ART OF BLOGGING
You will get tons of content on the internet regarding blogging, but all shrouded in mystery. We will try to demystify the concept
WHAT IS A BLOG
Blog is shorten form of Web Log
A blog is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries. Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web
WHY TO BLOG
A blog can help you inform, educate, promote and even sell, but only if you are clear about your intention from the start.
Hence, take some time to figure out your message and the purpose of your blog. In the meanwhile, here are several reasons why many people make a blog and enjoy blogging:
- To enhance writing and thinking skills
- To establish expertise
- To increase self-confidence
- To network with others in the industry
- To make money blogging
STEPS IN BLOGGING
One can create a blog in 15-20 minutes or even less:
- Select proper niche for the blogging
- Carefully select the best blog platform [ Free Platform : Blogger and Paid Platform For Wordpress ]
- Find a perfect web host and get a domain name
- Design your blog
SELECTING PROPER NICHE FOR THE BLOG
What is a Niche
- Pick a topic you enjoy talking about. Starting a blog is a really fun process.
- Do market research. The next step is to make sure that there's a profitable and big enough market for your topic. ...
- Pick a smaller niche. Let's see what kind of competition you have for your topic. ...
- Make sure it's profitable.
Niche Blogging
Niche blogging is the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it to market to a particular niche market. Niche blogs may appeal to "geographic areas, a specialty industry, ethnic or age groups, or any
other particular group of people. In a simple ways,a niche a topic your chose for writing your blog in a particular and specific field or specialization.
How To Start A Niche Blog
Know Your Passion. If you hate vegetables, deciding to write a niche blog about vegetables is a terrible idea. Decide On Short Or Long Term. Trend niche blogs won't last, but they can be profitable for a while.
Decide If And How You'll Monetize Your Site. Find Your Keyword Niche.
Some Standard Profitable Blogging Niches
- Making Money Online Blog
- Digital Marketing Blog
- Finance Blog
- Fitness Blog
- Traveling Blog
- Lifestyle Blog
- Technical Blog.
- Digital Marketing Blog.
- Finance and Investment Blog.
- Fashion Blog. ...
- Travelling Blog. ...
- Movie and Music Blog.
- Health Blog
- News Blog
- Photography Blog
It does not mean that the above list of niches is an exhaustive list. Niches can be many and numerous. One has to be creative to find it out - that's it!
HOW TO EARN FROM BLOGGING - MONETIZATION
Let us understand the basics
A blog earns from it's popularity and fan following. So what one should understand that the topic one chose for his blog and the content he is posting on his blog is most important
What are the ways bloggers make money
- Monetization Through Ads Network
- Monetization through Affiliate Marketing
- Monetization through List Building
- Monetization through Blog Sponsors
- Monetization through writing Reviews
- Sell Digital products (eBooks, Blueprints)
- Launch an Online Course.
MONETIZATION THROUGH ADS NETWORK
Depending on the topic of the blog and the viewer ship of the blog the Advertizement Networks place advertisements of companies and businesses fo the similar field in which the blog is.
The two Ad networks which are most popular are:
- Google AdSense (Offered by Google)
- Media.net
You need to have a blog full of content to get approval on these ad networks. They show ads automatically based on the context of your article and also based on user interest. Most of the new blogs use these methods to monetize as it gives recurring income. Since the ads shown are of high quality, they don’t affect the user experience.
Ads Network For Small Bloggers with less than 300 views
- PopAds
- Propellerads
- Revenue Hits
- VigiLink
- SkimLink
- Peerfly
POPADS
PopAds is a premium pop ad network.
This is a good ad network for small publishers because they have no minimum traffic requirements.
They started in 2010 & promise to offer 100% fill rates. They allow all types of blogs including illegal ones, porn sites, and other “adult” related content. Once you signup, do setup auto withdrawal option. This way, you will get paid automatically once you reach minimum payout threshold.
Pros of PopAds:
Approval is instant.
High CPM rates when compared to other networks
No minimum traffic requirements
Minimum payout is $5
Auto money withdrawal
Cons of PopAds:
The only available payment mode is PayPal, Payoneer
Propellerads Network
This is a good ad network for small publishers because they have no minimum traffic requirements.
They started in 2010 & promise to offer 100% fill rates. They allow all types of blogs including illegal ones, porn sites, and other “adult” related content. Once you signup, do setup auto withdrawal option.
This way, you will get paid automatically once you reach minimum payout threshold.
Pros of PopAds:
Approval is instant.
High CPM rates when compared to other networks
No minimum traffic requirements
Minimum payout is $5
Auto money withdrawal
Cons of PopAds:
Cons of PopAds
The only available payment mode is PayPal, Payoneer
Propeller Ads
Propellerads is a CPM network which is idle for any beginner or intermediate bloggers. All you need to do is after signing up.
- Create ad
- Place it on your blog
- You will make anywhere between $1-$4 for 1000 views.
- Minimum payout is $25
- Getting started with Propellerads is easy & they pay using Payoneer, WebmoneyZ & other methods.
Revenue Hits
Revenue Hits is very different when compared to the other ad networks on this list.
Revenue Hits won’t pay you anything for clicks or impressions. They only pay when a click is turned into action. For example, if advertisers need user information, they advertise using Revenue Hits.
Publishers place the ad code on their blog. When a visitor clicks the ad and gives his/her name and email to the advertiser, the publisher (you) will get paid.
They pay $10-$50 per action
The minimum payout is $50
They pay via Paypal, Payoneer & bank transfer
I have seen many publishers making between $10- $100 per day using this ad network.
I personally love Revenue Hits. This is a great ad network for small publishers with no minimum traffic requirements.
Pros of Revenue Hits:
Very high CPA rates
Good minimum payout when compared to other ad networks like AdSense
Good support
Instant activation (Yup!)
Cons of Revenue Hits:
The ad format. They don’t use CPC or CPM methods. They only pay for actions.
MONETIZATION THROUGH AFFILIATE MARKETING
Affiliate Marketing is the process of you advertising someone else’s product for them and if you get a sale for the owner then you get a good percentage of the sale, usually between 50% and 75%.
There are a few ways that you can use affiliate marketing as a source of income on your blog. Firstly you can simply put pictures or text adverts up in your sidebar so that people can click on them that way.
Or alternatively, you can slip an affiliate link to a product that you would like to recommend to one of your posts. This way of putting affiliate links usually gets you more clicks in a short time but it can annoy some readers if you keep reviewing products and trying to blatantly get money off of them instead of just writing good helpful content.
MONETIZATION THROUGH LIST BUILDING
This income stream might not technically be directly involved with bloging but bloging can certainly help with this. If you have a sign-up box for your mailing list on your blog then you can have lots of organic sign-ups from targeted traffic.
The advantage of a mailing list is that you know that the people you are emailing have an interest in the products that you are selling because they have already expressed an interest when they signed up.
This makes for much better conversions on your sales efforts. This also leads to another avenue for making money. As an incentive, many people offer an ebook to encourage people to sign up to a mailing list and in this ebook, you could put some affiliate links so that you get the best chance to carry on selling at the back end of your list.
MONETIZATION THROUGH BLOG SPONSORS
Once you feel your blog has grown a little bit and you have a nice amount of traffic then you can start to think about offering advertising space on your blog to private advertisers. In this way, you have a more stable form of income and you have more control over where your income comes from.
Once your blog gets a good amount of traffic people will come to you for advertising space so you won’t even need to promote it very much.
MONETIZATION THROUGH WRITING REVIEWS FOR FREE OR PAID REVIEWS
This is another method for blogs that have got a good amount of traffic already and it involves charging people to write a review or put up a review that they have written for one of their products.
There are a few ethical issues with this income stream such as you may start to take the money to advertise products that you don’t have a good belief in. This can start to degrade the quality of your blog if you aren’t careful.
But if you don’t take on to many of these jobs and only pick products that you believe are actually of some use then they can be an asset. There are a lot of people out there looking for useful products and if you show it to them then they will remember you for that.
Well, these are some of the tips which you can use to monetize a blog, but also make sure you get enough traffic.
Your income is directly proportional to your traffic, needless to mentioned targeted traffic.
MONETIZATION THROUGH SELLING DIGITAL PRODUCTS
One can create his own e-books on any topic as per his specialization and can sell these e-books online through blogs or website. Similarly digital products like software or apps can also be sold online.
MONETIZATION BY SELLING ONLINE COURSES
One can create and sell online courses according to his specialization through webiners and podcasts.
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