Previously we have learnt how choosing a particular niche of interest is what works best for any blogger and not just choosing a niche because other people are going for it or because there is a lot of money in it.
Most guys who have become successful today like Darren Rowse, Lisa Irby, etc are those people who see blogging not as quick money making scheme but as a way of expressing their feeling for something they are truly passionate about like sports, religion, politics, money making, photography, etc.
So you will be doing yourself a lot of harm if you are going for blogging because of the money and not for the interest you have in it. I tell you making money with blogging is not an easy meal as it could take a long time{most of the time years} to start reaping the "fruit of your labour", during this time you'll need a lot of enthusiasm to actually pull through!
We also learnt that setting up a blog is a good way of ushering in the journey of your blogging experience. Having a good blog is an understatement but having a successful blog just fits right in.
How can you have a successful blog? A successful blog in my opinion is a blog that has all the right attributes needed for success.
A successful blog must possess the following attributes;
i. A good theme or template.
ii. A well organized navigation bar which is easily accessible.
iii. A good blog must have its own domain name like .com, org, net, etc.
iv. A good blog must have it's own hosting service{not free hosting} and there are so many of them around with different hosting packages. Anyway, when it has to do with a reliable hosting service Ipage still offers the best at very affordable rates.
Setting up a blog is not difficult at all as there several hosting sites that will help you set up your blog in no time and at no extra cost! You can even set it up yourself within the hosting account given to you, all you need do is just install the wordpress blogging platform and "you are good to go".
Take note; All hosting sites that I know make use of wordpress and not blogger even though these two are the most popular blogging platform but you'll discover that all hosting sites still prefer wordpress to blogger, why? because wordpress has lots of functions which blogger doesn't have. This makes it the number one!
Now let's move to the topic of discussion which is;
3. Content; It is often said that "content is king", well this is so true in the sense of it. One of the key factors to having a successful blog is to publish not just a content but a regularly updated fresh and unique content. Most successful blogs you see around have one thing in common and that is "fresh and unique content".
They make sure their blog is regularly updated with fresh and unique articles and they also make sure their articles are not just seen scattered everywhere around the web.
Am not saying they can't write and submit to article directories for traffic and other reasons but what I mean is that they would write their articles solely for their esteemed readers!
As a professional blogger, you need something unique that makes you stand out from the crowd. An article that is neither seen in Mr As nor Mr Bs blog, this makes your readers want to "kill for your blog" and I bet it they would always come for more by visiting your site regularly.
Watch out for vol three{3} of this article "Learning the art of blogging"!
Remember this is a site that's genuinely designed to help beginners make money online!
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