Summary: Can you really make money from your blog? You can, but you better be prepared to work your TAIL off. In today's episode of "Blogging with Wordpress", I'm going to share a few ways that you can make money from your blog. I want to be real and honest about what's involved. This is NOT a get rich quick podcast. I'm also going to share with you some projects that I'm working on, and how I'm approaching them and intend to make money from my efforts. It's not easy to make money online. If some marketing GURU tries to sell you on the idea that you can click a few buttons, put up a blog and start raking in the cash, then I would stop listening to that person right NOW. It's just simply NOT TRUE. It's hard work. It's time consuming, and being able to stay focused long enough to actually build an audience and start selling them a product is extremely challenging. It can be very discouraging in the beginning. Be prepared for the daily grind of building your following. Can you really make money from your blog? So how do you build an audience. It starts by finding a pain or a need and offering a solution and giving it away for FREE. Giving away lot's of it for FREE. This is how you build trust, this is how you gain real fans, this is how you build an online business. Do away with this idea that you don't need relationships and connections to have a successful business. Take my free training on LinkedIn and start creating business connections now. There are many marketers out there who will tell you, that if you just buy their training product, that you will instantly know everything you need to know to get rich online. They are full of CRAP. Yes their product may be very informative and may even give you some tools and information that you didn't have before. However, you won't be getting rich quick. Before you even mess with setting up a blog and spending several hours a week learning about online marketing, you need to prepare yourself for the fact that you probably won't be making a reasonable income your first year. Maybe not even your first 3 years. It may take you many years of hard work and dedication to start making a great income from your online efforts. I'm not trying to discourage you. I want to be real with you. I want to tell you the truth. I want you to know how challenging this can be before you commit yourself and your time to building an online business. I believe the future is online. I believe that great success can be achieved by anyone, if they are willing to put in the work. Here is a quick tip for you before we get started. This is something I learned the hard way. "If your only reason for starting an online blog or business is to make money, you will fail. In order to be able to stick it out for the long hall, there has to be a more important, more valuable reasons for wanting it." Now that I've given you my disclaimer, here are few ways you can make money from your blog. Make sure to listen to the podcast, as I go into detail how to use each one these programs in an affective way. Google Adsense Amazon Affiliate Create your own digital products ClickBank Affiliate Sales Commision Junction eBooks - (Check out my Podcast Basics interactive eBook) Links discussed on today's show easytechsite.com/itunes (Please leave me a star rating and comment) easytechsite.com/love (tell your twitter followers that you love "Blogging with Wordpress") Getting started online Free eBook for LinkedIn training LinkedInfluence (recommended LinkedIn training course) Do you have a question that you would like Shawn to answer on the show? Email your question to shawn@easytechsite.com and put (podcast question) in the subject line!
