Make Money Blogging – Three Not So Simple Words!  Blogging for money seems to be the new trend.  Although blogging can be very lucrative, it also has a dark side… It’s called reality.  Unless you have the ability to somehow engage thousands of readers and make your website one of the top sites on various website ranking engines in days, you will not get rich quick.  Again though, blogging can be very rewarding… you just have to be ready for the reality.

First, you need to love to write.  If you don’t like to write, you are in the wrong business.  Second, if you do not have a plan or idea about your target market or what you want to write about, forget about the money… take a minute and put together your plan.  Third, write, write, write… If you want to utilize affiliates and sell services, make sure that your target market is interested in what you showcase.  Although I could go on forever with tips, and more, I am not going to.  Instead, I would like to keep this short and leave you with this:

1. Making money from blogging is a possibility.
2. Don’t expect advertisers to pay you thousands of dollars if you do not have thousands and thousands of readers.
3. Affiliate sales will make you money but… not a ton unless… you have readers, and, you are smart about how you market and who you are marketing to.  Remember, if you are trying to sell children’s clothes, but your website is about pets, you are most likely not going to have a ton of children’s clothing sales on your site.
4. Content… make sure what you write is not only readable, but appeals to your readers. 
5. Content… make sure you write more than just one article a week.  Give your readers a reason to come back.
6. Font… I have to throw this in b/c I made this mistake… I was working on my Mac and added a Google font which looked amazing on my Mac.  Later, I went to show a friend of mine my website on her PC and noticed that the font not only looked like absolute crap, but, even wearing my glasses could not fix the fact that I could barely read it!
7. Another mistake I made as a beginner blogger… comments… I was so excited to start receiving comments on my blog that I began responding to all of them!  I also allowed all of them as posts regardless of the fact that some sounded odd and didn’t quite relate to what I had written.  Still though, I thought that I should respond and post these.  That was, until I received a comment from a real person stating… “Do you realize that most of the comments you are replying to are spam?”  Did I feel like an idiot?  Yes.  This only confirmed to the rest of the world that I was a novice blogger!
8. Yet another mistake I made… not engaging with other bloggers.  If you think you are better than the rest, think again.  As a new blogger, you don’t have readers.  Other bloggers do.  There are many reasons for that.  Overall, the blogosphere is not a competition like real life can be.  This is a different world where a lot of bloggers work with one another and promote each other.  Get your nose out of the air and realize that blogging and being a snob do not mix well.  In fact, the last thing you want is to be snubbed by a well-known blogger… although, they probably would never do that. It is one of the reasons they are successful.  Take for example, some of the best blogs out there.  Well, one of the first things you will notice is that a lot of what they write about is to help others.  Another note, many of those websites have content specifically promoting other blogs.  This is a different world.  Get used to it and know that you are not above other bloggers. 
9. Similar to trying to snag your best friend’s boyfriend or husband, DON’T steal content from another blogger.  There is enough content out there, just like there are enough fish in the sea… you get it right?  Surprisingly, this not only happens often, but everyone gets caught at some point.  It is disrespectful and honestly, makes you look like a fool.
10. Overall, be creative, have fun and write what you love and know.  Understand that it may take time to rake in the dough, but have fun while you are getting there. 

There is so much information that I could cover, but as I stated at the beginning of this post, I am keeping this one short.  The best advice I can give any blogger new to the blogosphere is this… Enjoy your new venture, savor the contacts you make, be creative, don’t let one or two negative comments get to you, allow for multiple streams of income in case one goes south, and don’t expect everything to happen immediately.  It may take months… it may take years.

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