{"id":6055,"date":"2010-09-09T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2014-06-06T15:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T22:26:27","slug":"make-money-helping-local-businesses-start-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/make-money-helping-local-businesses-start-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Money Helping Local Businesses Start a Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/images\/300-opportunity.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>You already know how to install a blog.<\/h3>\n<p>You also know which plugins to use to make it functional and how to make it look great with a <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/where-to-find-professional-wordpress-themes\/\">pretty professional WordPress theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You know which pages are must-haves on any blog.<\/p>\n<p>AND you understand the benefits of blogging in terms of getting free traffic, as well as how to <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/category\/social-media-marketing\/pay-per-click\/\">use PPC<\/a> at the local level to reduce advertising costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, why not make money using your knowledge to help businesses in your local area either set up a new blog, or improve an existing web site?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Surely, you've come across a few local businesses that could benefit greatly from your blogging knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I run across awful local business sites all the time. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, most of the small resort, motel and private RV park\/campground sites I find when doing travel research are just downright ugly. Most of them look like they were designed in 1997 and haven't been updated since.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two examples&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anahimlakeresort.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6058\" style=\"float: center; padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;\" title=\"Anahim Lake Resort\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-anahim-lake1.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-anahim-lake1.gif 600w, https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-anahim-lake1-300x206.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kokaneebaycariboo.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6060\" style=\"float: center; padding: 10px 0px 10px  0px;\" title=\"bad-sites-kokanee\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-kokanee.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-kokanee.gif 600w, https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-kokanee-300x131.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Typical errors that you find on these sites include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Fonts and font colors used are either too big, too small, bolded throughout, completely inappropriate or just plain awful.<\/li>\n<li> Site navigation is terrible or non-existent, and I refuse to hunt and peck to find either the current rate sheet or a map to the place.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes the pictures do the venue absolutely no justice and probably chase potential visitors away.<\/li>\n<li>No thought is given to capturing free traffic through SEO. &#8220;Welcome&#8221; in H1 isn't going to bring visitors to XYZ Lodge in ABC county.<\/li>\n<li> There is insufficient information posted. Simply placing the words &#8216;fishing licences' at the bottom of a page with no link doesn't tell me anything about what fishing licence I might need to fish in that area, or where to get a fishing licence if I want one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Those are just a few examples of how these local businesses need help.<\/p>\n<p>Now here's an example of a resort site that was done right, and it IS a blog.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6061\" style=\"float: center; padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;\" title=\"Eagle Resort Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-eagle-resort.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-eagle-resort.gif 600w, https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bad-sites-eagle-resort-300x185.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The blog is attactive and gives visitors all the information they might need, including a number of ways to contact the owners for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it.<\/p>\n<p>How hard would it be to approach a local business and tell them that you can help them get MORE business by helping them improve their online presence?<\/p>\n<p><em>Use<\/em> your knowledge about blogging and blog design to make extra money helping local businesses improve their sites or put a blog online.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliatebloggerpro.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6067\" title=\"Affiliate Blogger PRO\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/abp-membership.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"156\"  style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>Interested?<\/p>\n<p>Learn HOW to set up your freelance business as a blog designer \/ installer \/ builder, join <a href=\"http:\/\/affiliatebloggerpro.com\">Affiliate Blogger PRO<\/a> and see the <strong>Grow Your Business<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p>You'll find instructions on how to set up your business blog, how to price your offering and how to market to local businesses.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You already know how to install a blog. 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