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Create An Authentic Blog

Did you know that there are people earning fantastic full time incomes simply through running a blog? Well there are and there is no reason why you cannot do this as well. It will take you a bit of time to establish your blog and build your audience but once you do this there are so many opportunities to make money!

Choosing the right niche is essential with successful blogging. If you choose a niche that is not very popular or doesn’t have a number of opportunities for monetization then you will be unlikely to succeed.

Think about the popular niches that you could get excited to blog about. Making money is always popular and so is health and fitness. Yes they are competitive niches but you don’t have to rank number one in Google for “make money online” to get the traffic that you need.

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Having said that, SEO must be part of your blogging strategy. You need to conduct in depth keyword research about your niche to find those long tail keywords (keyword terms with three or more words) that have good search volume and low SEO competition.

Once you have found these keywords you can write blog posts around them so that you have a good chance of ranking in the search engines. For some long tail keywords it is possible to rank on the first page of Google without any external backlinks. This traffic is very targeted and completely free so make sure that you put the SEO effort in.

Your aim with your blog must be to provide high quality posts that add value. Your readers will really appreciate this and will share your posts on social media getting you more exposure. You need to create a blog posting plan which contains the titles of the posts that you will publish and when.

If you are not a good writer, don’t have the time or just hate doing it then get a good professional writer on board to do this for you. Yes it will cost you money but you will not have to agonize over writing.
There are several ways that you can monetize your blog. You can use ads from Google under their Adsense program and make money every time an ad is clicked. There are also native ads which work in a similar way.

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You can sell your own products or services through your blog and also sell other people’s products for an affiliate commission. An audience that likes you and trusts you will be receptive to any products that you recommend on your blog.

There is also the opportunity to sell advertising space on your blog. Other marketers are always on the lookout for high traffic blogs in the same niche. Offer a guest posting service as well where other marketers can have a post published with a link back to their website for a fee.

Setting up your blog is really easy. All you need is a domain name, web hosting and the free WordPress blogging platform. You can install WordPress automatically on your domain using install software that your web host will provide.

Main Reason for Choosing Blogging

Easy to start and monetize – anybody can start a blog and turn it into a traffic powerhouse. You do not need any technical skills to install WordPress and post regular content to it. A high traffic blog offers many ways to make a considerable income every month.

Biggest Drawback with Blogging

Time and effort – blogging to make passive income is not a quick solution. It can take quite some time to get the traffic that you need to make really good money. If you are going to do everything yourself then you will have to be prepared to write a number of high quality posts every month to keep your audience happy