prefer not to have any links displayed without their express permission.
Acts of rudeness commonly result from simple misunderstanding and ignorance of rules. If you’re unsure about your statement, you can always email the other blogger and ask for confirmation as to whether your reply is adequate or not.
Don’t be condescending
It’s easy to be so without even being aware of it. When you are visiting a blog that’s less popular than yours, don’t act or speak in such a way that you’ve
made it very clear to everyone the other blogger should be grateful for you little act of reciprocation. That’s a big no-no to do, and you’re sure to receive
unpleasant feedback even if it’s true. Such things are better left unsaid.
Always return the favor
Last but not the least, remember to return every favor you receive! This is the golden rule of all golden rules and to violate once or several times is
something that no Internet marketer forgets. Soon, tales of your infamy will spread and you shouldn’t be surprised if the popularity of your blog starts declining.
Regardless of how much or how little you’ll benefit from reciprocating the favor, do it anyway. It’s called good business!
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Say No to Forum Spamming
Say No to Forum Spamming
Copyright © Jose Love
When you are speaking with children, repeating yourself may sometimes be the key to getting yourself heard and understood. But you’re not speaking to children when you’re posting the same message over and over in forums, are you? Since you’re not, isn’t it safe to conclude that such tactics won’t work?
Worse, they can even backfire on you! Here are five good reasons to avoid spamming in forums.
It Annoys Moderators
Spamming is considered a blackhat SEO technique, and most, if not all, forum moderators do not tolerate it. Other forum members are sure to report you and
when a moderator finally takes notice, you’ll certainly have your membership suspended if not revoked immediately and permanently.
There are several reasons why spamming will annoy moderators. Firstly, it’s
their job to keep other members happy and what you’re doing is the opposite.
You are, therefore, giving them extra trouble to deal with. Secondly, spamming consumes web space and web space costs money. Spamming also makes use of
bandwidth, and that costs money, too. By spamming, you are forcing moderators to spend money on something they don’t consider acceptable.
It Irritates Other Members
Again, there are plenty reasons why forum members aren’t happy with your spamming. First of all, these people consider your messages a waste of time. By posting the same message over and over, you force them to spend precious seconds on just scrolling the window until they reach a message that you haven’t posted.
You also make back reading difficult for them. Instead of being able to read all the information they need from one page, you force them to load a new one just to get to the next important message.
Once members realize that you are knowingly practicing spamming, they won’t take your actions lying down. Besides reporting you to moderators, they can also submit your name to concerned agencies that are against unlawful and undesirable Internet marketing tactics. They can also spread the word about your not-so -nice marketing techniques and before you know it, you’ll be banned from every forum in the Internet.
It Doesn’t Work
Adults are different from children. They’re already smart and mature enough to understand a simple lesson at the first try. Repeating the same message over
and over, as it is, is unnecessary.
Now, if you’re practicing spamming in hopes of convincing people to try out your product or service, you’re going about the wrong way, too. To convince a person, repetition is not needed. Instead, you need to give people different reasons to change their minds. The more reasons you give them, the greater chances you’ll
have of convincing them to see things your way. But if you stubbornly sticking
to one reason then you’ll achieve nothing.
Forum Marketing Strategies to Replace Spamming
You should be convinced by now of the utter futility of spamming in forums. Don’t wait till your online business collapse before you decide to change your ways. Use
a different – not to mention legitimate – technique now and you won’t regret it.
To help you get started, consider providing valuable contribution that showcases your expertise. Choose questions that you can answer as an “expert”. Get to know other people in the forum and build relationships with them. Post your link in your profile page and signature. Last but not the least, use a cool username to get more attention!
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When you are speaking with children, repeating yourself may sometimes be the key to getting yourself heard and understood. But you’re not speaking to children when you’re posting the same message over and over in forums, are you? Since you’re not, isn’t it safe to conclude that such tactics won’t work?
Worse, they can even backfire on you! Here are five good reasons to avoid spamming in forums.
It Annoys Moderators
Spamming is considered a blackhat SEO technique, and most, if not all, forum moderators do not tolerate it. Other forum members are sure to report you and
when a moderator finally takes notice, you’ll certainly have your membership suspended if not revoked immediately and permanently.
There are several reasons why spamming will annoy moderators. Firstly, it’s
their job to keep other members happy and what you’re doing is the opposite.
You are, therefore, giving them extra trouble to deal with. Secondly, spamming consumes web space and web space costs money. Spamming also makes use of
bandwidth, and that costs money, too. By spamming, you are forcing moderators to spend money on something they don’t consider acceptable.
It Irritates Other Members
Again, there are plenty reasons why forum members aren’t happy with your spamming. First of all, these people consider your messages a waste of time. By posting the same message over and over, you force them to spend precious seconds on just scrolling the window until they reach a message that you haven’t posted.
You also make back reading difficult for them. Instead of being able to read all the information they need from one page, you force them to load a new one just to get to the next important message.
Once members realize that you are knowingly practicing spamming, they won’t take your actions lying down. Besides reporting you to moderators, they can also submit your name to concerned agencies that are against unlawful and undesirable Internet marketing tactics. They can also spread the word about your not-so -nice marketing techniques and before you know it, you’ll be banned from every forum in the Internet.
It Doesn’t Work
Adults are different from children. They’re already smart and mature enough to understand a simple lesson at the first try. Repeating the same message over
and over, as it is, is unnecessary.
Now, if you’re practicing spamming in hopes of convincing people to try out your product or service, you’re going about the wrong way, too. To convince a person, repetition is not needed. Instead, you need to give people different reasons to change their minds. The more reasons you give them, the greater chances you’ll
have of convincing them to see things your way. But if you stubbornly sticking
to one reason then you’ll achieve nothing.
Forum Marketing Strategies to Replace Spamming
You should be convinced by now of the utter futility of spamming in forums. Don’t wait till your online business collapse before you decide to change your ways. Use
a different – not to mention legitimate – technique now and you won’t regret it.
To help you get started, consider providing valuable contribution that showcases your expertise. Choose questions that you can answer as an “expert”. Get to know other people in the forum and build relationships with them. Post your link in your profile page and signature. Last but not the least, use a cool username to get more attention!
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Blog Promotion through Email Groups
Blog Promotion through Email Groups
Copyright © Jose Love
Email groups are important targets for your promotions, and gaining their support can go a long way in increasing the popularity of your blog.
Major Sample of Your Target Market
Email groups are created on the basis of shared interests or any other common factor. Email groups may be composed of people with the same hobby, living in the same area, or with the same occupation.
Whatever the reason an email group had for establishing itself, what’s important is for you to determine whether they can match the profile of your target market. When it does, getting the group hooked to your blog instantly lets you kill several birds with just one click!
Unified Response
Another great thing about tapping on email groups is the kind of relationships members have with each other and how group decisions are made. In email groups,
there is always a clear distinction between moderators and ordinary members. When moderators make a decision, members almost always automatically perform a similar action.
If you can manage to convince the moderators of the email group to visit your blog and maybe even link to it, you can expect the members to promote your blog as well. Convince the one that matters and you win all!
Variety
As we’ve mentioned earlier on, email groups are established for varying reasons. It is unlikely, therefore, that you won’ find any email group matching the description of your target market. As such, you should take the time to browse through email group directories. Pay attention to the information they’ve provided for their group and you’ll know whether they’re likely to be interested in your blog or not.
How to Tap on Email Groups
Now that you’re aware of the importance of email groups, here are a few tips to effectively promote your blog through them.
Join the Group
Your messages will be welcomed more warmly if you join their group first. To do so, you’ll usually need a valid email address, pass their security test, and maybe explain your reason for joining.
While it’s always good to be candid, it wouldn’t hurt to mention any other reason you may have besides wanting a chance to promote your blog. If you’re stuck for a reason, try thinking of yourself as an ordinary member instead. Think of the benefits you’ll enjoy from joining the group and make sure to mention that.
Know the rules
Every email group has rules for members to follow. Make sure you learn these carefully so that you avoid unknowingly violating any of their rules. Abiding by
them as you start posting your messages to the group is sure to endear yourself to other members as well.
Introduce yourself
Before posting any message, it’s important to introduce yourself to other members. Remember to thank them for letting you join their group and take the time to get to know them as well. Introducing yourself is a great way to direct the conversation to your blog and from there, you’ll able to start on your marketing plan.
Return the favor
Last but not the least, remember to return the favor. If the email groups you’ve joined are working hard to promote your blog, you should return the favor and
promote them as well. Doing that is good karma, and that’s never bad for your business!
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Email groups are important targets for your promotions, and gaining their support can go a long way in increasing the popularity of your blog.
Major Sample of Your Target Market
Email groups are created on the basis of shared interests or any other common factor. Email groups may be composed of people with the same hobby, living in the same area, or with the same occupation.
Whatever the reason an email group had for establishing itself, what’s important is for you to determine whether they can match the profile of your target market. When it does, getting the group hooked to your blog instantly lets you kill several birds with just one click!
Unified Response
Another great thing about tapping on email groups is the kind of relationships members have with each other and how group decisions are made. In email groups,
there is always a clear distinction between moderators and ordinary members. When moderators make a decision, members almost always automatically perform a similar action.
If you can manage to convince the moderators of the email group to visit your blog and maybe even link to it, you can expect the members to promote your blog as well. Convince the one that matters and you win all!
Variety
As we’ve mentioned earlier on, email groups are established for varying reasons. It is unlikely, therefore, that you won’ find any email group matching the description of your target market. As such, you should take the time to browse through email group directories. Pay attention to the information they’ve provided for their group and you’ll know whether they’re likely to be interested in your blog or not.
How to Tap on Email Groups
Now that you’re aware of the importance of email groups, here are a few tips to effectively promote your blog through them.
Join the Group
Your messages will be welcomed more warmly if you join their group first. To do so, you’ll usually need a valid email address, pass their security test, and maybe explain your reason for joining.
While it’s always good to be candid, it wouldn’t hurt to mention any other reason you may have besides wanting a chance to promote your blog. If you’re stuck for a reason, try thinking of yourself as an ordinary member instead. Think of the benefits you’ll enjoy from joining the group and make sure to mention that.
Know the rules
Every email group has rules for members to follow. Make sure you learn these carefully so that you avoid unknowingly violating any of their rules. Abiding by
them as you start posting your messages to the group is sure to endear yourself to other members as well.
Introduce yourself
Before posting any message, it’s important to introduce yourself to other members. Remember to thank them for letting you join their group and take the time to get to know them as well. Introducing yourself is a great way to direct the conversation to your blog and from there, you’ll able to start on your marketing plan.
Return the favor
Last but not the least, remember to return the favor. If the email groups you’ve joined are working hard to promote your blog, you should return the favor and
promote them as well. Doing that is good karma, and that’s never bad for your business!
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Comment Posting: A Power Blog Promoting Technique
Comment Posting: A Power Blog Promoting Technique
Copyright © Jose Love
You keep on hearing bloggers marvel about the wonderful benefits of leaving comments on other blogs but you’ve yet to try the tactic yourself. If you still aren’t sure about the wisdom of following their steps, here are a few reasons that could convince you to take that final step.
Show Your Expertise
Everyone prefers to listen to an expert than an amateur. With an expert’s advice, you spend your time wisely and get to learn something in return.
Unfortunately, there isn’t always an opportunity to show your expertise.
As such, you have to create the opportunity for yourself once in a while and you can do that by leaving comments on other people’s blogs. Try spending a few minutes visiting other people’s blogs. Go around the blogging community, and once you’ve found some questions you’re very much in the position to answer, go ahead and share your wisdom.
Giving advice whenever it’s solicited is so much better than bragging, don’t you think?
Show Your Charm, Eloquence, and Wit
People can be terribly greedy. To please them, you not only have to be intelligent but you have to be articulate and witty, too. If you had a choice between
visiting the blog of an extremely smart but humorless Internet marketer and one who’s moderately smart but witty, which blog would you choose? Many would choose the latter, don’t you think?
Now that you know what’s demanded of you, the next thing to do is determine how to prove that you indeed have all those great qualities. Again, you do that by leaving comments on other people’s blogs.
It’s very important not to overdo your bit when you’re out to display your wit. While providing excessive information can be seen as simply being detailed, being too funny could make other people you’re trying too hard to be so.
There’s a right time, place, and reason to be funny. Make sure you know when such moments occur!
Reciprocate
If other people left comments on your blogs, you owe it them to return the favor. Technically, you’re not obliged to do so but good business dictates reciprocity. And it’s really not that bad. Leaving comments on each other’s blog regularly will soon lead to link exchanges, another factor that can generate more traffic for your respective blogs.
If you continue to nurture your partnership after that, it can lead to even greater collaborations that would benefit both of you.
How to Make Your Comments Effective for Internet Marketing
All three reasons below are able to achieve the same goal: catch your target market’s attention and make them visit your blog. To increase your chances of success, you must make sure that your comments follow the tips below.
Write courteously
Remember the usual rules of courtesy when you’re posting a comment on someone else’s blog.
Don’t be argumentative
Not everyone welcomes a debate so if you truly believe that there’s a need for you to propose an opposing view, make sure you do so politely and be very clear in saying that you only wish to expression your opinion and nothing else.
Don’t forget to link
Lastly, remember to provide a link to your blog whenever you leave a comment. This may be standard procedure but a lot of first-time bloggers still end up forgetting to do so. If you don’t want to risk losing any opportunity, never forget to post your link!
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Copyright © Jose Love
You keep on hearing bloggers marvel about the wonderful benefits of leaving comments on other blogs but you’ve yet to try the tactic yourself. If you still aren’t sure about the wisdom of following their steps, here are a few reasons that could convince you to take that final step.
Show Your Expertise
Everyone prefers to listen to an expert than an amateur. With an expert’s advice, you spend your time wisely and get to learn something in return.
Unfortunately, there isn’t always an opportunity to show your expertise.
As such, you have to create the opportunity for yourself once in a while and you can do that by leaving comments on other people’s blogs. Try spending a few minutes visiting other people’s blogs. Go around the blogging community, and once you’ve found some questions you’re very much in the position to answer, go ahead and share your wisdom.
Giving advice whenever it’s solicited is so much better than bragging, don’t you think?
Show Your Charm, Eloquence, and Wit
People can be terribly greedy. To please them, you not only have to be intelligent but you have to be articulate and witty, too. If you had a choice between
visiting the blog of an extremely smart but humorless Internet marketer and one who’s moderately smart but witty, which blog would you choose? Many would choose the latter, don’t you think?
Now that you know what’s demanded of you, the next thing to do is determine how to prove that you indeed have all those great qualities. Again, you do that by leaving comments on other people’s blogs.
It’s very important not to overdo your bit when you’re out to display your wit. While providing excessive information can be seen as simply being detailed, being too funny could make other people you’re trying too hard to be so.
There’s a right time, place, and reason to be funny. Make sure you know when such moments occur!
Reciprocate
If other people left comments on your blogs, you owe it them to return the favor. Technically, you’re not obliged to do so but good business dictates reciprocity. And it’s really not that bad. Leaving comments on each other’s blog regularly will soon lead to link exchanges, another factor that can generate more traffic for your respective blogs.
If you continue to nurture your partnership after that, it can lead to even greater collaborations that would benefit both of you.
How to Make Your Comments Effective for Internet Marketing
All three reasons below are able to achieve the same goal: catch your target market’s attention and make them visit your blog. To increase your chances of success, you must make sure that your comments follow the tips below.
Write courteously
Remember the usual rules of courtesy when you’re posting a comment on someone else’s blog.
Don’t be argumentative
Not everyone welcomes a debate so if you truly believe that there’s a need for you to propose an opposing view, make sure you do so politely and be very clear in saying that you only wish to expression your opinion and nothing else.
Don’t forget to link
Lastly, remember to provide a link to your blog whenever you leave a comment. This may be standard procedure but a lot of first-time bloggers still end up forgetting to do so. If you don’t want to risk losing any opportunity, never forget to post your link!
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Top Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog to
Top Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog to
Copyright © Jose Love
If you have a blog, then you can count yourself among
the thousands of other people on earth who have a
blog, who can sell their products and services
online, and who find ways to network through friends,
former classmates, relatives, even acquaintances, in
order to make more money. There are thousands upon
thousands of blogs on the Internet right now, and you
will need to shine through the muddle of language,
or, at the very least, be known to a few well enough
in whatever niche you choose to place yourself.
One way for you to establish your audience is to
actually have a niche that you proclaim yourself to
be in, and one way for you to do this is to place
your blog address in a blog directory. You also have
the pick of the litter: you are not limited to
placing your blog in a single directory, which is
advantageous if you consider how these blog
directories have their own audiences whom you might
lose if you aren’t meticulous enough.
If you are interested in submitting your blog to a
blog directory, make sure that your blog is ready for
the viewing. Do not simply place your blog address
and then expect people to read half-baked essays,
poor stories, or no entries at all. Have a lot of
good content to welcome your new and current readers.
Moreover, be aware of exactly what keywords your blog
will have.
This means that you will have to go through your
content, and then evaluate what keywords to use, so
that you can properly categorize your blog and then
provide the right keywords if the blog directory
service asks for it.
Here are some blog directories that you may want to
consider when you are finally ready to sign your blog
up.
1. Blog Catalog (http://www.blogcatalog.com) allows
you to not only place your blog into a category. It
also shows which categories are the most popular, so
that you can be better guided as to what market has
the biggest readers. Through blog catalog, you can
join discussions and form or join groups.
2. At Blog Hub (http://www.bloghub.com), you can add
your blog and chat at a forum, chat with your fellow
bloggers, and get news on affordable web hosting
services, as well as other articles that might be of
interest to you. Blog hub also offers information on
how to use services to monetize your blog.
3. You can also add your blog to the directory at
Blog Hint (http://www.bloghints.com), where you can
view the latest blogs added, the most popular, and
the highest rated. Blog Hints will even suggest a
category for your blog, and you can access some
Wordpress themes if you are using that service. There
are many different blogs in this directory that you
can search through. The blogs are also arranged in
folders that are readily visible on the front page of
the site.
4. At Blogging Fusion (http://www.bloggingfusion.com)
you can also readily view the available categories,
and you can even get your blog featured. There are
also available blog ratings systems and popular blogs
lists for you to browse.
5. Another directory is Blog Flux
(http://dir.blogflux.com) where you can look through
an alphabetical directory, see featured blogs, and
see the latest updates to blogs listed in the
directory.
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Copyright © Jose Love
If you have a blog, then you can count yourself among
the thousands of other people on earth who have a
blog, who can sell their products and services
online, and who find ways to network through friends,
former classmates, relatives, even acquaintances, in
order to make more money. There are thousands upon
thousands of blogs on the Internet right now, and you
will need to shine through the muddle of language,
or, at the very least, be known to a few well enough
in whatever niche you choose to place yourself.
One way for you to establish your audience is to
actually have a niche that you proclaim yourself to
be in, and one way for you to do this is to place
your blog address in a blog directory. You also have
the pick of the litter: you are not limited to
placing your blog in a single directory, which is
advantageous if you consider how these blog
directories have their own audiences whom you might
lose if you aren’t meticulous enough.
If you are interested in submitting your blog to a
blog directory, make sure that your blog is ready for
the viewing. Do not simply place your blog address
and then expect people to read half-baked essays,
poor stories, or no entries at all. Have a lot of
good content to welcome your new and current readers.
Moreover, be aware of exactly what keywords your blog
will have.
This means that you will have to go through your
content, and then evaluate what keywords to use, so
that you can properly categorize your blog and then
provide the right keywords if the blog directory
service asks for it.
Here are some blog directories that you may want to
consider when you are finally ready to sign your blog
up.
1. Blog Catalog (http://www.blogcatalog.com) allows
you to not only place your blog into a category. It
also shows which categories are the most popular, so
that you can be better guided as to what market has
the biggest readers. Through blog catalog, you can
join discussions and form or join groups.
2. At Blog Hub (http://www.bloghub.com), you can add
your blog and chat at a forum, chat with your fellow
bloggers, and get news on affordable web hosting
services, as well as other articles that might be of
interest to you. Blog hub also offers information on
how to use services to monetize your blog.
3. You can also add your blog to the directory at
Blog Hint (http://www.bloghints.com), where you can
view the latest blogs added, the most popular, and
the highest rated. Blog Hints will even suggest a
category for your blog, and you can access some
Wordpress themes if you are using that service. There
are many different blogs in this directory that you
can search through. The blogs are also arranged in
folders that are readily visible on the front page of
the site.
4. At Blogging Fusion (http://www.bloggingfusion.com)
you can also readily view the available categories,
and you can even get your blog featured. There are
also available blog ratings systems and popular blogs
lists for you to browse.
5. Another directory is Blog Flux
(http://dir.blogflux.com) where you can look through
an alphabetical directory, see featured blogs, and
see the latest updates to blogs listed in the
directory.
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business ideas and opportunities:
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
How to Use Forums to Promote Your Blog
How to Use Forums to Promote Your Blog
Copyright © Jose Love
Having a blog is a great thing: you can promote your products and services and get a lot of attention for your business; you can promote your work, whether as a painter, photographer, or writer, and maybe even get a job related to the things that you love; or you can simply express yourself and even update your relatives and friends on the goings-on in your life, which can be great if you live in a faraway place and cannot update your relatives and friends more than once.
However, a blog can also be a good way for you to earn money, over and above mere expression and promotion.
Thanks to a lot of different online money-earning methods, you can earn commissions when visitors go to your blog. For instance, you can put up advertisements on your site through an affiliate network or through an advertising program. If one of your visitors clicks on your ads, then you get commissions. The ads are tailored to fit the contents of your website, and they are made so that your visitors will most likely be interested in them and thereby click on them. Therefore, you need to have good website content, as this is what the ad companies need in order to know what kind of ads to place on your site.
Moreover, the more visitors you have, the greater the chance that someone will click on your ads and that you will get commissions.
This means that you need to invite more and more people to your blog, and not just to get money, but to get attention. After all, if your blog is interesting enough, you may get a lot of people linking to you. One way that you can promote your blog is through posting on forums.
If you are interested in posting in forums and getting your voice heard, and if you want to get your blog noticed in the Internet universe, then you may be interested in the following tips. Take note, however, that these are only a few tips to guide you on your way to blog superstardom, and you need to learn on your own along the way and pick up your own lessons, too.
- Post in a forum that you are actually interested in. Believe it or not, the degree of your understanding of and interest in a topic in a forum will shine through your post. If people see that you are interested in the forum topic, then you may get more attention than people just reading your forum post.
- Post in a forum whose topic is related to your blogging topic. This can be critical when you are dealing with die-hard fans of a certain artist or film, because posting off-topic posts in a forum concentrated with users who have a single interest and aim can be distracting, not to mention grounds for kicking you out of the forum.
- Be dignified enough to spell right. Text shortcuts can make texts almost unreadable, and you can annoy a whole lot more people. If you make the effort to write in your blog, make an effort to write well on the forums, or you may find it harder to invite people to read your blog. Why should they read your blog when they can’t even understand what you are posting on the forum?
- Extend help to other forum members when they need it. Remember, people do not care about what you have to say until they find out that you care about them first.
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Copyright © Jose Love
Having a blog is a great thing: you can promote your products and services and get a lot of attention for your business; you can promote your work, whether as a painter, photographer, or writer, and maybe even get a job related to the things that you love; or you can simply express yourself and even update your relatives and friends on the goings-on in your life, which can be great if you live in a faraway place and cannot update your relatives and friends more than once.
However, a blog can also be a good way for you to earn money, over and above mere expression and promotion.
Thanks to a lot of different online money-earning methods, you can earn commissions when visitors go to your blog. For instance, you can put up advertisements on your site through an affiliate network or through an advertising program. If one of your visitors clicks on your ads, then you get commissions. The ads are tailored to fit the contents of your website, and they are made so that your visitors will most likely be interested in them and thereby click on them. Therefore, you need to have good website content, as this is what the ad companies need in order to know what kind of ads to place on your site.
Moreover, the more visitors you have, the greater the chance that someone will click on your ads and that you will get commissions.
This means that you need to invite more and more people to your blog, and not just to get money, but to get attention. After all, if your blog is interesting enough, you may get a lot of people linking to you. One way that you can promote your blog is through posting on forums.
If you are interested in posting in forums and getting your voice heard, and if you want to get your blog noticed in the Internet universe, then you may be interested in the following tips. Take note, however, that these are only a few tips to guide you on your way to blog superstardom, and you need to learn on your own along the way and pick up your own lessons, too.
- Post in a forum that you are actually interested in. Believe it or not, the degree of your understanding of and interest in a topic in a forum will shine through your post. If people see that you are interested in the forum topic, then you may get more attention than people just reading your forum post.
- Post in a forum whose topic is related to your blogging topic. This can be critical when you are dealing with die-hard fans of a certain artist or film, because posting off-topic posts in a forum concentrated with users who have a single interest and aim can be distracting, not to mention grounds for kicking you out of the forum.
- Be dignified enough to spell right. Text shortcuts can make texts almost unreadable, and you can annoy a whole lot more people. If you make the effort to write in your blog, make an effort to write well on the forums, or you may find it harder to invite people to read your blog. Why should they read your blog when they can’t even understand what you are posting on the forum?
- Extend help to other forum members when they need it. Remember, people do not care about what you have to say until they find out that you care about them first.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Web Video Conferencing in the New Millennium
Web Video Conferencing in the New Millennium
Copyright © Jose Love
Are you in need of something that can boost your business by more than half and still be able to save on the cost of production? Do you want to be able to monitor your factories and met with your staff on a regular basis though you are miles away from corporate? Web videoconferencing allows you to work on these things without having to worry about cost and impact on the business.
All that you need to do is just a website away. The need for expensive equipment has also been taken away since all the equipment you would need is inside the Internet and all of it is waiting for you. So let’s start web videoconferencing.
So how exactly does web videoconferencing works? Well, like the name suggests its videoconferencing through the web or the Internet. A participant needs a computer to start off and Internet access. Basically that’s all you need. Other things that may or may not be necessary are web cams, web conferencing software and a website to conduct the virtual meeting. Usually websites may refer to URL’s that act as the conference room for the meeting.
There are different kinds of web videoconferencing and different kinds of purposes. First one is the web meeting (web videoconferencing), this usual kind of web conference that let’s participants interact in a controlled Internet environment. Usually CEO’s and business executives have web meetings when they are out of town and on business. Not only can they visit their site often they can keep close tabs on people. Usually Web conferencing allow people on the go to keep up with the requirements of the office.
Live video is another kind of conferencing over the Internet or what young people call video chat. live video or video chat is just like text chatting only
it’s done through the web cam. Just like web video conferencing live video is more or less like it in purpose and setup. While web videoconferencing uses
software to support the video format of the live video this is because of the limited number of formats that can be streamed over the web.
Another kind of web conferencing tool is VOIP or Voice over the Internet Phone. The concept of VOIP is no longer new to us. Some people have started using
VoIP software and sites as their primary phone for business, personal and technology use. Because of it’s virtual endless capacity to call inside and outside
countries and not to mention computer call functionality.
That means even without a regular or mobile phone people can communicate anytime anywhere. Now if you apply that to whatever your web videoconferencing needs
that you have, you are sure to get your money’s worth.
And lastly a dedicated Internet website that would cater to all the web conferencing needs that you have. As the name mentions it is a dedicated server that acts as the conference room of your company and a gateway for all other video conferencing you will have even outside the company.
Since this is a new tool for your company to use in it’s quest to become one of the best in the world, it would be wise to master all the requirements and the processes of web videoconferencing to reap the best results from it.
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Are you in need of something that can boost your business by more than half and still be able to save on the cost of production? Do you want to be able to monitor your factories and met with your staff on a regular basis though you are miles away from corporate? Web videoconferencing allows you to work on these things without having to worry about cost and impact on the business.
All that you need to do is just a website away. The need for expensive equipment has also been taken away since all the equipment you would need is inside the Internet and all of it is waiting for you. So let’s start web videoconferencing.
So how exactly does web videoconferencing works? Well, like the name suggests its videoconferencing through the web or the Internet. A participant needs a computer to start off and Internet access. Basically that’s all you need. Other things that may or may not be necessary are web cams, web conferencing software and a website to conduct the virtual meeting. Usually websites may refer to URL’s that act as the conference room for the meeting.
There are different kinds of web videoconferencing and different kinds of purposes. First one is the web meeting (web videoconferencing), this usual kind of web conference that let’s participants interact in a controlled Internet environment. Usually CEO’s and business executives have web meetings when they are out of town and on business. Not only can they visit their site often they can keep close tabs on people. Usually Web conferencing allow people on the go to keep up with the requirements of the office.
Live video is another kind of conferencing over the Internet or what young people call video chat. live video or video chat is just like text chatting only
it’s done through the web cam. Just like web video conferencing live video is more or less like it in purpose and setup. While web videoconferencing uses
software to support the video format of the live video this is because of the limited number of formats that can be streamed over the web.
Another kind of web conferencing tool is VOIP or Voice over the Internet Phone. The concept of VOIP is no longer new to us. Some people have started using
VoIP software and sites as their primary phone for business, personal and technology use. Because of it’s virtual endless capacity to call inside and outside
countries and not to mention computer call functionality.
That means even without a regular or mobile phone people can communicate anytime anywhere. Now if you apply that to whatever your web videoconferencing needs
that you have, you are sure to get your money’s worth.
And lastly a dedicated Internet website that would cater to all the web conferencing needs that you have. As the name mentions it is a dedicated server that acts as the conference room of your company and a gateway for all other video conferencing you will have even outside the company.
Since this is a new tool for your company to use in it’s quest to become one of the best in the world, it would be wise to master all the requirements and the processes of web videoconferencing to reap the best results from it.
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