I'm not new to the web, but i am new to websites and to making money on them, I was just curious if anyone had any suggestions on how to make a successful blog. This being my first post I am not really sure if it is in the right section, so please forgive me. Thanks, Zach.
Hello Zach; Welcome to DP. I would like to say good luck on your journey. I would say if you are going to make a blog. Blog about what you know and enjoy talking about, build lots of backlinks, and place ads on your blog.
hey zach, welcome to DP. there are many things that make a blog successful, some consider the returns($), some consider the traffic/readers etc. To start off, blog about things you really like, could be a hobby/interest/something you are into. (you can create a free one at blogger or host your own, there are advantages of both) If you havent already done , register for an adsense account. Browse through this forum to see alternatives. Keep your blog updated. Build backlinks, you can do that by getting your friends to add your website link to their blogroll, or purchase some links. (i recommend some of the post-your-article to XYZ blog service here at DP, its great at building backlinks). Submit to directories,search engines. did i mention keep writing? If you are installing your own blog, ping various blog sites, use social bookmarking plugins. If you have time, then read others blogs, comment on them ( mostly they'd come back to your blog and read too ) increase your readership, register at feedburner (get the feedburner plugin if you are using wordpress) lastly, be patient. and dont forget to update your blog. all the best.
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The first four months are the hardest. Stick to a posting schedule - start out doable, like one (good) post every third day. Develop a "circle" of like-topic blogs and consistently comment on them. Don't expect to earn anything more than a couple bucks for a while.
Firstly you have to find a good niche because of high compitence in the web...But before this it would be useful to read, read and read...