Blogging for Profit - A Long Term Plan

Work at home parents: Start blogging for profit!

Many work at home parents imagine blogging for profit. This is a very obtainable dream for anyone with an average intelligence, a willingness to work hard, and a basic grasp of blogging technology. So why is it that very few work at home parents manage to reap the profits they want from their blog? Well, most who attempt blogging for profit fail for two simple reasons. One ... they have unrealistic expectations of how fast their readership will grow, and two ... they don't realize the amount of money they might make if they do persevere.

When things aren't happening right off the bat the desire to continue blogging begins to fade and eventually diminishes. This is due to a lack of planning and goal setting. If you really want to make a profit by blogging you'll need to make a realistic plan, set some goals and just stick to your plan.

Succeed at blogging for profit!

To succeed at blogging for profit you will have to develop a large readership. The higher your traffic, the more advertisers will agree to pay you. However, cultivating the number of visitors that you will need for you to make a profit isn't easy. As a growing number of blogs appear each day, having a great idea or a wonderful writing style is not enough to get attention. You will definitely need to market your blog effectively.

A lot of bloggers will spend almost all of their time writing posts and almost no time at all marketing their project. Updating your blog as often as you can is a great way to keep your blog high on blog rolls and high in blog search engines like Technorati, and once your readers know that you update frequently they will come back to your site regularly. But it really doesn't matter how often you update if nobody is reading your page, so don't skimp on the amount of time that you spend actually drawing visitors to your site. To make your dream of blogging for profit a reality, try decreasing your amount of posts and using most of that time to draw new visitors to your site by putting together link exchanges with other bloggers, making contacts in the blog community, and following other established modes of winning traffic.

Again, even if you are a marketing genius or have a really great idea for a blog, success is not going to happen overnight. Building the kind of readership that blogging for profit requires takes a while, and in all likelihood it will be at least several months before you are able to turn much of a profit. You absolutely must stay committed to your blogging project during this initial period. To stay motivated, set goals for how often you will update and the number of readers you desire to attract, and afterwards reward yourself for sticking with your plan.

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Vince is a single work at home parent of 5 and has been marketing on the Internet for over ten years. He is a member of the Empower Network providing first class information for those that want to work at home.