Blogging can be a good activity and it can also be profitable one if it is done seriously. Blogging for profit requires a different strategy when compared to blogging for fun. If you are blogging for profit or plan to set up a blog then you have to follow the three essential steps. This can help you to succeed in getting profit from your blog.
1. Set Up Your Own Blog Site
If you are very much interested in blogging for profit then you must create your own blog site. You should not rely on a free blog from free blogging sites.
The major reasons you need to create your own site are:
(a) It helps to project a more professional and serious image of what you are blogging.
(b) You can also add lot more useful and essential plugins in order to give functionality and efficiency to your site.
(c) Lastly, you will have full control and ownership over the work that is done.
Choose a specific subject to blog, preferably one that you are passionate about. Then only you will have the energy, enthusiasm and knowledge to blog regularly and consistently.
Blogging for profit also includes that you have to add advertisements like Google AdSense or ClickBank to your site. You should also promote some great and related products through your blog postings from time to time.
2. Blog Regularly
You should blog regularly. Blogging is fun and is often addictive in nature. Once you get the feel of it, you would want to do it as often as possible.
The key to a profitable blog is the consistency that you show in your posting. You should blog daily. Make a schedule of 1 to 2 hours daily to post contents in your blog. Post sensibly and also make sure that your postings contain information that is useful and informative to readers.
You should not post blogs simply for the sake of posting. It is not necessary to have a long post to be considered as an effective blog. It is only the content that is important and not the length of the blog. In some cases one or two paragraph postings can be more beneficial and welcomed than a single long post. The readers are very much concerned with the content of the blog rather than the length of the blog.
3. Publicize Your Blog
Profitable blogging consists of two important factors which have to be kept in mind.
1. The first one is the quality of your blog that you produce in written format.
2. The second is how extensively and effectively you can reach out to the people around you.
Once your blog site is up and running, try to promote it to your friends and colleagues. There are people who feel shy to promote their blogs to friends. Try to promote as much as possible to get traffic to your blog. Publicizing and marketing your blog site is an essential part to blogging profitably. You can also include your blog site URL in your name cards and hand them out to your friends, relatives and colleges. You can also distribute it to strangers and people you are meeting for the first time as there is no harm in that.
If you are knowledgeable and passionate enough in your subject matter, then you can see that they will be willing to have a look at your blog and also share their ideas. You also need to expose your blog site to as many people as possible through online. There are various methods to do that. Some of them are advertising, using social networks, newsletters sign ups and RSS. There are many plugins available in your blog which helps to link your postings from your site to other social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut.
Try to follow these three steps correctly. Blog regularly and be informative enough on the contents that you blog. If you can do that I am sure that you can start making money in six months.
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