Blogging for Cash & Sum

It has been a month since my post: Blogging For Cash – 31 DBBB, where I listed what I needed to do to update and polish this blog. You can see the post here: http://bit.ly/bZa30q

I listed 7 things that I needed to do. So far, I have only done the first one on the list. I updated the blog template theme and that is it.

February came and I got really busy with family stuff. It is safe to say that the whole month was spent away from this blog. I was able to do some posts, but I was far from doing what I needed to do.

And here I am in March and St. Patrick’s Day – March 17 is around the corner and my blogging for cash plans have yet to lift off the ground.

If there ever was a time that I wanted to get green drunk – it is now especially this month of March. Drunk to unwind and ease my sorrows? Or for a flash of enlightenment, perhaps? Drunk blogging success, is that even possible?

Drunk in stupidity is more like it. Drunk for all the right reasons is stupid as any shrink or sane person can tell you.

The privilege of the “drunk experience” in any color is never a good thing for any reason. Getting plastered does not get you back on track or a positive healthy start to any venture.

And besides, St. Patrick would never approve just because I’ll settle for green hair and clothing. Nor would any self respecting professional blogger that treats blogging as a business.

Getting drunk and puking in green bile is not attractive at all. Well, perhaps to a freaky Leprechaun.

So yes, I can always go out and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with green glee and just as green accessories with friends. And still reclaim my momentum, and then get back on track in what I need to do. A few drinks with merry cheer with good friends and family is a good thing.

Blogging for cash in green dollar bills will be my inspiration to get proactive once more and get going. A positive start in the right direction with a focused plan will get me far ahead in reaching my goals.

This month of March is my getting back on track month and I am excited once again. I’ll need more than my lucky charms and the three leaf clover to pull it off.

I’ll simply have to stick to the plan and work it to the bone. Saint Paddy- my patron Saint, more green success for me please.

Blogging for cash or fun is work. And it can be a headache if one is not prepared to overcome the many challenges that come with it.

Blogging Challenges:

1. Choose Blogging Platform
Wordpress, TypePad, and Joomla to name a few are some blogging platforms available. Any blogger can start up a free blog at Blogger.Com or LiveJournal. Or start one at the many free hosted mini hubs within related blog or site mega portals across various niche markets from health, self improvement, to business.

For the self reliant and independent bloggers, getting paid hosting and owning their own domain is the way to go.

Wordpress cries of adulation can be heard across internet space for its ability to easily install and use. It has lots of free and paid plugins, How To tutorials and videos available online. With its ability to expand its use with various plugins; Wordpress is a blogger’s best choice for blogging for cash or for fun.

2. Choose Niche
Go into a major market or a specific niche, that is the question? I say – make it simple. I think it is best to start small and blog about what you are most passionate about and learn as you go. Choose any one of your hobbies or work or life related theme and blog about it. You can find a corresponding monetization strategy to go with it if you decide to earn through your blog as well.

3. Update Content
Maintaining the blog with unique content can be hard work. But with passion for your writing and writing a lot to practice and share your voice will make the job easier.

Write what you know and let your voice be heard. Rewrite plr content that complements your blog and model successful blog posts from popular bloggers to get a headstart on creating lots of unique content that offer value.

Start with at least one or two blog posts per week. Don’t go overboard and blog too much. Having a lot to read can be overwhelming even to your readers; don’t scare them away.

4. Keep Up With Blogging Trends
Update your blog template and get in line with the rest of the blogosphere by connecting your RSS feeds, join blog carnivals and blogging forums. Experiment with videos, podcasts and guest blogging to get yourself out there and connect with your subscriber base and with other bloggers.

5. Keep It Simple
Start small, learn your blogging craft and work up. Everything starts somewhere and it is best to work with what you know and learn as you go. This will keep away that nasty overwhelm and burn out bug at bay. Keep it simple as you expand your blogging skills.

6. Take Action
Nothing works if it is not acted upon or followed through from start to finish. Maximize your results with better innovative solutions by modeling what works. Act – Blog – and Blog some more.

Choose your blogging platform, Choose your niche, Updating content, Keep up with blogging trends, Keep it simple, Take Action: these are just some of the many challenges that many bloggers faced at one time or other.

How to ease the pressure of blogging for cash or for fun is a journey like any other. It can start all exciting and dies unexpectedly if you quit. But it can also be very exciting as you go with its flow of challenges that will only make you a better blogger. And lead you to become a more internet savvy communicator that has a place in the blog world of bloggers.

Acknowledge yourself as a blogger and take your rightful place in the sea of bloggers across internet space. Start small and keep on blogging. Who knows, you might just start to make some waves and make some friends and loyal fans.

Blogging for cash or for fun is a choice. It is another life experience that is rewarding and profitable when one succeeds at it.

What are your blogging challenges at this time? Plan for your success and start taking action now.