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Are you
blogging for money, or just for the fun of it?
Not everyone has the money-making mindset, so if the prospect of raking
in thousands of dollars with your blog, on top of your regular paycheck, does
not appeal to you at the moment, there’s no cause for alarm. However, you might find out sooner than later
that you missed out on a HUGE opportunity of making GOOD money with your blog. Here are the facts:
1.) Blogging is lucrative business. You can get paid blogging about other
people’s products or services, for a FEE.
2.) You get paid while doing something YOU LOVE
DOING in the first place - now, isn’t this cool?
However,
blogging for money has its pitfalls, too that’s why not everyone who blogs for
money, really made money. This is where
I am getting at - the “rules”:
1. GET
SERIOUS. Blogging for money is serious business, and
building a blog up with the objective of converting it into a money-making
machine requires time, financial investment, commitment - and a heart for it.
There
are no short-cuts to financial success, be it with traditional or online
business. Unless you are ready to get
down to serious business of blogging consistently for money, click away
and read this blog instead.
However,
if you want to make money (while you blog about your new Toyota Prius as your
friends eat their hearts out), read on.
Here
are other reasons why some people who have been blogging for years, are still
not making a cent with their blog:
2.) THEY STOPPED TRYING - TOO SOON. Have you heard of the story about a man who
panned for gold in a river, but grew tired too soon that he stopped when he was
just a meter away from the source? Of
course, he didn’t know he was just a meter short of luck; he stopped too soon,
remember?
Many
bloggers for money did not reach their financial goals online, not because they
lacked talent. They simply did not have
the bulldog tenacity to wait a while and find out how else they could have
improved on their chances at hitting it right.
Blogging
for money is like building a structure (your house for example) on a piece of
land. Building its foundation can take a
while, but once done, you will just be amazed at how fast your house can rise
up before your eyes.
3.) THEY HITCHED THEIR BLOG-WAGON TO A WRONG
STAR. “Gurus” have sprouted like
mushrooms on the Internet; everyone wants the title, but there is really just a
handful of names who can pass closer scrutiny.
Find out the right people you should collaborate with, or associate
with. As the Bible says, “walk with the
wise, and you will be wise.”
4.) THEY WERE AFRAID TO LOSE MONEY. Many bloggers wanted to make money online,
but were afraid to part with a little amount even for a domain and
hosting. Blogging for money is business,
and just like most businesses, taking risk is indispensable.
However,
if you have carefully selected people who can coach you into blogging for money
successfully, or if you have invested a little into some legit training
materials available online that can set you out on the right path, you can
minimize the risk of losing the amount you paid for your domain and
hosting.
Nothing is
seriously wrong about free blogging platforms.
Many bloggers made good money with blogs they put up on Blogger or
Wordpress. However, if you want to be
taken seriously as a person doing business on the Internet, a little investment
for a domain and hosting can help your business a lot.
5.) THEY NEVER WANTED TO MAKE REAL MONEY. Imagine wanting a new iPhone like your whole
life depended on it...if you desire to make good money, you will pull every
resource available to you that can convert your desire into its visible
counterpart. Lack of desire to really
make good money is the ingredient for success that separates a wishful thinker
from a successful blogger.
Blogging for
fun is fun, but making money while having fun at the same time is awesome!
