Let RSS & Blogging Show You The Money

If you have been following all the latest developments in
Internet marketing you will have discovered a few things. Recent
trends are proving to be very lucrative for those savvy marketers
who are taking advantage of these new changes.

First, video is popping up everywhere: on websites, in sales
letters, in testimonials and in training manuals. Google
(reluctant beacon of all things net) is making its move on video
in a big way by videotizing their ads and by snatching up YouTube
for a Billion and some change.

Second, if you have placed a blog and RSS feed on your own
website, your stats will show you that blogging is an excellent
source of traffic. RSS is a simple way to get your content on the
web - including your videos and podcasts.

RSS and Blogging are propelling the social networks which are
burning up the web and video is only adding fuel to the fire.
YouTube and MySpace barely cracks the surface of the online
community building fury that's revving up the web. Social
networking fulfils our need to be connected in a very unconnected
world.

Our need to be a part of a group is universal. RSS and Blogging
are the tools that make this connection possible. We can keep in
touch and connected to the groups or subjects that interest us
the most. We feel a part of the group. We feel connected. We feel
organized. We feel important.

These social networking sites are excellent places to build
good-will and trust among its users. They are also great places
to market or pitch new products as many online marketers have
discovered.

One has to wonder just how the new RSS powered version of Windows
(Vista) will impact social networking sites like MySpace? Will it
explode the already strong interest in Blogging to make it the
dominant form of communication on the web? Will RSS become the
dominant means of connecting all the dots?

Regardless of how all this plays out, RSS and Blogging are
already an online marketer's dream come true. Web marketers are
taking full advantage of this medium within a medium, just look
at the number of marketers who have started blogs such as Neil
Shearing, John Reese... Marlon Sanders has even started his own
MySpace site!

Can you remember a recent launch of any major Internet product
within the last year or so that DIDN'T have a blog attached to
it. From Andy Jenkins & Brad Fallon's "Stomping the Search
Engines" to Brad Callen's "Keyword Elite" to Joel Comm's
"Instant Adsense Templates."

In a similar light, can you think of any major launch that did
not have video as an important feature in its marketing. Joel
Comm even used a video on YouTube to get his Google Adsense
points across.

Why is RSS and Blogging so important to these marketers? Why have
they become essential tools no online marketer can ignore? Why
are they so important?

The answer is quite simple and obvious. It all relates to
keywords. As you probably already know keywords are the exact
words or phrases surfers type into search engines to find what
they're looking for on the web. Keywords powers the web.
Keywords powers much of the online marketing on the net. All this
buying and selling are connected to keywords in one way or
another.

RSS and Blogging have an automatic keyword system built into its
operating structure. It comes preloaded with the means to take
full advantage of keywords and keyword marketing. The whole
system is run by tags or categories. These tags or categories are
recognized by the search engines as keywords.

So if you use a popular free blogging software like WordPress,
you will have a simple way to create keyword targeted content
within seconds. Targeted keyword content that can also be
syndicated around the web instantly. Build a whole blog of
related keyword content and you will have created a powerful
online marketing system.

Marketers are taking advantage of RSS and Blogging for this
reason. It is a quick and simple way of dominating a niche area
and ranking high for the popular and lucrative keywords in their
niche or industry. The advent of video has made these blogs and
feeds much more accessible to a larger audience or marketplace.

Once these marketers have gained dominance for popular keywords
in their niche, they can convert or monetize this traffic in
countless ways: selling their own products, building their lists
or using Google Adsense and affiliate links. For these savvy
online marketers it can be a very lucrative and profitable
system.

RSS and Blogging has indeed shown them the money!

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The author is a full-time online marketer who operates
numerous websites, including two sites on Internet
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