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Promote Other Bloggers To Increase Your Traffic

Get More Traffic By Promoting Other Bloggers

Ryan Biddulph of Blogging From Paradise gets to the truth and the heart of the matter when it comes to promoting other bloggers to get more traffic. No man is an island as they say and the blogging world is no exception. There’s simply no way you can expect to obtain any decent amount of traffic if you market only with yourself in mind. Well, perhaps if you had five lifetimes but who does?

Blogging can be a lonely, isolating existence at times. Bloggers can get trapped in their own little ‘blogosphere’, inside their head and forget about the bigger picture. Sometimes we get sidetracked and lose the point. The purpose after all is to share great information, be the solution to someone else’s ‘pain points’ and solve the acronym WIIFM? (What’s in it for me) for your readers and customers.

Being in the age of information there’s a trillion bits on top of a gazillion tons of info out there and that little acorn of what you have to say can get lost in all the jargon regardless of how informative or helpful it is.

Therefore solid SEO and various strategic promotional tactics for getting your target people to find you is especially vital.

Read my article – 10 Reasons Why No One Cares About Your Beautiful Website.

Your website/blog is the ‘storefront’ of your business you’ve got to network, connect and join forces to make an impact and draw others to you.

Emily

So here’s Ryan to tell you exactly how you can start promoting other bloggers to increase your traffic!

promote other bloggers to increase web traffic

Here’s Ryan’s awesome advice!

Getting a surge of online traffic to find its way to your blog gets easier if you will get over yourself and promote other bloggers.

Get Over Yourself

Get the heck over yourself to see increasing traffic returns.

A lot of bloggers think they can build blog traffic by their own single handed efforts.

This is ludacris. In truth, no blogger can succeed being a lone wolf.

Stop thinking only of yourself. Focus on helping other bloggers out, make friends and watch how quickly your friends will expand your reach online.

Build, Grow and Leverage Your Relationships to Grow Your Blog/Site.

Identify the blogs that are closely related to your niche.

Find the owner’s email address on their contact page or by using EmailHunter.co

Follow them on Twitter

Regularly Tweet their new blog posts (automate the process by using IFTTT).

Write insightful, engaging comments on their blogs, not phony, tacky, robotic template like ones.

Don’t beg, be polite, be patient.

Just like any relationship in real life, to build it is a give and take process.

This helps you not only to be less dependent on Google, but helps you gain backlinks, social shares, and traffic in the long run which is what you want.

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Think of Others to Befriend Others

Think of other bloggers to befriend other bloggers.
Condition yourself to promote other bloggers before you promote your latest blog post.

I am often seen browsing through Triberr or various social media blogging tribes, picking helpful blog posts to share, because I am genuinely intent on thinking of other bloggers before I think of me.

Admitted; I do have a slightly selfish driver because I see how freely traffic flows to me by having fun promoting other bloggers.

I dig being social after being a blogging wall flower for so many years. I also enjoyed leaving most of my self-obsessed worries and fears behind.

This gig gets easier if you think of other bloggers before you think of yourself. Not from a fully altruistic space – we all have ego calling some shots – but because it’s fun to spread love, to connect with humans and to make friends, and as your friend base grows, so does your blogging success.

Resource – Ryan Biddulph Bloggingfromparadise

Why this Works So Well

When you help, you shall be helped.

Think beyond blogging karma. Dwell on this idea: if you help bloggers without looking for anything in return, other bloggers will help you. Generosity is met with generosity.

Example; I connected with internet marketing coach and online pro’s pro David Boozer via a few blog comments and social shares. I helped him out. I looked for nothing in return.

He went and bought all of my blogging tips eBooks – that is over 60 eBooks – and wrote me a glowing endorsement through his blog and via his podcast. He also regularly promotes my posts and shouts out my eBooks and coaching services through social media and his blog, which I appreciate.

This is just a single rocking blogger who is wildly successful, and who heads a loyal tribe.

Imagine how much awesomeness has flowed to me over the years through all the blogging buddies I have made by promoting other folks?

This concept works well because if you are generous, like-minded people will be generous to you, expanding your reach far and wide.

Note; no limits exist when you go about promoting yourself by promoting successful bloggers generously. Your traffic will increase exponentially, eventually.

Think Network Growing Your Net Worth

If you want to make money through blogging think of your network growing your net worth.

I can only do so much on my own, promoting my blog posts to my 60,000 Blogging From Paradise community members.

My network can do so much more.

By building bonds, and promoting other bloggers, I land guest posts that expand my reach far and wide. Influential bloggers promote the stuffing out of me on Facebook, Twitter and through their blogs.

Money and traffic flow to me with greater ease versus the days I tried to go solo because 1000 is better than 1. 1000 friends promoting you expands your reach more quickly than 1 person – you – promoting yourself.

Buy into this idea of your network growing your net worth.

Success will be yours. Traffic will flow in easily, as will profits drip in, steadily, if you promote other bloggers freely and easily.

Some of My Other Favorite, Amazing, Inspirational Bloggers:

Chelsea Clarke – HerPaperRoute

Victoria Pruett – Make Money Blogging At Any Level

Elaine Rau – Ladybossblogger

So remember, in order to gain traffic to your website and blog you need links and in order to do that you need to reach out to other bloggers in your community. You should know at least 10 other bloggers/site owners in your niche very well.

Email them, contact them on social media and simply ask if they would be interested in your free content. If they say “No” don’t take it personally, you can always ask again at another point! A lot of them will say “yes” because everyone enjoys having genuine value added to their blog post:)

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How to Keep Your Blog Running While You’re Away

by socialbuzzhive 4 Comments

Hey, we all have to escape sometimes right? Whether during the Holidays or for a much needed vacation you can’t be tied to your blog 24/7 nor should you be. The reality though, is that blogging can be a totally time consuming process. Much more than people realize. Consistency is one of the most important factors to blogging success. Once your blog is established and especially if you outsource some help it gets a bit easier, but for newbie bloggers and website owners the thought of going away on holiday and leaving your baby blog unattended can put you in downright panic mode! But let’s face it, we all have holidays, events, family members, and other things to tend to. Life, after all should not be just about working, blogging, posting and constantly coming up with new content. Here’s how to keep your blog running smoothly even while you’re away.

Currently, I maintain approximately 4 blog posts per month. In the beginning I was churning out 4 a week!

This level of consistency is super important and helps maintain for me a steady level of traffic.

When you decide to have a blog, remember, it’s operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

After all, your blog is your business and it should be treated as such.

So even though it’s producing passive income (and that’s the ultimate goal for you) it still needs tending to in many, many ways.

In this post, I will go over what you can do to ensure your blog stays fully functional and continues to produce tip top content for your readers along with income for you!:)

Let’s go!

Tip #1. Batch Your Content

Blogging requires laser focus and excellent planning.

Therefore, batching your content is the best way to ensure that your blog will have new fresh content for your readers.

You as a blogger are a master planner. Yes! Believe it!

Heck planning a well deserved trip or vacation on top of all that is just a walk in the park!

Once you’ve booked that trip or flight it’s time to start generating content for the duration of your trip so you ‘set it and forget it’!

Here’s an example – I dedicate my Tuesdays and Thursdays for actual writing so instead of producing 2 content posts per day. I would use those 2 days to produce a week’s worth of content.

Nowadays I’m so busy with other aspects of running my blog I sometimes outsource some content as well which frees up even more time!

Tip #2. Use The WordPress Timestamp Feature

The WordPress Timestamp feature can save you a lot of time when it comes to creating and publishing your posts.

Lets say that you have a day where you are feeling super inspired about several topics, you are full of energy and you have some great ideas just spilling over that you’re dying to share!

You have written 3 or 4 posts, but you would like to spread them out because you are getting ready to go on vacation, or have that looming deadline for a project at work that you must complete.

Using the Timestamp feature will help you to spread your posts out over a few days and publish them for you.

Here’s how it works.

Take a post that you have written and are ready to publish, including proper tagging, images, etc.
Go to the “Post Timestamp” on your post page and expand it.
Select the “Edit timestamp” by clicking on it, there should now be a check mark in the box.
Edit and select the date and time that you want your post published.

Now there is one important step left in editing your post for future publication.

You now need to click on the “Publish” button.

If you don’t do this and just click on “Save”, it will save your post as a draft and not publish it when you have specified.

This feature has saved me a ton of time and aggravation trying to write posts when I have an endless list of other things to do.

And as bloggers you know that list is endless!

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Tip #3. Blog On Your Holiday

I don’t like to blog on my vacation or during the holidays because it defeats the whole purpose of a vacation and spending time with family and friends.

But I must be honest, I’m always surmising what I’m going to be writing about next and taking little notes as I go about the day…. and that’s okay.

As long as it’s not completely consuming you and taking you away from everything and those you’re closest to.

If you do find though that you realize you’ve made an error that you absolutely must fix, thanks to modern technology, as long as you have a laptop or a smart phone with internet, you’ll be able fix it from anywhere!

Some of my best blog posts have been written on the fly!

Sometimes the change of scenery is just what you need to get those creative juices flowing!

It also allows you to experience the laptop lifestyle experience.

You see, a blog is designed for you to share information, but let’s not forget one important element.

A blog is designed to help you and your readers connect and engage.

So why not share your vacation with your readers?

By sharing a bit of your personal life, it helps build your blog’s relationship with your readers.

Share your images, your meals, your adventures. Some amazing travel and food blogs were built this way.

Tip #4. Outsource For Writers

If you absolutely cannot write please make sure that you get someone hired to cover your writing for you.

Yes, it’s going to cost you some, but the price will be worth it to not lose your audience!

Always look at the bigger picture.

Sure it will cost you a some money to hire someone, but you can potentially lose thousands of readers if you don’t.

And after all the work you’ve put into your blog you don’t want that to happen!

Have some valuable content built up for sharing on topics that you’ve chosen that you know your readers will enjoy or find super helpful.

Tip #5. Allow Guest Posts

It’s not a bad idea to line up some guest posts for your blog.

Similar to outsourcing for writers, someone else will be doing the writing for you. The only difference between a guest post and outsourcing is the cost.

Guest posts are typically free.

Guest bloggers will write an article for you and in turn get a backlink which leads to traffic back to their own website. It’s a win win for both bloggers and something you want to incorporate even when you’re not on vacation!

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Food For Thought

It’s your blog and you can do whatever you want with it.

Some obsess over every aspect of control over it and some are way more relaxed. I tend to be the former:/…but I’m still learning that I cannot have 100% control at all times!

I do recommend you ensure your blog stays operational even though you’re not available.

Unless you’re at the stage where your blog runs on auto pilot or you have a team of VA’s working with you to handle things it only makes sense.

It’s not so hard to do living in the digital age we’re in. And the best thing is you can do it from virtually anywhere!

Remember, life/work balance is very important too.

The last thing you want to get is blogger ‘burn-out’.

You can still manage to make time to enjoy that holiday or vacay and be a successful blogger! 🙂

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2021’s Best Free Blogging Tools to Grow Your Blog Fast

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The Best FREE Tools to Grow Your Blog Quickly

There are so many incredible FREE web services, applications, and products available today that are so powerful and effective that you can easily use them to grow your blog quickly to thousands or maybe even millions of views and start sending a flood of traffic to your target audience. You can start today, from scratch, and use every single one of these free tools every day along your journey without money coming out of your pocket. From idea creation to producing, publishing, and designing your content, to sharing, marketing, and promoting your brand, you’ll find these tools free and accessible.

Here are 20 of the best ones I’ve used myself to grow my own blog and get millions of readers:

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1. Quora

Before I had a blog I used Quora to ask so many questions! It was pretty cool to ask questions about anything whether it was health-related or technical or household or about your child’s behavior etc.. then you’d get answers back from a variety of people. Some are experts, and some not so much.

Quora is a great place for content ideas. You can search for a topic, see what others are asking, and answering and then write it up, adding to the conversation.

But there’s more!

Quora helps you establish yourself as an authority in your area.

And you can link your website to your profile.

If you have a product, you can use the site to get feedback from users and to generate new feature ideas.

2. Feedly

When Google Reader shut down everyone went over to Feedly. Feedly is the best blog reader around. You have to be reading a lot of other blogs if you want yours to stand out.

Once you start reading the top blogs from key influencers, you will learn the right style that drives traffic, and what sets top blogs apart from the rest.

You can sign up for blog feeds, share your favorites, bookmark the ones you have yet to read.

Be careful though, if you’re a new blogger you really don’t want to get sucked into sucky comparison mode that potentially hinders your progress.

However, if you can view things objectively and you don’t suffer from inadequacies then by all means look at these blogs with an eye towards inspiration.

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3. Crowdfire

Crowdfire is my secret weapon of choice!

Crowdfire is a Social Media Management tool that helps Social Media Managers, Small businesses, brands and individuals drive Social Media results. We offer Social Media scheduling, engagement, Analytics, Social listening and CRM services.

You can easily share your blog content across the board automatically.

Connect Social Networks: Facebook Pages & Groups, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, LinkedIn pages, WordPress, Etsy, Shopify, Medium, 500px, Vimeo and many more platforms.

See what articles and news people are sharing on the web, and who is sharing them. From this simple start, you can gain a wealth of information.

With the free account, you can only get limited information, but definitely, enough to find out what works and what doesn’t.

With Crowdfire you can

Monitor your Social conversations and listen. Reply to all your Social mentions from a single dashboard.
Deep dive into Advanced Analytics, download ready-to-present beautiful reports.
Build custom reports and schedule the export of these reports.
Compose your own posts and schedule them to go out later.
Automatically find and recommend articles and images your audience will love, so you can share them to all your social profile and keep your timelines buzzing!
Keep an eye out for any updates on your website, blog or online shops; and create quick, beautiful posts about the update to easily share on all your social profiles
Schedule all your posts in advance and post them automatically at the best times or at a time chosen by you. Saving you tons of time and effort!
Take away the headache of crafting separate posts for each individual social profile and automagically customize your posts for all your profiles!
Use the Crowdfire Chrome extension to share your favorite pages from the internet to all your social accounts in 2 easy clicks!
Add your favorite websites and blogs as your source for new content using the RSS feature!
Manage multiple clients using Crowdfire profiles.

Try it for free here.

The site will also help you save tons of time while driving massive engagement and growth.

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4. Canva

Canva is a design service for people who can’t design, like moi.

An image in a post will increase shares, and increased shares means more visitors.

Especially on Pinterest! 67% of my traffic comes from Pinterest which shows you how vital it is for bloggers.

So if you can’t design, no problem!

Anyone can use it for virtually any design asset you need.

The site uses simple drag-and-drop principles to help you create art and design for your site, allowing you to choose from thousands of images, fonts and colors to get exactly what you need to illustrate your story.

Three others I recommend are Visme (perfect for Infographics) 99 Designs and PicMonkey these guys all offer a FREE TRIAL as well.

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5. Hemingway

The Hemingway app is all about making your writing clearer and easier to read. For some people, writing flows so naturally. I am not one of those people. My writing tends to be choppy and sometimes all over the place.

Thank goodness for Hemingway. The app helps you avoid complicated, hard-to-read sentences, passive voice and adverbs. Hemingway is ideal for people who have to explain complicated ideas to anyone.

6. Google Keyword Planner

The google keyword planner is still one of the most accurate SEO tools available out there and it’s FREE! You can find suggested terms that relate to all your keywords and all their metrics too. It let’s you choose and discover easy to rank for terms (or highly searched for terms) to place in your work.

7. WordPress

There are countless content management system (CMS) options, but WordPress is still (imo) one of the very best.

Once you have got your site up and running, you need a way to publish your stories. Sites like Wix or Blogger are great for your own personal blog but if you’re looking to get thousands or millions of visitors, monetize your content etc, only the WordPress.org platform can handle this.

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On WordPress, you can customize your site and add plugins for a ton of different needs, from SEO optimization to image presentation, from email forms to capture.

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8. SEMrush

SEMrush is free for 14 days but I think it’s one of the top SEO tools out there.

They give you a complete SEO audit of your site including content suggestions, alerts, toxic warnings, backlink profiles, anchor texts and you get a complete view of who your direct competitors are, what keywords they’re ranking for so you can start assessing them appropriately.

It’s a lot of information they give out for free!

You can check your site right here with this handy tool, do an SEO and site analysis and see how you stack up against your competitors!

9. Stencil – Formerly Share As Image

Images are also the best way to share ideas on social media, and Stencil lets you create amazing text-based images, helping you get more engagement and shares on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

You can create quotes and daily inspiration messages, or just have a line from your latest blog post as a teaser.

You can also take in information from images ten times faster than from text alone; and because visual processing is what our brains are designed for, sharing ideas as images immediately invokes a reaction in your audience.

10. FREE Stock Photos

Stunning images are a must for essential blogging tools.

Anyone can have awesome image content on their site for free. Images increase shares, and having great images will definitely get your blog noticed more.

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11. Typeform

Typeform helps you build contact forms and surveys, meaning you can interact with your audience and become a meaningful place for dialog.

A lot of Pinterest and FB users are using Typeform now to get potential members to sign up for their group boards. It’s also an awesome way to conduct surveys.

Responders can easily navigate it on a desktop or mobile, and users could stay on the page throughout, rather than wait for the next page to load — one of the main reasons people bug-out on a survey.

12. TinyLetter

TinyLetter is a super-simple app that lets you create and distribute email newsletters, which is a perfect way to get your posts into everyone’s inboxes each week.

Brought to you by MailChimp, TinyLetter is for people who don’t need all the business features that come along with MailChimp.

It’s simple, free and easy to use.

13. Sumo

Sumo is a suite of free blogging tools that can be used to grow your website’s traffic.

The Sumo tools are easy to install and work on any website. It also helps you build up an email list with popups, and can even tell you where people are clicking on your site.

SumoMe gives you an in-depth analysis of what works on your blog and what doesn’t.

It also integrates with other services’ email lists like MailChimp, ConvertKit, Aweber, etc. .so you can seamlessly build your email list and grow your ROI.

14. Google Search Console

Formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools, Google Search Console allows you to check indexing status and optimize visibility of your website. A must have blogging tool for everyone!

Speaking of must have blogging tools I also recommend Google’s Structured Data Markup Helper, MonsterInsights and Google Trends.

With MonsterInsights you get a clear view of who is coming to your website, which posts are most popular so you know what to write more of, and where they came from! All from your WordPress dashboard. It’s amazing!

The Structured Data Markup Helper helps you mark up elements on your web page so that Google can understand the data on the page.

Once Google understands your page data more clearly, it can be presented more attractively and in new ways in Google Search.

In addition if you send HTML-formatted email to your customers, Markup Helper can show you how to change your email templates so that Gmail can present the data to the user in new and useful ways.

15. Print Friendly and a PDF

Print Friendly is a Chrome extension that will transform your blog into a PDF, getting rid of all the extra crap and just leaving your audience with a well-formatted booklet of your posts.

They even have a print and download button you can put on your site that is GDPR compliant. Very cool!

A great way to gain a following is to create an ebook that’s a “content upgrade,” in the form of a PDF that visitors can download and read offline — in exchange for their email address.

Voila! A perfect little blogging tool!

16. Medium

Medium.com which was launched in August 2012, is a great blogging tool for getting your published work and blog posts out there! It’s a hybrid collection of amateur and professionals who write about a wide range of subjects.

They have a huge audience and if you want to make your content go even further this is definitely one of the places to be!

It’s very easy to do because you simply have to copy your URL and post!

You can connect your social media following and even take your audience with you! In addition, if you join their partner program you can get compensated for your writing.

The competition is tough to make money but it’s still a great way to gain exposure to your website and social media accounts with very minimal effort!

P.S. Thriveglobal.com by Arianna Huffington is another great publishing platform!

17. Google Analytics

To say you need Google Analytics for a blogging tool is an understatement.

You should be checking out your visitor numbers from your very first post, analyzing what posts get the highest views and where those views are coming from.

Then, you can start to tailor your operation around those ideas. Keep what works, and delete the rest.

Google Analytics is the most extensive suite out there, and even the biggest sites are still using it.

Google obviously knows its numbers, and if this is a major place your visitors are coming from, who better to tell you the good news?

18. Email Marketing

A great email marketing program is a vital blogging tool in your marketing arsenal that you must have.

Pound for pound email has 3.9 billion more accounts than social alone.

Every day you don’t have a list is another day you’re losing out on potential sales, networking and connections.

After all the expression the “money is in the list” is indeed a true one.

However, the true goal of a great email marketing campaign is to build trust, loyalty and brand awareness.

One of the best ways to grow your list and attract new subscribers is through an automated Email marketing platform like Constant Contact.

They are so secure in their services they offer a 60 day FREE trial with no credit card, along with email templates, beautiful designs, and powerful integrations to put your business on autopilot.

You’ll be hard pressed to find another that offers as many services.

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19. Hubspot FREE CRM

This free blogging tool can help you keep track of all your leads from your website, social media, email automatically and turn your site into a revenue generating machine! See everything all in one place with total visibility.

I love their Social Media content calendar and Email Templates!

And best of all it’s 100% FREE!

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Your turn!

What do you use to grow your blog traffic? I’d love to hear about what you think the best free services and products out there are to grow your audience and build your online business.

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The 1 Million Dollar Blogging Recipe

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A Better Blogging Recipe

The proof is in the pudding as they say. If you are looking to start a viable blog these are the exact ingredients you need to start a successful blog from scratch – step by step. There are no hidden secrets or formulas. Just a super simple blogging recipe that bloggers have used to turn their blogs into million dollar a year businesses.

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I’ve put together this blogging recipe guide from the top earning bloggers in the world who make over several million per year.

Think bloggers don’t earn big money? Read this post!

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Most beginner bloggers quit because they think it’s easy to blog.

It is simple to set up a blog, anyone can do it, on the other hand, it’s not so easy to keep up with the level of quality content required on a consistent basis.

Starting a new blog requires the same time and effort as starting any new business online or not.

This blogging recipe requires three things; patience, persistence, and perseverance.

But… if you enjoy writing, want to be your own boss, and are looking for a career that allows you to work from anywhere in the world, pay off debt or loans, and make an unlimited passive income that most people only dream of in their lifetimes…it’s something you should possibly consider.

Let’s get started.

Is Blogging a Business?

Make no mistake your blog is a serious business.

The second you decide you want to make money off of it, it is a business and you should treat it as such.

This means its in your best interest to take it seriously and to have the right tools to operate it successfully.

And like any business, it will keep you up at night and give you your share of headaches. You may also think of quitting. A lot.

I know I did.

In the blogging world, you are sharing information with people who want to learn from your expertise. The acronym WIIFM (what’s in it for me?) should be your daily mantra.

But not for you.

For your audience.

Because that is the only reason why people will visit your blog over another.

They don’t care about anything else trust me. Once you can provide them with the specific, and most valuable information that they are seeking that is what will keep them coming back to you.

Your blog is indeed a lead generation tool.

But first you have to gain your audience’s trust.

Keep providing genuinely valuable information and they will look to you as their authority.

Offer shallow, crappy, uninformative advice and they will go elsewhere. The competition after all, is fierce. With over 400 million blogs online your blog has to provide premium value!

If this is the case, your audience will eventually purchase the advice you have to offer, if it indeed proves worthy.

If you are able to solve their particular pain or their problem in the best way, then you can potentially make sales by providing answers.

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Let’s get started setting up your blog!

How to Start a Blog

Step 1: Set up Your Blog

The first step is to set up your blog, but where should you start?

If you want to monetize your blog and make money, you need a self-hosted blog.

Self-hosting is when you own your own domain.

That means that you can’t have it hosted on a free host like blogger.com, wordpress.com, or Tumblr.com.

The most popular blogging platform is wordpress.org. It is the most popular platform for bloggers who wish to monetize a blog.

Why Do I Need A Self Hosted Blog?

If you own your own site and all of the contents then you CAN have ads on it, join affiliate programs and work with big brands and eventually have an e-commerce shopping page if you like.

A ‘Free’ host site can shut you down whenever they like because they own it.

You don’t want to do all that work for nothing do you?

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A Note on Niches

It’s a good idea to pick a niche for your blog.

Don’t get talked into writing a ‘lifestyle blog’ unless you have a team of 100 people writing a gazillion articles for you like the Huffington Post.

There’s simply way too much competition out there.

Yes, we all have a lot of different passions and interests but you want to build an audience who come to you on a regular basis who see you as an authority on a particular subject.

It’s too difficult as a beginning blogger to write about a huge niche like health one day and finances the next.

You may want to focus on a smaller, more unique niche, i.e. How to Collaborate With Brands as a Social Influencer, Best Budgeting Apps for Single Moms, or Email Marketing Copywriting Strategies to Grow Your Business…you get the drift.

However, with that being said you want to write about something that has a lot of interest and appeal attached to it as well.

A niche that is too unique and doesn’t have a lot of competition will be a tough sell. (but there are always exceptions)

Read my post on niches to hone in on to get an idea on what you think is right for you.

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Get a domain name. Run some ideas through a domain checker like godaddy, namecheap, networksolutions etc. to see what is available.

Always pick one that gives people an idea of what your blog will be about and make sure it ends in .com.

Get Web hosting. You’ll see a lot of cheap hosting ads out there. I like Bluehost – it’s inexpensive, fast and their customer service rocks. Siteground is another great one too.

You can see if the name you like is available right here for free:

Get a professional looking Website and Install WordPress.

I started on the Squarespace platform but WordPress is hands down the Holy Grail for beginning bloggers.

Upload a theme of your choice. Something that represents your style yet looks professional. There are free, low cost or premium themes from a variety of companies.

Mine is built on the Genesis Framework. There are literally thousands of themes to choose from.

Important! Don’t stress too much over it and don’t spend too much time laboring – you can always change it up later if you’re not happy.

Once you’re all set you’re ready to start writing, publishing valuable content, and drawing traffic!

Methods of Drawing Traffic to Your New Blog

There are two main methods of drawing FREE traffic to your new blog:

Search engines
Social Media

And Paid Methods

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To increase traffic through the search engines you have to do keyword research.

You can start out with Google’s FREE Keyword Tool, Buzzsumo but I highly recommend SEMrush which allows you to check your stats, analytics, toxic links, do audits and even peek in on your competitors keywords as well.

It’s an all in one toolkit for bloggers and marketers alike.

The Jaaxy keyword research tool is very user friendly and was actually developed especially for affiliate marketers.

Affiliate marketing is how a lot of bloggers earn into the 6 figures and more.

The key to getting anyone to read your posts is to write intriguing, captivating headlines that grab your target reader’s attention.

Study Copyblogger for the best Copywriting practices and how to write stellar post headlines.

This is one of the most important tactics because if no one even clicks on your headline they won’t ever read your articles, emails or get to your website and you won’t drive any traffic!

Copywriting is one of the most crucial investments you can have in your blogging business.

Step 3: Convert Visitors into Email Subscribers

Every single blogger and online entrepreneur will tell you that building your email list is the most important thing you need to do and I’m no exception.

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Growing your list will determine how successful your blog will be. This is because once you have emails you have a personal way to reach out to your readers.

You don’t want people to visit your blog and leave, never to return again lost in cyberspace somewhere.

Your job is to convince them to subscribe to your offers, your specials, your promotions and your news!

Get an automated email marketing system like Mailerlite which is FREE up to 1,000 subscribers.

I also highly recommend ConvertKit for bloggers that has amazing autoresponders, sequences and broadcasting features.

Make certain you have a Sign-up form on your blog whether in pop up form, slider, or sidebar.

It must be compelling and offer an invaluable incentive for them to sign up. Something they absolutely must have that is of value, that will solve their PROBLEM OR PAIN.

Step 4: Send Valuable Content That Builds Trust

People won’t buy from you unless they trust you and like you. Not everyone will like you but they must trust you.

Don’t bombard them will things you are trying to sell.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve unsubscribed because I’m overloaded with people trying to sell me something.

Build a relationship and a connection. Offer valuable free content, expertise and advice.

Notice how I keep adding the word ‘value?’.

If your content isn’t adding anything to the knowledge base of the web, why would Google want to rank it?

The best content out there provides value. It offers a series of clearly defined benefits for users.

It takes into account your bank of resources and ideas, open market space, and un-addressed consumer needs, and weaves them all into a convenient and high-impact post that will continue helping readers long after it’s been published.

The way you provide value will depend in large part on your industry.

For example, if you ran a fashion business, you could post content about which type of clothing is trending for each particular month.

If you run a social media company, you could post troubleshooting material or FAQs for users. Both of these things will be valuable and helpful for your audiences, both now and in the future.

Struggling to figure out how to create valuable content? Consider these questions before you write:

Who is my target audience?
What problems or concerns do they have?
Do I have information they’d find helpful?
What content is currently popular in my niche?
Do I have any unique viewpoints that would benefit my readers?

Once your audience sees that you’re not just trying to sell them something every two seconds they’ll be wondering if your knowledge, product or service is actually worth the price for your paid offerings.

However, and this is where many bloggers make a critical mistake.

Never assume what your audience wants. Take your time and do your research to discover what your readers are truly looking to know.

Listen to your audience. Read their comments. Read their replies to your emails. Take surveys. Ask questions. Find out what their biggest problems are.

Then and only then do you spend the weeks and months it takes to create a product or service that SOLVES it.

Now these are the basic steps for creating a blog.

As you can see it’s pretty simple. You need very little technical knowledge to do it.

The key is following the recipe and not swaying from it.

There are several ways to earn money from a blog. Smart bloggers don’t rely upon one system.

Read the most profitable items to sell on your blog:

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Types of Things Blogs Can Sell

Digital Goods

Printables
Templates
Planners
Software
Resource Libraries
Music
Photography

Education

Courses
eBooks
Seminars
Books
Coaching
Consulting

Physical Products

Clothing
Art
Supplements
Electronics
Food
Beauty Products
Jewelry

Services

Financial
Programming
Design
Copywriting
Marketing
Lifestyle Coaching
Relationship Advice

How much money can you make from blogging?

The fact is, most bloggers make as much money as any other type of online entrepreneur in the beginning:

But to be frank most Quit. Plain and simple.

Patience, persistence, perseverance.

And it’s NOT because there’s no money in it.

Check this out:

Smartblogger makes more than $1 million per year, Making Sense of Cents over 150K per month, Chasing Foxes 100K monthly, Pinch of Yum, Just a Girl and Her Blog, ViralNova, ViperChill, Matthew Woodward, Pat Flynn…I could go on and on…and it’s nowhere close to the most profitable blogs out there.

The Penny Hoarder made 20 Million last year through Affiliate Marketing. Yup.

Check out this post;

How 37 Bloggers Earn $2K – $1Million Per Month

And mid line bloggers can earn between $2-10K or more per month on their blogs.

There all sorts of various income levels.

It simply depends on what you put into it and how you choose to monetize your blog.

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Step 5. Get Creative With Graphics

A good blog these days has to have an incredible design.

If you have zero design skills no worries!

There’s plenty of ways to get your blog looking stunning and professional with little to no cost these days.

If you don’t have the bucks to hire a fancy web designer the stylish templates, stock images, video, graphics and fonts available today will captivate you with their beauty and formattable features.

Creative Market is a digital artist and bloggers dream! They have everything in the way of photos, themes, fonts, graphics, add-ons, plugins, palettes, even 3D!

There is also Weebly that can have you up and running in literally minutes with an ecommerce website that you can attach a blog to.

Now, if you think this is really something you can put your time, passions, hopes, efforts, dreams and energy into, you’re ready to move onto the nitty gritty party and read this post:

How to Start a Blog in 5 Simple Steps

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Conclusion

I hope this blogging recipe helped get a clear idea into some of the ways you can create your own money making blog.

There’s many different directions you can go in.

Blogging is a perfect way to showcase your products and services, excellent for SEO, and share information about what you know with the world.

With blogging you can have your own little part of the internet created especially by you!

Write about your passions and interests, help people with their problems, lead them on the path to be successful, teach what you already know or what you want to know, and be a part of an amazing community of other bloggers!

For business, it’s a great driver for traffic to a website and establishes you as an authority in your niche.

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How to Prevent Your Blog From Failing

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Why Some Blogs Fail, and What to Do to Make Your Blog Successful

Starting a blog can seem like a lot of fun. The online world has plenty of potential, and there are various opportunities that can be turned into a viable source of income. However, as easy and fashionable as it seems to start blogging in the current times, not all blogs see the full picture or the light at the end of the tunnel. Most lose sight mid-way, some shift their focus, others fall short of expectations. Shockingly, a whopping large number of blogs are likely to fail. Read on to learn how to prevent your blog from failing.

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According to Oberlo the number of active bloggers in the United States is forecast to hit 31.7 million in 2020. That marks a 12 percent increase in the five year period from 2015 to 2020.

Click on the live stats to see how many blog posts are being published just today!

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So, what makes some blogs a huge success; offer notoriety, along with hundreds of thousands of dollars a month? And most importantly what can you do to ensure that your blog survives the test of time? Here are the most common mistakes that people make and some blog tips that can help you overcome them to have a prosperous blog!

The lack of having a purpose

There are many reasons why people blog. With so much happening around the world, there is bound to be a cause that you resonate with. It could be climate change, ethical treatment of animals, gender equality, sustainability, cooking, fashion, travel, beauty, entrepreneurship, and more. You could also blog to share your inner-most thoughts and feelings about life. People struggling with mental health issues have found it beneficial to share their experiences and musings with the world on their blogs. With a virtual wall between you and your audience, putting out your thoughts can be a comforting activity.

Then, there are those who look at blogging as an active source of income. Their focus is on advertising, brand collaborations, visibility, and reach. Whichever of these ideas align with your thoughts will also give you your ‘purpose’ to start blogging. It is important for you to know your purpose so that you can set foot in the right direction and follow the right blogging tips from the very start.

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Being untrue to yourself or your readership is not going to take you very far. The problem with many bloggers is that they mindlessly start blogging without identifying a purpose and, ultimately, fail.

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The absence of authenticity

These days, you can find a million blogs on the web, focusing on the same topic. Travel is often over-abused, and so is fashion and beauty, but these are also topics that have continued to be the most popular among readers and followers.

So, what can make you stand out among a raging pool of competition? You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to be popular. But clearly your authenticity and unique voice is what will draw others to you.

Following in the footsteps of popular bloggers will only limit you to that genre. The world is ever-changing, and people want to watch something new every day.

If it is travel, what makes you better than the likes of Nas Daily and Drew Binsky, who have already dominated this space?

Nas Daily’s unique selling point was keeping his content short and crisp. He stuck to his one-minute videos and used them effectively to share his experiences and observations.

Drew, on the other hand, focuses more on the local aspects of a country, showcasing the political and social happenings with slightly longer videos, but not too long to incite boredom. His calm and composed demeanor and voice are his trademark.

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Their blogs were also driven by their YouTube videos and popularity on social media, making their success a cumulative effort of many social media platforms.

One of the most useful blogging tips is to pick a lane that no one has wandered on before. Add your unique voice to it. What is the first thing that catches your attention about a place when you visit it? Is it food, the locals, the architecture, or shopping? Pick a niche that you connect with; only then will you be able to lend your voice effectively.

Using incorrect social media platforms to share the blog

Putting up a blog is only half the journey. The next half of the journey is to share it on the right platform. Ask yourself, how would you like to convey your ideas – via pictures, videos, or words? Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Medium, Twitter, and so on have their specific roles to play on the internet.

You must choose a platform that matches your content. Researching and educating yourself on the reach and audience of these platforms will help you make a better decision on which way to go.

Keep in mind the demographics and popularity of each of these websites in your country or target country. The age group of the website users and their general interests should match your intended audience. A cardinal blog tip is that the more people you are able to reach with your blog, the more successful it will be.

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Unfortunately, most bloggers never get down to understanding how these social media platforms work. They have very little knowledge of how and when to promote their content. They also fail to leverage other bloggers on these platforms to gain more visibility for their content.

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Not knowing what goes behind the scenes

Most bloggers concentrate on the creative aspect of the blog. While finding purpose and an authentic voice for your blog is crucial, you can not reap any benefits from it unless you know how the internet works.

Organic reach and popularity happen very rarely and factor a lot on luck. You can hope and pray all you want, but instead of banking on your fate, you need to take matters in your own hands and learn as much as you can about search engine optimization or SEO.

The right keywords, backlinks, and image attributes can rank your blog high on Google, which will ultimately drive more traffic to your blog.

The more visitors you have, the more recognition you will gain. SEO is one of the most crucial blog tips that can help you get good advertisers and brand collaborations for your content.

A majority of bloggers start their journey without following the basic principles of SEO. The slow growth and minimal visitors make them restless and eventually lose interest.

Sharing your blogs among friends and family can bring you likes and shares for a while. But for your content to really grow, you need for it to catch the attention of those outside of your social circle.

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What can you do to make sure your blog does not fail?

Here are some blogging tips that can help you taste success:

Make a plan: Do not start blogging without a plan. Make a detailed road map for yourself and treat your blog as you would treat an office assignment. Make goals for yourself and set targets. Aim to achieve a certain amount of “following” by a specific time. It could be 100 followers within two weeks or 500 followers within two months. Do things at your own pace. Keeping a plan will keep you stay motivated and be regular with your blogs.

Prioritize: Due to a lack of deadlines, many of us tend to procrastinate. New bloggers face this problem the most. Being disciplined and consistent can be very difficult. You may have other personal and professional commitments that can take over your blogging time. But you need to understand that the longer you procrastinate, the tougher it will be to connect with your readership. Follow a pattern and stick to it. You can set your own deadlines and post once a day, once a week, or even once a month. But no matter what you choose, make sure that you give it ‘your all.’

Bring new visitors: You can share your blogs on your social media, to begin with, and then consider avenues like paid promotions or advertisement on these social media websites. These promotions are relatively inexpensive and can bring in more visibility to your blog. You should also reach out to other relevant blogs and frequently collaborate with them. You can share their content on your page and ask them to share your content on theirs. This has been known to be an effective way to increase visitors, all the while improving your networking skills.

Take blogging seriously: If you want to see your blog grow, you need to take it seriously. Blogging is a full-time profession for many people. So, you should be able to differentiate between your hobby and your career. Not all people blog with the intention of making money. Nevertheless, if you want your reach to increase, you need to treat it with the same respect and dignity as you treat a job.

As a blogger, you should make guest blogging a part of your traffic generating activities.

Here are some stats from OptinMonster:

60% of bloggers write 1-5 guest posts per month.
3% of bloggers write over 100 guest posts per month.
Only 6% of bloggers publish the majority of their original content as guest posts.
79% of editors say guest content is too promotional.
Guest posting is in higher demand in the summer months of June, July, and August.

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Blogging Trends for 2020 and Beyond

As you can see from these statistics, blogging is still thriving and extremely relevant today.

Readers want and trust quality blog content. As bloggers, it’s your job to deliver the most valuable content to answer their questions.

Your content needs to be both entertaining, compelling and informative. And as blog posts get longer, you need to include more visuals, data and videos in your content.

Be sure to check out some of our guides to help you start and improve your blog:

Conclusion

Blogging can be a great career path, but like any business it comes with its fair share of hardships and obstacles. It is easy to lose sight of the big picture and get lost in frustration and dismay.

But if you avoid ‘shiny ball syndrome’ and stay on a consistent path of action and keep following these blogging tips, you will see success soon enough.

It is essential to stay focused at all times. Be unique, and never lose your identity. Pick one lane and follow through without shuffling through other paths. What works for someone else may not work for you, so do not follow other bloggers’ modules to success either.

Try, experiment, make mistakes, but tread back on track as soon as you can. Learn from past mistakes and keep these blog tips in mind to have a successful blogging career.

5 Popular Blog Niches That Drive Traffic and Make Mega Money

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There are a whole lot of blogs out there. The internet is full of them. While you have enjoyed a blog or two every once in a while (okay, maybe many, every day); you probably haven’t thought about you making an actual full time living blogging. Why not though? It is one of the many creative ways of earning money online and offline. There are so many people who have started blogs and are successful in generating revenue. If they are doing it, why can’t you do the same thing? However, in a sea full of content, you may not feel like you even know where to begin. Whether you are looking for extra money or looking to make a full-time career out of writing online, many types of blog niches exist that make a lot of money. If you’re looking for ideas for such blogging niches, keep reading for the type of blogs that make consistent money month after month!

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Start a Craft Blog

Are you handy at making crafts? Believe it or not, crafting is a huge blogging niche, especially on Pinterest. People enjoy visual blogs, and you have the opportunity to create some great content with a craft blog.

Be it quilting or embroidery or origami, you can display your completed projects, post DIY tutorials, or even share tips.

As crafting is one of the most photogenic blog niches out there, a lot of people—even people who are not into crafts—follow these blogs to get inspired.

Think about how stressful a person’s day is; looking through the pictures of pretty handmade projects can be very soothing.

The craft blog abeautifulmess.com makes $125,000 per month.

How can a craft blog make money, though? Using a combination of ads, affiliate marketing, and selling custom orders on Etsy to drive in traffic and money.

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Are You a Parent? Blog About It

Being a parent is the world’s hardest job. We sure love our little ones and enjoy sharing the joys and pains of being a parent. If you are a veteran parent or newbie, why not blog about your experiences? Regardless how many parenting blogs there are out there, there are no two that are alike!

All of the material is right in front of you and there’s always a huge audience ready to gobble up news, shared pains, experiences and great stories. New parent’s are popping up everywhere, and they are all looking for advice, ways to relate, products, and more to help their own journey.

Even stay at home Dad blogs are now growing fast in popularity!

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There are so many topics that you can cover with this blogging niche it’s practically endless.

Pregnancy blogs, nursing blogs, midwife blogs, toddler blogs, subjects pertaining specifically to preschool age, children with different types of issues, allergies, behaviors, disabilities, gifts, etc.. The more you ‘niche’ down the more likely you are to find your special audience.

By giving tips online, you are also offering a personal support system.

You can monetize your blog through products, ads, and sponsor affiliations. This is certainly one type of blog that gets a lot of traffic and potential income in 2020!

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Health and Wellness Blogs

When you think about ideas for blog niches, keep in mind that health and wellness are always super hot topics to blog about.

In fact, they’re realistically the best blogs to start. Everyone desires to be healthy, fit and strong; there are people around the world who are at all times looking for ways to improve their eating habits, have a better fitness routine and overall healthier lifestyle.

I recently sold my health and wellness blog for a profit! It was a really exciting venture and I hated to give it up, but it was a little too much for me to manage along with this one.

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Whether someone is looking for advice on how to go complete vegan or recipes that are keto or paleo, or diabetes friendly, ways to get in shape fast or for the long term; health and wellness is a hot blog niche people can’t seem to get enough of!

For people who have chronic long lasting conditions, talking to the doctor isn’t always enough.

They want someone whom they can relate to and that’s why health and wellness blogs are such a great idea.

Bloggers have made full time, sometimes 6 and 7 figure incomes through sponsored content, working with top brands, display ads, affiliated marketing, and homemade products like cookbooks and videos or e-recipes.

Whether it’s raw artisanal honey, hemp products, or a Plant based cookbook that you’ve put together, there’s a never ending list of products and accessories to sell to go along with your blog.

These can be anything from skincare products or cosmetics, cbd products, food, gifts, travel kits, supplies, books, information, videos and the like.

Food Blogs

Everyone loves a gorgeous food blog packed with alluring recipes! Everyone needs food. Whether your food blog features all of the farm to table restaurants in your area or you showcase the best plant based burgers, people are going to want to see that and know about it.

Food blogging is one of the top blogging niches that also has the potential to make tremendous amounts of money.

The food blog Pinch of Yum created by Lindsay and Bjork Ostrom in 2009 started making $21.97. They now make over $802,000 a month.

They post all their expenses and earnings online for everyone to see.

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Through ads, sponsored content, and even meetups, you can make money by blogging about your favorite food because there’s a good chance it’s someone else’s favorite food as well.

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Finance Blogs

As you know, life is expensive. You try to be frugal when you can, and so are a lot of other people. More people are adopting a ‘minimalistic’ lifestyle.

This is why finance is a good topic to blog about. There are so many people out there looking for tips to help them live frugally or, at the very least, save a little money, pay down debt, and learn skills to help them manage their personal finances.

The finance blog moneyexpert.com that was sold made $1.3 million per month.

Making sense of cents = $140,000 monthly.

While you might be asking, how can you make extra money by blogging about saving money, there is a way.

Affiliate marketing is a perfect way for a blogger to make money on this topic.

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No matter what you are looking to blog about, chances are that there are ways to make money from it. It is better to pick a blogging niche than have a generic blog.

By focusing on one niche, you are allowing yourself to become an expert that will draw more people. More people visiting your site means more traffic, which generally means more money.

With a blog there are multiple income streams. In fact, the actual writing earns next to nothing, you are simply using the content to create a platform from which to launch other money-making ventures.

That takes a lot of extra hard work, as well as an understanding of how online marketing works.

Which is probably why blogs explaining how to make money from blogs are so popular.

The most common form of direct income generated by bloggers is creating premium digital content to sell through the site.

Popular examples are e-courses, ebooks, guides and tutorials.

Digital products require no space or shipping which makes them a fantastic form of passive revenue!

Find out what niche you would like to dedicate your blog to and have fun!

Read this to find out the many ways how you can monetize your blog like the pros do!

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Author Bio: Emily Standley provides creative entrepreneurs, small businesses and bloggers with expert website strategies and resources to grow a more powerful online presence and build a better business from anywhere. Her philosophy is: “If your website’s not making money, it’s wasting your time”.

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3 Tactics That Work Better Than Ad Click Or Page View Threads

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3 Tactics that Work Better than Ad Click or Page View Threads

This is a guest post from one of my favorite pro bloggers and entrepreneurs, Ryan Biddulph who is an Amazon Best Selling Author, famous blogger and globe trotter to some of the most exotic places on earth! He is the creator of “Blogging From Paradise” a world renowned blog and community where he shares expert blogging tactics and tips, ways to boost your blogging income, generate more traffic to your blog, and enjoy blogging life from anywhere in the world!

In this post Ryan shares tactics how to drive more traffic to your blog in genuine ways that work the best for the long term and why ad clicks and page view threads – that we see so often in social media lately are not the best strategy for growing an authentic following.

Thank you so much Ryan for sharing these great tips with us!

By Ryan Biddulph of Blogging From Paradise

I hate to douse your Facebook Group sharing thread fire, guys.

But sharing threads do not work well.

Have you ever wondered why someone depends on traffic from folks who only click your links because THEY are getting traffic from you? Not exactly an organic, sustainable business model. Plus any reputable affiliate network bans you immediately if you use manipulative methods to boost clicks and revenue.

Feel free to find blogs for reading and commenting through sharing threads but NEVER depend on these manipulative, conditional groups for your blogging daily bread. You will fail because lasting, fulfilling blogging success flows from developing real skills, not from people who scratch your back only because you scratch theirs.

Peep these 3 tactics that work far better than ad click or page view threads to promote your blogging success.

Guest Post

I recently asked if any blogger wanted me to write a 600 word blogging tips post for them.

Emily is one blogger who gobbled up the opportunity.

Win-win scenario here: I get exposure and extra traffic while Emily gets 100% passive blog traffic, save a quick read and spruce up presentation-wise.

Guest posting on blogs increases your blog traffic, boosts your profits and helps you gain greater exposure. Leveraging your online presence through guest posting is a breeze and an ease if you practice writing daily.

Be persistent. Ask bloggers if they want a guest post then gobble up opportunities from bloggers who take you up.

Stick mainly to blogs from your niche but go off niche sometimes to make friends and increase that viral level exposure any world famous blogger taps into.

Comment Genuinely on Blogs

I opened comments on my blog after 1 year of closed comments, not 2 days ago.

Between legit and spam comments I noted 100 plus flow to me. Imagine that. My blog was off the comment radar for years. But 48 hours later I generated not 1, but 100 plus comments.

Genuine blog commenting is one culprit in the instant comment rise. Sharing your thoughts on blogs aligned with your niche increases your exposure and builds your friend network. Expect a business increase too. I landed my highest paying freelance client some 7 years ago when I was into that thing and also scored features on world famous sites due in part to my prolific blog commenting campaign.

Share your thoughts on the blog post. Write 2-3 paragraph – or longer – comments, to make an impact. Be honest, helpful and authentic. People will click your link to visit your blog. All manner of prospering doors open once someone visits your blog.

Blog commenting rocks because of its few barriers. Minus staying out of the spam folder, any blogger can comment on any blog with comments open.

Promote *Other* Bloggers

Promote other bloggers. Ask for nothing in return.

Promote Other Bloggers To Increase Your Traffic

Detachment is key; friendships grow if you act in generous fashion. Have you ever met someone at a party who says “I’ll only help you and be your friend if you do this, this and this for me,” then walks away if you do not agree? Friendships grow organically through mutual acts of kindness.

Promote other bloggers through your blog and social media. Some bloggers you promote dig your style and promote you in returning, allowing the seed of friendship to grow.

Imagine your blog traffic and business growth when 10, 20 and then 50 blogging buddies promote you on their blogs and through social media? Plus this is organic, interested traffic, with no strings attached, unlike silly Facebook Group threads.

Trash the threads guys.

Build something lasting, meaningful, organic and valuable to live your dreams through blogging.

Ryan Biddulph helps you become a successful blogger at Blogging From Paradise.

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How to Increase Online Visibility After Your First Year in Business

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How to Increase Online Visibility After Your First Year in Business

I’m proud to have this guest post written by Jenny Hale owner of JH Marketing Results who is a prominent online visibility consultant who specializes in helping busy and motivated female online entrepreneurs who are established and ready to scale past current $5k months – skyrocket their visibility online so that their message can reach more ideal audience members, and find influencer status, and make more sales, all without needing more time in their day to market.

Get in touch with Jenny to schedule your visibility assessment call today!

Jenny Hale, JH Marketing Results

Building the foundation to your business is only the first step, and that includes getting seen by your target audience enough to make sales. Yet, after you’ve created that first-year success and generated consistent high-level sales, the passionate and motivated entrepreneur will want more.

More visibility.

More leads and sales.

More publicity.

More referrals.

For female entrepreneurs with the foundational social media pages in place, a steady stream of new followers, a growing email list, and some business besties, hitting the next level in their business is vital.

It often means they know they are meant for something bigger – to make an impact and change the world.

They don’t want to be seen as just an entrepreneur, but as an influencer and expert in their business industry.

They don’t want to talk to just any old audience, but an audience of followers that are highly engaged with questions and opinions.

They want to create more community over competition and build up together.

It means bigger podcasts, guest blog traffic, media interviews, events, collaborations, contests, getting your current audiences involved and attracting new ones.

That’s when a visibility campaign is key – a series of content and events surrounding a single theme that skyrockets your business in front of more people with goals of increasing awareness, establishing yourself as an expert, and priming your followers to purchase in the future.

This is the best strategy to launch prior to a new course or program offering, a major shopping holiday, or to increase awareness of your business (and you!).

A visibility campaign has the following elements:

The entrepreneur must have a business that means more to them than money. Campaigns must be authentic or audiences will tune out and stop participating. The best campaigns come from the heart, entertain or inform, and help to change your ideal audience’s life.

The campaign must have a clear, concise theme. When creating the campaign, know yourself, your business, and your audience’s biggest problem.

Create a hashtag or central phrase for your campaign that is easy for your audience to understand if they stumbled upon it with no context. For example, the best campaigns include the target audience, what the hashtag/phrase is about, and what it would be used for. #ParentingProblems is broad compared to #ToddlerBedtimeProblems, for example.

This needs to be very specific because if your campaign goes viral and starts trending on social media, users who were not informed of your campaign or know about your business may join in, and targeted users are always better.

Set a time-frame. I recommend a month, unless it’s specifically for a holiday or certain week (whatever makes sense for the campaign).

Build out your marketing tactics and events. Your goal should be to establish yourself as the authority figure, so take a step away from participant and start hosting events and moving towards publicity or collaborations. Consider online summits, webinars, Twitter Chats, podcast outreach, collaborations, contests, and more. Build out multiple events and publicity outreach for the entire month.

Using these strategies, established businesses can see massive follower increases, skyrocketed organic reach and engagement, increased positioning, and for some, viral status. Campaigns are one of the best strategies to skyrocket visibility, lead to influencer status, as well as gain leads and business opportunities.

Jenny Hale is a visibility consultant offering done-for-you marketing campaigns to established and experienced female, online entrepreneurs who believe they can change the world with their business. Owner of JH Marketing Results, Jenny started her first business at 19 years old. By 20, she expanded into marketing consulting for franchises and local. She is a former signed runway model, musician and band public relations manager (helping her clients get booked as openers during world tours, on live radio shows, on talk shows, and in magazine features), and was the youngest marketing director to be hired for an international government program, a job she received at 23. Jenny was recently named a social media expert by USA Weekly, is a college professor of social media strategy, and a digital nomad. You can find Jenny on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@ResultsinaMonth), as well as in her private Facebook group (Results in a Month).

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