Start a Blog to Make Money: No Experience Required
Blogs – it seems like just about everyone has one.
If you don’t know what a blog is, it comes from the phrase “web
log”, which is an online diary or journal of sorts. People have
all kinds of reasons for starting a blog. They may do it for
fun, because they love writing or just to have an outlet to
express their thoughts, vent frustrations and more.
(Fast Track: Get a
step-by-step guide here or read on for more help)
But you can make a blog into a money-making business, even if
you have no blogging or business experience.
How to Get Started
You can actually start your blog completely for free. There are
services like Blogger.com and Wordpress.com that make it super
easy. But note, John Yeo, profitable blog and creator of the
Blogger’s Paycheck course recommends that those seeking
profit should Wordpress, but in a different way than is
explained at Wordpress.com and he goes through it in detail in
the course.
How to Make Money with a Blog
Simply put, pick a theme or major topic for your blog and start
writing. Even if you have no product of your own, you can still
make money from your blog by selling and displaying advertising,
earning commissions recommending products and other activities.
This is also something
John Yeo covers in detail.
What if You Don’t Like to Write
Many people think they can’t blog if they don’t enjoy writing or
feel they aren’t talented writers, but that shouldn’t stop
anyone. A blog is about sharing thoughts and you don’t have to
be an award-winning writer to do that. In addition, the growing
popularity of online video and audio open up more possibilities
for sharing content. You can also hire a ghostwriter if you want
a text blog and want to avoid writing.
The Keys to Profitable Blogging
To profit from blogging, there are a few key
ingredients:
1. Target a highly interested audience of readers who happen to
be consumers. In other words, people who readily spend money to
pursue their hobbies, interests and desires that you’ll be
writing about.
2. Create interesting content that people are readily looking
for, that they’ll talk about to their friends and come back for
over and over again.
3. Sign up for the
Blogger’s Paycheck course that will take you through setting
up your blog, building traffic, making money and more.
