The times are bad and with the economy of the US reportedly expected to do a double dip and not show much until 2011, it is no wonder that making money blogging is becoming fashionable.
Am I jumping in? Yes, I’ve jumped in some time ago by using blogging on blogspot. That was even before chedet. Actually it was not about making money but more of a release of a thought of sharing stuff that I’ve learnt and found useful. Being not so junior anymore, it was like believing there are some experiences that could be shared.
Those blogs covered tips on topics on health, feng shui, metaphysical, travel along with loads of useless facts! It was much later that Adsense was added but more because I wanted to get a feel of new things. Encouragingly, there were some money there though nothing much to shout about.
Lately I paid to learn but sad to report that it was not up to my expectations. It left a little sour taste, in fact. But what the heck.
Let’s get on with what I wanted to say. If you are keen in trying out blogging as a way to make some loose change for coffee, read on. But be warned, the change is really loose, well, as far as I am concerned.
For the newbie, the easiest and fastest way is to start like this
1. get a computer
2. get an internet connection
Since you are reading this, we assume you have these 2 pre-requisites.
3. sign up for a blog.
You can use yahoo but I find blogger.com (click on this blue color and it will take you there)easiest and friendliest. It is cheap so cheap it is free.
4. go in. Select new post and you are there.
The rest is quite idiot proof. Promise.
How do those big guys really make money? There are many number of ways. The ones I know are from affiliate marketing, selling online e-books, advertising, paid to write and endorsements. Online shops don’t really count cos there is a physical product like amazon.com but some grew from blogging.
Let’s look at affiliate marketing. Out there there are many set-ups that act like middlemen selling products and e-books. Let me show how it works.
Here are three products
A an e-book teaching you how to make money blogging
B a tool or software to make writing blogs easy
C an e-book teaching affiliate marketing
You see those blue highlights. IF you click on them blue highlights up there, it will take you to what they call a ‘pitch’ page. It acts as a sales pitch enticing you to buy their product. They are usually very boldly written which does not come as a surprise cos it is intended to highlight, to persuade, to sell not the other way round.
If you like what you see and continue to make a buy, then the blogger makes some money. In this case if you buy, I will earn some money.
It’s easy, yes?
The trick is to get to know how to go about that. I am not savvy but let me compile some stuff and then I shall share them here.
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I shall wait for the next compilation of tips to make money online
haha…may this old head continue to function
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