How to turn Your WORDS into CASH

How to Make a blog successful

      
      Everyone needs some extra cash. I know I never turn down extra cash being sent my way. Even if it requires a little work, I'm all in. I don't think I know the meaning of too much work. But I am sure my wife would beg to differ, As that is about all I do is work. Not only do I work in construction as an owner operator of a roofing company called CMS Contracting, My wife and I also have a home based business called Goodman Candles and Crafts, Goodmancandlesandcrafts.com . Plus I have a blog that is associated with that site that I have to maintain. On top of all this I have 5 beautiful children and a beautiful wife to take care of.  So as you can imagine I am one busy person from 4:30am when my alarm goes off till what ever time I can possibly let my face hit the pillow.  In the end I feel like it is all worth it, with a little hard work anything is possible.  Which is why I wanted to share some tips. For those who are getting started, Don't give up. It's always hard at first, just know with a little hard work, Anything is possible.

Some sound advice on successful blogging 

Tips for maintaining a great blog

1.  When writing consider the Blog’s objective. Perhaps you have started a Blog as a news tool to inform visitors about what is happening in your business industry or hobby field, maybe you use it to drive traffic to a particular page or gain followers on social media. Whatever the case, stick to it, don’t be tempted to deviate and re-blog articles or topics unrelated to your cause.
2.  Quality content is better than quantity. Providing value will make visitors return, blogging for the sake of blogging won’t provide an interesting read. Make sure you focus on one or a few topics. If your visitors start seeing post topics deviate from the interest that brought them to your site in the first place, they may start going elsewhere.
3.  Consider your audience. Your writing style should appeal to your audience, a business website should be professional and avoid slang, a Blog about new products should avoid using technical jargon that confuses visitors. Before you publish, read over your content and ensure it is relevant to your audience.
4.  Define a posting schedule. Giving your visitors too much to digest and too frequently will overwhelm them. Set yourself a target such as 3-4 posts a month and stick to it, ensure you give yourself enough time between posts to generate quality content next time.
5.  Connect with visitors and other Bloggers. Linking to your Blog on social media, or vice versa, is a great way to connect with your visitors - not only will they provide feedback and discussion, but they will share content they like with their social circles. This along with links to other blogged content that you reference will also help with SEO.
6.  Make content easy to read. Break paragraphs up into manageable chunks. Consider breaking lists of information into bullet points, create sub-headings for longer posts, and most importantly, read over and spell check before publishing.

        Maintaining a blog is a great way to have original content on your website, while increasing your site's visibility and rank on search engines. This helps more than you know whether you're a daily poster, or just post once a week. Every new post helps drive that needed traffic to your site.
So grab your laptop and dig in. Get your blog started today, what's the worst that could happen?
No one reads it, well that's almost impossible, though I guess it could happen. However one would never know unless they tried...

 So like I said, grab that lap top, tablet, smart phone, or desktop and get going. And remember to be stilllivin4now and stay safe
Thanks as always,

Uncle Jesse