Paul Scrivens Ad revenue is great! When it’s coming in. However, it’s not our favorite way for you to learn how to make a living blogging. And second of all, if you are hoping to get ads up on your site, it can be a long road in today’s blogging world. If you find yourself wondering Can …
This is a question you might need to answer a ton as people wonder how in the world you’re making $5,000+ a month from this simple website that you’ve created. What does a blogger do? (usually followed up by, “Can you make money blogging?”) A blogger writes content that is helpful to the audience. The …
Whenever I talk about blogging to someone they always give me a weird face. It’s not unlike the face they make when I tell them I collect Funko dolls. It’s sort of like they want to say that I’m a fucking idiot for suggesting that they sit down and actually write content when they believe …
You’ve been researching for weeks. You’ve studied the gurus and learned how they built their sites up from nothing to empires. You now understand that SEO is very important to you and your dreams. However, you’ve also heard that branding is pretty important as well. So now you’re stuck looking at both SEO and branding …
Many of you that read this will be the people that are wasting their time blogging. That’s not a typo. Others will be asking the question is blogging worth it? Well yes, for some people and no for most people. Some blogs make money. Some blogs get good traffic. Most don’t however and these end …
I learned to swim the way that I think a lot of little kids who grew up in the 80’s learned to swim. My dad threw me in the pool and waited to see what would happen. This isn’t a good strategy. He had to jump in and save me as I just sunk to …
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Really? That’s how I’m going to start things off? By saying that blogs don’t make money? And I’m going to say it on a blog that helps me make money? Sounds like clickbait to me! But it really isn’t. It’s an important lesson that all aspiring bloggers need to pay attention and …
I’m not going to lie, I am pretty hesitant about writing this guide. Not because I don’t think affiliate marketing is a nice way to make extra money, but because it can be a very shady industry. If you search affiliate marketing in Google you might get sent to some sites where people do some …
Quick question: have you ever blogged while holding a full-time job? How did that work out? Did you get this much result? It’s a damn good question. The quick answer is I have not built a blog while working full-time. I have built small businesses while holding down a 9-5 if that makes you feel …
When it comes to blogging you can write for two different audiences: People Search Engine Robots Always write for #1, but always keep #2 in mind. What I mean is that you should always write with the intention of strengthening your brand because that will always trump SEO. The side effect of this is that …