Blogging for Money
Tips and Tricks!

Before we tackle the lifestyle of blogging for money business, we should define the scope of blogs as best as we can. The term "blog" comes from the words "web log", which was used for a short time to describe web sites that published a running archives of dated entries. "Web log" quickly mushed into one word, "weblog" and in turn quickly morphed into "blog" which has been with us ever since. The word "blog", as a noun, can describe a regularly updated website with dated posts. The word can also be used as a verb, as in "to blog", meaning to submit posts to a website. People who run blogs are also known as "Bloggers", and the whole collection of all the internet's blogs is known as the "blogosphere"

Ok, let's take a hypothetical blogging for money scenario. As a Blogger, Caroline published a blog about her favorite things in the world. Apple's iPod. Everyday on the blog Caroline publishes several post containing content such as reviews of the latest iPod, tips on how to get the most of iPods, tweaks on how to modify iPod, and reviews of all iPod accessories. Fellow iPod devotees pour over Caroline blog regularly for the exciting new information she provides.

Her blog received, on average, 15,000 visitors per day - a modest amount of traffic given her chosen topic. Along the side of Caroline's blog, she has placed sponsored advertisement where dealers of the iPod and iPod accessories have agreed to pay her between $0.80 and $1.00 (a normal rate for such an in demand item) every time a reader clicks on the advertisement. If only 150 people (only 1 percent of her daily traffic) clicks on any advertisement in a day. Caroline received between $120.00 and $150.00 - just for writing about her favorite topic.

If Caroline is able to sustain 150 clicks per day for a month, she will earn $4500.00 in one month, or $54,000.00 per year. That's a sizable income! Now, if caroline is able to increased her traffic from 15,000 to 150,000 per day, while maintaining her 1 per cent click-rate, she'll bring in $1,500.00 per day, or just half a million dollar per year.

As you can see, blogging as a business is not a radical idea. Any publication, whether it is print, audio, video, or even skywriting, can bring in money if it brings in an audience. Here I will help readers to recognize and capitalize on the immense opportunity that awaits any person with passion, patience and a PC. Due to it's low cost entry, a simple blogging tools now available, and the massive reach of the internet, anybody can build a profitable business - Blogging for Money!

The material presented here will be in three steps:

Step 1 - Planning Your Blog

Step 2 - Publishing Your Blog
i)Web-Based Blogging Services:
a) Blogger
b) TypePad
c) Wordpress.com
d) Eponym

ii)Installed Server Application:


Step 3 - Profiting from Your Blog