Are you Blogging for FUN or for MONEY?!
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Many people create blogs for their own entertainment or because they want to express their thoughts in public. Perhaps they don’t necessarily think about any profit when they decide to become blog owners.
I am a blogger and i own several blog sites, one of my blogs is specifically about my own self-expression of life and the others are my work. And yes it’s the work blog sites that i actually want to make some money and consider the blog a business to make profits!
Business should be BLOGGING content is boredom!
Here’s the thing on a business thought these days more companies are choosing to create a blog that will represent them in front of the world (BRANDING) and thoughts that will bring them a lot of financial gain, i get that!
One of the most popular and easiest methods of blog profit is to sell products (become an Affiliate partner) by using the virtual space that you control thanks to your blog. However, it is mandatory to respect some rules in order to obtain guaranteed success
First of all you must pay a lot of attention to the blog’s
-Design, make your blog look attractive, interesting and arrange your products by different criteria and types. Let your visitors visualize very clearly what your offer is and simplify as much as possible the process of paying for the things they want to order.
-Write the name and the price of your products with bigger letters and add a picture to each of them. Good pictures can sell any type of product. You just have to be clever and play with customers’ minds.
-Try to introduce on your blog simple ways of payment. Nobody likes to waist time when it comes to buying something. Make it easier for your customers when they want to obtain a product from your blog. Your visitors should easily visualize the space dedicated to payments.
-Describe your products carefully. Write about each product and give essential details that can convince your visitors to buy them. Create a special forum where people can ask questions and where they can receive their answers immediately. Talk to your customers and give them the guarantee that they have made the right decision by buying from you. Reassure them that your company is the best and that everything that you sell is high quality stuff.
-Don’t forget to add contact information to your blog. Customers need to know that this blog is ruled by humans and that he can make contact to you any time he wants. An address and a phone number will give your visitors a lot much confidence. In case people are not pleased with what they have bought, they know that they can reach immediately the person responsible for the inconvenience.
There are also other tricks that you can use in order to make visitors buy from your blog. Give them a discount if they order from the internet or give them some bonus products for buying from your company. Please your customers and they will come back in the future.
As you can see it is not very hard to make money by using a blog. You just have to combine the right ingredients and the profit is guaranteed. Don’t forget that the key to a popular blog is to make people visit you and then to buy from you. Once you’ve become strong enough and you’ve gained your credibility, the products will sell quicker than you think.
Below is something i use to entice and monetize my blogs that may be something helpful for any blogger, try for FREE, you got nothing to loose here!
Affiliate Marketers your HEADLINE needs to HIT the EMOTIONAL buttons!
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Of course there’s a talent to good copywriting, but even professional sales copy writers admit that a lot of the most successful headlines and copy are simply variations on tried and tested formulas that have worked in the past.
Before you get started with anything, make sure you’ve done your research. Your headlines and sales copy can only be good if you actually know your market. A good idea is to hang out in forums and communities related to your topic so that you know what it is your market actually talks about. If you’re not sufficiently intimate with your subject you’re likely to just skim the surface of your market’s needs, and they won’t really believe that you know what you’re talking about. So pay attention to the emotional needs and hit them kindly but make them want to really READ your content.
Headline Formulas
Once you’ve figured out what the key concerns are for your market, try creating some headlines using the some idea’s here: These are formats that we have tested against other headlines and proven successful on many websites. You don’t have to follow them to the “Tee” ha ha GOLF anyone, but try to keep the ” spirit” of the headline when you use it yourself:
- “Who else wants to….?”
Why does this work? If you’ve done your research and you know what your readers want, you’re essentially asking them if they want what they want. Of course the answer is yes. You’re showing that you know what they’re looking for. You’re also saying that they’re not alone (who else) and you’re asking a question. - “5 ways to… (e.g. reduce wrinkles in 7 days)”
Why does this work? It promises to offers the information in small, easily digested chunks. - “7 tips to x, y and z. (These tips also apply to a, b and c!)”
Why does this work? Again, you’ve got that nice number there: “7 tips”. Doesn’t that sound like an easy read? If you’ve done your research you will also know exactly what your readers’ concerns are and you would have hit six of them in that one header. (x, y, z, a, b, c). - “Incredible FREE download reveals the closely guarded secrets to …”
Why does this work? It uses the word FREE, which is always a winner. It also offers to reveal secrets, which everybody loves. You could substitute “report” for “download”. Lots of power in FREE - “Give me just 7 minutes and I’ll show you my 12 step formula for …”
Why does this work? By indicating that you won’t take too much of your readers’ time, they might feel more comfortable reading. A 12-step formula is already easy to follow (because it’s broken into points) but to learn 12 steps in 7 minutes is a real bargain! The 7 minutes means “this message is short” and reduces the commitment needed from the reader. Also, the word “formula” makes it sound so straightforward you’d be a fool not to take a look. You could also use “recipe”, “plan”, “guide” etc.I have no doubt that you will have seen these types of headers used on hundreds of websites. They’re clichéd, but there’s a reason they’re so widely used: They work. Give one or two of them a go and see what happens!
Other Hints for Headlines
Be specific: If you can be very specific in your headline it makes your claims much more believable.
Be believable: We’re very attuned to overly-hyped marketing messages. If you come across as being legitimate and believable (this doesn’t mean dull!) then your readers will listen. “Earn $23,000 in 2 minutes using this fabulous widget!” doesn’t excite me because I don’t believe it.
Be relevant: If you’ve done your market research, you should know what your readers will be concerned about. Try to create your headline to be relevant to these concerns.
Make your readers curious: Give them a reason to want to keep reading. But remember to keep it relevant… if you’re too obscure, your readers will just put it in the “too hard” basket and move on to the next distraction.
It’s all about the benefits: If your reader can’t see how reading your material can help him or her, they won’t be very interested. If you can squeeze some benefits into your headline, it’ll be much more attractive. Compare these two headlines:
“Revolutionary overnight cream with ocean extracts!”
“Look ten years younger with this revolutionary overnight cream!”
The first headline describes a feature of the cream, while the second one tells you what the cream will do for you, omg fabulous miracle in a jar!
Bulletpoint Formulas
If you’ve spent much time hanging out in the “make money online”
market, and who hasn’t so below is a very simalar format!
Bulletpoints are an excellent way to break the major benefits and features of a product down into exciting, enticing, easy-to-read chunks for your readers.
Try these ones on for size:
- The very first place you should look for……
- 11 ways to……
- 5 essential secrets to …..
- My astonishing strategy for….
- Why you should NEVER…..
- A foolproof system for…..
- The 3 minute, uncomplicated method for…
- Why … is your secret weapon when…
- How to use X, Y and Z to….
- The 7 critical mistakes that… make when… And what to do about it!
- A goldmine of…
- The 3 step formula for… that guarantees success!
- Discover how to immediately…
- Impress your friends by…
- Just when you thought….
- Isn’t it time…. ?
- An extremely valuable secret that….
- Have you been having trouble…. ?
- Sick and tired of….? Discover my proven step-by-step formula to…
So for any marketer online focus on hitting your readers emotional buttons and help them with their needs not yours!
BRANDING MAKES MILLIONAIRES
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Affiliate websites are notorious for having crappy branding, while a solid branding strategy can add thousands to the average affiliate’s bottom line. Because of this, I’m leading the charge on bringing branding back to affiliate marketing. Branding an affiliate site is not hard to do and the reward is HUGE.
A brand, in short, delivers your users/readers a cohesive set of experiences that they can expect from your business. Basically, your brand image acts as a symbol of the positive, unique and trustworthy experience they have with you.
A cohesive branding campaign can build immense value into your business and gives your customers the confidence that when they deal with you, they’ll get something special.
There are numerous underlying psychological aspects of the importance of branding. But, for our methods here, we’ll stick to the one that is important to affiliate marketing:


