Increase Your Revenue With These Blogging Tips

Increase Your Revenue With These Blogging Tips

Blogging is an excellent way to express yourself. It is also a great way to attract and connect with others who share similar interests. You may start a blog to get your ideas and opinions out there, but it can also be a great way to make money, once you gather a following.

When hosting your blog, it is best to go with a free, well-known host. Paying for hosting might give you a few extra features, but unless you're planning on operating a legitimate business and selling products from your blog (as with a shopping cart, landing pages, etc), a free host will provide you with everything you need.

Don't be afraid to set up more than one blog. If you have diverse interests you would like to share or several commercial products to promote, consider a blog for each one. That way you will avoid a crowded and unfocused blog which will attract no one. So, identify the topics you most want to share and set up a few blogs, each with it's own focus.

Enable Plug-ins on your Blog

Use a lot of plug-ins on your blog because it gives users the motivation to stick around and explore more of your site. The longer you have someone on your site the more likely they will be to make a purchase. "Most popular posts" and "relevant posts" are just a couple of the most popular plug-ins.

Make sure that you aren't stingy when it comes to sharing posts. Make sure that you are not simply sharing your own posts. You should also be sharing other people's posts. In fact, you should be sharing posts from others much more than you share your own. You don't want to gain a reputation for only sharing your posts. If you do, you won't have very many readers.

Don't overuse links. Links within the text of your blog are an effective way to direct readers to other areas of your site that may pertain to the subject, however don't abuse this technique. When every other word in your blog is a link, it can be very off-putting to readers. They are on the page to read that post, not every other page on your site.

Make sure that your blog posts are structured well in order to make scanning easier. Make use of lists, header tags, and more. Keep in mind that the average reader is not going to want to read sentences and paragraphs that are really long. Therefore, you should make them as short and to the point as possible.

Be sure to keep it simple. Blogging isn't the same as philosophy. Even if you wish to explain any complicated concepts, try your best to keep them as simple as possible. Your blog competes with many other information sources, so it needs to be as easy to understand as possible.

Make sure that you consistently post when running a blog. If you don't post content regularly, then your site traffic will diminish fairly quickly. Have a guestbook or contact information posted as well, so your audience can interact and provide feedback. If your readers are happy with your response, they are more likely to come back.

Study the different blog platforms that are available on the web and their feature sets before choosing what you will use. Wordpress, Blogger, and Tumblr are three of the most popular and they all have their own pros and cons. Do your research on the different platforms and see what works best for your goals.

You can have an excellent blog that would target an audience and bring in many readers, but without a great domain name you have nothing. Keep the domain name for your blog simple yet direct and effective. Think about your target niche, and choose the appropriate domain name for your blog as if you were thinking hard about a great title.

If you are wanting to run a potentially profitable blog, you should ensure that your niche is one that is very marketable to others. Although it's important to select a topic that interests you, you can't simply go by that because some topics aren't very marketable. This is fine if you don't care about making money with your blog. Otherwise, marketability is extremely important.

When you create a successful blog, you will find readers from around the world who are interested in your opinions. Use the helpful tips in the article above to find interactive readers from across the globe, keep them interested and potentially, use your blog to create an additional income for yourself.

I highly recommend the Empower Network training to show you how to blog correctly and how to
write a monetized blog. 

Check it out here! It is set up for you with plug-ins and themes for $25.00.

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P.S. Check out this article about a guy in the U.K that made over $66K in 90 days blogging.

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Laurie Davis

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