Everyone would like to make some money. And of course, to get some money you need to earn it through working. But what's the easiest and simplest form of work to earn online? Blogging. Just like the heading of this post, it's a great starting point for all writers, no matter what the qualification that they possess.
Blogging is a form of a web log (web + log = blog. Go figure.) It comes in many kinds as well after it was introduced several years ago. The different kinds of blogging may include: Vlog (video + log), Photoblog (Mostly pictures + blog), MP3 Blog (Providing composed music or downloaded ones and posting entries), Art Blog (Actual hand-made art figures and blogging), etc.
Anyone can do any of them, provided they have the skills. Taking for example the infamous Ranoadidas.com. From the looks of it, it came out as a simple photoblog. By taking pictures of the current news and then provide opinions and updates as well as promotions to the lucky ones who manage to be included in his photoblog. Since its not really the newspaper media, Ranoadidas can only perform the most notable events that is happening in Brunei. Its quite troublesome for just an individual but still a very sound idea nevertheless.
But let's get back to blogging. Since you won't need to buy any other equipment (like photoblogs require you to take a picture with a camera for better content or musical instruments to actually compose songs and then post entries on a MP3 Blog), blogging is the simplest task to anyone. So to know what you need before you can start, you can take a look at my previous post, Freelance: Ghostwriting.
To set up a blog is simple and free. There are lots of blogging platform on the Internet and it is of your choice to pick one that suits you. So do your research and find out which blogging platform is best for you. Though at the moment, I'm using Blogger's platform (previously known as Blogspot, but after being bought by Google, it was later then renamed to Blogger.) and its services has so far served me well.
But before to even set up a blog, you need to know and set up what is the main purpose of the blog or theme. Its not that you want to set up a blog and hope that money rolls in. Its another type of job except you wont get paid until your blog has been realized by incoming readers through traffic. And that should be your main goal. Getting readers.
Whatever purpose or theme that your blog may be, you would need to know where you can get your sources from. This is necessary for planning before setting up your blog in the first place. E.g. my blog, The Bruneian Dollar, is a site about wealth. My main goal is to get as many readers from the Brunei public. But I keep to my theme about wealth. Sources I get is through Internet marketing, Social networking, books, journals and newspapers. This way I get to keep writing more contents and keep my readers excited for more. It worked, didn't it?
Next you need to know about your target market. Who is your target audience? Is your blog meant for everyone or for the selected demographics? Whoever it is, you need to be sure that your blog sends the right message, medium and level of communication with them.
So why don't you start with this as your starting point? Find your true calling. What kind of blog should it be? What's the theme? It's goal? What do you like to write about? Who's it for? There will be more on this later on. So stay tuned.
Thanks for reading The Bruneian Dollar and happy blogging! :)
2 comments:
Informative post.
B4 i jump onto any major idea ...like a dating site for Bruneians....i want to be convinced that u can actually make money online.I have never earned a dime through the internet...while u have ppl claiming that they have made millions through it. Most of them ran porn websites.
All those work at home business or jobs are 98% scams .Setting up a blog wud be a very good idea...and if i can earn at least a $100 from it , in watever time...i wud at least know that this thing can work.Then i can think about moving a bit higher.
Hahaha! Well yeah that's true. I've done plenty of research to find out if PTC (Paid to Click) and GPT (Get Paid Today) are actually real or at least 1 of them to be certified and considered to use and make money. Then I tried to figure out how they get the money out of it and pay you to do it. I've searched and searched. There's no such thing. So I decided to drop the venture for PTCs and GPTs and look for something realistic.
Now blogging is a bit hard in Brunei. Due to its population and Internet services available and accessibility towards the Bruneians. But if you blog and center your target towards the globe. That's where you can make the most ways to make money online.
Blogging is about traffic but if you treat your blog as a business, then you will find out that there are more ways than one to make money as you blog. That's not blogging though. Blogging is when you just casually blog when you want to. That's why we have those dead blog sites here and there.
But once you treat your blog as a business, that's when you call yourself a Problogger. Ready for the next level, Krishna? :)
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