Currently it seems that everyone has come to know and use blogging: From learning, fitness, tourism, online sales, and also includes establishments for the brand companies and executives, the person who membagigan hobbies and who have something to say on the web. Run your own blog gives you the freedom to express themselves, to feed your passions and identify with other people who share your interests.
Whether you are blogging as marketing tactics for your small business or try to turn your blog into a source of revenue, here are three of the most popular optionsfor documenting what you have to say, and how to make money from it.
The traditional blog
Some bloggers just want to write. There are many potential topics, ranging from hobbies (such as cakes or fish). Often times, this blog may have the media, such as images or videos, that corresponds to that in writing.
Jill Nystul, founder of the blog the One Good Thing, says that even though he started the blog as a side project, he finally succeeded enough to quit my day job and become a full time blogger.
"This has been a source of income for myself and my team of four full-time and two part-time employees during the last few years," said Nystul. "There is good money to be done if you have decent traffic and can go with the leading advertising network."
Nystul advises would-be bloggers to write consistently about a topic in which theyhave special expertise, and use social media to their advantage.
"About 50 percent of our traffic comes from social media now. It used to be closer to 80 percent, "said Nystul Business News Daily. "The longer we've been getting a lot of traffic comes from direct search-which obviously we like because it is more reliable, but if we want to keep our core readers involved and find new, social media is here very helpful."
The network is also important for success in blogging industry, said Nystul. Create relationships with other bloggers, which can lead to collaboration and incoming links, help increase traffic and credibility for your site, he said.
Blog photos
As the content will become increasingly visual, a photo blog is a great way to engage your target audience. Sites like Tumblr allows users to send or "Reblog" imageand share or digitally created photos from their daily lives.
Similar to a traditional blog, blog photos can have the words along with the image, such as a description or words that complete the scene. However, the main page is coated with pictures than words entries.
tour photographer Perlito r. Pagay recently started a photo blog on WordPress called Globaltrail, where he was sharing the beauty of the Earth through his own experience.
"This kind of blog is more on the subject see real [through] the image rather than using our imagination [through] the narrative," he said. The intent behind the photography is to share the "entertainment, awareness, information and knowledge" ofa place or a specific event.
Pagay advise all potential bloggers photo to focus on one subject, understand and maintain specific objectives (e.g., entertainment, hobbies), ensuring the clarity ofthe photos, and add a description under each image.
Zuzu Galova and Peter Sedlacik, founder of Lens Between Us, travel the world, taking photographs of one another and sharing them on their blog. The duo started their blog nearly three years ago during a trip to Portugal.
"We want to have something that would document our trip, almost like a diary, so if we look back, we know exactly where we are," said Galova and Sedlacik.
Although the original idea was intended only as a side project, Lens Between Us finally mastered and is now a potential profession for two photographers.
"If we could find a brand that will sponsor us, then we will be able to travel the world," they said.
Galova and Sedlacik believes the most important component of the success of the blog is to be consistent. If you find a concept that you like it, keep working on it, they say; people won't find you overnight.
Vlog
Video blogs, or vlogs, allows you to share your insight through video, usually fromyourself. YouTube has millions of budding vloggers, from makeup artists to comedians, who made this rapidly growing segment of the blogging community.
YouTube star Tori Haughey, founder of Trending With Tori, a vloggers words "can connect with their audiences through video, which makes things more personal and relatable."
Haughey following his growing by focusing on topics that resonate with him, like fashion, beauty and baking.
"My channel consists of things that I personally like, and I like to think that there issomething there for everyone," he told Daily News Business.
Emelyne Behr, popular vintage inspired vlogger, has more than 86,000 followers on his YouTube channel, SweetEmelyne. In addition to recording video baking and beauty tips, he wrote to his personal blog, which he used mainly for the recipe.
Pair the two platforms help cultivate a relationship with the audience. He also promotes all the content on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
"It helps remind people to check out my content," says Behr.
Behr noted that, despite the increasingly steep competition on YouTube, brand acknowledged the strength of the vloggers and more willing to work with them.
"When I first started, it was much easier to get attention than now," he said. "However, it is now also easier to get sponsors and deals with a company's brand."
Both offer the same advice vloggers: be yourself. By creating a video that excites you and express their talent and passion, You allow yourself to stand out, get involved with your audience and to enjoy the process.
Earn revenue from your blog
Blogging may seem like a "too good to be true" career choice, but with the right mindset, dedication and effort, you can be successful as a blogger well known andrespected. Paid advertising, sponsorship and e-commerce on your blog is a greatways to generate income.
Marketing blogger Amy Lynn Andrews has been blogging profitable for more than a decade. In this post on his website, he recommends blogging about a topic that you like and allow money to come organically. Although the process of blogging itself may not provide direct salary, the platform is the perfect point to start earning money.
"After proving their belief, bloggers using blog as springboards to launch products and services that bring in more revenue," wrote Andrews. "An example is the e-book or books, speaking gigs, products, e-courses, etc."
As you grow, you can monetize your blog in a way that best suits you and your audience, he said. "For example, blogging about knitting? Selling patterns knitting, "she wrote. "Blogging about fly fishing? Sell your services as a fishing guide. Blogging about becoming a preschool teacher? Preschool curriculum selling. "
If you work hard enough and your ideas resonate with your audience and partners, you can make decent money, said Andrews. Pick it up from him-he mengha six figures a year.
Where to start a blog
The following website is the most popular platform today to launch a blog.
- Tumblr
- WordPress
- Blogger
- Weebly
- YouTube
