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The process of making money from blogs is really easy in theory. Generally successful bloggers write about a topic that they know lots about and are generally excited to share on a daily basis. Once their blog has enough pages and has started to gain some traction they will generally sell advertising on the site and build a mailing list so that they can offer affiliate offers to their list.

This is in theory…usually what happens is that the blogger will be excited to get going on his or her blog and after a few weeks give up because the blog is not making any money or they didn’t realize how much time and effort it was going to take to get the blog off the ground. Added to that the blogger may have chosen a niche that is not that big or one that does not have many people interested in following on the internet.

So…my advice to you if you want to make a bunch of money is:

1. Make sure the niche that you are looking to start a blog about is full of people looking for it online
2. Know that you are looking at at least a years worth of work before you will see big results

Once your blog gets the traction and people are reading and commenting regularly then you will be able to build a list, do affiliate offers, and product or service reviews to really start making money. Remember the big idea is to give people something daily or as close to daily as possible and make sure that the content you provide has a ton of value. Your blog should be entertaining, interesting and full of information so that your readers come back daily and spread the news about your blog. IF you are able to do that and are consistent for a year, the making money part of the blogging lifestyle will take care of itself. The real secret is knowing that you have to grind it out for a while before you start seeing the money.

If you are covering topics that you are truly interested in, enjoy and would talk about even if you weren’t going to make money from it, then it is more likely that you will be a blogger for the long haul. What I’ve outlined here is a basic version of how you can make money blogging. So get started today and come back here for other tips and strategies that I will be sharing soon about blogging.

WordPress.com is a great place to start your blog.

Forget about writing good blog posts, how about about just consistently posting? Why is blogging so hard?

As you may have noticed, if you are inquisitive, my last post was from Sept, 09 YES ! that’s over 5 months ago. It’s not like my computer doesn’t work or my internet got disconnected, it’s just hard to blog. It’s hard to do many things if you think about it. We have so much to do and it seems so little “will power” to get all those things done. It seems “other things” keep coming up or saying “I’ll do it later” is easier to deal with than actually taking the time and effort to write out a few paragraphs.

The truth is writing, working out, eating well, or anything that takes more effort than sitting in front of the TV with a bag of chips is difficult. Then there is the “what’s in it for me?” syndrome. For me I think I have a bit of trying to be perfect or some writing anxiety, the thought of being judged by the world.  So in order to consistently post I am now putting aside any public writing anxiety, trying to be perfect, I will be not so hard on myself and will blog earlier in the day.

So how am I going to blog more regularly?

Here are some of the ideas that I’m implementing :

1. Write posts first thing in the morning before getting lost in email quicksand, reading news, and before doing other “work”. 
2. Create a routine or some sort of success ritual that almost guarantees that I will get the post done.
3. Don’t be a perfectionist, it’s hard enough to make a blog post as it is.
4. Aim for about 300 words per post.

So now that I have some techniques figured out, what am I going to blog about?

I could really blog about anything but for this blog to be useful for me and for you I thought that the content I share should be of value. So I will try to keep to subjects that I have some understanding and experience with. Those topics include but are not limited to some of the following topics: Nutrition, Tea, Health, Internet Marketing, Making Money Online, Stress Reduction, Increasing Productivity, Becoming Job Independent, Travel, Lifestyle Design, Music and some other topics. If I think it’s something worth sharing, meaning you will get something out of it when you read it…I will share it here.

I recommend that you download my free report about living the perfect day. I really think it provides a huge value and will give you a peak into how I do things around here. Since this is my first post in a long time, I am considering this my first post, if you are reading this and have feedback, comments, questions, or concerns feel free to comment below look forward to sharing ideas and getting to interact with you.