Blogging For Money - Lorraine Wellman
A quick search on Google for “Make Money Online” will bring up a myriad of different methods of making money online. Unfortunately the majority are pure scams.
People often associate Internet Marketing with scams. They couldn’t be further from the truth. When I teach people how to make money online I teach business. Creating your own information product to sell online. There are other methods too. For example you could set up affiliate pages and sell other people products to earn commissions.
One of my new favorite methods to start making some good cash on the internet is blogging.
While I don’t use it on this blog, I do blog for traffic which builds my list. I can then recommend products and services to my list to generate revenue. I could also pimp out my blog to advertisers but I’m not looking to do that on this blog.
My mom (Lorraine Wellman - Greatest mother in the world) is a GREAT example of blogging to pull in massive traffic.
She loves to write. Not only that, she’s great at it. So my Dad showed her how she could set up her own blog on Wordpress.com
Every single day she’ll post articles that she writes on things that interest her. From Oprah to scientific discoveries, she’ll write about it.
She is now getting over 1,000 unique individuals going to her blog every single day. That’s over 30,000 people looking at what she writes every month.
So how did she do it?
She wrote.
It was simple for her, write every day on topics that are big in the media. Politics, war, TV shows, etc. It started with 10 - 15 people reading and grew every day. In fact I think she’s only been posting for about 6 months (maybe less).
How can she turn that into cash?
Advertising. She could get people looking to pay for text link advertising and put their ads on her blog (a sponsor if you will). Adster is just one of those type of companies that allow you to buy and sell text ads.
My moms even inspired me to follow a passion I have and now I’m getting ready to launch my own tech blog that I’ll support with advertising. It’s an enjoyable hobby of mine to write about technology and science so why not get paid to do so :)
To check out my Mom’s blog head over to: http://writeasrain.wordpress.com/
To Your Success!
Keith Wellman
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It is nice to see that you give credit where it is due!
So any tips on SEO or where one can begin to learn and implement said SEO for great results. Trying to figure out what you offer, a bit at a loss!
Agreed. This is a great post :) Looking forward to the next one (hopefully on seo :)
While I have never had the chance to meet Lorraine in person I am well aware of her blog and passion for writing. I really like her blog she writes about everything that catches her interest and she is interested in a lot. You will enjoy reading this bright and happy blog.
What a great privaledge to be the Husband and Father to such talent, It is great to see the comments that are being put up and telling Keith what it is that you would like to see and want him to post on. As an Internet Marketer myself I know how important it is to know what people really want to solve the problems they are having. Your comments really help out alot. Great Job Keith and Lorraine Wellman
Jeff Wellman
Hello Keith,
This is Clifford Griffin, one of your loyal subscribers. I just couldn’t help providing you with some feedback on your above post.
Excellent! Your mom is indeed an excellent writer. She has that much sought after ability to write about everyday events in such a way that they are no longer “run-of-the-mill” pieces that you would bypass in a newspaper or magazine to get to the headline story.
As I read her writing I found myself rushing to get to the next paragraph in expectation of finding her conclusion or thoughts on that particular subject.
She has the ability to not only hold the attention of her readers but she makes them eager to turn the page. An ability that is rare indeed.
Tell her to keep up the good work as she has just gained another interested reader for her blog.
On another note, you mention she has inspired you to launch a new “Tech” blog to write things you enjoy. I have always had a passion for Astronomy and I have wanted to start a website or blog on that subject for some time now. Being a former teacher I am a fairly competent writer and I would really enjoy writing about my passion.
Can you offer any suggestions on the best way to go about launching a site or blog of this kind. I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide.
Kindest Regards,
Clifford Griffin
cliffgriff@crawler.com