When news broke that Linda Ikeji had acquired a multi-million Naira state of the art mansion in the highly elitist Banana Island, a lot of hustlers, especially blog owners had a headache from the shock that the ex-model could be earning so much money from her blog.

Today, more blogs have erupted out of the soils of the internet, especially on the Nigerian region of the world wide web. Everybody wants to at least get a crumb from where ever Linda is eating from. Blogging is truly a lucrative business and everybody is welcome, but wait!

The great news is that, blogging does not require much technical expertise – the dumbest person in the world can become a blogger; I mean, if you’re able to read and write, can identify an angle of focus, and then know the right blogging platform to use, you may just be set to smile to the bank!

Here are a few tips to set you up for real…

Create an online audience

Creating an online audience is about attracting people to yourself. You need to device some sort of angle to get people’s attention and capitalize on it. Do not assume that this business is easy; you must learn how to grow a followership in one way or the other. This may also require you to read and learn about online marketing and techniques to building online followership because you need people to serve your blog content.

Add a link to your blog on every tweet, Facebook post, LinkedIn post including Instagram and emails you send out.

You can expand your audience reach by advertising your blog on Google, Facebook and adopt a search engine optimization technique. This will go a long way to increase your online presence.

Open a window for donations and Advert placement

Remember we mentioned earlier that you need to identify an angle of focus, which is focusing on a certain or some types of topics such as football, pets, cars, makeup etc. Stuffs like this will easily attract people in this field and product manufacturers who can pay you or donate to your blog or advertise on your blog. Matter of fact, if you create an online payment platform, some people who are impressed by your articles may be compelled to donate to you as a form of encouragement.

Affiliate Marketing

When you have a blog, you can strategically place products on your blog like an advert placement, especially for products that are buzzing in the market with good user testimonials. You can also write product reviews on those strategic products for people to read and appreciate. The possibility is that the brand owners will see it and actually take advantage of your platform and pay you for a job well done.

Monetize Your Content

If you have original contents on your blog, and by original, I mean, if you source and write your articles yourself, then you can easily monetize your content by signing up with Google or other platforms that post relevant ads that may interest your readers. If they click on the ad, you earn a some as compensation for hosting the ad on your site. You know what they say about little drops of water… it can make an ocean. Note that, your choice of keywords will determine the quality of the ads that come up on your site and this will also raise the cash flow from your site.

Do Not Steal Other People’s Intellectual Content

Everybody wants to make money from whatever they are doing, especially bloggers. Linda Ikeji is making a fortune from it and several other people, but just because it is a virtual business, a lot of people try to use the backdoor. You shouldn’t go around other sites, copying and pasting whatever you see on your blog, just because you want content. That desperation will only make you lose ranking and your site could be penalized. The worse part of it, is if someone has an actual contact to reach you, they could sue you for copyright infringement and intellectual content theft. Adopt all the creative and ethical techniques to attract attention to your blog and always give credit where due.

You are meant to use your blog to provide meaningful information to readers, so maintain your integrity and the money will follow.

It is important to know that success doesn’t come easily, it takes a great deal of effort, hard work and consistence. That’s how Linda Ikeji made it to the top.

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