Blog for Money

More people are coming to realize the enormous potential of blogging. The search sites love fresh content and since blogs are updated frequently they give the search sites what they want, in return the blogs get a high rank in the search websites which leads to plenty of free traffic, everyone wins. If you want to start blogging for profit there are a few basics that you need to keep in mind to get the most out of this potential.

Here are one or two points toward keep in mind as you set up your online blogging business:

1. There’s usually varying viewpoints on what makes the best blog platform, the two top contenders are Wordpress.com and Blogger.com. Most online marketers I know counsel Wordpress. It doesn’t matter too much which one you choose, just find the software that you feel the most comfortable using.

2. Stay away from using the free Wordpress or Blogger services. I know when you are just starting out you may not have plenty of money, but this is not the place you wish to cut corners. Why? Because if you use the free services you do not own anything, you have got to acknowledge the details of service (TOS) of whichever site you are using and these TOS can change frequently. If you have got a moneymaking site that’s getting lots of traffic and the company updates it’s TOS and you’re no longer compliant, your blog will be gone. No discourse, no warning, just gone. While that doesn’t occur too often it is a risk you should not take.

buying a website name can be as inexpensive as $6.50, for that amount you’ll own that domain for at least one year, you may also have the choice of renewing it after the year is done for the same quantity. A hosting account can be as inexpensive as 9 bucks a month. Both these mixed are a very minimal expense but you will essentially own something, it’s worth the investment.