Blogging

Make money blogging in under one hour a week

You don’t have to turn blogging into a full time job to become successful. It’s completely possible to run a successful, and highly profitable, blog only working one hour a week. There aren’t any secrets or eBooks to buy from self-proclaimed “gurus”.

All you need is a simple plan.

A simple plan

Start by choose a niche. Any topic will do as long as it interest you. Niche marketing is the smartest way to fast success. The key is writing all your content based on your niche which benefits you greatly with search engines.

Before you run off and create the next big thing, you’ve got to get off on the right foot. Folks fail because they don’t understand the important of selecting the correct domain and web host. Pick the wrong web host can cost you thousands of dollars and one big headache. For the past five years, I’ve trusted Bluehost.

Unlimited bandwidth & space, 24/7 phone support, plus a free domain.

It doesn’t get better than that. Bluehost rocks.

Now, selecting a domain is like an art. You want one that is easy to remember & spell, and most importantly contains your keywords within your niche.

I made the mistake of picking the wrong domain. Google thinks my website is about natural jelly. So, when picking your domain use the main niche keyword within the domain. For example, if you write about Cell Phones, then make a domain like cellphonelover.com or cellphoneguru.com; it takes time to come up with one nowadays since most are taken. Bottom line is, make sure that it contains your keyword niche and is easy to remember.

Now choose a WordPress theme that will pull attention to your content. A bold simplistic two column theme like Adam is ideal.

Building traffic and income

Finally, we need to two important elements for any successful money-making blog.

Content and backlinks.

Start by using Google Blog Search, then make a list of bloggers who write about within your niche. These are going to be the individuals who you befriend. Relationship building is important for the survival of any blog. The best thing is these bloggers have already established authority with Google, that means if your looking for help from them, you need to suck up. Start by taking a screenshot of their current design.

Now, for your first post, write a short review of one of the blogs on your list and make sure to include the screenshot you took. Be sure to include a few links to individual blog post to create some trackback links. Add tags to your post and include the blogger’s name within your header. Once you have finished the post, send an email to the blogger you’ve written about talking about the new post and asking nicely for a link back, if possible.

Rinse and repeat this process once a week on the same day.

Add a simple advertisement for an affiliate along with links to any other projects that you wish to promote. Stay committed and you will have a growing source of traffic and income.

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