3 Ways To Market And Profit From Blogging (Part 2)

 1) Interact With Your Visitors   

 When you now have the traffic you deserve. You should begin interacting with your visitors. Create a regular theme or update such as: "Monday Money Tips" or "Picture of the Week or Month" which entices your readers to look forward to each week. Give your readers advance notice about a products, services, or topic which you are going to review and then talk about it later.  

If the President for example, was scheduled to give a speech, then in your blog you should state that you "will discuss the speech and give your opinion after the speech airs. Comments will be appreciated". Try your best to find exclusive information that not many have. Do not disclose any confidential or secret information which is deemed illegal or can potentially get you into trouble, but try to get the scoop before everyone else does. Such as: If your blog was about a socialite and you had a blog entry about "A Celebrity Or Socialite Getting Married" then it would be interesting to your readers, if you had the actual picture of the celebrity or socialite engagement ring. 

 Give your best effort to dig and search the internet for exclusive information and you will possibly come up with something useful. Your readers will appreciate this and they show their appreciation through word-of-mouth referrals. Imagine how many readers will tell their friends, family, and others about information they only can find at your blog.

2) Make Money
Once your blog has gained some real momentum and your blog traffic is increasing then it is time to start thinking about turning your traffic into profit. You should use contextual advertising, like Google Adsense or Amazon. Contextual advertising is usually text links which use the content of your blog to publish targeted ads on your blog. The payout is usually based on a pay-per-click model, meaning for ever click an ad receives you are paid a small percentage of the profits. In addition to contextual advertising it is good to also use graphical advertising such as: Amazon.com or General Sponsored Advertising.

3) Get Professional
You're a professional now! What are you still doing with that free blog hosting service? It is time to upgrade to a domain hosted solution. You need to get a web host and choose a domain name for your blog then check its availability.  Select the blogging software you wish to use, such as: Blogger.com, WordPress.org, TypePad,etc. When you have your new blog domain setup and ready for traffic then it is time for you to announce your move on all your previous blog accounts. 

 

Your last entry to the blog should be a "move" announcement. The title should be "Moved" and the blog entry should state something like "I have a new home for my blog, please bookmark and follow the link: http://www.YourNewBlogDomainName.com". This way all returning visitors and new readers should not have any problem finding your new blog domain. Plus, search engines can easily index and crawl your new blog, since your old blog should already be popular with the search engines. At the level of a professional blogger you may want to team up with 1 or more other bloggers. This will create a more interesting and more powerful blog. The old saying "two heads is better than one", more authors mean more advertising and exposure because each author will have a vested interest in the blog. The idea of a team blog is to make it profitable and rewarding for all authors, while continuing to target the blog topic and keeping the blog interesting for visitors. 

 

There is no guarantee that your blog will become popular or a household name, but the effort should at least put you one step closer. Making money online is not an overnight experience like many may think, but making money online is definitely a foreseeable possibility.  As well, growing popularity on the web is not an overnight experience, but through time, dedication, and persistence you will be rewarded with all the royalties of blogging. Have a Nice Day.

Read Part 1 Here.