How to Position and Promote Yourself in 2012

Many of us know the value of blogging for business and sharing quality content across social media networks to establish our brand, but a lot of business owners don’t know how to really do it effectively to make money.

Blogging and content marketing are two of the most highly effective, inexpensive ways for entrepreneurs to get started online, building their brand and business. Not only that, it allows you the ability to position, package and promote yourself to your ideal audience on a much larger scale.

Recently, I had the honor of being the guest of Pam Perry, PR Coach on her Synergy Energy Show – Time for Real Talk about Making Money Online. It was a great privilege to share with her listeners, as we discussed:

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Our primary goal as we continue to grow, is to expand our market to reach and educate more women online! In order to successfully achieve our goal, I need your help. I would like to extend to you an invitation to partner with me by becoming a contributing writer!

If you are familiar with TheCEOMamma and:

  • Learned effective ways to market your business online
  • Have implemented what you’ve learned and got results
  • Believe in our Brand and ethics

How to Start a Blog and Make Money Online

Blogging is a big deal when it comes to building a business online, so naturally, many of the questions I hear from women entrepreneurs is, “How do I start a blog and make money online?

First, I want to make this clear because there has been a huge misconception surrounding this topic. Blogging does NOT make you money. Consistent blogging helps increase your traffic, which generates a flow of a specific targeted audience (if your focused on a particular niche market and promoting your content…which you should be), who in turn, purchase product and services you have available for sale on your blog.

The Power of Networking and Building Connections

This past week has been so awesome that I had to write this post to share and affirm for any entrepreneur or small business owner, there is power and value in networking and building connections.

As you may already know, I built TheCEOMamma over the past year and a half, using only Social Media to network and establish relationships. Of course my goal was and is to make money, just like every entrepreneur, but I knew in order to do that, I had to first…build a strong network and solid connections.

Over the course of my online business building journey, I have met some amazingly successful and driven women, some passionate and aspiring “go-getters” and some of the greatest and supportive friends one could ask for.

Business Blogging and Marketing Tips

Recently, I was invited to join a new, very active and interesting group for bloggers called: The Blogging Mastermind Comment Tribe on Facebook. I must say, within a short time the group is developing nicely and a bunch of great bloggers are sharing their awesome content.

There are only a few rules to adhere to the group. (1) Share a minimum of two blog posts per week and, (2) Read and comment on other members blog posts.

These simple yet effective rules are helping many of us generate more traffic to our blogs, grow our following and gain lots of exposure – all by sharing our content with others!

Brilliant Bloggers Series: Jaime Fleming

We all have them, favorite blogs and the bloggers behind them! Some make us laugh, others inspire and motivate and some educate and empower. No matter what your passion, you can more than likely find a blog about it.

I decided to start a series entitled – Brilliant Bloggers and share with you some of my favorite blogs and bloggers.

To kick start the series, I introduce to you:

Jaime Fleming
For Colored Gurls

For Colored Gurls is a lifestyle blog created by Jamie Fleming in September 2008. It caters primarily to women of color, but it’s open to any and everyone who wants to read it!

Cyber Monday Special for Bloggers

If you are a Blogger or have the desire to be but not quit sure how to begin, here is a special deal just for you!

I don’t typically promote many products or services to my readers but when I do, its because I trust and recommend the person behind the product and I know it is something worth sharing that will bring great value to your business.

So…Here’s The Deal…

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger (a blog that helps bloggers add income streams to their blogs), is offering an exceptional promotion if you are serious about building a better blog!

How Your Blog Can Increase Traffic For Your Business

The topic of blogging arises yet again! Even if you are new to the whole “blogging for business” thing, I strongly suggest you get on board and at the very least, get your feet wet.

I know blogging can be a bit scary and down right intimidating – especially if your not that into writing, but you must realize that you can create a successful blog when your focus is in the right place…your audience!

One of the biggest mistakes I believe newbie bloggers make is that they tend to put most of their efforts in to how they can make money with their blog. They add tons of affiliate banners, google ads and so on expecting “clicks for cash”. The problem is, they haven’t even established a readership yet.

5 Expert WordPress Blogging Tips

Last week, I had the honor and privilege of being one of the chosen five expert guest contributors at the Allied Women in Business group on Facebook. Over the course of five days, each contributor shared their knowledge on blogging with WordPress!

I thought I would share with you a recap of each topic just in case you missed out.

Day One – Lisa Rodriguez of Next Level Consulting and Virtual Assistant Services helps you understand which version of WordPress is right for your business.

Day Two – Samantha Kerik of Refashion Your Life shares some fantastic resources to show you how to design your WordPress Blog.

Tamyka Washington|TheCEOMamma.comDay Three - Tamyka Washington of TheCEOMamma tells you what the best plugins are for your WordPress Blog.

How Blogging Can Build Your Brand

Blogs, we see them everywhere and almost everyone has one. There are personal blogs and business related blogs, blogs on your favorite topic, even blogs related to cooking and your favorite recipes! With all the blogging that’s going on, you may be wondering if it is really possible to use blogging to build your brand.

Absolutely, of course it is!

There are without a doubt a few key factors you want to consider before you begin using a blog to build your brand. Your blog’s title is a huge one as well as the description. Then there is the design and layout to ponder.

The most important factor aside from content and topic relevance in my opinion is, consistency.