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What I Learned After Six Months of Blogging Actively

Written on April 27, 2008 – 2:18 pm | by Diva Blogger |

After blogging actively for half a year, I could say that I at least understood some things about making money online. Here are some of the lessons I learned:

1. Earning from blogging isn’t going to work if you don’t know what your blog is about, and who will eventually stick around to read it. If it’s about you, because it is a personal blog, make sure that you know what about you people are seeing. For example…

My evilwoobie.com blog is about a side of my personality that I’m comfortable with as I’ve been dishing out love advice for years now to my friends and their friends. I am aware that not everyone can relate to that side of my personality so I put up my mommy blog (because I am a mom and darned proud of it). A lot who cannot relate to my evilwoobie blog can relate to my other blog. Therefore, I make sure that the products that I recommend in one blog directly touches on the needs or likes of the people who read it.
2. People can smell desperation, even online. I mentioned that I was selling this domain in another post, but now you see that I’m using it. What happened? A buyer contacted me and said that within one month he will buy this domain (no posts, no website) for my asking price, 80USD. After reverting back to the old blogger subdomain for a month, the buyer renegotiated to 65USD, which was still ok. THEN, his final mail said that since this domain isn’t even indexed yet, it will probably cost him a lot to market it, so he’s offering me a mere 20USD for it.

Was I desperate enough to eat that up because it is still cash that I could use? Hell no. And it isn’t injured pride that made me say ‘no thanks’, it is the search results for ‘divablogger’ or ‘diva blogger’ that made me stick with this domain rather than sell it for less than what I spend on one lipstick.

While a lot of sites and forum avatars take on the name ‘Diva Blogger”… I AM the Diva Blogger with a dot com.

3. It’s not the amount of money you could earn, it’s what you have to do to get it. Are you willing to devote chunks of your time researching a product and the credibility of the affiliate network that pays you to sell it? Are you willing to risk your page rank and google love for 10 dollars per post? Every single cent that you earn online needs an effort on your part. If you feel that selling your soul completely and joining a multilevel marketing scheme designed to scam people is worth it, then by all means, sell out. It’s the how.

4. ‘Thank you’ goes a long way. We Filipinos have a saying, it’s “the person who doesn’t look back to where he started will never reach his destination”. A simple thank you or a return favor will make people stop and smile at you. More importantly, you’ll be able to move forward knowing that you acknowledged every single one of those who helped you in the first place.

I would like to thank Entrecard for being my first real social network. Without it, I wouldn’t have met the following Golden people:

Sam Freedom for calling me a noob, which I am. This prevented me from closing my mind to things I could still learn from. Saphrym, for being real. Turnip for the marketing tips and for the occasionally sympathetic ear to my internet marketing rants. SEO Rob who introduced me to keywords. And the multitude of Entrecarders who visit my blogs. Thank you.

  1. 7 Responses to “What I Learned After Six Months of Blogging Actively”

  2. By ceblogger on Apr 28, 2008 | Reply

    great post you have here. dropped by from the forum, so here i am now.

    on no.2, don’t sell your domain short. someone in fashion needs this domain, diva blogger. You can auction it or whatever means to sell it a nice price.

  3. By Woobie on Apr 28, 2008 | Reply

    I agree, divas are usually in the fashion niche not the MMO niche.
    Thanks for the tip and for dropping by!

  4. By Eric on Apr 29, 2008 | Reply

    Don’t lie, you’re still not in the MMO niche. You just take up space here.

    (Sorry, I have a reputation to maintain.)

    Listen, seriously, thanks for the thanks. It’s nice to know that my real intent, to help people from outside the box - in unorthodox manner, is well met occasionally. -)

    There’s a story about my favorite “wise man” who was brought a dying girl (in her teens or early 20s). People thought he could somehow mystically help her. After a short while, she stormed out of his place, fuming mad.

    When asked what happened, he said, “She had no reason to live. Now I gave her one.”

    Keep up the wonderful effort Woobie. To me, you are always a winner. Even if your domain is worth $0.

  5. By Woobie on Apr 29, 2008 | Reply

    @eric
    i learn more each day about the net and how it works. Your lesson was probably the most valuable as it opened my mind to internet personalities. I think i’ll remain a greenhorn forever because I’ll continue to learn. And that’s not a bad thing eh? Again, thanks, for everything.

  6. By Saphrym on Apr 30, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks for the mention. I’ve learned quite a bit also in the past few months. I won’t hijack your post with it though. )

    As for the domain not being worth anything, I disagree. Every domain is worth something. You just have to find the right buyer.

  7. By theworkingmom on May 12, 2008 | Reply

    I love what you wrote and I agree with most of what you said. I also agree that, as with anything else, blogging is always an ongoing learning process. )

    Joey
    http://www.joeymd.com
    http://the-working-mom.blogspot.com

  8. By iSeL on May 14, 2008 | Reply

    With all the thank you’s going around, I’d like to thank you too for being the first person to pm me in Entrecard. I was really lucky to find someone who’s twisted, into palmistry, and into online games like me. )

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