| Blogging for profit; you'll have heard about some of the | | | | Health; weight loss, exercise, healthy eating, men's |
| success stories no doubt - but there never seems to | | | | health. |
| be any details, right? | | | | Pets; dogs, cats, horses, training, grooming, health. |
| All the 'meat' is left out of the story leaving you | | | | Relationships; dating, attraction, reconciliation with ex. |
| wondering just how these ghostlike figures actually | | | | Internet marketing; eBay, SEO, information products. |
| manage to bring in serious amounts of cash from their | | | | Obviously this list could go on and on. |
| blogs. | | | | Step 2; Having chosen your niche you need to provide |
| Even the big companies have recognised the power | | | | the kind of content your readers want to read. |
| and profit potential of blogging and have jumped on the | | | | The best way to find out what your readers want is |
| bandwagon. | | | | to visit online forums in your chosen niche and see |
| Quite honestly if you're serious about making money | | | | what kinds of questions and problems come up |
| online then you MUST have a blog and learn how to | | | | regularly. |
| monetize it. | | | | Your task now is to provide the answers and solutions |
| Because it's easier than you think... | | | | and to do this search online for relevant eBooks (can |
| Why a blog? | | | | be bought on eBay for next to nothing). Visit or just |
| The key to earning money online is traffic and a blog | | | | use Google. |
| filled with quality content that is of value to its readers | | | | Having successfully accomplished steps 1 & 2, |
| becomes a traffic magnet! | | | | step 3 will occur automatically as long as you keep |
| You see the search engines love regularly updated | | | | doing step 2. |
| and unique content which means guaranteed traffic | | | | There are various strategies to achieve step 4; |
| for you. And the other great thing about blogs is they | | | | You can open a Google AdSense account and place |
| are easy and cheap to create, easy to maintain and | | | | AdSense ads on your blog, every time one of these |
| easy to customize. | | | | ads is clicked by a visitor to your blog you get paid. |
| The 4 steps to blogging success; | | | | You can provide affiliate links to information products |
| 1 Choose a subject with lots of traffic | | | | that you review and recommend in your blog posts. |
| 2 Regularly and continually provide unique, quality | | | | Banner advertising is another way to monetize your |
| content. | | | | blog, most affiliate programs provide banners that you |
| 3 Build a loyal following | | | | can paste into your blog, if your reader clicks the |
| 4 Monetize the traffic | | | | banner and subsequently buys the product you |
| For step 1 you need to choose a niche with mass | | | | receive an affiliate commission. |
| appeal (remember, making money online is a numbers | | | | The most lucrative way to monetize your blog, in my |
| game, you need a lot of traffic so you need a popular | | | | experience, is to capture the email addresses of your |
| subject.) | | | | visitors and build a mailing list. You can then develop a |
| You also need to be an expert on your chosen | | | | more intimate and personal relationship with regular |
| subject or be sufficiently interested in the niche to | | | | emails offering valuable content and recommending |
| become an expert. | | | | appropriate products. |
| Here is a list (not exhaustive) of popular online niches; | | | | OK, so now you understand the money making |
| Money; making it, saving it, borrowing it, managing debt. | | | | potential of your own blog. |