How to blog for earning ?: 2008

11 Points that must be included in your privacy policy

1. Your privacy policy should clearly state that the email addresses or other information given by the readers who post comments or subscribe to RSS feed are not sold or traded. The information is kept private and is completely safe with you. This increases trust and encourages more readers to participate in blog.
2. Next thing to include in your policy is that it is not responsible for privacy polices of other sites or blogs that you link to.
3. Keep the privacy policy free of legal jargons so that anyone can read and understand the policy.
4. Keep the policy clearly visible in the blog, so that anyone can find it easily and go through it.
5. Reserve the right to change the policy with yourself.
6. Reserve the right to contact the readers who subscribe to RSS feed or put comment to on your blog articles.
7. Reserve the right to have information about the readers, like their location, IP address, time spent, page views, etc. which are essential for your blog optimization.
8. If you want to target a specific audience or your blog nature doesn’t allow all types of audiences, clearly mention so in your policy. Say for instance you blog is only suitable for adult readers, mention that readers must be 18 years or more to access the blog.
9. Clearly mention that the information on the blog are copyrighted and cannot be utilized or shared in any form which include print, media, electronic etc. without a prior permission from the author.
10. If you invite other authors to write on your blog, either put a disclaimer that the opinions are of the author and you or other authors necessarily does not subscribe to the same opinion or scrutinize the article from different authors before publishing them.
11. If you are writing about financials or equity markets or about investments, put a disclaimer that you may have similar interests or disown the responsibility of the consequences that may happen based on the advices posted in your blog.

Happy Blogging.

How to get other blogs link to you?

Inbound links from other blogs are essential for increasing the page rank of the blog and also to gradually expand your blog. But inbound links from other blogs are hard to come. So many bloggers comment on do-follow blogs, in forums and social media to increase their links. That’s why I got the idea to tell you how to get more inbound links naturally from other bloggers.
1. First and the foremost essential requirement is a good, innovative and unique content that other will like to link. If you have copied or have written useless stuff then it is more likely to be ignored by readers.
2. Innovativeness counts. If your posts are similar to someone else’s posts, but you have thought something which others haven’t, then you have gained an extra edge.
3. Think Unique. If you are the first to write about new things naturally you will get more links because of the first mover advantage.
4. Make a network with like minded bloggers. Make a list of these blogs and visit them regularly and comment on them. This naturally develops a bond of friendship with other bloggers and you are more likely to get inbound links from them.
5. Do not write on various things. Try to create a niche and develop a target audience. Work hard to create authority in the niche space so that other bloggers in the same niche willingly link to your blog.

Happy Blogging

Building network is an essential part of internet marketing. It is a sort of cartelization among bloggers to satisfy their requirements. It provides a ready audience and assures a certain minimum inbound links and traffic. It is also a pre-requisite if you are a novice in this field. This network will give you valuable inputs which will make your blogging experience pleasurable.
1. Make it easy for the readers to comment on the blog.
2. Use Add this button or social networking button so that readers can bookmark.
3. Join social networking sites like BlogCatalog, Entrecard, Orkut, Twitter,StumbleUpon etc.
4. Comment on other blogs.
5. Send mail with your thoughts about the articles to other bloggers.
6. Link to other blogs.
7. Bookmark other blogs.
8. Join Blogging Contests.
9. Join group writing projects.
10. Be open to accept your faults in your articles.

Happy Blogging.

5 Tips to increase Adsense Revenue

1. Choosing a non-techie subject for the blog:
People who are internet savvy are aware of Adsense and are less likely to click on the ads. Whereas if you use a topic which is not related to internet or technology, then readers are more likely unaware of the Adsense and is more likely to click on the ads, generating more ad revenue.
2. Choosing Ad format:
Skyscraper and rectangle are the most commonly used ad formats and receive huge number of clicks.
3. Optimize blog for search engines:
You receive revenue when someone clicks on the ads, i.e. Adsense pays on Cost per Click basis. To have more clicks, you need more traffic. So always optimize your blog for search engines and submit a sitemap to search engines so that you can get more traffic.
4. Location of ads:
The ads are best placed in the end of the text of blog articles or in the middle. These locations generate more revenue.
5. For Wordpress:
Use Wordpress Themes optimized for Google Adsense. These templates are designed with Adsense in mind, and ads get highly optimized by these themes. Naturally they have more potential for revenue generation.

How to convert your blog to a successful business?

Bloggers have been drawn to blogosphere for three reasons. First, for the passion of writing and showing one’s creativity. Second to earn a couple of bucks and lastly to promote a business or increase brand awareness. But Blog has developed over the years from being a mere tool for interactivity and promotion to a viable business unit, which can be harvested to create a brand of its own and earn handsome returns.
Blog has all the features of a business unit. It has inputs (i.e. innovative ideas), outputs (i.e. articles in the blog), promoters (i.e. blogger himself), clients (i.e. readers) and competitors (i.e. other blogs in the same niche). So blogging should be done in line with the best business practices followed globally.
Now, what is most important for a business? Its output i.e. its services or products that it wants to sell. The product must be unique and create a space for itself in a competitive space. So while blogging it’s essential for a blogger to write articles that stand out among the crowd. The quality and usefulness of the article alone decides the long term survival and success of the blog.
Next, question that comes is what to write about? Before just starting a blog, it’s advisable to do a market survey of your own. I have also done it before settling for a blog. The best way to do a survey is to join a blog directory like Technoratii or BlogFlux or BlogCatalog. Go through the directories and sub-directories to see the topics on which blogs are written. You should choose at least 5 topics from the directories. Then count the total number of blogs in each category to see how many competitors are there. The topic which you are comfortable with and has lower competitors is always best suited.
Once you have setup your business, it’s a must it should be marketed. If you own a shop in real world, you will always want it in the busiest places so that more people see and probably visit your shop. The same principle also applies here. Market the blog through channels that reach as many prospective clients as possible. Without proper marketing even the best blog articles will not be noticed.

If you have any queries or suggestions, please feel free to write it as comment.
Happy Blogging.

How to increase earnings from Google Adsense?

Google Adsense share earnings with publishers on Cost-Per-Click basis. In a webinar for Adsense publishers, Google gave out some interesting suggestions to increase earnings from ads, based on the knowledge they have gained over the years.
The things I have learnt from it are given in a question-answer format. If you have any other query please ask me by putting a comment.

Where to locate the ads?
Generally ads should be located within posts as they get maximum click when readers go through it. In case of posts with long texts, ads served at the bottom are most successful.

What are the most popular ad formats?
Wider ads are most popular because they actually have fewer lines. So readers don’t tend to lose interest. Most popular styles are medium rectangle and wide skyscraper.

What should be the ad color?
Ad color must blend well with the site. It must not look alien to the site design. The ads that compliments well with the site receive more clicks. If your ads are totally different and doesn’t match with site, then visitors may recognize them as ads and ignore them altogether.

Which type of ads has more CPC?
Image ads generate more CPC than text ads. So it is recommended that you turn on that option in your Adsense account.

Does Adsense for search generate earnings?
Yes, they do. Every time one searches from your search option and clicks on ads you get a percentage of earnings.

Can Adsense account be terminated by Google?
Yes, Google can withdraw all your earnings and terminate your account if it is found that you clicked your own ads or asked someone to do so. Even using automated systems that clicks ads instead of real users would terminate the account.

But one last word, it’s your blog and its unique. So experiment with different things and enjoy blogging.
Happy blogging.

Which is the right blogging platform?

There are several blogging platforms available to bloggers, most of them are free. But one should always use his prudence while selecting the platform, in line with the objectives that he has set for his blogs.
The advantages and disadvantages of the 3 blogging platforms that I am reviewing at present are listed below. Please go through it and then decide on your own.

Blogger:
Advantages:
1. Very easy to set-up and maintain.
2. Blogging can be done through mobile device and email.
3. Anyone with a google account can start a blog.
4. Allows to add Google Adsense and other Java/HTML codes to blogs. Helps to monetize the blog.
5. Allows change/edit the HTML codes of the blog template.
6. Dashboard allows managing multiple blogger blogs from a single screen.
Disadvantages:
1. You don’t own any domain space, so all the traffic that comes to your blog, ultimately goes to google as they own blogger.com

Wordpress
Advantages:
1. Dashboard allows managing multiple blogger blogs from a single screen.
2. Very easy to set-up and maintain.
3. A good social network, that helps in blog marketing
4. Great plugins available.
5. A whole range of template
6. A option of choosing from Wordpress.org (paid service) or Wordpress.com(free service)
Disadvantages:
1. No monetization of blog possible in wordpress.com through Adsense or other advertisements networks.
2. No HTML or Java Code can be added in wordpress.com
3. Cannot utilize Google Analytics for optimization, have to depend on wordpress for statistics.

LiveJournal:
Advantages:
1. Very easy to set-up and maintain.
2. Blogging can be done through mobile device and email
3. Dashboard allows managing multiple blogger blogs from a single screen
4. A good social network, that helps in blog marketing.

Disadvantages:
1. User interface seems outdated and that is a serious constraint for getting a enjoyable experience.

Why Wordpress.com sucks?

Wordpress.com is a free blogging platform for bloggers. It is a free service from wordpress.org. But it really sucks. Leave the platform if you really want to get more out of your blog. Below are the reasons that I found good enough to leave the platform and join blogger.com

1. Wordpress.com doesn’t provide full control of blog templates. They do allow adding some codes in sidebars and posts. But without template control all blogs look almost same and boring. Moreover, it prevents you from branding your blog. So even after having a good blog, with excellent posts, you are an average Joe.
2. They allow only ten widgets to add in your blog. However, you can add multiple codes to a single box. But this definitely limits the ability of a blogger to create his space.
3. No Java is allowed. You can’t even put Adsense or Bidvertiser to your blog. So earn a dollar from the blog is a distant dream.
4. You cannot embed a Youtube video for your readers.
5. You cannot add code from google analytics to see your view stats. You have to believe on the figures provided by wordpress.com

So dear readers if you think its not enough to dump your wordpress.com blog and make a start in blogger, then please put a comment with reasons.
Best of luck!!!

How to promote FeedBurner feed through Wordpress.com blog?

To promote your FeedBurner feed on your Wordpress.com site, just use FeedBurner's Publicity Tools. Please follow the following steps:
1. Click the Publicize tab in feedburner dashboard.
When you click on this feature a list of publicity-related services appears.
2. Then choose and click the Chicklet service.
The form shown below loads into the right side of the screen:
This form contains several options for buttons that promote and link to your FeedBurner feed.
3. Click the button next to the button you want to display on your site.
4. Copy the HTML code shown in the bottom section of the Chicklet Chooser. You need to paste this HTML into your WordPress.com site template.
5. From the WordPress.com Dashboard, click the Presentation tab and then the Sidebar Widget option.
6. Drag the text widget from the Available Widgets area to your Sidebar.
7. Click the right side of the widget to expand it
8. If you'd like to give this widget a title you can, but it is not required to activate the service. But you should give one because it highlights the content and the reader gives a look
9. Paste the code you copied from FeedBurner in an earlier step into the content field.
10. Click Save Changes.
After the code is saved, you should immediately be able to view your chicklet in your blog's sidebar.
Courtesy: FeedBurner.com

Why do Blogs fail?

I think the more appropriate question would be “Why bloggers fail?” instead of blog fail. I have myself started several blogs over last 2 years but failed to succeed. So, pondering over the subject, I found following are the causes behind the failure.

1. Lack of motivation of the blogger. Blogging needs a lot of patience which most of the bloggers lack. This endurance test is really hard to pass and failing means death of the blog.

2. When bloggers seek traffic desperately, they write on a number of topics, in an endeavor to reach to maximum audience possible. But lack of continuity about the topic which he was writing previously, deters readers who were regularly visiting the blog.

3. Insufficient earning from the blog is also one of the key reasons that bloggers do not continue with posting.

4. Lack of traffic to the blog discourages the blogger and often they stop posting thinking no one is reading. But actually the reverse should happen. Once you find that you are losing traffic, its best to write posts with new ideas. This will again generate audience interest in your blog.

5. Blogs that write subjects that are already being told or written elsewhere, lacks the uniqueness and doesn’t survive competition. Its best to write on subjects that are unique and you have an in-depth knowledge about the same.

How to increase traffic to blog?

Traffic to a blog is one of the key parameters of judging the success of the blog. Moreover, if you want to earn a few dollars from your blog, then it must be one of your fundamental concerns. I have tried some of the techniques myself to boost the traffic, which I am enlisting below.

1. Nothing creates long term traffic than writing quality posts which gives value to the reader.

2. Listing blog in different blog directories and search engines with appropriate meta-tags makes blog more visible.

3. Commenting on blogs of the readers makes a network, which converts into traffic.

4. 80% of online users can understand English, so by installing a translator plugin the blog can cater to non-english community as well. This widens the reach of the blog.

5. Promoting blog offline through T Shirts etc. during Blog Carnivals.

6. Leaving trackbacks in other blogs.

7. Participating in different Groups and Forums.

8. Participating in blog projects and writing for other blogs which gives a backlink to your blog.

9. Joining social networking sites.

10. Writing about controversial topics give a spike in traffic as long as the controversy stays. But I personally don’t advise you to write controversial topics only for sake of traffic.

How to promote blog online for free?

There are several ways available online that you could use to promote your blog without spending a single penny. But you need to put in a bit of hard work so that you get a good response. The ways are

1. Participate in community forums like blogger forum.

2. Participate in groups like google groups and yahoo groups

3. Participate in social networks like digg, reditt, orkut,facebook etc.

4. Participate in entrecard

5. Write as a guest writer in other blogs

6. Comment on follow on blogs

7. Submit a press release in PRBUZZ, PR.COM,PR FREE etc.

8. Use free advertising in Sales Spider, Kijiji, ABC Sreach etc.

9. Participate in contests and giveways

10. Start a free giveway for blog

11. Apply for website awards and blogger choice awards.

12. Start a podcast

13. Give free ad spaces to other bloggers

14. Start a contest in blog

How to choose a widget for blog?

Many of us like adding a plenty of widgets on the blog. These dumping of widgets must be arrested to make a blog meaningful. These widgets, which according to me are of no good to many blogs, actually make the readers feel dizzy. Just think of a situation, you are visiting a blog that discuss topics on say health. Now you find a widget that is showing latest economic and political news. Is that something relevant for the readers of the blog? So before you put a widget, determine its necessity from the following questions:
Is the widget provides any information relevant to the topic discussed in the blog?
If Yes, then place the widget else discard it.
Is the widget style and color match or goes well with the blog?
If Yes, then place the widget else discard it.
Do I really need this widget?
If Yes, then place the widget else discard it.
Will it distract or annoy people?
If Yes, then discard the widget else place it.
Is the widget location is proper?
If Yes, then place the widget else discard it.
Will the widget slow down the blog loading time?
If Yes, then discard the widget else place it.
Will my readers have any extra information from the widget?
If Yes, then place the widget else discard it.
Will it gather more traffic?
If Yes, then place the widget else discard it.
Will I be penalized for having the widget?
If Yes, then discard the widget else place it.

6 Best Widgets for Blog

Google Analytics:
This provides information about the visitors like their location, sites that referred to your site, number of page-views and unique visitors, average time spent on blog, etc. It is very essential for your site and can be used as a diagnostic tool for your blog’s performance. There is also a feature called goal conversion, which helps to identify a goal of the site and number of goals achieved per visitor. This widget cannot be used by wordpress.com blogs.

OutBrain.com
This site provides a widget for rating your article on the blog. It’s very helpful readers who can comment as well as rate your performance. One need not register with the site for getting this widget.

Addthis.com
Addthis button on the post helps in social networking, which at present is an essential tool for marketing. Drop down option of the button is the best as it gives the convenience of selecting the site to which one wants to book mark. Moreover with this widget in place there will be no need of put several icons of digg, stumbleupon, etc.

Bidvertiser:
This helps in increasing the revenue from the site on the basis of clicks on the ads from your site. The good thing about Bidvertiser is that its minimum payout is $10 compared to $100 of Google Adsense. So you don’t have to wait too much.

Entrecard:
This is the amalgamation of networking and advertising. Bloggers connect with each other through this network and place ads. You earn entrecard credits which you can later sell for cash.

Project Wonderful:
This is a new advertising platform especially for small bloggers. Advertisers bid for the space on the blog and the bid that wins is shown on the blog. The revenue depends on the number of pageviews. The higher the pageviews, the higher the bid amount your space will receive. It allows other ads also to be placed on the blog along with it.

20 Best Directories to submit your blog

Submitting blogs to directories is essential for driving traffic to your blog. This is essential for your blog popularity and is a must in your marketing strategy. The blog directories also provide you an opportunity to host forums and community. This helps to create a consistent reader base. But remember just putting blogs in directories doesn’t ensure good traffic flow. When you submit a blog always try to put it in the best possible category and have good keywords or tags ready before you submit. These are essential for finding your blog in the directory. Then when you are asked to write about your blog, please write in brief and highlight the subject you are writing. Lastly, don’t submit a new blog because it may be rejected. Submit a blog which has at least 10 posts and 14 days old. The list is given below:

1. Technorati

2. BlogCatalog

3. BlogFlux

4. TopBlogArea

5. Bloggopaedia

6. TopBlogging

7. BlogTopList

8. Fuel My Blog

9. Blogarama

10. Bloggernity

11. Blogadda

12. Bloglines

13. BlogHub

14. Globe of Blogs

15. BlogWise

16. Blog Universe

17. Blog Fusion

18. Dmoz

19. Blog Rankings

20. Blogadr

How to get a better Google Page Rank ?

Here some good tips that I have applied for my blog for getting a good page rank. It has already improved my blog’s indexation. Now the question remains is what should be the qualifying rank for a blog. If you do a little page rank check, you will find having a page rank of 5 or more means the blog is popular.

1. Do not have any traffic exchange banner or things like that in the blog. It is going to be considered as paid back link, and hence you are going to be penalized by a lower rank.

2. Use Google Analytics to monitor which pages attract less visitors. Try to promote those pages in Google groups, blogger forum and other social networking sites.

3. Try to gather back links from .gov and .edu sites, because Google gives a higher weightage to these sites and the back links could dramatically increase page rank.

4. “Patience is a virtue”. You will need plenty of them in order succeed.

5. Use proper meta-tags and keywords so that pages can be easily found. Be a little spammy when writing these tags and keywords.

6. Content is the king for bloggers. Be focused on the content and try to provide the best articles for your readers

7 Common Mistakes that Bloggers Should Avoid

1. Copying articles from other’s blogs or newspapers

There is no harm if you are inspired by an article and add something new to the topic. But many just downloads the contents from different sites like blogs, newspapers etc. and paste them as their own post. Duplicate content never creates a niche for you and you are seen as just another blogger repeating the same thing over and over again.

2. Using unnecessary widgets in blog:

Many bloggers have the sidebar filled with different widgets. But they never seem to realize that those unnecessary widgets are actually slowing down the blog. Many readers won’t wait that long to read the articles.

3. Spending more time in blog promotion than in writing articles:

Yes, I agree Blog promotion is essential for a successful blog but without great content all your traffic that you find coming are never going to visit you again. If you are using Google analytics you will find the time spend on your blog by visitors is slowly declining.

4. Putting Traffic exchange Links:

These were very popular among bloggers but they actually lower your Google page ranks so immediately get rid of it.

5. Inconsistent blogging topics and irregular posting:

These two factors make you lose your readers. Whenever you change your blogging subject you set to lose previous readers who came for the previous subject and you are always making a new start. Irregular posting also annoys readers .They will not return if you do not post in a regular manner.

6. Trying to make quick money from blog:

Quick money from blog is not feasible. You need to put in your efforts for at least two years or so in a consistent manner with full zeal, even before you can earn something meaningful. Blogging just for money and not for the passion about the subject is surely going to fail. First try to make your blog meaningful to readers and then only think about monetary gains.

7. Promoting blog even before you have posted your first article:

This is detrimental to blog’s reputation though I have seen many doing this. They give out thousands of tags and keywords for their blogs and don’t even have a single post. These blogs readers tend to avoid being cheated once.

How to get more readers subscribe to Blog feed ?

I have seen that some of my friends get a lot of traffic but actually very little subscribe to blog feed. I asked this question in Google Groups, but didn’t get good enough replies. Then after a while I felt that adding subscribers to blog is like making a loyal consumer towards a brand. I mean to say “Brand Management” of the blog is essential to gather readers. Now what actually makes consumers loyal to a brand? Let us discuss them and see how we can implement the ideas in our blogs.

First and essentially the most important criterion for a successful brand is the premium quality. Now what does it essentially points us, we must write articles that are not only of use to the reader but gives him some out of the way thinking, which others have not yet delivered. Essentially articles must differentiate you from the crowd.

Second trait of a brand is, it is extremely customer friendly. We have to replicate that in our blogs too. Like why should we bother the reader in searching the whole blog for getting your subscription link? Make it more noticeable and easily approachable hence more convenient for reader by providing a link at end of each post or highlight the link so that it can be easily distinguished from the rest.

Third each company rewards its loyal customers. Bloggers can also do the same by giving out free e-Books or some interesting articles or whatever one’s feel like to the subscriber.

Fourth is the innovativeness. A brand changes with the change in its customer’s demands or needs. A blog should also have that adaptability and should always change itself so that it benefits it readers. For this even you can ask for suggestions openly to the readers or subscribers.

How to promote blog offline ?

The following offline promotion techniques are quite efficient, to gather attention and drive traffic to the blog.

1. Print blog address on business cards.

This technique is one of the most popular ways to drive traffic. You should not make an ordinary business card for the purpose; try to be more creative and colorful. Add your blog’s logo on the business card. Make your card of plastic instead of paper so that it cannot be easily destroyed and make it so beautiful that people will like to have one.

2. Advertise through Internet Cafes.

I have seen many people writing their blog’s name and address on T-Shirts and wearing them. I have innovated over the same idea. First go the internet café and tell them that you want to organize a contest among its customers. If they allow you, then organize a pretty easy contest and then give out gifts in forms of T-Shirts and Collectibles on which you have printed your blog address and logo.

3. Give out leaflets.

Print leaflets and give it out to people so that they become aware of the blog. I have seen people distributing leaflets but I really wonder how many people actually visit the blog. Instead of writing only your blog’s name and address on the leaflet, write a small article in line with the topics that you discuss on the blog. This way your prospective visitors already know what your blog is all about and you will also get more visitors who actually participate in the blog by making wise comments.

4. Participate in blog seminars and expos.

Participation and discussion with the other bloggers also enhance your blog’s credibility. You will find that others also promote similar ideas and write about them regularly. Try to make friends so that both of you help each other in your blog promotion.

5. Submit an article to newspaper.

Many times local newspapers hire freelance journalists. Grab this opportunity and write about the issues that you discuss in your blog with a blog address at the last. This helps grab attention of the interested visitors and your blog makes a niche audience.

How to earn from your blog ?

There are several ways to earn from blog, which I have seen from visiting other’s blogs for sometime now. It is quite wonderful to see how they have managed to earn. The ways are listed below:

1. Using Advertisements:

This is the most common and easiest way to earn. Popular among them is Google Adsense. There are many others like Bidvertiser, Clicksor etc. It is easy to signup and place ads on your on blog. They share revenue when someone clicks on the ads shown on your blog. Minimum payout varies from $100 to $10. You must also abide by their rules otherwise they have controls to check false clicks and you may be banned and lose whatever you have earned.

2. Selling Ad Space:

This is also similar to previous one, but it differs in one way, you are paid for the number of page views and not when your ad is clicked. It is only good when your site has a good traffic. You can then ask for sponsorship directly. Even small bloggers have the opportunity. But as they don’t have enough traffic, its best not sell directly but involved in agency that manage the selling of your ad space. One such is Project Wonderful. They have only one criterion for joining, i.e. you must have 30 posts before you join.

3. Joining an affiliate Programme:

You can sell through your blog and earn a commission. But make it sure that products that you endorse should be in line with your blog topics. Say if you write about books or authors you can sell books. This is a must to earn otherwise your audience will not be interested enough to even to have a look and your reader base to gradually decline.

4. Get paid to post:

There are certain websites like PayPerPost and Sponsored Reviews that pay when you write about the advertiser’s products. You should endorse them or even constructive criticism is allowed.

5. Selling an e-Book or Article:

If you are expert in a field, say marketing and have been writing about it for sometime and hence have a reader base you can offer a consultancy or an e-Book or an article that your readers will be interested to buy.

6. Using Ad links within post:

This is much better than other advertisements because they relate to the context of your writing. Use WidgetBucks and your ad links will be shown in the post itself. When a reader will click on them you get a revenue share.

7. Asking for Donation:

Get a Paypal button on your blog which asks for donation. Ask your readers that if they have found the blog helpful to donate money in your Paypal account. Bloggers use different types of buttons like “Buy a beer” or “Buy me a coffee”. Use buttons that suits you best and you will get some money from your benevolent readers.

Best of luck and hopefully you will find this post helpful. Please comment if you have any more interesting ideas.

How do bloggers earn their living from blogs?

I have been visiting blogs for a time now. Most of the bloggers seem to blog because they want to earn money from their blogs. Indeed blog is going to br the next medium after the websites to deliver informations to consumers.
Now, why blog is going to be more popular in future than websites. Blog has two distinct advantage over a general website ---- first is the personal touch in the form of advice and guidance from the blogger and second is the niche marketing oppurtunity, one of the best ways to reach target audience.
This is what a blogger should concentrate on. First and foremost try to create a niche blog, on a subject that you are comfortable with and also love to write about. Why I said so , I will discuss in a moment. The niche blog also have specific target audience. Then put ads that are suitable or relate to the topic you are discussing about. This makes more readers click on the ads and increase your revenue.
Now, why I said a you to have a subject that you will enjoy writing about. The reason is a blog takes a long time to get recognition and to gather a good number of pageviews each day. Until that time it’s your passion for the subject that should drive your writing.So have a brainstroming session before you actually write start blogging. Best of luck and please do comment about our views