by Mark Mason on October 25, 2011
And now for a Motivational Monday post on Tuesday!
Last week, I wrote a post about how to create a blog, but I did not really talk about why you might want to create one. There are obvious "internet marketing" reasons, like affiliate marketing product promotion. There are also other popular reasons, like carving out a space on the internet to talk about something that you care about. You could create a blog to promote your business or product. The uses for a blog and the reasons to create one are limited only by your imagination.
But in the context of Motivational Monday, a great reason to create a blog is "Motivation."
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by Mark Mason on September 9, 2010
Just a quick update to let you know that my niche site has made it to page one of Google. As I show in the screen shot below, I am currently ranking number one for the term "learn guitar basics" without the quotes. (And yes, I am logged out of iGoogle, GMail, etc). While this result is really cool, we should not declare victory yet. The most important reason for that is the fact that new WordPress blogs tend to "rank and tank". What I mean by that is I fully expect rankings to fall again before they settle out on page one (hopefully in position one on page one).
But for now, it's sure fun to see the site in position #9.
Side note: Now here is the difference between me and Pat Flynn. I just jammed a screenshot in a post with no formatting. I wrote the post in 7 minutes. Pat would have clipped the below graphic with photoshop (using those cool torn edges that he always has), added a 3D shadow and circled the 9th ranking position with a red pen. Everything Pat produces is very high quality. You should pay attention to that, because good quality translates directly to your brand and (eventually) money.
Some errors (opportunities)
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