Hi…I just wanted to put together some of the nice things people have been saying about my SEO services recently, and also a link to some of my clients…thanks all! (And yes, they are all genuine!)

If you would like more details about my SEO services email me your website address to mark@blogyourworld.com and I will see what we can do!

“Mark Boardman is an SEO genius. I have absolutely no idea how he does it, but he can transform Google rankings before you can say “Wow, that’s incredible…” In the space of only a few days, First For Copy’s website went from being non-existent as far as Google was concerned to being on page one for both the UK and the US Google. Trust me, Mark Boardman is who you need if you want to make your website go from zero to hero, over night!”

Caroline Dalzell – Firstforcopy.co.uk

“Mark has done a superb job in firing our site up the rankings, we have already referred some of our clients to him without a moments hesitation. Thanks Mark”

Alex Rimmer – Sirona Solutions

“I had a blog, but nobody was reading it! Thanks for getting my blog noticed!”

Catherine Neary – Stressedmum.com

“We are now completely dominating the local searches…great job Mark!”

Jenny Pearson – Ollibella

Mark here,

Some of you will have a website, and some of you will have a blog, and some of you will have neither! Both blogs and websites are a good way to make money online, but for someone new to the business I would always recommend a hosted wordpress blog.

There are many free hosted blog platforms available, the most common being blogger and wordpress. These are great services and I think offer a good, no cost introduction to blogging. However if you are serious about your blogging, and intend to turn this into a profitable enterprise then it is, in my opinion, important that you have a blog that is on a good quality, hosted domain.

There are many reasons for this. The main one is that with the free blog sites you do not own the domain. Therefore you have little control over it. If WordPress or Google decide your site is spam, even if it isn’t, then they will close your blog down. This can happen if someone reports your site, or if the content is considered too spammy. Also there are strict guidelines in place about adding revenue generating affiliate links. Now if you have spent months, or maybe even a couple of years, adding content to your blog and it gets shut down, you lose all your content. No questions asked, no right of appeal.

However with your own domain you have complete control. The site is owned by yourself and therefore you can put whatever you please on your blog! This is the single most important reason to have a hosted blog. (Please see end of article for personally recommended host). Now what if sometime down the line you decided you would like to sell your blog? The free hosted sites at Google’s blogspot have a strict no reselling policy, but with self hosted these limitations no longer exist.

The art of search engine optimization (SEO) is basically getting your site as high up the search engines rankings as possible to ultimately gain more traffic and sales. With a WordPress self-hosted blog there are a multitude of plugins (plugins are add ons to improve the look, functionality and quality of your blog) that you can add to your site very easily to improve it’s SEO and gain more traffic.

Other reasons for self hosting include the look and feel of your site. A self hosted WordPress blog has a huge amount of themes available tailored to the subject matter that you discuss. This can make your blog look far more professional than free hosted, which have limited capability in this area.

Also you can customize a self hosted WordPress blog in a variety of different ways. For instance it is possible, and easy, to make unlimited static pages on your site so that it looks less ‘bloggy’ and more like a conventional website. You can also change the theme (or template if you like) if you fancy a change to the look of your site.

Or maybe you don’t have the time to write your own blog. Then you can set it up to pull information, at a time and interval of your choosing, about your chosen subject from the many RSS feeds littered all around the internet.

The advantages of a self hosted blog are too many to mention in their entirety here, but I hope I have given you the fundamental reasons. I would recommend starting a blog to anyone…so have a good day and happy blogging!

If you would like information on hosting your blog, and how I can build it for you completely free of charge, just send me an email with “free blog” in the subject line and I will send you all the details.

Thanks for your time!

www.blogyourworld.com

mark@blogyourworld.com

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Thanks!

Mark

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Do you know the difference between a wordpress.com and wordpress.org blog?

Do you know why it is important, if you want to make money from your blog, to have it hosted on your own domain?

Do you know where to buy and host a domain name?

Do you know how to install wordpress onto your domain?

Do you know how to alter and customise the theme of your blog?

Do you know the vital plugins to make your blog search engine friendly?

If you answered ‘yes’ to all these questions then you are already wordpress savvy and probably making lots of money! So well done to you.

If you answered ‘No’ to most of these questions then you are at the position I was when I first started using wordpress. But now a few years on I am in a position to help anyone who needs help with their wordpress blog.

That includes hosting, install, plugins, content (if required) and marketing of your site.

Blogging has become an Internet phenomenon and is now widely used in industry to keep customers up to date with company news, by individuals simply keeping an online diary for friends and strangers alike to follow, and by people wanting to take their slice of the enormous amount of money to be made on the internet.

Whatever your reason for blogging a lot of people have no idea where to start. There are the free blogging sites which offer an excellent service (such as www.blogger.com) but the only problem with the free blog sites is that the site does not belong to you and you have no control over it. If blogger decide to cancel your blog they can do, and without giving any good reason. This is particularly a problem for people who advertise a product on their blog. Also the blog domains are often long and unwieldy (e.g. http://www.myownspecialblog.blogspot.com). Wouldn’t it be much easier to have a domain name relating to your blog such as www.blogyourworld.com

However, help is on hand. It is surprisingly cheap to buy and host a domain name of your choosing, and then to install your blog onto this domain.
This is where many people begin to switch off, but where I can switch on. I will  install wordpress blog software onto your domain and leave you then with the easy part of simply posting content onto your blog (I will even show you how to do this…it’s easy!). And if you are wanting to take your blog to the next level and add money generating adverts and affiliates I will do this for you also.

I can even populate your blog with a whole load of relevant content is you decide you want a blog but don’t know what to write.

And here’s the thing, I will complete  the setup and installation for you and all you will have to do is enter your name and password into a webpage (that I will give you) and start writing. It really will be that easy!

And how much will this cost I can hear you ask? Well, the domain will cost approximately $20 per year and the one off installation cost will range from $45-$90 depending on the level of installation you want. Most people will just need the basic $45 installation.

Of course, if you already have a domain name and a hosting company, but need help with the wordpress installation then I will do this too.

I currently host with Hostgator and Godaddy. Both are excellent but I would have to recommend Hostgator above Godaddy as they have excellent after sales support. Simply click on the image below to be taken through to Hostgator.

For more information or to order your blog please email us at sales@blogyourworld.com