What is the value of Blogger forums?

That is a hard question to answer. Indeed when you are active in the forums more people are likely to visit your blog website and your page impressions begin to pay. Keeping them on your page is more difficult than getting them there. You have to hold their attention for a little longer than 10 seconds if you want to make any kind of money from blogging.

Part of blogging for money is keeping your reader's attention. Keeping your reader's attention will keep your bounce rate low and improve your click through rate (CTR). If you want to make any decent cash with Google's Adsense you have to have a CTR that is higher than 2% to get the higher paying ads on your page. Using Adwords to promote your blog will help with that.

Back to forums directed at those who blog. This is where a good portion of your marketing is done. You don't want to over saturate the forums with your comments but you want to stay relevant. Another quick tip is to use the same avatar for every forum you visit so that others will know who you are. Since the majority of your traffic are those who choose to blog you want to make sure that your content is geared towards an audience that does the same thing you do.

Target marketing only works when you are targeting the right people for your product. In this case it is your own brand of blog that you are marketing. Talking with others in the same niche category will increase your exposure to your target market. Always keep this in mind if you want to get the best value out of a blogger forum. One last tip before I run, post on more than one forum because not every blogger will use the same forum and you want to maximize your potential to attract new readers.

Experimenting with Paid To Read Emails

Another easy way to make some money only is reading paid to read emails. I've been reading some paid to read emails in some of my spare time mostly because you do not get rich quick with them. It is comparable to the amount you would make from Google Adsense in the beginning. Some website do not send out a lot of PTR emails and others do. If you have the time some websites will send you 30 to 50 emails a day.

The reason they are not a get rich scheme is because it takes time to accrue money through them. Most paid to read emails have a value of 1 or 2 cents and if you do the math you would only be making $0.01-$1.00 per day and spending about three to four hours of it. You will spend far too much time in front of the computer to make a lot but they are a nice break from promoting your blog.

There are many different ways to make online money. Some take a lot longer than others and some have an unlimited potential. Knowing how to use more than one source for making online money will help with the growth potential you have as a blogger. If you mix them occasionally you can stand to earn a lot of cash but over time. I have not found a single website that can deliver an overnight success. While your busy socializing and promoting your blog it doesn't hurt to earn a couple pennies on the side. Does it?

Scheduling Your Posts

I just wanted to post a quick note to inform you of my posting schedules. For this blog you will see a new posts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For Majik's Thoughts you will find a new post 3 to 4 times a week. For Majik's World you will find a new installment of the story every Wednesday and Saturday. I have a fourth blog now as well Majik Network which I am still working on a posting schedule for. Right now I am trying to add content to my fourth blog every day. Sometimes I miss a day but my rough schedule is every other day. I hope you will keep coming back to see some new content.

Consider This Before Taking Sponsored Posts

Before you decide to take your first post after getting your blog approved by one of the many blogging for profit websites that are out there. If you are worried about your Google Page Rank my advice is simple: don't take a sponsored post. If you are willing to put in the time and effort it takes to grow your brand of blogging and care about your Google Page Rank do not take a sponsored post.

The reason behind that is when Google finds out that you have been taking sponsored posts they will strip you of your Page Rank. To be honest in the whole amount of time I have been blogging I have not been able to figure out why the Page Rank system is so important. When I first started blogging I was so worried about my Page Rank that I would go and visit other blogs and see if I can leave my link behind just to increase my Page Rank. I concentrated on posting frequently and tried to make sure that each post was of good quality. Both are integral parts of making money from blogging but as for how much it relates to Page Rank; I have no idea.

If you got into blogging just for the sake of making money online working from home; there are many ways of making money online. You can make money from referrals, publishing ads, and promoting products that will earn you a commission for every sale. The general rule of thumb is that you should be blogging for fun because most ad publishers do not like having their ads on websites that are solely based on making money. Creating good content, publishing frequently and interacting with other people who blog will grow your traffic and begin making you some easy money. Monetizing a blog is easy; the hard part is knowing when enough is enough.

Anyway my point is quite simply: if you care about your Google PR don't take any sponsored posts. There are plenty of other ways to monetize your blog with out losing your PR. If you are not worried about it then go for it; because there is a lot of money in writing sponsored posts. This blog will be free of any sponsored posts as this is just me telling you how I am blundering through monetizing my own blogs. What do you think? Do the benefits of sponsored posts out weigh the value of a Google Page Rank?

How Many Ways Can You Make Money Online?

Well there are many different ways to make some money online. Becoming an ad publisher is just one of the ways you can make money online. Another way of making money online with your blog is to accept paid or sponsored posts. These are good to make a few dollars in your spare time or if you get bored posting in your niche category. Some people have made a lot of money from sponsored posts, I've only made a little. There are other ways to make money online, today I will tell you about paid posting.

There are many different websites out there that will pay you for blogging. One of the first websites I joined was Smorty. They have a variety of offers for bloggers to make money from posting. Although you have to be quick to get an offer; some of them pay quite well. I did not do very many posts for them and have since started using a different website but I'll save that for another post.

One thing you have to remember about these pay per post websites is that you have to keep the quality of your posts up and you do not want to have two paid or sponsored posts right after another. You don't want to lose any of your readers so you will have to continue to post your regular quality content to keep them coming back. What good is using your blog to advertise different goods and service if you don't have an audience to see your ads? What do you think about paid posting now? Do you think it might be worth it?

Networking and Socializing On Blog Directories Has Benefits

One thing that I have learned from using social websites like blog directories is that you gain not only friends who blog but also traffic. It is important to remember that when you socialize you voice your opinion to others and on blog directories you are voicing your opinion to thousands at a time. Getting that kind of exposure for free is absolutely priceless.

Jumping in on a discussion every once in a while is good, but you have to keep in mind that not everybody is going to read what you have to say. Even though not everyone is interested in what you are blogging about getting your name out there is extremely important when you are trying to build traffic. There are other ways to bring traffic to your blog as well.

If you can create an ad for your blog you can advertise with that. You may not get the type of quality traffic you are looking for but you will at least have more visitors who are not just bloggers. Plus there are other ways to make money online with a blog other than relying on Google AdSense to earn you some dollars. I'll have more in my next post.

Creating A Posting Schedule For Your Blog

Once you have created your blog and began to advertise your blog to bring readers to your blog you have to do more than just take part in discussions on forums; there is more. Creating a posting schedule for you blog helps you gain readers. More people are going to come back to read your blog if you have something new to give them. For example; I post to this blog every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Another blog I author I post every Wednesday and Saturday.

One thing which the blogger templates allows now is to schedule your posts to automatically be posted on the date you specify. You now can take and hour or two on the weekend to create enough posts to keep your page recent with more for readers to comeback to and enjoy. Creating a schedule for posting also helps with the number of pages found by search engine content crawlers. In other terms, more content equals more hits from search engines.

The reason updating on a set schedule is important for traffic growth. You need to build the number of returning visitors up by always having something new for them to read. If you have a percentage of 25% out of the x number of visits then you know that your advertising efforts are paying off because you have attracted more new visitors through various channels.

In conclusion, setting a schedule to post to your blog will help you to keep your number of readers growing. If 1 out of 25 come back for more you need to have something new for them to read. Converting your new visits into return visitors will tell you that you are doing something right. In short, keep posting and your readership will grow along with your traffic.

Social Websites and Blogging: Can the Two Be Mixed?

To be blunt and to the point; the answer is a resounding yes. The reason social websites and blogging should be mixed is because of a known fact: 75-95% of traffic on your blog are from other bloggers. It is incredibly important to remember the type of readers you will have when you are producing your own blog trying to make money from it. Your traffic pretty much depends on it.

You always have to advertise your product which in this case is your blog. Taking part in social websites will increase your exposure to your audience. Bloggers also want to know who is behind your blog so a well designed about page will work. Look for social sites that attract the average blogger, make friends in the blogging world while you are just chatting with other bloggers on the forums. Talking about your posts as well as other posts you enjoy helps build traffic and link backs.

Generally the only way to use a social website to its fullest is only if there is an active forum for members to meet. Other Social Websites like Digg is a social website designed to help articles become popular. Using Digg could greatly increase your traffic. I've just started using digg on one of my blogs and I am still learning how to use the website. Another website like Stumble Upon is another example of different social websites that bloggers can be found frequenting.

In short, when you first start looking to promote your blog join some social networking website and get the word out. Part of taking part in the discussion forums is to get the word out about your blog another form of "Word of Mouth" advertising which has always been effective. Happy Blogging.

Using Sex to Promote Your Blog: An SEO Tip

Have you ever heard of Search Engine Optimization? I have, although I am still learning this part of blogging and attracting traffic to your blog one thing is for sure. "Sex Sells." You don't have to go into a long romantic story to get search engines to find your pages while younger members of the general Internet population is searching for sexy girls, or hot sexy girls in bikini's. I know some of these terms may not get everyone excited out there but there are a lot of people looking for Internet Porn.

Just by working some dirty talk into your posts you are getting attention, even if it is not the targeted attention you have been looking for. One of the most popular keywords is Girls. So many pages have links to explicit pages along with explicit content. I don't know how much traffic you will get just by mentioning hot women in your posts but I have tried this little link bait before and it has worked. The most important thing to remember is to keep it in context with what you are writing about.

Now if you are writing about using these search terms then there really is no holding back. But I digress. Over using the phrase's will detract from the message you are trying to get across. You always have to remember to post on topic with in the niche market you are targeting. Good content properly categorized will help you to keep readers coming back. Just remember when you are using photographs in your post to always give credit to the source of your images.

When I am looking for a photo to use, I always go to Wiki Media I find the licensing information on the page as well. Unless you are working on a photo journal using pictures you have taken yourself you will have to worry about giving credit where credit is due.

Happy Blogging.

Leave A Comment Get a Visit

One of the easiest ways to promote your blog is to leave a comment on another blogger's post. Most of the time people who leave comments will come back to see what others have said about the post and if you have comment moderation on they will want to know if you have approved their comment. I have had more people come back to my blog to leave a comment after I have left a comment of my own. Most bloggers actually care about the comments that are left behind when you visit their blog and a lot of bloggers will respond to comments that you leave, whether it be just a short thank you for your comment or something that will add to the discussion in the comment section of your blog.

Part of getting comments on your blog is to be active in leaving comments on the blogs that you visit. A lot of bloggers have an image on their blog that simply says "U Comment - I Follow" which tells you that they will come back to your blog to see what you have to offer. Now not all bloggers will do this, and not all of them that do have one of those images. The fact that you are participating and helping other bloggers to get to know you through what you have to say is important.

Friends made through blogging are some of the best Internet friends you will make. Interacting with them will help drive traffic to your site. It is important that you make yourself known if you are promoting your blog. All of the click exchange sites are bad for Google's Adsense programs and I recommend that you do not use them. You have to create a buzz for your blog to get people to visit and read what you have to say.

Now of course you have to have good content. Content is always key when you are blogging. If you are running a News and Media blog, you are going to want to stay up to date and keep you content entertaining to keep your readers coming back. On important thing to remember is that your readers do not have to comment to keep wanting to come back. If they enjoy your writing style they will comeback as long as you keep giving them something new to come back for.

In conclusion, the best reason to leave a comment it to let the reader know that not only you were there but also that you have enjoyed their post. I'm not expecting any comments here on this post because this is my youngest blog and I do not receive a lot of traffic. I have been using alternative ways to promote this blog opposed to going to Entrecard and adding this blog to just to get a few visitors. I have been using word of mouth advertising and will begin leaving this link behind on some of the comments I leave. Thanks for reading and come back for more tips on blogging.

The Value of Word of Mouth Advertising.

Last month I was at a large festive and I was without any business cards. Having a business card for your blog is an advantage when you are practicing "Word of mouth advertising." You could just be sitting at a bus stop somewhere and start talking to another person; if you mention that you make money from blogging they will be intrigued.

I have mentioned to quite a few people that I make money from blogging and that peaks their interest. One of the most popular questions is how do you make money from blogging? Well the answer is always more complicated than the answer I give them. What I usually respond with is "I get paid from publishing ads on my blog." They'll ask me how it works and I give them the basics, every time someone views one of my pages that counts as an impression, those add up and will earn me a few cents. Another way I earn from publishing ads is when people click on the ads. When people click on your ads you earn some money from that.

A reason you will need a business card for you blog is so people don't have to try and remember your URL. You don't even have to write your URL down for them, you can give it to them on your business card. Most people are more likely to retain a business card than a scribbling on a piece of paper. The value of having a card for your blog is worth the cost in shipping. I only paid for the shipping of my business cards, the website I visited to find them was offering 250 business cards for free; you just pay for the shipping. When all is said and done you will have another tool to help bring traffic to your blog. Let's face it, if you want to make money blogging online you are going to have to do some leg work and having a business card will certainly help you do that.