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Sunil  Khanduja
Author:Sunil Khanduja
Manager - Online Marketing
Why should enterpreneurs' blog?
In my last blog, I had spoke about how blogging can help people from different walks of life to help them in their professional career. Today I will talk about how entrepreneurs can benefit by blogging regularly?

If someone were to tell you that you could create a global business, completely for free, with nothing more than the tools you already have, and the investment of your time, you'd question their sanity.
Nevertheless, it's true. If blogging appeals to you, you can create a viable Internet business within a few months: for free.
Entrepreneurial blogging have a great opportunity to build your business before others copy what you're doing, so get started now, and start building your own online empire.
Let's look at five business models for your new Internet blogging business model which can generate great income.
Each of these models has the potential to earn you a six-figure income. They are:
• Affiliate blog
• Web writer blog
• Sales blog
• Service blog
• Blog network
Let's look at these models one by one.
Affiliate blog
Many businesses develop affiliate programs, because they can recruit a sales force of thousands of people, with little expense. The appeal of affiliate programs for affiliate marketers is that you don't need a product or service – you can start selling others' products, on commission.
Web writer blog
In this model, your blog is the online equivalent of a magazine. Just as a magazine has features and advertising, so does your blog. In this business model, your content is vital, because you're counting on your content to attract advertisers.
Sales blog
In the sales model, you devote a blog to a single product, or range of products. When offline companies start blogs, their blogs are sales blogs – they're using their blogs to sell their products. If you have products that you want to sell, a sales blog is an excellent business model.
Service blog
While the sales blog sells products, the service blog sells services. If you have a service that you sell, then you could create a blog to generate customers for your services. Or, you could sell the services of other people, via a blog.
If you're selling a service, you know that it's hard to differentiate yourself from the thousands of others who are selling the same service.
Blog network
Blog networks are groups of Web publisher blogs formed into a network. There can be half a dozen, or hundreds, depending on the ambitions and interests of the owner of the network. Blog networks usually derive their income from advertising.
If you want to develop a blog network, your aims will be to: develop a mission for the network, as well as a clear idea of where and how you'll add blogs to the network, and where and how the revenue stream will be built.

Top 10 Most Practical Blogs for Entrepreneurs

http://www.smallbiztrends.com/

http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/3357-1.html

http://www.workhappy.net/

http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/

http://forum.belmont.edu/cornwall/

http://bizzbangbuzz.blogspot.com/

http://www.business-opportunities.biz/

http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/

http://www.startupspark.com/

 
Comments
Comment 1: By Kishore Chavali on 16th May 2007
Sunil, Thanks for exploring various blog types and providing top 10 practical blogs. Your blog is providing great tips for new bloggers. Look forward to reading more from you.

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