How To Make Money Blogging Using Strategies That Really Work

Some say plenty. Some say you don't need much. Who is right?

I think it's important to look at at this laterally.

For the same level of income, you're going to need much more traffic from Google ads than what you may need if you're selling a course.

Ads could generate about $800 per month from 100,000 monthly visitors. A course could generate that from 1 or 2 sales.

So the monetization method plays a large role.

The other factor that plays a role here is simply how much income you want to generate.

Someone who starts an online business with the objective of replacing his employment income of say $4000 per month is going to need less traffic than the person who wants to earn a six figure income.

So it's all relative to where you set your sights and what you're aiming for.

The question of how much traffic you need to make money depends purely on how much money you want to make.

Don't blindly believe what people tell you. Some may have hidden agendas. Everyone's experiences are different. Two people operating the same kind of business may have vastly differing incomes. I'll explain this later on.

Personally, I'd rather have more [targeted] traffic than less. What about you?

Have you ever seen any of these types of posts floating around the internet?

• How I Grew My Email List When I had Only 5 Blog Posts
• How I Made $2000 Blogging In My First Month
• How I got 50,000 Page Views In My Second Month Of Blogging

Do you believe any of them?

You can't grow an email list off 5 posts. You can't even get 5 visitors to your site off 5 posts!

Let's get real here.

You need plenty of exceptional quality posts to start making money online and to keep the momentum going.

You should start seeing some traffic once you've got about 20 to 25 posts under the belt. But that's not where you should aim to stop. The ball should start rolling [slowly] from there.

In my view, the more content you have, the better your blog will perform.

The only caveat is that all your content must be of the highest quality.

This is something that all new bloggers go through. But where does it start and stop?

How much experience do you really need to be an authority on a subject. A year? Two? What's the number?

Surprisingly, not much.

I learned this from an affiliate manager for a product I promote.

At the time I wasn't using their product but I really wanted to. So I wrote to her explaining how I was battling to get traffic to my blog and that my income was under pressure as a result.

I elaborated by telling her how I wanted to learn enough about their product to put a review together that I believed would help boost my web traffic.

Well I got a really nice reply explaining that I should go ahead and buy the product for my own use.

She went on to tell me that I didn't need to be an expert on the subject and that all I really needed to promote the product effectively was to be a few steps ahead of my audience.

I learned something really valuable that day and now I'm passing it on to you.

I don't know where this comes from but some people believe that the only people who make money from blogging are the ones who teach others how to make money blogging.

That's just absurd.

Take a look at the Pinch of Yum Blog. This is a food blog that's coining it in a very competitive niche.

Look at Dr. Mercola. He's made millions from the sale of natural supplements.

And what about Engadget?

People are making money from their blogs in all kinds of niches where there's a reasonable demand and where there are users who are searching for solutions.

In fact, some of the really small niches are ideal for selling high ticket items like courses. There's always been good money to be made in smaller niches simply because they're very specialized and people will pay top dollar for the right advice.

Want to know why a competitive niche is a surefire way to make money?

Because there's a ton of demand!

According to Netcraft's October 2018 survey there were over 1.67 billion websites on the world wide web so I honestly don't think there's a niche left that has little to no competition?

Instead of thinking about competition in a negative way, why not start thinking about building relationships with other bloggers in your niche. This will help you because you can find ways to get in front of their audiences.

All it takes is a mention in a social media post. It doesn't matter whether it's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Linkedin. One mention could drive a bunch of traffic to your website and that may be all you need to breathe some life into your business.

If you keep looking over your shoulder, you're never going to move forward!

With due respect to the honest operators out there (and most are), you need to be very mindful that the internet is plagued with dodgy, self proclaimed gurus who hold themselves out to be expert marketers.

These are a bunch of fast talkers who suck you into a world of make believe, getting you hooked on their product launches until they bleed you dry of every cent you have.

Don't believe what they tell you.

If you want to make money blogging, be prepared to invest time. Lots of it. There's no such thing as "make money blogging online fast", unless you're into those $50 surveys. But that's not blogging for money.

All I can tell you is that it takes time to start making money. It'll take at least upwards of a number of months to a year depending on how quickly you can build an authoritative site.

Stop worrying about how long it's going to take to make money. The best things in life don't always come quickly. Rather concern yourself with building great content and monetizing your site effectively.

When the bucks eventually start rolling in you'll be able fire your boss and start living your life the way you want to.

Passive income is a form of recurring income that you earn on a regular basis without requiring you to be physically present in your business.

To generate passive income streams through a blog requires a substantial amount of initial work (and sometimes money) but the eventual income streams pay huge dividends.

Passive income streams can be achieved through any, or a combination of, the following methods:

• Affiliate marketing - a referral fee or commission for referring people to a product or service. Your fee is earned on the purchase of a product.
• Advertising - External advertisers place ads on your site and you get paid based on the amount of traffic that your website attracts. Most people incorporate an advertising network onto the website, e.g. Google Ads or Mediavine as opposed to selling web space privately.
• Membership website - You get paid by members who get access to premium content, courses, resources etc. that are not available to the general public. The monthly fees generate a passive income stream.
• E-Books - Multiple sales generates income on a regular basis.
• Online Courses - multiple sales to new users generates a really nice flow of passive income. The upfront work is substantial but the sale of a single course may generate the same income that is required from 10 affiliate sales.

Personally, I believe it's best to diversify your income sources. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It's not often I answer a question with a question. But how much money would you like to make?

You can make as much or as little as you like. Your earnings are dependent only on yourself.

There are bloggers who are making upwards of 7 digit incomes annually and others who are making enough to cover living expenses.

If your intention is to blog part time to make extra money, then extra money is what you'll make.

If you intend to make a business out of your blog, then you can earn very well.

Some bloggers set up multiple blogs in different niches using different monetization methods while others stick to a single blog.

In his book, "The Science Of Getting Rich", Wallace D. Wattles explains, "...but when two men in the same business are in the same neighborhood, and one gets rich while the other fails, it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way."

How much money you make depends purely on you and your outlook when it comes to generating wealth.