Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Blogging Success 101 - 6 Simple Steps To A Successful Blogging Career

Blogging is a very exciting career if you blog professionally and do not just think of money. Even the controversial John Chow who has achieved time and financial freedom in blogging has advised bloggers to keep blogging professionally and just have fun. "If you blog only for money you will not succeed," were the famous lines we can get from Mr. Chow. Here are some blogging secrets you can add to your list to make it even more complete.

• Blog for fun - Blogging for fan should be your main goal keeping in mind that blogging offers a lot more exciting careers for professional bloggers. Haven't you realize that bloggers are now starting to be recognized in the mainstream media (msm) since they knew that bloggers are more likely doing some media works. Bloggers that make blogging for fun and excitements are more likely to create good and readable blog post. If you blog so heavily that seems you have no time to rest for your self because you are blogging for money, the more money is so hard to come your way, the more you commit errors in your blog, the more you cannot make readable and pleasing contents and the more your health is getting a toll on you.

• Don't force yourself - As bloggers that are needed to post original contents in our blogs we should not force ourselves to write even if our mind is already tired and don't feel like writing. Take a break, have a vacation and rest your mind in a while. Writer's block is, of course, experience by all bloggers and you are not alone, so why should you force yourself to write? You are feeling mental block and there seems no words to come out into your mind have a sleep and relax yourself.

• Write when you feel like writing - Let's face it. There are bloggers out there who cannot really write good contents maybe writing is not their turf but they wanted to blog hoping to earn extra bucks. All of us have separate times we feel like writing. This is the best time to write good article. For me, I don't mind even if I wake up in the middle if I feel like writing. There is this so-called conditioning of the minds. If your mind is conditioned to write on that particular time and many good ideas are flashing don't waste your time, open your PC and start writing.

• Surf the net to discover many things - One of the best ways to discover good ideas is to surf the net and blog hop to hundreds of blogs out there. This is especially if you feel like running ideas on what to write. If your blog is a niche blog about dogs, for instance, you can get more information in the net. You might as well try to visit Wikipedia, search on Google and find lots of dog clubs, Remember that your focus is on your niche blog. This will always guide you to research more only on your blog of interest.

• Monetize your blog - When you feel that your blog is already filled with reliable information you can start monetizing your blog. A super affiliate who is earning $60K plus every month confirms that it would take him one year before he starts monetizing a niche blog - especially when he finds that said blog is already having a regular daily visitors of at least 150. This means you should not blog for money in the first place. Blog to educate your readers by giving them reliable information about your expertise and fascinations. Blog to satisfy your readers that are hungry for more information so that they will keep coming back into your blog. When starting to monetize your blog, this is also the best time to consider traffic to your blog, as well as the search engine optimization efforts. If your blog has no traffic you won't be earning even a single penny. Traffic is the most important thing if you wisj to earn extra income for the blog.

• Join blogger's activities - I'm sure there are activities of bloggers in your country and it's also fun and exciting to join bloggers forum, conventions. This is very important to update yourself on the world you are in. You will from expert bloggers who share their experiences and more important information you can use to improve yourself as a blogger.

My name is Joel Escol. I am a Journalist by profession and former editor of a daily newspaper in the Philippines for more than 10 years. Currently owns a blog http://www.makemoneyonlinedotcom.info Please visit my site if you are interested to make money online. I am earning $1000 a month and shares how I did it in my blog. You can visit me there.

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