Blog Waiter - How to Get Tips from your Blogging
Are you looking for some inside information on blogging? Here's
an up-to-date report from blogging experts who should know.
Blogs and blogging are sweeping the internet. They are all the
rage as a hobby, writing exercise, and even a career for some.
In fact, it is even becoming more common that bloggers are
seeking a way to make money. Be it via advertising or
affiliations, they each have their own way of pursuing that
writing career by way of the blog. There is another way, though.
There is an alternate way to make a little extra money by
blogging. That way is not unlike the way waiters, cab drivers,
and even bellhops add to their income: the tip. Wait a minute!
How do you get tips from your blogging? There are ways, and if
you read on you will see that they aren't as difficult as you
might think.
First of all, if you want people to tip you for your blog, you
have to give them a reason for doing it. You need to be
providing very good information or highly entertaining copy that
makes them feel like you earned it. In essence, you are the web
equivalent to a street performer by working for tips. So, like
that street performer, you owe your audience something that
makes them feel like you are worth their money. So polish your
writing, update it often, keep it fresh, and stay true to the
topics your readers are used to. If you are all over the place,
you won't be able to build the loyal audience necessary when you
go to start asking for tips. Basically, the start of it all is
your content. Just like with any other money making web venture,
your content is going to go a long way. So to get started
earning tips from your blogging, make sure you give the audience
a reason.
Once you have your content set up, you need to promote it.
Asking for tips won't do you a bit of good if you don't have an
audience to ask. Market your blog, market your topics, and
target those search engines. Don't do any of it at the expense
of the quality of your content, but make sure you are getting
something going in the way of marketing. Register with blog
directories, post to other people's blogs, and generally get
your name and blog site out there so that you will drive an
audience into what is hopefully quality, informative, and or
entertaining content. Again, if there is nobody at the site then
asking for a tip is not going to do you a lot of good.
The information about blogging presented here will do one of two
things: either it will reinforce what you know about blogging or
it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.
Next, since you have set up your content to be useful and
entertaining to a particular audience and you have begun to get
your blog marketed, you are almost ready for those tips.
However, there needs to be some sort of vehicle available to
your readers to get the tips to you. I mean if they have to do a
lot of work to get money to you then you probably shouldn't
count on the money rolling in. There are a number of online
methods available for receiving payments via email or the web.
It would be wise to have one located prominently on your blog so
that if a reader is stuck with the desire to tip you, he or she
can do so with ease and without a lot of time that may result in
rethinking the tip. Remember, this is something you want to
happen when your quality and entertainment is fresh in their
minds.
Finally, if you really want to earn tips from blogging, then you
should probably ask for them in some way. You can do so in the
blog posts or even with some sort of message on the main page of
your blog that states that tips are appreciated and are the way
you fund the blog. Either way, you need to make it clear to the
readers that you are reliant on their generosity without
sounding like you are hard selling, or worse, begging.
Blogging can be a lot of fun, and can actually make you a little
money if you are willing to work hard at it. One way of making
that money is by earning tips from your readers. There are some
things that you need to get in place though to make that work.
Make sure you have quality content, market your site, set up a
method for receiving the tips, and be sure to ask for them. If
you do those things, then you can be earning tips from your blog
before you know it.
Of course, it's impossible to put everything about blogging into
just one article. But you can't deny that you've just added to
your understanding about blogging, and that's time well spent.
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