In my never-ending quest to attract readers, I’ve come across several free tools that assist bloggers in marketing their blogs and attracting even more readers. I thought I’d share.

1. StatCounter.com: StatCounter is a little bit o’ heaven I stumbled upon about a year ago when I was setting up some private websites and wanted to know if anyone was even going to the sites. With StatCounter it’s free to sign up and get emailed reports of the daily traffic to the URL you set up. You can run multiple campaigns and get various different types of data from this website. If you want more in depth information you can always pay for an account, but it’s not necessary. My favorite part are the e-mailed reports… I’ve set up weekly reports that let me know how many visitors my site has had. And I’ve never had a problem with any strange incorrect data.

2. Twitter: When I first heard about Twitter I was in Miami attending the Affiliate Summit East. I was like a sponge with the things I learned in the sessions I attended and wanted to apply all of my knowledge right away. So I came back and started to read Twitter. I have to admit that at first it seemed pointless, but as I’ve immersed myself into “mini blogging” I’ve started to get it. Link to the blog to remind people to read. Reach out to people with similar interests if you see something they’d be interested in. If your blog addresses that interest, even better. It’s a fun little community I’m happy to be part of.

3. BlogRush: This is a new one I just started using last week, and I’m happy to say it’s worked just a little bit. The service itself is relatively new to the blogosphere, but the nifty little widget I like. A few pretty reputable blogs I know of, including Marketing Pilgrim where I first learned about BlogRush, have joined the link exchange so far. There’s really nothing you have to do once it’s been installed in your blog and it’s totally free. Since it is in it’s infancy, some reporting features are still having the bugs worked out, but I have faith that this will be a good little widget to have.

4. ArticlesBase: I admit… I haven’t poked around much on ArticlesBase yet, but so far I’m fascinated. You can create your own submission and read other articles based on keywords. I love tagging and keywords myself, so this is a great tool to submit your article (for free) and to find other articles that you’ll enjoy reading.

I’m always looking for other freebie marketing ideas, so let me know if you know of any other great tools out there.

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Our economic situation nowadays compels us all to find more ways to earn lots of cash. This can be a little bit tough to think about since earning a cent is getting hard these days. But that’s only in the real world. You may go to the digital world and see what is in store for you. You will know right then that the internet can offer us great chances of earning easy cash online. So how can that be possible? You create a blog, express your thoughts and keep them live. When you’re done with that, the next thing you have to learn about is online marketing blog.

For beginners who are just about to get in touch with the blogosphere, now is your chance to change your lifestyle into something easy at your own pace. You wouldn’t believe it but hundreds of internet users have become millionaires just by keeping them busy online. Not all of them are old age. Some were teenagers when they started invading the virtual world. Well, it’s not yet too late for you. The truth is that there are still a lot of people who are not aware that the internet has a gold mine open for anybody. But now it is starting to blossom everyday. It actually becomes a dominant force for people who are searching for ways to make some cash online. And online marketing blog is their key to their dream. A dream that seemed to be beyond our reach, but now comes nearer to those who seek for it.

Being a newbie to this craft should not hinder you from doing what you want. Everyone, even professional bloggers, all started from being a newbie. You must be always on the go to grab those blogging opportunites available to make some cash, and lots of it. There are no boundaries on these opportunities so with earning money. Young and old can grab this great opportunity, and you are one of them. Now you are almost ready to start, and you have started your blog. But that is not the end of all yet. You have to remember that in every business, marketing should go with it for a real business success. That is where online marketing blog enters the scene.

As to how you can do that is very easy as long as you read and understand the following unorthodox ways in online marketing blog:

1. Flip blogs. This is done by tweaking your blog, do everything you can to drive traffic into it before you do the selling. A good readership is your ultimate goal here. A blog without readers is useless. Make it worthy to read about, and make everyone online get interested to what your blog talks about. You can earn a profit just by doing this for about a few hundred dollars to thousand more dollars.

2. Donations. You may notice that many bloggers are already asking for donations to make some cash out of their content posted in their blogs.

3. A Blog for Business. Blog is also open for companies and businessmen. It is their one way of raising a bar with their business or company. Some would use it as a job portal to hire bloggers and article writers on the web.

4. Network Blogs. Bloggers are making some extra cash by grabbing sponsored blogging opportunites. There are advertisers who are seeking for bloggers to fill their blog with content, or to simply promote their sites for search engine optimization purposes.