#1 tip when starting a blog to make money on-line
I am about to reveal a secret here eveyone. This is something a lot of other people do not want you to know. This information will save you so much time and frustration when starting out that you will want to give me your first born in thanks.
First, think about why you want to start making money on-line. You heard all kinds of storeys that others are doing it. You read a ton of the blogs about people like John Chow and Shoemoney and you know you can do it too. You read the latest tip about how they are making a ton with this new program, or that new method. You dream of how you are going to do the same thing and spend hours every day reading every word they write and view pictures of every meal they eat.
You really need to stop that. Seriously.
You are wasting your time if you are just starting out. Those are established blogs, and they already have the traffic to make money. You do not. You need traffic. Take all those hours you spend reading other blogs and put it into creating content for yours. Stop worrying about adsense and where you are going to put it. Stop thinking about selling any type of advertising period.
Write. Write your content. Write to your niche or chosen topic*. Keep writing, and find your voice. Write some more. Thats it. Do not try anything else yet, just create a writing schedule and stick to it. Do this for weeks or even months if you have to.
Nothing else really matters. If you cannot consistantly produce content, there really is no point. If you are writing about something that bores you, again, no point. No one is going to buy any advertising on a site with no content, and no one is going to visit a site with no passion.
So get started, I’ll let you know what to do next with tip #2 a little later.
*Please don’t start another ‘how to make money online’ blog unless that is truly your passion and you are not expecting to make any money from it.
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Great tip.. i waiting for tip №2
Comment by Tom — February 21, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
Really useful tip, many bloggers want only make money at any cost and forget about the main king: the content.
Comment by Literatura — February 26, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
Try starting a blog with a specific niche theme, then, monetise the blog with an adsense to content ratio of 2-1. IE great comment, 2 adsense ads
Great site, here everyday.
Comment by Chihuahua forum — March 4, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
Great insights! I think alot of beginning bloggers lose sight of the fact that content is king!
Comment by Thai — March 13, 2008 @ 11:14 am
I still worship on old blogging recipe, always treat your visitors well and they will paid you back.. and it still relevant LOL
Comment by reviewlutions — March 15, 2008 @ 1:43 pm
Great post–it’s easy to fall into the temptation to throw up a website with a few poorly written articles and put some adsense ads up and see what happens. In this scenario, nothing does happen. It’s true: concentrate on the content and the sky is the limit.
Comment by tv on the web — March 24, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
Great advice!
Content is important and you must enjoy your niche in order to produce good content. Those that just use PLR or other sources of content are hurting themselves.
Enjoy what you do and do what you enjoy!
Comment by Allon — April 20, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
Words of wisdom
Comment by Matt — April 21, 2008 @ 12:48 am
I think alot of beginning bloggers lose sight of the fact that content is king! In this scenario, nothing does happen. It’s true: concentrate on the content and the sky is the limit.
Comment by money supermarket uk — April 29, 2008 @ 1:28 am
Content is important and you must enjoy your niche in order to produce good content.
Comment by money supermarket uk — April 29, 2008 @ 1:34 am
Blogging is like a business you invest at first and enjoy the reaps of your harvest later on.
Comment by paulette — May 2, 2008 @ 11:17 am
It is so true that you need research before you jump in (to anything).
I am a retired (newly) accountant who has always wanted to work online, and I have a lot of interests, so the question is which one? And where to start?
I took some time and researched so that I wouldn’t spend a lot of money here and there for this and that.
I decided ultimately to talk to a coach, Terry Dean (www.mymarketingcoach.com), and this is the best decision I could have made. It has saved me not only money but time, and now I know exactly what direction I’m headed and the fastest way to get there.
I like the blog and hope to be back.
Comment by Carole — May 10, 2008 @ 3:53 pm