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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Why You Should Start a Blog
Not sure if blogging is for you? Learn more about what it takes to start a blog.
Choosing the Right Niche
Find out what factors make a niche good or bad and how to choose one for your blog.
Creating Your Blog with Wordpress
Overview of how to get your blog up and running quickly.
Customization: Plugins & Themes
Learn how to utilize all of the resources out there to make your life as a blogger much easier.
Creating Content to Get Traffic
If you want to make money, you will need visitors. Learn how to drive targeted traffic with content.
Monetizing Your Blog
Find out how you can integrate Affiliate Marketing to your blog to skyrocket your earnings.
WHY YOU SHOULD START A BLOG
It’s a Great Way to Establish an Online Passive Income
Once your content starts ranking in search engines, you will be earning income passively without having to constantly put in work.
There’s No Need for Significant Investment
Besides hosting and domain, starting your blog is free of cost. This means you can work on your blog over time without having to waste money.
It Paves the Way to Interesting Opportunities
If you have a blog with decent traffic, you are sure to be presented with tons of opportunities that you would never get otherwise.
22,573,897,275page views across all Wordpress blogs last month alone… (source)
CHOOSING THE RIGHT NICHE FOR YOUR BLOG What You Can
Get Paid To Do
What You Are Good At Doing
PERFECTNICHE
What You Love Doing
“The best method for choosing a niche has got to be finding something you are extremely into. I mean something that you can eat, sleep and breathe.
- Chenel Tull
MORE IMPORTANT FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PICKING A NICHE
Personal Expertise on The Niche
You need to be able to write or at least outsource content on the niche, so picking a topic that you are personally involved with makes things a thousand times easier.
Trend Factor
You want to make sure that you’re getting into a marketer that will still be popular in the future. You can use Google Trends to get some insight about the trend of a niche.
Competition
Depending on your level as a marketer, you should stay away from really competitive niches as it will be harder to rank your content and get visitors.
Why Wordpress?
Wordpress offers one of the best free platforms to build a blog on. It’s super customizable and for these reasons, it now powers more than 25% of all websites.
CREATING YOUR BLOG WITH WORDPRESS
How?
You will first need a hosting account and domain name. Then, you just need to install Wordpress through your hosting (most hosting providers offer a “1-click-install” for Wordpress).
MUST-HAVE PLUGINS FOR WORDPRESS Akismet:
Completely protects your blog from spam, making sure every comment you get is real.
Wordfence Security:
Provides enterprise class security and protecting your website from hacks and malware.
Yoast SEO:
Overview of how to get your blog up and running quickly.
W3 Total Cache:
Dramatically improve your website’s performance using caching.
How Themes Works
The theme dictates the way the rest of your blog looks. By default, you will have the yearly Wordpress theme enabled. From your dashboard, you will get access to plenty of free themes to choose from.
CHOOSING A QUALITY THEME FOR YOUR BLOG
Premium Themes
Although you can have a great looking blog without it, a lot of people tend to invest in premium themes. These themes are packed with more functionality straight out of the box. ThemeForest is the leading online marketplace for WordPress Themes.
Getting your blog posts ranked in Google is the ultimate goal in order to get traffic to your site…
HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
Focusing on User Satisfaction
Google is updating their algorithm at least once a day on average with the goal in mind to increase user satisfaction. This means that now more than ever, marketers need to be focusing on writing content that will provide actual value to the readers.
Targeting Long Tail Keywords
Long-tail keywords are more specific and longer keywords that describe a specific intent. These keywords have less competition and higher click-through & conversion rates while having less competition than broad keywords.
Original and Exciting Content
More than 2 million blog posts are published everyday. If you want yours to stand out, you need to make it special in some way. If your content is original and interesting, it will get more attention.
MORE GUIDELINES FOR WRITING GOOD CONTENT:
Attention Grabbing Headline:
Only viewers who are drawn in by you headline will read the rest of your page. This means that your headline needs to stand out and attract attention. Headlines that include a specific stat or ask a question tend to do better.
The Longer, The Better:
Study has shown that longer content ranks better in search engines and gets more social shares from readers. Aim for your articles to be at least 1500 words in length.
Good Page Structure:
You want to organize your content into smaller sub-headlined sections. You should also separate your body text into small 2-3 sentence paragraphs so that it is easier for the reader to take it in. Also make sure to fill your post with relevant images.
If someone buys a product through your unique affiliate link, you receive a commission for that purchase.
MORE ABOUT AFFILIATE PROGRAMS...
Joining Affiliate Networks
Affiliate networks are basically a regrouping of affiliate programs. Some of the top networks include Clickbank, Amazon Associates and Rakuten Marketing.
Different Ways to Integrate Affiliate Offers on Your Blog:
How you integrate these offers is ultimately up to you, but here are some ideas:
▫ Product Reviews▫ Top 10 Lists▫ Within your
content▫ Banner or
Sidebar ads▫ etc...
Finding Specific Affiliate Programs
Tons of companies offer affiliate programs for their product(s). Research the top affiliate programs in your industry to see which products are worth promoting.
EXAMPLE #1
Digital Photography School
This website is a great example of a niche site making money with affiliate products. They write content about photography tutorials, post-production etc. and make money with ads and Amazon Associates links in their “Cameras & Gear” section.
EXAMPLE #2
FreshomeAnother great example of a niche site. Lots of good content on design and architecture, and a whole bunch of reviews filled with affiliate links. They also have a very impressive social media following.
EXAMPLE #3
Money Saving Mom
Niche website targeting personal finance and coupon savings. She makes money by promoting affiliate products (such as coupon apps) and promoting her own product.
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