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Blogging is not something new. It's an online activity that's been going on for years. Recently, though, the blogging phenomenon has experienced a true explosion. A lot of teenagers have discovered blogging to be an outlet for their feelings, their little online domain where they can express whatever troubles them or whatever makes them feel like doing back flips. In general, wherever there's a boom in some online activity, there are people who see it's earning potential. Blogging is no different. Seasoned marketers have discovered that blogging is one of the greatest Internet marketing methods that won't cost you a dime.

I think anyone that's been online for more than a few weeks, have heard the term "blog", so maybe the next couple of lines are familiar to you. But for the internet newbies, here it goes.

What is blogging exactly? Blog is the widely used term that refers to web log. Basically, a blog is an online journal. A blog could be set up to no cost at all, and can be used for just for the fun of it or for business reasons.

Blogging for your Internet business is one surefire way to boost the visibility of your products and services. Here are a few ways to boost your internet advertising with the help of a blog:

1. Make your clients or customers abreast on your website's alterations. Your new products and affiliate websites could also be announced through your blog.

2. Keep track of your business objectives and plans through open writing. Your blog content can be easily stored through archives. What could be better than searchable information that could be easily accessed by anyone browsing the web, right?

3. Air your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.

4. Include links that will fetch back links and subsequently improve your ranking on search engines. This could be better executed through putting well-written articles in your website. Affiliate links could also be included in your blog to earn more extra income.

5. Collect response through the ability of blogs to fetch comments from your blog readers. You can learn and improve your products and services through with the feedback from your readers.

6. Connect easily with other bloggers. When other bloggers notice that you have something good in your blog, they will put you in their favorite lists that will automatically link you to their blogs.

So, how do you set up a blog? Here are some of the options you can make use of to take advantage of this fun way to advertise your Internet business.

Either you load a blogging software or let a blogging hosting service do it for you. Host services such as LiveJournal and Blogger.com are the most popular in this field. Those hosts will provide you with easy instructions on how to put up your blog.

For more information about profitable blogging, check out "Profitable Blogging For Newbies" .

About the Author

Timothy Eisden is author of the successful "Profitable Blogging For Newbies" ebook.