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Part 6 – How To Make Money by Freelancing, Staff Writing, and Advertising Freelancing and staff writing are two other great ways to make money blogging. To break into these lines of work you’re still going to need a blog. Think of it like being an artist – you have to be able to display your work and your portfolio. Your blog lets other people find you and review your work. I know many personal finance bloggers that make thousands of dollars per month writing for other websites. To get started, you’ll have to work your way up, just like at any job. Your first jobs you may have to do for $20-$30 per article. Then you charge a little more. Then a little more. Then a little more. Some personal finance staff writers command $500 and up per article. My friend Stephanie O’Connell (that I interviewed in episode 028 of my show) worked her way up from $20 and $30 articles to earning over six-figures per year writing for major media outlets and Fortune 500 companies. Sponsored posts At...

Part 5 – How To Make Money Blogging With eBooks Now we’ll talk about how to make money blogging with eBooks. I’ve been creating eBooks since 2009. The best part about eBooks is they are easy to create, and you can sell them for a long time. The eBook I wrote in 2009 was bundled with some other products. I didn’t have to update it again until 2014. I sold it for five years! That particular product generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for my business. Here are some common questions and answers about creating an eBook. How long should my eBook be? As long as necessary. 🙂 Your book should be at least 40 pages so the buyer will see the value in it. That doesn’t mean it has to be 40 pages, single spaced, a 10-point font in an 8.5“x11” page size. Format it how you like – big fonts, pictures, charts, lots of white space. Ask yourself this question: If I bought this book, would I feel like I got a good deal? How do I format an eBook? eBooks are delivered in PDF ...

Part 4 – How To Make Money Blogging With Affiliate Income You’ve probably asked yourself the same question. Can I do it too? Yes! When I started blogging in 2015, I never planned on making money with my blog (making money with your blog is called monetizing). I had other ideas I wanted to pursue that would financially support my business: • writing books (did that) • building online courses (haven’t had time to do this yet) • advertising on my podcast (not pursuing this right now) • public speaking (did that) • building a membership site (undecided on this one because it’s a bit time consuming) Then I started learning about affiliate marketing and how easy it was to monetize a blog. Eighteen months after starting my blog when I first focused on monetizing it, I made $11,400 in my first month. I share that with you because there is plenty of opportunities for new bloggers to make money. The thing that gets me is if I had known then what I know now (and what I will share ...

Part 3 – How To Create Your Blog In this part you’ll start a blog on WordPress. It’s simple – if you want to be a successful blogger you need to run your blog on a successful platform. Let me give you an analogy – if you wanted to open a successful restaurant, would you use ingredients you could find for free? Of course not because who knows what you kind of ingredients you would be getting at no cost. You would start with the best ingredients you could afford. Lucky for you – it doesn’t cost much to get started blogging (in other words, it’s the cheapest business you’ll ever start). You can get a good quality restaurant up and be running without breaking the bank. Plus if you decide you don’t want to be a chef, you get a 100% money back guarantee. Not bad! Where to get started WordPress is the #1 blogging software in the world. If you want to start a WordPress blog for cheap, going with Bluehost to run your blog is the answer. I’ve used Bluehost to start three companies ...

Part 2 – What Should I Blog About? I get this question a lot when people are thinking about starting a business too. What kind of business should I start? Try this quick 10-minute exercise: • Take a sheet of paper • Draw a line down the middle, so there are two columns • In the left column take 5-minutes and write down everything you are passionate about • In the right column take 5-minutes and write down everything you are an expert on • Circle everything that overlaps in the two lists. The overlap is called your ‘Zone of Genius‘. It’s where you take something you know about (you’re an expert in) and that you would be passionate about writing. Here’s the thing – if you pick a topic you’re only mildly interested in, you won’t stick with it. It’s a waste of your time, and you won’t be successful. I’m an expert cake baker, but I only bake 1–2 cakes a year. I’m not that passionate about baking. I used to be when I was single and had nothing better to do on the weekends. It...

Part 1 – Why Should You Blog? I started blogging in the spring of 2015. Considering how long blogging has been around – that’s a pretty late start. Why would anyone want to blog? There are plenty of reasons. And it’s still a great time to get started. Check out this list and see some of the reasons why. 1. It’s fun and rewarding Blogging is fun. I get to write about things I enjoy and I meet people online who share similar interests. I spent most of my career sitting behind a computer. At one of my jobs we worked in a room with no windows that we called the cave. Don’t get me wrong – I love being behind a computer. But there isn’t much social interaction. When I decided in 2015 I was going to flip my life on its head and do exactly the opposite of everything I’ve ever done: • help people with their problems • go to conferences and meet people • talk to people (you don’t do that much as a programmer) my entire outlook on life changed. I get to help people with their f...