I see many people on this site promoting affiliate programs with direct affiliate links and missing out on the massive marketing advantages a blog offers such as

1) Traffic generation

2) Branding

3) Multiple Income Streams

4) Free Advertising

5) List building/Lead Generation

and more!

Wordpress is by far the best blogging platform to use for marketing and it is really easy to setup and use.

I have free streaming blogging videos on my site available to anyone interested in learning how to apply the advantages of blogging to their business.

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