Are You Seeing Dollar Signs?
This is a guest post by Frank Angelone.
It’s funny when you think about, why did you start blogging? Well, like most people it’s because you love writing. Although, as you write more and read other blogs and see that other people make money doing it. At some point you ask yourself, “can I do this too?” Yes, you can! Although, it’s really funny the kind of cycle blogging has become. Most people forget that blogging started because you love to do it and it turned into a career. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s really funny though if you take a step back and realize that there are a good amount of people making a career out of blogging.
This is something though that takes a long time to establish because you need to build your viewers that read your posts. The important thing to remember is even if you don’t have a lot of viewers, you shouldn’t stop blogging. If you are blogging just for the money, you are doing it for the wrong reason. If you come into money from blogging, that’s a bonus. I have always loved this quote from the movie Rush Hour, “Greed will imprison us all.” Could that be any more to the point? I think it’s a perfect quote. If you blog and all you see is dollar signs, then the content you publish on your blog isn’t going to be effective.
Why you may ask? Well it’s pretty simple. You are concentrating more on money than the content you are providing for your niche market. To eventually start making money blogging, you need to focus on publishing solid content and finding ways to network with fellow bloggers. Also, using the many tools to get your blog out there on the internet wouldn’t hurt either. These are perfect examples for internet marketing and the effective work of an entrepreneur.
Keep in mind, blogging was meant to be fun and a way to get your ideas out there. It’s a way to relieve stress. Don’t look at blogging as a money maker because you should be enjoying it. If you make money blogging, well than that’s what we call an entrepreneur! I don’t have a ton of followers on my blog at http://socialtechzone.com but that’s not the point. I blog because it relaxes me and if I come into money doing it than I have the best of both worlds. If not, I will still blog because it’s a passion of mine. Keep this all in mind the next time you see dollar signs!
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Well blogging is a great way to build readership but we are all marketers we want to make money from our projects and not just writing. I actually don’t write a lot. Because sometimes went out of ideas on what to write!
Anyway thanks for your post.
I agree, we are all internet marketers, but communicating/constant interaction with readers and people in your niche are great to build your community which in turn can help bring in money. When running out of ideas with what to write, it’s best to interact because that can spark an idea. Read what others do and you can find out what they want to know more about and use it as a post for your site!