by Andrew Egorov on January 30, 2010
If you are wondering what is blogging and why you should setup a blog – Here\’s the answer. This is a great way to make money on the internet. It started off as an easy way people could let others read about them. People sometimes send out a newsletter to friends and family to let them know what is going on with them and their family. Now people write in online and let people know they can go to their blog and read about them.
Well a blog now is a way people can have on ongoing newsletter to let other know what is going on in their lives. But now people are using their blogs to advertise their products or services or to advertise others products or services. They also use a blog in conjunction with their websites. So the blog first started out as way people could announce what was going on in their lives or write about their opinions to share with the online world.
One of the ways people use them is to create a blog and promote affiliate products. These are products from other people not your own. You earn a commission each time you help create a sale of that person\’s product. A blog is a great way to do this plus unlike websites you do not need to pay for hosting space with a blog.
The blog is a great way to do this because you can create a blog and then talk about on your blog about how great the product is and then create a link where people can click on to go to the order form for that product. You did not have to build a website and you did not have to pay for the hosting fees for a website. But you are able to promote the affiliate product and make a sale from it.
This is a good alternative to building a website especially if you are new to this type of marketing on the internet. Building a website might be new to you and you want to focus on marketing not the technical part of building a website. And there are a lot of blog hosting companies you can sign up for free with and start building one right away.
There are easy steps to follow. You can pick your own template. In no time flat you will see your professional presence online with no time spent on trying to build a website.
The advantage also is that you will be adding new and fresh content a regular basis. The search engines love this. So you will be ranked high on the search engines which means more traffic to your site.
So if you have an online business and you do not yet have a blog start one today. Even if you have a website you can benefit from a blog because you can always link your blog to your website. All the new traffic to your blog will be interested in going to your website for your product information. You will increase your sales no matter how you choose to use your blog.
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by Ross Everett on January 20, 2010
In the \’real world\’ time heals all wounds. In the fight game, money has the same curative effect. This was vividly illustrated with the recent announcement that Tito Ortiz has patched things up with Dana White and will return to the UFC. Tito left the promotion over a year ago after a highly publicized split with the UFC president.
Ortiz has had several run ins with the UFC over their notoriously tight pay structure, and first left the promotion in 2005. He was back later that year for a run as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter against longtime rival Ken Shamrock. After losing to current light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida in his last UFC appearance, Ortiz left the company and bounced around doing personal appearances and commentary for a variety of promotions. He had surgery on his back in the process, and now claims that hes back to 100%.
Whether or not Ortiz is near his top form as a competitor is of secondary importance to the UFC since his true value has never been questioned\”people will pay to see him fight. Ortiz is a fighter that offers no middle ground of public opinion, as people either love him or hate him. That dynamic is box office and PPV gold, a fact not lost on the savvy UFC brass. Dana White evoked the same theme in his comments on Ortiz at a Friday press conference in Las Vegas:
\”Tito and I have a history that everyone knows. He\’s still a guy that everyone wants to see fight. He said his back has healed perfectly and he\’s ready to take a shot at the title. He\’s one of those guys that people love and people love to hate. We\’ve put all our differences aside, have squashed everything and will move forward, and Tito will retire in the UFC.\”
In response, Ortiz quipped:
\”Time really cures everything. Dana was a man of his word. Dana apologized to me. We\’re like boyfriend and girlfriend.\”
Ortiz said that Dana White and UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta came to his home in Huntington Beach, California and made him the proverbial offer he couldnt refuse:
\”I\’m happy, I\’m satisfied, You\’ll never hear anything about money again.
Sources suggest that Ortiz could debut on the UFCs New Years card against Mark Coleman. Coleman is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100 in mid July.
To best understand Titos appeal and why the UFC was so anxious to re-sign him, well paraphrase HBO boxing commentator Larry Merchant. Merchant once noted in reference to George Foreman during his \’comeback\’ that there are many fighters, but very few stars. Like George Foreman, Tito Ortiz is a star. Some love him, some hate him but people pay to watch him fight.
Ross Everett is a widely published freelance sports writer and respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.
