How To Blog To Make Cash

How to Blog and Make Money

Blogging to make money online seems to have become the new online dream or pie in the sky job. Many people believe that you can type up a few words and add a new blog post every day and you will be rich. Why not, we have all seen those problogger sites where they went from being nobody to being blogger famous.

Before you start your new blog there are a few things to keep in mind about becoming a rich and famous blogger. Most of those pros took one year or longer at blogging to make any money from it. Sure you might be able to get a dollars here and there, but it will take time to get readers and page rank for your blog. If you don't know what page rank is - find out. If you are prepared to blog for the long haul and willing to do some blog promotion or spend money on advertising then go ahead and try blogging for cash.

You must learn to properly SEO your blog and get lots of traffic to your blog. There are many ways to get free blog traffic, but because it is free it more than likely means that you will have to do some work. You might have to write some articles and submit them. To get more traffic to your blog you should go to others blogs with a similar niche or theme and make relevant comments. There are also some good and free traffic exchanges out there, again you will need to work at this to get anywhere.

I tell you that you will need to work and blogging for cash will take time, not because I want to discourage you, but because I want you to know the truth. Most bloggers who want to make money with their blog will give up after just three months, if they make it that far they may again become bored or frustrated with no cash flow and give up after six months of blogging.

One way of persevering and making a lasting blog is to pick a niche that you will enjoy writing about day in and day out. Make sure you have many different topics in that niche to blog about. You will also need to ask yourself if enough people online will want to read what you are posting about. Then start your blog and post daily, seo it properly and get lots of traffic and you will be well on your way to making money online with a blog.

What are your Multiple Streams of Income?

Have you heard of Multiple Streams of Income? Making money online includes diversifying where your money is coming from. After years of being online I know that one thing is certain - everything changes. The Internet changes and grows daily, and a program that is making you money today might just be gone tomorrow.

Finding several different programs that make you cash is like diversifying your stocks. You should know not to put all of your eggs into one basket because if that basket disappears you are out of luck and out of money. Instead if you have several different streams of income if one goes away you won't be in dire straits. Likewise, having many or multiple streams of income means that each stream could be more of a trickle of money but together they all add up to a nice income.

Another thing to think of with your income is finding passive streams of income. If you have passive income that means you have to little to no additional work once you have set up this passive income stream. One example would be writing an ebook, uploading it to clickbank, writing a sales page and then letting clickbank affiliates sell your book for you. It would take initial work but once set up it would be mostly passive income.

If you want to take your passive income streams a step further you could set up a residual income stream. A residual stream would be an online money maker that requires a monthly fee to participate. This could be a forum that has several pro's posting or a monthly subscription to a members only informational website.

When setting up your multiple streams of income remember to diversify, diversify, diversify. Trying out new programs periodically can lead to new streams that might just end up being rivers and lakes of income.

My Blog's 1 Month Birthday

Happy Bloggy Birthday:

Most bloggers won't celebrate a one month blogaversary, but you don't see that stopping me.  I am proud of the blog that I have accomplished this far and am hopeful for the one year birthday of my blog.  I just want to toot my own horn a little bit and show you what some hard work and dedication to getting more free blog traffic can do.

What I have accomplished with my blog in one month:
~ Over 216 unique visitors.  (free traffic my friends)
~ Eight Blog Readers through RSS or Email
~ Twitter followers = 69
~ Indexed in Google
~ Traffic Rank in US: 296,959 - better than some older blogs.
~ Technorati: Authority 130
~ Yahoo BackLinks: 178

Not a bad job for just one month, but that is just my 2 cents.  I am impressed with the amount of free backlinks coming in from Yahoo, it must have been the articles that I have posted.  Things are looking up and now I have some results to compare to next months findings.  For the most part everything should continue to go up, at least that is what I am trying to accomplish here anyway.

Day 15 - My Blogging Challenge Update

Day 15 of my money making blog challenge.

My blog is already two weeks old and I have made improvements and done research and learned about new things and myself in the process.  Here is what I have been up to in the last few days.

Traffic to my Blog:
Technorati has still not completed my blog acceptance.
RSS Readership is up to 8 readers, Thank you!
Pinged blog again.
Submitted Traffic Post to Blog Carnivals.

Unfortunately I did not spend as much time on getting traffic to my blog this second week and I can see the results or lack of results.  My blog traffic was going up and then it went back down and seems to have tanked, so I can see this is an area where I am going to have to put more focus.

Money from Blog:
I have gotten 2 whole adsense clicks, while that is great it is an extremely slow progression.

Not sure if the Google Analytics are working or not.  I know that the reports are behind or not up to the minute but they conflict.  Very confusing and frustrating because I was told this was the most accurate reporting for unique visitors.

I changed my mind:
You may have noticed, or not, but I am now a .com.  I changed my domain from a blogspot to http://www.mybloggingfortune.com/  I was doing some thinking back to a past failure and I want to be sure that history does not repeat itself.

I was an eBay Powerseller then one day one of my competitors got jealous of my success and reported me to eBay.  I did nothing to break the rules but their decision is final and there is no appeal process and I was out of luck.

I realized that blogger who is owned by Google had shut down some blogs around the last presidential election and they probably did nothing wrong either, some of them got reinstated, but that is not the point.

The point is that I don't want to work hard for six months or a year and then all of the sudden have my blog locked because they think I broke a rule.  This way if that happens I will just go out and get my own hosting and will move all my posts there.

Just a little explanation of the recent change of heart or mind.  They want to protect their investments and I am going to do the same for me.  I did not want to spend the money until I had it to reinvest back into the blog, but I felt it was the right thing to do before I went any further.

New Blog Goals:

•  Publish 2 Blog Posts a day until March
•  Work on getting traffic to my blog daily.

Do You Have What it Takes to Make Money Online with Blogging?

Do You Have the Right Stuff to Make Money Blogging?

Are you cut out to be a blogger?  Are you willing to do what it takes to be successful and learn the tricks of the trade to make money blogging?

If you answered yes to the above questions then you are part way there.  But there is more to blogging success then the will to make money.  You need to have the entrepreneurial spirit and qualities to reach your achievements.

Ready for the long haul? 
Blogging does not usually produce fast money results.  Are you willing to tough it out for months with no income?  Then when you have the traffic and you are still not making any money you need to be willing to revamp everything and change it up so that is can be profitable.

Personal Social Networking:
Blogging or other work online can leave you devoid of social contact. So you need to be prepared to not have the advantage of having coworkers that you can talk to on a lunch break, after work, etc.  You can combat the loneliness of the quiet blogging life by being active on Facbook or just by picking up your cell phone.  You can even join groups to give you some social contact during the week.  Just make sure your social life doesn't get in the way of your blogging priorities. 

Steps to Blogging Success:

• Make a Blogging Business Plan.
• List your monthly money making goals  - do what it will take to try to keep those on track.
• Make blog posting goals and stick to it.
• Don't put all of your eggs in one basket - multiple streams of income.
• Stay focused in your niche.
• Keep learning for success.

As a blogger you need the ability to make goals and find the ways to reach them.  You need to have the drive to push yourself beyond what others in your niche are willing to do.  Make sure you have the time to devote to your new blog and invest your time wisely.

Sometimes being desperate for money can be a big push for people who want to make money with blogs.  There are plenty of success stories out there and there are just as many failure stories too.  If there is something you don't understand or cannot do just ask someone who is already successful.  If they don't answer you then find the answer on your own or ask someone else, but find the solution and you will progress.  Hopefully that progression will lead to money making blogging opportunities.

My Blogging Fortune is a Money Making Blog

This blog: My Blogging Fortune is a money making blog.  With this blog I will be giving you tips on how to make money with your blog.  I also want to make money with my blog and know that after years of trial and failure that this blog will not fail.  I cannot let it fail and I won't let it fail.

So if you are starting a money making blog of your own feel free to watch me and follow what I do.  I enjoy researching my topics and right now I am researching how to get free traffic to your blog and making money online.

You would be surprised by the amount of free info out there on those two topics.  I intend to use all of that free info and my research and writing skills to make this blog very successful and I invite you to try the same with your blog.  You will have to be willing to do some work because this is not a get rich quick scheme.  But rather a work hard and see your hard work pay off site.

If you are willing to put in part time work on your blog you can see income from it in a few short months, if you get everything to align just right you can be earning money from your blog in the very first month. 

I will be posting many more blurbs about how to make money online with your blog so be sure to bookmark my blog and come back to read more.

Day 7 - My Blogging Fortune Challenge

Day 7 of my money making blog challenge.

Well it has been one full week since I have started my blog.  I have learned so much in just one week about making money online.  I already new somethings from a few years ago but the Internet is always changing and I was not keeping up.  Now that I am a little more up to speed my blog will certainly have much better results than if I tried using tactics that worked 5 years ago.

What did I do on Day 7 to Make Money with my Blog?

• Put up a privacy policy - was supposed to have this before, oops. 
• Made 1 anchor text link with my key words.
• Re-wrote one of my blog posts and will publish the article at GoArticles. 

 Again not much was done today but the potential outcome of the article and it's back-links is exciting.   I know that in order to make money online with my blog I am going to have to get more links all over the Internet.

The best free way to accomplish getting back links is to publish articles and have a link that points to your article.  Many website owners are looking for content and they don't have the time or the skill to write a properly SEO article related to their keywords so they will use others articles.

That is where your article comes in handy because those webmasters who want content will come looking and they will find yours.  Then when they post the article on their site or blog you get a link from their site to your blog.  Instant backlink and Google likes these, so what ever they like we also like and want more of them.  The more articles the better.

What I have accomplished with my money making blog in one week:

• I have some great links all over the web, about 20 links and more will follow.
• Wrote and published 2 articles that will give me backlinks to my blog.
• Pinged my blog
• Submitted blog to blogging directory and search engines.
• Made a money making blog business plan and goals.
• Submitted blog at 2 Blog Carnival magazines.

 Here is what has not happened yet:  I have not made any money yet, and I say yet because I know that it will come with time.  Only a handful of visitors, but I know that will grow too.  Still not indexed in the major search engines - Yet!

If I keep working on getting backlinks and more traffic to my site I know that my blog will make money and I will be one of the top 10% of people making money online.  If you want to be in the top 10% of people who make money online bookmark my blog and check back often to see what new ideas I am up to at My Blogging Fortune that you can use on your blog to make money. 



My new challenge is to continue to post twice daily.  I believe the people who say content is king and I intend to help out my readers and provide them with informative content they can use to make money online with a blog.

Day 6 - My Blogging Fortune Challenge

It's Day 6 and I have been trying to do all I can to get more traffic to my blog.  Been doing research on how to get free traffic to my site.  I have also learned about many interesting free traffic ideas that I want to try in the future.

 

What did I do on Day 6 to Make Money with my Blog?

• Wrote an article for Ezine Articles
• Submitted a post to 2 Blog Carnival Publishing Magazines 

 Just found out what a Blog Carnival is when I jumped on the opportunity to get more traffic to my blog.  I am not sure what the results will be, but I am expecting great results. 

Day 5 - My Blogging Fortune Challenge

Day 5 of my Blogging Fortune Challenge - Weekend Slow Down


It's Day 5 and we have the weekend, Valentine's Day and a migraine.  So not much work got accomplished on the blog today.

But here is what did happen:
Still frustrated with Technorati because it has been three whole days (I'm Impatient) they have found my blog and it is under review.  I don't want to ping my blog again because I have their code in one post and I don't want that showing up anywhere else.   I just want it added to their blog directory so I can get some more blog traffic which = more money!


What did I do on Day 5 to Make Money with my Blog?

•  Placed  4  New Links to my Blog around the Internet 
• Started an article to put up on Ezine Articles 

That was it, but at least I did something.  I would have liked to had one more link to make it 5 links a day because my blog needs the link love.  

Turn Your Blog into a Profit Machine

As I was doing more research to get tons of traffic to my  blog so I can make more money I came upon this site where they were offering a free chapter of their ebook. 

The ebook is Blog Dynamite

They claim that you can start a profitable blog within six days and to  Transform Your Blog Into An Explosive Profit Machine.  Well who doesn't want to make money from their blog in just 6 days?

So I signed up to read a free chapter of the Blog Dynamite sent to my email in the form of a PDF.  It was pretty standard sign up and I had to confirm the email to get the ebook chapter sent to me.

The first module or chapter of Blog Dynamite was only a few pages long, but they can't give everything away for free now can they.  If you have never blogged before then you will want to sign up to get this first chapter of the digital book for free.  There is some valuable info that you might want to read about.

The First Chapter of Blog Dynamite is useful:
I have been blogging for a while now and I know more than the average newbie.  But, just in this first chapter I was reminded of something I need to change on my blog to make it more user friendly.  That first chapter also reminded me of a topic that I need to post about to get more traffic to my blog.  If you don't know it yet - the more blog traffic you can get the more money making opportunities you have.

If you are interested in getting a free chapter of the book Blog Dynamite just click here: Blog Dynamite free chapter.

Day 4 - My Blogging Fortune Challenge

Day 4 of my Blogging Fortune Challenge - Burnt out So Soon?

OK, it is only Day 4 of my blogging challenge.  I'm not lazy honestly but I have a ton of other projects going on at the same time and this blog seems to be stressing me out.  I can't afford to fail again.

I was searching to find out how many blog posts are acceptable.  At this point I am not sure that it even really matters if I post something once a day or three times a day.  It seemed that some people were split down the middle on this question.

Some thought that once a day blog posting was just the right amount so that their subscribers wouldn't get too far behind or miss out on something because they were blogging too often.  Eventually it is my goal to get readers to subscribe to my blogs RSS feed but that is probably not going to happen anytime soon.

Others were for posting multiple times a day even past 20 posts.  Well if you were trying to cover the 2010 Winter Olympics with scores then you might need to update your blog that often.  Their thoughts were the more blog posts we have the more traffic we will get, makes sense.

For my blog I think once or twice a day at least at the beginning is appropriate.  I just want to do what is right to maximize my blogs money making potential.


What did I do on Day 4 to Make Money with my Blog?
Not much.

• Trying to Verify the Technorati blog directory
• Pinged my blog again
• Made a Blog Business Plan - Complete with some long term goals.
• Placed  6  New Links to my Blog around the Internet

Money Updates - No Money Yet.  Showing 5 unique visitors to my site.


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Day 3 - My Blogging Fortune Challenge

Day 3 of my Blogging Fortune Challenge and here is what I am doing. 


I realized something about my blogging habits today.  I have never had a blog that has gotten past 50 blog posts.  I don't know if I get bored or frustrated that the money is not poring in right away.  I also know that none of my blogs have lasted a mere 6 months before I give up.

From experience on other sites I know that making money on the Internet requires some hard work and time.  So I am going to try to do everything I can remember to make a blog successful and actually put in a little bit of time and hard work to accomplish that.  I am also going to give it time.

I have set some goals for my blog.  
In order to make money or make my blogging fortune I will...

• Make at least 100 Blog Posts
• Work to get more Traffic to my Blog
• Continue my Challenge for 6 months

 Here is what is going on with my blog on Day 3 of My Blogging Fortune Challenge:
I wrote a new blog post about 5 More Free Ways to Get Traffic to Your Blog.  I have been implementing those new 5 traffic ideas.



My Free Traffic Attempts:
*  Submitted blog to the major search engines - What the heck, it might help.
*  I pinged my blog
*  I am in the process of adding my blog to a blog directory
* Set my blog address as my signature in my email - every little bit helps

Money Updates - None Yet


There are plenty of more things I can do to generate massive traffic to my new blog and there are many ways to maximize my money making potential.  So I will continue plugging away until I get it right!

5 More Ways to Get Traffic to Your Blog

Need More Blog Traffic?
Here are 5 More Ways to Get Traffic to Your Blog.

You have done a few things to get some traffic to your brand new blog, but it didn't even get you into the search engines yet.  Should you give up and just keep posting?  Yes and no.  Yes to keep posting, because the more established you are ( the more blog posts you have) the more people will stick around.  No you should not give up on getting lots of free traffic.

Why do you even need to get traffic to your blog?  Don't Google bots crawl pages all the time?  Yes Google is busy, but blogs are second rate citizens on the Internet.   Why?  Blogs can be seen as just for fun or as someones hobby, not as a legitimately helpful site.  Unless you have a blog with a domain name that is a .com.  So sometimes especially at the beginning us blogger types need to go out and get ourselves indexed in the search engines.

5 More Free Ways to Get Traffic To Your Blog:

1. Submit your blog to Blog Directories such as Technorati
2. Ping your blog with Ping-o-Matic
3. Submit blog to Search Engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing
4. Write an Ezine Article and link back to your blog
5. Set your blog as your email signature

 If you need to generate more traffic to your new blog or website these 5 ways can help.  They are not guaranteed to get 1,000's of new visitors overnight.  One of the search engines will tell you it may take up to 3 weeks to get indexed, that is if they deem you good enough.  Every little bit can add to your blogs traffic.  So get busy submitting your blog for that all important free traffic.

Now that you have a few ways to generate traffic to your new or unseen blog you may want even more traffic.  Here is another blog post telling you how to get another 5 free ways to get traffic to your blog.

Day 2 - My Blogging Fortune Challenge

Day 2 of my Blogging Fortune Challenge and here is what I am doing. 

I am not happy with the blogger template that I am using, it has a problem and is taking to long to load.  I don't have the time to fix that now so I will remedy it later.

In order to make money blogging with this blog I am going to have to get some traffic.  I wrote a blog post about free traffic here:  5 Ways to Get Traffic to Your Blog

So now I am going to practice what I preach.  Going to try to use the traffic ideas to get my own traffic to this money making blog.

My Free Traffic Attempts:
*Facebook blog link
* Twitter - tweeted the blog link
* Digg, I dugg this blog
*Used the blog link in some forum signatures
*Made some friends, well I am following other blogspot blogs that interest me.

So now we sit and wait to see if these free blog traffic ideas get my blog on the search engines soon. 

My Google Analytics are up and running but I probably won't have any statistics for at least a week.  I also have not gotten no Google Adsense clicks as of yet. 

Added two blog posts and another clickbank link to maximize my money making potential.

5 Ways to Get Traffic to Your Blog

More Blog Traffic:

So you have this brand new blog you think it looks great and you want to share it with the world.  If you are publishing a blog to make cash then you need to get readers or traffic to your blog to make money.

How can you get visitors to your blog without paying for it?  Easy, there are many ways to get people to check out your new blog.  But first make sure that your blog has a few useful posts so that they will have something to look at once they arrive.

To get free traffic to you blog you will need to get some link love.  You are going to have to post some links around the internet so that others and the search engines can find your blog.

5 Free Ways to Get Traffic To Your Blog:

1. Post a link to your new money making blog on Facebook so all of your friends can see it.  
2. Announce your blog on Twitter and your followers can click to view the new blog.
3. Social Bookmark your blog; try Digg, or StumbleUpon
4. Make some new friends, find some other blogs and comment or favorite them, they may return the favor.
5. Use your blogs link as a signature in your email or favorite forums.

If you want to know the best way to get free traffic you can find out more if you click here:
Increase Website Traffic.

You may be skeptical of these free traffic ideas but be sure that they can get you indexed overnight.  Which means your making money blog will get that much more traffic and much faster than many other struggling blogs.

Where to Get Paid to Blog

Paid Blogging Jobs:

If you are looking for places where you can get paid money for blogging I have a list below.  There are many places that want to pay you for blog posting.  If the money is there and they are willing to pay for blogging why not take them up on it.

I am always looking for new ways to make money from blogging and the list of places to get cash for blogging can come in handy if you need to earn a little more money each month.

Paid to post on your own blog:
PayPerPost
Review Me
Creative Weblogging
PayU2blog

Paid to post on their blogs:
Today.com
Blogger Party
Blogetery
Orble

So if you are not ready for your own blog yet or think that you can make more money from the paid to post sites then check out a few of the above sites.

I have actually blogged at Today.com but grew tired of the niche that I picked.  So my recommendation is to make sure you won't grow tired of your blog topic so you can keep getting paid to post.

Day 1 of my Blogging Fortune Journey

On day 1 of my Blogging Fortune Challenge here are some of the things I have done to set up my blog to make a fortune in cash.

How I Set up my Blog for Profit

• New Blogger Template
• Clickbank eBook Links
• Google Adsense
• Share Widget
• Google Analytics
• Heading Description

I have gotten a blogger template but I am not sure if this will be permanent or not but I like it for now.

Changed around the templates a little bit and added a few links to some informational ebooks that I want to use to make money with this blog.

I added Google Adscense to the blog for even more money making potential for my money making blog.  I was already signed up and have Google Adscense on some of my other non perfoming blogs.  Well I currently make from $5 to $10 with Adscense ads but I want to multiply that amount by 100. 

I also added a Twitter and Facebook share widget to my blog so others can share this blog which translates to more free traffic for me.

Added Google Analytics which will take a day or longer to get any results from my blog.   This will enable me to track my traffic to the blog: how many visitors, where they are from, how they get to the blog, and which search engine and keywords they are using to find the blog.

I also added a short description to the heading - My Blogging Adventure to Make Money by Blogging.

All of these things took me less than an hour to set up.  This day one will probably be the day when I spend the most time working on this blog.  Writing blog posts takes a much shorter amount of time.  So hopefully soon I will be making a great amount of money for my blogging efforts.

Next I am going to add some posts about making money with your blog to add search-able content that will rank higher in the search engines.