It’s common to confuse blog marketing strategy with the plan we have how to make our blog successful. Often bloggers don’t even think abut the strategy – they just nurture their blog and readers or even worse – just blog. However, best case scenario – the blog grows without clear purpose and out of our control. And for control freaks like me, that’s not an option. Am surprised I didn’t include the blog marketing strategy in one of my first posts with tips when starting a blog ๐ Today I’ll correct that and share some thoughts on the topic.
Blog Niche – Know the Purpose of Your Blog
I recently shared 6 tips when starting a blog – and one of them was about your blog niche. In my experience, only topical blogs are truly successful – here’s why.
How to Make Money Freelancing
Today we talk about how to make money freelancing. It is not about different ways of passive income like affiliate marketing, selling advertising space on your blog, MLM marketing, investments, etc. The focus is on freelancing your skills and getting paid for your expertise and services. A quick look at the job posts categories on oDesk:
Blog Editorial – The Bloggers’ Best Friend
As we discussed last week, one of the first things to do when starting a blog is to blog regularly. I don’t know about you, but the only way for me to do that is to have a blog editorial. It enables me to write in my own pace. When I have it all on paper, I know what I need to write and what the due date is.
Why oDesk Is The Best Freelance Jobs Website
As I said in the “About me” section, I am a freelance marketing consultant. I tried working on several freelance job boards. oDesk and Elance were the only ones that felt right for me. Now, I have been working through oDesk for a few years. It opened a whole new world for me ๐ I have also been hiring other contractors on oDesk for my clients or other projects so I will share some insights about the platform from both contractors’ and clients’ perspective.
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