Much we can do to get rich from the internet. Rich is not a figment of the internet but it is not also a practical which can be obtained without labor. Everything remains to be business and enterprise. One way to get rich from the internet business is by following the adsense program. In this paper I focus on the Beru you hear this.
My experience in the field of internet marketing especially in adsense is proof that this business can actually make money and also not an easy business at the same time not too difficult. So basically if you live happily Insha Allah bad.
I play my Adsense begins inspired after seeing a friend of mine who only cafe operator, but his salary adsense reached $ 700 per month. Since then I take my time and a half hours a day to update my blog who speak English. I was initially confused by the content / contents of which I will put in the blog. Until I finally found one at a time and eventually became thousands of ebooks that I am ready to make the content on the blog. For those of you who still lay on the Adsense ebook package also exists in the Indonesian language to learn about Andsense or you can also get it in my second book.
After nearly a year to pioneer the blog, the result is now very good. English blog is apparently much-loved and most visitors are from USA and Europe. Here is a proof of my Adsense Report in just 1 day.
I deliberately put that evidence on the link above because the package contains tersebutlah all to my adsense web berasal4 How Rich Quick on the Internet
Selasa, 20 Maret 2012
How to Raise a Million Dollars for your Blog
Do you know that you can raise a million dollars for your blog today? Does your blog have what it takes to raise a million dollars? If I provide you a step by step action plan for raising a million dollars, will you be willing to implement it? If your answer is yes; then read on.
Most people are now used to hearing the news of blogs that sold out for thousands and millions of dollars; but most people never hear of blogs that raised millions without selling out. Yes, you can raise money for your blog without selling out or giving up control of your blog. Do you want to know how? Then keep reading.
Few months ago, the media was filled with the news of how Arianna Huffington was in the process of raising millions of dollars for her blog; Huffington Post. The deal attracted so much attention that even Jeremy Shoemaker said he has been inspired to consider doing the same for his own blogs. Now regardless of whether you need to raise funds or not, you definitely need to read this article because even if you don’t need cash today; you might need it tomorrow for expansion or whatsoever.
As at the time of writing this, I am in the process of raising capital for one of my blogs. Though I am under legal obligations not to reveal the details of the deal, I will do my best to share with you the process it took me to get to where I am today.
Why do you want to Raise Money for your Blog?
The first step to raising capital is to ask yourself why you need the money. Are you raising money just to cash out from your blog? Or you are raising money to pursue an expansion plan? Or are you raising capital for the sake of striking strategic partnership? Regardless of your reason, you need to answer this question because investors would want to know what you intend to do with the money?
Does your blog have what it takes to raise the needed capital?
Is your blog a business or a job? If you are a sole blogger; then you are not going to get much attention from investors. But if your blog can run without your input or presence, then you can get as much money as you want. Take Problogger.net for instance, it now runs without the direct supervision of Darren Rowse. It’s now being operated by a team of web developers, writers, guest writers and editors. Before trying to raise capital for your blog, you should make sure your blog daily operation is off your neck.
Another thing to take into consideration is your blog profitability. How profitable is your blog? What’s your blog monetization strategy? Is your revenue stable? Does your blog serve a broad or narrow niche? Is your blog an authority blog or an underdog? Is your niche a growing trend or a declining one? These are some of the questions you need to answer before starting the process of raising money for your blog.
Do you have what it takes to raise a million dollars for your blog?
Have you seen good blog business models that failed to make money? Have you seen blogs with high traffic and subscribers, yet; the blog is unprofitable? Well, I bet your answer is yes. The problem of most blogs is not the blog; and it’s not all about the tools. It is all about the person behind the blog or business. If a dullard is at the helm of affairs of a profitable business model; that business is bound to crumble. Sometimes, investors invest in personality; not the business. So how do you boost your chances of cashing out from your blog? How do you increase your chances of raising the needed capital?
Credibility
Competence
Investors buying a stake in your blog are doing so with the expectation of receiving cash flow or a return on their investment. Therefore, they are going to be interested in knowing who is at the helm of affairs. Competence is the next key to successfully raising funds for your blog. Are you an authority in your niche? How consistent has your blog growth been? How do you handle challenges? Can you maintain your cool in the face of problems? These are the type of questions that tends to evaluate your level of competence. Aside the usual business plan and financial statement; investors want to see confidence and competence on the part of the fund seeker.
Money follows good management. This statement is the truth in its entirety. Business is a team sport; so also is investing. Show me a blog that raises millions of dollars like Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and Weblogs and I will show a blog ran by a team that know their onions. The primary reason most bloggers will never raise money for their blog is because they are trying to do it alone. Who is on your team? Who runs the daily operations of your blog? This is the most important question investors want an answer to because a strong management team inspires confidence.
Have a fast growth plan
How fast is your growth plan? How long will it take your potential investors to get back their money? The lesser the time your business plan promises to payback investors; the more likely you will get the funds you need.
Build a brand, not a blog
One of the first important steps you must take before starting the process of seeking funds for your blog is to evaluate the value of your blog? How much is your blog worth? There are several tools and parameters on which you can estimate the value of your blog but if you want to get the best result; I will advice you employ the services of a broker/website consultant. Why? The reason you need a website broker to evaluate your blog is to get the job done professionally.
A good broker will evaluate your blog for you, tabulate your blog parameters, write a contract sheet or term sheet, identify some weaknesses in your blog, help you identify some potentials in your blog which you can use as a selling point and most importantly; help you through the entire process of the fund raising campaign.
How much stake you are willing to give?
After estimating the value of your blog, the next step is to sit back and think of how much stake you are willing to let go off. Are you going to sell 20%, 45%, 50% or 70% of your blog? Do you want to raise money for your blog while still retaining control? Or you want to give up control while still holding a stake in your blog? All these questions must be carefully answered before you even write your contract note or term sheet.
How much money do you want to raise?
How much do you intend raising? This is another crucial question you must find an answer to. Do you want to raise $5,000 or $10,000 or $100,000 or a million dollars? Before deciding on how much you want to raise; it’s important you bear in mind that the amount you want to raise is proportional to the estimated value of your blog and the quantity of stake you are selling. What this means in essence is that the higher the value of your blog, the more money you will get and the more number of stake you are willing to sell; the more money you will get. It’s as simple as that.
Write a prospectus for your blog
An important but often ignored tool for getting a higher price for your blog is a prospectus. Now a prospectus is not the business plan of your blog; but it may contain some vital information from your plan. A prospectus is a piece of document or brochure containing information that tends to increase your chances of selling your blog. In other words, the job of a prospectus is to arouse the interest of a potential investor/buyer and make such a person want to buy your blog immediately.
Now what makes a good prospectus? A well written prospectus should contain a brief overview of what your blog stands for. It should also contain details about your blog’s financial position, its current traffic level and its potential targeted traffic level. Your prospectus should also contain details of your blog’s competitive advantage and its aggressive revenue growth plan. Most importantly, your prospectus should contain a potential plan that will help your investor recoup his investment in less time than stated in your blog’s plan or term sheet. Once this is done, then you have dramatically increased your chance of getting the needed funds for your blog.
Approach potential investors
Do you know anyone that has the potential to invest in your blog? Is there any company with a track record of buying up or investing in websites? If you know of any, then now is the right time to approach them. And if you ever get a chance to pitch an investor, make sure you are polite. Never exaggerate, inflate or hype your blog statistics. Just stick to your plan and keep your presentation brief; except when the investor asks for more in-depth explanation or details.
As a final note, I want you to know that raising capital is not only a game of skill; it’s a people’s game. And if you are ever going to sell or raise money for your blog; don’t wait till that time before you start the process. Start now! After all, it wasn’t raining when Noah started building the ark. Good luck.
Most people are now used to hearing the news of blogs that sold out for thousands and millions of dollars; but most people never hear of blogs that raised millions without selling out. Yes, you can raise money for your blog without selling out or giving up control of your blog. Do you want to know how? Then keep reading.
Few months ago, the media was filled with the news of how Arianna Huffington was in the process of raising millions of dollars for her blog; Huffington Post. The deal attracted so much attention that even Jeremy Shoemaker said he has been inspired to consider doing the same for his own blogs. Now regardless of whether you need to raise funds or not, you definitely need to read this article because even if you don’t need cash today; you might need it tomorrow for expansion or whatsoever.
Why do you want to Raise Money for your Blog?
The first step to raising capital is to ask yourself why you need the money. Are you raising money just to cash out from your blog? Or you are raising money to pursue an expansion plan? Or are you raising capital for the sake of striking strategic partnership? Regardless of your reason, you need to answer this question because investors would want to know what you intend to do with the money?
Does your blog have what it takes to raise the needed capital?
Is your blog a business or a job? If you are a sole blogger; then you are not going to get much attention from investors. But if your blog can run without your input or presence, then you can get as much money as you want. Take Problogger.net for instance, it now runs without the direct supervision of Darren Rowse. It’s now being operated by a team of web developers, writers, guest writers and editors. Before trying to raise capital for your blog, you should make sure your blog daily operation is off your neck.
Another thing to take into consideration is your blog profitability. How profitable is your blog? What’s your blog monetization strategy? Is your revenue stable? Does your blog serve a broad or narrow niche? Is your blog an authority blog or an underdog? Is your niche a growing trend or a declining one? These are some of the questions you need to answer before starting the process of raising money for your blog.
Do you have what it takes to raise a million dollars for your blog?
Have you seen good blog business models that failed to make money? Have you seen blogs with high traffic and subscribers, yet; the blog is unprofitable? Well, I bet your answer is yes. The problem of most blogs is not the blog; and it’s not all about the tools. It is all about the person behind the blog or business. If a dullard is at the helm of affairs of a profitable business model; that business is bound to crumble. Sometimes, investors invest in personality; not the business. So how do you boost your chances of cashing out from your blog? How do you increase your chances of raising the needed capital?
Credibility
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and only five minutes to ruin it. If you think about this, you will do things differently.” – Warren BuffettThe first and probably the most important criteria to raising or money for your blog is your credibility. Call it your track record and you won’t be wrong. Who are you? Who are your partners? How credible are you? Who have you successfully done business with in the past? How much have you raised or borrowed in the past? What’s your credit rating? How many successful blogs have you built in the past? These are the type of questions investors go all out to find answers to. The more positive your records are, the more likely you will get the cash you need.
Competence
Investors buying a stake in your blog are doing so with the expectation of receiving cash flow or a return on their investment. Therefore, they are going to be interested in knowing who is at the helm of affairs. Competence is the next key to successfully raising funds for your blog. Are you an authority in your niche? How consistent has your blog growth been? How do you handle challenges? Can you maintain your cool in the face of problems? These are the type of questions that tends to evaluate your level of competence. Aside the usual business plan and financial statement; investors want to see confidence and competence on the part of the fund seeker.
How to Position your blog to attract investors
Build a strong management teamMoney follows good management. This statement is the truth in its entirety. Business is a team sport; so also is investing. Show me a blog that raises millions of dollars like Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and Weblogs and I will show a blog ran by a team that know their onions. The primary reason most bloggers will never raise money for their blog is because they are trying to do it alone. Who is on your team? Who runs the daily operations of your blog? This is the most important question investors want an answer to because a strong management team inspires confidence.
“Individuals don’t win in business; teams do.” – Sam WaltonKeep a financial statement
“Accounting is the language of business.” – Warren BuffettIf these two statements are anything to go by, then a financial statement is a vital requisite; not just for building a successful blog but all businesses in general. Once again I repeat, keep a financial statement for your blog; it’s going to be the foundation of your fund raising adventure.
“Cash flow is the life blood of business.” – Robert Kiyosaki
Have a fast growth plan
How fast is your growth plan? How long will it take your potential investors to get back their money? The lesser the time your business plan promises to payback investors; the more likely you will get the funds you need.
Build a brand, not a blog
“If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.” – Robert KiyosakiHow long will it take blogs like Problogger, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, ShoutMeLoud and Copyblogger to raise any amount of money they need? It will cost these blogs minimal time and effort to raise any amount they want. Why? The reason is because they are recognized brands in their niches, with good management and worldwide readership. So if you want to increase your chances of raising capital now or in the future, then build a strong brand for your blog.
How to Raise Capital for your Blog
Ask a broker to value your blogOne of the first important steps you must take before starting the process of seeking funds for your blog is to evaluate the value of your blog? How much is your blog worth? There are several tools and parameters on which you can estimate the value of your blog but if you want to get the best result; I will advice you employ the services of a broker/website consultant. Why? The reason you need a website broker to evaluate your blog is to get the job done professionally.
A good broker will evaluate your blog for you, tabulate your blog parameters, write a contract sheet or term sheet, identify some weaknesses in your blog, help you identify some potentials in your blog which you can use as a selling point and most importantly; help you through the entire process of the fund raising campaign.
How much stake you are willing to give?
After estimating the value of your blog, the next step is to sit back and think of how much stake you are willing to let go off. Are you going to sell 20%, 45%, 50% or 70% of your blog? Do you want to raise money for your blog while still retaining control? Or you want to give up control while still holding a stake in your blog? All these questions must be carefully answered before you even write your contract note or term sheet.
How much money do you want to raise?
How much do you intend raising? This is another crucial question you must find an answer to. Do you want to raise $5,000 or $10,000 or $100,000 or a million dollars? Before deciding on how much you want to raise; it’s important you bear in mind that the amount you want to raise is proportional to the estimated value of your blog and the quantity of stake you are selling. What this means in essence is that the higher the value of your blog, the more money you will get and the more number of stake you are willing to sell; the more money you will get. It’s as simple as that.
Write a prospectus for your blog
An important but often ignored tool for getting a higher price for your blog is a prospectus. Now a prospectus is not the business plan of your blog; but it may contain some vital information from your plan. A prospectus is a piece of document or brochure containing information that tends to increase your chances of selling your blog. In other words, the job of a prospectus is to arouse the interest of a potential investor/buyer and make such a person want to buy your blog immediately.
Now what makes a good prospectus? A well written prospectus should contain a brief overview of what your blog stands for. It should also contain details about your blog’s financial position, its current traffic level and its potential targeted traffic level. Your prospectus should also contain details of your blog’s competitive advantage and its aggressive revenue growth plan. Most importantly, your prospectus should contain a potential plan that will help your investor recoup his investment in less time than stated in your blog’s plan or term sheet. Once this is done, then you have dramatically increased your chance of getting the needed funds for your blog.
Approach potential investors
Do you know anyone that has the potential to invest in your blog? Is there any company with a track record of buying up or investing in websites? If you know of any, then now is the right time to approach them. And if you ever get a chance to pitch an investor, make sure you are polite. Never exaggerate, inflate or hype your blog statistics. Just stick to your plan and keep your presentation brief; except when the investor asks for more in-depth explanation or details.
As a final note, I want you to know that raising capital is not only a game of skill; it’s a people’s game. And if you are ever going to sell or raise money for your blog; don’t wait till that time before you start the process. Start now! After all, it wasn’t raining when Noah started building the ark. Good luck.
How Bloggers Can Make Money Offering a Service
If you have ever attended one of my seminars, webinars, or keynote speeches, then you know one piece of advice that I always recommend to new bloggers is to treat your blog like a real business. Well, part of treating the blog like a real business means making it into a real business.
Too many bloggers just try to wing it. They don’t separate personal expense from business/blogging expense, nor do they do monthly/quarterly financial reviews. The biggest mistake of all: they forget about taxes and don’t set anything aside for it. One thing you can count on is tax man will catch up to you. It’s just a matter of time. Make no mistakes about it. If you make money by blogging, you will owe taxes on it. Therefore, it’s to your advantage to set things up to pay as little income tax as possible.
When starting a new business, you must decide what form of business entity to establish. Your form of business determines which income tax return form you have to file. The most common forms of business are the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and S corporation. A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a relatively new business structure allowed by state statute. Legal and tax considerations enter into selecting a business structure.
While I can give you the advantage and disadvantage of each, I recommend you consult a professional to help you decide which is best for you. I run my blog as a corporation because it’s the best way for me. However, it may not be the best method for you. Here’s a rundown on the different business structures you ca use.
Sole Proprietorship
A sole proprietor is someone who owns an unincorporated business by himself or herself. However, if you are the sole member of a domestic limited liability company (LLC), you are not a sole proprietor if you elect to treat the LLC as a corporation. A sole proprietor is the most common business structure because it’s the less expensive to set up. The main disadvantage is it exposes you to unlimited liabilities.
Partnership
A partnership is the relationship existing between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business. Each person contributes money, property, labor or skill, and expects to share in the profits and losses of the business.
A partnership must file an annual information return to report the income, deductions, gains, losses, etc., from its operations, but it does not pay income tax. Instead, it “passes through” any profits or losses to its partners. Each partner includes his or her share of the partnership’s income or loss on his or her tax return.
Corporation
In forming a corporation, prospective shareholders exchange money, property, or both, for the corporation’s capital stock. A corporation generally takes the same deductions as a sole proprietorship to figure its taxable income.
A corporation can also take special deductions. For federal income tax purposes, a C corporation is recognized as a separate taxpaying entity. A corporation conducts business, realizes net income or loss, pays taxes and distributes profits to shareholders.
The profit of a corporation is taxed to the corporation when earned, and then is taxed to the shareholders when distributed as dividends. This creates a double tax. The corporation does not get a tax deduction when it distributes dividends to shareholders. Shareholders cannot deduct any loss of the corporation.
S Corporation
S corporations are corporations that elect to pass corporate income, losses, deductions and credit through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. Shareholders of S corporations report the flow-through of income and losses on their personal tax returns and are assessed tax at their individual income tax rates.
This allows S corporations to avoid double taxation on the corporate income. S corporations are responsible for tax on certain built-in gains and passive income.
To qualify for S corporation status, the corporation must meet the following requirements:
A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a business structure allowed by state statute. LLCs are popular because, similar to a corporation, owners have limited personal liability for the debts and actions of the LLC. Other features of LLCs are more like a partnership, providing management flexibility and the benefit of pass-through taxation.
Owners of an LLC are called members. Since most states do not restrict ownership, members may include individuals, corporations, other LLCs and foreign entities. There is no maximum number of members. Most states also permit “single member” LLCs, those having only one owner.
Like I said previously, you need to consult your accountant or lawyer to help you decide which business structure is best for your blogging business. Most bloggers start off as a sole proprietorship and then convert to one of the other structures as they grow from a hobby to real business.
Too many bloggers just try to wing it. They don’t separate personal expense from business/blogging expense, nor do they do monthly/quarterly financial reviews. The biggest mistake of all: they forget about taxes and don’t set anything aside for it. One thing you can count on is tax man will catch up to you. It’s just a matter of time. Make no mistakes about it. If you make money by blogging, you will owe taxes on it. Therefore, it’s to your advantage to set things up to pay as little income tax as possible.
When starting a new business, you must decide what form of business entity to establish. Your form of business determines which income tax return form you have to file. The most common forms of business are the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and S corporation. A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a relatively new business structure allowed by state statute. Legal and tax considerations enter into selecting a business structure.
While I can give you the advantage and disadvantage of each, I recommend you consult a professional to help you decide which is best for you. I run my blog as a corporation because it’s the best way for me. However, it may not be the best method for you. Here’s a rundown on the different business structures you ca use.
Sole Proprietorship
A sole proprietor is someone who owns an unincorporated business by himself or herself. However, if you are the sole member of a domestic limited liability company (LLC), you are not a sole proprietor if you elect to treat the LLC as a corporation. A sole proprietor is the most common business structure because it’s the less expensive to set up. The main disadvantage is it exposes you to unlimited liabilities.
Partnership
A partnership is the relationship existing between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business. Each person contributes money, property, labor or skill, and expects to share in the profits and losses of the business.
A partnership must file an annual information return to report the income, deductions, gains, losses, etc., from its operations, but it does not pay income tax. Instead, it “passes through” any profits or losses to its partners. Each partner includes his or her share of the partnership’s income or loss on his or her tax return.
Corporation
In forming a corporation, prospective shareholders exchange money, property, or both, for the corporation’s capital stock. A corporation generally takes the same deductions as a sole proprietorship to figure its taxable income.
A corporation can also take special deductions. For federal income tax purposes, a C corporation is recognized as a separate taxpaying entity. A corporation conducts business, realizes net income or loss, pays taxes and distributes profits to shareholders.
The profit of a corporation is taxed to the corporation when earned, and then is taxed to the shareholders when distributed as dividends. This creates a double tax. The corporation does not get a tax deduction when it distributes dividends to shareholders. Shareholders cannot deduct any loss of the corporation.
S Corporation
S corporations are corporations that elect to pass corporate income, losses, deductions and credit through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. Shareholders of S corporations report the flow-through of income and losses on their personal tax returns and are assessed tax at their individual income tax rates.
This allows S corporations to avoid double taxation on the corporate income. S corporations are responsible for tax on certain built-in gains and passive income.
To qualify for S corporation status, the corporation must meet the following requirements:
- Be a domestic corporation
- Have only allowable shareholders
- Including individuals, certain trust, and estates and
- May not include partnerships, corporations or non-resident alien shareholders
- Have no more than 100 shareholders
- Have one class of stock
- Not be an ineligible corporation i.e. certain financial institutions, insurance companies, and domestic international sales corporations.
A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a business structure allowed by state statute. LLCs are popular because, similar to a corporation, owners have limited personal liability for the debts and actions of the LLC. Other features of LLCs are more like a partnership, providing management flexibility and the benefit of pass-through taxation.
Owners of an LLC are called members. Since most states do not restrict ownership, members may include individuals, corporations, other LLCs and foreign entities. There is no maximum number of members. Most states also permit “single member” LLCs, those having only one owner.
Like I said previously, you need to consult your accountant or lawyer to help you decide which business structure is best for your blogging business. Most bloggers start off as a sole proprietorship and then convert to one of the other structures as they grow from a hobby to real business.
How Bloggers Can Make Money Offering a Service
Most bloggers complain about not making any money after investing a few months of efforts into their blogging. They blog for months and months without significant income as proof of what they are doing, it turns to years before they know what is happening and they later decide to give up and then conclude that blogging just doesn’t work.
The question is why is it always like this? Why can’t bloggers get substantial results after putting in a lot of effort? You’ll be surprised by the answer; you might even be doing it! The reason is why many new bloggers, the reason is…
The “Make Money Blogging Cycle”
This particular cycle is the problem and it is what most new bloggers who want to “make money blogging” go through.
The cycle goes like this:
Blogger starts a blog > He comments on a few blogs to gain little momentum > He displays a few ads > He makes a few cents > He tweaks the ads to increase income etc.
This cycle is just so flawed it’s the reason behind the failure of many new bloggers. Of course, it might work for big blogs with hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors but you can be rest assured it won’t work for your blog. After all, how much is an ad really worth on a blog with only a few thousand visitors? The reality is, no matter the niche, it probably isn’t worth so much.
The NEW Way to Make Money Blogging, Quick
Okay, to be honest, this “way” isn’t entirely new. It has been in existence before I knew what blogging was but my reason for classifying it as new is because a lot of bloggers are unaware of its existence and they keep on struggling with making money from ads.
This “way” is to start offering your services to your audience.
One thing we bloggers do is writing. We write a lot of content every day and gradually we’re able to understand our audience and what they want. The problem is that we don’t know how to get our audience to pay.
Instead of struggling to display a few ads your readers won’t bother to click why not turn your blog into a real business and start making money the old way? Why not start offering your services and use your blog as a lead generator?
This was what I did 8 months after blogging. I was only a blogger at first but I soon began to offer my services as a freelancer using my blog as a lead engine. Just 8 months after blogging I had my first $1,000+ month and my income from offering my services has increased ever since.
You will notice from the above paragraph that I started making four-figures 8 months after starting my blog and I’ll be using this article to explain how you, too, can start making money by offering your services.
1. What Makes Your Blog Different?
The first thing we’ll be examining is the question of what makes your blog different from every other blog that talk about the same thing as you. Is it really different or it is just like every other blog online? If it is different, what makes it so?
The number one mistake most bloggers who plan to offer their services as a freelancer make is that of not differentiating themselves. They just keep giving generic tips and wonder why no one is patronizing them.
This step is crucial and something you must look into. What makes your blog different? What is your USP? Once you’ve come up with a list of what makes your blog different the next step is to create your USP (Unique Selling Proposition) and then look for a way to build it into your brand. With the right USP, once anyone comes across your blog they will be able to see right away that it is different and they will spend a few more minutes to find out what you talk about.
In case you don’t see the importance in this, a USP is very important because people will only hire experts to work for them. No one will hire a jack of all trades to help them get things done. When you need to service your car you don’t go to the electrician that knows a few things about car, you go to the car mechanic who specializes in fixing cars. Your main aim should be to position yourself as someone who can help your audience “fix” their problems.
If you still don’t have an idea of how a USP works, or if you want a better idea, you might want to read these two articles over at ThinkTraffic.
2. What Service do You Have to Offer?
And no, it isn’t blogging because way too much people can offer the same service. What service can you offer that relates to your USP? For example, if your blog and USP is on helping people get quality design on low budget why not start offering people a custom-made design without them having to go into debt? If you help students learn to improve their writing, why not start offering your services as a freelance writer?
You need a unique service that can be tied to your blog and USP before taking any other step. You don’t have to rush into this and your service mustn’t just be because you want to make money, you need to have something unique you want to contribute to those who make use of your services. You should know that this is your brand and online identity so you should put enough time and effort into it.
3. Look for a Few Top Experts You Can Offer Your Services to for Free, or at a Discount
If you’re a freelance writer this means you should be ready to offer a free guest post to top blogs in your niche as a way to build your portfolio and direct potential clients to your site. If you’re a designer this means you should be ready to create your best work for a bigger website/blog for free or at a huge discount so as to be able to drive their audience to your blog and make them use their service.
Now, I know that this isn’t convenient but that’s why everyone isn’t doing it. Success, online and offline, takes real hardwork and sacrifice and you shouldn’t be ready to go anywhere without putting in any effort.
You need to be able to showcase your service, and not just on a dormant website but on an active top blog in your niche. This way you’re building your brand and portfolio, you’re being everywhere and you’re creating potential for future success for your blog.
4. Use Your Blog and Every Other Opportunity to Market Your Services
Now, in every article you write make sure you mention your services. Mind you, I’m not suggesting you turn your articles into a blatant sales-pitch. Instead, give people quality information that will make them want to return to your blog over and over again; let your articles show your readers a difficult problem and then show them the solution. Now, mention your services and anyone who needs your help and wants to save time will hire you. Of course, you can’t expect to have everyone as your client but this approach is guaranteed to bring you more success than just pitching your services to your audience every time.
You should also work on marketing your services outside your blog; this also includes inside your guest posts on other blogs, in your interviews with other bloggers and on your various social media sites. Give your services as much exposure and you increase your chances of earning more.
It’s as Simple as that…
Not complicated.
While the above actually requires a few more effort from you it is probably something you would have done if you were blogging, and you will be able to create a new stream of income for yourself while at the same time having enough to take care of your blog.
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