How to Make Money Selling Blogs
January 13, 2010 by Rebecca
Filed under Business & Finance
One of the easiest ways to make a few dollars online if you’re remotely savvy with internet functionalities is to build a blog and then sell it to someone else to optimize. The process takes a few months to fully realize the flip value of a blog, but if you grow the blogs over a staggered amount of time, you’ll be able to earn a small amount of extra income steadily.
Research a Niche for Your Blog
Your first step is to research your niche to decide what area you plan to work in. The more narrow the niche, the more likely you are to find targeted traffic to the niche, but you’ll need to find material for the new blog or site within that nice. Selecting a handful of basic keywords now to focus on will have with the SEO functions of the blog as well.
Register a URL
Find and register a URL, preferably one that references one of your keywords. Dot com urls are preferred to dot infos, but on occasion, keywords win out.
Arrange Personal Web Hosting
To get your site online, you’ll need personal web hosting through a company that provides the service. Look for an inexpensive web host that is mainstream enough that you can push the site off to others when you sell it easily.
Upload WordPress – Blogging Software
WordPress is ridiculously easy to use and by using pages instead of posts, you can make your blog appear more like a traditional website or you can use the blog function to make it more real-time. Either way, upload WordPress to your site so that you’re ready to get started with the content.
Post Content to Your Blog
You’ll hear advice to post content daily or to buy it in bulk and let it ‘drip’ onto the blog over the days. Either way, so long as you have quality content appearing on your site over time, you’re adding value. As these sites don’t usually earn much in a site flip, you’ll want to avoid spending a great deal on content. It’s better to write it yourself in many cases, but be sure it’s original as that will be a selling point.
Build Links and Traffic
Build links and traffic to your blog simultaneously by using social bookmarking sites, directories and submissions. Getting the new blog exposure will result in links and increases of traffic.
Monetize the Site
You can monetize a basic blog such as this with Adsense or affiliate links. Be sure your keywords are targeted for the links to ensure the site shows a profit from the traffic, even if it’s a very small one.
Sell the Website
Once you have the site completed with incoming links, fresh content and traffic, sell the site on a webmaster forum or through eBay to someone looking to monetize and promote existing sites. Well done, each site you create in this manner can bring you $100-$200 each.
Easy Step By Step Instructions for Selling a Blog
- Register a URL and arrange hosting
- Upload WordPress
- Begin creating and uploading fresh content on a regular basis.
- Build links and traffic to the site
- Monetize the site
- Sell the site for a profit.
Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions When Selling a Blog
You must wait a while for incoming links to register for your site. The more links you have and the better your keyword selection, the more easily your new site can be sold for SEO purposes.
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