Build Your Brand with Guest Blogging

Blogging is such a big business these days. It is a great way to communicate with other business people as well as customers or even just friends. As an online business owner or professional blogger, writing for others can get you noticed and build your reputation.

What is a brand? It is your unique stamp. With big product companies like Pepsi-Cola or Nike, it is their trademark product and tag lines. But, they didn’t start that way. No one knew who either of them was or that they were solid products until they were marketed and that brand reinforced with endorsements and such from people we did know.

So, how can guest blogging help?

Well, first of all you have to have a blog or website of your own. You can’t establish a brand unless you have a place to showcase it in the first place. It may take a while, but your blog can establish a loyal following you can count on to follow you other places. Read more

September 2009 Mailbag with Cindy Rushton

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It is time for our “Mailbag” show again! Talk about a great show!

Join us today as I dig into your questions! We covered a TON of material today. Here are some of the topics:

About finished with my book, WHO do I get for feedback?
Been blogging, want to make money, where should I write?
Using the “MORE” tag in Wordpress
Beginning a podcast, so what do I choose–Blog Talk Radio…Feedburner…or iTunes???
How to promote a podcast
I AM writing!
Writing when the traditional publishers reject you
Ideas for domain names
What do I do with MY story???
What about shipping costs?
How to get your book in E-book format?
Finished the book, now how do I reach my market???
How to make your download pages private?
What is a conversion rate?
AND MORE! Of course!

You will LOVE this show! It does go into “overtime” but it is loaded with great information. We had a blast!

Still don’t cover your question OR need more help? Just zip me an email at cindy@cindyrushton.com and I will be sure to dig into your question next time.

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How Do I Get Traffic to My Site????

What is your biggest blogging struggle?

Recently I asked our Blog and Podcast eGroup what their biggest struggles/needs as a blogger/podcaster were. I came away with some great feedback. One of the top questions was, “How do I get traffic to my site?”

A blog without readers is pretty much useless. If you’ve been blogging for a while and have only been getting a trickle of viewers to your posts, you need to put a traffic building plan into action. Building traffic is just as an important skill to bloggers as writing quality posts is. Many bloggers are terrific at creating content but don’t know a thing about building traffic. Here is a quick guide to the five most popular (and most effective) traffic building techniques.

1. Get SOCIAL!

Social networking and blogging go hand in hand. Your blog posts can be distributed across social networking channels in many different ways. Sign up for Twitter and tweet about your posts as soon as they are added to you blog. Update your Facebook status with a link to your new blog posts. Submit your stories to Read more

Getting Started (or RE-STARTED) Blogging!

Blogging. Ready to begin your own blog, but totally overwhelmed? Not sure where to begin or even what to do? Have no idea of how to get started (or restarted) on the right track? Well, dear friend, this article is FOR YOU! Let me take you by the hand and share some ideas that have worked for me…

1. Get a vision. First things first. Who are you? What are YOU all about? What is YOUR message? When others come to you, what do they ask you? Take some time to really think this one out.  Your blog will only be a success when you find YOUR voice. Pull apart and get a vision. Keep your blog simple, clear, uncluttered, and focused. Stick to who you are. Don’t change up every day. Don’t add in content that does not go along with your message. Get a vision for what you are to be all about and be ONLY that.

2. Set it up right. Don’t take short-cuts. If you want to build a successful business, invest in your “home on the web.” This is not an area to skimp by or put off. Read more

Getting Started (or RE-Started) Blogging????

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Time to Start a Blog for Profit!

An online presence is important these days for whatever enterprise you engage in. to connect with a wide variety of people there is no bigger forum than the Internet. If you are looking for a way to show off your expertise and also make a little money while doing it, consider starting a blog.

What is a Blog?

A blog is actually an online journal of sorts. With a blog you can upload daily posts about anything that you want. Some people create personal blogs as a way to keep in touch with family members. Pictures, videos and other information are uploaded so your loved ones are current with what is going on with you.

Here we are going to talk about business blogs. This is a blog that you begin to attract traffic in order to sell products or services. To be interesting to others, your blog will need to:

•    Have updated content for visitors
•    Be marketed to draw traffic
•    Register with search engines so it can be found in the rankings Read more

NEW SHOW! The Scatterbrain’s System for Writing Speeches, Articles & Books

The Scatterbrain’s System for Writing Speeches, Articles & Books with Women’s Mentor, Marnie Swedberg

Show Description: Do you have a great book idea, but don’t know how to organize your thoughts? Join us as Marnie Swedberg shares “The Scatterbrain’s Method” for pulling random thoughts together into cohesive, compelling content for speeches, articles and books. As a pinch hit speaker and media guest, Marnie’s unique gift is her ability to step into last minute vacancies and speak on the predetermined topic at a professional level, sometimes within just minutes or hours of a crises call. On this show she will share with us her method for organizing hundreds of key points for quick and easy access and organization.

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Easy How-To’s: Add a Button to your Sidebar

Sidebar buttons are a quick and easy way to affiliate with, promote, or endorse a company or website you believe it.

How you add a button to your sidebar depends in large part on the type of site you have.  For example if you have a WordPress blog then it’s going to be a different process than if you have a HTML site.

Here it is in a nutshell –

First you’ll want to click on the button image and save it on your desktop.  If you’re using Blogger then you’ll have to upload the image into an image host like Photobucket or Flickr.
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How to Install Twitter Bar Quick and Easy!

TwitterBar is a Firefox “add on” which makes Tweeting or posting on Twitter a quick and easy process.  TwitterBar is a small icon which hangs out in the upper right hand corner of your browser’s address bar – where you type your URL.  Hover over the little grey dot and you’ll see how many characters you have left in your post.  (Twitter allows 140 characters per post)

To get TwitterBar installed on your browser you will first need to be a Firefox user.  Firefox is a free web browser like Internet Explorer by Mozilla.  To grab and install TwitterBar visit:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4664

Go ahead and click on the green Add to Firefox button in the middle of the screen.  If you do not presently use Firefox then you’ll first want to go to: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ and download it for free.  Again, simply click on the green button in the middle of the page and follow the installation instructions. Read more

Want Something FUN and POWERFUL? Try Twitterbar!

In its relatively short existence, Twitter has become one of the most popular social applications online.  Its simple concept of posting short messages and having them displayed to friends has taken the Web by storm.  Twitter is a favorite application of bloggers, online marketers, and everyday Web surfers.  The application’s popularity has led to a huge number of users, as well as some applications designed to make it even easier to use.

Twitter allows users to post messages via their website or from the user’s cell phone.  Demand for an easier way to post online was great and out of that demand, several applications were born.  Some were based on desktop applications, while others resided in the browser’s sidebar.  And some, like Twitterbar, were altogether different.
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