HOW TO BECOME A FULL TIME PAID BLOGGER

BLOGGING is becoming fast an indispensable on the internet today as businesses and organizations are becoming more prominent on the internet. The new era for advertisement and public relations is the dawn of the internet whose usage increases on a daily basis than ever imagined.
    forthwith, anything can get online presence no matter how. the beauty of this position lies with the fact that anybody can use the internet no matter the age and educational background. one of those methods of getting online presence is through blogging.

Blogging is easy.  At least it is if you have any interest in writing.  You don't need any other special skills really...... If you just want to blog.

Blogging successfully is a completely different beast all together.  But, what does that really mean? The idea of being a successful  blogger will differ between individuals.  But, in general the essence of what makes a good blogger is the same.  A successful blogger is one who is able to keep up with the times in his or her own demographic.  One who stays a little ahead of everyone else, in order to produce fresh posts that are different from anyone else on the blog.  A successful blogger understands that there is more to blogging than just writing an occasional post.  In fact, that is just the tip of the iceberg.

What is blogging today?  In previous times blogs were considered online journals of sorts.  Things for anyone to read, where individuals waxed poetically about whatever it was that was on their mind.  I guess blogs are still that.  But they have become much, much more than just a journal.  They have become a tool for many online entrepreneurs.  A blog is a very versatile way to convey your goals on the internet.  the format is easy to understand and the basic setups and costs are minimal.  This allows almost anyone with a couple bucks to get themselves a blog up and running.

But, just because you are able to get a blog going does not make you a successful blogger.  Blogging is a long term battle, one that requires a lot of hours typing away on your keyboard, and one that will almost never show instant gratification.  So, not only do you need to have some writing ability, but you will also need a heaping pile of patience. (Not one of MY stronger suits)  But patience and writing ability is not the extent of what you will need, oh no, not even close!

In many ways, blogging requires a multi-tasker. You have to be capable of understanding many different aspects of the process and implementing those.  You have to be able to not only write, but you have to be able to write in a way that grabs your readers and compels them to return and read more.  You have to not only be able to write compelling, but you have to be able to write in a way that gets your points across to the search engines.  This means that occasionally you have to be able to naturally place keywords\ (not talking about stuffing or anything of that sort).  And on top of that you have to remember what you have written in the past and be able to use properly anchored keyword back links in order to drive traffic to your older works.  It is more than just writing words....A lot more.

But blogging is more than just the writing part.  You have to be able to set up a blog.  whether you are using something easy like a blogger blog, or something more involved like a Wordpress setup, it still requires you to understand some basics of setting up your own website,  and you will need to understand what works and what doesn't.

On top of that, you will need a basic understanding of SEO.  Or search engine optimization.  You will have to learn basic backlinking, and you will need to understand keywords.  You will need to know that your word count matters and that too many links out can be a bad thing.

The point is.  Blogging is not one dimensional.   You need to have a grasp on many aspects of the internet.  And on top of all that, it will be an ever changing experience.  Trends and tactics are always changing, they will affect you and you will have to conform to them.  You will need to be able to change what you have been doing for months and maybe years, just to maintain yourself.  It can be difficult and it can be frustrating, but if you get it done write, it can be highly rewarding.

WAYS TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BLOG

when I go to family functions or social events I often get a blank stare when I explain what I do for a living. I think people understand the part that I write articles and put them on a website, but when it comes to making money from it, they don’t get it. In this section I will lay it out and hopefully it will help bring some clarity…

CPC Ad Networks

There are a few different ad networks that I use on CPF. The most successful one has been Google’s Adsense program. Basically what they do is read the article that I write and find ads that are relevant to it and display them next to the article. The great thing about it is that by having extremely relevant ads, it actually can be quite beneficial to the readers as well.
For example, if I write an article explaining what an IRA was, but didn’t mention where you could open one, Adsense would likely be displaying ads of places to open an IRA. So as a reader, if I read that article and decided that I did want to open an IRA, the ads would be providing options that the article did not. I am currently doing a few tests with another CPC network called Chitika. Apparently, you can use it in conjunction with Adsense. The jury is still out, but I am interested to see how it compares to Adsense. All things considered, I have found that if optimized correctly, Adsense really can work well. I will explain more about how to optimize it in sections below.

CPM Ad Networks

While Adsense pays on a click basis (CPC), I use other ad networks that pay by the total # of impressions (CPM). At the beginning, these networks didn’t produce much income, but as the traffic grows CPM networks seem to work well in conjunction with Adsense. I use (or have used) Pulsepoint, AdClickMedia, Adbrite, Adify, BuzzLogic, and Casale Media. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses and may be suitable for one kind of a site and not another.

Affiliate Product Sales

Basically an example of an affiliate sale would be if you sold lawn mowers and I referred a customer to you, if they purchased you would pay me back a % of the sale for referring them. There are a million options for this on the internet now. The main programs I use are

• Amazon’s Affiliate program
• FlexOffers
• Commission Junction
• Shareasale
• E-Junkie
• LinkShare

There are many others, but these are a few of the more popular ones available.

(Added 10/20/10 – I recently found out about a new site called Viglink which allows you to automatically turn all our links on your site to affiliate links. I am testing it out and am pretty excited about it since it greatly simplifies the process of adding affiliate links.)
I have a very strong policy about honest recommendations. I give my honest opinions about products that I find regardless of how it will affect affiliate sales. For example, I wrote about Cash Crate and updated the article to show what I didn’t like about them. Because Cash Crate has such a generous referral program, I know some people making lots of money from it, but I just don’t feel comfortable recommending it since I had a bad experience using it.

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On the other hand there are products like Ebates, Perkstreet Financial, Swagbucks.com, and Sharebuilder that I recommend and also have some sort of affiliate or referral program as well. These are what I love because I can help readers by pointing them to good resources and tools that have helped me and get paid in the process. I know some people don’t have a problem promoting anything that will pay them, but I just can’t, in good conscience, recommend something to someone that I don’t genuinely believe will help them.

Direct Ad Sales

I also sell ad space directly to advertisers. This hasn’t provided much income for me yet and may or may not even be worth my time. I know that in certain niche markets direct ad sales can work out very well, but thus far it hasn’t been a big money maker on CPF

by VICTOR OSAKWE ESQ