For many online entrepreneurs, blogging often starts as a hobby or a way to drive traffic to the primary pages on their site. Granted, blogging offers tremendous help with:
- Expanding your reach
- Attracting new followers
- Gaining traction in the search engines
- Building a community
- And more
But blogging doesn’t have to be remanded to a support role. When you think of blogging this way, it falls into the category of a money pit. Do you realize that your blog can — and should — be a moneymaker?
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Blogging is important for several reasons:
Not long ago, I was teaching a course for authors with a colleague and she expressed her self-doubts about her writing ability. This is someone who has written over 30 books!
Your email list is your golden treasure, the basis of your business. Your subscribers are the people who have chosen to follow you — they signed up for what you have to offer. They’re what is sometimes called “hot leads.”