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10-03-2005, 04:38 AM
OK, here's the "fast" guide to Blogging for C£sh based on my personal experience over the last 8 months.
It's meant to be a fast track for people who are itching to get going with Adsense - but often get stuck with the techie things (like setting up a site).
1. go to www.blogger.com and create a Blog.
- Ensure you pick a topic that you can write/obtain good quality for
- Ensure that the topic is something that can be updated at least 3 times a week
- Pick a topic that is "wide enough" to have several sub-topics, but "deep" enough to be considered niche (this is the difficult bit!! :rolleyes: )
- Practice with the options in Blogger - it only takes about an hour to get familiar with everything! If you can use WORD - you can Blog!!
2. DO NOT apply for an Adsense account until you have at least 10 quality posts over, say, three weeks (in my epxerience). This serves two purposes: (a) you prove to yourself that you have the motivation to keep your Blog updated, (b) you prove to Google that you can provide quality articles/info to the public
3. Get posting!!
- Don't get too hung up about the template and the style in the beginning. You can easily modify or overhaul it later on... promise! ;)
- "Content is King!" and will always win over a standard template.
- Build some interesting articles and link to other related articles. E-mail the related article authors and tell them that you've extended/added to their articles, ask them to link back to you on their sites/blogs.
4. Apply for Adsense...
5. On approval (why shouldn't you be approved if you're in line with their guidelines?!) follow Joel's tips carefully and enjoy experimenting!!
- Test, test a bit more, then test again.
- Testing is all part of the fun.
- Testing takes time and effort everyday. Stay disciplined!
6. Set yourself little targets each week.
- As the weeks pass, try to set yourself higher and higher targets for your revenue stream.
- If you make $5 in the first week - great! Aim for $6 or $7 in the second and third...and so on.
7. Remember the "magic equation of adsense":-
Repeat Visitors + Great Content = Enjoyable Experience + Revenue
- Remember - Your Adsense revenue stream is nothing more than a happy by-product of an enjoyable experiece, NOT the purpose of the actual visit
- People visit Blogs to be entertained, keep informed and/or "to have their say" on topics that they feel passionate about
- Over the last two years, I would also add that people read certain "famous" people's Blogs for the "personal Association" effect too (e.g. Famous CEO Blogs for technology companies)
So, what factors drive the equation positively?
8. Increasing repeat visitors:-
- Referal links on other sites
- Being "famous" and having your name and URL in key places
- Offering regular free bonus materials, like free white papers
- Offering something for people refering their colleagues
- Creating a "viral buzz" e.g. "You gotta see this Guy's Blog, you'll never guess what he's posted today..."
- Know who else is Blogging on similar topics and e-mail them. Share news and bits of information. Build a Blogging ring with those you trust/respect.
- Help your visitors keep track and upto date - offer a mailing list (www.bloglet.com)
9. Providing Great Content
- Get yourself a Blog attitude and style
- Regular quality content, that's meaningful and interesting
- Richness and variety of content
- Maintaining the momentum, keeping disciplined in posting
- Extending others articles (adding something else)
- Helping others to suceed
- Helping others to make their live's better/easier/more enriched
- Find ways of gathering new material (set aside some weekly research time, create your 3 posts back to back and post them on separate days, use search engines, write to authors and help them advertise their latest book, write to companies and aks them to send you some advertising copy)
10. Final point - Have Fun! :D
- It's your life and your time - so Blog about something that you're passionate about - it will help you overcome those moments of "It's not worth it!!" (especially on low dollar adsense days!!)
- If you reach a plateau - where your revenue stream is pretty flat or crawling you have two options:- (a) Do something innovative to boost your traffic/content and/or (b) Blog about something else and repeat the above formula. Two sites generating a few dollars a week are better than one!
Do any onther Bloggers have any further tips for newbies??
It's meant to be a fast track for people who are itching to get going with Adsense - but often get stuck with the techie things (like setting up a site).
1. go to www.blogger.com and create a Blog.
- Ensure you pick a topic that you can write/obtain good quality for
- Ensure that the topic is something that can be updated at least 3 times a week
- Pick a topic that is "wide enough" to have several sub-topics, but "deep" enough to be considered niche (this is the difficult bit!! :rolleyes: )
- Practice with the options in Blogger - it only takes about an hour to get familiar with everything! If you can use WORD - you can Blog!!
2. DO NOT apply for an Adsense account until you have at least 10 quality posts over, say, three weeks (in my epxerience). This serves two purposes: (a) you prove to yourself that you have the motivation to keep your Blog updated, (b) you prove to Google that you can provide quality articles/info to the public
3. Get posting!!
- Don't get too hung up about the template and the style in the beginning. You can easily modify or overhaul it later on... promise! ;)
- "Content is King!" and will always win over a standard template.
- Build some interesting articles and link to other related articles. E-mail the related article authors and tell them that you've extended/added to their articles, ask them to link back to you on their sites/blogs.
4. Apply for Adsense...
5. On approval (why shouldn't you be approved if you're in line with their guidelines?!) follow Joel's tips carefully and enjoy experimenting!!
- Test, test a bit more, then test again.
- Testing is all part of the fun.
- Testing takes time and effort everyday. Stay disciplined!
6. Set yourself little targets each week.
- As the weeks pass, try to set yourself higher and higher targets for your revenue stream.
- If you make $5 in the first week - great! Aim for $6 or $7 in the second and third...and so on.
7. Remember the "magic equation of adsense":-
Repeat Visitors + Great Content = Enjoyable Experience + Revenue
- Remember - Your Adsense revenue stream is nothing more than a happy by-product of an enjoyable experiece, NOT the purpose of the actual visit
- People visit Blogs to be entertained, keep informed and/or "to have their say" on topics that they feel passionate about
- Over the last two years, I would also add that people read certain "famous" people's Blogs for the "personal Association" effect too (e.g. Famous CEO Blogs for technology companies)
So, what factors drive the equation positively?
8. Increasing repeat visitors:-
- Referal links on other sites
- Being "famous" and having your name and URL in key places
- Offering regular free bonus materials, like free white papers
- Offering something for people refering their colleagues
- Creating a "viral buzz" e.g. "You gotta see this Guy's Blog, you'll never guess what he's posted today..."
- Know who else is Blogging on similar topics and e-mail them. Share news and bits of information. Build a Blogging ring with those you trust/respect.
- Help your visitors keep track and upto date - offer a mailing list (www.bloglet.com)
9. Providing Great Content
- Get yourself a Blog attitude and style
- Regular quality content, that's meaningful and interesting
- Richness and variety of content
- Maintaining the momentum, keeping disciplined in posting
- Extending others articles (adding something else)
- Helping others to suceed
- Helping others to make their live's better/easier/more enriched
- Find ways of gathering new material (set aside some weekly research time, create your 3 posts back to back and post them on separate days, use search engines, write to authors and help them advertise their latest book, write to companies and aks them to send you some advertising copy)
10. Final point - Have Fun! :D
- It's your life and your time - so Blog about something that you're passionate about - it will help you overcome those moments of "It's not worth it!!" (especially on low dollar adsense days!!)
- If you reach a plateau - where your revenue stream is pretty flat or crawling you have two options:- (a) Do something innovative to boost your traffic/content and/or (b) Blog about something else and repeat the above formula. Two sites generating a few dollars a week are better than one!
Do any onther Bloggers have any further tips for newbies??