How to Make Money Blogging
How to Make Money Blogging: Part 2
Have you ever been curious how to start a health blog?
Do you want to start something that you can use to share your passion while making money?
In a previous post, I shared that the number one recommendation I have for people who want to get started in the health and wellness space is to create a blog! It’s a great way get yourself seen, start making connections, and share what you know.
In Part 1, I created a step-by-step guide for beginners that went into detail on how to start a health blog in less than an hour!
What’s the next step?
Now, we are going to dive into how to actually make money blogging and all the support and tools that can be used!
Ready to get started? Here is how to make money blogging.
*This post about how to make money blogging may contain affiliate links.
How do bloggers make money from blogging?
There are several ways that bloggers can learn how to make money blogging.
- Affiliates
- Products
- Services
As you can see there are many ways, and in this post, we are going to dive deep into each of them.
Before we start though, let’s talk about some important steps to take in order to create a successful blog that makes money!
Dont have a blog yet? Learn how to set up your website in less than an hour here: How to Start a Health Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
1. Identify your target audience
The first step to take after you have created your health blog is to start to identify your target audience. This is important because you have to identify your target reader. This is the person that you will be writing your blog posts specifically to.
You will want to research and study your ideal market, so you know what they are looking for.
Some questions to ask are:
- Are they married, single, or divorced?
- Do they have kids?
- What’s their age group?
- What do they strive for? Goals? Problems they face?
- What are some of their needs?
Answering these questions will help you begin to build your content around their needs.
One pro-tip I have is to create a detailed list of characteristics you want your ideal reader to have, and then put a face and name to them. Keep this somewhere close, so when you are creating content, you can picture your ideal reader each time to help keep you focused!
2. Have a plan and strategy in place
In order to set yourself up for success and to keep focused, you have to make sure you make a plan!
Figure out the end goal for your blog, then work backwards to make sure those items get accomplished. You need to know the end goal when you start planning, or it won’t be easy to stay on track.
A pro-tip is to start off with goals that you can measure. Then, list out all the steps needed to get to this specific goal. After you have all the steps listed out, then start putting these steps on your calendar.
If you start working your plan one day at a time, you will look back and realize how much you accomplished taking small steps everyday!
3. Grow your traffic
Traffic is an important aspect to make money blogging. There are many ways that you can get traffic to your site.
- Create an SEO Plan- It’s super important that you not only know what SEO is, but that you learn how to use it in order to be ranked by Google. There are many tools to help support you in this plan, and it’s something you need to remember as you learn how to make money blogging.
- Solve a Problem- When you help your ideal reader solve their problems, then they are more likely to share your content with others. If it is a popular topic and you have optimized the SEO in your post, then this is the perfect formula for lots of re-shares and traffic to your site! There are many ways to look up “trending” topics on Google. You can also reach out and ask your audience what they want more information on! Remember you didn’t create this site for you but for your ideal reader!
- Promote, Promote, Promote- The last way to get traffic to your blog is to promote on social media. There are many places to do this, but my two favorites are Facebook groups and Pinterest. Tailwind is a great tool to use with Pinterest. It helps schedule your pins so they can go on autopilot and gain lots of momentum. Check out Tailwind here! It’s free to get started!
- Guest Post- A great way to get found early on is to guest post. This helps put you in front of others since in the beginning it can be difficult to build a following. A great way to find places to guest post is to type in “write for us + your topic” in the Google search bar.
As you can see there are so many ways to grow your traffic. The best thing you can do is just start, build, and learn as you go.
4. Grow your email list
One of the best things you can do is to start growing your email list as soon as possible! Email lists help to foster and build relationships and trust with your regular readers.
1. Pick a provider to use
This is an important step because you want to find one that is easy to use, but has some great features to increase conversions. I personally used Mailerlite, but have recently switched over to Flodesk and LOVE it! It has been a game changer for my business.
For a limited time you can grab 50% off your subscription with my affiliate link here!! Let me know if you have any questions!
2. Create and offer a “freebie”
Have you ever entered your email in exchange for something someone was offered for free? This is called a “freebie” or something you offer your readers for free.
In order to know what freebie to offer, you have to make sure you know what problems your target audience needs help with.
You can do a survey, or go back to the list you created in step 1 when you identified the characteristics and pain points of our ideal reader.
When someone has a problem that needs fixed, you can then create something for that person to help easily solve his/her problem. It has been shown that the easier to implement the freebie is, then the more popular it is.
People want quick fixes with actionable steps. You want to help your reader solve their problem in the least amount of steps!
3. Promote your freebie everywhere
Once you have your freebie created, you want to promote it everywhere! You can create a pin for Pinterest, promote on Facebook groups, on Instagram, in Instagram Stories, Facebook, in your blog posts, and on your website.
You also want to make it as easy as possible for your readers to get your freebie. People don’t want to take a bunch of steps to “opt-in” to receive it. Make it short, sweet, and to the point for best results!
5. Monetize your website
One of the most important steps in how to make money blogging is to monetize your website. There are many ways to do that:
- affiliate marketing
- selling services
- selling physical products
- selling digital products
We will start with affiliate marketing. This is a great way to build and make passive income.
Affiliate marketing is where you promote someone else’s products through a special link they give you. When someone uses that special link, then you get a commission. Sounds amazing right?!
Getting started with affiliate marketing
I always recommend promoting products you already use and love! For example, all these recommendations I give you in this post are of services I personally use! You want to make sure you stay true to your readers, and don’t promote products just because they have an affiliate program.
Here are some great ones to start with:
- Shareasale
- Amazon Associates
- Rukaten Marketing
- Ultimate Bundles
You ultimately want to make sure that the products and resources you promote will help your ideal reader!
Selling your services
Another great way to get started is by selling your coaching. Different ways to provide services are to be a health coach, certified essential oils coach, blog coach, or life coach.
You could also become a Virtual Assistant or Freelancer.
Selling physical and digital products
You can also create an ebook or ecourse for your readers that will help solve a problem. I love using Shopify to deliver my products and Teachable to create my courses!
These are game changers when it comes to learning how to make money blogging.
There are so many people out there looking for easy solutions to everyday problems. Not only do you make money when you create your own products, but you help others in the process! It’s a win-win in my book!
6. Learn, adapt, grow, and adjust
The biggest idea that I want you to take away when you learn how to make money blogging is it’s so important to be flexible and know how to adjust. The online space is changing everyday, so you want to make sure that you are always growing.
It takes time to build an online business, but if you plan and stay true to yourself, you will be amazed at the impact you can make!
Consistency is key. A great phrase that I have adopted is, “Learn to rest, not quit.”
Just make sure you keep going! It’s great to remind yourself of all the people you can help if you just keep going! For awhile it might not seem like many people are listening, but I promise that you are making a difference in someone’s life!
There are people who reach out to me now that have been folllowing me from the beginning. It isn’t as loud in the beginning, but it doesn’t mean that you aren’t impacting lives where you are. The amount of followers doesn’t matter, but the quality of people you attract does.
Think about the legacy you want to leave, and how you can start accomplishing that a little bit each day! It’s amazing the stories I have heard!:)
Dont have a blog yet? Learn how to setup your website in less than an hour here: How to Start a Health Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
I hope you enjoyed this post about how to make money blogging. Are you going to start today? I would love to hear in the comments below!
Until then,
Reeni
Resources:
I keep an updated list of all the business tools that I love and use. This is a list of the tools and websites I strongly recommend for creating a successful online business.
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Author: Simply Reeni
I am a Certified Essential Oils Coach, and the founder of Simply Reeni. I help empower women to take control of their family’s health by using natural solutions like essential oils! Get more articles like this (and a free diffuser blend ebook) sent to your email here!
