What is so important we about content marketing .
Why do people blog ?
How many blogs are there on the internet ?
I will answer that question later on in this post .
How many people have become successful blogging ?
Furthermore I want to know how I am supposed to benefit from it ?
You and I both alike want to know how much money we can make .
Funny enough the amount of money you make depends on the quality of content and engagement and ability to market.
With a blog you are not selling directly .
What you are supposed to be doing is solving problems giving people directions, inspiring, entertaining educating them .
So yes you have to be patient with the process .
To be brutally honest blogging is a service that benefits you and the customers .
The objective is to write problem solving content for your audience .
The other thing you get to do is display your talents and expertise .
Do note that the majority of the population searches Google and reads blogs before they buy products .
The good thing about this is that you get free traffic and customers without paying a dime .
Plus Blogging opens up doors and opportunities for other things .
if you do not have a blog You are missing out .
Wouldn’t you want to take advantage of some of the opportunities that I mentioned above mainly free traffic .
Now you might be one of those people that don’t like to write and that is fine because you have people like Garry V crushing it Sharing micro content.
Wouldn’t you want to take advantage of free traffic ?
Every visitor is a potential customer .
Every visitor on site opens the door for relationships .
Those very same people become apart of your community.
It takes work to build an audience but the benefits of producing content and driving traffic outweighs the time and energy that it takes to do it.
I have a tribe that is growing slowly and it hasn’t cost me a dime .
That group of people trust me more and more with each post that I write.
So when I decide to write a sales post there would be some of them buying in.
I am of the opinion that it is expensive to buy traffic .
I am not saying that you should not buy ads either .
What I am saying is that you can use your blog as a magnet to drive leads to your site and then put some money behind that same post to get it in front of more people.
Sponsored stories.
No matter which way you look at it you need to produce content .
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It doesn’t have to be long form or short form you could use, charts and or videos .
The idea here is to get you to started documenting and sharing to get people’s attention .
Are you willing to do that ?
If you intend on staying in the game for years to come you had better start producing content .
I produce 1 blog post per week but in between I am highly active producing and sharing micro content .
I love having the freedom to share my expertise which also helps my customers get a better understanding of my brand .
However I do need to start repurposing post in my archives to drive more traffic to my older post .
Yes it takes work to create content but it is well worth it in the long run.
As a matter of fact I just finished sharing content and networking .
I make it a habit of sharing content on a daily basis .
Not every piece of content is going to be a home run either.
The object is to build up your archives with valuable content .
Blogging plays a major role in the operations and success of marketing .
The blog is the hub .
I am going to outline a few tips and tricks you can use to grow your blog .
In the meantime, in between the time it is time for you and It to step up .
I have lots of work to do like optimizing my site .
I want to drive more traffic .
In order for this to come to light I have share and repurpose it.
To be honest I knew this all along but my ass has been lazy .
I will make sure that I convert and upgrade the post in my archives .
Doing what I said above will boost the traffic coming to my site .
Things like that can be done at little or no cost at all.
On another note you don’t have to or need to be an A level writer to get customers .
The key is in sharing value.
People want value and deserve it.
Yes it takes time but it enables you to build long-term relationships .
The return on investment that you can get from writing content is priceless .
If you want focus on producing and distributing everything else will fall into place .
However as word of caution ,it can take years to monetize your site .
So try not to focus on making money .
The money will come down the line and if you ask me how long I don’t know .
It could happen much sooner than we think .
But you get my point ?
Everybody seems to get excited about making money blogging .
Yet there is a process that needs to be ingrained .
There are many ways to monetize a blog
- Rent ad space
- affiliate Products
- Charge people to write
Those are just a few of the ways in which it can be done .
Before you can do any of those things you have to position yourself .
And what I mean by positioning yourself is building up your audience.
In order to get and retain readers is by writing engaging content ,content that solves people’s problems .
You asked approximately how many blogs are there online .
There are roughlt 500 million blogs (source Google )
But How Many Blogs Are There In Total In 2019? To date, there are more than 500 million blogs and 1.7 billion websites in the world. Their authors account for over 2 million blog posts daily. The exact answer, however, is a bit more complicated than you’d expect
There are more websites than blogs bweased on the information above .
Maybe you are looking at the numbers and saying that there is lots of competition .
We’ll check out these numbers
According to data from a research study conducted by Research Now, nearly nine in 10 consumers (84%) make purchases after reading about a product or service on a blog. Among consumers between the ages of 18-34, blogs ranked as the most important source of information to make buying decisions. (source Google )
When you see that 84% of the consumer make purchasing after reading about a product and service on a blog that alone should send you running to sign up .
Let’s go over some tips you can use to help establish yourself.
- Arouse curiosity
Try not to be regimental with your approach .Add some animation into your post.
- Make mistakes
Do not correct all of your mistakes.Editing should be of the highest standards but it will not hurt to intentionally make little errors.
Doing so leaves room for interaction between yourself and your audience .
Even if you do proofread you are still going to make mistakes.
weMaking mistakes is an inevitable part of blogging .
- Do your homework
If you want to grow as a blogger you have to test to learn so that you can grow.
- Learn 1 skillset
You will learn as you go however if you consume too much and try learning multiple skillsets of blogging at one time you will end up confused .
- Be proactive
Do nor be afraid to test different blog formulas .
For example you might want to experiment writing in slang to see what type of response you will get .
Conclusion
No one in the blogging industry is superior to anyone .We all face trial and error .No one is immune to the challenges of getting traffic ,converting readers into buyers etc…
Those of us that keep writing consistently are goning to succeed.
Shout loud and clear in the comment section below .