This is not just another tutorial to teach or inspire you monetize your blog! But this certainly can be your first step in the journey of thousand miles.
You hear everyone talking about how cool their blog is. Starting a blog is a solid way to make long term income – just for doing some writing on stuff that you are interested in. Imagine that!
Besides Google AdSense there are several other ways to monetize you blog and make a lot of steady and passive income. Some of them are
Affiliate marketing
Sponsored reviews
Text Link Ads
And lots more……………!
Read on because it’s a business that requires minimal input (at least in terms of money)
And you can literally make money 24×7.
0: BEHAVE LIKE AN ENTERPRENURE:
Yes, start behaving like one today itself because you really need to have a mindset of a businessman to be a successful money blogger(you will love to be called by that name) and be positive .
1: DO IT TODAY:
Yes that’s true. If you think you are serious about it, then start today itself. Not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow, not next week but today itself.
As we all know by now that “TOMORROW NEVER COMES” and it’s the power of today that will make you work harder to achieve your goal. And that is the first step to success.
2: CHOOSE A NICHE FOR YOUR BLOG:
This basically refers to the topic you choose to write about. For example a housewife may be able to write endlessly on “SHOPPING” while a H.R. may find himself comfortable with topics like “COMMON INTERVIEW MISTAKES”.
The idea is choosing a topic on which you can think and write endlessly (often the toughest step in money blogging).
CONFUSED!
Google comes to rescue. Remember “WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A QUESTION, GOOGLE HAS THE ANSWER”.
You can think of numerous topics but the best is one for which a simple google search returns lesser results because it means less competitors.
The WORST of course is “MAKING MONEY ONLINE” because it returns almost 401 million sites with this keyword. I think now you got the idea.
STILL CONFUSED!!
Well, you might be thinking where you will get endless material on a topic.
Remember what I said earlier “WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A QUESTION,
GOOGLE HAS THE ANSWER”
YES! Google it out. Find it on google BUT the most important thing is NEVER CUT-COPY-PASTE because it copyright infringement that can land you in some serious trouble and may even ruin your dream of passive earning.
(I hope there’s no confusion now).
3: GET A WEB HOSTING ACCOUNT FOR YOUR BLOG
That’s most important. I recommend not choosing BLOGGER. Of course its free but not reliable in a long run. Think of a scenario that after almost two to three months of your hard work your blog is deleted by the host for spamming (you may or may not be involved in) . Yes that has happened before at blogspot.
I recommend any cheap web hosting site like
MidPhase
AN Hosting
WebsitePalace.com
With these you get full support for website development and you need NOT be a programmer you can be a housewife , a student or any one and can easily use such softwares.
4: FIRST IMPRESSION IS THE LAST IMPRESSION
Try to make a great or perhaps an awesome first impression. Think of yourself as a reader and then design your first post. That will give you more insight of the readers mentality or of a person who happens to stumble upon your blog.
Use polls to get readers involved and ask their opinion. Feature the latest posts and comments. Show off your most popular articles. Get readers truly involved by getting them to comment on your posts.
5: REGISTER YOUR NEW BLOG WITH THE TOP BLOG DIRECTORIES
Once you have about 10 posts on your blog, it’s time to start getting the word out. Search engines want to see links coming back to your site. Those links show that people other than just you consider your site to be important.
You can start off with
BlogCatalog
Blog Flux
DMOZ
Yahoo Directory
6. SIGNING UP WITH GOOGLE AdSense
This is your first and perhaps the primary source of passive income. It’s easy. Just head on to http://adsense.google.com to apply.But consider a few points before you do so:
a) The site should have a clear theme or topic and should stick to it.
b) There should be no spelling mistakes.
c) No link should direct to a page under construction.
7: GET THE PLACEMENT RIGHT
To get the most out of Adsense , place the ad at a suitable place. You can experiment with it till u get the perfect placement. Adsense is a wonderful invention by google that lets you earn even while sleeping!
8: TRAFFIC AND PROMOTION
Before you can just sit back and just wait for your cheque do this last thing. The most important things you need to monetize your blog is traffic. Always remember that there is a direct relation between online income generation and traffic. You can screw almost everything else up, but if you can generate serious traffic, it’s really hard to fail.
The more you promote your site/blog , the more traffic you generate and more income you generate. If you don’t tell people about your new blog, they’ll never know about it! Don’t hope against hope that someone will accidentally stumble upon your site. Take matters into your own hands and get the word out there!
GO AHEAD ! GOOD LUCK!
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