Look at this quote I got just today!
“You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.” Brian Tracy

Think Passive Income Streams they pay out better in the long run that any j.o.b!

http://www.squidoo.com/idiotsguide guide to making money online

I have to admit I never expected to see such a response to this post.

I have read all the comments and posts here and I know that it is true what you have all written.

However, there seems to be a problem as the hits on this particular post are just amazing to say the least. I wrote the post tongue in cheek but it seems there is really a problem with the blogging business . You are right Y.S. there might be a niche here. Oops there I go again telling all my secrets.

I always read your blog Caroline and I totally agree with the idea that a blog should be fun first otherwise it’s doomed for failure.

I really appreciate all the comments on this post. I will follow all the ideas here . Please do not hate me if I do sound a bit negative sometimes. I am bound to and at the same time, I am very very serious about making this blog a success.

This is the only post I read on your blog (I came here from Optempo), I found your post funny, honest and familiar … maybe you can make this your new Niche! (blogging about how blogging Sucks!)

Blogging is useless in two ways: if you blog for money but make $5 a month or you blog for socializing but have 50 visits a week.

Good luck to you!

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I have been running my site, elitebydesign.com for 3 months now, and even with low to moderate traffic, I have made almost $200 is private advertising alone. I have never once used adsense. Ads are just pennies though in the grand scheme of things. You can’t put all your eggs in one basket.

As much as I am not a fan of John Chow, he does have a point: You have to branch out and market yourself in more ways than one. If you rely solely on adsense and adwords, you will never be able to accumulate a good source of income.

Personally, I’m not blogging for money. I am blogging for growth and to get my web design business known. Perhaps you should try and create a service or product for people to buy and use this blog as a conversion tool rather than the money maker.

For example, I am selling the wordpress theme that is in use at elitebydesign.com. Using an e-junkie account, I have automated the process of people being able to buy my theme. This has brought in some great revenue and I don’t even have to do any work!

Maybe you could start a service. I do web design work for people. During my first month of my blog, I got one client. Second month, probably around 3. Yesterday I got 4 emails asking me to do work.

My point is, again, you gotta branch out and try different methods of making money. That is the only way to make money and have fun at the same time.

Anybody have anything to add to this or disagree with me on any points?

I could give you quite a bit of advice. For instance, your “about Tony” link seems more “about this site” and doesn’t look like it’s been run through a spell checker (”proffession”).

Don’t bookmark all the social networks… I would just stick to StumbleUpon and Reddit. You’ll do better with these if you get some friends who will help you vote up your posts in exchange for you voting up there posts.

Post when you have something worthwhile to post… I would aim for at least 2-3 days a week. Perhaps write them on the weekend and schedule them to post through the week.

Directories… I find it’s best to ignore them, I never get traffic from them.

Blogrolls… What does the Kenyan Community have to do with the content that you write about? Why not link to other people with similar blogs. It helps your readers and they’ll be more likely to write you.

“How come I have never linked back to a good article?” Because you don’t want to be a million dollar blogger?

“Why should I comment in your blog if I don’t read it anyway?” Start reading people’s blogs and then comment as necessary.

In the end, being a great blogger is about 80% content and 20% marketing. Make sure you are writing the most interesting content (the title of this post was awesome and got me to read the whole article). Consider the rest, commenting, linking, blogrolls, talking to other bloggers in your niche offline (e-mail, IM) the marketing part.

No one is going to just give you a million dollars to blog, you have to earn it by being one of the best bloggers in your niche. If you just want to watch American Idol, then you won’t be one of the best bloggers.

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Throw out the rule book! Do just what *you* feel like doing, not what somebody else tells you to do. It sounds like perhaps you are reading too many other blogs and getting bogged down in the advice that everybody is giving out. Try perhaps just isolating yourself from the rest of the blogosphere for a week and totally doing your own thing. Write when you want to write, if you don’t feel likt it then don’t. If you like a social network use it, if not, don’t. Etc etc.

Good luck!

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