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		<title>5 Reasons Why You Need To Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging is not a new concept, it was started in late 90s.&#160; It used to be a simple way to leave comment on an existing webpage. Online advertising has now tapped into the blog&#8217;s potential.&#160; Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool. 1.Blogging is simple.&#160; Not much skills [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-28" title="You need to blog" alt="You need to blog" width="150" height="150" src="http://aaron-ong.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/004_23-150x150.jpg" /> Blogging is not a new concept, it was started in late 90s.&nbsp; It used to be a simple way to leave comment on an existing webpage. Online advertising has now tapped into the blog&rsquo;s potential.&nbsp; Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool.</p>
<p>1.Blogging is simple.&nbsp; Not much skills are necessary. If you have a PC and an Internet connection, then you can blog and advertise.</p>
<p>2. Blogging is authentic.&nbsp; In this day and age where advertising saturate our lives, we question the credibility of promoters&rsquo; claims.&nbsp; However, in blogs, real people share their real-life experiences, unscathed by paid advertising.&nbsp; Reading blogs about first-hand product use is like talking to people about their first-hand experience.</p>
<p>3. Blogging is free.&nbsp; Because blogging is yet to be proven as a mainstream online advertising media, most sites see it as something to augment current marketing tools and thus offer it for free.&nbsp;&nbsp; Any opportunity for free webtime is definitely a bonus especially to businesses that are starting up.</p>
<p>4. Blogging builds credibility.&nbsp; As you get more and more into writing your experiences on a particular product or industry, your readers come to realize that they can depend on your posts for their own information needs.&nbsp; As such, you become an expert on it; as a consequence, more readers visit your site and more bloggers link to your blogs.</p>
<p>5. Blogging builds your market.&nbsp; Following are ways to build your market through blogging :</p>
<p>-By using subscription.&nbsp; An easy way to get your readers e-mail is to give them an opportunity to subscribe to your blogsite.</p>
<p>-By understanding your readers.&nbsp; Conduct a simple survey for your readers to understand their profile and advertising preferences.&nbsp; Ask consumers to give you feedback on a post, an ad link, or a trial that you shared.</p>
<p>-By joining a blog network &ndash;A network of blogs maybe a collection of blog sites that share the same industry, interest, readership base, payment mode, etc.&nbsp; Consumers find credibility and convenience in clicking one link to several real bloggers about a single subject.</p>
<p>-By using RSS. RSS is the fastest growing technology on the Internet today.&nbsp; As such, having RSS feeds to your blog is definitely another means of generating awareness for your readership base.&nbsp; Having a variety of feeds can add interest to your blog site. Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool.</p>
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