Get Paid By Blogging: 11 Things Most Bloggers Ignore

Are you wondering how to get paid by blogging? Did you know that only 2% of bloggers earn over $150,000 a year? Do you ever get this niggling feeling at the back of your head that you forgot to include something important on your blog? Is there a system in place like a blog checklist to ensure that you remembered to include all the essential items? You may have considered this before but what makes your blog stand out from the other 172,799 posts published every day? I know that some people started a blog just as a hobby but here is another worrying statistic for you. The average time spent writing a blog post is 3.5 hours which does not include research or strategy. The truth is that many bloggers struggle with figuring out how to get all the moving pieces together but that is if they are aware of those pieces. However, it does not have to be this way for you. In fact, I am going to let you in on a few secrets that successful bloggers will not tell you. In the post, I am going to outline 11 essentials items that most bloggers forget to include in order to get paid by blogging. Disclaimer: please note that this post may contain affiliate links which means that if you buy one of my recommended products I get paid a commission for sharing the link at no additional cost to you.  I only recommend products that I have tried myself and have experienced success. The Purpose of a Blog Before I dive into those 11 essential items it is super important for me to dissect the purpose of a blog. At this point, I could go into the history of blogging where it is believed that Peter Merholz was the first to coin the term 'blog'. However, both of us will fall asleep before too long because as you can imagine history was far from my favourite subject in school. In layman's terms, blogs are loved by Google and other search engines because it provides fresh content on a regular basis. Bloggers write blog posts as a way to market their content with the hope of attracting potential readers. What happens when a reader views the content and after they read it is the main focus of this particular post. Have you ever spent some time really analysing the journey of your potential readers? photo by Karolina Grabowska Get Paid by Blogging Using These Now that we understand the real purpose of a blog let us look at the journey of your reader and what a blog should include. At the end of these items you will no longer wonder how do bloggers get paid but you will have an idea of what needs to happen. 1. Set up Email Provider Starting a blog can be such an exciting experience for anyone. The vast majority of bloggers spend their time worrying about blog traffic. However, having 10,000 page views every month may look great on the analytics reports but it may have no effect on your bank balance. Also, there is very little impact on your knowledge of this amazing audience if you are not finding ways to communicate with them. Setting up an email provider is an important part of blogging because for