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Retail arbitrage - Can you find great deals, Turn around and sell them at a profit on sites like Amazon. In-person conferences, classes or special events - The exchange of something tangible (money) for a ticket to an in-person experience. A surge of bloggers have started selling physical products the last few years. Some bloggers use the expertise related to their blog topic and get paid when others hire them. Services can be offered locally or virtually ().
Speaking - Many bloggers find speaking gigs as a result of the platforms they build on their blogs. Virtual assistance - Read my post How to Become a Virtual Assistant for my experience & lots of ideas. Organizing, decorating, cooking - Some bloggers provide services to local readers. Offering a service is an excellent way to make money quickly because startup costs are low, little to no inventory is required and you get paid for a skill you already have.
The downside is, it’s not scalable. How can I start my own blog and make money, First, start a blog if you haven’t already. Next, focus on building up a solid library of at least 10-20 blog posts. Make sure they are helpful and meaty. Figure out which income streams are natural extensions of your posts.
In the meantime, build relationships on social media, in Facebook Groups and wherever your potential readers hang out. Don’t just promote your own stuff, but be a helpful part of the conversation. People will eventually check out what you have to offer. Can I start a blog for free and still make money, The answer is yes.
However, I would caution against it. The reason is, when you use a free service, you don’t have as much control over your blog—the free service does. This can be risky, especially if you will rely on your blog for income. A self-hosted WordPress blog is my recommendation and can be started very inexpensively.
See my step-by-step tutorial here. 1. Use as many income streams you can reasonably manage. 2. Excellent content is the key to long-term success. There’s no way around it. 3. Each blogger has a different combination of income streams. There is no “right” way and that’s the beauty of it. There are endless possibilities. Find a combination that works for you. 4. Don’t be a clone of another blogger.
Find a unique angle. 5. Successful bloggers don’t start a blog just to make money. Instead, they blog about a topic they truly enjoy and can write about for years. They let the money grow out of that topic organically. If you’re not sure which content to offer for free and which content to charge for, you might be interested in my Content Tiers & Monetization download. If you already have access to the Knowtbook or to my Studio, you’ve got it, so don’t purchase it! In it, I explain how I think through and advise others to organize their content offerings, from free to VIP.
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