20 Point Starter Guide To Professional Blogging

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 2:10 am

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A blog is a website that publishes new updates, new articles, new information by blog posts – this is a great tool to use if your online business requires you to constantly be updating and innovating yourself. Some people have made a lifestyle being a professional blogger and you can be one too if you want to blog for a living.

Nowadays, blogs need to be attractive and provide great information as well as entertainment value all at the same time – it’s not enough to just have a blog with a lot of word posts. You may not be able to get repeat visitors to your site (which is crucial to a professional blogger).

What does a new visitor look out for when he comes to a blog? Here’s a list:

Title of post – This is the headline, the hint of what the content of your post is to your visitor/reader. Much like the headlines of a newspaper, the title is that which captures the initial attention of your reader and encourages him/her to continue reading.
Date of posting – Visitors like to visit blogs which are recent and have been updated. Nobody likes to visit a site that’s not been showing information year.
Main body – You need to provide relevant information in your blog entries. You can put a few promotional entires but don’t overdo it… you want your visitors to keep coming back because you can provide real valuable information.
Pings and trackbacks – Fellow bloggers want to see this. If you are in a niche and you accept trackbacks and pings from other bloggers, they would consider creating a blog post that would create a trackback link for potential traffic back to their site.
Comments - People like to see other people comment. If there’s zero comments, visitors hardly want to be the first one. Also, are you making it easy for your visitors to leave a comment?

If you do decide to be a professional blogger, you have to make it a point to have fresh content on a regular basis. You may need to have daily blog posts when you are starting out… once you are getting more traffic, your visitors would “forgive” you if you post once a week or so – but that’s only when you become a true professional blogger.

How does a professional blogger make money? Because the blog is getting consistent traffic and visitors, they can make money by:

Advertising (Google Adsense, Banner Advertisements, etc)
Sponsored advertisements
Affiliate programs
Joint blogging to cross promote
Making use of donations
Selling a blog that’s getting consistent traffic
Selling physical products
Selling services like consulting

If you want to be successful in problogging, here are the tips for a Fast Track to Successful Blogging:

View blogging as a business venture for you – not a hobby
Choose a certain niche that you want your blog to be about… stay focused.
Stay true to your visitors and target market.
Be willing to put in the efforts to build up your online business
Invest in relevant and useful blogging material, especially if they provide mentoring
Learn from the best and always be willing to try the advice given to you
Fast track means to take action now and not wait too long!

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Arun | BE Folks

thanks. should note the above steps

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Asher Aw

Hi Kha Ton,

You're welcome. Glad this helped you. By the way, I just made a new blog post reviewing some of the professional blogging products - you might be interested to check it out.

Asher

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Kha Ton

Hi Asher,
I've been going out trying to learn as much as I can so this really good advice for me. Great post.

Thanks
Kha
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Yan@Review

That's exactly what Darren Rowse told me and as they say, "it took him 4 years to reach success overnight".

Oh, thanks for dropping by at TSB and welcome!

Yan

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Asher Aw

I love that sentence, 4 years to reach success overnight... That's awesome. Oh yeah, I just found out about this - they call it the Best Job in the World... have you seen it yet? It's CRAZY!

Asher
Yan@Review

One of the best advises I've ever been given by a problogger is, "to blog about something I could see myself still blogging about in 3-4 years. It takes that long to build a successful blog".

And I could envision myself still doing it 4 years later down the road. Nice pointers, Asher. You're right on the money too.

Yan

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Asher Aw

Thanks Yan, that's great advice! While hopefully it doesn't take 3-4 years to succeed in blogging, the mindset to be able to last the distance is surely as important. In fact, some Japanese companies have goals to achieve in the next 100 years!

They're not even going to be around anymore but they're setting it that far - professional bloggers who like what they do should be able to last the distance too :)

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Moon

I would like to add on one point that I feel is very much important. That's to have "business mindset"!

Treat professional blogging a serious business and that require a lot of research and planning.. :)
Asher Aw

Hi Moon,
You're right - once it gets to the professional blogging part... it's all about having a business mindset, leveraging whatever you can and making profits to your business.

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Sire

I believe that if you are wanting to be a professional blogger then you actually do have to be prepared to put the time into it for your career to remain successful. Look at some of the big boys like ProBlogger, who is bringing in 6 figures a year. He still puts a lot of effort into his blogs, including research and making sure that his posts are all of exceptional quality. I'm sure he understands that if he were to slacken off his earnings would also.

Something that those new to blogging should remember, if they want to increase their exposure is the importance of leaving quality comments, specially if you are the first as this is bound to get the most exposure.

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Asher Aw

Oh yeah, most definitely... when we talk about professional blogging... it's no longer in the area of "just for fun" - it moves into the area of "for fun AND profit". So money's involved to become a professional.

You're right on the money, Sire :) Usually, only the first comment gets read... and it's always the first comment that starts the ball rolling. Not many visitors would like to be the first to make a comment, they'd rather see someone else do it, don't you think so?

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Kat

Hi Asher,

Great information in this post, thanks! Lots of interesting stuff here - I'll be bookmarking and keeping track of your new posts.

- Kat

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Asher Aw

Hey Kat,

Thanks for visiting my blog! Hrmm, I've got an up and coming post about being a professional blogger. It'll be a review so you could look into that if you're considering professional blogging :)

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Asher Aw

Professional blogging isn’t for everyone… But it’s one of the most profitable businesses that doesn’t require you to spend a lot of time on. Sure, most of the time will be spent in the learning stages but once you’ve got the foundations right, your professional blogging career will take flight!

If you’re seriously considering becoming a professional blogger, there are two resources that I recommend. I’ll discuss in depth about it real soon.

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