Posted by Nicole Fende in Blog Resources | 37 comments
You have a blog for your business. Great! Has anyone read it? Does anyone (other than your mom) know it exists?
Maybe you do get traffic, but the comments look like the message at the end of that childhood telephone game – garbled beyond recognition. And all the so-called authors have linked back to some sort of spammy site.
Generating targeted traffic to your website is a crucial component of online success. But who has the time? Or the budget?
I’ve been using the services of Blog Engage for nearly two years now. As The Numbers Whisperer®, I’m sure you can appreciate I regularly revisit my tools and the return on them. I’m busy, and I’m careful with my money – Blog Engage delivers results on a small time investment for a very reasonable cost.
What is blog syndication?
According to Wikipedia, blog syndication is when “website material is made available to multiple other sites. Most commonly, web syndication refers to making web feeds available from a site in order to provide other people with a summary or update of the website’s recently added content.”
Think of your favorite popular columnist. Their column appears in your local newspaper, as well as local newspapers around the country. Online syndication does this same thing for your blog posts.
How can you profit from blog syndication?
Content may be king, but if you have no traffic it’s like ruling Nauru. Yes that’s a real country. It has a population of less than 10,000 people.
Syndicating your blog enables you to reach new audiences, and generate new traffic, without costing the earth. In addition, syndicating on reputable websites also creates valuable backlinks. When search engines, such as Google, are analyzing a website’s relevance, backlinks from well regarded websites improves your ranking.
Why is Blog Engage a great way to syndicate?
It’s simple. Blog Engage is a reputable website, with real participants and a large reach.
Let’s start with reputation. Do you ask your crazy cousin for business advice or your self-made millionaire aunt? Blog Engage has a Google Page Rank of 4. On the date of publishing this post, Blog Engage Alexa Global Traffic Ranking was 10,760. That means of all the billions of websites online, only 10,759 websites were visited more often. (You can check your websites ranking by going to Alexa.com).
Blog Engage does not accept spammy posts, and will yank your feed if it does not meet their quality criteria. In addition, as you can see by the screen shot I posted, people are actively commenting and interacting. With more than 2,700 members and over 15,000 comments you’ve got a vibrant community.
Another benefit is knowing the audience. For my business all the members of the Blog Engage community are potential clients, as they are all in business. I have the ability to reach 2,700 legitimate new customer leads.
If you are B2C, think of all the possibilities in joining forces with others trying to reach that same audience. Posts are segmented by topic, and there are even groups you can join to further that cooperation.
Participating
Brian Belfitt, the founder of Blog Engage, does a great job of creating and promoting blogging contests that offer some serious cash prizes. As you can see from the screenshot below, Brian sponsored and promoted a guest blogging opportunity in 2012 with a $1,000 cash prize.

To find out about current contests, simply click Live Contests in the menu.
Sponsoring
As a Business Plus customer I’m automatically sponsoring things. Brian does it for me.
Yes you read that correctly. Since I’m on the Business Plus plan, Brian sets up and blogs about the contests that I automatically sponsor. At this time it’s worked out to about one per year. Here are the links to see it in action:
Nicole’s Free Blog Engage Spotlight Giveaway
Nicole’s Gold Membership Giveaway
You can see why I have the Business Plus plan with Blog Engage.
While there are less expensive plans than Business Plus, and those are a great way to get your feet wet, I believe that Business Plus gives you the best return on your money. The Featured Spotlight is another reason why it’s my top pick.
As a Business Plus subscriber you get a Featured Spotlight written about you, by Brian Belfitt (the Founder!), posted and promoted right on BlogEngage.
Brian doesn’t just grab a few sentences from your website, throw them in WordPress and hit post. He gets to know you and describes your business in his own words. You qualify for a spotlight when you become a Business Plus or Direct to Front Page subscriber. Brian also revisits long time clients (like me!) giving them another Featured Spotlight.
You can read them yourself right here:
Finance without Fear
Control Your Money with Nicole Fende
Where to go to grow your profits
The following additional features are worth noting, some start with even the Standard Plan.
Google AdSense
Included with ALL plans
Simply input your Google AdSense publisher ID on your Blog Engage profile, and your ads will run on the syndicated content. It takes all of 60 seconds to do this once, and every post has the potential to generate revenue for you.
Social Media Marketing
Included in Platinum, Business, Business Plus, and Direct to Front Page
Get your content shared by Brian & Blog Engage via Twitter (10K+ Followers), Facebook Page (5K+ Likes), LinkedIn, and Google Plus. Not only does this give you credibility from a social proof perspective, it ensures your content is marketed even when you don’t have time!
Blogs, Podcasts and more!
You may have noticed that the Business Plus plan allows me to syndicate up to 5 separate feeds. Even if you have only one website I can give you quick examples on why you might want at least three feeds.
A colleague of mine says she has a Press Release / News feed for her business. That’s in addition to her regular blog and people DO subscribe to it! There are many ways this can be effectively used for your business.
I’ve been a client of Blog Engage for two years, and I expect to be one for many more to come. Brian and his team work hard to deliver a valuable service to legitimate bloggers. I would encourage you to try out his services and see the results for yourself.
Please note that the links provided here are affiliate links. I only support products and services that I know can deliver real value to your bottom line. In this case, I’m a long term client myself. If you’re intested, here’s my complete FTC Disclosure
Hi Nicole,
That’s a great review. I have been on this platform for the past few months and my blog has grown tremendously. This is a wonderful community for bloggers.
Thanks for the review and may you have a splendid weekend
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Enstine,
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Yes it IS a wonderful platform. And thank you for your support of BlogEngage with the Just Retweet Bonus!
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Hi Enstine thanks so much for the compliments. Your hard work in the community also pays off. I see you voting for others adding friends and connecting. That is the key to success in all these communities and you are really good at it.
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Great post..’ Thanks , dear you nice sharing with me.
It is very effective for me, again thanks……
Julia – glad you found it helpful. Don’t be a stranger
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Nicole Fende recently posted..Contest for Online Website Content Ideas Sponsored by Matt Mansfield
Hi Admin,
I found the article that Bashir wrote very interesting and good description of all the benefits of being a member of Blog Engage. Several of the blog members blogs are a must for me every day, such as holly, Hesham and Brian, now I have one to follow.
Hi Sonali,
Thanks for visiting and liking my BE article. I just did my best to give my honest views and opinions. BE is really an awesome bloggers community. Are you BE member?
Thank you!
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Hi Sonali,
Thanks for visiting. Yes I’ve read Bashir’s review, it’s great. Blog Engage is a wonderful resource that I can’t recommend strongly enough.
Nicole
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Nicole Fende recently posted..Looking for (Business) Love in All the Wrong Places – Why Your Partnerships Fail
Hi Sonali it’s great this exercise has helped you make some new connections. Thanks for supporting the bloggers and engaging with them on their blogs.
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Hi Nicole,
Really an interesting and awesome Blog Engage review you have written. I recommend all your readers to join BE.
Thank you!
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Bashir Ahmed recently posted..Get Targeted Traffic Quality Backlinks and Earn Some Extra Money From Blog Engage
Thanks Bashir. I just visited your site and review of Blog Engage. I think we can all agree it rocks.
Nicole
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Nicole Fende recently posted..Looking for (Business) Love in All the Wrong Places – Why Your Partnerships Fail
That was an impressive posts. W’e're all watchful of our funds and want to get the best value. It’s hard to know who has a good reputation on the Internet. You know how many over promised pitches we all get. I’m just looking for services I need at a reasonable price from a reputable company. I immediately looked up your site after reading that post.
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Thanks Jennifer. Yes there are lots of over promise under deliver sites. Blog Engage is not one of them. Stay in touch and let me know what you think about it!
Hi Jennifer I see you have visited a few of the posts on Blog Engage. You must be in a lot of Facebook groups I’ve been marketing in. I’m glad you decided to sign up we are happy to have you ads part of the community now.
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Getting visitors engaged is something I have been having trouble with, thanks for the great tips!
You will definitely get your money’s worth!
thanks for sharing a good article,
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keep sharing.
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Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Admin,
Your post really helped me to understand the Boost Your Blog’s Traffic & Profit with Blog Engage. It has great details and yet it is easy to understand.
That’s what i was looking for. I will definitely share it with others.
Thanks for sharing.
Glad to hear it. Thanks.
Impressive Article! Getting visitors engaged is definitely a hard task to do. This post definitely helped me understand how to boost traffic with blog engage. I’ve heard a lot of great stuff about blog engage. Thank you for this information. And I’m definitely looking forward for more updates from you.
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Thanks for stopping by. Give Blog Engage a chance – you won’t regret it.
Your review is great and I look forward to utilizing it as a service to promote my blog. Giving back to the community also make Blog Engage unique and makes the bond stronger
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Hi Peter, keep me posted on how the community helps you.
Thanks for the great post, I am heading to BE now to check it out. Sounds like something I need now.
Hi Diane – thanks for stopping by. Give BE a try, you will find it very rewarding for your business.
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Nicole Fende recently posted..Boost Your Blog’s Traffic & Profit with Blog Engage
This post definitely helped me understand how to boost traffic with blog engage. I’ve heard a lot of great stuff about blog engage. Thank you for this information. And I’m definitely looking forward for more updates from you.
Hi Jennifer
Good post you have sold it to me to go and have a look. If blog engage is half as good as your recomendation then I am going to be well happy. Normally I read something and I um,and ar for a while but this one has really got me interested. I had heard of blog engage but had never really given it a second thought before.
Thanks lee
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You’re welcome Lee. Although I’ve had Jennifers on here, this post was mine – Nicole
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Hi Nicole,
Thanks for this nice review on Blog Engage. Well I have to try this platform . I hope Blog Engage may help my blog to drive some traffic to my new blog.Till now my blog traffic is only 10 visits/day which is really frustrating
Regards
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Shan
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You’re welcome – it’s well worth it!
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Nicole Fende recently posted..Hitting the Wall – Motivation for Small Biz to Reach Your Profit Goals
Well i have already registered. If any more tips you like to share ,then it will be really helpful for us, like site similar to Blog Engage etc. Looking forward for your reply.
Thanks & Regards
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BizSugar.com is another great site to consider. A website with a lot of great tips is http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/ which is run by Ana Hoffman (who also uses BlogEngage). Hope this helps!
So kind of you to mention Traffic Generation Café, Nicole, and yes, I do love Blog Engage!
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Hi Nicole
I got your name right this time why I put Jennifer before I have no idea sorry about that. Just came back to say thanks for the great heads up about blog engage I have found it really useful so thanks again and will be following both blogs.
Thanks again lee
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This organic way is definitely sustainable but takes a lot of time and hard work. But when you nail it, you go pretty far with it.
These tips aren’t never getting old and makes great foundation for a blogging strategy!
To boost the traffic of the website is what all the webmasters like. Blogengage is another opportunity to boost the traffic of my site thanks for this info….