Are you blogging for fun or blogging to make money? Choosing one of them is not bad, though mixing both is the best option.
Anyway, since creating a blog nowadays is just a piece of cake, more and more people are jumping into it. But sad to say, lots of beginners are also into the idea that if they’d set-up their blog and regularly add contents on it, then money will suddenly come. Then, sorry to disappoint you! Because you will need more than just adding contents on it, you need focus and determination to succeed before you can make money with your blog.
Probably, some of you got those idea after buying an expensive e-books which sold by some online guru. Promising that in just a push of a button, a wad of cash will appear in front of you and ready for grab, or maybe an e-book that had a magic phrase like “make money online while sleeping”.
Though not all internet marketers are alike, but if you can find an IM’s who really want to lend a hand. One whom seriously want to teach you some methods on how to make money online, then consider yourself a very lucky human being. Because finding such internet marketer nowadays is very rare, it’s like finding a needle in a bunch of hay. Most of them are just happy to get your email address and bombarded you with tons of emails, repeatedly promoting those recycled ebooks and other shit crap products.
That’s why you must do your research first about those e-books and e-products that they are promoted, before considering buying them and handing over your hard-earned money. Or better to continue searching online, there are still plenty of free quality e-books that covered on almost any topic that you like, and maybe far better than those being promoted by most mmo marketers.
Moreover, there are still bloggers who just blog for fun and had no intention of making money online, then that’s alright, they have chosen a different path. They can blog and write anything they like to their heart’s content without thinking and targeting any keyword, they just enjoy it and let their idea and opinion flows. Sooner or later they will moneytise their blog too.
And if you’re a blogger and blogging not only for fun but at the same time want to earn money, then that’s different story. You may write certain topic that you want to blog, but you have to target some keywords that you think you can rank on any SERPs (search engine result pages). You can also try to find some low hanging keywords or long-tailed keywords that you think you can easily rank on search engines first pages which just dominated by few sites.
It’s also important to note that doing a research first on what are popular topics and trends before writing an article (free research tools are also available online). And if you have lots of time in your hand, try to learn a few things about search engine optimization (SEO), knowing a bit about SEO is good and probably help you to catapult your targeted keywords on the first page of any search engines.
Although it is true that anyone who is hard working and has determination to succeed in making money online can earn a good income through blogging, but most bloggers failed to achieve this.
Lots of beginners still think that since blogging is very easy and fun, one can earn money with their blog without any effort. Successful bloggers are those who had fun doing what they like and continue doing it, and quitting is not one of them. Instead they keep on building links and promoting their blogs — keys to make money online.