Blogging Basics: Do You Have What it Takes?
This past year has easily been marked the year of the blog. Not only does virtually everyone keep a blog, whether it be on their own domain, their MySpace page or LiveJournal, but it is also the time where more and more people are realizing the amount of money that can be made by blogging. But here’s a tip for anyone looking to create their household income by blogging: It isn’t as easy as it looks.
There are many bloggers out there that are pulling in annual six-figure incomes. Some aren’t making as much, but quite a few are able to live a decent lifestyle by what they make through their websites. Darren Rowse of ProBlogger is one of the top people in the blogging world right now; just look at the domain name! His website is dedicated to blogging for profit and teaching others how to benefit from blogging. Amanda Harris of Pajama Mommy is another person who not only makes a significant amount of money from her website, but her business posts go into more detail on how to do so. Another one of my personal favorites is Courtney Tuttle, who is the blogging bible as far as internet marketing goes. So how are they doing it?
Each and every successful website has a webmaster behind the scenes who has spent hours upon hours (I cannot stress the amount of time enough) marketing their websites. When thinking of your new website, think of it as practically raising something. Your website needs a lot of love and attention and if you let it go for even a few days, you have potentially lost a great deal of readers.
It takes months to build up an audience for a website and when you succeed in doing that, you cannot stop. One of the drawbacks of the internet and the society we live in today is that we 1: want instant gratification and 2: have the attention span of a gnat. Your website must bring a lot to the table that appeals to a wide variety or a large group of people and always keep in mind that there are trillions of websites on the internet today–Why do these people want to read your website? What do they get from reading your work?
If you’re thinking about blogging for profit ask yourself these few questions:
- How much time can you wholeheartedly dedicate to your website?
- Does your website appeal to a large group or wide variety of people?
- What makes your website different than the trillions already on the internet?
- If this wasn’t your website and you happened to stumble upon it, would you visit again?
This is just the very tip of the iceberg but I plan to dissect blogging for profit in several steps so check back frequently!
Rich on Sun, 17th Feb 2008 3:30 pm
Some very good advice for new bloggers. I wish I had run across such good advice a couple of years back. Anyway, I read Darren’s blog religiously and subscribe to his email alerts, but I was not aware the Courtney Tuttle Internet Marketing blog. I will definitely add that one to my list. Thanks for the info.
anwar on Mon, 18th Feb 2008 5:58 am
as a new blogger, I really feel that my blog has something to offer the world.
what i do is break down fitness so that everyone can understand and eventually meet their fitness goals.
although it can be a little frustrating as far as initial traffic is concerned, I believe that if I can overcame it, I can be successful with blogging.
snes on Tue, 19th Feb 2008 1:33 pm
I am new to bloggging but it seems to me that its primary purpose of blogging should be to get your own views out there and if you earn money at it great. but dont dilute your blog just to make money because then it means nothing
noni gurl on Tue, 19th Feb 2008 9:27 pm
I totally agree with all of your advice on blogging. I found Courtney Tuttle through a friend and have learned some awesome new ideas from him, he’s really a genius when it comes to Internet Marketing. I would reiterate that making money online takes a WHOLE lot of time! That’s for sure. I don’t have the kind of time to dedicate to it like I would want to, as I have a regular full-time job.
Mario on Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 2:33 am
“If this wasn’t your website and you happened to stumble upon it, would you visit again?”
I really like this line, and I’m going to take it to heart. Nice post.
IAmSoOverMe on Thu, 13th Mar 2008 2:42 am
It can take more than months to build an audience. Some people do it very quickly because they might be inheriting pagerank from another that one of their buddy’s owns or throwing money at marketing. Other than that, building a site from nothing and spending nothing is a slow building process.
Ricky on Sat, 22nd Mar 2008 3:20 am
Blogging seems easy at the beginning. It might be relatively straight forward for people with strong skills in developing websites but for someone new to this it can be a daunting task.
Trick is not to give up and keep on improving your skill. You need to learn the basics of website coding as well as writing good content. Persistence always pays!
??????? on Mon, 5th May 2008 5:45 pm
thanx for this usfull post,this is the second blog for woman i view:)
and its very nice really
but i think you have to give more tips about website tips
best regards
Doll Artist on Mon, 5th May 2008 6:26 pm
I find blogging time consuming but rewarding.
Theres alot of poor quality blogs out there just designed to make a quick buck.
I think the quality blogs will do well and the weaker ones will dissapear soon.
Nice information anyway, thanks.
wedding gifts on Sat, 17th May 2008 7:08 am
Starting a small business takes a lot of courage. But, as they say, courage doesn’t pay the bills. To be successful — to stay in business — you need more than courage. You need a combination of hard work, skill, perseverance, and good old-fashioned luck.
Wallpaper on Thu, 26th Jun 2008 5:13 am
Blogs are set-up like conventional Web sites, with navigation links, and other standard Web site features. A blog is different from a typical Web site in that the primary content is comprised of a daily posting. Blog postings are text entries, similar to a diary or journal, which include a posting date.
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Books.my24 on Wed, 23rd Jul 2008 3:48 am
One tips. fill your blog with your heart
liveweb on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 1:01 am
another tip is too even comment on nofollow, it is still worth more then nothing
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devonjon on Sun, 12th Jul 2009 5:42 am
The tips which are given is important for the newly bloggers.It gives moral thought to the readers so I would like to thank you.Its a really nice blog not only nice but also better than the best.
reborn dolls on Sat, 12th Dec 2009 3:58 am
These are some good tips but the main point is, the more people that do this the harder it becomes toget your foot in the door so to speak. A lot of hard work is involved in making any kind of decent income from blogging.
Dolly on Fri, 8th Jan 2010 2:58 am
Such an amazing blog there. I never thought that blogging is not just expressing what you want to say but it also involved money. I’m sure I will be making blogging as a great habit.