Is Blogging The Key To Making Money Online?

by Sharron Nixon

Making money online is not as hard as what you might think . You have probably tried to make money online, buying guides that were supposed to show you how ito do it. In fact, making money online can be easy, even without a huge initial investment, if you follow some really simple strategies.

One of the newest "kids on the block" as far as modern day technologies to help you to make money online is blogging. The word blogging is a catchphrase that has spread like wildfire throughout the internet, and essentially a short form of the words "web log" . I guess with that small snippet of information given to you first, the term "blogging" is easily recognizable as the derivative of web log, and thus some of the mystery may be stripped away. Blogging is known as the easiest form of website that can be put up by virtually anyone, with very little knowledge of the internet, and the techniques used to put up a website.

In fact, I can reassure you further about how easy it is to start blogging by telling you that the oldest woman in my country, New Zealand, has made over 70 posts to her blog since February. And she is 108 years old!

Blogger and Wordpress are probably the two best known blogging platforms, both offer a good service and are quite suitable for creating your blog. Blogs are quite often a one-person show. The owners maintain the blog, write the content and promote the site themselves. Blogging requires good writing on a regular basis.

Now we move onto the hardest part; promoting your blog.

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is vital, as designing your site in such a way that the search engines will find it and list it prominently in their rankings is the key to receiving natural, organic, traffic. By using proper SEO techniques, you can draw traffic to your site with minimal expense. Search engines don't seem to care as much about websites, but are more interested in web pages. The reason for this is that search engines do not link to a site, they link to a web page.
Article marketing is free and extremely effective at producing hundreds of high quality, one-way links to your website. It also gives you a very important opportunity to build credibility in your niche market as an expert.

Another way to promote your blog is to advertise your links on free traffic exchanges, discussion boards, emails, other pay per click sites and you can even buy referrals for a reasonable price. I think its worth it, bearing in mind the potential residual income you can derive from it.

Google also contributes to your online income through advertising using the Adsense program. Adsense is a contextual text ad service that allows you to integrate text ads into your content. You can earn money per click, which isn't too hard to receive because all of the text ads that appear on your website or blog will be relevant to your content.

All in all, there are many ways to make money online using the internet, and an abundance of tools that now make it easier than ever for the average person. The key is to learn the art of discipline, and to pay very careful attention to a five letter word - Focus.

About the Author
The new blogging craze could be the perfect vehicle for the everyday man or woman in the street to finally make money online. If you liked this article, visit my website for more information, hints and tips on making money online http://www.recipe4cash.com/blog