Times are hard and everyone seems to be looking for more ways to make some extra money. The internet is full of opportunities that just about anyone can dabble in. Many people are looking to make money blogging, and despite what you may think, it’s actually one of the most lucrative career options today. Use these tips to help you set up your blog and get back on your feet! Blogging Sites – There are TONS of websites out there that will help you set up a fresh blog in no time. Most of the sites are free sites, but if you want more options you may want to work with paid hosting. For those who are just starting out, you may want to start with a free blog service. Just look for something that will allow you to earn money. What to Write About – Choosing a topic to [...]
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How to Start a Money-Making Blog
July 15th, 2009
admin The job market is pretty grim these days and everyone is always scrounging around for extra money. If you are in a tight situation yourself and you need some extra cash, then look towards blogging to help you out. In order to make money blogging, you just need to have the right guide to help you out. Here are some tips that can help you get started: Finding a Blogging Site: There are TONS of websites out there that will get you set up with a fresh blog in no time. Most of the sites are free sites, but if you want more options you may want to work with a paid site. For those who are just starting out, you may want to start with a free blog site. Just look for something that will allow you to earn money. Pick A Topic: Before you get started with anything, [...]
Tips on How to Get More Backlinks
July 7th, 2009
admin By this time, you must have heard about backlinks and how important they are if you want to make money bloggin. Essentially, back links are just incoming links, or links on other sites or blogs that go directly back to your own blog or blog posts. In other words, if a person “links” to you, the link on his site that traces back to your own blog is pretty much what a backlink is. This might all seem like an easy matter, but the truth is that backlinks pack a bigger punch than you would expect them to, especially when it comes to increasing your search engine ranking. The more backlinks your blogger has, the higher its rank on search results will be. Likewise, your blog will rank higher than another blog in search results for the same keyword if your site has more backlinks coursing to it. Some backlinks [...]
Best Blog Hosting Services
July 3rd, 2009
admin Most people who want to make money blogging often have to make a crucial first decision about where they can put up their blog. And what looks like an easy question is actually one of the most important elements to blogging success. In fact, some blog service providers make blogging for money an easier task, while other providers do nothing towards that direction. So which of the biggest names in the industry takes our vote? Here’s a shortlist of what you can expect from blog providers, and why some of them are the best when it comes to monetizing your site: 1. Blogger.com Blogger.com offers free blog hosting that’s easy and convenient to use – you don’t even have to know HTML or any other com. The only downside to Blogger.com blogs is that they don’t provide a lot of money-making tools to aspiring professional bloggers. For instance, Blogger.com doesn’t [...]
Making a Media Kit
June 29th, 2009
admin When your blog has finally grown and gathered a strong enough following for you to make a bolder move towards monetizing it, that’s when you should start thinking of putting up a media kit for your site. An essential tool for people who want to make money blogging, media kits are your very own launching pad for promoting your blog to advertisers who might want to grab a spot on your site. If you want to start making your own media kit, there are certain guidelines you should follow. Although media kits can come in various forms, the most effective ones all have a few crucial elements in place. Here are a few guidelines that you can refer to when you want to start making your own media kit: 1. Keep it simple In the hopes of impressing advertisers, some bloggers commit the well-meaning mistake of using big words and [...]
Conquering Blogger’s Block
June 28th, 2009
admin We’ve all had those days when you sit in front of the PC, trying to think of what to blog about, and coming up with nothing after two fruitless hours. Or what about those days when the right words seem to escape you, and none of your ideas seem to be connecting well? Blogger’s block has to be one of the most annoying things that pro bloggers have to deal with – especially because it can get in the way of how we make money blogging! Nonetheless, there are ways to fight that dreaded block, or even prevent it from happening. Here are a couple of tips that you can keep in mind so you never run out of words or ideas: 1. Get a change of scenery It can get pretty boring working in just one place all day. Why not pick a different spot to work in [...]
Is Your Blog Not Making Money? Here’s Why:
June 28th, 2009
admin Becoming a full-fledged professional bloggeris a tricky endeavor, one that cannot promise uniform rewards for everyone. In the case of some bloggers, the rate of their profit could resemble a smooth upward incline, describing a steady progression towards bigger and bigger earnings. Other bloggers, however, make money blogging at a slower pace, and are at a loss about how they can improve their earnings. If you’re part of the latter group and would like to know what you might be doing wrong, then this article is for you. Below is a list of the most common reasons why your blog isn’t performing, despite your best efforts: 1. You’re jumping the gun: It’s already your third month blogging, and you’ve followed every smart piece of advice on blogging out there, but nothing seems to be happening yet. Is anything wrong? Well, nothing is, but you’re looking for profit way too early [...]
Popular Niches For Blogging
June 26th, 2009
admin In the online world, as is true everywhere else, popularity is a driving force in how well a product or service will do. Blogging is no exception; the most successful sites today cover topics that are known to be popular with the online community. And since high traffic often translates to a skyrocketing revenue, these blogs end up as the biggest earners in the blogosphere, just because they dove into the right niche and made the most of their advantage. Some niches are definitely going to get more attention than most and are a good base to start from if you want to make money blogging. But which topics are these, and why are they so popular? Take a look at the list we compiled below, and see if any of today’s biggest niches hold any appeal for you: 1. Technology How can technology not be popular? With millions of [...]
Top 3 Ways to Send Traffic to Your Blog
June 23rd, 2009
admin At one point in your life as a blogger, you’ll realize that your site could do with a little more traffic than it usually gets. After all, getting a lot of traffic is important if you want to make money blogging. The good news here is that you don’t need to be familiar with complex, highly technical SEO methods just to improve your site’s stats. Instead, all you need is to make a few tweaks to your blogging strategy to achieve some very noticeable results. Here’s a list of the best methods that will help you give your site’s traffic an extra push: 1. Get out there and socialize! If you want your blog to be visited by other people, you’ll have to do a lot of house-calls yourself – to other blogs, that is. Shoot for blogs that concentrate on the same niche as yours, since the people [...]
WordPress Plugins You Should Not Be Without
June 23rd, 2009
admin If you’re one of the millions of WordPress users today, you’re probably thankful for the existence of plugins, those little chunks of code that enhance the functionalities of your blog. And yet these plugins don’t just serve the purpose of helping you keep your blog. Plugins can improve your visitors’ experience of your site, and some of them are even made specifically to help you make money blogging. The only drawback about plugins is the fact that there’s so many of them lying around the blogosphere, and not all of them are necessary to the success of your site. But how will you know which plugins are worth installing and which ones are better off left on the shelf? Here’s a list of the best WordPress plugins that don’t just do the job – they do it very well! 1. Akismet A perennial favorite, Akismet is every WordPress blogger’s first [...]


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