Blog Marketing System

Blog Marketing systems can be defined as a system in which you market products, gains leads, and promote businesses/services using nothing but a blog.  There are many forms in which a blog marketing system can be found.  The most common, I am sure you have seen is a similar set up to this very site.  Tons of content with opt-in form options, affiliate banners, and so forth.  The other, very few people take advantage of, and that is using a blog for many aspects of their business.  For example, my partner and I use blog marketing systems for every aspect of our business including product promotions, product launches, branding, and even membership sites and have had great success doing it.

The blog marketing system I want to expand on and talk to you about is the one Max Blog Money developed which is perfect for gaining leads, making sales, and branding business all at the same time.  The following story will put it all in perspective for you… Read the rest of this entry »

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The Best Blog Template For Monetization

Today was a productive day in my research for a WordPress blog template that is perfect for search engine optimization and blog monetization. For about a month I have been trying to find the perfect template for TheMarketingSpartan.com blog. I did find clean looking blogs and some that claimed to be perfect for optimization, but they just weren’t my cup of tea.

As my search continued, I decided maybe I should try and go into the blog HTML within each template section (sidebar.php, header.php, and so forth) and try to customize the blog myself. I’m not going to lie, it took loads of time. I would change code and it not be compatible with the Theme I was using, or change a theme to fit code and it not be compatible.

Another problem I ran into was the widgets and plugins I wanted to use for each blog. Once my HTML code “dumbness” was cured by trial and error. Widget and plugin placement became my next issue to tackle. Luckily my recent run-in with HTML code made the process go a little smoother.

The conclusion is, if you want to optimize a blog for profits, use a template that has a TWO column side bar just like this one.  Once you learn how to insert the code and move around desired widgets, it really goes from a science to a simplicity. I knew how to optimize a blog with simple plug-ins and Search Engine Optimization, but now I know how to optimize them for profits…pretty awesome I’d say. The next step is looking for some good affiliate programs.

-Shannon Murphy

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