Blogging for Business

On 30 May 2009 I moved my blog from Blogger over to WordPress, because I had heard that WordPress was the blogging platform for professionals. I didn’t want to be viewed as an amateur so I moved it. If you are blogging for business then WordPress is simply the best blogging platform.

Seven months later I still had virtually no traffic. Here and there someone found my blog by accident, even left a comment which I had no clue I was supposed to reply to.

One day in January of 2010 I stumbled upon Jason Better’s blog and met the “Better Bunch”, a group of the most amazing marketers from all over the world.

That was the turnaround for me.

From these incredibly talented people I learned everything about blogging I know today.

Just six short months ago, I knew very little about “keywords” or “eye-catching headlines.” I had no clue how to “optimize my blog for the search engines.”

I didn’t have a clue, how to get backlinks, what page ranking was or how to improve it. What good is it if you give valuable content but nobody finds it?

When I look back I can’t believe where I am today and the exposure I have received since. My traffic is way up and my Alexa ranking keeps dropping. I also have almost 140 people following my blog. Wow!

I have met so many incredible online marketers. People who freely and unconditionally share their experiences and know-how. You can meet some of them here. I have formed friendships with these people that are absolutely priceless.

“I am not a big shot. Just a little shot that keeps on shooting.” _Dayle Maloney

I have found, if you hang with the right crowd, keep giving value freely and unconditionally, the universe finds a way to reward you.

The universe has rewarded me so richly this month that I am still quite flabbergasted.

First, one of my articles was featured in the July issue of the “Best of BetterNetworker Magazine”. (If you aren’t a  member yet, you can sign up for free.) Then just last week another one of my articles was feature in the very first issue of Hector Cuevas’ “Entrepreneur Report.”

I am not sharing this with you to impress you, but to impress upon you that I am no different from you. You can do the same thing.

This blog post was in response to a blog meme. The way this works (I admit I had to look it up) is, a blogger tags other bloggers with their post and asks them to answer a question. This meme was started by Ana Hofman who asked the original question: “How Blogging Can Increase Your Lead Generation by 67%”

My friend  Marcus Baker tagged me. His post is “What Has This Blog Done For My Business?

“How Did Your Blog Kick-Start Your Business Success“?

The above post is my answer to his question.

The idea is to see how viral this question can go. Ana will receive the most links as the originator of the meme because everyone links back to the original post and then I will of course get links back from everybody I tag.

So I am tagging the following and my question is: “How Did Your Blog Kick-Start Your Business Success“?

Melisa & Ken West|Michael B Wilbraham|Robert Strong|Carla Gardiner|Soren Egstrup|James Hampton|

Please answer this question in your next blog post, link back it back to this post and Ana’s post and tag

some of your blogger friends to do the same.  Thank you very much!

Also, please leave me a comment and if you liked this post, please share it with your friends. Thank you!

To your success,

Ilka Flood
The EnlightenedNetworker