Blogging for Cash & Sum

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.

Will you be my blogging for cash, my lovely valentine? Whispered he did into my ear. And with that a dream kiss followed that literally curled my toes and up awake I came to.

Whoa, such a dream… With so much to do in my blogging and my personal life, it is any wonder that my dreams are getting weirder and strange as time goes by. Stress and too much time doing without relaxing can do that to you.

I can only relive my dream and smile this coming Valentine’s Day especially since I have no special someone in my life at this time. In a way, I am thankful as I don’t have much time for myself and certainly not much left over for anyone special.

Cupid must be flying above with that proverbial arrow and pointing it at some other people. Blogging and having one’s words and thoughts flying into internet space makes this experience a kind of free for all, where I am here and there, but really invisible.

It is safe to say, that my special someone is this blog. How to get the two of us to mesh and be one. LOL. I really should get out more.

So for those who indeed have a special someone, take a time out this Valentine’s Day or some time after it and dedicate the whole day to her or him or family. Be that special someone in their lives truly for that single day. A life outside of blogging for cash or being online will enrich your work and give you more ideas to make the work more easier and enjoyable.

And if you are like me without that special someone, then go out and meet your friends and pals. Get a good meal, have a few drinks and enjoy life as it is. Reclaim yourself, your self love and love some more. Your special someone will show himself or herself in time. This time is focused on your blog – so give it all your love.

One of my favorite motto is: Live, Love, Be – in all that you are now! We can only be ourselves now and start from here.

Be my Valentine, my blog!

I just started adding up images to my blogging posts and it does make the post twice as good. Especially if the images somehow relates or expands on the blog content in a positive way. Bloggging for cash with images expands on the content and gives a different flavor to your blog.

And this led me to make sure that I do two things well to increase my chances for long term success.

1. Do Not Direct Link To Images
Direct linking of images is practiced by some blog or site owners today. Direct linking of images is when you use images by linking directly to the image source at another blog or site. This practice steals bandwidth from another site or blog. Stealing is never good no matter what.

Blogging posts by improper use of images is just not good blogging practice period. You may get away with it for a time. But many instances of this practice have led to negative effects like one day getting missing images all at once. Or getting a different altogether worse image – porn related or text that says, “image stealer” since the source of the image practically controls your images if they somehow change the links or go out of business.

Download the image to your pc and link from there or from a free or paid account at PhotoBucket or other. Using your own images that you took yourself is best if you have them.

2. Use Copyrighted Images With Proper License or Permission
Image or pictures come with personal and commercial for free or license use. Always be sure to use images with the proper license or permission. Getting slapped with a lawsuit only makes matters worse.

There are many free or paid images for use online. Do your research and practice better business practices.

A compiled list of free or paid images for personal or commercial use can be found here. Always read their Copyright Terms of Use policy first. http://www.freebyte.com/clipart_images_photos_icons/

Blogging posts and content with images are within your control and can be your most valuable asset. Promoting and following proper image license use will greatly improve your chances for success and leads to better blogging for cash habits.

How can I get back on my feet and start blogging for cash successfully? I have been sidetracked by so many things, personal as well as so much online work that I need to do. I really need to take a step back and evaluate my progress or lack of it.

Feeling overwhelmed is just another symptom and that I need to slow down and see where I am and how to get to my goals in the fastest and joyful way possible.

I got Problogger’s “31 Days To Build A Better Blog by Darren Rowse” and it will be my main guide in super polishing this blog.

Just a few things off the top of my head that I need to do to update my blog and get ready in my blogging for cash successfully.

1. Design
Update my blog’s design. It is not updated to be compatible above WP 2.8. Getting a simple and easily updated theme will work wonders with my blog in branding itself in the minds of my readers.

2. Content
I am still lacking behind in posting content. I have a plan, just not enough hours in the day to post them. I think my main problem is that I need a weekly or monthly content theme plan in order to be able to easily create the content that I need and maintain the blog in a timely order. Getting Problogger’s “31DBBB” will offer the solution that I need.

3. Traffic
I have a great linking plan that needs to be activated. I hope to put it to great use this week and see some link love from other sites to make my blog more useful in search engine’s eyes. As well as get this blog noticed by others, bringing in the traffic needed.

4. Action
Time to really get down and dirty and just do it! I know what I need to do and I just need to put the plan into reality. I must have more passion and more dedication to this if I want to succeed. I want to succeed so bad that yes, I will act, act, and act some more to see the positive results that I want.

So there it is: four ways for blogging for cash successfully. A plan in the works. I believe in myself that I can do it. I have a plan, time, and resources to put it all into reality. Life is good when it is acted upon.