Blogging is a hot way for an ordinary Joe to make some cash on the net. Anybody with a computer and an Internet connection can make it in this market.  You’ve no doubt come across many blogs and maybe you’ve thought about starting one yourself.

Many people fear blogging and worry that they have nothing to write about.

If this is you, don’t worry, here are some common sense advice on how to get your thoughts out of your head and into your blog. Listen up.

1. You’re the boss.

With blogging, there really is no right or wrong.  You are not a writing for the Washington Post, and you don’t have to write a thousand page essay on weather patterns in India.

Your job as a blogger is to publish information, ideas, articles, tutorials, videos, pictures, and all kinds of good stuff you are interested in.

Many bloggers worry too much on pleasing their readers.  There’s a saying that goes something like ‘To Thine Own Self Be True.”

Don’t worry about what people will think when you blog.  Just write what you feel, what is in your heart, and your fans will find you!

2. What To Write About.

Like I said before you should pick a subject or topic that you are passionate or have some knowledge about.  This will make blogging very fun and you won’t be scratching your head wondering what you should write about.

What if you can’t think of ideas, where can you get ideas to write about?

There is so many ways to research ideas, that I could spend a year writing about each one.  Here is just  a few things you can write about.

1. Hop to YouTube, find a few videos you like and blog about those
2. Go to the major news sites and blog about current events in your home town, the nation, or the world
3. Scan a few community forums and blog about what people are talking about.
4. You are a fan of American Idol, Heros, Hell’s Kitchen, or a new T.V show?  You can blog about that.
5. The Olympics are comming!
6. Visit some popular Blogs related to your area of interest and…well….blog about recent posts.

You’ll hear a lot of experts say that you need to post every minute of every hour of every day to be a super dupper blogger.

Blah.  Blog as often, or as little, as you want.  Remember, your blog is about Y O U.

But, if the thought of committing to your blog gives you weak  knees, you can always schedule a bunch of posts in advance.

A lot of blogging software give you the option to schedule your posts, giving you the flexibility to post at regular intervals even if you have a short period of time to commit to your blog.

For example, when you have time to blog, generate a list of ideas for articles, tutorials and other things that you might be interested in. Brainstorm at least ten different topics and create a 3-4 sentence paragraph about each topic.  Then create a post for each idea using the future post to schedule the posts.

If you want, you can post 1/2/3 blog posts per week.  Now, your blog will auto post your articles even if you can’t be at the computer.

4. Show Me the Money!

Okay, let’s monetize your new blog.  Once your site or blog has lots of stuff on it then sign yourself up for Google AdSense and some kind of affiliate program like the Amazon Associates Program.  I suggest that if you are using amazon you go with products that you hand pick so they are exactly targeted to the subject of each web page.

A lot of experts recommend you wait a month before you start thinking about site monetization.  I can see the logic in this.  After all, you want to have a decent collection of interesting projects, ideas, articles and related stuff before you start looking for the money.

But, don’t expect overnight riches.  In fact, don’t expect a dime for at least 3 to 5 months after you start your blog.  If you use money as your primary motivation for blogging, you will burn out.

5. Time is Your Best Friend.

A lot of the popular blogs that are making nice change have been around forever.  Maybe you’ve heard of a friend of a friend that’s making a ton of money on a crappy blog he started only a few weeks ago.  Every time you hear these stories, remember that these great results are not typical.  I guarantee you that a person like that is buying advertising to get traffic to their blog, that their content is uninteresting, and that their blog will be down in a years time.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned is that a good website is like fine wine or cheese.  The longer you blog ages and is allowed to develop, the more valuable your blog will be.

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SEO experts maintain that there are 3 major things that you can do to improve your website’s page rank (PR).

1. Write quality content
2. Submit your site to online directories
3. Submit your content to article directories

Just like athletes, we are all looking for that edge that can make our blog or website stand out and be successful. Here are 3 great software titles you should have installed on your computer that can to help increase your website or blog’s traffic.

Quality Content.

Ok, so if you’re a writing wiz, you REALLY REALLY don’t need software for this. All you have to do is just open up your blog or CMS software and just typing. But for the rest of us mortals, sometimes we need a little help for the time our brain hits the writer’s block.

Instant Article Wizard is an article research tool that can literally help you create a rough draft article on any subject in minutes.

This software automates the gathering of research information based on your desired keyword subject. It can drastically reduces the time to create high quality targeted articles. It is the easiest and quickest way to create articles and can make you look like an EXPERT on any subject or niche, even if you know little or nothing about the subject.

Directory Submissions

The benefits of submitting your site to a directory is two fold. First, it let’s people know that your site exists. Online directories are similar to a phonebook. Many Internet users use online directories to find what they are looking for.

The second benefit is an increase in one way links to your blog. As you know, the more one way links that point to your site, the higher the page rank.

I’ve found a nice (and free) piece of software that can make submitting your blog and website to these online directories a real snap. It’s called Directory Submitter.

With Directory Submitter, you can quickly and easily submit your website to tons of directories very quickly. What makes this software so nice is that it is available for a free download.

Article Submissions

Submitting your articles to an article directory can do wonders to your website’s traffic – especially if you take the time and write quality content.

The key benefit of submitting your content to article directories is the free exposure your website can get. If you article is well thought out and well written, you can become an ‘expert’ and other web publishers might include your article, on their website, e-zine, or newsletter.

The beauty of this is that when you submit an article for submission, you can include a link back to your website. Now, imagine hundreds of website or blog owners publishing your article (along with your bio line) on their website. Think of how many link backs you will get. Now 10, 20, or 30 of your articles on other sites.

Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of people that think they can get away with submitting junk and some how expect a huge surge in traffic. But if you don’t take the time to focus on quality content, nobody’s going to want to publish your work.

You can submit your articles manually to various article directories, or you can use Article Submitter. With Article Submitter you can quickly publish your articles to hundreds of websites, increasing your site’s popularity. Article Submitter is available for a free download here.

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aLinks – A great affiliate marketer’s plug in! . Turns commonly use phrases into links to Amazon, eBay, Clickbank and more.

Link Cloaking – Protect your affiliate links. This plug-in allows you cloak (hide) outgoing links in your posts and/or pages

WP-Amazon – Add a link to Amazon product below your post. Based on keywords, author, artist, ASIN, UPC.

Subscribe me – Allow your blog readers to subscribe to your blog, or add your blog to their RSS readers.

Related Posts- Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches for the visitor.

WP-Forum – Integrate a forum into your blog, sample.

Dofollow – Spread link love across the net.The dofollow plug-in for WordPress lets you remove the nofollow attribute from your comments.

It’s a fact that the more you update your website with fresh new content the more traffic, readers, and income you can earn. How can you come up with new content on a consistent basis?

If you can’t remember the last time you updated your website or blog, don’t worry. You don’t have to spend night and day trying to type out new article, there are plenty of free resources you can rely on when to bring life to those empty web pages.

Free to Reprint Article Sites
Whether your trying to find new ideas for your website, build a portfolio of niche content websites, or trying to come up with an idea for your blog, you need high quality articles. Researching and writing new articles is a time-consuming and tedious. However, that’s where free to reprint article sites can give you a helping hand.

Writers contribute their work to these article reprint sites and allow you free republishing rights provided that you keep their links and byline intact. As long as you adhere to the terms of fair use, you will have access to thousands of content rich articles that you can put in your own website.

Web Content is a high quality article submission directory that is human edited. Their article directory provides free re-printable article content for websites, ezines and newsletters for authors, publishers and webmasters to publish.

Ezine Articles – Ezine Article’s searchable database of thousands of quality original articles allows publishers looking for fresh content to find articles. Before you begin using any articles from this site, you must agree to Ezine Article’s terms of service including the fact that they don’t allow more than 25 articles to be taken per site per year and that the content must be left un-edited with all of the links remaining active.

Article Geek – Provides publishers and webmasters free website content in the form of copyright free articles. However before you can use any of the free articles, you must agree to their terms of service. All links (author’s and Article Geek’s) must remain active when you use an article.

GoArticles – GoArticles is a search engine directory for articles by top authors and experts. Browse the thousands of articles listed or receive select articles via email.

Featured Articles – Featured Articles is a free article database. Article categories include automotive, business, internet, self improvement and much more.

iReprint.info – Get free content for your website, ezine or publication. iReprint provides a collection of free to reprint articles in hundreds of categories.

Web Articles Free Articles – Source of free web content, free articles, and free article feeds for publishers, webmasters and authors to copy and use as many of the articles as possible.

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