How To Become A Professional Blogger

If you’re wondering what a blogger does, here’s an example: Someone who isn’t employed as a journalist writes about current events for a major online publication. Rather than write a feature article, the blogger simply uses the language of the essay to give her or his viewpoint on the news. A political blogger will often comment on political stories from both sides of the aisle, while a fashion blogger may take photos of clothing or song lyrics and put them up on his or her blog. Still, the key difference between a blogger and a traditional writer is that a blogger can’t be fired for words that he or she says on their blog.

So what kind of blogger works for money? While there is no true industry standard for bloggers, anyone who makes money writing has a reason to want to find work. Two popular ways for bloggers to make money are by being an affiliate marketer and by making money through their own blog.

An affiliate marketer links his or her site to others. When readers click on the links, the blogger gets a commission. The commission is typically a percentage of the sale or the price of the digital products that are sold from the blog. The products may be sold either as part of a bundle or separately.

Another way for a blogger to make money through blogging is by building a network of readers. A network is made by encouraging readers to leave comments, sharing posts, voting in polls, or linking to another site or blog. A blogger can also make money through social media. Social media allows a blogger to interact with his or her readers and create a virtual community, similar to a forum.

The final way a blogger makes money is through creating a digital product. Digital products can be electronic reports, eBooks, video tutorials, online courses or other software. Creating a digital product is relatively easy but it takes patience and skill. It requires that the blogger have the technical skills to create the product from start to finish as well as the knowledge of the digital product niche that he or she will be marketing.

Becoming a professional blogger requires more than just passion. One must learn how to use the tools available to create a profitable blog and use the traffic generated from the blog to promote his or her website and online courses. Many online courses are offered for a fee and if a blogger implements the strategies used in those courses, the cost of those courses could become quite low. This would allow a blogger to pursue several avenues of monetization.