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Is It Possible To Make Money From Blogging?
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by:
Maya Jakes
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Copyright 2005 Jugglingmum
Do you have a Blog or Personal Online Journal? If the answer is yes,
did you know that it’s possible to earn money from your Blog? I
earn plenty from my own Blogspots – maybe not enough to think of
retiring in the near future, but enough to allow me some extra luxuries
in life and who knows how much I’ll be earning in a few years or
even just a few months!
I love writing Blogs because I love passing on information that
I’ve researched myself. Best of all, I only spend a couple of
hours each week writing on my blogspots – I spend several more
hours researching information because I also love to learn and believe
that no matter how much I think I know about a subject, there’s
always new stuff to learn – I’m a bit of an information
junkie!!
If you already know plenty about a particular subject then it
won’t take long at all to write a few paragraphs about it and
have your blog up and running. Obviously, writing about what you love
helps because, in the beginning, the money you earn is a bonus rather
than an income that will allow you to give up your day job. Mind you,
I’ve read about many people that earn fantastic incomes from
their blogs so maybe you’ll be one of the lucky ones that can
give up the day job in the very near future.
Search engines visit blogs so your site will probably get listed
quickly – Google actually own www.blogger.com so if you want
traffic this is a good site to start your blog on. It’s a good
idea to also insert GoogleAdSense and even a Google Search box because
you’ll also earn money when any of your visitors decide to click
an ad or do a search – more bonus cash for little effort. Blogger
also has a tool that you can use to notify all the search engines when
you update your site. Make no mistake, this is a very powerful tool
because the search engines take a look at your blog and follows the
links to other websites. This makes getting listed on the top search
engines like Google a breeze.
Another way to make cash from your blog is to add a few affiliate links
– find products that fit in with the theme of your blog, sign up
as an affiliate, put a link on your blog and hopefully watch some more
bonus cash roll in – again, it’s simple but effective! If
you’re not familiar with affiliate marketing then let me tell you
right now that this is an extremely good earner. I usually get my
affiliate links at www.cj.com, www.clickbank.com and
www.affiliatefuture.com so pay them a visit and get some links to get
started.
I recently set up 2 new blogspots and you are welcome to take a look by
visiting www.mindpowersuccess.blogspot.com and
www.jibechick.blogspot.com. These are 2 completely different subjects
but I’m really interested in both so enjoyed creating them.
I also post my monthly JC Newsletter at
www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com and always invite people to take a
look at the current JCN before signing up.
I’m not worried about getting competition from anyone looking at
my blogs – there’s more than enough blogs, niche markets,
etc. to go round and if it helps you get ideas then that’s great.
Remember I’ve already stated that “I love writing Blogs
because I love passing on information that I’ve researched
myself.”
Another way to get traffic to your blog is to ask visitors to sign up
to your own newsletter and then send them a link each time you make a
new post. – once a week is plenty otherwise they may get fed up
with you bombarding their inbox.
That’s about all there is to it – it’s quick,
it’s easy and it has the potential to earn you a fairly decent
income. If you have the time to spare then don’t stop at one blog
because the more sites you have the more visitors you’ll get and
the more money you’ll earn.
There are many people earning a very good living writing their blogs.
The biggest tips are to find niche areas that not many others are
promoting, get some affiliate links and some good quality content
information. Remember to add GoogleAdSense and possibly a Google search
box to your site and then just check your visitors and earnings each
day.
About the author:
Jugglingmum earns a living online from affiliate marketing, blogspots
and Google. She runs a popular monthly Newsletter that you can sign up
for by sending a blank email to jugglingmumsclub@getresponse.com See
the latest JC Newsletter at http://www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com
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