Blogging For Success: What You Need

Blogging for success is not a difficult thing to do if you really know what it is that you are doing. There are certain aspects of making money with a blog that everyone should follow and everyone should put into practice.


SEO

Your blog should have proper SEO. SEO stands for search engine optimization and it is the means and the way that you are found for the keywords that you want to rank for and it’s the way Google or Yahoo or MSN sees what’s on your page. A proper SEO’d blog will rank higher than a blog that is not properly SEO’d.

The best way to SEO a blog is with a plug-in. If you use Wordpress and your own host (which if you aren’t, shame on you) then there are a few plug-ins you can insert that will do all of the heavy lifting for you. The best one is the All In One SEO plug-in. You can find it by Googling it. With a few clicks it will properly optimize your blog for you. Good stuff.

You also need to monetize your blog properly. There are several ways to do this. Some people choose to use Adsense and some people choose to use affiliate products. Either way you will be able to make money. There is a lot of argument as to which will make you more money but it really depends on how you market your content. Some people make thousands of dollars a month with Adsense and some people make thousands of dollars a month with affiliate marketing. It all depends on what you want to do. There is a sales aspect to affiliate marketing though so if you want to be just a straight content provider then Adsense is your answer.