Make Money Online with a Blog

Making money online is not too hard in today's economy even if you have passion and will power to work hard. Here is the step by step process one can follow to start making money with a blog:

1. Start a blog - you must have a blog at least if you are aiming at earning some decent amount of money on internet. Create a blog around a topic you are most knowledgeable about and that people are interested in reading. You can use Google Trends service to see what people are actually searching most on internet recently. Once you have decided the topic for your blog, start a free blog on Blogger.com if you are new to blogging.

2. Seo friendly URL and Titles - if you are creating a blog about a particular niche, think of including any of your niche term in your blog URL. But try to limit your URL length to minimum. Because it will be ready difficult for your readers to remember your blog address if it contain lots of characters. Once you have decided a seo friendly URL for your blog, next comes your blog Title. Don't forget to mention the keyword you want to target with this blog in your blog title.

3. Write articles - write some articles on your blog with an aim to target different keywords of your niche. You should first start with less competitive keywords and create articles around them. If possible, you should include videos and images in your articles to make your topic more understandable.

4. Submit your articles on social networks - Once Google cached down your latest articles, you should think of submitting some of your interesting articles on social network websites like Digg, Propeller, Delicious, StumbleUpon and Reddit. With these networks, you should aim at sharing your favorite stories with your followers and friends on Twitter and Facebook.

5. Google Adsense widgets - once you see some traffic coming on your blog from search engines, look for ways to monetize it. And when it comes about monetization, Google Adsense is everyone choice. If you already have an Adsense account, add Adsense widgets in your blog template where you want to show Google Adsense ads. And in case you don't have an Adsense account, apply for one today with your best website or blog that you have.

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Smart Money through Blogging

Want to work smartly? Want to make money without breaking a sweat? Want to enjoy having a fortune from the comfort of your home? Than of course making money from blogs is the right option for you. Sit home, use your talent, engage your mind and reproduce something efficient which everyone would like to read. Blogging effectively doesn’t require much hard work but it does require persistence.

If you’re a business entrepreneur or have an urge to write than all that you have to do, is to have a blog of your own. Your blog can be of any type, it can be an informational blog, personal blog, and business blog, a blog focusing around poetry or art or even a blog revolving around your hobbies. You can write about anything on this planet and if by chance you’re an extra-terrestrial than about the galaxy or life on mars. Well, all you have to do is choose a center point of your blog around which you should focus. Your posts for instance should revolve around your main area of concern, now that can be anything from technology to gardening. You can cater multiple passions of yours in just one blog.

Now to make money, some things should be kept in mind;

• You should know what you’re writing about,
• Most importantly have a flagship blog and be active in your blogosphere,
• Write about anything which you think would interest your audience,
• Use keywords in your posts which would easily be found through search engines,
• Concentrate on one topic at a time,
• Make sure that you have endless knowledge on the topic you choose,
• Write in short paragraphs,
• Your blog should be informative and it can be challenging too.

Apart from the above mentioned points there are some very basic principles which you should know. Your blog should be unique and anything you write should be original. Your blog is a reflection of your own personality; therefore, it should reflect honesty, integrity, individuality and versatility. If your blog encompasses around all these things than congratulations you’re on your way to success.

You might be sarcastically judging my interpretations of making money through an honest blog but let me tell you how things work. The more unique and original your topic is, the more people would visit your blog and the more traffic you get, companies might give you advertisements to post on your blog. You can even write reviews and give your opinion, like this many renowned companies would hire you for writing articles for them or who knows your blog may be sold out to one of the internet tycoons if you keep your standards up.

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