“Rivers do not drink their own water, nor do trees eat their own fruit, nor do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others”
A friend quoted this ancient saying and it explained my entire purpose of this blog. If I can't help others I'm nothing at all. According to this saying I am Noble! Cool!
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Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Making money from blogging
I am making money blogging. I didn't pay a cent for it. I just went in to see how much money I've earned since I started back in February of 2009. While its true I've only made $14. 74, it's intangible assets out weight the minimal drawbacks.
Starting a blog means I have a website. Blogger is free. It's limitations are not that much different from any you would pay for. I haven't found one for less than $120 a year.
I've learned a lot about good SEO writing. Just writing a bunch of words down does not get you an audience. Learning SEO writing is free, just do the research!
You don't have to blog every day. Just looking at this one you'll see I don't. Still I've made on average $0.06 a day.
Another way to gather a free audience is to go to personal blogs that are close to your content and comment. Refer anyone who may have read your blog to websites you find informative and interesting and relate to what YOUR AUDIENCE is interested in. Number one rule of blogging: always remember your audience. Completely changing the subject even a little bit will not keep people interested, especially if you change your subject a lot.
Create a blog that is of interest to a world wide audience. I have a lot of people from Russia reading this single blog. There are English speaking people in Russia, as a second language. Also there are now many online translating sites.
Once in a while I use Hit2Hit to gain free traffic. It looks like it may be a waist of time but I have found out otherwise. I have gained 1 follower from clicking on that site. It also doesn't waste my time. I take my laptop to the family room when no one is home. I go down to watch a two hour movie. I click away mindlessly throughout the length of the movie. The word traffic and audience are two different things. You gain your audience from your traffic. It will increase your bounce rate temporarily, but keeping in mind the work you've done on Hit2Hit you shouldn't be bothered by this.
The longer your blog has been online the higher it's ranking in the search engines. The title of each blog reaches more people. This is why it's so important to learn at least a little about good SEO writing.
There are a number of other assets to this but these are the main ones, other than enjoying what you're writing about. I travel with a note book and write down ideas I may have while away from my computer.
Your single drawback is the amount of money you make. Yes, it takes a long time for a blog to gain a decent audience. People in Adsence say it takes 1000 hits a day to start making money. The more you learn, the more you'll earn.
Starting a blog means I have a website. Blogger is free. It's limitations are not that much different from any you would pay for. I haven't found one for less than $120 a year.
I've learned a lot about good SEO writing. Just writing a bunch of words down does not get you an audience. Learning SEO writing is free, just do the research!
You don't have to blog every day. Just looking at this one you'll see I don't. Still I've made on average $0.06 a day.
Another way to gather a free audience is to go to personal blogs that are close to your content and comment. Refer anyone who may have read your blog to websites you find informative and interesting and relate to what YOUR AUDIENCE is interested in. Number one rule of blogging: always remember your audience. Completely changing the subject even a little bit will not keep people interested, especially if you change your subject a lot.
Create a blog that is of interest to a world wide audience. I have a lot of people from Russia reading this single blog. There are English speaking people in Russia, as a second language. Also there are now many online translating sites.
Once in a while I use Hit2Hit to gain free traffic. It looks like it may be a waist of time but I have found out otherwise. I have gained 1 follower from clicking on that site. It also doesn't waste my time. I take my laptop to the family room when no one is home. I go down to watch a two hour movie. I click away mindlessly throughout the length of the movie. The word traffic and audience are two different things. You gain your audience from your traffic. It will increase your bounce rate temporarily, but keeping in mind the work you've done on Hit2Hit you shouldn't be bothered by this.
The longer your blog has been online the higher it's ranking in the search engines. The title of each blog reaches more people. This is why it's so important to learn at least a little about good SEO writing.
There are a number of other assets to this but these are the main ones, other than enjoying what you're writing about. I travel with a note book and write down ideas I may have while away from my computer.
Your single drawback is the amount of money you make. Yes, it takes a long time for a blog to gain a decent audience. People in Adsence say it takes 1000 hits a day to start making money. The more you learn, the more you'll earn.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Making money from blogging
We all want to make online income. To wake up in the morning to find out we made money from blogging, websites, what ever, is a good feeling
Since I began blogging in November of 2010 my income has grown from a penny a day to an average of 61 cents a day. That's how long it takes to build income from it. I now have seven blogs. That's enough to scare a lot of people off unless they know the "science" of creating income from blogging. Then everyone has their personal style. My style is to write about things I'm passionate about. I know I come up with thoughts during the week I can blog about in each one. Sometimes I come up with things I want to write about twice or three times a week. Two of my blogs are about my hobbies; retirement goals and cooking for the diabetic without having to announce to the world I eat like a diabetic. I hate that. I also write about a serious medical condition I have which is popular world wide. I know that eventually three of these blogs will be going away but, I have a list of ideas that they can be replaced with. I guess what I'm getting to is you have to experiment and practice day after day. You have to keep your mind on key words that people will actually put in a search bar that a search engine will actually look for.
You may or may have not noticed that there is an avalanche of information out on the web designed to only sell you something. As you begin to make money from whatever you're doing you will notice it actually gets worse! I received a phone call from someone because I was curious about getting a logo. They said online that they would email my information to me, but called me instead. They wanted to know just exactly what my business was selling. I could honestly say "nothing". With that alone they wished me luck and bid me good day.
Everyone is saying business today has to be about helping people. I wish that were true. It's about convincing people to buy something from you that will help them! Period. I on the other hand truly want to help people by telling them about my experience doing what ever I've done that may interest others. I seriously want to brand that and put a logo on it. Why? Because I want people to associate anything I say with enough trust that they can at least get a "heads up" or at least put it in the back of their minds moving forward with whatever their goals are.
I hope this was of help to you in some way. I'll be talking to you soon!
Since I began blogging in November of 2010 my income has grown from a penny a day to an average of 61 cents a day. That's how long it takes to build income from it. I now have seven blogs. That's enough to scare a lot of people off unless they know the "science" of creating income from blogging. Then everyone has their personal style. My style is to write about things I'm passionate about. I know I come up with thoughts during the week I can blog about in each one. Sometimes I come up with things I want to write about twice or three times a week. Two of my blogs are about my hobbies; retirement goals and cooking for the diabetic without having to announce to the world I eat like a diabetic. I hate that. I also write about a serious medical condition I have which is popular world wide. I know that eventually three of these blogs will be going away but, I have a list of ideas that they can be replaced with. I guess what I'm getting to is you have to experiment and practice day after day. You have to keep your mind on key words that people will actually put in a search bar that a search engine will actually look for.
You may or may have not noticed that there is an avalanche of information out on the web designed to only sell you something. As you begin to make money from whatever you're doing you will notice it actually gets worse! I received a phone call from someone because I was curious about getting a logo. They said online that they would email my information to me, but called me instead. They wanted to know just exactly what my business was selling. I could honestly say "nothing". With that alone they wished me luck and bid me good day.
Everyone is saying business today has to be about helping people. I wish that were true. It's about convincing people to buy something from you that will help them! Period. I on the other hand truly want to help people by telling them about my experience doing what ever I've done that may interest others. I seriously want to brand that and put a logo on it. Why? Because I want people to associate anything I say with enough trust that they can at least get a "heads up" or at least put it in the back of their minds moving forward with whatever their goals are.
I hope this was of help to you in some way. I'll be talking to you soon!
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