blogging for beginner biz babes

A blog is basically an online journal where you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read.

Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites offer built-in features such as hyperlink, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3’s on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is called audio blogging.

Basically, a blog contains these features:

• Title – which allows you to label your post.
• Body – this is the content of your post.
• Trackback – other sites can be linked back to your blog.
• Permanent link – every article that you write has a URL.
• Comments – this allows readers to post comments on your blog.

Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as business, sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs support on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.

Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise. Some authors advertise their books on their blogs. While other bloggers, use their blogs to shed light on currents issues, events, news and catastrophes.

A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from blogging by promoting their businesses on their blogs, with millions and millions of people logging onto the net every day, blogging has become a lucrative move. Some bloggers who run online businesses promote their merchandise online. While others profit through advertisement.

But by far, the most popular blog type is the one that takes the form of a personal journal. This is the kind that is usually used by first-time bloggers. Individuals who want to document the daily struggles, wins and musings of their everyday lives … even rants, opinions. Blogging offers them a medium in which to express themselves.

My own blog is a mesh of business related stuff, my rant, my daily musing, my thoughts and my message I have for the world.

Blogging is popular all over the world. There are no rules when it comes to blogging. Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves however way they want, and the best thing about blogging is that most blogging sites are free … and most websites will have the ability to add a blog page to your current business website.

Blogging is really for everyone. It is fun, simple and easy.

Effective Blogging

Perhaps “blogging” isn’t such a graceful word. For me, personally, it sounds like a worded drudgery the way cereals can be soggy, skies can be foggy, and the way minds can be groggy.

But for now, it’s too late to rename this shortened word for web-logging.  Widespread blogging is nevertheless one of the most engaging Internet developments of the past few years. As a medium, it gives rise to many new and worthy voices and plays a new and vital force in shaping opinions, political realities, trends, and even our language.

I believe that a blog is simply a tool to use for someone who’s got something to say … and I don’t know about you, but I sure as hell have a LOT to say.

Let me be clear in saying that a blog is a poor choice for someone who needs a megaphone to scream out to cyberspace in order to elicit a meaningful response from Internet users.

If you want attention and want it now and expect blogging to bring it to you, then this will surely be a disappointment. However, if you like to write and engage others on subjects of which you have some command or experience, then it’s a kick-ass application with which you can interact with people who share similar interests as you. The hype is well founded.

Anyway, here’s a list of blogging tips…       

1.) Be Topical:

Cohesiveness in message is not optional.  Readers may or may not be interested in your topic, but if your message is haphazard that few will bother remembering to return to your blog because it essentially would offer nothing to remember.

This doesn’t mean blogs can’t jump from subject to subject. For instance, a blog with a humorous focus has all the leeway in the world for subject matter, but it would be foolish for such a blog to turn the humour on and off.  In such an example, the aspect of humour would be content’s glue, the strength of the blog. The beauty of staying on point and on topic is that eventually, due to the nature of the Internet, you will find those interested solely in your topic.  (as opposed to online diaries.  There are millions of them on the internet, few have any readers.

2.) Refresh Your Content:

Create a schedule and stick to it. Realising that blogging requires time and effort, don’t create unrealistic expectations and be unable to deliver. I write a long blog style post every single day without fail and post it to my private community over on Facebook (it’s called 6-FIGURE SUCCESS SEEKERS if you fancy checking it out) And then I also post here, on my blog page. My tribe KNOW that they will get a daily dose of my musings every day without fail.

An occasional lapse or holiday is generally understood but readers returning to find stale, outdated content are going to find another blog with similar content. New blogs and RSS feeds are popping up on a daily basis. If you have worked hard to develop an audience and a community you don’t want to lose them due to lack of communication.

3.) Clear Language Counts:

Blessed is the blog with a clear line of logic.

Write without inside jokes, clique-y catchphrases or ambiguous logic. First-time readers need to be close to your message. They are more likely to return to blogs that strike them positively. If the first read is confusing there will not be a second read.

4.) Feed the Spiders:

Search engines take notice of active blogs and blog search engines are especially sensitive to activity. If nothing else, search engines are smarter today than they were yesterday and are only getting smarter.

In constantly improving they are seeking to aggregate quality; quality blogs are updated several times a week, if not daily, as opposed to once or twice a month.

I don’t mean to scare you but a big spider is watching, so dance for them.

Your blog audiences will be small at first. And, frankly, that’s the way it should be. Who are you to think that half the internet will flock to you after three or four posts of your blog, anyway?

Blogging For Money

Blogging has become one of the most powerful economic forces on the Internet today. Thousands of speedy hands have taken to entering content into blog fields as a way to earn income or write about their life experiences.

From its early beginnings with sites like LiveJournal, blogging for money has become the latest craze. Today, the more popular blogs generate close to a million dollars each year worth of advertising revenue. Blogging for money can certainly yield this result with tremendous work!

Webmasters can make extra money blogging through advertising programs, sponsorships, affiliate programs, merchandising, AdSense, and more. Advertising options for those making money through blogs have been skyrocketing over the past year with the most popular method through contextual ad programs like AdSense that pay-per-click.

With targeted ads that reflect your blogs content, consumers are more apt to click. Create a blog with higher paying “keyword ads” ($1.00 a click is common!) and lots of traffic and an extra thousand can be made every month!

Discovering income from home blogs also means signing up for affiliate programs. Programs like Commission Junction, Amazon, and ClickBank pair you up with companies who pay commissions for sales through your blogs’ banner ad leads. These products may include soaps, clothing, computer products, and more. All bloggers have complete control over the type of ads appearing on their sites. A third way to make money online blogging is through sponsorships.

Highly regarded blogs with thousands of visitors every month can be acclaimed by companies looking to sponsor the blog for advertising space. Although it takes hard work to reach the top, money making opportunities are endless. Remember, there is more room at the top than there is at the bottom!

Finally, making money through blogs may mean creating other digital assets to sale to act as secondary income streams. Your blog may complement an e-book or course you’re selling and may double up as a discussion board to retain clients. In addition, bloggers can advertise freely on their sites. Monetizing blogs can happen in many different ways.

Many freelance writers find themselves hired by bloggers to come up with dynamic content for their journals. This content serves as sales pitches to the contextual ads that may appear on the site, benefiting both the blogger and the “hired gun.”

To start blogging for money, type in “blog” into any Google search.

If you want blogs to pay you instead of launching your own operation, you can do that too. Blogging is an excellent way to earn that side cash.

Love & Light

Your Empire Creation Queen 👑