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If you have a blog you are probably looking for ways to market that blog. The first things that probably come to mind are how can you do this online. There are also a lot of ebooks and other blogs out there telling you exactly how to market your blog online. There is everything from article marketing to posting in forums. What a lot of people don’t think of is there is another way to market that not many people are even considering doing that you can take full advantage of right now. You can market your blog offline too. There are some very simple yet, not talked about ways ( from what I’ve seen anyway) too market and advertise your blog offline and be very effective.  So, what are some of these methods you may ask, well here they are:

1. Conventions or Conferences: If you see any of these two things taking place in your area it would be a very smart thing for you to attend. When you get there you may find that your one of the few with promotion of your blog or product in mind. You could even have a shirt printed with your blog URL on it.
2. Business Cards: This may seem like a no brainer, but how many people do you see doing this or talking about it for that matter? The great thing about business cards is you can virtually hand them out anywhere and to almost anybody. One thing you should keep in mind if your going to have some printed up is make sure they stand out and catch the eye. I have even seen business’s that have a board or a place specifically for people to post their business cards. Hell, throw them up in the air and let the wind catch them. ( Just kidding, don’t do this please.)
3. Postcards: You could have some eye catching post cards printed up and either pay to have them mailed out or mail them out yourself. The good thing about post cards is they don’t have to be opened and people will more than likely just throw them over by their computer were it can grab their attention.
4. Blogger Meet Ups: If there are any of these in your area I would take full advantage of showing up. Meeting up with other bloggers is a great way to make new connections and potential promoters for your blog.
5. Stickers: This is another great way to advertise your website or blog. You can put one on your car or I just recently read about a guy who brought some stickers to a gathering he attended and the ended up everywhere, on people and in pictures.
6. Offline Newsletters
7. Flyer’s
8. Newspaper Ads
9. Yellow Pages
10. Radio Advertising
11. Brochures
12. Classified Ads

Now I realize that these may cost anywhere from a little bit of money to a lot of money, but it may be something for you to think about in the future.

The best thing for you to do, especially if your new to making money online, is to just experiment with the least expensive of the ideas and put just a little money in to it to see if it’s going to stick. If it does then you can run with it and invest more money into it.

The main idea of this post is to get you to think outside of the box and not get stuck thinking that all your efforts have to be online. There is a whole market out there waiting for you to grab their attention in the offline world.

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Yesterday I talked about how we can all play a part in reviving this economy by teaching others how to do something that they can use to bring home a paycheck. Not everyone is going to get in on the work from home wave. So you can be the one to cash in by helping them. We will always need people to do the everyday jobs to keep things going. So, how do you find your niche and find out whether or not it’s too competitive or not. This doesn’t necessarily have to be a profession, but I think that’s were the big money is due to our current economical situation. If  you don’t want to go with your profession you can look into things that you are passionate about or something that you may be interested in such as a hobby, profession or skill that you have always wanted to pursue or that you are already good at. If you go with something you haven’t done before it’s going to be a little bit harder, because you’ll have to learn as well as do the things that it takes to make money which is work. Contrary to popular belief it does take a bit of work to be successful, but it’s much better than doing roofs. Hey, there’s a niche for you show someone how to do roofs and other things to do with construction if that’s what your good at.

First what you need to do is get a pen and a notepad. Now after you have found these things sit down and write a list of the things you are passionate about and or do for a living. Here is an example of a list one might come up with. These are some of my hobbies and interests.

• Playing Darts
• Surfing
• Fishing
• Racing

Now that you have your items listed you’ll now want to go to the Google Keyword Tool. In the search box, put your niche word and click search keyword. Here what you are looking for are the different keywords people are searching for and the competitiveness of this keyword. After you have done your search you’ll see a few columns of results. The first one you’ll want to look at is the advertiser competition column.

In this column you’ll see a rectangle filled with green. Some will be all green and some will be half filled with green. The more green you see means the harder it is going to be to compete in this niche. If you see a lot of keywords with a high per month search volume (which is in the next column) but not filled up totally with green, then you have found yourself a good niche to be in. If you do see a lot of the keywords filled with green, don’t give up yet. Sometimes you have to break your niche down to a micro niche.

For instance, say I wanted to go with the surfing niche, ( which I just checked out and it looks really good by the way) and it was way to competitive. Then I could refine my search to surfing accessories or maybe surfing music. That’s the other good thing about the Google keyword tool is your sub and micro niches will be right there in the search results usually. If not just refine your search.  It just takes a little bit of research to find whats going on in the niche. You by all means do not want to skip this step and find out later after doing a ton of work that you went with the wrong thing.

One other thing you can do to see how much competition is out there is just do a normal Google search and see how many results you get for a search. Like, if you do a search for “Make Money” you’ll find that there is around
198,000,000 results for that keyword. That is a extremely large number and a niche your going to want to stay away from for the time being.

Another thing you can do when your brainstorming niches is just take a trip to your local grocery and look in the magazine section or go to Amazon.coms magazine resources and look around. Don’t just look at the main topic of the magazine, but look inside to see what’s being sold. This will give you a great idea of what people are buying in that niche.

Ezinearticles.com is also a great resource for seeing if your niche is going to be profitable. All you need to do is go to ezinearticles.com and in the search box type in the niche topic your interested in to see how many articles have been written in that area. If there are a good amount of articles written your in good shape. Some people might say that isn’t so because you want to have a niche were there is no competition. This just isn’t so, you want competition in a niche because it’s a sign that people are buying products in that niche.

Next you’ll want to pick a few of these articles and see if they are being viewed by people. To do this just click the article title and scroll down to the bottom. There you will see how many people have viewed the article. If there aren’t many views then you probably don’t want to select that niche. If there are a lot of views and quite a few articles written then it’s probably something that will be profitable.

You also want to make sure that there aren’t too many articles written about a subject. This will tell you that the niche is probably too competitive and it will be a hard nut to crack. Unless you are an absolute expert at the particular niche then you may have a chance or if your desire is there and you know you won’t get burnt out before you see results.

Like I said previously though if you are in a profession that people can learn and then go get a job doing, you have something really valuable. Especially if it’s something that they have schools for like bar tending or hair stylist. Even an trade or skill would be great, say mechanics or lawn mower maintenance. People can also use this kind of knowledge to save money at home by cutting there children’s hair or working on there car when there is a problem. Just let your creative juices flow and you’ll be on your way to being your own boss.

If you would like to submit some ideas you may have just put them in the comment area. If you would like a particular topic discussed here just let me know and I will post about it. If you have any questions about any of my posts or if I left something out just let me know and I will try my best to answer any and all questions.

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How Can I Save the Economy?

You can save this struggling economy very easily and you can do it making money which is a very good thing, don’t you think? So, your probably wondering how I can make such a crazy statement right? It is because I can see where things seem to be going at this moment. You will be able to jump on this train if you stop, take notice and get started today. This is also going to be helping out your fellow man/woman.

We all know that the economy has slowed down, and why wouldn’t we, we’re reminded of it just about everyday. Due to this slow down people are being forced to look for other means of making a living. So, what you can do to help out, is show someone how to do something and make money by showing them.

Someone might say to themselves, “Maybe I should look in to being a hair stylist.” If you happen to be a hair stylist you can start a blog and post about all the different tips and tricks of being a hair stylist. You could even make some video tutorials to either get traffic to your blog or sell. You could make a study course to help people pass their hairstyling class , if they happen to be struggling. Or you could offer your hairstyling tips on your blog where you will have affiliate links to products that relate to that niche. People may just want to learn how to cut hair so they can do it at home to save some extra money. For an example of a affiliate link that relates to hair stylist  I retrieved from my CBMall,  Click Here.

You can do this with just about any profession or hobby and now is the time. The more people are staying home the more they are going to start getting  on their computer and/ or buy a computer for the first time. A lot of these people are going to search for job opportunities. I can already see this starting to happen. So this is your chance to start your own business online and it is very affordable at the moment. Unless you fall for the bells and whistles, get rich products you’ll spend next to nothing starting a blog where you can sell products from. If you need to know how to start a blog and get it live click here.

You can do this kind of thing with, I believe,  any profession out there. Whether your a mechanic, accountant, bartender,  or construction worker, you can show someone how to do what you do at an affordable price and make great money doing it.

That’s Not the Only Way, There’s More.

The other thing I would like to mention is that it’s not just limited to jobs, but can also be done with a hobby you might have a passion for. Things that you are passionate about make really good niches to make money with. Maybe your a racing enthusiast and know everything there is to know about racing, this would be a great niche to get in to. Taking in account that the niche isn’t over saturated with too much competition.

So, putting products together or taking surveys is not the way to make the big money online. If you can even make money at those things at all. I have never personally known anybody who has made money with these types of programs. Yet, there is a way and you have it right in front of you. Not many people are doing this yet and now is the time if there ever was, because even though making money online is still in it’s infancy, it’s starting to grow and people are starting to catch on, so now is the time for you to catch on.

I have plenty of quality resources on this blog to help get you started on your journey if you choose to consider starting you own online business. I don’t just take any product I find and put it here. I do a lot of homework and try to find the best possible programs and learning tools to help people make money online. So take a look around and see if you can find something that will help you. I have ebooks on how to get traffic to your blog, among other resources.

I talked about how you can help this economy today and mentioned some possible niches. Tomorrow I will discuss how to brainstorm for your niche and things you can do to see if  there is too much competition in that niche.

If you found this post helpful your comments are greatly appreciated. Even if you didn’t find it helpful let me know how I can improve it by leaving a comment below. If you have any tips or advise for people who are thinking about starting their business online you can also leave those in the comment area.