The blogging world is filled with landmines, setbacks, obstacles, trackbacks, and even humpbacks. As you mature in your online money making career, it is necessary for you to learn how to navigate through these various challenges successfully.
The online money making world is a very unforgiving one, and the learning curve is steep for bloggers in particular. If you don't have somewhat of a mastery of the basic trade secrets ("trade craft skills" as they say in the CIA), it can suck dollars out of your pocket like a demon-possessed vacuum cleaner.
With that in mind, I have compiled a list of four money-losing mistakes that most bloggers make, and a brief synopsis of each. Take heed to this list; digest it, and determine rather to die in a tragic nuclear explosion than to make any one of these four mistakes.
Mistake # 1: Not putting enough ads on your site. If it's one thing people want, it's a ton of ads screaming at them 24/7 while they're visiting your blog. Advertise hard. Advertise to infinity. Join every Tom, Dick, and Harry ad network that you can find and place text link ads, banner ads, skyscraper ads, pop-up ads, pop-under ads, interstitial ads (which I'm told has something to do with matching people's interests with their superstitious beliefs), and a ridiculous amount of widgets on your site, almost to the neglect of your content, if need be. This way, people will know that you're an authority, as evidenced by the amount of sponsorship you've been able to garner.
Mistake # 2: Writing short, concise posts. Who wants to read some kind of Scooby-snack of an article? Make your posts long, deliberate, borderline boring, and at least 3000 words, whenever you can manage to do so. Remember, "a super-long post is a super-strong post". I would personally love to abide by this rule all the time, but I have so many other time obligations (mainly the time it takes to count all the money I'm making online) that these shorter posts are the best I can do.
Mistake # 3: Not blogging about Paris Hilton. Even if you've been living under a rock for the past decade, you should still know that Paris Hilton is a HUGE traffic-builder. Just sprinkle her name throughout your posts, and you'll have more money-pulling traffic than you can shake a stick at.
Mistake # 4: Not linking to ProBlogger. I have covered the importance of this in my post 5 Reasons Why I'm Linking to ProBlogger in This Post. I may end up winning an award for the most links to ProBlogger in one individual blog or something. If this happens, I will simply link to ProBlogger twenty more times to show my appreciation.
Absorb these truths and let them guide you in your online money making journey. Then, just kick back and watch the tsunami of online profits roll in!
