Can You Really Make Money Blogging?

Blogging is big. Over 100,000 blogs are created each and every day. That's right! That's a one followed by five zeros. The reason blogging is so big is that people naturally love them.

People trust information on blogs more than they do the news. There was a study done recently that showed that people would rather get their "news" from blogs than from established news sources like CNN. The idea is that the news sources are far from biased, so if you're going to get biased news, you might as well get something that fits your world view.

People looking for solutions to problems they have like various illnesses often turn to blogs for information. Blogs give us a personal, individual view point. It's a been there, done that type of thing.

Because of this "reality" feeling blogs have, they've turned out to be great vehicles to sell stuff. It's quite a natural progression from reading about someone's experiences with acne to buying an expensive affiliate product through that same blog.

Another thing that blogs have over "real" work is this. If you're a successful blogger, you can work from anywhere. Yaro Starak, an up and coming blogging guru, toured the world last year, took his laptop with him, and made over $200,000 in the process. How sweet is that? Or, you don't have to travel. You can just avoid the commute!

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The average American commuter spends $2,500 each year on gas and wear and tear on their car. Automobile accidents are often the second or third most frequent cause of death in the US. Imagine how great your life would be if your commute was from your bedroom to your office, maybe via the kitchen to get a nice cup of tea!

Stress is a major factor in our lives. But what if you had a blog that was pumping out affiliate dollars on autopilot? Not only would you probably be making more money than you made working for "the man", but your stress level would be markedly less.

Ah.....the Internet lifestyle. It really exists, you know!

And it can be yours, if you learn the basics about blogging. So, where do you learn to blog? How can you create this lifestyle for yourself? There are several resources on the Internet you can use, but perhaps the best thing you can do is to start blogging yourself.

This is definitely a learn by doing business!

Blogging is absolutely one of the best ways to make a significant income online. Don't think about blogging like creating a one-time product, selling a few, then moving on. Blogging is a lot like offline publishing. You're creating a readership, which hopefully will come back day after day to read your blog.....and buy your affiliate items and click on your ads. Build a readership large enough and you can make a very good income blogging. This is not going to take place over the next week or so. This is more like a three to six month strategy. But you're building an asset, and the rewards are well worth it.

The topic you choose for your blog is critical. You need a topic that not only has a lot of potential readers on the Internet, but also which is profitable. That is, there are affiliate products, CPA offers, and Google ads that your readers will buy or click on so that you'll make money from all your hard work. Here are three steps to finding a profitable topic (or niche) for your blog.

Step 1:

If you can focus on a topic that you already know something about, or at least that you're passionately interested in, you'll be far ahead of everyone else. Knowing a fair amount about a topic helps in multiple ways. For one thing, you'll have to do much less research. For another, familiarity just shows. You can tell by the way someone writes if they're intimately familiar with what they're writing about. Their words have that ring of truth and experience that even the best researcher can't fake.

Not only that, but a blog is not a short term deal. It's a longer term deal, if you will. If you're going to be doing this right, you're going to be living with your blog day in and day out for a year or so. Unless you are really interested in your topic, you could easily get sick of your blog a month or two into the game. That would cause you to quit writing content, which will result in your blog losing readers rapidly.

Step 2:

Do your homework. You can use Google's external keyword tool to get a feel for how many times per month a certain keyword phrase is searched. Another thing you need to do is to check out who's advertising in your niche. Having a number of advertisers is good, not bad. No advertisers, or few advertisers, doesn't mean your niche is undiscovered. There aren't any of those, anymore. What it means is that your niche is not profitable, for whatever reason.

Step 3:

Make a list of the top keywords and write your blog posts to feature these. You can easily search engine optimize a blog post by including the keyword phrase you want to rank for in your title and first sentence. Also, include it once every 50 words or so. That's 2%. You can try to go up as much as about 3%. Finally, make sure your keyword phrase is in the last part of the last sentence.

If you follow these three steps, you really can't go wrong. Find your passion, find your niche, write a lot, and watch your stats and your income rise! It really is that easy.

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Okay, you've got a new blog cooking. You've got the domain, created your WordPress site with Fantastico, uploaded and activated a great theme, even posted ten or so posts. But now where is everyone?

Got news for you. Bloggin' aint' easy. It's fun! It's profitable! Yes, when you get really good at it, you can quit working for the man, but that doesn't happen overnight. And you actually have to know what you're doing to make that happen.

So, want to know how to get real traffic to your blog?

Okay, here goes:

Step 1: Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is the process of using sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Propeller, and others to drive traffic to your posts. Social bookmarking also creates backlinks to your posts, which helps in your Google rankings.

When you write a new post, bookmark it in all the top bookmarking sites. You can do this by hand, which might take an hour or two, or you can automate this. There are free automation sites online, like SocialMarker.com, or you can subscribe to services like OnlyWire which automate the process even more. OnlyWire's not expensive, about $25 per year. And you can bookmark to your heart's content.

One word of warning before we move on to step 2. The bookmarking sites look down their noses at bloggers who use them just to promote themselves. They look at us as spammers. (Go figure!) We're not really spammers, just intrepid internet marketers who are trying to manipulate and game the system to our own advantage. That might be construed as spamming, but%u2026Oh Well. So, don't just dump everything you have onto the bookmarking sites. There are some that are more sensitive than others. StumbleUpon used to be incredibly sensitive to this, and they still are somewhat. So did Digg, but they've loosened up recently. Just use your head and you'll be fine. Worst case you can always create another account.

Step 2: Blog Commenting

Blog commenting might be one of the most underrated methods for driving traffic to your own blog out there. Now, you can help your traffic situation by commenting on anyone's blog, but it's going to mean more to you if you comment on the top blogs in your niche.

Commenting means actually reading their post and answering it intelligently. You can be a little cavalier about spamming social bookmarking sites, but definitely do not spam other people's blogs. For one, they'll just delete your comment, and all your hard work will have gone for naught. For another, hopefully, you can engage them in some sort of conversation and actually get them to come and comment on your blog.

You can see how this can be a powerful strategy.

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You will quickly find out that both Social Bookmarking and Blog Commenting can be a very time consuming process. However, both are crucial to making your blog a successful money making blog. Edwin Soft has a couple of excellent programs to help automate the process. You May want to check them out.

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