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Top 5 reasons why blogs are great for marketing. 
By: Lee Coppin
With blogging in its late teens, yes it has been around for over 10 year now it has become a major player in the internet marketing field. It has moved away from its humble beginnings of comments on websites to become a whole group of web content providers in its self.
With is massive growth in popularity many internet marketers have harnessed the power of blogs to build income online. So why are internet marketers so keen to use blogs for their online marketing? Here are the top 5 reasons why.
1) So simple any one can do it. Yes if you can log on to a computer and use a key board and mouse then you can blog. The blogging interfaces are so easy to use that even the most technical challenged can pick it up and become proficient bloggers in no time.
2) People trust blogs. Rightly or wrongly many internet surfers trust blogs and the information they hold. Often this is over and above official sites on a subject or product. This is due to blogs being run by normal people who give their opinion free of any marketing pressures, well most of the time!
3) You can start a blog for Zero cost. Creating a blog is a cheep as chips and by using online hosts you can create on for free. While if you intend to make money from blogging it is better to pay for your own hosting and buy a URL its still much cheaper than setting up a business off line.
4) Makes its authors credible. As in point 2 not only do the people trust the information on blog but they also trust the blogs author. A blog can very quickly turn a unknown in to a leading expert on a particular niche or subject.
5) Blogs quickly tap in to a market. A blog can rise to the stardom very quickly, relatively speaking, and appear at the top of search engine pages in weeks even days of their launch. This gives their authors direct access in to mass markets very quickly. Here are some things you should try to build your blogs visibility.
Email signatures! Put a signature on all your emails inviting your email recipients to visit your blog. Most email services offer you this function as standard.
Add a Newsletter subscription to your blog and email the subscribers each time you update your blog.
Run a survey on your blog so you find out what your visitors are looking for. Taylor you content to match their needs. Remember to stay in line with your blogs theme.
List your blog in as many blog networks as you can. A blog network is a directory of bloggs where bloggers of like mind can link together and help each other out.
Marketing your RSS feed through RSS directories, feed swapping and on your blog to build your readership and visibility on line.
They you are the top 5 reasons why internet marketers use blogs.
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