Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Blogging In 3 Simple Steps

By Michael Fleischner

Blogging is a really great way to reach your audience, share your thoughts, and even help you with your Internet marketing. I've been blogging for nearly 3 years and continue to enjoy the benefits of not only communicating with an audience, but engaging in meaningful dialog. Starting a blog is easy to do and pays huge dividends.

There are a number of free services available that offer personalized blogs for free. Sites like Blogger and WordPress only require a brief registration and set up. Once you determine a theme for your blog and a template, you're ready to begin posting. Posts are entries you make on your blog that are published instantly.

When starting your blog, be sure to decide what specific topics you are going to cover. The key is to keep your blog focused on a particular niche. The reason you want narrow your focus is because over time you will build out a specific niche. The more targeted you are, the more influence you can have with your audience.

Start your blogging today by choosing a free blog site to register onwith. Once you've chosen a blogging web site the next step is consider the specific goal of your blog. Are you going to be making posts daily or less frequently? It's essential to layout a plan that you can adhere to over time.

Making money with your blog is very easy to do and requires little knowledge of revenue producing techniques. Earn revenue through Google Adwords and text links. Google Adwords are easily added to most blog templates, often by a click of a button. Sites like text-link-ads allow you to post links on your blog and get paid on a monthly basis. Both techniques are easy and allow you to generate cash twenty four hours a day.

Another great way to monetize your blog is through paid links. The concept of offering paid links is pretty easy to understand. You create a section of you blog that lists recommended sites. In this list, you only place links that advertisers have paid you to post. There are some tools you can use to automate this process. I simply add a link to a post that explains how to post a link with directions and a pass through to a Paypal page. You can set up a single time payment or subscription, allowing would be advertisers the opportunity to purchase a link on your blog monthly or for longer periods.

To make money with your blog you must generate traffic. If you follow the details we've outlined which include being specific, focusing on a particular niche, updating content regularly, and applying ways to monetize your blog, you will generate revenue. Focus on traffic generation and you can reach your goals.

Making your blog successful is dependent on a number of factors. I personally feel that having a successful blog is all about creating valuable content regularly that is meaningful for a given niche. The earning ability of your blog is directly correlated to the traffic you can create. At the point where you have achieved a regular and consistent flow of traffic you can take advantage of various methods for generating revenue.

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