| 4 Secret Blogging Tips To Make Money Online Effectively |
Alvin Phang
Oct 3rd, 2007
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If you have been surfing around all the popular blogs recently, you will noticed most of the blogs online are converting their theme designs. To keep up the pace and tread so did I as I made some major changes to my blog with the new design and logo.
As an experienced blogger who only thinks about monetizing from my readers I noticed most blogger focus on only getting more RSS Readers. But hear me out as I will show you some valuable tips you must do on your blog to get more profits from your blogs.
Here Are 4 Tips You Need To Consider When You Are Blogging To Make Money Online
1. Do NOT Focus On RSS Subscription
It’s good to have RSS Subscription on your blog but what not many people are aware of is that RSS readers seldom buy STUFF! Why? Because they only read your blog from their own RSS readers and hardly will they ever have the chance to see the banners you have that sell stuff!
Also mainly RSS readers who subscribe to blogs are only looking for valuable information would they subscribe to your blog. If chances they see that your blog do not help them they would most likely unsubscribe.
The only way you can monetized your RSS readers is that you want them to click on your affiliate links on your blog. Which hardly not many RSS readers like to do =P
2. You Make More with Opt-Ins
As any marketer would know, getting first name and email address is the most important thing to collect in your Internet Business. You will noticed I never really focus much on my RSS subscription but would much focus more on getting my viewer’s first name and email address.
And this is the shocking news, people who fill in their first name and email address are more likely to buy something compared to a RSS Readers. How do I know that? Well like any marketer I tested it and its shockingly truth =P
3. Use Simple Themes That Has 1 Sidebar Only!
Many bloggers including mine used to have 2 sidebars and what I noticed was that it made the blog looked really messy with too many words to read. I realized after organizing the links, the click through rate on the sidebar was higher and in the past when I have two sidebars there were hardly anyone clicking on the categories!
So why bother to put things on your sidebar that do not generate profits for you? My tip would be only place things at the top of your sidebar that can generate the most cash for you. For example an opt-in box placed at the top of the sidebar or banners ads that sells your affiliate programs.
4. Put All Your Money Making Stuff on The Start Screen of Your Viewer
Lots of people do not know this, when you choose a theme you want to ensure you can capture the first 5 seconds of your viewers to do an action. The action can be anything like to fill up a simple opt-in form or to ask your readers to click on a banner or even your Adsense. That where all your money making stuff would appear on the first load of your blog. It’s what I call the focus point of your blog and you would want the most important thing to be placed at that very spot.
Here’s a screen shot of what I meant
What the image shows above are the hot spots of my blog. As you can see that lots of people who visit my blog actually looks right at the center of my blog design which in return get me more opt-ins and that’s what I meant by hot spots of your blog.
Summary
What works of many people and what you thought was good to use may not be always necessary a good tip. Most bloggers especially those who give advice on blogging never have the thought in mind to grab people’s contacts but prefer to get RSS subscriptions instead. In my view, I feel getting opt-in is far more greater then any RSS subscriber and I have been secretly building a HUGE list using my blog and that’s how you can make more money from your blogs =)
If you are looking for a step-by-step guide on how you can do the same you can check out my FREE book at this link here. Also to help you getting started on your blogging journey I have also compiled a optimized FREE blog theme you can download here
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Tags: Blogging Guides , Blogging Tips , Make Money Online |
well done ! still like reading your stuff even if I don’t feel inclined to spend 5-10 hours a day working on the computer anymore !
I think the bit about attracting people who want to buy makes a lot of sense. Do you think people are more willing to pay for a service (eg. setting up of a blog for them) than to pay for a do-it-yourself book ? ie sell things to make lazy people’s lives easier ?
It really depends on what niche you are talking about… overall from my experience I can say that people prefer a do it yourself book because it’s cheapier =)
And the amazing thing is that when people read your book they are more willing to get your services later on
Hi Alvin,
I can see that tracking is a very important for our online business but most of us do not bother to track what our visitors does on our site.
Anyway great blogging tips, how can I not say that you are the no.1 blogger! lol
John
Low Cost Minisite Graphics
Long time no see you here liao.. =) your welcome John =)
Yes Alvin,
It had been some time that I had not leave a comment on your blog. lol
John
Minsite Graphics Templates
Hi Alvin,
Good info, thank for sharing. Will update my theme.
Cheers!
Bernard
http://www.asiainternetmarketingacademy.com/
Haha, alvin, i am sure you are keeping the more juicy tips man. Just on my sharing part, i will recommend using adsense deluxe plugin as it is easy, can be wrapped within your post itself and is very flexible.
Keep it going bro! cheers -
http://www.blogmiracle.com
Hey Alvin,
Thanks for the great Post, lost of informative information
for me to take action with.
Thanks again
Dan
http://www.DanielAziz.com
Totally agree with your hotspot theory. My own testing on my blog gives approx 35% of readers clicking a link or image above the fold within 10 seconds of arriving. I.e Most casual visitors don’t know what they are looking for and just surf from one site to the next without actually checking everything thats on offer. Incidently, this even occurs when you are offering the world for free - a huge percentage don’t take the time to see whats on offer.
Phill
Hi, Alvin!
I would add have screen width less than 750 to tip #3.
It makes your site more professional apart from difficulty
in scrolling horizontally to read the rest of a sentence or
the side bar.
I’ve never seen any good reason for having a screen over
750px wide.
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The reason I design it for 1024 width is because I did a test and check that 80% of my visitors have 1024 x 768 resolution.. so I cater to them more then the people with small screens =)
The reason to that is also.. we use all the space available to advertise what you want to offer..
Thanks for the tips. However, may I know where to get this wordpress template?
Cheers!
Patrick
http://www.income-internet-business.com/blog
Currently you cant find this any where because this theme is specially design by me for me only =P
But you can get a theme I am giving out at http://hyperlink.to/atomictheme/
Some good tips. I plan on working on a new template design soon for my blog.
Hi Alvin,
It Always Amazes Me … how universal law and the law of attraction work for all who believe.
The right info. and the people who grasp opportunity without hesitation are usually the ones that achieve the stellar results.
I have many things to learn. As each of our success builds upon each other we reach our goals, dreams and aspirations. Thanks to all of you for your comments and thanks to you Alvin for sharing your knowledge.
Live Long, Laugh Often and Prosper,
Freddy
zanshincat
http://www.MoneyMakingCat.com
I agree with what you say regarding RSS subscribers and good point.
Plus, purely for your information, here is my experience when I arrived at this page.
I did see the color of the Blogging Traffic ebook banner (top,middle) however my mind didn’t register what I was looking at.
My eyes immediately went right, towards the ‘Click here to take on a blog analysis test’.
That banner/button seemed to have the greatest pull.
Then I went to read your article and when you referred to the hot spot in your blog and had the screen image there, that is when I went back to the top of the page and read the banner about the free book, properly.
Not sure if that’ll help you and other readers. Hope it does.
Thanks again for the great tips. It’s all good advice.
Namaste, Thea
Thanks for the input.. was looking at what you do… on your site… nice site and service you provide =) Thanks for visitng
Very useful information i must say
Great Stuff …
Will indeed helps improve my blog.
Thanks
zand
The main is tip no 4 which is the most important one…. and i’m struggling to get it done.
The rest of them are good and useful information….. will strive to improve as what Alvin says in the post…
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this template is a much better and i less adsense is better as well.
Some interesting info to pick up
and implement on my blog!
Simple and sharp advise you have. Thank you. And I like you new wordpress plugin as well, you have implemented all your suggestions into your new plugin. Well done and thank you!
Nice tips buddy!
Thanks man was totally focusing on increasing my rss readers
i cant wait for ur new theme to come out. Keep it going Alvin!