Making Money With Your Blog by Nell Taliercio
I've sure you've heard before that it's a possibility to make
money with your blog and you may be wondering how this is
possible. And were they really meant for making money or just
for journaling your personal thoughts? I'm not sure what they
were intended for but they are great ways to make money.
I have a personal blog which is just my own private little
place to go online and jot down my thoughts, but I also have my
business blogs.
Back In The Beginning
Now to be honest with you in the beginning of my blogging
experience I really wasn't sure what I should do with my blog.
I knew I wanted to make money with it, but I didn't know how. I
didn't know what I could do to not only be a value to others so
they would come back to my blog, but that I would still enjoy
writing it.
So it was really important to me that I find a topic in which I
would be excited about, and have enough to offer so that I could
blog every week or so. After starting a blog that was meant to
just be an add on to my business at MommysPlace.net and
struggling with the direction of that blog, I came across one
of Alice Seba's blogs. Which she used to write about her
experience through a traffic product.
Every couple of weeks or so she would update her progress
through this course. She would tell us all about her successes
with this product and how great it was for her business. And it
made me think of how I could do something similar.
Product/Service Focused Blog
This is when the light bulb moment went off in my head. This is
when I realized what I should have been doing all along. I have
been a member of a exclusive coaching program for mothers in
business.
Since joining this program my business has seen great success.
My income has increased more then five times what it was before
I joined and my traffic has increased even more then that.
I enjoy and believe in this coaching program and it happens to
have an affiliate program. I often got email from other work at
home mothers who wanted to know my thoughts on this program.
Taking a cue from Alice's blog I decided to start my own such
blog. And named it http://MomMastermindsJourney.blogspot.com -
okay, not a catchy title, but I'm no good with picking names
I used this blog for the purpose of documenting my successes
with my business. My projects, new content added to my website,
keyword phrases I was ranking for.etc. Basically anything that
had to do with my business, that was directly or indirectly
because of my joining Mom Masterminds, I jotted down.
Not only was this the best move I could have made for my
promoting this affiliate link it also served as a great way to
really see for myself the successes my business was achieving
and also to keep me on track.
This is one way you could make money with a blog. There are
other ways you could make money with a blog if you don't want
to devote a blog to one service or product you're promoting.
Side Kick Blog
For instance, my blog at http://www.mommyworkingvirtually.com
is a side kick to MommysPlace.net and my forums. This is a blog
in which I update my members on additions to the website,
newsletter and forums. Updating any important telecommuting or
business news and can promote my adsense and any other
affiliate programs.
So this blog serves more then one purpose. My main goal with
this blog is to get traffic to certain sections of my website.
I have a large website and it's not always easy for people to
find my information. So this is a great way for me to keep
certain new pages or sections of my website in the public eye
and get traffic to those pages. It also serves as a way to make
money with adsense and affiliate programs. And lastly it gives
exposure to my forum and my newsletter.
There can be many ways and many topics in which you can make
money and gain exposure to other businesses you may have or can
help in creating you as an expert in a certain field.
Just take the time to really think about what you could be
writing about and then how you can make money with that as
well. You can take a look at others blogs to get an idea and
see what other people are looking for.
Making Money With Your Blog - Resources:
Blogs to Riches- is an ebook that details ways you can make
your blog profitable. And the really cool thing with this is if
you list the publishers link on your blog for 45 days he will
give you this ebook for free! If you don't want to wait that
long you can also purchase it for a low price. Read more about
Blogs to Riches - www.blogstoriches.com
Increasing Adsense - is an ebook about how to increase your
adsense revenue. This ebook isn't specifically geared towards
blogs, but the information you will learn you can use with your
blogs. (As well as websites and forums...anywhere you have
adsense.) www.adsense-secrets.com
* Don't know what adsense is? Go to www.google.com/adsense to
learn more.
Ready To Blog?
Are you ready to take the leap into a blog? If so, it's really
very easy to set up a blog. The one resource I have used for
all my blogs has been blogger.com. This is free, easy, and fun.
There are many templates to chose from and you can customize
yours if you would like.
I have used the general template for my mom masterminds blog
and I have customized my http://www.mommysworkingvirtually.com
blog with different colors and fonts then what it came with. I
also have that hosted on my own domain, but you certainly don't
have to do that.
Submit Your Blog
After you create your blog you will want to submit it to blog
directories to help get your blog out in front of the public.
Some of the directories you can try are:
BlogWise - http://www.blogwise.com
Blog Search Engine - http://www.blogsearchengine.com
Blog Hub - http://www.bloghub.com
Blog Daisey - http://www.blogdaisey.com
Get Blogs - http://www.getblogs.com
Is Blogs - http://www.lsblogs.com
Feeds
Next, you need to add feeds to your blog. What is a feed? Good
question. I don't know the exact way to describe a feed nor do
I have a lot of valuable information on this subject.
This is still very new to me, but I can tell you briefly what a
feed does. You add a little graphic to your blog. It can be for
someone's yahoo page, msn page and other ways.
When they click on that they can add your blog to their
personal yahoo page. Then every time you add a new post they
are alerted on their yahoo page that you have posted AND it
even shows the topic of the post and how long ago it was
posted.
This is one of the best resources I've found in keeping people
coming back to your blog. They can subscribe to it so easily
and they will be automatically updated whenever you have
posted. It's pretty easy to add an RSS feed to your blog. The
resource I personally use is at www.feedburner.com
Watch Out Blogging World - Here I Come!
Now, see how simple this really can be? You can make money with
a blog, gain exposure for another business or websites, can
create yourself as an expert on a certain topic, can create a
blog for free, get it listed for free and start an RSS feed for
free! Now get out there and start blogging.
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About The Author: Nell Taliercio is the publisher of a weekly
telecommuting newsletter that helps moms and dads work at home.
Read more about the newsletter and get your free listing of job
links at http://www.telecommutinganswerlady.com - and for more
telecommuting and home based business information head over to
http://www.mommysplace.net
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