I often see paid reviews being raved about on many of the top blogging sites. The idea is that once you build your page rank up to something decent, like a pr4 or pr5 then you can start selling links on your blog. Wait, wasn't I talking about paid review? Oh, that's right, it's the same thing! Yes, those 'white hat' A-Lister bloggers are actually selling links on their blogs. The links are just contained in a review. Advertisers like this idea because by buying all these links they can artificially boost their rankings by manipulating the search engine data...and the A-Listers help them out and make some money.
The problem with this business model is that Google doesn't like it and will 'slap' your blog down. By this I mean your page rank will be reduced or wiped out altogether. Everytime there is a Google update the bloggers come out crying in droves! "My PR5 is now a PR2" they all cry. This kills one of their sources of income. A waste of time in the end.
Another idea that always sounds good on paper but in the end only works for the top bloggers is building a list. By list I mean an email list that you can spam with a number of affiliate products. The problem with this method is that by the time you, the regular average blogger get your hands on a new affiliate product, the top bloggers have already sold it to almost everybody in the niche! It's like a pyramid scheme. It only works out well for those at the VERY top.
Another time waster is working on building up your feed count. Your feed reader count is supposed to be important in establishing credibility for your blog. Again, the credibility is supposed to make your readers trust you more. That way when you try to sell them another "get rich quick" book they are more likely to buy it...because they trust you. You are credible.
Notice that none of these methods involve driving search engine traffic to your sites? That is because most of these A-Lister blogger types are really newbies in disguise. They haven't got a clue as to increase search traffic to their blogs yet they pretend to have all the answers regarding how to make money online!
The basic idea behind A-List blogging is to first become a famous blogger and then to cash in on that fame by impressing newbies with your stature and selling them everything you can get your hands on. The problem is that only so many of you can become or will become famous bloggers!
So in the end the vast majority of you who are following this model are going to fail. It is a matter of statistic. This is why more and more people are learning about niche blogging
How To Make Money Blogging
Don't get me wrong. It is not impossible to make money with a blog - just very much harder to do so in the money niche.
Why is that so?
Firstly there is just too much competition. Unless you are a prolific writer who can research stellar articles other bloggers in your niche cannot match up to, it will be nearly impossible to get a slice of the money pie.
Secondly, readers of make money blogs are internet savvy people who are blind to ads and won't click on your affiliate link unless you are a top blogger with thousands of regular readers.
Most importantly, getting to the front of search engine results page will be an uphill climb. When your article appears on the first page of SERPs, it means an explosion of traffic as more people are exposed to your article. As a result, your blog becomes more well known.
There are over 50 million pages on making money online. What are your chances of overtaking these millions of pages, many of which are highly popular sites with tens of thousands of daily readers?
But that's not to say you can't make money blogging. Just choose a less competitive niche. If you take a look at the top money making niches, you can see there are many other possibilities you can tap into.
The most profitable niches at the moment are:
Making Money Online
Weight Loss
Quit Smoking
Credit and Credit Repair
Weight Gain and Building Muscles
Running a Home Business
Training Pets
Learning Techniques such as Memory, Speed Reading
Learning a Language
Relationships and Divorce
Gaming eg. Runescape, World of Warcraft
These will be very competitive since they are high earners. How about going even more niche? For example, instead of focussing on training pets, go more specific - training dogs. Or even more specific - training chihuahuas.
How do you know if there is a market for this niche? Use a free online keyword service such as Wordtracker or AdWords Keyword Tool and see how many searches a month there are for related keywords.
Then do a search in Google and see if there are any ads on the side of the search results. If there are many advertisers, then there must be a market.
Sometimes, the most mundane topic can be the top money earner. Guess what are some of the top paying keywords? They are loan consolidation, insurance quotes and structured settlement.
Hardly exciting topics to write about. In any case, these will be too competitive unless you manage to discover a sub niche of these profitable topics.
The ideal scenario would be to find a niche topic that you are passionate about so that writing won't become a chore. However, you will find that it may not be possible.
So ultimately, you have to decide what you want from your blog. Is it merely an online journal to document a hobby or do you want to make money with it?
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