That simply meant Google AdSense ads. They hardly made anything, but the ads got my readers used to seeing ads on my site. I also did affiliate marketing … Now my blog is earning through a mix of advertising, affiliate sales, and sponsored posts.
J Weiss is a certified financial planner who has reached more than 4 million people since with his The Ways to Wealth blog. He blogs about legitimate side hustles, money-saving hacks, how to save money on travel, and investment tips for beginners. Her goal with her Mom Beach blog is to help other mothers who are struggling with debt or are looking for ways to begin to make money remotely so they can stay home with their kids.
It is hard work, competitive, and often stressful. But it is awesome. All you need is a device, a Wi-Fi connection, and a few bucks per month for hosting and you can work on your business.
You are at the mercy of algorithm updates and commission changes, but those who keep at it and generate high-quality content come out on top. Primarily a lifestyle blog, East End Taste covers a variety of topics such as dining, travel, lifestyle, fashion, and wellness. This couple travels the world and offers advice on vacation rentals, food suggestions, entertainment options at various locales, and how to save money on travel. They also teach other bloggers about how to start blogs.
Iva Ursano, AmazingMeMovement. Iva Ursano offers self-improvement ideas, inspirational content, relationship advice and even angel card reading on her Amazing Me Movement blog. She has more than , thousand followers on Pinterest, which yields more than 10 million monthly viewers. This massive social reach no doubt goes a long way in building traffic for her blog.
Nikki Bahan, Nikkisplate. Nikki Bahan started her blog back in as a creative outlet to reduce stress and take a break from her university studies. Pat Flynn is a legendary blogger who teaches how to make passive income— the smart way, of course. After losing his dream job as an architect back in , he decided he wanted to be an entrepreneur and started a variety of online businesses. Today, his blog, podcast, courses, and books continue to be extremely popular, and consistently yield a sizable income.
Another reason bloggers struggle to monetize is that their enthusiasm for starting a blog sometimes wanes after they see how much work is involved— especially in the first year or so. Blogging is not a get-rich-quick proposition. Be clear about the type of blogger you want to be from the get-go. Unless you have a very large nest egg or other financial resources to fall back on, start your blog while keeping your 9-to Take great care in selecting your blogging niche. Make sure there is an adequate audience for the subject areas that you want to blog about.
Do your homework to find the perfect niche market for you. Treating your blog like a real business from day one will increase your odds of success tenfold. Take the time to create a business plan for your blog that outlines every step of the blog creation, monetization, and promotion process.
Download Now. When it comes to blogging platforms, there are several terrific options on the market. What to say you? I am confused. Great info and what about a blog for transitioning vets from all services. I feel like there are so many topics and things which could be tied to this.
I feel like all the networks out there for job hunting, real estate, medical benefits, retirement, real life stories etc. Thoughts and thanks alot. Great blog post, when you where talking about the keryword difficulty score, 0.
Because a 0. I would like to ask if I write a guest post, should I want to tell the editor that I will put backlinks in the article? It is kind of assumed that you will.
Hii Adam, Great info, Most blogging advice is harmful, not helpful, that is very true that one of your point is very helpfull for the beginners who start the blogging. Your blog is very impresive and nice stuff to read. Amazing article.
Thanks Adam for this powerful approach to running the blog as a business and not as a hobby and for the detailed journey to take the reader by the hand from scratch to start a blog, with the best tools.
I started mine 4 months ago, I have only 9 blogs published, focused on encouraging people over 55 to start their own business on the internet, but I still have no traffic. I found your recommendation of guest blogging excellent. Can you give me some guidance on what doors to knock on to get some articles published on a blog with greater authority on the subject?
Juan Manuel. I recommend checking out my article on guest blogging for more tips. Awesome Content Adam! I really enjoyed reading this article. Thanks Man! This article has opened my eyes to how a blog should be run. I guess my next steps are to find a niche that interests me and become a semi-expert. Thanks for the awesome post! Thanks for these new insights into blogging.
I think you can still be passionate about your subject AND follow the steps you share here as long as it is a valuable niche.
Not sure I can be a consultant to anyone who wants to give up their day job make money online is my niche just yet as I am still in mine! Hi I took notice as to incorporating initially. The owner needs an invoice. Thanks Howard. You can send invoices with PayPal — make sure to create a business account.
Or sign up for a free tool like Wave Apps. Yes, that could be a good idea. I recommend people always use their professional leverage and experience to their advantage. Many of the same strategies apply to blogs in many niches.
I recommend you check out my article on how to start a blog like a business. After going through your blog, I started a site recently. As a marketing analyst and wannabe blogger I found this posts to be both insightful and inspiring. I decided to start blogging to make more money.
I felt bolstered by some of your early success techniques. I have been billing myself as a consultant since I got the idea to branch out on my own; in fact, my domain name is for my consulting firm.
Hey Charlie, thanks so much. That is my goal! Best of luck with your new blogging endeavor and feel free to join our private Facebook group linked in the email series. I dig how in-depth your article is, and how it has more than the generic answers. Keep up the good work! What an outstanding article, and very well written disclosing unique and lesser-known strategies and tips. Yeah, most of the information available on Google is outdated and encouraging the same old techniques to follow your passion.
No one is talking on how to make real money like a boss. You nailed it! Thanks so much. I really like your process and execution. I have been reading books as I want to begin a blog, blog rookie , but get bored just reading the how to books. Passion, passion, passion.
If I am bored with my own narrow field I had planned, I can expect readers to be bored and subsequently non-existent. You really got me excited about the blog now. Off I go to get started. Thanks so much! I feel like I am on the way up. So, my next step is to hopefully make some money. Thanks for giving me lots of ideas! Hello Adam Enfroy Thanks for this inspirational article. I really like your extreme detailed blog posts with high value for every reader.
The title looks challenging though, as how to make money blogging. Thanks again for your relevant and useful article. Clearly one that has worked too. Content is clearly not that important you can see from the results of most google searches.
Hello Adam, Reading your post give inspiration and motivation too. I have question, Do you recommend only adding long tail keyword on the blog? How should we balance short tail and long tail. For example lets say, I have to articles How many short tail and how many long tail keywords should be there? Add a mixture of both. Long tail, high-value, low competition keywords and short tail, high volume keywords.
Fantastic, and very help. Thank you for such a great help and guidance. You made something impossible possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Due to a lot of competition, it is difficult to stand out nowadays in terms of blogging. That is why it is important not only to consider the content of your blog but also optimize your blog site as well to be search engine friendly SEO so that it will attract more traffic.
More traffic, more readers, more earnings! Hi Adam! Thank you for the detailed advice and direction for new bloggers! If I am a health care professional and my blog idea is in the realm of that, I was wondering if my disclaimer needs to be approved by an attorney or legal consultant? Also, do you write things like a privacy policy and other disclaimers yourself?
Or are there resources to get a good one created for my blog? So from my understanding, you recommend to have 5 posts already on my newly launched blog before reaching out to other blogs to guest post, right?
This is referring to the links pointing to your blog posts from other blogs. Hey Alis, I recommend you uncheck those add-ons and use the free Wordfence plugin for security. Hi Adam, your blog and articles are very instructive and useful. Thank you very much. Have a nice day…. Hi Adam, extremely useful insight. I have a question here. We are a fitness studio and in the midst of revamping our website and will be adding a blog section as part of the site content. I would mainly focus on building backlinks to your website so that your Domain Authority DA increases and you start to rank for content over time.
Then use a tool like Ahrefs to find monetizable keywords. Thank you so much for this very detailed piece! I have always wanted to be a freelance blogger and would like to work from anywhere and now I have more ideas on taking this path. Hi Adam, I must say I really enjoyed reading this comprehensive and insightful post. You mentoined so many useful tips for starting bloggers.
Just to edit article like this take quite much time for sure. I appreciate your efforts teaching blogging more straightforward ways. Really great work. Have a great day! I chose specifically based on my experience and leverage. I was able to offer SEO consulting at first because I had some connections with SaaS companies and it was what I was already doing for my blog. When you talk about targeting monetizable keywords, is this referring to the title of the blog post that would show up in a google search?
Or also referring to anywhere within the bulk content of the blog post? Yes, the title of the post. Every single blog post that you write must have one specific target keyword. While there should be other related and semantic keywords in the article, each post needs to focus on one target keyword. That keyword needs to be in the H1, at least one H2 heading, throughout the content, in the URL slug, etc. Hi, Adam. After research, I found that there is an average of 5k to 7k monthly searches for my targeted keywords and the completion is very low.
Also, I believe, most of the audience for this topic is individual creators, not businesses. Obviously, the competetion is not very low, but I want to enhance my marketing skills and knowledge through this. And I see the business potential.
I will follow the exact strategies you suggest but a little tweak to fill my demerits. Please Adam, let me know your point of view on what I should go for. Also, whether my strategy will work well? I have full confidence in myself that I will succeed in this, but I fear on getting support from other ends because of my location Sorry, I had to mention this.
But anyways, I really appreciate your work on helping blog startups. I think, you are the only marketer I sincerely followed and ever took so seriously. I say that you go for both. One reason my blog was successful was that I used my name as my domain name and gave myself the freedom to pivot. The perfect niche comes with time, but a blog is truly an extension of you — your digital resume. What do you really want to be known for? What area do you have more experience in?
Google keyword planner is fun to use for me at least. That big step into a webinar might be next on the list. Your input and point of view is appreciated. Hi Adam, extremely useful post. I have a question here Can you please expand on what you mean by the following that you wrote: take your chosen niche, and come up with the top 10 keywords to target. Wanted to ask you about the consulting part when developing a blog.
I have it a bit unclear if the high-end B2B clients are to be attracted by the outreach and connections or the 5 blog posts it-self. In case you are offering a service, there are not many keywords having medium traffic that B2B clients might type in, from what I have seen, the volume is generally low. The first 5 blog posts — who are they to target if the B2B keyword volume is not high?
What kind of articles should they be? Does the main part of getting B2B clients consists of your own outreach and leveraging connections? Hey Toni! How could I earn by implementing this strategies to my freelance web development website. Your answer will be very much appreciated. Offer consulting services on your website — web design and development packages.
Then create monetizable affiliate posts on the best web design software, WordPress tools, e-commerce tools, etc. I really appreciate the work you have done, you explained everything in such an amazing and simple way. Congrats on the success and thanks for sharing it with us. After finally getting comfortable with a computer and learning how to code, I have a clearer path.
Cheers to you for seeing that earlier. Finding topics you want to write about and are passionate about was what kept me out of the game for so long. Thanks for sharing such quality information. Very interesting article and some really useful tips. I am applying in the music genre cause I write songs. Hi Adam..
Your website is nothing short of remarkable. Can a blog still be as successful for someone living outside of the US? If you want to get a lot of traffic and appeal to an international audience, just make it a. While a. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on these topics. In your sample outreach email for guest posting, you offer to link back to the collaborating site in other guest posts you write. Or should they be free and simply part of building a solid relationship with the other site owner?
Hey Kevin! I will be coming back regularly for ideas and help in my own journey, thanks for putting this all together in such a concise way! Bookmarked your website. Hey Adam, this is an excellent article. I was genuinely getting tired of reading articles that say bloggers fail because they are not passionate enough. Thanks for writing this. Do you think i should target long-tail keywords for my five blog pillars.
I am a freelance web designer btw. Most bloggers get it wrong because they think and act like a blogger — they blog. Instead, we should really work on the marketing and monetization part. Thanks for your insightful guide. Jammed packed with stunning informations, tips and tricks.
I want to thank you for creating this kind of post. Haha Cheers! Thank you, you opened my mind to another world.
The reality is hard but sincere, but you also help in what a new blogger should focus on. It is an amazing post and you explained in a detailed way. Nice to see this here. I will bookmark your blog for more details. Keep sharing the new things like this. It usually takes at least months to see any traffic results.
Long-time reader, first time commenter. I read through most of your posts, but I have to say that this one, as well as the link building and guest-posting ones, has been the most insightful and eye-opening for me.
Or, since different companies have different needs, could you name a rough estimate of how many hours do you dedicate to working with them?
Thanks Eddy! I recommend reading the book Million Dollar Consulting Proposals to get a feel for the concepts behind solution-based selling. Seriously great article, Adam! I too agree that you need a strategy more than anything and write strategically rather than randomly. But I do have one question for you in regards to outsourcing guest posts: Do you still outsource it, even if the guidelines state that the content has to be written by you?
Because I noticed most guest blog guidelines clearly state rules like this or similar. Thanks in advance and rock on, Kris from MommiesMakingCents. Yes, you can still outsource it. Just make sure it is still high quality and that you check it when you receive the draft. As a result, it is rather surprising to read an advice about B2B.
Also, it seems to me that you yourself are targeting individuals in your blogs, not B2B audience. Your comments are welcome. So on the small business side of B2B.
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My business software reviews are based on real-world experience and not from a faceless brand. Learn More About Adam. Related Articles. Best regards Eniola. Thanks for this idea. Continue the good work on this blog. Best Regards, Eniola.
Ok thanks a lot! Amazing helpful article. Got to learn new things from this. Thanks a lot for sharing. Hey Helana, thanks for reading! I wish you the best and let me know if you have any questions. Please share more posts like this. Dear Adam You have expose every truth that there is to know about blogging.
God Bless you. Great, thanks to much. I make money on my blog with Google Adsense. Thanks, Adam, for being so generous with your knowledge on this blog. Very insightful. Blessings, Noah. I have started a new blog to follow these steps. Thanks for this very informative article on making money from blogging.
Hopefully we can apply some of these techniques and see some positive results. Here is an income statement from a very popular food blogger. Not bad right? Learn how to start your own website today with my step-by-step tutorial. I would. The key is to sell the dream, baby! Fashion — Look good, make money. The higher price the brand, the more you will make because luxury brands themselves have the highest profit margin in fashion.
There are plenty of sports drinks, exercise drinks, health pills, etc that can be marketed. Music — Not even musicians are making big bucks now due to 99 cent downloads and piracy. You can plan off the angst, but it will probably make you angry and depressed. Once you build an incredible platform with a strong brand that resonates with the world, you can really leverage your platform for incredible opportunity.
The internet is great for scaling. After years of non-stop writing since , Financial Samurai is now an established brand in the personal finance space with roughly 1. Everything is written based on experience because money is too important to be left up to pontification. Google Adsense is the most common CPC ad network you can join. Every time someone clicks on an ad, you will get paid sometimes pennies, and sometimes a whole dollar or two, depending on how lucrative the keyword is.
Google knows if you have fake clicks. Baby steps! The other popular platform is Medicine. Affiliates are products that fit well with your content. Every time you refer a new user to the affiliate platform, they will pay you a referral fee affiliate fee.
The secret to great affiliate marketing is to find the best products that fit your best content. Once you get big enough, brands will want to tap your community by offering to write a sponsored post.
Writing a sponsored post on a reputable blog is also a great way to gain valuable links back to their website. Links are the currency of the web. Just be careful that Google is not a fan of blogs publishing lots of sponsored content. Search engines want your original content, and not have your site be a factory for advertisements.
When you host a sponsored post, make sure to disclose it is a sponsored post. Sometimes, brands will ask you to update a post you already wrote with new information to make it better too. If you are able to rank well for certain keywords, or their brand, then you have more bargaining power. That was a great day. All I had to do was update my existing post with new information since the post was actually 2. I thought it was a fair trade for sure. Some brands or companies will reach out to you to put a banner display ad on your website to promote their product.
You can fill up to three direct banner ad buys above the fold first page. Unfortunately, real estate above the fold is limited to the size of a screen. With more people surfing the net via mobile, the real estate is getting smaller. Some big companies will host Twitter chats with a particular hashtag.
The pay all depends on how large your Twitter following is.
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