Your blog will only be your hobby. But you\u2019ll get even more pleasure from the project if it is profitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital Marketing Specialist Karly de Lange shared<\/a> with the reader of Jillian Harris\u2019s blog<\/em>, 7 proven ways to make money<\/a> through blogging. You can sell consultations, courses, digital products, or physical products under your own brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n With regard to advertising, you can place a Google Ads block on your website, create content for brands for money, and promote brand offerings with partner tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can try the last option right now. Join Travelpayouts to gain access to the travel affiliate programs<\/a> of over 100 travel brands on a single platform. Place brand partner tools such as links, widgets, banners or others on your website and receive a cash reward every time when your users purchase brand services.<\/p>\n\n\n Ashley and Mike from Joyfully Growing Blog<\/em> know<\/a> from their own experience that you can start blogging and earn good money without a massive follower count. Contrary to what many bloggers say about working hard for a few years before your first income starts coming in, Ashley and Mike were able to earn money early in their blogging career with only 5,000 monthly pageviews and landed big partnerships within their first year of blogging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are three things that they found crucial for that early success: a professional blog theme, good content with high-quality visuals, and effective outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You don\u2019t necessarily need to have massive performance numbers to start earning. If you try to achieve high quality in everything that you do, landing partnerships with brands and other bloggers will be easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Lauren from the Sobremesa Stories<\/em> travel blog shared<\/a>, it\u2019s very important to treat your blog seriously from the start. Try to achieve the highest quality in everything: posts, images, videos, design, and so on. In this case, promoting your blog will be easy, as you will be excited to share it with people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Treating your website as a serious business is the best way to start a blog. Try to achieve high quality in everything that you do, so blog growth comes naturally as a result of your hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharon from Where\u2019s Sharon<\/em> and Digital Nomad Wannabe <\/em>believes<\/a> that selecting a good domain name is half the battle. Where\u2019s Sharon <\/em>first seemed fun, but turned out to be limiting as it didn\u2019t reflect what Sharon was blogging about. Digital Nomad Wannabe<\/em> also wasn\u2019t the best choice. At that time, it perfectly described what Sharon was striving to become, but now it doesn\u2019t properly describe her audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Think about your domain name in the long term, because changing it later may not be easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last but not least, try to use a \u201c.com\u201d domain. This will rank on Google faster and drive traffic worldwide. Country-specific domains can also be a good choice, unless you think you will decide to scale your business later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Nicole Bianchi<\/a>, investing in reliable hosting is one of the most important things to do before starting a blog<\/a>. Her mistake was choosing cheap hosting, as she didn\u2019t anticipate attracting so much traffic. However, that server wasn\u2019t able to protect her site from malware and handle the high level of traffic. Moving to a secure, high-speed host allowed for her website to load lightning-fast and removed all the malware that was affecting her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose secure and reliable hosting that will protect your websites and be able to handle traffic spikes. Always be prepared for your website to go viral. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ana from The She Approach<\/em> recommends<\/a> preparing several posts before your website launch date. She spent a lot of time perfecting her website\u2019s design, so she only wrote four posts to start with. When the launch day came, traffic started coming in, but due to minimal content on her blog, the bounce rate was high. People left the website because there wasn\u2019t much for them to see and the posts that were actually published didn\u2019t explain what the blog was about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to make an impression with your website launch, be sure to prepare enough content to start with. Five to ten posts is a good number to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kiersten from The Blonde Abroad<\/em> believes<\/a> that bloggers should pay particular attention to image quality. At the very beginning, she used to publish photos from her cellphone. Over time, she learned the importance of taking professional pictures and optimizing them to make her blog look more professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Quality images will show your professionalism and make your website stand out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandy from S Marks The Spots<\/em> finds<\/a> it important to copyright your photos. After repeatedly finding her images being used by other businesses without permission or credit, Sandy decided to start copyrighting any pictures that she posted on her blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To protect your photos from spreading all over the Internet without credit, make sure to copyright them. For some bloggers, claiming compensation for the unauthorized use of their photos can even become another potential income stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Helene from Helene In Between<\/em> regularly invests<\/a> in her blog\u2019s development. While savvy, at some point, doing everything on her own began to cost too much time and effort. As a result, Helene started purchasing products, services, and courses to facilitate her work. For example, a photography course she took was a game-changer, as Helene learned how to use a camera and edit photos. This was massively important for her travel blog, as photos are a large part of the overall experience for users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Research tools and courses that can improve your skills and help your business grow. Here is what Helene recommends investing in for your blog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie from Solo Sophie<\/em> highlights<\/a> the importance of learning SEO from the beginning of your journey. She saw firsthand how crucial this was for her blog\u2019s growth. For her first 18 months of blogging, Sophie didn\u2019t do much SEO, as it seemed too hard. However, search engine optimization is one of the main growth factors for any blog and, today, Sophie starts keyword research before even writing a new article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Start learning SEO from the get-go. There are many tools that will automate optimization, such as the Yoast plugin, which will help you optimize each post. You can write alt text for blog images, add keywords in URLs and throughout posts, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tiffany from Saving Talents <\/em>shared in this interview<\/a> that Pinterest is one of the most important promotional strategies for bloggers. It\u2019s important to figure out how Pinterest works and be active on the platform as it can drive tons of traffic to your blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Research and join blogging groups in your niche as well as read posts from other bloggers to better understand how it all works. Also, make sure to network. This will provide you with not only traffic, but also support within these groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taylor Coley from Taylor Conyc<\/em> believes<\/a> consistency is 90% of business success. At first, she strived to post bi-weekly, but would occasionally miss this deadline. This resulted in readers losing interest in her blog, as some visitors felt they couldn\u2019t depend on her for regular content. Once Taylor began posting regularly, she saw consistent growth. Now, she posts weekly, as this is a great frequency to hold people\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Consider your availability and resources, as well as your target audience\u2019s preferences, and decide on your posting frequency<\/a>. Publishing new posts occasionally won\u2019t drive consistent traffic. For many bloggers, one blog post per week is an ideal frequency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neha Sharma from Nomadic Dreamz <\/em>stresses<\/a> that blogging requires time and effort. Aspiring bloggers shouldn\u2019t think that it\u2019s an easy job. Quite the opposite, they\u2019ll need to research, write, edit, publish, and promote their blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unless you\u2019re already a niche expert, prepare to work hard to grow your business. Not only that, you also need to be consistent and patient, as you won\u2019t have many readers to give you feedback in the beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Travel blogger and photographer, Amber Primdahl, shares<\/a> that, at first, you might not get support from the people around you, as blogging is still not widespread around the world. For example, his family was really worried that he wouldn\u2019t earn a decent income with his blog, but as it started to gain more traction, they became more understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You should be prepared to work hard on your own for some time. However, as blogging has become a more common job nowadays, it\u2019s easier to meet like-minded people and get support from a community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lisa, the voice behind Fjords and Beaches<\/em>, believes<\/a> that striving for unachievable goals may be the best way to succeed. Full-time travel blogging often involves networking, which can be quite challenging. Thus, Lisa pitched to other bloggers countless times and received no response. This was pretty discouraging. However, one of her main successes was to learn how to not lose faith in herself. In the end, persistence and writing a great pitch helped Lisa land deals with some top-notch brands and travel groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever aspect of blogging you\u2019re working on, remember to believe in yourself and never give up. Try to find a unique approach to everything that you do that aligns with your personality and will help you find like-minded people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Enfroy knows<\/a> that aspiring bloggers often feel overwhelmed when planning a new blog. In much the same way, back in 2016, he created a dropshipping website and spent a lot of time planning his branding, logo, design, promotional channels, etc. Trying to perfect every little detail on the surface took so much time that he couldn\u2019t properly build backlinks, a network, and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Launching a website isn\u2019t the endpoint, but the beginning. Don\u2019t spend all your energy on planning the perfect launch. Instead, take real action that will drive traffic, such as writing content, promoting your blog, outreaching, and so on. You can always tweak your posts later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At some point, Miriam was working<\/a> hard on her blog, but didn\u2019t achieve any results until she found a blogging mentor. In just one month, her follower count and blog traffic doubled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Join the Travelpayouts partnership platform\n <\/h5>\n\n \n\n \n Join today\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n
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3. Treat your blog seriously<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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5. Choose a reliable hosting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6. Start with a few posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
7. Edit your images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
8. Copyright your photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
8. Be ready to invest money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
10. Learn about SEO early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
11. Take advantage of Pinterest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
12. Be consistent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
13. Blogging takes effort<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
14. Don’t get discouraged without support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
15. Believe in yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
16. Don\u2019t plan, just do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
17. Learn from the best<\/h2>\n\n\n\n