Friday, September 13, 2013

10 Tips for generating traffic to legal blogs

Rochester, New York attorney Nicole Black, an experienced blogger, shares 10 tips for generating traffic to legal blogs.
  1. Decide why you're starting a legal blog--Is it to generate new business, establish your expertise in a particular area of practice, provide you with a web presence and/or more visibility, or is it simply an outlet that allows you to express yourself?
  2. Determine who your target readers are--Are they potential clients, lawyers who practice in the same area of law as you do, lawyers located in the same geographic area as you or some other type of professional?  This will help craft your content.
  3. Create a blogroll--Your blogroll should serve two purposes: it should assist your readers in locating interesting content and it should alert other bloggers to your newfound blog's existence. Send an email to the bloggers on your blogroll and let them know that because you enjoy their blog, you've added it to your blogroll--and a reciprocal link would be greatly appreciated, but is certainly not necessary.
  4. Consider adding a link to Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground--This blog is a high traffic blog and he regularly acknowledges those blogs that have linked to his own.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Using Twitter to promote your site

The old way to make money with a blog was to sell ad space, and for some bloggers like Johny o skool  this is possible. But for the rest of the bloggers out there this may never be the case for you. Since to sell ad space you will need A LOT of traffic, and have that traffic be consistent. Is it possible? Of course it is, but is winning the lotto but the chance of that happening are slim. How Can You Make Money With Your Blog?


  • You need good quality content, that helps people with issues they have.

  • Be personable, be trustworthy, build relationships with your readers.

  • Most important, you need to think like a Internet Marketer. 

  • Now when I say think like a IM that doesn't mean put out crappy products once a month or annoy people with a million emails a week, instead do some of what a IM'r does.

    Build Your Email List
    This means offer something free that has value and ask for their email, that way you can control what and when you can email your reader thru "in a nice way" new updates and offers.Try List Joe

    Sell Your Own Product
    The best way to be a authoriy in your niche is to sell your own product, or service, it is also the best way to make real money with your blog.

    Ask For The Sale
    Ok so your not a salesman? That's ok the best part of having a blog is that asking for the sale is pretty painless if.  If you have been offering quality content that helps people, your building relationships with your readers and your being real and trustworthy. By the time you ask for the sale, most of your readers will be smiling with their card out ready to buy :)  There is nothing wrong with wanting to make money with your blog, and if you follow these few simple steps and think a little bit like a internet marketer you will have no problem succeeding.