When I started Living Your Moment almost 3 years ago, I had no clue what I was doing. I knew that I wanted to start to blogging as a part of my business, but who was going to read what I had to say and how I did I get them to come visit my website. There was also the factor of trying to make money as well, but how the heck do you even go about doing that. I was clueless and didn’t know where to go.
I had stumbled upon The Work at Home Woman during my searches for businesses to join our directory and Holly had not only helped me understand how to grow my business and blog through her great articles and lists, but over time she has become a great friend.
She has just recently released a new book Blogging Success: Tips for Creating Content, Getting Traffic and Monetizing Your Blog and boy would this have been just the book that I needed when I started.
Holly focuses on the three main topics of the e- book Creating Content, Getting Traffic and Monetizing your blog:
In the creating content section, she stresses the importance of finding your niche, even if there may be tons of other blogs writing about similar topics. If you write about things that interest you then people will want to follow you and read more about what you have to say. This should all be done in your voice and how you want to convey it. If you are authentic then readers will come back wanting more.
Now that you have found your niche, how do you get people to read your blog? Holly goes into depth in the Getting Traffic section about many different methods of ways to share, analyze and spread the word about your blogs on different sites and social media. And yes, it’s a lot of work for your blog to get noticed, but once you get a hang of using the techniques that she describes like using Facebook, Twitter, participating in forums, perfecting your SEO, or even writing a newsletter, just to name a few then you will be well on your way to getting that low Alexa rating (and have people read your articles).
Lastly, there is the monetization piece that all bloggers are looking to capitalize on. Yes, some people are truly in it for the writing, but if you want to have your blog become your business then you need to learn different ways to create income. A good hint is to delve into multiple streams of income like direct ad sales, ad networks and more. One method might work for a while, but it’s helpful to try several different means to making money. One hint that I will share with you all from the e-book is that your blog might not be the end all money maker but instead it will build the relationships and connections that you make due to your writing that will provide the income.
If you are like I was back in April 2009, clueless about the world of blogging and how to become successful at it, then you have definitely got to buy a copy of Holly’s e-book Blogging Success: Tips for Creating Content, Getting Traffic and Monetizing Your Blog.
I will be using some of her tricks so that my readers will be able to read this review. Curious how I will do it, then pick up a copy for yourself!
And of course as a little plug for myself: Check out her Blogging Success Stories at the End, there is a little blurb in there from me!
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Disclosure: Living Your MoMent was given a copy of Blogging Success: Tips for Creating Content, Getting Traffic and Monetizing Your Blog in exchange for an honest book review.
