Fact two: Blogging on your personal blog is not connecting with a paycheck.
Shouldn't time + writing = more than just something to put on your resume?
They say the way to make a small fortune in publishing is to start with a large one. But not for everyone. Some authors get more money from their blogs than from their royalties.Here is how they do it.
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Personally, I think all those tips to get more traffic on blogs and then to make more money are pretty much the same, everywhere you look people are telling you to use tools and how to optimize them but in the end if nobody wants to read your blog, it's not going to change much.
ReplyDeleteContent really is the ground rule for attracting traffic, but I think it's assumed that everyone knows something that fundamental and that's why most posts, like this one on monetizing your blog, focus on optimization rather than content.
DeleteNo matter how many followers I have (and I have about 600 now) I will never monetize my blog. It's a major turnoff. Content is the ONLY thing that matters when it comes to attracting followers. Returning the favor is how you keep them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Nancy. So you think that even something invisible like affiliate links is a turnoff? I do agree that I'm not fond of visiting webpages plastered with ads.
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