So many people say blogs are useless forms of income, but they can be very profitable. Just look at John Chow, he made over $27,000 last month just from his blog, and he has only been blogging for about 2 years. ThinkComputers has been online for around 6 years and we don’t anywhere near that much in a month! So how can you make some decent money off a blog? Well there are many ways to make money off of a blog, but I’m really not going to go into that. I’m going to talk about what you need to do to have a successful blog. Once you have a successful blog making money off of it should be extremely easy.
Find a Good Niche
This could be one of the most important things when starting a blog. There are a lot of factors when selecting a niche, but the most important in my opinion is to write about something you are interested in. That why it is easy for you to write about a topic you know a lot about the topic. Another factor when selecting a niche is how many other blogs are there like it. If there are a lot it will be hard to break into that niche, but it still can be done.
Update!
One thing that really pisses me off when people diss blogs saying they didn’t make anything off their blog is because they did not update it that much, quit being lazy! More successful blogs post at least once at day if not more. If you cannot keep up with a set blogging schedule than blogging might not be for you.
Write Quality Posts
If you want people to read your blog you better write some quality posts. One paragraph little articles are not going cut it. When people come to your blog then want to read quality posts that are interesting, these types of posts will keep them coming back. If you are writing about something you are interested in and know a lot about writing quality post should not be a problem.
Put in the Work
So many people think blogging is extremely easy, but it can be tough. I know that it is easier than the normal 9-5, but I really don’t believe you can have a successful blog if you are only working a couple hours a day on it. Most successful bloggers take a few hours just to write a good quality post. Not to mention all the other time they spend researching topics and tweaking their site.
A Good Layout Helps
A lot of times when I am looking for new blogs I can be turned off or on by the blogs layout. Remember people say first impressions are everything. WordPress is the standard for blogging these days so make sure you have a visually appealing blog template. Most people prefer black text on a white background. If you have some money you can even get a custom blog design made. Unique Blog Designs make really good layouts.
If you put in the work, update your blog regularly, and write quality posts making money from a blog should not be a hard thing to achieve. Good luck to all the aspiring bloggers out there!