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Blogging Tips that Every Beginner Should Know

Core Blogging Tips for Starters

By DavidPublished 4 years ago 5 min read
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Blogging has become one of the rapidly growing sources of income. So if you step in the online world with an aim to earn money here are important points that you must keep in mind to ensure that you have set a solid foundation.

1) Have Passion and at least Basic Knowledge

If you don't have some knowledge of or at least a passion to learn more about the material you're blogging about it will be difficult to add content to your blog. You will soon get bored if you don’t have the passionate about topic.

If you are passionate about the topic it will keep you motivated to continuously posting content on the website. Also having passion about the topic let you make learn more about the topic. It will also make your posting routine more enjoyable and less like job.

2) What is Your Intentions?

If you focus on blogging to make money you will quickly see how difficult it is to attract any readers. There is nothing wrong if you want to earn through blogging. However, you should concentrate on delivering the content that is useful to your site visitors. By focusing on giving readers a positive experience they will more likely to return back to your website.

People do not want to be sold but instead they rather educated or entertained. This is where the visitors initially pay attention in the first place and this is the only thing that will tempt them to return.

Only after you have consistently supplied readers with what they want will they be receptive to any promotional efforts on your part. This is how you develop their loyalty!

3) Get Your Domain Name

If you are going to work online with a mind to make money then it is recommend to buy your own website name or we can domain name. A custom domain name won’t cost you much but it looks more professional to your visitors.

Furthermore, a custom domain name that you purchased will be more highly regarded by the online advertising networks. Many of the advertising networks simply don’t accept the free domain name.

Along with the domain name you should I also go for the paid hosting plan as it gives you more control. A website that is hosted on the free servers is uncertain. For example, you took free hosting services to host your domain and spend your lot of time but due to some reasons what if they shut down or due to some policy violation if they terminate your account.

4) Keep Your Content up to date

The more frequent you post to your blog the better. Your posts should remain fresh to encourage visitors to return while attracting new readers as well. Think of it as breathing air into the life lungs of the blog.

5) Identify with Your Readers

Be sure to cater to the interests of your readers by responding to and acting upon their comments. Interacting with them using comments is a great way to find out some important things like what is it they want to read about? What problems may they have that you can assist them with?

Don’t ignore your site visitors you need to answer them it make them important.

6) Do not change Theme frequently

When you set up a website you applied a themes on it and use a certain layout. Your site visitors get used to it so it is recommended do not make frequent changes as it may confuse the users. Be sure that all your posted content is relevant in some form or fashion to your intended theme.

7) Stay Away from Complexity and Clutter

So you are investing your precious time on the website to earn from the website. However, you should be careful about your website and posts. Do not go wild by placing ads or links in blog posts. You want to make a professional image of your website which is not well fitted with too many blinking ads and tons of links.

8) Avoid Bad or Broken Links

When posting links on your blog test them to be sure they work and that they direct your blog reader to the location you intended. Yes, there are chances that a link is broken where you are redirecting the readers however this should be occasional. If your website contain too many broken links then it will not only badly affect your SEO but also frustrate the readers. So keep a check on your website links.

9) Setting up a Money Making Blog

If you're interested in making money by blogging, there are ways there are many ways to utilize your blog and accomplish this goal. Earning through the use of banner ads that show products is one of the very popular ways. You can apply for an advertising network to get banner ads and then place it on your website. Another way to get banner ads is actually when your site gets popular and the companies itself contact you to place a banner on different positions of your website.

The good thing you don’t have to rely on just a single product instead of being the owner of the website you have the control either work on a single product or diversify. Google AdSense, affiliate products, and other online advertisers looking for viable ad space are some of the more popular ways to monetize a blog, but by no means do the opportunities stop there.

I hope these basic yet vital blogging tips have given you a definitive direction in which to take your blog. Also, I strongly recommend blogging on the topic you passionate about. The point is to make this experience enjoyable not only for your readers but also for you!

For anyone blogging to make money, it is important to recognize that the readers' needs are always the first priority. The best blogs are those that attract the huge amount of traffic and they do so by putting their subscribers first. Without subscribers, you have no traffic and no chance to earn an income therefore establishing a loyal subscription base is the first step towards your blog success. Since gaining reader loyalty does not happen overnight the need for patience and passion will be required until your site is established. Once you have reached that point you will find that the time and effort were well worth the wait.

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