Earn Money From Your Blog

Every internet marketing expert agrees that today, blogs are one of the most popular methods of driving traffic and generating income online.

However, not everyone is able to set up a blog that generates an income for them right from the beginning. And although there are a lot of people that say this is possible, there is usually a catch to what they are saying. Be careful. Be warned. And be afraid of these claims. Very rarely is there a get quick scheme that works.

Before you even contemplate setting up a WordPress blog, you need to consider two things:

1. Is the niche you will be focusing on your blog going to be profitable enough?

Unless you like writing and you want to spend your time on that, there is no point in setting up a WordPress blog that won’t prove to be lucrative enough. You definitely want to start writing about something that is both profitable and interesting for you and for your readers. You cannot make yourself write and produce quality material unless you are intrigued by the topic. Keep in mind that your blog is a very useful and powerful tool, especially when utilized properly. The best idea is to consider how you are going to handle the whole package, meaning the niche and the blog.

2. How many sites are you working on concurrently?

You need to create one blog and make the most out of it because this will bring you some money and will also give you the necessary experience. This will prove useful for your blogging career in general. Choose the topic that interests you the most, concerning a sport, a hobby, an interest, or even yourself and your personal life, and dive into the WordPress world.

There are many ways to generate more traffic to your blog, but before doing so you need to make sure that your content is gripping and intriguing enough, otherwise, you won’t be able to attract many people. Traffic is one part of the money making process, but you need to make sure that there are a few more elements as well.

One method you can use is to add the Google AdSense application to your blog. It is one of the most common money making methods available and it is relatively easy to implement.

Google places ads that are relevant to the blog. Once someone clicks on them you will earn a percentage of the Google earnings. In any case, once you integrate AdSense into your blog, you will start earning money as a passive income as long as people are visiting your site and then click on your links. Let me say this.. while this strategy works, it is not as popular as it was in the past. Your visitors are much savvie than they were in the past. However, AdSense can generate some income if you have enough traffic and enough people clicking the ads.

If you are running an e-commerce website, you can drive visitors to your business through your blog and convert more visitors to customers. More visitors means more business. More business means more money. Furthermore, you can directly sell advertising to merchants and vendors. If you blog about traveling and tourism, you can contact vendors related to tourism and invite them to post ads or small banners to your blog. When negotiating with merchants you can decide either on a monthly rate or on a pay per click advertising method. Make sure though that the blog doesn’t become visually painful and hard to read because of too many ads flashing all over. There are many nice and easy to navigate through templates available. So try to use the one that is the most user-friendly for you.

Always remember that you need to blog regularly, keep your content unique and interesting, and, your WordPress blog clean of clutter. No one likes a cluttered looking website!