How to Make Money Online
Thanks to the creation of the internet, many people are now able to make money online, from either being a professional blogger or a travel writer.
Blogging has always been a part of journalism and now thanks to the availability and the ease of being able to create your own website or blog, people are able to be a part of the entire journalism world even if it is only as an informal journalist.
How can you get started?
There is more to blogging than just writing about how the sun and the moon should be aligning in the next few days.
For many people blogging is a way in which they can express themselves and allow their voice to be heard amongst a crowd of voices.
In order for them to make a difference, they will have to make sure that their blogs and websites have a way to generate anincomesourceas well as being able to reach their audiences.
The first step which you will need to do is to make sure that you have a webhosting option that will allow you to make use of SEO and any form of AdSense or AdWords.
Unfortunately, you will need to have a paid hosting option as your free hosting platforms do not offer advertising services to you.
After you have a website host and a domain name, your next step is to choose a website platform, the best option is to make use of WordPress.
You will be able to download WordPress from WordPress.org.
Setting up your website
Once you install WordPress as a platform you will need to set up your website, to do this you will need to choose a theme.
Choosing a theme is not a difficult task, however, to maximize the chance of your website generating money you will have to choose a theme that not only looks good but will allow you to make use of certain SEO tactics like editing your Meta keywords and descriptions.
Populating your site
Once your theme is set up and you have used the correct settings you will need to make sure that you fill the empty spaceson your website, this means that you are going to have to add content to your site.
If you are looking at making money from your website you will need to make sure that you have two things;
- A Blog Section
- Make use of Search engine Optimization
The blog section
Your blog section is where can make use of content marketing which is a part of SEO, in order for your blog to generate money you will need to make sure that every post which you post is up to scratch with the latest SEO methods, meaning that it can become a lot of work for you.
If you are working a normal day job I recommend you make use of an affordable SEO company to make sure your website is generating money and up to standard while you are at work, and when you get home you can write your posts.
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