January 19th, 2010
One of the most important items that bloggers tend to agree on is keywords. Each blog should contain some sort of keywords in blog posts. How those words are aquired are a different story. One set of rules involves finding keywords that are uniquely popular and creating a theme/blog about that topic. Another version is to simply include keywords in your blog posts involving a blog that you’ve created based upon your interests. So which version is better? As for right now I can’t say. However, this week I will be setting up one of each. One blog is a subject that I enjoy and know a lot about. The other is one that I have selected through several hours of research using the free Google Keyword Tool.
The concept is can you create money from something you love or must it be soley about something that other people are looking for. Perhaps you can do both. If you already have a blog then you might try using the keyword tool (just Google ‘keyword tool’) to inquire about your topic. This can give you an idea as to what types of words people are looking for and what you can be working on to draw more readers to your blog.
Just a tip: in order to utilize keywords or phrases effectively they must be used approximately (a minimum) of 2-3 times per post.
January 16th, 2010
After attempting to make money blogging for several years (read 3) it has come to my attention that there are conflicting teachings out there (among the gurus). Some believe that blogging can be considered passive income, while others do not. I am not naming names, at least not now.
This blog is all about experimenting with the different blog ideas and discovering what works for the average person at home.
Am I going to be a millionaire over night? Uh, no. This isn’t some ‘get rich quick’ thing. It’s actual work. So if you want to work “just a few hours a day” like some gurus brag about, then go buy what they’re selling. What will you get here? Nothing but honest results about the trial and error ways of a woman trying to create a living by blogging.
The basics: I will create a minimum of 27 blogs over the next 25 weeks. They will all contain keyword rich content. Some will be better quality content, but they will all have keywords. Half of the blogs I will create 50-100 posts and then stop posting. The other half will be updated 3-7 times a week. There will be a spattering of adsense and affiliate links on all of them.
To keep the experiment fair: I will not list the name or title of the blogs until the experiment is over. My wish is to see how much traffic and money can be reached using the techniques I have learned over the last three years. (Okay, mostly over the last year, but who’s keeping track?) I will list them by code words and report on their income on a monthly basis.
My ultimate goal in conducting the passive income blog experiment is to compare the different avenues and suggestions that the “professional bloggers” swear by. My personal goal is to create a monthly income of $4000.