How to Start Making Money Blogging

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Understand what a blog is. Define a blog as a type of website or part of a website often maintained by someone making regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format forms a large part of a blog.

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Plan to write your blog in a tone appropriate to your blog topic. The most important part of any blog is what you have to say and how you say it. People will inevitably return to your blog if the subject you write about and the style in which you write it appeals to them. Keep it personable so as to invite interaction through blog comments and links back to your blog from other bloggers who like what you write.

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Choose a niche market and domain name. If you’re setting up a blog with the intention of making money, you need to find a profitable niche. Let’s assume that selling hair care products is a potentially profitable niche. A possible search term that someone might use for a hair care product might be "hair care shampoo," so an appropriate domain name would be "haircareshampoo.com".

• Selecting a good "buyer keyword" is critical. Try to select one that pulls in readers that are ready to buy. Another good example of a long-tail buyer keyword might be "eczema remedy." This keyword probably has a high level of competition, but it's just an example. Think of the reader who is searching for this term. They likely have a problem (eczema) and they're already looking for a solution. If your blog is informative and well designed, there's a good chance you'll be able to monetize your traffic.

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Choose which blog software to use. There are a number of popular blogging software around, including Blogger and Wordpress. My favorite is Wordpress – in fact I created this blog using Wordpress, and that’s the one I’m going to use to help you setup your blog - it’s very simple to use, and it has many powerful features including plug-ins and web template system that uses a template processor

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Go to your new blog website. (Such as http://www.yourblogname.com) Substitute your actual domain name for "yourblogname".

• Click on “Cpanel login.” If you don’t see "Cpanel login" to click then type this in the browser address bar +slash+cpanel. “http://www.yourblogname.com/cpanel using the actual name you registered.
• Type in your username and password that you chose when you bought the "web hosting" provider. Should be in your BLOG FILE.
• Scroll down to “Software/Services.”
• Click on “Simple Scripts.”

Starting to Blog

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   Write blog posts people want to read. It is a matter of speaking honestly and openly about a subject you're passionate about. The more you promote your blog, the more people will find it and the greater likelihood that some of those people will read what you have to say, like it,
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   Use strategies to drive traffic to your blog:
   

   • Email Marketing: send emails to your contacts who might be interested in your blog and suggest that they forward your link to their contacts.
   • Participate in blog carnivals. Search online for them or check out BlogCarnival.com.
   • SEO: Optimize your site for search engines. One software I recommend is WebCEO, and there is a free version of it.

   
   

   
   
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   Post relevant comments on related blogs for exposure to those readers.Register as a member using "yourblogname.com" as your username and:
   

   • Build links to your blog by posting comments on other blogs that have “dofollow” links which means that search engines will see those links. That helps to improve your exposure.
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   Do video marketing. Creating a video for marketing is much easier than you think. The best software used for making a video is Animoto.
5. Making Money

Be smart about what programs you buy into.

• Stay away from buying How to ebook scams about making money online.
• Consider buying a system and eprogram that can completely automate everything -- from e-sales, e-credit card usage and e-downloads (delivery online) -- to everything else that is needed to keep sales, customer info and operate a successful business online.