Blogging

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Sophia Lee Blogging, YouTube

Start-Over Success
Baby Boomers Business
Under $500 - Blogging

WHY BLOGGING?
Do you like to write? Are you good at it? Do you have a topic(s) you are passionate about? If those are all Yeses, you may think Blogging is good idea for you.

LOW START-UP COST
You can start blogging for very little money. But, that’s the best reason to choose blogging as your first choice for producing income.

HIGH-INCOME POTENTIAL.
A successful blog can produce $30,000 or $50,000 a Month.

Will You Find Your Fortune in Your Obsession?

BUSINESS OR HOBBY?

As a hobbyist blogger, you will probably make zero dollars. There’s no boss, no one to pay you a salary, and no guarantee that anyone will want to read what you write, or even find you.

As a Business Blogger, there will be much for you to learn, steps that you must take, and myriad blogging and business details.

Hobby Blog Example: Julie & Julia

It was such a compelling blog story that they made a movie about Julie. Ech day, she cooked one of the recipes from Mastering The Art of French Cuisine, by Julia Childs.

In addition to writing about her cooking, she shared details of her life, her relationship with her boyfriend, and more.

We think of “monetizing” our blogs. Julie had no such thoughts. She was simply documenting her experience. Ultimately, she made money – and a career – from her blog. But her timing and the public’s interest were strokes of luck. Hey, they made a movie about her and her life.

To Make Money, Plan & Do What It Takes.

FIRST STEP: Consider your:

YOUR OPTIONS

What are popular topics/niches you could write about?
Some topics are better for leading to affiliate sales.
Learn about Affiliate Opportunities
Which works with your niche?

It’s not enough to pick a niche based on income opportunities or even what you are passionate about.

ASK YOURSELF:

What do you have expertise with? IE Fashion bloggers must be able to demonstrate their fashion abilities.
What are you passionate about? Are there lots of others who are, too. Do they buy a lot of affiliate products you can sell.
Does Google see you as an expert? That’s key for ranking.

TEST

Make a list of 50 articles you will write.

What Will You Need to Start?

Decide on your NIche & Affiliates (more on those later)
50 articles for you to write. This is mandatory. You’ll need 200.
Name your Blog
Buy your Domain Name (free with BlueHost web hosting)
Webhosting (BlueHost is $3/mo)
BlueHost will set up WordPress on your site.
Build a simple website, blog.

Cost: $36 for your 1st year!!!

Most people think they should start by writing a few posts. NOPE.

Write what people want to read about. Don’t guess.
Use Google Keyword Planner (more later). People are searching for what they want.

Use the Google Keyword Planner to build your list of articles!

THEN drive traffic to your blog. They have to FIND YOU before they can read what you have to say!

PAID TRAFFIC

The quickest way to get blog subscribers is with Paid Ads on Facebook, Google, or wherever your audience hangs out.

But, not just any ad will work. And before you advertise, you must have your landing page, sales funnel, lead magnet product, and email autoresponders set up.

ORGANIC TRAFFIC IS FREE

There are many steps for you to take, see the list, “How to Drive Traffic.”

There’s lots of income potential with blogs, and the money does NOT fall into your lap.

Affiliates will pay you for click-throughs to buy. They’ll be interested in you after you’ve got lots of subscribers.
Sponsors will pay for exposure IF they believe they will make sales. They want to see subscribers, comments, and income potential for them.
Sell your own Digital or Physical Products. WORK
Sell your own Courses or Programs. WORK
Add YouTube to your income-generating list. WORK

Wordprocessor MS Word
Alternative to MS Office
– Libre Office FREE
– OpenOffice FREE

Take good photos, your smartphone is enough to start with
Create graphics, memes, text & more
– Canva (FREE $13/mo Pro one person)
– PowerPoint (FREE on computer)
– Keynote (FREE on Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone

– Grammarly improves & checks writing
– Productivity, scheduling, tracking tool

– SEO & Backlinks: – SuccessCenter.com Start Free for pushing your posts, improving SEO, getting easy backlinks, and more.

Your blog is a business. There are many apps, software, and services that can help with the business side of things.

Todu.vu – Free ($9/mo team)
TimeCamp.com – Free ($7/mo)
clockify.me – ($5.50/mo)
timeular.com – 2 mos Free ($9/mo
FreshBooks.com – ($3/mo)
ClickUp.com – Free ($5/mo per user)

As you’ve seen, a blog can be extremely lucrative if you take all the necessary work. Without doing the marketing and business admin tasks, a blog is a hobby, an unpaid hobby!

Now, it can and usually does take quite a while for a blog to produce income. But, you can begin now creating your