Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Advertise And Monetize Your Blog

Blogging HeroesBlogging Heroes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Blogging has become a popular online activity. Blog topics range on such a wide variety that people turn to them to get a first hand review on almost everything. They have become a good platform for people to share ideas and information. You can blog about your personal experiences, a general topic or even something totally random. Since blogging is so common nowadays, it is not surprising how many people are looking for ways to monetize a blog they have. If you can write well, you should make a blog. If you have one already, you must have wondered to yourself,"How can I monetize my blog?"

There are a number of ways you can monetize your blog. All mainly depend on how popular your blog is. If you have high traffic coming to your blog, you can get advertisers to pay you. First of all, your blog should be easy to access. Next, it should look good so that visitors spend time once they get to the blog. The theme and header are perhaps the most important things in a blog. The header is something that the reader notices first, so it should have relevant and appealing pictures and text in it. As for your theme, an attractive one will lift your blog's reputation considerably. This is a great way to monetize WordPress blog which is why people are always in search of good themes.

The content needs to be appealing enough to attract people. Even if it's just your personal blog, your posts should add value to your readers. They have to be something people can relate to. Text posts should be reader friendly. A font of Arial 12, for instance, makes good readability. Titles of text posts should be attractive and they shouldn't look like an advertisement. This will turn off most visitors. A popular way of blogging these days is to have video posts. Video posts are much more convenient and appealing to visitors than regular text posts.

Opt-in forms are also a great way of getting feedback from your visitors. These should be visible and accessible enough. This can be done by placing them in the upper right hand corner of the blog page. Yet, remember: when people get to a blog, they don't want to see another website that is trying to sell them something. They will be looking for more personalized things, thus adding a photo of yourself or your family will make them feel more at ease.

Another good idea is to post testimonials and other reviews that people have given about your blog. These should be short and concise, and can be placed on the sidebars. Reading them should be easy since they give out a good impression for first time visitors.

Despite this all, there are certain Federal Trade Commission rules for bloggers that you need to be aware of. Make sure you follow those guidelines. For instance, if your blog has reviews of products and you get certain benefits in return, FTC rules say that you must disclose that in your blog. This and other guidelines are updated regular, so you need to keep checking them.

Blog visitors are valuable assets, and you have to think in their terms to decide what your blog has to be like. When they come to your blog, they should find things that make them stay. These visitors are what makes your blog reputable and is the best way to get to monetize your blog.

Blog visitors are valuable assets, and you have to think in their terms to decide what your blog has to be like. When they come to your blog, they should find things that make them stay. These visitors are what makes your blog reputable and is the best way to get to monetize your blog.





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