you can drive traffic in to your blogs. The blogging craze has become more popular over the last couple of years. Everyone seems to have blogs these days. What is a blog? I think most people know that a blog is, an online journal, but it's more personal and unstructured than a website and easier and cheaper to set up than a website.
Creating a blog is as simple as ABC and anybody with a flair knowledge of computer and internet can easily create a blog at no cost on blogspot. All you need to do is pick a name that is relevant to the topic of your blog. Once you have set up your profile and chosen a template, blogging is as simple as sending an email to a friend.
There are several ways of monetizing your blog. Google Adsense is the most popular form of earning through their ads. This is free to join and easy to upload. The ads will match the content of your blog and you will get paid every time a visitor clicks on an ad. Flixya, a google backed social site that have bloggers grouped together to exchange links and upload videos and making new posts are a recommended site that will get your blogs exposed. I have just joined Fixya and found this a great place to drive traffic to blogs. Those who have problem getting their adsense approved should check this site out.
[question posted by zandi458]
responses and comments:
You are absolutely right that blogging is an elementary thing to do. What is hard to do is to drive traffic to your blog and eventually earn money from it. I have tried proven ways to drive traffic such as article submission, forums, social networking etc. These are simple ways but sometimes it is hard to drive traffic when you chose a not so interesting niche for your blog. [aicasalinks]
You are right good contents is one of the key to successful blogging [zandi458]
Hi zands, Yes writing blog is in vogue now. I have as many as 170 blog posts at ibibo.com. Earlier that site used to pay but now this only an exercise activity there. The sites you mentioned pay for blogging and there are some other sites, I know, which pay. Blog is actually a web log, like a personal diary. And creating a blog does not demand much effort. Once you are in the job is done. Many are earning through blogs. [krajibg]
Hi zed, you read her blog? [krajibg]
Blogging makes money if you have what the visitor is looking for. many bloggers fail to do that. they concentrate on placing ads - bidvertiser, adsense, adbrite etc. they fill the site with these in expectation of people clicking it. do you really believe people come to your blog to click these ads? No. visitors come there to read what you have written. if it has any value they come back. may be you can offer professional help to them. advertise your services shamelessly. that may bring in money. [tulipstrader]
That make sense. No one have the time to help you to click the ads put up by adsense unless they are really looking for something that the ads have. [zandi458]
Thanks for sharing I Am sure will join the site I Am a publisher and need more traffic to my blog so I can earn some money do I join under you? or how do this work? please respond [alottodo]
I am just sharing with friends here and you can google it and join direct. come back to me once you have signed up and will add you as friends there. Good luck. happy [zandi458]
Hello Zandi, I am new to blogging. A blog about my money making online is about one month old, and another blog of more about my personal site is less than a month old. I also do anything to have a traffic at my blog. At my money making blog, I removed the adsense so I can promote it in traffic exchange sites. I also added Paid-to-promote, so I can get paid with the traffic I get in certain countries. Though its not a huge amount, it's just fine since I am just new. I also joined Adgitize, and I did help in increasing my traffic for my site. [red_amethyst]
I have never heard of Adgitize. [zandi458]
It's easy to create a blog, but if you want to earn from it, your blog must have a central theme and your content must not only be relevant but also has some keywords that people might look up in Google. And you also must update your site regularly so you will increase visitors and somehow increase earnings from it. [moonchild117]
I agree, write something that you know best. [zandi458]
That is right. That is easy to make simple blog with blogspot. We only need gmail and login to blogger. We only make name of url, choose template and make posting. That is very simple. happy But if you want to make more beautiful blog, that is not simple. In the Blogspot, we can modify the template to make more beautiful blog. That must be have skill to modified template. That is same with build the website. I try to make variation template in my blog. And that must have HTML skill. So, I think to make more beautiful blog we must have HTML skill. But if only make a simple blog, you no needed that skill. But in my opinion, If our blog very simple, that make visitor go away from our blog. [masteronline]
Yes a nice layout out of the blog can be a plus factor be but what matters most is the contents. I am not computer savvy and only depend on the provided template. [zandi458]
A very interesting discussion here. However, I would like to add something about making money from Google Adsense. One must remember that visitors only click ads because they need them, and the people who need them are most likely coming from search engines. They are the ones searching for something, not fellow bloggers or social visitors. If a blog is new and have only a few backlinks, then visitors from search engine will not find them at once. Therefore, the ad clicks will more or less be coming from social visitors. In this case, Google might think that you are asking them secretly to click your ads even if you don't. With this, there is a big chance that your account will be suspended and you will never recover it again. With this, I don't suggest new blogs to have Google Adsense at once. Nevertheless, there are a lot of ways to make money from blogs such as making paid posts or selling something. But of course, I agree that it is very hard to promote a blog especially if you are a beginner. This inspired me to make blog posts entitled How to Promote a Blog for Beginners: Part One and Two, in which the links are on my profile. I am now about to finish Part Three which is the final chapter, and I hope it can help a lot especially for beginners. Thanks! happy [fatherblogger]
I agree with fatherblogger. There are many ways to monetize a blog and I think one of the best way is to do sponsored posts or online reviews. I made at least $700 per month before, but the opportunities are very slow nowadays... sad [corrycrystal]
hi zandi. dont laugh a me or neglect. actually i know nothing about blogging. help... [shibham]
Time that you try your hand in blogging. Look at fatherblogger above you and check on his profile for the link to his blog. He is willing to be our mentor. Don't waste your inborn talent and the net has vast opportunity to display that hidden talent you have in writing. Go for it. [zandi458]
LOL thanks for this nice information on blogs and their utility to earn money, i tried to create earlier but i was not successful, may be due to wrong procedure, will give it a try soon, thanks again Keep sharing your thoughts lol, happy posting, cheers ARUN [arun2009]
Don't be discouraged by your first failure. I hope you will read fatherblogger's blog and learn something from it. [zandi458]
That's right. The monetary rewards for blogging is totally endless. There are just lots of ways to getting it, the only thing is that some people have the fear that it won't work and in turn, do not invest in the time to blog. [zed_k4]
That saying is nothing but true.. It has worked for me before. And I would love to hold on to it.. [zed_k4]
I just write blogs to vent out emotions how do you earn from it? What do you include in it? [hwoarangpoy]
Thanks for calling me an expert, although I am very far from being one and I mentioned it on my post How to Promote a Blog for Beginners:Part One. I also appreciate your effort to share my blogging tips to others, particularly on this discussion. It's my pleasure to help fellow bloggers especially, as I also got a help when I was just starting. But just to answer hwoarangpoy's question, it seems that he has many experiences to share regarding about his emotions. First of all, I think you want to make a personal blog. It's just fine to do so which I also mentioned in my blog post. However, you cannot expect to attract tons of visitors unless you have a superstar effect. Note that visitors only visit blogs that looks interesting to them, or the ones they can learn something from. If you want to make money from blogs, provide something that people need and sell it. If you can have a very popular blog, then you make good money from Google Adsense and advertisers. You can also do paid post reviews. If you are good in giving advises with regards to emotions, then create unique and useful posts about it. However, you should also consider the competition which is why you should learn how to promote a blog. Thanks! happy [fatherblogger]
even you said blogging is as simple as ABC, however I have used a lot of time to know how the blogspot website work and how to blog. Now I mainly run two blogs, one is my travel record around the UK and china, the other one is about how to make moeny on interent. I just blog the websites that really paid me. I joined Google Adsense and now I found i don't have enough traffics, of course I have few but obviously not enough. So i'm looking a way to get more traffics. if you are interested please visit my blogs and maybe we can exchange traffics. the website you mentioned is fun. but i need time to know it. I have a question about traffic exchange websites. If i use traffic exchange websites to get traffic do you think Google Adsense would accept the way?Thank you very much and happy mylotting. [sblossom]
Sure I will go to your blog and help you where I can. The site Flixya is a google adsense supported site. I have just join the site too and I see there is no barrier in promoting your blogs there. Google the site and check them out. It might help in driving traffic to your blog. happy [zandi458]
After responding to your discussions that i am doing now,the first thing i will do is visit the site,Flixya,recommended by you.You are right when you say that creation of a blog is easy.I have created a blog on earning online.It is not accepted by adsense yet.I don't know whether my blog is a quality one.But it is based on my own experiences about work from home.Thanks for your guidance,i am going to visit the site and join it. [saumitrakumar]
I don't know whether you like this place, Flixya, but no harm in trying as it is also a social site but with a twist in that it promotes blogs among the members. It is quite an interesting place. [zandi458]
I have found the blogs easy to start but take a lot of commitment to maintain. I agree with you the only way you can make money on a blog is to get lots of traffic. I do have adsense and got it easily approved a long time ago maybe it was easier then. However I guess I do not have enough traffic to really make a lot of money I have a few dollars in the count only over a couple of years so I'm not planning my retirement on this cash. I have never heard of Fixya but it sounds interesting I must check it out thank you for the information. [mariposaman]
It is Flixya, should you want to google it. I have just joined this site and by the way it works I can see that it works as you create blog there with your write ups and your google adsense is there too for others to click. And all members are bloggers too that help each other. It is quite interesting as I see it. [zandi458]
your right zandi, creating a blog is just easy as 123...there are so many ways to monetize blogs, html and templates aren't that difficult to arrange and use. I checked out the site Flixya and its kind of promising to me..I'll definitely try this one out and see how it works for me. [angel_of_charm]
If you have signed up, please look for me there under 'inai' and request me to be your friend. We'll see how we support each other there. [zandi458]
i am one who tried to earn using blogs.it not always comes true.i tied for 3 accounts till now and not at least got even one paid.you have to take much care when trying to earn on blogs. frankly to say there are many rules and also many restrictions .they are many who help you earn through blogs. they help u in clicking your adds from your blog and they too request you to do the same .the cookies have to be deleted frequently which is the most important thing and all you clicks to be done properly not all done on a single system. every thing will be under notice till the time of payment. now there is a new rule in some countries newly came into existence which is not getting permission to display adds to blog till 6months of time . [ravich]
Blogging takes time to mature and earn you the much desired income. Not only creating good contents in your blog but you must not stop in promoting to get traffic. Creating a blog is quite easy but the most difficult part is to get traffic. A blog without good traffic does not earn you any earnings. No harm in checking Flixya to see whether it interest you. Afterall it is google adsense sponsored. If you have already have an account with adsense, your work is half done. [zandi458]
Hi,Zandi You are right blogging has become a way to make money online.I am also a blogger and I figured out that the only way to get traffic(also to get indexed by google)is to update your blog either everyday or every four times a week.Another secret is to avoid displaying too much ads because you should focus on your readers and how important they are for your blog. There are several ways to monitize from blogs,like,adsense,adbrite,pogads etc.Social Networking sites also play important role in driving traffic to blog/s. I have read many stories of some big bloggers about how they started,how many times they were not sucessful online but they tried and tried. To be a famous blogger is a matter of time,dedication and hard work. [manvik]
Hi manvick, I could not have said it better. I guess you are more experience than I am as I have only just started blogging. Out of 4 of my blogs, only one is listed in google search. How it landed there is beyond my comprehension. [zandi458]
I don`t own a blog, but i have a website that it`s bringing me 120 unique visits / day . Do you think it`s wnought to add google adsense? My website has a 2/10 google rank ,and 1.200.000 alexa rank . I will bring it below 500.000 soon on alexa , but i should create quality pages every day to go up in the top. My hosting site, give me a lot of modalities to edit my pages, and to optimase them for search engines . That`s the main reason , that i love this website . I don`t know what i should add more on my website . I have games, save money tips, travel tips, all about ( water , tornado , etc ) , did you know .. ? ( some interesting info ) , human body , free online games, talk with alex section, where anyone can talk with me about any problem just by sending me a message at talkwithalex @ utanito . com . A contact page, where people can suggest me anything to emprove the website, a list with nice names for your new born baby , Sport section ( about greatest sportmen ) , and more .. Can you please help me improve my website? Tell me what should i add more, to be attractive . I must mention that all the sections are not finished, i mean , i added just a few pages to each section . [delkar]
I see that you have an established website (not a blog) with a good flow of traffic and good ranking. I should be asking you the tips of how to create and maintain a successful website instead of getting suggestion from me who has just started on blogging. I would like to see your website if it is in your profile. [zandi458]
It takes a combination of good steady stream of traffic and good content on your blog. They go hand in hand. One without the other really means you are leaving a lot of money on the table [amisuggests]
Those are the main criteria to have a a successful blog. [zandi458]
Yes, having a blog is no big deal. Filling it is. So what you put in there reflects what you are. Do you have themes in your blogs? I used to have a few. Two were dedicated for the local stock markets. One, for my Diploma assignments and another for my journaling. I have an adsence to make some money from traffic as well as a local nuff-nang. Pays slow but they have paid some of my friends and relatives. [gracefuldove]
Looks like you have interesting blogs. Once you have good contents which interest people, I think there is no problem monetizing your blogs . [zandi458]
Thanks for the information on the blogs. I didn't know about Flixya, so i will be sure to check it out. I have several blogs, and it is a job keeping up with them. [ShirleyBillingsley]
Oh you're in? Check out my name 'inai' I don't understand why your post can't get through. I am also still in the learner stage there. [zandi458]
Hi dear! Thanks for coming out with such a useful information about blogs. I also have a blog, however, I am not aware whether money can be earned through blogs. I have written few of the blogs and I can reached through the following link: http://deepak-bhowitfeelstobeinacagebb.blogspot.com/ [dpk262006]
Thanks for your suggestions, Zandi. [dpk262006]
Hi dear! Thanks for coming out with such a useful information about blogs. I also have a blog, however, I am not aware whether money can be earned through blogs. I have written few of the blogs and I can reached through the following link: http://deepak-bhowitfeelstobeinacagebb.blogspot.com/ [dpk262006]
The contents of the blog can generate enough interest and hits. Most advertisers also go for blogs which are popular and so.... the solution is hard work to get the blog popular and once the blog is popular, to maintain its popularity. Only then can one make money from blogging. It's tough job. [whyaskq]
I know once your blog become popular, maintaining it, feeding it with valuable contents to keep up with the popularity is not an easy task. But with the help of friends you can have an ordinary blogs with good traffic. Flixya have created that sort of concept and housed all bloggers under one roof so they can whisper to each for support. [zandi458]
i have been wanting to try blogs for a very long time. i actually did a couple times on myspace but couldnt hardly get many of my friends on there to even go comment. only got about 9 comments out of 87 friendssad so dont even know if they all looked or not. i really dont want to be laughed off the internetlol so got discouraged and didnt try any more. may try again tho. is that spelled fixya or flixya with an L ?rolleyes [bunnybon7]
It is Flixya bunnybon. It is with L. This is a frequent mistake here. I quite like it there. [zandi458]
Getting traffic is a big problem for me... [K46620]
so is to everyone else [zandi458]
I agree with you my friend. That creating a blog is very easy but driving traffic and visitors in it is difficult. We are not sure if those visitors are clicking on the adsense. Were rely on ads in our blog to make monetize it but pay per click is one of the problem to make it revenue. I am a member in flixya and agree that this is a good sites. Because this is also powered by googles and more people here are blogger and entrepreneur where maybe interested too in your blog or they aren't? Did you earn from your blog? [aerous]
Ow! That's a good news if that be. But most blogger's earning such a huge amount is not revealing their secret and why they earn like that amount. That is why, I doubt if that is really true? Since we are only depend on someone clicking our ads and that ads equivalent only $0.02. How can we get earn like that amount. I believe in that sense if you have a million visitors a day and most of this visitors is clicking on your ads. But the possibility of visitors clicking ads is only 1% for every 1000 visitors...So hard to believe, right? If those blogger share their methods on how to make money on blog. I think we can make money also? have a nice day! [aerous]
Thanks for the great info! I will check out Fixya now! I am pretty new to blogging and have two blogs at the moment, one with ads and one without that I have rotating in Traffic Exchanges. They are both wordpress blogs and have pretty much exactly the same content in them! happy [RawBill1]
will check that out. [zandi458]
It might be easier to set up a blog, but difficult to maintain it. Blogs must be specialized to attract targeted readers, and you should be good in increasing friend referrals in whatever ways. Blogging is a good way to develop your online competence, but you need patience to enhance it with continuous endeavours. [zhuhuifen46]
Maintaining a blog is quite a problem to me and a lot of computer knowledge is needed if you really want to make a good blog that can bring in revenue. [zandi458]
I have blogs of my own and there's other ways to make money besides trying to drive traffic to your blog. You can make money by joining pay-to-blog sites that will pay you to write blogs posts. You can also make money by writing for other blogs and they pay you per post. I do both. [Chachafance]
I have not tried writing blog posts though I knew about it. I am not a good writer and fear that my post will be rejected. [zandi458]
I really do not do much with my blog anymore. Google removed Adsense from it also. I mainly just use mine to advertise my sites that I am joined with that pay me and that is about it. [stephcjh]
There is money to make in blogging if you concentrate on it plus having good knowledge of computing might help in your income. [zandi458]
can u tell me the ways to increase the traffic to our blogs..... which is the best paying website...... [cottonbhavan]
You can try flixya and see how you can generate traffic by joining this site. Just google flixya and you'll come to the page. Here we have all the blogggers help each other in blogging. [zandi458]
i have a blog too and it has benn created to earn cash but don't know whether it will be successful or not. http://makecashmore.blogspot.com [nlk_gamage]
Like all other online work, we need to keep the blog active by regular posting. [zandi458]
Hello my friend zandi458 Ji, Appearently , it looks piece of cake, but when I tried many times I just failed. But let me see, if i can try and make some useful learning after your explanation. Thanks. May God bless You and have a great time. [maygodblessu44]
Hello my friend zandi458 Ji, So nice of you. So when you are giving me start to learn about 'Blogs'. It may not be with aim to earn some money, it may be only to gather some knowledge and pass on to some youngsters in my family with your Trade-mark. I am ready to be your 'Pupil'. May God bless You and have great time. [maygodblessu44]
Flixya eh? That is something new. I have not heard of it before. I will check it out when I get home tonight. So far, I am only using adbrite and obeus in my blogs. If I can get some money generated from my blogs, that will just be sweet! Thanks for sharing my friend! [ahgong]
Should check that out. I have not been to that site for a while now and don't know whether my account still exist there. [zandi458]
Yes i have seen this today a lot of people are into blogging.Also there are companies putting ads in their websites to get revenue.I tried to start a blog and get it approved for google ad sense but the content i put in my blog was very less.I have heard people earning a good amount when they promote their blogs successfully.You have given a good idea to earn from blogs.Happy mylotting. happyhappy [vicky30]
Thanks for the information and happy mylotting.happyhappy [vicky30]
I have more than 100 blogs and i used to advertise in my blog using adsense.Blogs are great asset because you don t need to wait for anyone.You can make handy money from blog if you work hard.But most people start blogging with great excitement but quit after some week. [hompage]