Well it good decision you have made up your mind to start making money, as I have mentioned earlier, with little hardworking, sacrifice of time and a few resource in this business, you will definitely realize the FRUITS of making money with your site is rewarding. To be sincere, many blogger I know (you can make a research on these) are raising their MONEY through making money on fulltime basis.
Blogging or in simple terms making money with neither your blog nor your site you will discover is very much profitable. But just like any other business, blogging require tactics and a lot of smartness. It is this aggressiveness that different between successful BLOGGERS and just mere site “staggers”.
Where do I start?
Many people globally yawn to be the boss of themselves and since I believe you also want to have a go here are the guideline on how to start.
To start making money online (blogging):
1. You must have a website or a blog, to own a website you must cough a few dollars, and since this is AFRICA where resources are scarce, owning a blog will not cost any individual even one coin. Thanks to sites like blogger.com, wordpress.com and others domains that provided free blogging space. However owning a website gives the publisher freedom to customize the site the he wants it as blog has limitations.
If you don’t have ready blog or you don’t know how to make one, there is no need to panic has creating a blog is very simple and we will be there to guide you. (See how to create a blog on this site)
How to create a blog
As I mentioned earlier, to own a blog you don’t need any amount as you can obtain one absolute free from various blog provider. Although there has been an argument about this free blogs as to whether the free is real free, I don’t want to talk about that but what I know blogger.com and other site I have a blog with provide purely free blogging space.
Due to money resources are always a problem in Africa, you may use advantage of this free space and later buy your own site because blog at times hinders customization of the site as you may require it to look to Intergrate with other feature
Creating a blog may take you several minutes depending on which provide you ought to use. However, since you need this space to make money, it would be wise you check the compatibility with Ad Sense before landed to which to go to. But if you decide to use blogger.com there is no cause for alarm.
Nb. Always note the content I your site will determine:
i. You site listing on the such engine like google
ii. Traffics to site ( target group and rich information)
iii. Ads to be displaced in your site
iv. And off course you earning
Therefore always publish a well researched written content and free from errors and grammatical mistake. Avoid plagiarism and always stay writing ( copy Wright) policies.
Therein is list of free blog you can choose from, click on the title to learn more or to start creating a blog:
8. Freevlog
9. Trippert.com
10. Ufem.com
12. Xanco.com
13. Blogetery.com .
14. BlogRox.com
15. Blogsome.com
16. Edublogs.com
17. WordPress.com
18. Blog.com
19. Blog Ladder.com.
20. Blogger.com
21. Blogr.com
22. BlogSpirit.com
23. Blogster.com
24. BlogYx.com
25. Bloki.com
26. Bravenet.com
27. ClearBlogs.com
28. Etribes.com
29. Multiply.com
30. Netcipia.com
31. Open Diary.com
32. ShoutPost.com
33. SoulCast.com
34. Squarespace.com
35. Terapad.com
36. Tooum.com
37. Tumblr.com
38. Weebly.com
40. Vox.com
41. Xanga.com
42. Yahoo 360
43. Zoomshare.com
2. You must have Internet – As the terms goes, making money online require an individual to have an access to internet. This is possible because Africa has internet service provider scattered all over. Indeed, most internet cyber (internet kiosks) they charge about $ 0.7 dollars per hour which is a fair rate to operate on, as in this business you can make 4 dollars in one hour.
Other than posting your site content you will need internet to do online marketing which will intern drive traffic to site, however, it is worth noting that online business requires more than just online marketing (off online also is very much necessary).
3. Time – Time is the most vast resource you will need to dedicate to this business, not only you will need time to write your content, time to update your content , time to publish, time to publicized your site but you will also need time to undertake offline marketing. While many individual assumes offline marketing, it can surely work miracle to your site. The number of our an individual needs to spent in a day in theses business varies, depending on;
i. Your goal – how much money do you want to make in certain period of time
ii. Whether it is your full – time or part time earning ,etc
iii. Your skills and dedication,- there individuals who can do a lot in one hour on the jobs someone could have done in a 4 hours, 6 hours or even a day. This surely depends on capability and your commitment to this business.
4. Content – This refers to what you site will entail, what are you planning to write on, since to earn from your site it must have rich contents. The topic you pick on and key words will have a great role in your earnings, adverts and indeed traffic. It wise to research first before landing on the content topics
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