Blog Information For Beginners

SO many things you can blog about....how do you decide? Well, here's the thing - you're going to want to take those ideas you have and shrink them down a little bit. You're going to look at picking a niche. Hmmm, but I want to blog about my life, everything, whatever I want, no limitations.....thats' okay, but it's not going to bring you in the readership you're hoping for, and it's probably not going to make you much money. Let's take a closer look at why you'll want to narrow down those choices....

Put some of your ideas down on paper. What do you like to talk about, what do you want to blog about? We're going to take an idea and drill down to a niche, so you can see what I'm talking about.

Let's say that you want to blog about - and how we can see what a niche is.

You've decided on the topic of gardening, but that is still way too broad of a topic.

Garden (too broad) - so we drill it down a little bit.

What about vegetable gardening -- well, we're almost there. Vegetable gardening is going to still be a bit too broad with tons of competition. Let's take it down one more step.

What about vegetable gardening in containers or small spaces! BINGO! Now you have a niche. You've narrowed down your interest in gardening to a very small defined idea.

Gardening ----- Vegetable Gardening ----- Vegetable Gardening in Containers

A very specific idea has come out of the "bigger idea" of gardening. A niche is a small piece of that larger piece. Defined, specific, and perfect for a blog!

Now that you have an idea of what you want to blog about, then you need a plan on how to put it together so you can not only blog, but profit from your blogging experience.

I recommend this: Amy Bass and The Niche Blogger. It has totally changed the way I blog, and is making me more money.

Let's face it, starting off can be overwhelming. Sure first you're excited and dive in, but when you realize you aren't getting traffic and not profiting from that work, you sort of lose your drive. Amy is a busy mom who learned to make a passive income, developing a plan even her mom could follow - step by step. It makes it easy, understandable and helps you understand how to make money from your blog. It works.

Choosing the right words (keywords) can be a huge piece of the puzzle. That's part of your niche, and while all of this may sound confusing, it's not when you follow her method. It's super simplified so anyone can do it! There are videos, screen shots, and such solid quality information...it's transformed how I blog.

After having joined many other memberships, nothing even comes close to The Niche Blogger. I got rid of the other stuff I bought and tried...and just followed this. I focused and did it right - and my profits started increasing. You can learn more about it here:
The Niche Blogger - Make Money Blogging

There are tons of places you can start blogging. If you're looking for someone to host one for you, check out places like:

Blogger.com
Wordpress.com
Vox.com
LiveJournal.com
Xanga.com
MovableType.com

If you think you'll be doing this for awhile, I highly recommend buying a domain and downloading Wordpress. Wordpress has two options...Wordpress.com which is where you can blog on their site, or Wordpress.org, which allows you to use their software on your site.

I have both Movable Type blogs, Blogger blogs and Wordpress blogs. By far, I love Wordpress blogs the best.

Are you looking for a way to earn a little extra income? You can get paid to blog with different blogging companies. I make money blogging, and you can too!

It offers a simple way to supplement your income. It's up to you to choose which companies you'd like to work with, and what you want to right about. When you've chosen something you'd like to write about after sorting through your choices, you simply submit your post to the company, and then cha-ching, you end up with some extra money.

Each company works a little differently, so you have to check out their terms of services and see which ones you'd like to work with. They also have different requirements for your blog, and how long the post you just wrote has to stay on your blog.

Here are a couple of paid blogging companies to get you started!


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This is an excellent company. I've been working with them for a while, and havepersonally been on the top earner's board many different times. I've made thousands of dollars working with this company.
You CAN make money blogging, I do every day!





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I've been blogging for over 2 years now. During the last few years, I've done the blog thing, online stores, websites, and just about everything you can think of. I've got close to 200 Squidoo lenses, a book, and more. You could say I've spent a lot of time online, and all with the goal of being able to work from home.

I've signed up for e-courses, read books, researched tons of stuff, but there was something about Amy Bass that told me I needed to give The Niche Blogger a try. It was well worth my time. As much as I'm an online presence, I also keep to myself about things. This is one of the few times I want to rave. I love being a member of The Niche Blogger, and my income has all ready started to increase.



It's the little details I've overlooked in the past, and I'm able to take the information I'm picking up here to not only create more content, but also go back, and improve other sites I have. The Niche Blogger is a no brainer, and I happily lent my voice and picture for testimony on her site, because it's something that truly is helping me increase my own income. Period...hands down, the best move I made this year. Go ahead...start looking around and see if you see my testimony scattered on the internet- I'll wait. It won't happen, because not much adds "that" much value to what I all ready know from being online.

Amy takes your hand, and goes step by step, as basic as it gets. She uses blog posts, videos, and there's a very active forum board where people are helping each other. It's not a cut throat board, it's a help each other do better board. This is a community I was so happy to join, I jumped from monthly member to lifetime member the first month. I know QUALITY when I see it.

I happily recommend The Niche Blogger, whether you're a new blogger, looking to create niche blogs and more. It's the fine details many people overlook, and this time, I'm taking the time to do each step...one at at time. I'm all ready seeing the results of the time and effort I've put in, with Amy's details.

You won't hear me shouting out about many programs, but this is one I'm happy to have joined. I became a member of the "do it faster, take shortcuts" crew, and I wasn't getting the results during the last two years, that I'm getting now.