can I pick your brain
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Hello all,
I have started my first blog and I am very new to to blogging… I will be launching my second this week also and running/maintaining then simultaneously…this first one is what i do for work and I have alot of experience to share, My goal is to use this as as a tool to hopefully in the future monetize and gain some extra income …. I need something. Divorced two kids starting from scratch grasping at straws… so Im hoping someone would be kind enough to check it out and see how it looks there si only one post… give me some feedback…constructive criticism always welcomed… also if you can offer any resources that contain the best information on how to utilize your blog and obtain traffic etc… best ways to get it out there … all that jazz… #totalamateur #butmotivated
Thank you in advance
~Jody
http://blushandlavender.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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My goal is to use this as as a tool to hopefully in the future monetize and gain some extra income …. I need something.
1. WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.
2. Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any banners, affiliate links in sidebar or footer widget areas, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
3. No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.com blogs. The only blogs that can be equipped for ecommerce are those with the $299. per year business upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/
The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains. http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/
Advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com is not allowed.
http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/
There are no restrictions if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.Please see this guide to learn about the differences.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested. http://get.wp.com/hosting/ -
give me some feedback…constructive criticism always welcomed… also if you can offer any resources that contain the best information on how to utilize your blog and obtain traffic etc
Two ways of attracting like-minded subscribers are
(1) commenting meaningfully and frequently on blogs with similar content
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2014/01/20/finding-blogs-with-similar-content/
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(2) being active on social networking sites
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/12/07/7-common-sense-social-networking-tips/On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/
See here for the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.
See these for Staff tips:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-get-more-traffic/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/traffic-dos-and-donts-a-checklist/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/postaday/ebook-grow-traffic/If you want to increase traffic then don’t listen to anyone who professes there are passive ways of doing that. Increasing traffic to a blog is hard work. If you want your blog to rank well in search engine results then that begins with creating and publishing original content posts (not pages) ie. unique content that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet.
See How to Identify Your Blog’s Target Audience http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/09/01/how-to-identify-your-blogs-target-audience/
These 5 videos introduce how Google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s pages, and how Google displays them in search results. It also touches lightly upon challenges webmasters and search engines face, such as duplicate content http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/22/5google-webmasters-video-tutorials/
If you are using a WordPress.com theme good SEO is a given. However, going beyond the theme what the blogger has done within that structure is worth evaluating. Whether you write informative, persuasive or controversial content learning how search engines work, and how to apply basic SEO to you content will benefit your blog as it will increase traffic from targeted readers. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/10/21/two-seo-videos-for-bloggers/
6 Ways to Make Google Your Blog’s Best Friend > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-make-google-your-blogs-best-friend/
Tap into the wisdom of The Daily Post blogging community and leave your question here in the comments. Others can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer). See http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/community-pool-87/
Lastly, these support threads are for technical issues arising from using the software. However, you are expecting to make money from your blog gained by getting free advice from those of us who are paid to do consultant work and that’s not on.
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To hire a consultant see Code Poet, a directory of WordPress professionals, web designers, and developers brought to you by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the largest operator of WordPress sites (20 million and counting). Here’s the link http://codepoet.com/
To take part in the free courses Staff offer see here http://dailypost.wordpress.com/blogging-university/
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as always, thistimethisspace, did a great job covering most important areas, I would like to add few more points of my own and some others inspired by this video on wordpress.tv: http://wordpress.tv/2014/03/18/john-lynn-can-you-make-money-blogging/
1- don’t think about making money in the first year of your blog, first focus on making good content and marketing your blog
2- don’t spend too much time on themes and plugins
3- study your niche and become better at what you write about (in other words, learn from your competition)
4- if you want to succeed faster than others, then be unique, controversial, funny… add value in ways that other don’tOnce you have a good amount of traffic, apply to http://wordads.co/ and then your blog will automatically start making money.
Don’t expect a high return from advertisement, here is a sample of WordPress blogs using Wordads and how much they earn per 1000 page views.
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