Internet Marketing Journey November 2014 | Page 21

and express your opinion on your blog. Other bloggers can be a great source of information so be sure
to get involved in the community.
- Quick tips.
Start collecting a list of quick tips you'd like to
share with your niche. These can be inspired by
your personal experience with the niche, from
other blog posts you've read or from other products
in your niche. When you find yourself stuck for
blog post ideas, you can write a quick tips
post.
These tips just scratch the surface of where you can
find topic ideas for your blog posts. Start keeping a
notepad file with blog post ideas and you'll never be
at a loss for material.
Section Three
Next we are going to talk about the different
“Kinds” of blog posts that you can use on your
blog.
Blog posts come in many different forms and
lengths. If you want to keep your blog fresh and interesting, you should post often. Creating
different types of blog posts will keep your audience interested. It will also keep you from being
bored with your blog.
Whether you are blogging to make money directly
from the blog or blogging to drive traffic to an affiliate program, you should know about these five
kinds of blog posts.
1. Review blog posts.
Review blog posts can help you monetize your
blog. When you review a product and include an
affiliate link, you'll make a commission off of
each sale generated with your affiliate link. Review
blog posts should go over some of the major plusses
and minuses of the product. Even if you loved the
product, you should keep your review balanced by
mentioning a few things that could have been improved. Your audience will appreciate your honesty
and be more likely to trust your recommendation.
2. Quick tips.

Quick tips are great “in between” posts since they
are so short. They are normally between 100 and 250
words. If there’s a great bit of information that you
want to share with your niche but it doesn't really
warrant a full blog post, you can post a quick tip.
The tip should be focused on one key area of the
niche. For example, “How to Grease a Muffin Pan”
is a perfect quick tip article for a cooking blog.
3. Lists.
Blog readers love lists! If you'll look at the most
popular blogs you'll see that they make good use out
of this type of blog posts. You can make lists fit any
niche topic imaginable. They are great ways to convey information online because they can easily be
scanned by web readers who like to skim over information. You can create resource lists that will
help your readers find information on your niche.
You can also create lists of different ways to accomplish a goal in a niche, like “5 Ways to Drive Traffic
to Your Sales Letter.” The possibilities are endless.
4. Interviews.
Although these require a bit of preparation, they can
be very valuable to your blog. You can interview