Getting Started With Blogging - Part 1

This is just one article in a series on how I make my living online by working from my RV anywhere I decide to park it. Read the entire series and you too could be well on your way to living any lifestyle you choose with complete financial independence.

Getting started blogging for income is easier than you’d think. All you need are 4 things …

1. You need an area of interest or expertise and the time and desire to write occasional articles about that interest. We all have areas of expertise from our training, professions or even just our hobbies. Believe it or not, the Internet is so big now that you’d be amazed at how many people share your interest. Those people are searching the Internet every day looking for more information. The whole point of your blog is to provide them with information about that topic, and possibly have them click a link for further information that you can make a small income from. After all, you’re reading this because you were looking for information on how to make money on the Internet using a blog or other such web site.

2. You need a web site. This too is easier than you might think. It’s possible to get a web site on line and ready to go in just a few minutes with a very small cost. And don’t worry about not being a web programming geek; you don’t need to be. With free software like Wordpress (the software used on this site) and others, you don’t have to worry about programming the website. Al you have to do is write the articles.

3. You need affiliations with people who sell products so you can offer these products on your web site to your visitors. You can even have a product of your own, but that can get a bit more complicated. Again, these affiliations are far easier than you think and cost you nothing to get.

4. Finally, you need the knowledge and ability to get people to click on your web site and read your articles. In the Internet Marketing world this is known as traffic. Just because you build it, doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll come. That make work in the movies, but not on the Internet. This part can get a little tougher than the other 3, but really isn’t that difficult either and you can learn to do it easily. I’ll spend most of our time in this area.

In the next few articles, I’ll expand on how to do each of these 4 steps and where you can get help with each of them.