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First Year

As controversial as the title of this article may seem, the facts don't lie. 90% of all new bloggers who try to money online from their blogs fail within the first year. The question is, will you be one of them?

While blogging for fun and to communicate with like-minded souls is an enjoyable process, blogging with the intention of making money can quite stressful.

Most new bloggers I've met attempt to jump right into heavy topics like search engine optimization, link building, paid reviews and ad sales, completely ignoring the three important things they need to survive their first year of blogging.

So what are the three most things you should know about blogging?

1 - Determine If You Really Need a Blog

Yeah, that's right. There are a hundred different ways to make money online, so why would you want to choose blogging? Blogs take a long time to turn around any decent profit, if there is any profit to be made in the first place.

Will you keep writing, day after day, if you are only making $20 a month from your blog?

In many aspects, the blogging business model is similar to traditional print media like magazines and newspapers. Until you have a huge readership, you're not going to attract top-paying advertisers. That can take weeks, months or even years.

Start a blog only if you're passionate about the topic, not because you're desperate to make some money. Desperation is a face all your visitors will notice right away, and will never forget.

2 - Figure Out How You're Going to Make Money First

Yes, take out a piece of paper, and on it write "How I'm Going to Make Money from This Blog". Right below that, write down all your monetization ideas starting with the easiest.

By doing this you're forcing yourself to analyze the profitability of a market more closely. See what others are currently doing, and compare that to what you have in mind. If you find too little options, you may want to consider a different topic.

3 - Don't Bother with The Technical Stuff

The technical stuff will bog you down and eventually divert your attention from revenue generating activities. Let me explain what I mean.

A typical blogger would decide to use WordPress as his blogging platform. Although WordPress is free, it's an open-source software that provides you with no direct support channels. You're on your own as far as technical matters are concerned, and the only thing you can fall back on is online documentation and perhaps some kind people at the forum.

For the most part however, it's going to be rather difficult for you to grab themes and plugins and put them together to create the type of blog that you really want.

There's a big chance you'll get distracted by stuff like hacking codes and tweaking the CSS styles.

Here's a tip: Learn to make do with less. Forget the bells and whistles.

What you should be focusing on is writing great content, and attracting more readers. Outsource the technical tasks to someone else and you'll achieve your income goals much faster.

You see, to get through your first year of blogging you don't need to do more; just more of the stuff that makes you money.

You are a blogger, not a web master or programmer. Start thinking and behaving like one, and when you do the smoke clear to reveal your path to a successful blogging business.

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