I get asked so many times how I make money online. If you want to know how to earn money from a blog, it isn’t that hard and I will let you in on the “secrets” to accomplish it.
The basic steps:
Step 1 – Start a blog!
If you want to make money blogging, you’ll first need your own website! You can purchase your own domain name, which is definitely recommended. On your own domain you have total freedom to do what you choose, plus your website will get favored by the search engines and ultimately rank better.
If you aren’t ready to commit to your own domain, you can start a website on any free source. My recommendation? A free siterubix website is definitely the way to go – it’s fully WordPress functional and you’ll be able to transfer the content to your own domain at the click of a button.
You can make a siterubix site SUPER easy – with just a few clicks!
Step 2 – Blog regularly, and blog for a purpose
The trick to monetizing any blog is to direct it at a target audience – a niche market. You want to appeal to a certain group of people that have a reason to want to read your blog – think about popular blogs on the internet, what are they about? They probably mostly have one thing in common – they aren’t a personal blog.
Think about all the blogs out there – cooking blogs, dessert blogs, weight loss blogs, healthy living blogs, electronic blogs, gaming blogs – the list is endless! The narrower your focus the easier time you’ll have targeting an audience.
Once your blog is up and running and you have some content created – don’t stop there! You need to regularly write and publish content to keep your readers interested!
Step 3 – Get traffic to your site
Another reason posting regularly is going to greatly benefit you is because it’ll give you more chances to obtain traffic to your website.
So, how do you gain traffic from blogging? If you know the power of keywords, you’ll be able to drive a very successful web campaign. Keywords are very powerful, and if you use the right keyword tools you’ll have the secret to LOTS of traffic.
Another way to gain traffic to your blog is through social media – make sure you share your content socially on networks such as Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest.
Step 4 – Monetize your audience
You can have all the traffic in the world coming to your blog, but you won’t make a dime if you aren’t monetizing your audience!
The way a lot of bloggers do this is through programs like Google Adsense, (or similar ad networks), or selling ad space on their website.
Personally, however, I’d recommend affiliate marketing. It’s the simplest and most lucrative way to monetize the traffic coming in.However, some blogs are harder to monetize with affiliate marketing and may benefit more from things like adsense or selling adspace.
It’s important to figure out before you start how you’re going to monetize your traffic.
Step 5 – Whatever route you choose, treat it like a business
Just because it doesn’t seem like a real job doesn’t mean it isn’t – the fact is if you want to make money you’re going to have to be serious about it. Come up with a business plan, set goals, work consistently and be professional. Knowing what you aim to accomplish will help you focus on the task and be successful at making money with your blog!
Step 6 – Have support and help along the way
This is perhaps one of the most important steps along the way! Make sure you have people who support and help you every step of the way – it’s easy to get confused or stressed out when you’re trying to accomplish something on your own. Frustration is a huge reason people give up, so don’t let it be your reason!
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You can join and get started with the training for 100% free, no credit card required. This is going to be the ultimate secret to your success for making money with your blog!
Any questions or comments, please leave them down below and I’d be more than happy to help you out!
-Wendy
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