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From a free blog host to a paid blog hosting – once your blog has reached a certain size and fan base free blog hosts just won’t be able to offer you what you need. The final section gives you some ideas on how to keep more people coming to your blog and, more importantly, how you can start to make money with your blog.

 

9. Digital Art

Try including non-advertising graphics, pictures, photos and art in your blog entries. One a week is fine. Graphics can bring your blog to life. The content of the blog is the most important aspect and you don’t want to overshadow your content with graphics, but displaying graphics can add a bit of spice to the blog. Be choosy about your graphics and make sure they fit your topics. Original graphics, photos, pictures, and art is recommended but bear in mind the limitations of your blog hosting.

10. Keep it Personal

A blog is most successful when it is kept personal. Try to include personal experiences that relate to the topics of your blog entries. Stay away formal writing. Write with a personal style and use first-person narratives. Don’t write any of your entries as sales letters, instead share product reviews and personal endeavours.

11. Interact With Your Visitors

Once have a loyal fan base you should begin interacting with your visitors. Create regular themes such as: "Monday Money Tip" or "Picture of the Week" which gives your readers something to look forward to each week. Give your readers advance notice about a product, service, or topic that you are going to review.

Try your best to find exclusive information. Don’t disclose confidential information which is may be illegal or can potentially get you into trouble. Do your best to dig and search the internet for exclusive information. Your readers will appreciate this and they show their appreciation through word-of-mouth referrals. Imagine how many readers will tell their friends, family and others about information they found on your blog.

12. Make Money

Once your blog has become established it is time to start thinking about turning your traffic into profit. Use contextual advertising like Google Adsense or Chitika. Contextual advertising refers to text links that use the content of your blog to publish targeted ads on your blog. The payout is usually based on a pay-per-click model. It is good idea to consider graphical advertising such as: BlogAds.com, Amazon.com, MammaMedia, or General Sponsored Advertising.

13. You're a Professional

Now that you’re a professional its time to leave the free blog hosting service! Upgrade to a domain hosted blog host. You need to get a web host and choose a domain name for your blog and select the blogging software you wish to use, such as: Squarespace.com, WordPress.org, MovableType.org, TypePad, etc. When you have your new blog domain and web host set up it is time for you to announce your move on all your previous blog hosts. The last entry should be a ‘move’ announcement. This way returning visitors and new readers should not have any problem finding your new blog domain. It also helps search engines easily index and crawl your new blog.

At the level of a professional blogger you may want to team up with one or more other bloggers. The old saying is ‘two heads are better than one’. More authors mean more advertising and exposure since each author will have a vested interest in the blog. The idea of a team blog is to make it profitable and rewarding for all authors, while continuing to target the blog topic and keeping the blog interesting for visitors.

These blogging tips should make your blogging experience much more rewarding. There is no guarantee that your blog will become popular or a household name. Making money online is not an overnight venture. With time, dedication, and persistence you will be rewarded with all the royalties of blogging.

 

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