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Hi, This is Nick and i am outdoor enthusiast. Today i am going to share some of my experience of my fun blog.

If you aren’t accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the blogosphere the effort of being noticed in a sea of information can seem a tad daunting. It’s not as bad as you may think. My fun blog, I realized, had twice the traffic coming in than my business blog. In analyzing the approach to my blogs I came to see some key elements my fun blog had that my business blog did not. These lessons helped me move up in the ranks and see success that I never thought was possible, no matter how big or small my goal.

Finding My Niche

I will tell you, figuring out and defining my niche was highly important. Constantly learning and using the knowledge of my business gave the potential to bring people to me for all the new trends. Determining the areas of which I would focus allowed me to blog the best way I could. I started to be proactive and diligent with the knowledge that was gained and shared.

Being specific became my true goal. Concise planning of the level of knowledge and expertise needed has taken me far. Straying off track confused my readers, and ultimately, even confused myself. The more I learned, the more I grew in the business. Openly stating precisely what I wanted to accomplish to myself and others went a very long way in the blogosphere. I found my voice and sang to the rafters.

Visitor Interaction

There should be a definite relationship between the blogger and reader. Visitors should always feel compelled to comment and join in with the theme of the blog. As a blogger, responding to my readers’ comments strengthened the connection and in turn strengthened the interaction. I allowed myself to converse with my readers through thought provoking posts and lively commenting.

I asked and I received. Polls became a way of getting everyone involved, as well as posts which conclude with questions of opinion or fact. I just thought of myself mingling at a party and commanding the conversations. What was intriguing everyone with me? Why do they want to come back? Periodically, I offered some merchant coupons to my visitors like Rocky Mountain Trail Coupon andOutdoorplay Coupon and I learned to always think how I would want a business to appeal to me. Visitors want to be involved, so I let them.

Collaborating With Others

Sharing is caring. Commenting on other blogs, especially those dealing in my niche, formed a community that leads back to and through my blog. Sharing responsibilities, such as guest posting, allowed another kind of interaction. This spider effect created a give and take process that invokes possibilities for my readers and collaborators. Reaching out to others and allowing them to reach back to me gives a different angle to my position.

Some people think that this form of sharing ideas has a downfall because it could eliminate a blogs original personality. In some ways it’s true, but if there is a healthy balance of give and take there is the ability for growth. I’m now not afraid to fuse my creativity with others. It has catapulted me to new heights.

List Building

Forming lists of readers, experts in my area of expertise, and anyone who follows my successes through RSS feeds and email was my final learning experience. Social networking is another way I list build by forming groups aimed specifically at my business. Giving my readers prompt information dealing with the business gave more depth to the relationship.

This type of building helped me get any announcements directly to my readers. I have to be very careful of not overloading anyone’s email. These lists are only used for the most important updates and events. Also, I was sure to organize my lists with up-to-date information. I didn’t want to create spam or bounced back correspondences. My newsletter was a good way to cut down on unnecessary emails and ensure the list is utilized in the most effective of ways.

Conclusion

These lessons that I’ve learned have really helped improve my business and how people see it. Knowledge, interaction, collaboration, and list building are keys to effective blogging in the creative and business sense. Having a clear view of what I want my blog to be is essential. While this was no overnight success, these lessons had to be applied on a regular basis to have any true effect. Experiment with what I have learned and see how it begins to get folks buzzing.

Nick is an outdoor enthusiast. His latest blog is fully dedicated to the great outdoors, where he tries to share his knowledge and motivate more people live the adventure. You can follow him on Twitter @GearOutdoor

Guest blogging is one of the most profitable ways to make money online.

I know, you might be confused as to how guest blogging can help you make money online and I hope to have distilled your fears by the time you finish reading this article.

Now that I think about it, writing my first guest post was the most important decision I have made in my blogging career; it opened my eyes to a whole new world of opportunities and the month of writing this (March, 2012) I’m on a challenge write at least 150 guest posts for other blogs in my field.

If you visit your favorite blogging tips blogs today you will probably come across an article talking about guest blogging, but you will rarely come across any article teaching you how to make money by guest blogging. After all, how many people will really want to share their source of income?

To be completely honest with you, guest blogging isn’t only an effective technique for building traffic and subscribers for your blog, it can also be smartly leveraged to help you make money online. In fact, guest blogging alone led to me making exactly $55,753.50 in 2011, and that’s just the numbers I could calculate. What of the resulting traffic from my guest posts leading to affiliate sales? What of the traffic that will end up bringing more income for years to come?

The good news, and why I’m even happy to write this article, is that I’m not doing this alone. Jon Morrow from GuestBlogging.com, who was the associate editor of Copyblogger for years, also says he makes at least $2,000 from every single guest posts he writes.

While I’m not as smart as Jon Morrow and while I don’t actually make as much as he does from guest blogging I was able to make an average of $4,600 every month last year just as a result of guest blogging.

How Did I Do It?

This is probably the question racing in your mind right now but I’d like you to calm down first and read this article slowly. After that, read it again and start taking action. Here’s what this article is not.

It is Not an Article Promising to Show You a Get Rich Quick Approach: Nope, it took me 8 months to make my first cent from guest blogging. Of course, I was still new to the game then and hardly knew what I was doing, but even if I did know what I was doing guest blogging will probably not bring in any real income until after a few months.

It Doesn’t Explain How to Make Money While You Sleep: Nope, it doesn’t. I wrote over 270 guest posts before making my first cent from guest blogging. Although, I didn’t know what I was doing then, nor did I intend to ever make money from guest blogging, but based on my experience now I’d at least have to write 20+ guest posts to start making money guest blogging. That’s a lot for some people and that’s a good thing, because this article isn’t for everyone!

It Is Not About Getting Paid by Blogs You Write Guest Posts for: Nope, you won’t be paid directly by the blogs you’re writing for. Your guest posts will lead to you making money but you won’t be paid to write them. I explain my approach in this article so make sure you keep your ears peeled.

How to Really Make Money from Guest Blogging

You might be surprised about why I’m giving this away for free but I sincerely want to help as many people as possible build a career online in writing and I believe I’ve made enough money from guest blogging that I don’t care about sharing my tips. With that in mind I’d like you to know that the fact that these tips are free doesn’t make them ineffective.

My Main Approach

When you saw the above numbers you might be wondering how they came about if I’m not being paid directly for my guest posts. The actual numbers signifies the amount I’ve made working with various clients in 2011, all of which I got as a direct result of my guest blogging.

In other words, I’m a freelance writer who specializes in helping people get results through my writing. I use guest blogging to drive valuable clients to my business and then make money by working for them.

This approach led to me getting 4 high-quality clients last year without putting up a hire me page. I never even professed to some of these clients that I’m a writer, but when they read my guest posts and fell in love with it they contacted me to come and work for them. Mind you, I got a lot more than 4 clients. In fact, I got over 20 clients but rejected most of them and only chose to work for the ones that will benefit me most.

You are probably aware of the fact that most freelance writers are getting paid peanuts these days. That’s because they have the wrong clients and they probably don’t have an option. Guest blogging exposed me to a lot of clients and I got to choose the very best ones. I rejected some quality ones, too, because you can only take on so much work, but I’m telling you this to let you know the potential that exists.

Here are the steps you should take to start making money from guest blogging right now:

1. Start a Blog and FOCUS on a Topic: You have to start a blog and you need to be seen as an expert. The problem is that most people have the illusion that you have to have been writing online for years to be seen as an expert in any niche. Unfortunately, that is just what it is, an illusion. You can be an expert in two months with the right approach, so in this case all you need to do is start a blog and focus on a topic, my other tips below will help you become an expert relatively quick.

2. Make Your Blog Different by Creating a USP: The problem with blogging is that it is too crowded. There are so many blogs online that readers don’t know which ones to read and bloggers are making that even difficult for them.

The first key to making your blog a magnet for those interested in your services is to create a USP; they have to know your blog is the one for them as soon as they land on it and you need a clear USP to achieve this. A USP is also known as a Unique Selling Proposition and it is the factor that differentiates your blog from that of your competitors. That doesn’t mean you would blog about a different topic, it just means you will blog about the same topic in a unique way and then tailor your blog to a unique audience. For example, instead of just starting a blog of “personal finance”, why not start a blog on “personal finance for students”? That way, when students need tips on personal finance they won’t bother visiting the big personal finance blogs, they will come to yours first. That’s just an example and I’m not necessarily suggesting you tailor your blog to students.

3. Create a Service Tailored at Your Audience: Create a service tailored at your audience based on your USP. The service could be high-end or cheap depending on the people you want to attract and your ultimate goal. You should not be afraid to charge what you’re worth. It doesn’t matter if your service is $1,000+ or $20, it is all about what you have to offer. The first thing you should realize, though, is that you can’t attract every client, so don’t bother to. Work on creating a unique service tailored at your audience, choose a price that is worthy of you and get ready to start  making money. Make sure you create a page on your blog advertising this service and how it can help potential clients.

4. Build Your Profile Using Guest Blogging: This is the most IMPORTANT aspect. All the above steps are like preparation to ensure your guest blogging efforts don’t waste but this is the real deal. Once you have followed the above steps you can start guest blogging smartly for other people.

Here’s how your guest blogging approach should work to ensure you get results fast.

• Look for 20 top blogs in your niche: Guest blogging on smaller blogs is relatively easy but that’s the downside; everybody can do it! Getting real results is difficult but you have to put in the effort if you want to make money. Look for the top 20 blogs in your niche with at least 20,000 subscribers and focus on landing a guest post on them.
• Make sure your post connects to your blog: The blogs you choose might not be blogging directly on your topic but look for a way to tie the content of both blogs. For example, there aren’t much blogs on “Personal finance for students”(following my above example) but there are a lot of blogs on personal finance and money management. You can easily score guest posts on these big blogs and still profit by tying your content with theirs, e.g, “7 Personal Finance Tips for Student”. In the case of a blogger that talks about “blogging” writing for a blog that talks about “affiliate marketing” you can easily write a post titled “5 Ways Affiliate Marketers Can Use Blogging to Increase Sales” – You see how that works?
• Write a really great piece: Of course, everything is all linked to the quality of content you can produce and while some of these blogs publish a guest post a day, why should someone hire you instead of most of the other guest bloggers? The key is in your content. Make sure your guest posts reflect that you really know your stuff and always ensure you put the audience first.
• Write a bio that shows you’re an expert and link to your services page: Don’t say you’re a beginner who just started blogging 2 months ago and don’t quote your “7 months of experience”. Let your bio authoritatively position you as someone who knows his stuff, explain a little about yourself and tell people to know more about you by visiting your blog while also let them know you’re available for hire.
• Rinse and repeat.

Steps 1-4 explained above alone should get a few clients knocking at your door and you can increase your chances of working longer with them by providing quality service and strengthening your relationship with them.

You might have expected something more complicated, but it’s that simple. Don’t just sit there, take action now and see how guest blogging can help you!

Does the above sound interesting? You’re yet to see anything! Bamidele is a young blogger and writer who helps others make money writing online. He recently completed his guide to making money online by writing, The Writer’s Handbook: How to Write for Traffic and Money. The guide is available to his subscribers only and you can download it by visiting YoungPrePro.com. You can also read his article on guest blogging if you’re not familiar with the idea.

I’m Ben and I am the owner of herbalcoolingtea.com and I have been quite the fan of diversification of free traffic sources. Suppose for example you rely on search engines to deliver all of your traffic – that’s kind of dangerous in my opinion because all you have to do is just one mistake or search engines can make one little change to their user policies, which could have you banned.

If you’re like me I subscribe to numerous email newsletters all trying to promote their product as to how to get more traffic. I don’t doubt at all that these products work provided that you put the effort into getting them to work but I have been doing online work for the past 5 years and I find that most of the effective tools for traffic generation are really just free and can be applied by anyone with a little bit of effort.

Everyone will tell you, you have to be everywhere on the internet in order to be heard or in order to have back links. Google is great fro SEO and organic links but I recently stumbled upon Wikipedia. Yes, Wikipedia Foundation that free and open source public dictionary, which anyone can edit. This is the one that is driving the majority of my traffic and all for free.

One day I checked my Google Analytics and noticed a 444% jump in traffic here is a screen shot:

Upon examination of this I checked to see where my traffic was coming from and Analytics gives you the top 5 traffic sources and Wikipedia has consistently been my number one top traffic source for as long as I can remember, which was for about a month.

What I did was I got myself a free account at Wikipedia and searching for terms related to my website and add descriptions to Wikipedia and leave a back-link to my website in the references or external link. I also recommend creating a public user profile for yourself with links to your websites.

Next up, was of course organic searches from Google, direct visits, the Blog Glue Network and then that Feed-burner one that came in fifth was the result of the Bring My Blog Visitors Back plugin by none other than Max Blog Press.

As with everything in life, I always firmly believe that diversity is the key to everything. Diversify your traffic sources and your traffic will come.

Why is it that MaxBlogPress get tons of traffic, thousands of sales and become leaders in their field! It takes a lot time and hard work to be successful. Most of the people start blogging and end up in 3-4 months with no results.

To be a successful blogger you require Time, efforts and passion. In this post I’m going to talk about why maxblogpress is successful.

Mailing list – If you know MBP has 70000 plus email subscribers, they started building list from the beginning. Mailing list is very powerful way to get traffic, market your new product, make money etc! If you have got a big mailing list then you can direct traffic to anywhere you like.

Here are 6 Reasons why you should start Building your Mailing List Now.

• Connect – Emails give you an opportunity to make your fans feel more closely connected with you.
• Referrals – Put you in a position to receive regular referrals.
• Easier – Make your sales process easier and more productive.
• Start conversations with people you are targeting.
• This gives you a chance to build a good relationship with them and to show them that you will only provide them with quality products that can really help them.
• Another awesome reason is “The money is in the list”

MaxBlogPress knows what they are doing – If you see every single product mbp release are very useful, that they go viral. Why? because MBP is creating plugins, that you can’t find anywhere. Some of the most popular plugins are Subscribers magnet, Ninja affiliate, banner ads and many more!

If you can’t create a product then outsource it. Some great sites to get your work outsource are:

• Fiverr – Get any work done in $5
• DigitalPoint – One of the best marketplace to outsource your work!

Giveaway – MBP had given many products for free like ping optimizer, optin form adder, banners ads etc. By giving away something free, you can build your credibility, brand and reputation. There are so many benefits of giving something away for free :

• Build mailing list – This is the most important reason why people give something for free!
• Make some money
• Build your reputation – Very useful in long run

Providing great support – Pawan and his team is doing awesome work in providing great support with awesome plugins. They are providing full guide with every single plugin.

Pawan have a great team who is always up whenever you need help regarding wordpress plugins!

Are you successful with your online business? Are you providing value? Have you started building mailing lists?

Devesh is a Young Entrepreneur & author of Make Money Blogging Blog & WP Kube. He is also running a fast growing social  bookmarking site – Blokube. You can Follow him on Twitter @tnsblog

Guest Blogging is by far the greatest marketing tactic I’ve ever used in my years of internet marketing experience.

Why? How? Who?

Guest Blogging is the best marketing tactic because it brings in hundreds, potentially thousands, of highly targeted visitors that can be easily converted into subscribers, sign-ups, or even sales.

Guest Blogging can be done using a very simple process. Write. Submit. Post. That’s the guest blogging process in a nut shell.

Guest Blogging works best when you guest post on popular blogs. Guest posting on a small blog may give you a boost in the search engines, but not many instant visitors.

MY SUCCESS

Learning from me, or OnibalusiBamideleis the smartest thing you might ever do. Looking at all of the most successful guest bloggers, Onibalusi stands out.

We both use one core process. Our content rocks! Simple, but it’s the truth. I spend at least two hours writing every post. It is a whole bunch of work, but most of the successful bloggers spend much more than that.

Yes, the title is true. I have made guest posts on Pro Blogger and John Chow. They both almost got 100 comments

Both of those posts were ones that I found to be next to perfect. I spent hours writing, editing, editing, editing, and editing just one last time.

GET TO WORK

Sitting around all lazy… Reading or watching every article, ebook, video, webinar, seminar, or report is the average internet marketer’s life. It’s time to stop. You are experiencing information overload.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve completely shut off my internet connection just for some peace and quiet to write my articles. No distractions.

Write, don’t edit. I’m pretty good about this, but others may not be. You need to write then edit after you are completely done writing. Not write a little then edit… write more, then edit again… write one more time then edit.

THE PITCH

If you address the blog owner using sir, or mam, you will not increase your guest posting success rate by 3.98%. I’m not going to sit here and teach you how to make your pitch irresistible.

The pitch to the blogger doesn’t matter. It’s the article itself.

This is how one of my most successful pitches went… (I was in a rush.)

This article was written for [blog name].

[Article content]

Surprisingly I received a reply a day later saying that the article really caught the editors eye Now, I honestly don’t think it had anything to with my overall pitch, but you never know.

WHERE?

Imagine… instead of you going to the popular bloggers, what if all of the popular bloggers came to your article, and if good enough decided they wanted to publish it?

Who’s Your Blogger? allows you to do exactly that.

I love having the popular bloggers come to me. It gets my guest post published faster, and the blogs that I guest post on seem to becoming more and more popular.

Yet, the older method (Go to each blogs contact form, give them a decent pitch, and after a week or so they might reply.) still works.

Guest Blogging has become incredibly popular. In fact, it is the only marketing strategy I use other than my Guest Blogging Secrets Facebook fan page.

My advice? Get started now. Don’t read up more about guest blogging, go write!