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Do Those Sites About Blogging Really Work?
Jul 26th
I come across so many sites that promise to teach you how to blog and make money doing so. They promise to teach you how to make a living off blogging within 6 months, however they either all teach you exactly the same or sneak in spam or a charge along the way. But the real question is of course-do they work?
In my experience of reading and following their advice, I can honestly say that they have made either little to no impact on my blogging skills. Using social media(other than twitter) does you no good if you have a small number of friends. Using sites like Entrecard is no good and so many of their other tips aren’t good either.
Sure, they might work for you if you are Bill Gates or you have already mass following. But the average blogger does not and they also do not have the time or money as they do. So what can a new blogger learn from them?
Nothing.
Most of my blogging skills were self taught or learned. Sure, I’ve made blogging mistakes and failed at a few attempts. But hey, I am only human after all! But what I know now, is that blogging takes time and effort. Nobody will make a million dollars a year by blogging in their first year(most don’t ever make a million anyhow). But you can make enough money to live on via blogging.
My goal is to of course make enough money to live on by blogging(though I also do freelance writing…which helps). But I think I can show the average blogger how to start being a successful blogger without selling them stuff or lying to them.
My next post will go more into detail on what I mean. Stay tuned for more info.
Blogging Project Update
Jul 16th
After a month long waiting, I finally can give you all an update.
You may wonder why I haven’t posted that much about it or maybe you even thought I forgot about it? Well no, I haven’t. I was looking hard for a host that would offer what I am looking for. But I have found it and now working on building it up.
Got any good ideas for free wordpress themes? I am looking for something magazine style!
FTC To Start Watching Bloggers?
Jun 22nd
If you are paid to test products, to place links or given freebies-you may need to place a disclaimer by the end of the summer!
The FTC are in the talks about how to regulate bloggers and what they earn or get for their blogs. While the rules have not been set yet, they will be voted on by the end of summer.
How do you feel about this? Will it effect you?
You can read the whole article here.
Join Me On My Blogging Project
Jun 21st
Well I found a forum post about creating a blog for free and turning it into a money maker. So I am going to try it! I will cover it both here and my other tech blog, so stay tuned to this fun and exciting new project!
BTW-I will be putting my steps here for anyone and also feel free to give tips. I look forward to doing this and please feel free to join in this fun.
Rules-
1:I will not spend a dime on a thing! No paying to promote,domains or hosting(I will use a free domain and hosting plan, I’ll give you the links tomorrow). If this doesn’t work, then I won’t feel bad about spending money!
2:Must be WordPress, easy to use and expand the site.
3:Adsense will be my first tool for money making on it.
4:I will post here and on my other blog my updates on how it is going .
5:No auto-surfs or things like entrecard will be used.
6:SEO and social networking will be my main source of marketing for free.
I might add rules as time goes and be sure to come back for updates.
Will you join?
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