IN FOCUS: Internet Marketing - Making Money With a Blog
By Mark Saenz
Did you know that according to some stats tracked by the leading blog directory Technorati, that there are over 120,000 blogs being created around the world every day. That is a staggering number. It is no wonder that people need to work so hard to market their blogs if they want to make money from it. It can be done with persistence, dedication, and using all possible marketing methods you find available.
One of the most popular ways to make money with your blog is by creating a review site for affiliate marketing products. You could have a parenting blog and write reviews for educational products every parent should try out, or you could have a blog that concentrates on one item such as children's personalized storybooks, and then write about the pros and cons of various companies who sell these products. Whichever way you choose, you will need to make sure that you have done your research, found keywords you can add to rank in the search engines, and are offering a quality product whether it is yours or from an affiliate program.
If you are just starting out and do not have much money to spare, you can start a free blog at blogger.com. You will not have your own domain name unless you buy one for redirecting, but the features are excellent and easy for almost anyone to learn. Google loves blogger.com and once you have a blog set up, you are available for others browsing the site to find you, which is a boost for building up your traffic. You can add affiliate banners, your own custom header to make the blog uniquely yours, AdSense ads, and all number of cool widgets to help you make money or track your stats.
With the use of article marketing to help promote your blog, you can gain even more traffic and backlinks. Posting at least three times a week will keep the search engine spiders crawling your site. You should also use a site such as pingomatic.com to "ping" your blog so others will know it has been updated.
Using other marketing methods such as free classifieds, joining yahoo groups and forums related to the topic of you blog, are all other ways you can get your blog link out in front of others who may want the information, product or services you are offering. Although it does take time, in most cases about 6 months to a year before you will start seeing some steady income from your blog, blogging is one of the most enjoyable forms of making money online today. Remember that if you choose a niche that is of interest to you and not just a topic that is in demand, you will want to keep up with your daily blogging even if it takes a long time to start bringing in money.
The average blog only makes about $150 a month with AdSense and some other ads on your site. Many people set up dozens of these blogs on various topics and then using article marketing with the proper keywords for the blogs, they drive traffic to each one. Thus turning $150 a month into thousands. It takes quite a bit of work to set up, but once it is in place, you can just post on your blog consistently and the articles will start to rotate out on the Net.
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