BlogSire

First off you have three choices in that you can host your own site,  you can join one of the many free blogs available on the net, or you can have a combination of both. I actually have seven blogs, two of which I host on lunarpages. These are Well Blog Me! and the blog you’re reading at the moment. You will notice that both blogs have Google Ads displayed prominently which provide a nice passive income. Now if you’re able to host  your own blog I recommend you do so as not many sites who allow you free blogs offer you this facility. If you’re not a member of Google Adsense you can join by clicking on the icon to the right.

Here are a list of sites that offer you free blogging software.

1. WordPress (which is the one I use)
2. b2Evolution
3. SubText
4. Blosxom
5. LifeType

These are some of the free sites that let you host your own blog.

1. BloggerParty
2. BlogFeast
3. WritingUp
4. BlogCharm
5. Blogger

Edit: Sites like writingup, blogfeast and bloggerparty are no longer accepted by some sites.

The last two are unique in that they allow you to have your own google ads on your blogs. My next post will touch on companies that pay you to blog and some of their requirements.

Before we go any further we need to know what a blog is.

Basically a blog is short for weblog, which is really an online journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated (ergo it’s SEO appeal) and intended for general public readership. Blogs can be personal, or they may provide a commentary of regular world news. Companies even use blogs to provide their customers with reliable updates of their products or services. Companies also use blogs as effective marketing tools.

So technically blogs can be used to record anything that you like, but we must keep in mind that the more interesting we make it the more of a readership you will acquire and the more potential you will have at making some spare cash. I can see you sitting there wondering what you can blog about. It can be about anything at all.

·  Do you have a hobby you are passionate about? Imagine how many other    people in the world share the same passion.

·  Perhaps you have some expertise you can share with others.

·  Experienced mothers may want to share their experience with new mothers.

·  Perhaps you’re a budding photographer and would like to share some of prized   photos with a bit of a commentry.

·  Going on a holiday, then what a perfect time to share your experiences with others.

As you can see the world is your virtual blogging oyster. Next I will show you how to start your first blog.

I’ve been blogging for a little over a year now and at first I must admit it was a SEO tactic so that my site The Elusive Pot Of Gold would get a higher PR ranking with the search engines. This was going on the common assumption that search engines loved changing content, and a blog was the best way of doing this.

Since then I have learnt that you can make quite good money by blogging on the net and I aim to show you how. I do not plan to charge you for the information, yet please take into consideration the time and effort to not only source the information, but to test it and to put it all down here for you.

When your money starts to come in (as it will if you follow my guidelines) you may consider making a small donation by clicking on my paypal icon on the top left of the page.