If you’re thinking of starting your own blog solely with the purpose to earn money, then you won’t be able to make it in the blogging industry in the long run. There’s already way too much competition out there that requires your passion and interest to keep you going no matter how long it takes. Once you know the drill, you can even start earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per month from blogging. For instance, Lena the Plug is a popular social media influencer that earns seven-figure paychecks from the content she creates, and most of her revenue stream comes from her blog. If you’re interested, you can get more info about other famous influencers from this bio link.
Now, let’s hop on to see how YOU can start a blog and make money. Keep reading!
1. Start Your Own Website or Use a Free Blogging Platform
You can use free blogging platforms like Blogger or Medium, or create a free website using WordPress, to start blogging for free, however, customization is limited and most of the free platforms don’t allow you to use affiliate links or advert banners on your website.
Whereas, you can start your own website by investing a little bit. Customization is unlimited and you can use affiliate links and adverts on your website. Try to keep your domain name short (max 15 characters) and if possible, you should try to optimize it with a keyword to increase site visitors.
2. Pick a Topic
It’s essential to post consistently on your blog to start building traffic to your website, and if the topic or niche you’re blogging about isn’t your passion, you’ll lose the motivation to post on your blog. Hence, you should find a topic that interests you, and you are sure that you will enjoy writing it.
In addition to this, try to fill in the gaps in the online world and research what topics are less talked about on the internet. If you opt for a topic that has already over a million search results on Google, you will be giving yourself some serious competition. You can try to find the sub-niches of the niche you’re interested in.
3. Promote Your Blog on Social Media
Your job doesn’t end by simply publishing your stupendous blogs on the internet. In order to drive traffic to your site, you need to promote your blogs on your social media accounts. Try to get help from the paid advertisement on social media, or you can even run a contest/giveaway in order to get more likes and followers on your page. You should also post regularly about your life or hobbies on your social media in addition to your blogs.
4. Use Affiliate Marketing
If people start reading your blogs with excitement, you can start applying for affiliate programs easily. You will be required to add a hyperlink to the third-party website and every time your site’s reader purchases something from it, you will get a commission on sales.
Keep in mind to only add such affiliate links in your blog that you’d be willing to invest in yourself, and they’re authentic, otherwise, you’ll lose credibility.
5. Get Advantage of the Banner Adverts
You may have noticed an advertisement banner across the top of a blog or in the sidebar, and every time you click on it, the blogger earns revenue.
You can do the same for your blog, but before doing so you will have to fulfill certain requirements listed by the advertisement company, such as a certain amount of traffic to your website. After complying with their requirements, you can get paid according to the number of clicks or impressions you get on the ads.
Google Adsense, media.net, and PropellerAds are some quick and easy ways to earn money from your blog site.
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