{"id":15388,"date":"2012-02-16T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T17:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davemcgarry.com\/cms\/?p=15388"},"modified":"2012-02-16T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T17:41:26","slug":"3-simple-ways-to-profit-from-your-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davemcgarry.com\/cms\/3-simple-ways-to-profit-from-your-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Simple Ways to Profit From Your Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a blog and want to make some money and profit with it then here is 3 simple ways to profit from your blog!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davemcgarry.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/profit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15392\" title=\"3 simple ways to profit from your blog\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davemcgarry.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/profit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Establish Yourself as an Expert<\/h2>\n<p>I am sure you have heard that by writing a book you almost instantly <a title=\"If You Want More Sales Create More Credibility\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davemcgarry.com\/cms\/if-you-want-more-sales-create-more-credibility\/\">position yourself as an expert<\/a>. Well, the same is true with a blog because no matter what you&#8217;re selling or what business your business model is, a blog can help you achieve more because it helps establish you as an expert.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier whereas people use to publish books to showcase their expertise, now most anyone can publish a blog. And once that blog becomes popular, the blogger&#8217;s status is further elevated in the niche.<\/p>\n<p>And that is NOT all.<\/p>\n<p>The more good content you pst, the more your readers start to trust you&#8230;and that indirectly leads to more sales.<\/p>\n<p>Plus if you allow your readers to interact with you(by allowing comments), that further strengthens your bond with them. End result? A more profitable blog.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Publicity Opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>Some people use blogs to raise their status in a niche. And some people use this elevated status as a springboard to more opportunities, such as free publicity and book deals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Example:<\/span> The big book publishers like to see when one of their newly signed authors has a platform. By platform I mean a waiting audience. A blog is one such platform. If you build a popular blog and then go after a book deal, you can bet the publishers will take note.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Promote Affiliate Offers<\/h2>\n<p>The third and final way to make money from your blog is to promote affiliate offers. What do I mean by affiliate offers. Well, there are lots of products being sold online and people who own those products are willing to pay a commission to you if you sell it to your faithful followers. One of the biggest affiliates out there is Amazon. Back in the early days that is how Amazon built a huge business by having other people sell the product on their site or to their list of followers while paying a small commission on each sale.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you go about finding and promoting an affiliate product?<\/p>\n<p>Complete these steps to get started:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose a hungry niche<\/li>\n<li>Select a profitable, in demand product to sell to that niche.<\/li>\n<li>Set up a blog and start creating content that caters to the niche.<\/li>\n<li>Promote your affiliate product on your blog (sometimes even directly in your posts) and start making money.<\/li>\n<li>Drive targeted, cash in hand prospects to your blog&#8230;and cash in!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>**One mistake to not make and that is do not promote crap&#8230;meaning make sure you believe in the product and use it yourself! Surefire way to lose credibility!**<\/p>\n<p>Those are just three simple ways to to profit from your blog. If you would like to learn more you can check out my &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davemcgarry.com\/cms\/bloggingforprofits\/\">31 Day Guide to Blogging for Profits.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a blog and want to make some money and profit with it then here is 3 simple ways to profit from your blog! 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