*Collaborative post.
More and more people are thinking about turning their blogging passion into a full-time business, and there are certainly many wonderful reasons to do so. The thrall of money is of course one of the top ones, but it is not the only reason. It is also a chance to exercise a particular joy that you have, and to share your own unique opinion and stance on things with the wider world. Nonetheless, turning your blog into a fully-fledged business has its challenges which you will need to deal with and overcome: what are they?
How Much Of A Venture?
The first thing you will need to decide upon is just how much of a business venture you want your blog to be. This is entirely up to you, and it is important to remember that the sky’s the limit. Of course, most commonly it is simply a matter of monetizing it, but ultimately keeping it as a kind of stay-at-home business. But if you want to set your sights higher, there is nothing technically stopping you looking through www.proplist.com for some commercial property and turning this into a fully-fledged operation. Whatever you feel is appropriate for your blog.
Writing Great Content
No matter how big you do desire to take it, there is one thing that is always going to remain the case, and that is that you need to write consistently great content. The better your content, the more of a chance you have of real success with your business, so this really is an important thing to bear in mind. This is true if it is just you writing at home, or if you have started up a whole team of writers to blog on different subjects under one company name. The content is always king.
Selling Products
One of the simpler ways to monetize a blog is to sell products alongside it. This is easy enough to do: the first challenge is to decide on what products are going to be saleable as a part of your blog’s brand, and which your customers are likely to actually click through to and buy. Sometimes, there is a match-up that just lends itself beautifully, such as a freelance writer’s blog selling the writer’s own books. But sometimes you will have to be a little more creative if you are to find the match. However, it is always possible.
Advertising
Another way to make money from your blog, and a method which could be enough to legitimize it as a business of its own accord, is to sell advertising space on your website. If you get enough visitors, then you will find that this is an incredibly effective money-maker. Of course, a lot of people prefer the idea of selling their own products through their blog, but if you want to go down this route then there is nothing wrong with that either. If you need help with this, take a look at www.lifewire.com.
If you can focus on these things, you should be making money from your blog in no time.
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I just wish others would see that my blog is my work. My friends cant understand that I make money
Many don’t get it 😊
I HATE when others don’t understand how much WORK a blog can take. My coworkers think that it’s easy and it’s NOT.
It can be very frustrating.
Thank you for this. I appreciate and enjoy blogging but so many people don’t understand the benefits and that it is a real job.
Yes many don’t understand it all. Thanks Hollie.
I agree with you, writing is most important. Without good content, you wont get very far!
Very true.
I have to echo the sentiments already expressed above. It is so hard to tell friends and family that my blog is my work because they just don’t understand it in that way. But honestly, it doesn’t matter as long as I am making it come out of the vision I had. What matters is what I do with it, not what they think of it.
Exactly! Thanks Marie.
It can be very frustrating sometimes, but it’s not important what others think.
Yes it isn’t important at all. Thanks Unta.
Blogging as a business isn’t easy. It always seems that way with the photoshoots and the “free products,” but it isn’t. It takes passion and dedication.
Yes it does Fatima.
Excellent post! I’ve been getting more and more serious lately with my blog so this is very helpful.
Oh good!
Most of my friends think it’s easy to run a blog. They have no idea how much time and effort go into creating content, taking pics, editing and all the technical work!
Yes many of them have no clue.
Interesting is to see how we can do always more that we had thought
Yes 😊