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How to Survive Your First Year of Blogging

By Gobala Krishnan

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Published: 08Mar2010
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As controversial as the title of this article may seem, the facts don't lie. 90% of all new bloggers who try to money online from their blogs fail within the first year. The question is, will you be one of them?

While blogging for fun and to communicate with like-minded souls is an enjoyable process, blogging with the intention of making money can quite stressful.

Most new bloggers I've met attempt to jump right into heavy topics like search engine optimization, link building, paid reviews and ad sales, completely ignoring the three important things they need to survive their first year of blogging.

So what are the three most things you should know about blogging?

1 - Determine If You Really Need a Blog

Yeah, that's right. There are a hundred different ways to make money online, so why would you want to choose blogging? Blogs can literally suck all your time, and require massive effort just to get them off the ground.

Can you really keep writing new content for a year, if you're only making $10 a month from your blog?

Blogging can be compared to print publishing, like newspapers and magazines. Until you have a huge readership, you're not going to attract top-paying advertisers. That can take a long, long time.

Start a blog only if you're passionate about the topic, not because you're desperate to make some money. Desperation is a face all your visitors will notice right away, and will never forget.

2 - Figure Out How You're Going to Make Money First

Yes, take out a piece of paper, and on it write "How I'm Going to Make Money from This Blog". Under that, jot down the most probable monetization methods for your blog before you even register your domain name.

This will force you to do more research on the niche market you want to approach. Compare your ideas to what other are doing to see if they are viable. If you find too little options, you may want to consider a different topic.

3 - Don't Bother with The Technical Stuff

The technical stuff will bog you down and eventually divert your attention from revenue generating activities. Let me explain what I mean.

A typical blogger would decide to use WordPress as his blogging platform. Although WordPress is free, it's an open-source software that provides you with no direct support channels. You're on your own as far as technical matters are concerned, and the only thing you can fall back on is online documentation and perhaps some kind people at the forum.

For the most part however, it's going to be rather difficult for you to grab themes and plugins and put them together to create the type of blog that you really want.

There's so much room for you to get too caught up in hacking code, modifying CSS, and other useless stuff.

Here's a tip: Learn to make do with less. Forget the bells and whistles.

What you should be focusing on is writing great content, and attracting more readers. Outsource the technical tasks to someone else and you'll achieve your income goals much faster.

Surviving your first year of blogging is not about doing more, but about doing more of what makes money while doing less of what does not.

You're a blogger, not a webmaster. Start thinking and behaving like one, and when you do the smoke clear to reveal your path to a successful blogging business.

Gobala Krishnan is a blogging expert who has helped hundreds of people start their own money making blogs. If you want to make money blogging, subscribe to his blog now at http://www.profitblogger.com

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