Blogging has been around for over 15 years and is an industry that continues to grow. In fact, there are over 400 million blogs on the internet. That's a lot of blogging! The question is: do you want to be one of them?
If you're considering starting a blog but don't know how to get started or what you should write about, this blog post is for you! We'll discuss five tips from bloggers who've been successful at earning money from their blogs and show you how they did it.
5 Tips to Get You Started
Find your niche and what you want to blog about- Your blog needs a topic that others are interested in. You should also find out what your passion is and focus on that. This will help you when it comes to writing content for your blog or deciding the direction of your blog.
Research keywords- Keywords are words that people use when they're looking for information. When people type in a word into a search engine, the results show content related to that keyword. For example, if someone types in "dogs" then the results will show websites with information related to dogs.
Create content- The best way to get traffic from search engines is by creating great content. As you create content, be sure to use keywords appropriately so that people can easily find your page without too much difficulty.
Engage with other bloggers- Bloggers love engaging with other bloggers because it helps build their following and provides them with new inspiration for their own blogs! You can start this by commenting on other people's posts on social media and by following them on social media sites like Instagram or Twitter.
Be consistent- Consistency is important because it helps to build trust among readers and followers over time. Consistent blogging will also help you increase your search engine rankings as well as keep readers coming back for more!
How to Find Your Niche
There are two things you should consider when you're trying to find your niche. Your first consideration is what you enjoy doing. This may seem like a no-brainer, but it's important to know what you're passionate about and be able to create content about that passion every day for weeks on end. If you're not passionate about or enjoy the topic of your blog, chances are high that readers will see right through it and move on to other blogs with more interesting content.
The second thing you should consider when finding your niche is the marketability of the topic. Some topics can be difficult to break into because they've been done so many times before or they require a lot of time and work that not everyone has. Other topics do well simply because they have a demand. For example, if there is a large percentage of people who are looking for gluten free recipes, chances are good there's a market for those recipes in cookbooks and online magazines. The best way to find out if your topic is marketable is by conducting some research into what others have done with that topic in the past and seeing how popular it was or how profitable it could potentially be for you.
Use Keywords to Optimize Your Blog
Blogging is an excellent avenue to promote your brand and share your thoughts on a range of topics. But, if you want to make money from blogging, you need to optimize your posts for keywords.
To do this, you first need to find out what your niche is. There are three ways to do this:
· Find out what people are already talking about in the industry or niche you're interested in – What words are they using? What questions are they asking?
· Research other blogs in your space that have made money – What topics do they talk about?
· Ask yourself which characteristics set you apart from others who blog in your space – What makes you different than everyone else?
Once you've determined what your niche is, it's time to start writing content! When writing, include keywords that people might use when searching for information related to your topic. Include keywords in the title and tags of each post as well. This will help search engines like Google understand what the blog post is about and rank it accordingly when someone searches for that keyword. You'll also get more traffic from people who don't know about you but happen to type into Google something related to the topic of your blog post.
If you want more tips on how to increase search engine rankings, check out our previous blog post on how SEO can help grow a business!
Become an Influencer
One way to make money from blogging is by becoming an influencer. This means that you can partner with a company, create content about them and get paid for it. One blogger who did this successfully is Brittany Gibbons who partnered with Microsoft to blog every day in 2016.
While she was promoting the Microsoft Surface, she also blogged about how women can become tech-savvy. She became an influencer through her blog posts because she was able to connect with her audience and talk about what they were interested in.
In order to be successful at this, you need to build up your following first so that people will want to follow your work and want to see what you have to say. You'll need a lot of followers before companies are willing to work with you as an influencer. So start small and build up your following over time!
