How To Earn Money Blogging Today

3 tips to help you earn money blogging

2010-03-23T13:40:00.000-07:00

There are several elements which fall into play in order for you to really earn money blogging at a level that can be considered reasonable and worth the efforts that you put into it. But first you must have targeted visitors, and to attain targeted visitors your site has to be somewhere on the first page of the search engines where people will find it. Which begs the question: Does anyone EVER really look past the second page of the SERPS? (unless doing research, of course) Anyhow...

It is relevant to keep in mind there are literally hundreds of thousands of other blogs and websites out there that you will be competing with in a placement in the search engines, so pay very close attention to the following elements which are crucial in attaining decent placement in the search engines where your site will be found and "clickers" will visit your site so you can earn money!

These 3 most crucial elements are:

Website Development
Search Engine Optimization (SEO); and
Internet Marketing

Before addressing these elements it is essential to note that the purpose of applying these elements to you blog design and development is primarily for the purpose of getting your blog categorized, indexed and listed where it will be found in the SERPS. These techniques have nothing to do with your actual earnings or your earning methods. If your blog doesn't show up in the search engines there will be no visitors, and consequently no money...

Website Development

I'm not going to elaborate too much on the technicalities of web development, so in a nut shell here are the most important components of web development which should be incorporated into your blog to aid in its effectiveness in the search engines.

Whatever your niche is it is imperative that your "keyword" for your niche be included in three (3) locations of your blog.

The blog "title"
The blog "URL"; and
The blog "description

This is one component that many people fail to recognize and apply to their blog. I'm telling you through experience, however, that these 3 elements are indispensable if your expecting to have any positive results! Further, it is an integral part of the success that I have achieved in creating and successfully marketing numerous blogs and it really is a simple element to implement into your blog too.

Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization or "SEO" is a term that has become very popular across the internet in recent years. Many people try to exploit this essential component of website development by preying on individuals who have little or no knowledge of SEO and trying (with success) to sell them expensive packages or books which promise to "guarantee" your website or blog first page placement in the search engines.

Let me just make my position very clear. I am NOT trying to sell you some magic potion SEO package, nor would I EVER risk my character by stating that I can guarantee certain results in the search engines because that is impossible! Anyone who makes this claim is a LIAR! However, I am simply sharing that which was freely given to me -- nothing more, nothing less...

What I can honestly state is that the best known technique of employing effective SEO that usually achieves positive results in the search engines for your blog is through the utilization of backlinks that are directed to your blog for its niche keyword. I am not going to get into some long technical analogy on the art of SEO because the topic is so widely published and there already exists enough good sources upon which I simply can direct you. Allyn Hane exhaustively articulates Everything You Need to Know About Backlinks in an excellent video tutorial that I highly recommend. Just Visit the links for specific details and facts on how backlinks work, and the most effective and safe methods of gaining and employing them.

Internet Marketing

Simply stated, Internet Marketing is the marketing of products or services via the internet. This can be accomplished through a litany of sources which include articles, social media, videos, and paid advertising.

Probably some of the most popular sources of internet marketing is through the use of social sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. These social venues expose your blog to endless numbers of people, in your community, and their friends, and their friends, etc. Moreover, social sites simultaneously provide your blog with a backlink of good quality as well.

Likewise, the use of articles is a very valuable internet marketing tool with endless possibilities. By writing some original, creative content in an article that has some interest and value that people like, including backlinks to your blog and other valuable resources, the article can quickly become a hot topic, thereby marketing your product or services even more.

In the context of businesses these two resources can become even more effective when coupled with business listings and geographical applications such as maps. Any business that is not on the map will likely not become successful any time soon, and maps such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN are awesome resources for both web marketing and backlinks.

Once you get your site developed, optimized, and indexed well in the search engines, its time to turn the internet marketing engine on and get on your way to earn money blogging!

Google Blogger Partners With Amazon.com to Create Additional Revenue Source for Bloggers!

2009-12-18T15:08:00.000-08:00

Google and Amazon have announced a joint program for Google Bloggers wanting to earn some money from their blog posts.
Partnering with Amazon.com to integrate the company's Amazon Associates program, Blogger now allows users to easily ad links to Amazon products and to earn a referral fee if any purchases are made from the Amazon links.
Earlier this year Blogger introduced a "Monetize" tab to enable its users to easily add Google AdSense to their blogs with the potential of earning residual income through both Advertisements and Feeds. Now bloggers have an additional resource which could earn some revenue through the Amazon referral fees, which can be as high as 15 percent. Bloggers can search the Amazon product catalog without leaving the Blogger interface; inserting links to an endless resource of Amazon products that may be mentioned in their blog posts. Not only is the process of linking to products more efficient, but Amazon makes it easy for Google Bloggers to earn money blogging whenever their blog visitors actually buy the Amazon products which are written about.
Bloggers interested in the new option can find the Amazon option in the "Monetization" section. In addition to the Adsense options there is now a third tab, Amazon Associates, which enables them to link their Associates account with their blog or set up a new one. Users can also skip this step and just setup the Amazon product finder tool which will then be available next to the Blogger editor.
This is it bloggers! Now you can surely earn money blogging as the resources just got bigger and better!

Stick With The Winners and You'll Earn Money Online Too!

2009-11-06T03:47:00.000-08:00

Find what works and use it!
If its not broken, don't fix it!

If you want to be a success in your quest to earn money online, find the free sources that point you in the right direction and follow what they do. Ask questions and never be too proud to do so! You will find that there are a lot of people out there who will freely help you and show you what scams to avoid. When you find these individuals, stick with the winners!

SEO Semantics - Don't Be Fooled!

2009-10-27T03:10:00.000-07:00

When you first start out on your quest to earn money blogging, there are two very critical things that you must stay focused on:

Ranking In The Search Engines

Targeting Your Market Niche

Ranking In The Search Engines

If you want get targeted visitors to your site there is only one way to accomplish this; and that is by getting your site in front of viewers! And the only way to accomplish that is to rank well in the search engines. Granted, depending upon your marketing niche this may be complicated because of the competition. But is it impossible? NO! It just takes some work and effort on your part. The funny thing is that a lot of people want to earn money without having to do a lot of work. Call it being lazy, or simply expecting things to happen with minimal effort. Let me cut right to the chase. If you fall into either of these two categories, don't expect to earn money blogging or with any online money earning venture because its simply not going to happen!
Now you may be squirming in your chair as you read this; saying to yourself, well, I saw this advertisement for this affordable SEO marketing program which guarantees that my site will get thousands of targeted visitors, so why invest so much time and effort if I can do it the easy way by simply buying this program? Let me ask you this. Have you ever gained anything worthwhile in life without having to put forth effort? Are you willing to squander away hundreds of dollars for some program that probably will not work? Because if it doesn't work your right back to square-one with your blog, and you've lost your money for some bogus program! Let me assure you that 99% of the programs are nothing but SEO Semantics. They try and convince you that there are all these complicated technicalities which entail a lot of work which you are probably not qualified enough to perform. WRONG! Let me assure you that its NOT complicated at all! But you have to be willing to invest some time to learn and apply one simple and FREE method to do this. That is what I did, and I learned it all for FREE from my dear friend Griz. I applied what he teaches for free, and everyone of my sites rank on page one of the search engines. So if you want to earn money blogging, do yourself a big favor and learn from him like I did. See for yourself Why the SEO and Social Media Industry will Hurt You. Don't be a fool and waste you money buying some SEO program. Browse around his site and lap up the infinite knowledge that he provides for FREE! You won't be disappointed.

Targeting Your Market Niche

Trying to keep track of all the niche research tools out there is pretty much next to impossible. WordTracker, AdWords, SpyFu, SEO Elite, ... So let’s just put that on the back burner for a minute and focus your attention on one simple question. Which of these situations do you think would be easiest to sell?

Website Advice to a 55 Year Old Woman

Health Food to a 25 Year Old Man

A New Car to a Young Married Couple

A Glass of Water to a Man Lost in the Desert

You might think that the first three scenarios are pretty equal. Those people could all be in the market for those items – the sale isn’t impossible, and its a relatively easy market to contend in. But look at number four – the poor man dying of thirst in the middle of the desert. Now that’s a good market niche. You could charge that man anything you wanted if you ran across him in the desert and he would pay it because above and beyond anything else he NEEDS water.
If someone needs website advice, they can probably find it for free in a half dozen places. If someone needs health food they can buy it just about anywhere. And if someone needs a new car they can afford to wait for a while, because they can drive their clunker around until it finally breaks. However, if someone NEEDS water
and they’re lost in the desert, their options are limited.
This is the exact mentality you’re trying to pinpoint and nail down. You need an audience that is dying of thirst, and you should be the one to have all the water. You want them breaking down doors to find you and to demand you sell them that water.
This is the key to Internet marketing success.

Success Is Your Choice If You Want To Earn Money Blogging

2009-10-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

Probably just about everyone has heard of the term "blog" or "blogging", but the average person has no clue about what a blog is, or how it even works -- let alone how to earn money blogging. But times are changing as a result of the economic recession, and people are frantically in search of an alternative means to earn money because they have either taken a pay cut, had their work hours slashed, or they have lost their job altogether! The fact is that the potential to earn money online with a blog is growing more and more as each day passes!

Now maybe your not so optimistic that this blogging thing is a legitimate means to earn money? After all, there are so many online scams out there and you hear story after story of the horrors of other people's experiences in being ripped off by some internet get rich quick scheme. Nevertheless, the fact is that there is a continually growing opportunity to join the thousands of people who are taking advantage of the e-commerce market to earn money online for free! So let's start with the facts, and then I'll provide some safe and legitimate resources to earn money online for free without any investment on your part.

FACTS:

I like facts because they cannot be disputed. Therefore, when it comes to an opportunity to earn money blogging I'll let the facts speak for themselves to demonstrate that this blogging thing truly is legitimate.

Anyone who wants to earn money blogging must engage in what is known as e-commerce. E-commerce consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. As such, if one is considering an e-commerce business, (i.e., marketing and selling products from a blog) then the status of the current e-commerce market is especially relevant. After all, nobody can expect to earn money in a dried-up or dwindling market, and to make any business investment in such a market would be foolish! So lets look at the most recent e-commerce market facts.

In its May 15, 2009 report, the Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2009 was $31.7 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent (±1.1%)* from the fourth quarter of 2008. Further, in its August 17, 2009 report the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter of 2009 was $32.4 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent (±1.2%) from the first quarter of 2009.

Clearly, there is a growing trend in the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the internet and other computer networks. Therefore, joining this market would be a sound business investment so you will know where to earn money online.

A Little Encouragement To Earn Money Blogging

2009-10-03T21:23:00.000-07:00

Everyone needs encouragement in some form or another, and there is no exception to the rule when it comes to making a success of your online entrepreneurship.
Probably the most complicated matter for any online entrepreneur is getting your website or blog noticed. Anyone can create a website or blog, but can you get targeted visitors to your site from potential customers who want what you have to offer? And what is it that you are offering? These answers to these two questions are the utmost key components to any hope you may have to earn money blogging, so that is where I will focus my attention.
There are a billion online sites which promise that if you use their program or read their book(s) that you you will become rich over night. DO NOT believe them! Any type of success takes time and great effort to achieve, and online marketing is no exception. You have to work! But in this complicated arena of business it would be futile to simply invest 10's or 100's of hours creating websites or blogs, because cyberspace is so vast! Its comparable to trying to sell water to a fish that lives in the ocean... Likewise, aimlessly attacking this vast market arena without precise targeting will result in a site that simply goes nowhere fast. Again, you have to provide what people want, and you have to get it in front of their eyes.