Problogging Success

So, you want to start a blog, right? Or perhaps you've already started a blog and haven't had the success you expected with that blog.

This is quite common nowadays since most bloggers focus on the money aspects of creating a blog and they totally forget how to make the blog functional, the right way, so they can move in the right direction towards the success they expected.

Yes, making money from a blog IS possible only if you set the basics right.

I am going to write a few more posts on the topic of starting a blog and making money from it in a laser focused way for both beginners and advanced bloggers.

Before that, this post is to … [Read more...]

Internet marketing strategies - this notion is overrated and misunderstood by many newbie bloggers. Even some established bloggers have no idea about what they're doing in the name of internet marketing.

Internet marketing is not an alien concept. It is not something that you need to learn by spending thousands of dollars - though, that kind of learning and training will highly help.

But here I keep in mind all those aspiring bloggers who have a very high level of enthusiasm and a very thin wallet.

Just because you cannot pay to learn the marketing secrets of a guru doesn't mean you cannot run a successful home based business blogging.

I’ve been so desperate many times for various reasons during my earlier days of blogging. It is certainly no good to be desperate, right?

Especially, when you are desperate, it keeps you from making money blogging.

Frustration causes desperation. And many newbie bloggers get frustrated quite often for various reasons.

When you don't see any results with your blogging efforts, or if there's no money that comes in, it's natural to get frustrated. And as a result of frustration you could become so desperate and might end up doing crazy stuff in order to see the results.

Let me give you an example: During the early days of blogging, if you … [Read more...]

Your blog exists for a purpose, right? There could be various reasons as to why you are having your blog. But what if lacks certain essential factors? What if your blog misses out on certain stuff and you think its OK?

Or you are probably neglecting those “little” things! Or you don’t have the time to take a closer look at your blog because you are busy building your business!

Well, there are certain essential things that you cannot ignore. Ignoring these “little” things (as you might think) is no joke.

The factors that I am going to discuss in this post are so important to the level that if you ignore them,

“I don’t have the time to blog!” or “I am too busy to blog consistently” is something that I hear too often. Well, blogging is a tedious job. No matter what reason you blog for, blogging IS time consuming.

Unless you have the dedication and will power to pursue blogging, you are most likely to lose motivation and quit. Blogging is not just about creating blog posts. Let’s see what are all the possible jobs that are consolidated within the single word “blogging”:

• Content creation (of course this comes as a major task)
• Keyword research (this should come prior to content creation)
• Blog promotion
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If you want new readers and targeted blog traffic, then you should know how to promote your blog.

All bloggers probably know quite well that promoting a blog is a crucial part of the game. Most experts suggest 20% content creation and 80% promotion and I agree with them.

If you simply create blog content and do not give it proper promotion, your content (and the time and effort you put in to create it) goes wasted. And no blogger wants that.

We all want our content to be read, shared, appreciated, and we also want to consistently gain traction, get qualified visitors, subscribers, customers and a steady stream of income.

As you … [Read more...]

How to write a blog post fast, Jane? I get this question asked a lot to me!

Given that content is the life blood of a blog, there is nothing surprising that bloggers want to write a blog post fast! I've searched for tips to write a blog post fast when I was a newbie and I can still remember that.

The title of this post might sound too fishy, since it is like promising something that is unbelievable. But trust me, writing a blog post in 20 minutes or less is totally doable.

The tips I share in this post will help you write a blog post in 20 minutes - the part in bracket - or less - comes out of practice. If you practice to write blog posts fast, you will surely master the art quite soon and yes you can then … [Read more...]

Overwhelm is quite hard to avoid these days. The web is quite a busy place and there is a lot of information on almost every topic that exists. This is a good thing. Information is good.

But too much of anything is not good. And we have got too much of information floating around the web, don’t you agree?

Entrepreneurs are one of the major victims of this information overload. Why? Because we are the ones who constantly look for information on the web. Our virtual workspace is on the web and we constantly look up for help.

When we learn to blog, we look up for blogging tips. We hunt for [Read more...]

Content is the backbone of a blog. And it can’t be just “any” content - it should be great content; epic content - so your business can really gain traction in this crowded web space.

But who has got the time to create long, in-depth content always? And it is a pretty daunting task too.

If you attempt to write longer, in-depth, detailed posts on every attempt - assuming you are publishing once or twice a week, you will soon burn yourself out.

You can put yourself in a lot of stress; blogging could become unpleasant to … [Read more...]