starting

Hello to all!

To all those people who want to start a blog that will eventually make you money, I  have two words for you: START NOW. As the saying goes, any journey starts with a first step. So don't just tiptoe forwards timidly and bolt two steps backwards just as quick. Keep that tiptoeing forwards up.

But just don't go in willynilly. Pick a topic you are passionate about. I talked a few days/weeks ago about what passionate means to you. Any subject that you are passionate about is something to base your blog about, unless of course, it is just a one-off, and you can include that in a blog once every now and then. But do pick something where you know there is a target audience.

What I mean by target audience is just that. Like submitting a book in the old days of paper, or a market article. You would never have dreamed of writing an article on the sun, for instance and sending it to a vampire magazine. If there are any vampires about, they will either already know what the sun does, especially to them, and they certainly  won't want to know that it is X amount of miles away of full of Y gases. So pick your market.

Check on Google or Amazon for topics. You'll be sure to find something that you can build up to peak condition in a while. Forget about buying shiny new objects. Pick ONE if you must, or at the most two, ideally to compliment each other and work with them for a while.

Above all though, please understand that those who say you can push a button and be a millionaire overnight are full of it, or they have gone through the same problems you are facing. There is no magic formula, at least not at first.

Find that topic that YOU are passionate about, set up a bog and get on with it. Send a few articles to Ezines too, about the topic, so you get some exposure. In coming weeks, I'll share some sites to submit to, mainly after I've tested them, so I am not giving you rubbish to follow. There are so many out there now, you may find it hard to decide on one which will genuinely help your case, and many which are very dodgy indeed.

Happy New Year and here's to you getting started on your blog. Remember, EVERYONE has 500 words in them about something, either feelings or perception or interest  on it. Just fake it until you make it!

And all the best for this new Year Coming!