You Don’t Want to Make Money Blogging!

Seriously, you don’t want to make money blogging, not from the start. If this is the goal that you’ve set for your blog, then it should be your ultimate goal; not your first, not your second, but last!

What you need is a step by step strategy.
What you want is to set goals that are realistic, tangible. Goals that are not only meant to get you closer to your ultimate goal, but also help you become better, become a PRO.

Start by looking at the source

Money does not fall out of the sky. Money comes from your readers, through clicks and affiliate programs, through reviews, through advertising, which you won’t get without a strong readership / traffic.

So, your primary goals should be about making yourself heard, making a name for yourself, becoming an authority.

Think big, but plan in small steps

Let’s say that by the end of the first 6 months of blogging, you would want to have at least 1000 RSS subscribers. 6 months is a long period of time and many things could happen. So, don’t worry about those 6 months, worry about your first month. Think about how to get your first, let’s say 20-30 subscribers. Think about how to gather natural, organic, targeted traffic to your blog. And if you achieve your first goal, try harder next month.

From month to month, raise the bar until you get closer to your target. I’m sure that you’ll find it a lot easier and sometimes even more rewarding than thinking on how to get 1000 subscribers from day one. You might even end up with more than you’ve initially planned.

Why is it important to develop a plan with more, smaller stages? Because strategies will fail you. Rest assured, they will; and it’s always better to lose a battle than the war. By making a mistake in stage one, you allow yourself to learn from it and not repeat it in stage two.

Remember, think big

Are you serious about blogging? Then, the ultimate purpose seams a bit like an ongoing one. Set your mind on being the better blogger, and if you achieve this goal, making money will follow.

“Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly.
It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.”
Henry Ford (1863 – 1947)