Some Tips On How To Earn Money As A Blogger
How can you earn money blogger when there are so many bloggers out there who don’t. The dream and your vision of where you want to go mixed with some practical business skills will set you apart from the others. A sample survey was done and it found that only 16% of bloggers reported to making more than $2,500 a month. Fight the odds and you may become a success story.
Firstly you will need to know that you are passionate about the topic you will be blogging about. You will tire of something you are only semi interested in and you will not stand the test of time to engage your readers and obtain followers. You can blog about any interest you may have, a passion for a specific subject, or even talk about your hobby but be sure that it’s something that you want to talk about for a long time to come.
You can blog about your daily life however you may not receive many followers unless you are famous or just incredibly interesting. The viewers of your blog are searching for a specific answer or have a certain curiosity regarding a specific area of interest. The people viewing your blog are going to allow you to make the money, so be informed and keep it interesting. Once you earn your readers trust you may be able to branch out and talk about a broader variety of things but don’t forget that it will take time.
Advertisers will take notice to high traffic blogs. Once you build up a fan base you will find it is easier to receive money from advertisers. It’s important for them to see if your blog is beneficial to them.
You can advertise your own blog using several internet based companies. This will bring the readers the advertisers are looking for. Google is one of the most popular search engines and they provide a service called Adsense which will bring your site to the top of the list when an internet user is searching for the topic you are blogging about. Be sure that you utilize everything on the internet to better increase your chances of having the most popular blog.
Think about it. You are writing about a specific topic and attracting readers because you share the same passion. Advertisers see that this is a captured audience and don’t have to waste money researching the target markets in the typical ways. This is very valuable to them and they will offer you money to direct your readers to their website so they can purchase what they’re searching for. You can charge according to the larger the space advertised is in and who the advertiser is.
There are many people out there that want to do the same thing as you. It may be beneficial to find a partner and combine your efforts. You will receive more traffic through your page and advertisers will approach you more quickly.
You won’t have a hardcore following when you first start so remember to be patient. It will take a while before you capture your audience but if your determined it will come eventually.
Readers can tell if you’re forcing something so you have to be passionate about what you’re writing. This is the most important thing to remember. Since it’s going to take time you might as well fully enjoy what you’re writing about.
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The Arbitrage Conspiracy
This post is so MONEY, and it doesn’t even know it! 
All humor aside, I have been focusing on the wealth node of my life more and more frequently as of late. I have made improvements to the website, increased and made more efficient its monetization, and made myself more easily accessible via social media and Web 2.0(add me on Twitter!).
I have been working on some other web projects for family, and have also been studying my butt off reading and consuming every piece of material I can get my hands on to learn more and be better at internet marketing, SEO, affiliate marketing, and the like. Why you may ask? Because I am transitioning my involvement on the web from a glorified hobby to be a full-time passion in 2009. More about that to come.
For now, I want to talk about the Arbitrage Conspiracy. I came across this program by being on the email lists of some big name internet marketers. I saw emails come through my inbox from Mike Filsaime and Eben Pagan about a “no-name” guy who makes $50k-$100k PER DAY off of his PPC affiliate marketing activities online and who was now coming out with a course on how he does it. Needless to say, my curiosity was piqued. So I checked out the website and downloaded the free report being offered. The difference between this guy and the “gurus” is that instead of doing mostly Clickbank/digital product affiliate marketing, he uses PPC(Google Adwords, Yahoo, etc.) to direct traffic to CPA or “cost per action” offers. These are ad pages where sometimes the smallest piece of information needed to be entered by a prospect in order for the affiliate to get paid is a zip code. After reading this, I went from piqued curiosity to intrigued.
I got in a conference call where the CPA affiliate guru, Aymen, was being questioned by all the big name internet marketing gurus about his new course and how he does what he does. After listening in, I was very interested in the course. I had recently decided anyway that I want to increase my online knowledge and involvement as a marketer by starting out as an affiliate and go from there towards creating my own product at some point in the coming year. The offering of this program really got me excited because I realized it could be the difference in me coming out of the gates fast or dragging along forming bad habits and taking a lot longer if ever to figure out a successful model.
The course launched two days after the call and I signed up for it. At a hefty $1997 fee for a 12-week course, I realized this was a big investment of time and money to make. But given that I know I will give nothing less than 100% effort to learning and implementing what I will be taught, and that Aymen is offering a 100% + $500 money-back guarantee, I realized there are only three possible outcomes:
1. I totally suck at the affiliate marketing game. I bust my butt and don’t make my money back. At least I tried my best and I ask for my money back.
2. I make my money back if not a little extra. I’m not rolling in it but I’m pretty excited with my gains and I have learned a LOT of cool stuff. It was worth its cost.
3. I make a nice chunk of change in a very short time and become a budding star at the PPC to CPA game. I am very good it and the rewards of the course exceed the cost.
Upon realizing these three outcomes, I lost all fear of dropping the $2k. I really CAN’T LOSE and stand to learn a lot in return. I know a lot of people are very skeptical about paying this much for a program like this, but that’s also another thing that influenced me. I know from experience that when you take a high-end seminar you will probably get as much if not more value than you paid. The guys that are giving these things HAVE to make it as valuable as possible or they won’t be in business very long. Couple that with the fact that a lot of very successful marketers took a one day condensed version of Aymen’s course and walked out very impressed with what they had learned. I respect very much the opinion of guys like Eben Pagan, who’s free trainings online I have learned SO much from.
Also, being that I want to be in this inner circle of the top internet marketers some day, I realize that they are all seminar, book, and knowledge junkies themselves. By continually renewing, upgrading, and refining their knowledge and frame of reference on their models of success, they stay a step ahead of the game and this stuff just becomes easier. They are where I want to be, I recognize that, and I’m doing something about it.
The first week of 12 officially starts in January 2009, but the doors to the course site open tomorrow to get a head start on things. I’m looking forward to it and I will post regular updates on how things are going and my progress through the material.
If you are interested in getting a look at what the AC is all about and checking out the free report, then go here.
Clark
p.s. I have to give a shout out to Loozianajay. I must give an honorable mention to his website, The Partisan Report. Even though it didn’t make my 5 favorite Personal Development blogs (I felt politics was a little outside the realm of Personal Development), it is an EXCELLENT website. Jay is very knowledgeable and has very strong opinions about the state of conservative politics in our country. It’s in my Google reader and I recommend it for yours.
Update**Jan 2009** Jay has currently moved his writing efforts to The Western Experience.
