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Problogging Making Money From Blogs Starting Now
weblog (or simply blog)
is a website that "· Category - the category that
'publishes' or features the blog belongs to
articles (which are called 'blog
posts', 'posts', or 'entries'), "· Title - the title of the blog
written by an individual or a
group that make use of any or a "· Main body - the main content
combination of the following: of the blog
"· Straight texts "· RSS and trackback - links the
"· Photographs or images blog back from other sites
(photoblog)
"· Video (videoblog) "· Comments - commentaries that
"· Audio files (audioblog) are added by readers
"· Hyperlinks
"· Permalinks - the URL of the
Usually presented and arranged in full article
reverse chronological order,
blogs are essentially used for "· Other optional items -
the following purposes: calendar, archives, blogrolls,
and add-ons or plug-ins
"· Online journal or a web diary
"· Content managament system A blog can also have a footer,
"· Online publishing platform usually found at the bottom of
the blog, that shows the post
A typical blog has the following date, the author, the category,
components: and the 'stats' (the nubmer of
comments or trackbacks).
"· Post date -the date and time
of the blog entry There are numerous types of
blogs. Some of them are the
following: 6. Travel blog - with focus on a
traveler's stories on a
1. Political blog - on news, particular journey.
politics, activism, and other
issue based blogs (such as 7. Research blog - on academic
campaigning). issues such as research notes.
2. Personal blog - also known as 8. Legal blog - on law (technical
online diary that may include an areas) and legal affairs; also
individual's day-to-day known as 'blawgs'.
experience, complaints, poems,
and illicit thoughts, and 9. Media blog - focus on
communications between friends. falsehoods or inconsistencies in
mass media; usually exclusive for
3. Topical blog - with focus a newspaper or a television
either on a particular niche network.
(function or position) that is
usually technical in nature or a 10. Religious blog - on religious
local information. topics
4. Health blog - on specific 11. Educational blog - on
health issues. Medical blog is a educational applications, usually
major category of health blog written by students and teachers.
that features medical news from
health care professionals and/or 12. Collaborative or collective
actual patient cases. blog - a specific topic written
by a group of people.
5. Literary blog - also known as
litblog. 13. Directory blog - contains a
collection of numerous web sites. other applications make it easier
for just about anyone to update
14. Business blog - used by or maintain the blog (even those
entrepreneurs and corporate with little or no technical
employees to promote their background). Because of this
businesses or talk about their trend, bloggers can now be
work. categorized into 4 main types:
15. Personification blog - focus "· Personal bloggers - people who
on non-human being or objects focus on a diary or on any topic
(such as dogs). that an individual feels strongly
about.
16. Spam blogs - used for
promoting affiliated websites; "· Business bloggers - people who
also known as 'splogs'. focus on promoting products and
services.
Blogging is typically done on a
regular (almost daily) basis. The "· Organizational bloggers -
term "blogging" refers to the act people who focus on internal or
of authoring, maintaining, or external communication in an
adding an article to an existing organization or a community.
blog, while the term "blogger"
refers to a person or a group who "· Professional bloggers - people
keeps a blog. who are hired or paid to do
blogging.
Today, more than 3 million blogs
can be found in the Internet. Problogging (professional
This figure is continuously blogging) refers to blogging for
growing, as the availability of a profit. Probloggers
various blog software, tools, and (professional bloggers) are
people who make money from long-term vision.
blogging (as an individual blog
publisher or a hired blogger). 2. Know your audience. Targeting
a specific audience or group is a
Below are just some of the many key to building a readership.
money-making opportunities for
probloggers: 3. Be an 'expert'. Focus on a
specific niche topic and strive
"· Advertising programs to be the "go-to" blogger on that
"· RSS advertising topic.
"· Sponsorship
"· Affiliate Programs 4. Diversify. Experiment with
"· Digital assets various add and affiliate
"· Blog network writing gigs programs that enable you to make
"· Business blog writing gigs money online (aside from
"· Non blogging writing gigs blogging).
"· Donations
"· Flipping blogs 5. Do not bore your readers.
"· Merchandising Focus on the layout. White
"· Consulting and speaking spaces, line spacings, and bigger
fonts make a blog welcoming to
The following are a few things read.
that you need to consider if you
want to be successful in Certainly, it is possible to earn
problogging: money from blogs. One just needs
to take risks, the passion, and
1. Be patient. Problogging the right attitude in order to be
requires a lot of time and a successful problogger.
effort, not to mention a
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