Blogging For Beginners – Monetizing Your WordPress Blog

I see so many new bloggers not properly monetizing their blogs. This is important to do correctly if you plan to make money with your blog. Just doing a few simple things can make all the difference.

WordPress blogs are a great way to sell your own products and/or affiliate products.

The first place to make sure you are monetizing are your posts. Make sure that when you refer to a specific product or service, that you link the name of the product or service. Do Not use the words ‘click here’ by using the name of the product or service you are writing about will also help you with search engine optimization.

To do this is easy actually here is an example -

<a href=”http://nameofproducts.com”>Product</a>

When you enter the above, into the HTML area of your post, the words Product will be clickable by your visitors. Here’s a little trick to also make sure that when they click for the site to open in a new window, add target=_”blank” directly after the last ” of the link.

People like pictures so add images to your posts and blog and make sure you make them clickable as well, by adding the same HTML as above directly before the image coding and then put the </a> after the image code. This will make the image clickable by your visitors.

Another great way to sell products or services on your blog is to use the sidebars on your blog. This is easy to do by using the Text Widget, which you can find under the title Appearance of your dashboard. This Text Widget allows you to put anything inside you want. If you have a banner from a program, just copy the entire code for that banner and paste it directly into the Text Widget and click the Save button.

By adding links to specific words and images on your posts and pages, will help you make more sales and commissions.

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Layout Of Your Blog – Blogging For Beginners

Besides having a good keyword enriched name for your wordpress blog and knowing what you will write about is just the beginning but a good beginning. The layout of your blog is just as important as the content.

There are some important aspects that you must make sure are available to your visitors.

Some of the things you need to look for in a good layout -

A nice but not overpowering header. Some people get these ‘big’ headers and you can’t even find the content until you scroll down. This is annoying to visitors. Keep your header small and your headline should state exactly what your blog is about.

A easy to read and follow navigation of important pages on your blog. Keep your navigation short you do not need to have all your pages on your navigation. There are plug ins available to help you control what is shown.

The size of your text and the color of your text is very important. It has been shown over and over that having a white background with black text is the easiest for visitors to read. The size of your text should be 12 to 14. Do not think that using fancy styling will make your blog look better, in reality it makes it harder for visitors to read.

If you are going to have a sidebar, it is recommended that you put this on the right hand side so visitors can see your content right away. Keep your sidebar clean and again easy to follow and understand.

These are just a few things to consider when considering the layout of your blog. Keeping these tips in mind while looking for a good wordpress theme will make things much easier for you and your visitors.

Don’t spend a lot of time on finding just the right layout, there are thousands of free or paid themes out there. Keep in mind it is very easy to change the look of your blog with a click of a button anytime you want.

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Blogging For Beginners | What to write on your blog?

There is a lot of talk out there today about just what someone should write about on their blog. The answer to this is very simple, anything you want!

You can have a blog about your favorite hobby, your work, your pets, anything at all.

The important thing when it comes to blog writing, is to write on a regular basis. Now some say you should write everyday if not more. This is not necessary and you don’t have to commit to that if you don’t want to or don’t have the time. Once a every couple of days is fine. You can also even write once a week.

Have a schedule set up so you are consistent with your posting to your blog. This will keep it looking natural and you will get more traffic from search engines.

Keeping to a specific schedule on your posting will make things easier for your visitors as well. They will be use to knowing that every Wednesday there will be a new post they can visit your blog to read.

WordPress Blogs are fun and easy to do and maintain.

You blog does not have to be a journal unless of course you want it to be. You can add videos and images to share with your readers. Your experiences in a specific area and so much more

The more you can write of course if better and will get you more readers and help with getting higher within the search engines.

The number one key to having a successful wordpress blog is -

Have FUN!!!

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Happy Blogging!