Expanding  Revenue  Sources  Outside  Your  Blog  

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Basics You Should Know By Now

•  You are not going to make money just by keeping a blog

•  Enjoy blogging! You will get burned out if you are on the “money hunt” all day long

•  Remember why you fell in love with blogging

Keypoints •  How you can create an ebook? •  What Thou Loves, Thou Will Teach! •  Speaking •  Creating Membership Sites •  Selling A Blog •  Sponsorship •  Working With a Business •  You Ready???

The Ebook

•  Free  Ebook  to  Gain  Trust  and  Prove  Credibility  •  Pick  a  topic  you  are  confident  about  AND  are  able  to  do  extensive  research  on  

•  Tap  into  what  you  love  to  write  about  and  what  you  love  to  learn  about  

•  Time  Management,  How  to  Make  Your  Garden  Grow,  Chores  For  Toddlers,  Cleaning  Electronics…  (Yeah!)  

Complicated Yet Simple

•  First thing you need to do is write! •  Organize •  Proofread, Proofread, Proofread •  Pull it together in a PDF •  Create a fun cover •  Voila! •  Hardest part is writing!!!

Solo? No No!

•  You don’t have to write an Ebook by yourself!

•  Partner up with the blogger beside you and create something awesome!

Creating An Online Course

•  You  have  something  valuable  to  share!  •  It  doesn’t  have  to  be  fancy,  but  it  has  to  be  interesLng  and  well  put  together!  

•  Online  Courses  – Video  – Email  Lists  – Live  Online  Sessions  – Local  Events  

   

Speaking Opportunities

•  Plenty of Speaking Opportunities •  Trust Your Skills •  Be Confident •  Educate Yourself to Become Confident

Creating A Membership Site

•  Membership sites are a community •  Build trust •  Offer something worthy of time/Bang For

Your Buck –  Sessions with Experts – Downloads – Daily private content – Discounts, Perks, Incentives

•  Must offer unique content not found anywhere else

 

Membership Site Ideas

• Weight loss • New Pet Owners • Mobile Bloggers • Women Photographers •  Filmmakers Anonymous •  Endless Ideas!!!

Selling Blogs •  People pay money for blogs and social

networks •  Why Sell? –  Lost passion – Moving on to bigger projects – New Direction

•  Why Do People Buy? –  Solid content –  Loyal Followers –  SEO Ready – Have a vision to take it to the next level  

Working With A Business •  Warning: Some Businesses Will Not

Know How To Work With You! •  Write blog posts for the business on

their blog or your blog •  Represent them at events •  Blog about Promotions •  Get everything in writing and make

sure expectations are clear on both ends

The Most Important Thing… •  Maintain your blog and social media

presence! •  The more you interact with your

audience and peers, the more you will appeal to people wanting to work with you

The Secret… •  Mix & Match •  Real revenue

comes from multiple sources

•  Don’t be afraid to reach out –  Email that business –  Email that company – Don’t wait!