Essentials for becoming a professional blogger

Do you still believe in the Blogger’s Dream?

or do you just want to get your feet wet and start building a website?

Then you need to take steps to insure that you are making the right decisions.

you want to run your own website on your own server?

Did you know that it is within your grasp just follow some guidelines and you could find yourself in the drivers seat.

Staying at home and making big bucks by working for a couple of hours is what a lot of bloggers dream about, but in reality only a handful of bloggers actually succeed at it. So if you are thinking of getting rich quickly within a few months of working online, you might want to spend some time getting the real truth on the whole internet marketing scene. Most blogs and websites on the internet die very quickly just because of the plethora of junk information that reveals only a part of the story to webmasters. However, here is a list of all those things that you’ll require to become a professional blogger.

Content Management Software(CMS):

Word press software can be your most powerful ally.
A content management software is software that helps you manage the contents of your website. The most popular cms being used today is WordPress. It’s easy to use, it’s search engine friendly, and is much secure than other content management softwares available on the internet today. Its free to use and allows you to add functions to your blog by installing plugins.

Domain Name:

A lot of internet marketing blogs and websites will tell you that you don’t need to own a domain name of your own, but it’s very important that you get one. A keyword rich domain with wordpress installed on it will save you a lot of time, money and energy that you would spend on a free blog. You should be able to get a domain name for about $10 and a webhost for another $10.

Website templates:

If you are just starting out with internet marketing and blogging, avoid spending your money on website templates. That’s because there are several websites on the internet that will provide you niche specific website templates for free. So you can save your money for buying essential internet marketing softwares and wordpress software plug ins, instead of spending it on expensive web page designs.

WordPress Software Plug ings:

WordPress software plugins are pieces of codes written in php, that allow you to add extra features to your website. You can expect to find a wordpress plugin for almost anything and everything you need and it’s a one time investment that you should consider.

Article Writers:

Creating a good looking website is not enough, you’ll need a good article writer to update your blog frequently and keep the search engine spiders coming back for fresh content. You should be able to get a search engine optimized article written for just $10 or lesser. By hiring an article writer, you can pay attention to other areas of blogging such as search engine optimization, improving conversion ratios etc.

Search Engine Optimizers:

Targeted traffic is what you’ll need in order to succeed online. So the best way to gain targeted traffic is by gaining high rankings on search engines. Gaining high rankings on search engines like Google, Yahoo etc. can be a really daunting task at times, which is why it’s best to hire search engine optimizers to help you with the task. You should be able to find cheap workers from third-world countries to help you with the task.

Avoid spending your money on softwares that promise you high rankings because most of them fall flat on their claims and some even damage the credibility of your website.

Traffic how to get more traffic

SEO plugins for your wordpress websites.

How can you develop more traffic using a plugin?

What you should be thinking about when you plan your website.

What is the same thing about every offer you have ever seen before?

I mean every time its the same, but the Great and Mighty Gurus do not seem to even understand or do they?

It is dependent on your getting traffic to your website, now ask yourself this how many of these big name gurus have bothered to tell you this?

When thinking about all the things that go into a website,

what is the most important thing?

  • Is it the the design of the website?
  • What about the host where you have your website hosted?
  • Could it be the navigation of the website?

How to create better content using a method of publishing.

The truth is that it is none of those things and while those items are important to a pleasing website.

The truth is that those things make no difference at all.

The truth is if you do not have Traffic, then none of those things matter.

Traffic is the life blood of a website, yet so very often, that aspect of online training courses is “left out”

Forgotten?  No, not at all they know it, these so called, often self professed Gurus, forget to tell you that it is always about the traffic, even the traffic gurus, forget to pass on the real truth about generating traffic.

It takes money, did you think that these gurus, generate lists of thousands of buyers, without spending money?

That is the biggest, Guru Lie, that is told on a Daily basis, they tell you about how much money you can make, they tell you about how great the product is, but they just fail to tell you the one thing that makes it all happen.

That is people, simple, right, so why do they leave it out?

The simple truth is that most people cannot afford to buy traffic at the rate that the Gurus do.

You do not have the clout to make the big guru deals like they can so they don’t teach it.

The simple truth about Online marketing these days is that most of these so called Gurus are just Snake Oil salesmen.

They are Dream Merchants.

People that sell the dream over and over again, with few success stories, and even fewer actual real life financial success stories to show for each of their big guru product launches, otherwise they would show them off, even publishers clearing house gets a picture with the person holding a giant check, when was the last time you saw a Guru do that?

Never, because they sell dreams not reality.

The reality is that without traffic, real qualified, traffic, you know the type where a visitor comes and visits your website, just like they would if they came to your door as a friend and knocked on the door.

You might be thinking that this guy does not like Gurus, well that would be a yes, mostly because I have been around for a while now, “this taint my first rodeo”, yes, I have been taken advantage of probably just like you have, approaching the gates of Gold, with a smile just knowing that you will soon be successful, because you wanted to believe in the dream, you wanted to find the place where all the dreams come true.

That place does exist, but it is not easy to find the path to it.

The same way that traffic is important, the website is also important if you have a dull lifeless design, you may get some traffic but eventually they will tire of the same old same old, and stop coming, and then your dream will die a slow and painful death.

Now before you leave, I want you to get one thing, and since you are still reading this then you have invested some time that is good, because that means that you have been through the Guru Gauntlet, and survived, you are beginning to see through all the Guru lies, sadly it is very difficult for most people to get to this place because they want to believe the guru promises, so badly that they fail to see what is right in front of their faces.

The very real fact that this business requires work.

Yes, I said it the W word, work, work work, there I said it three times now, it requires work, perhaps even perspiration.  If you mouth is hanging open right now close it, before a fly gets in there, (just kidding) but you know what I mean here, the idea that you have to work is a foreign one for most people.

What?  You mean that I have to work?

The money will not just appear in my bank account as if by magic, while I sleep?

Well, ask yourself this, how many Guru products have you purchased?

…. Think of the theme song of Jeopardy playing in the background….

Now I want you to think about how many of those promises you have seen broken….

Every single one, why, because they show you one thing but fail to provide the real deal.

You can sell a dream no problem but in order to make that dream into a reality you have to really work.

Here is another thing, you may have to work really hard to make that dream pay off.

Here is the central truth here, unless you are prepared to work you may as well just give up.

Yes, save your money, because you can do better saving your money in the bank than depending on a Guru product promise, because it is snake oil, it is thin air, it is false promises.

Traffic is what makes it all possible, and yes you do have to have a nice website, and a good host, and a good product, but to make it all work, you need traffic, without traffic none of it works and it never will.

Have a look around, take a look at the videos, see what you can see because this is where the real deal is at, and it is not easy, to get, but it can be found and you can succeed, you may not and you should not expect to get rich over night, but it can happen, if you are prepared to put the sweat and blood, of work into what you do.

Just remember that the next time you see a Guru, offering Riches and Wealth and that sports car in the drive way of that fancy house, just remember that most of the time they live in their mothers basement…

Reality is often not the place you hope to wake up in but it is the only place that is real.

Just remember traffic is the one thing you cannot do without.

Getting your traffic moving in the right direction takes time and effort, you can do it.