Most bloggers set up their blog with the hopes that it will bring them great financial rewards; however, very few are actually cashing in.
If you are a blogger who is getting discouraged because your blog is not making any money, this article will put you on the right track to making a full time income as a blogger.
Let us cut to the chase.
First and most importantly, if you want to make serious cash with your blog, you need traffic.
You absolutely must take the time to promote your blog.
The more traffic you have, the more money your blog will earn.
Updating your blog regularly will give you natural search engine traffic in due time.
However, the bottom line is this.
If you do not actively promote your blog, it will take an extremely long time for you to start making money by blogging.
If you have months or years to wait for your blog to become profitable, then this does not apply for you.
However, if you are like me and need cash and need it right away, you need to promote your blog daily.
Press releases, classified ads, forum commenting, blog commenting and article marketing are all ways that you can get a ton of visitors to your blog in a very short amount of time.
But you must use these strategies consistently.
Put aside one hour each day to market your blog and you will definitely see a huge increase in your traffic within a matter of days.
More traffic equals more money.
Next, if you are serious about making money as a blogger, you need to make a commitment to putting five to six blog posts up per week.
Your subscribers want content.
The search engines want updated content.
If you fail to provide content to them on a consistent basis, you will lose subscribers and you will continue to lose out financially.
It is a good strategy to write your blog posts in advance and schedule them if you are pressed for time.
It is important to figure out a way to post content almost daily.
Providing great informative and entertaining content on an almost daily basis is a surefire way to keep your current subscribers, grow your subscribers thus increasing your income.
Next, when you start to get subscribers, do not scare them away by trying to sell them things with every blog post.
Shoving products in the faces of your readers is a useless strategy.
Yes you want to make money, but you want to be subtle with your approach while building a relationship with your readers.
Be absolutely sure to only recommend top notch products and high quality ebooks to your readers.
Sell things that you already own or plan to buy.
Never try to sell your readers garbage products.
This will affect both your reputation and your income.
Research extensively or buy products to review yourself before promoting them.
Make it a point to also write about products or books that you do not recommend as well.
This lets the reader know that you are looking out for them.
This strategy allows the readers to build trust in you.
When the reader trusts you, the reader will buy from you.
Finally, encourage readers to get and stay engaged.
Have interesting polls, respond to your reader comments, have contests and give away free items.
You can also allow readers to make guest posts.
Make it fun for the reader and they will not only return, but they will spread the word which means more money for you!