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I started blogging back in 2003 and at the time, I thought that my $14.95 monthly fee for my blogging program was a little steep in order to get my name out on the Internet. In fact I hesitated and almost failed to launch my first blog site - the MLM - Network Marketing Blog. Fast-forward to today and I make over $4,000 a month (only one of my many incomes) as a direct result of that blog. That is a pretty good return if you ask me.

To help you get started here are 3 tips to creating a powerful blog that will help you brand yourself for success and eventually drive traffic to your lead capture page, creating more customers and business partners:

1. Blog consistently.

When getting started, I suggest sprinting for at least 2 to 3 weeks, blogging 5 days a week, then you can back off a little to 3 times a week. The more you post, the more likely you will be found.

2. Make the blog about you and your business.

Don't make it one big ad or pitch. People see this type of thing everywhere. Make is personal, make it unique and make it about you. Talk about your dreams, goals, aspirations, successes and failures.

3. Use keywords in your blog post title and mixed throughout your post.

Link your keywords to places that you want people to go when they search for those words. (Hint: Your lead capture page).

I recently found an incredible tool that has really streamlined the blog set up process. If you are looking for the Network Marketer's dream in terms of a blogging tool, check out Blog i360. The program is designed with Network Marketers in mind and will continue to improve over time. In fact, I hear there will be a huge upgrade in the near future.

Ty Tribble is a Network Marketing professional and author of the most read MLM Blogs on the web.

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The best kind of content marketing is having a blog on your main website. By writing great articles, you display your mind and connect with customers through your writing. Using blog as a medium, you can deliver valuable information to the public to solicit a buying response or have them talk about your blog to create a word of mouth effect.

Content marketing is a great lead generation method to induce sales without appearing to be so. It drives the consumer to absorb the information and respond to it with satisfaction. Hopefully, this response will drive the consumer to buy the things that the company is offering whether it is a product or service. It takes hard work and time to write articles that can attract readers to your blog to become customers.

Content marketing is an interaction between company and customers. Complaints, ideas, or even suggestions can be easily commented on a blog post to enrich the article itself. Content articles from the blog itself can be like a little chatroom where the writer and customer further deepen a relationship. Search engines such as Google love blogs as they will crawl your site more frequently and can help you attract visitors through your keyword rich articles.

By further educating your customers through your writing, your company will look to be more reputable, caring and a leader in the industry through superb blog articles. This is a long term investment that should not be neglected. Companies are starting to hire writers for their blogs and not having one will make you look outdated. Having a blog helps further increases the brand image and retention rate of the company.

David Kam is a NY marketing and business writer. He explores marketing business strategies to help businesses prosper.

You might think that blogging is just getting all the contents you want. Partly, you are correct but there is more to blogging so that you will be able to get the profit you wanted. If you are aspiring to make a great deal out of your blog, then you ought to read some more of this piece.

Here are the things you need to consider when blogging.

1. You may have the best and unique content there is in the whole world, but do people know about your blog? You need traffic. Make sure that you promote and advertise your blog so that you will have the readers who will make you earn more minute by minute.

2. And since most people are looking for information through search engine, then make use of this tool. Make sure that your title itself has important keywords that would draw the traffic you wanted.

3. Use tags. This is also another way for optimizing the search engine for your blog. These will inform search engines about what your blog is all about.

4. Though you are being conscious of the keywords all through out the blog, you need to take into consideration that excessive use of keywords can render your blog as spam. You would not want this since your site may be ban for some search engines.

5. And lastly, your audiences here are people. They are humans. Make sure that the content will appeal to these readers. They are your main priority than the search engines.

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Poker chips or casino chips are the tokens used while playing games in casinos for representing actual money, that is, currency notes. These chips are easier to handle. Clay has been traditionally the most sought-after material to be used for manufacturing casino chips. Nowadays clay composite and ceramic materials are also used to manufacture these chips. Each casino guards their chips religiously, as loss of chips means loss of money. They also take special security measures, sometimes using the technological advances like UV tracking and sensing techniques, to prevent chips from other casinos or counterfeit chips from entering the game floor. Perhaps because of this security aspect, poker chip manufacturing is a heavily guarded industry, which actually has limited number of players. Original clay poker chips are not that commonly and not that cheaply available. But for playing poker at homes, there are many varieties of cheap chips that are made using plastic or other metal composites with a clay coating. These chips are made in factories where production cost is very low. A majority of plastic chips are manufactured in China.

However, one alarming trend in the poker chip market is that some vendors sell the cheap, plastic chips as original casino clay chips. These plastic chips do not last half as long as original clay chips. The plastic chips are manufactured for occasional recreational use, while the clay chips are manufactured for regular use in casinos and clubs. The plastic or metal composite chips will have a clay coating. It is extremely difficult to distinguish between original clay chips and these partial clay-covered chips, especially for the newly converted poker enthusiasts. But experienced people find ways to identify the original chips. Here are some tips to spot the original clay chips.

Generally, one can identify original clay poker chips from their price. Original chips cost a minimum of one dollar per chip, while plastic chips cost less than that. But this is not an absolute rigid rule as a savvy merchant can sell plastic chips at the rate of one dollar per chip. So another thing is to go for the weight of the chip. Normally, real clay chip that is used in casinos weighs around 8.5 to 10 grams. Usually, plastic or metal composite chip weighs more. But still, there are plastic chips, which have weights in the range of 8.5 to 10 grams. So, one foolproof method that provides an unmistakable clue about the authenticity of clay chips is checking the sound that is made when a chip hits the tabletop or ground. Those who are familiar with the sound that clay chips make in casinos can easily spot the difference. Plastic or other varieties of chips cannot generate the same sound that the clay chips produce.

Robert Grazian is an accomplished niche website developer and author. To learn more about poker visit Winning Poker Chips for current articles and discussions.