Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Blogging and Why it is a Good Business Opportunity From Home

By David J Ogden

One business opportunity from home that anyone can develop is blogging. Not everyone that has a blog is making money however! Let's take a look at how you can make money and create a good home business by starting a blog of your own.

One thing you should know right up front is that not all blogs are created equal. For example blogger.com is owned by Google and is a very fast way to get started with a blog of your own. This is not the best way to do it however.

A better way is to use Word Press as your blogging platform and host it yourself. To do this you need to purchase a domain name, and join a hosting company to install your WordPress blog at. If this seems a little bit much there are people that you can hire who will set it all up for you and do it for less than $100.

The important thing is that Word Press offers many advantages in terms of Plug-ins that will help you make your blogging efforts more effective. And the key thing in hosting your own blog is that you will now control everything about it.

A fast way to create income from a blog is to join the Google AdSense affiliate program. It is very easy to blend Google ads into your WordPress blog posts. The benefit of doing this is the ads appear to be part of the content and you will increase your click ratio when you do it this way.

This is an easy way to create income as well because every time someone clicks on a Google ad you earn a small commission. This can really add up as you begin to develop a blog and the traffic coming to it.

Another thing you want to do is monetize your blog post with affiliate products that you earn commissions selling. You can add banners across the top, down the sidebar, or in the footer of each blog post.

You can also embed your affiliate links in the text of the posts themselves. This is a natural way for you to promote your affiliate products and again send traffic directly to an affiliate sales page.

Blogging is a good business opportunity from home because people enjoy reading a well written blog, and search engines like them too. If you have a hobby or something that interests you, then you can certainly take money starting a blog about it.


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David Ogden is an established online marketer who specializes in practical website resources and advice.

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