Thousands of people earn money blogging. It is
arguably the easiest way to make some money if you like to write. All you
have to do is tell people about something you enjoy writing about. If you do
it often, you will get followers, and if enough people follow you, you will
have a means of earning money.
However, there are a few important details to iron out before you start. The
first thing you should decide is which blogging platform you should use. One
of the easiest to use is Blogger.com .
Blogger.com is owned by Google, so they are certainly a reliable company that
will be around for a long time.
You can start a blog on Blogger.com for free. Just go to the website at http://www.blogger.com/ and follow the
simple instructions for signing up. Another popular free blogging platform is
WordPress.com . They operate in a
similar way to Blogger.com.
Another option is to host your own WordPress blog on your own server space
with your own domain name. This is not the easiest option for the newcomer to
the Internet, but for those who wish to try it, you can download the
WordPress software free with full installation instructions from http://www.wordpress.org/.
Once you have your blog set up, you are all set to earn money blogging. The
first thing to do is make a post about something that people will enjoy
reading. It is probably best to choose a topic and stick to it. Don't try to
be everything to everyone. You'll only end up being nothing to no one. Keep a
tight focus on one niche topic and don't ever try to cover too broad a range.
In fact, most people think they are tightly focused on a niche topic when in
reality they all over the place. Take this article, for example. Here we are
attempting to cover the broad topic of blogging, which is acceptable.
However, if you really want to earn money blogging, and, for example, your
chosen topic is also about blogging, you would be better advised to narrow
your focus down to say, blogging with WordPress, or blogging with Blogger,
and not try to cover the entire range of blogging.
The reason for this is that you will get much more faithful followers doing
it this way. Your followers will be seeking information on a specific, tight
topic, and if you cover it, and cover it well, they will be interested.
You need to submit a post every day at least. Don't post too often. That will
only confuse people; once a day is fine in most cases. You also need to make
your blog popular and have it rank highly in the search engines. The best way
to do this is to get as many back links pointing to your blog, all using you
chosen topic as the link text.
Now we come to how to actually earn money blogging. Well, once you have your
blog with a good number of followers, all very interested in what you have to
say, you can monetise your posts by adding Google AdSense , for example. This
is probably the easiest way.
You could also find relevant affiliate programs at places like Commission Junction or ClickBank , for example, and display links
with your affiliate code in them. There are many ways to earn money blogging,
once you have the blogging part down right.
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