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OP is high on fried Mushin weed.

He probably granted the interview after taking 13 wraps of oshogbo weed fried in frog's urine.

Everything about SEO has been perfectly covered in the following three posts:

1. Keyword Research: The Ultimate Guide to Finding Lucrative Keywords

2. A Beginners' Guide to SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

3. Practical SEO: How to Optimize Your Blog Posts for Continuous Traffic

You killed the whole thing with your 4th condition. Best of luck.

for amateur bloggers, Wordpress for the pros.

Before someone asks me about Linda Ikeji, I'd say "her case is an exception, not the rule." Virtually all other successful Nigerian blogs run on WP.

But anyone who has really tried out WP and understand how it works will agree that Blogger is just mediocre.

And when he made those promises, he added that he would make everything happen in 30 days.

OP, you're high on fried weed.

Nice points, OP. I have the following to add, though:

1. Think of something else other than celebrity gist/entertainment blogging. That niche is super-saturated! Truth is, even if Linda Ikeji were to start afresh today in that same niche, she'll be lost in the crowd. Stop chasing shadows by thinking your own blog can also become the next LIB or Bella Naija. Well, you might have some slim chances of success if you have some unique stuff to offer. But that will most likely take years! There are many other niches with much less competition and huge demand, such as travel (visa issues, etc), job search tips (not just vacancy copy-and-paste), small business/startup tips, real estate, autos, etc. This post will give you multiple niche ideas to choose from.

2. Regardless of what niche you opt for, you can only succeed with unique and original content. It's not compulsory that you always come up with something new, but you must always add your own unique perspective to whatever information you offer. If your plan is to copy and paste articles from other blogs, you won't make headway (reality, not a curse). Do you expect people to read some stuff on LIB or Bella Naija and till come over to your own entertainment blog to read the same copied story? So, you need to be creative and unique--this applies to any niche.

3. Start out seriously. Trying to be overly frugal will only kill your blogging dream prematurely. Invest in a self-hosted WordPress blog (I recommend MidPhase hosting) so your blog will have a more professional look, invest in ads (Nairaland ads is fine) so you can have some traffic, invest in a good mailing list (Click here to learn more) so your visitors will keep coming back each time you publish a new post. And most importantly, invest a lot of time to creation of unique content and building relationships with other bloggers in your niche.

4. Be patient. Forget about monetization from the start. Focus on growing your blog and building a huge audience. Once you achieve that, everything about monetization will fall into place. Linda Ikeji blogged for 4 years before earning a kobo from her blog. It took me close to 2 years to earn my first kobo from my blog. If what you're looking for is a way to make money within few days to weeks, then blogging isn't for you.

Finally, I strongly recommend this page for every aspiring blogger. It will teach you all you need to know to make money from blogging and make it a real business.

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What about the Walkman and the "Game 2000" on which we player brick game and car racing?

Fertilenigeria:
Ok, my niche is Nigeria (I write about various topics in Nigeria), Yes - I see greater number of people from other countries visiting my blogs everyday. my major traffic soource is google.com and google.com.ng. I am using 3 link ads and 3 display ads. All of them in the head and post section (because of mobile trend). Many people will never reach out to sidebar contents again because they are using phones. Hope this answers your questions

Thanks so much. I appreciate.

@Fertilenigeria, your earnings screenshot is attractive. As for me, I have a blog that generates about 30k daily page views. And I earn at least $20 per day.

But I still would like to learn from you by asking the following questions:

1. What niche is your blog in?

2. Are you targeting a Nigerian or a global audience? (mine is Nigerian)

3. What are your major traffic sources? (mine is SEO)

4. What ad combinations and placements do you adopt?

I'll greatly appreciate your reply.

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okosodo:
Useless miracles of no significance

No significance to you. Why not try to replicate them? Brainless troll!

tutusaint:
@ webincomeplus; My oga, you should be happy that one of your students has just been awarded a front page degree in NL.

No offence though, you have always been a master and am proud to have learnt from you

Don't mind the subtle attack. I never knew this great post is from one of my subscribers. Keep the good work going. I wish you all the best. You rock!

@tutusaint, so you're not creative enough to create your own unique signature line?

That's the surest recipe for a ban

Eek! I've never seen an uglier human being.

The warning is clearly written in the instruction manual that comes with all generator models. Yet, most Nigerians won't read.

LOL!

OP, you just came out of a cave, right?

I know some people will complain about the price or specs. What many Nigerians are looking for is a Tecno tab with 3GB RAM, 10.1-inch retina screen, 128GB internal memory, wireless charger, and 20,000mAh battery for N13,000. Dreamers!

All federal universities of technology in the country produce engineers that distinguish themselves in the workplace, not just FUTO. What happened to FUTA?

This list is just a product of the OP's imagination. Topics like this can never be correctly written about, especially here in Nigeria, where there are little or no stats to drive home points.

The problem is that most people rush to put up their premium products without making a name for themselves first. Nobody will buy from someone they don't know or trust.

You can make sales consistently to a Nigerian audience if you can take your time to build trust and establish yourself as an expert before making any attempt to sell anything.

One of the strategies for establishing trust is to give away lots of valuable information for free. Once people come to trust you and regard you as an expert, they'll eagerly buy anything you offer for sale.

I spent two years trying to build trust and establish my expertise before publishing my first ebook. Now, I have two ebooks and one course, and they all fetch me decent income monthly.

Nice post

theplushist:
Huh? Did you say N5k or N50k

Yes, N5k. Are you surprised? Note that I didn't say 100,000 unique visits. I said 100,000 page views. That could be generated by less than 20,000 visitors on a highly engaging blog.

Most blogs I know that generate 1 million monthly page views charge N50,000. That's how I came about my estimate of N5k per 100,000 monthly page views.

Whoever thinks that's meager should go for Adsense.

That's why they say your traffic must be really voluminous before you can make decent and consistent income from ads.

Misterkelv:
Per week or month?

Per month.

It depends on a number of factors.

First, if your blog focuses on just one niche (e.g. tech), your charges should be higher than that of a general blog because your visitors are more targeted, and chances are high that advertisers will get a good ROI on their campaign, provided their offers are in line with your visitors' needs.

Secondly, it's down your traffic volume.

Thirdly, it depends on whether the client is an individual or a business. Or whether the advert is for a blog or a product/service.

Now in my own opinion, I think N5,000 per 100,000 page views is fair for a niche blog. And it should be slightly less for a generalised blog. Again, it's my opinion--but it's based on what I've found to be the average rates charged by most of the successful blogs run by Nigerians

notopoverty.com
mytopbusinessideas.com
webincomeplus.com

I'm sure you'll applaud those three blogs!

I agree with the OP. The information marketing business in Nigeria has been rubbished by snake oil marketers who have no idea of what they are selling. I'm an information marketer myself, but I hate the way most others are going about it.

This is what most of them do: they scout the web for PLR (private label rights) ebooks that they can buy the rights to edit and sell. They change the author's name to theirs and put up a sales page that promise heaven and earth. Then they add a money-back guarantee with some fake testimonials just to convince people that they are genuine.

Once the unsuspecting buyer pays into their account, they disappear into thin air, and they will never be around to provide all the support they promised. Why? Because they didn't create those products themselves, and they know little or nothing about the contents.

I once published a post on my blog, in which I criticized this approach, and one guy sent me an email trying to castigate me for my opinion. But I hold strongly that anyone who doesn't know jack about a topic should not sell information about it.

#Notosnakeoilinformationmarketers