Firstly, go to http://blogger.com and register with your Google username and password if you haven't done so already.
Next you can start by creating a unique name for your blog URL
eg. http://yourblog.blogspot.com
Select a template or go with the default Minima for initially learning your way through the blogger.com system.
Before we think about how to make money, you need to familiarize yourself with the controls that deal with your blog on the back-end, and also the posting interface and methods available.
You can deal with that when you go through it yourself. Now here are some tips to note when starting a blog that aims to make money in any category ;)
- Content in your blog is crucial so you should bear in mind that you need to know your stuff so that you can keep up with the changing times that are imminent on the web.
- Content needs to be factual with your experience intertwined. It should be fresh and useful to those who require a bit of help and input in the field or niche that you specialize/expertize in.
- That brings me to feedback. If you think comments will simply roll in, you're wrong. You should really seek to affirm a status of authority within the niches and fields that you belong to.
- Stick with your niche because it would be management-hell to run a multi-niched blog all by yourself! (Well, not really if you have a CMS - Content Management System)
- Stalk the best bloggers in your field and learn from their past mistakes, goals, and current activity on the web.
- Befriend your type of friends. There are bloggers out there who are ruthless and unleash a click-frenzy upon a social network in order to spam helpless inboxes with their links. We don't want to look like a sweat-shop and be ignored, banned, etc... now do we? Play a clean game and get a clean gain!
Monetizing works the way you choose. There are several types of advertising you can opt-in to use. The top of almost everyone's list is Google Adsense.
There are 4 types of ads namely:
AdSense for Content
AdSense for Search "Improved!"
Referrals "Note: Referrals will be retired during the last week of August 2008."
AdSense for Mobile Content
Now as a PC user, you should already know some basic usage of web menus and the sort. So I leave it up to you to familiarize yourself with the system and don't leave anything out, peruse it until you feel the need for more! Then come back and visit for the next few steps to blogger money success!
Trust me, I know my stuff!
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