Getting media attention

No matter how good your content is, or how good your SEO (search engine optimization) is, you still need to find a way to drive users to your site. CyberWyre, for example, has received hundreds of link-backs, however there is only so much traffic which can be created from these sources.

Traffic = Money.

The only way to increase earnings from your website is for more people to know about the site. For decades now, when an organization wants to gain media attention, it will publish a press release. I believe that this site is unique, and that my intentions are good: earning money to pay for school, while teaching others how I did it, and I hope that others may find the records of my successes and failures helpful in their own ventures.

I will document the status of this experiment. If any news agency is reading this I will be more than happy to participate in an interview to discuss this site, or other side-businesses I have run in order to support myself throughout school.

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Starting Your Blog: Part Three

Now that your blog is all configured and online, it’s time to start building some content for your site. It might be tempting to try to attract traffic at this point but it is best if the site remains private for a little while. Build your content until you have four or five well written articles online and feel confident that if a user visits your site that they will come back.

Remember, your viewers expect quality content and they always expect something fresh. You want the bulk of your traffic to come from repeat visitors. If someone visits your site and it is lacking content, it will quickly be dismissed and worse, not bookmarked.
Once you have built your site to a level which you are confident will be a success, then you can start to promote your site. I suggest following some of the techniques listed in cyberwire's website Traffic Generation section.

Starting Your Blog: Part Two

So you’ve now thought of what to write about and are all set to make your millions, right? Not so fast. If you truly want to run a “professional” blog, you’ll want to stay clear from the public blogging websites. These include the blogger.coms, livejournal.coms, etc. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using these sites, but you want to find a way to stand out from the croud. Go buy a domain, they’re cheap and will give you a bit of an edge from the 30 million other blogs online.

The next step will be to setup hosting for your blog. Once, you have a domain name registered for your site and have hosting set up there is only one step left. I strongly recommend you install WordPress on your server for your blog. It’s extremely easy to get going with, especially with their famous 5-minute install.
That’s it. Start blogging already.

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Starting Your Blog: Part One

It’s not uncommon now to hear about people quitting their secure full time jobs to blog full time. With 30 million blogs on the Internet, it’s a fad that is catching on quickly. If you’re in it only for the money, you probably won’t be able to quit your job, but if you work hard enough, you might be able to pay the lease on your car.

In this series I will step through the basics of setting up, maintaining, and drawing traffic to your blog. This blog has been public and online for 11 days and has received 69,010 unique visitors at the time of this article and I’ll explain how I did it.

Lesson One: Nobody wants to know what you ate today, who you have a crush on, or what movies you think totally suck.
You want to make money right? In the Adsense game, traffic = money. Unless you are blogging about your experiences being the head of a large corporation, no one will visit your site. Think of something unique to write about — find the niche your blog will fill. This blog for example, is specifically about making money online. Find something you’re good at, or know a lot about and write about that.
Once you have found the topic of your blog, sit down and think for a couple of hours about potential articles for your site. Remember, what makes blogs different and interesting is the fact that they are always fresh with new ideas and content. To have any hope for success you’ll have to have two or three new articles a week. Can you sustain a constant flow of new articles on this topic, or is there only so much you can think of?
Before anything else, do yourself a favor and follow these steps. Laying the proper foundation is the start to any successful venture

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Welcome Note

I will like to welcome one and all to theblogcollege. Here you will be thoroughly furnished with the current updated syllabus on blogs as drafted by me. I have made it my business to highlight the ins and outs of blogs, how to make money with blogs, the latest in blogging and whatever more exists. So grab a firm grip on your chair for you are are in for a ride of your life, that may probably change your life for the rest of your exisitence.
Cheers!!!