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I’ve seen a lot of blogs doing heavy promotions but not really sustaining the temporary increase of traffic. I feel that they are wasting their time promoting something that is not worth to be promoted.

If you do a promotion, that means a temporary boost of traffic, the trick is how to convert those newcomers to your loyal readers.

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People read to gain facts, information, opinions or different point of views. Well, at least I do. It really doesn’t help me when I read articles that reviews a product and doesn’t even have a firm conviction of their own. After reading reviews like these, I feel no value in the contents.

You Cannot Please Everybody So Don’t Even Try

It’s a fact of life. You just cannot please everybody, so don’t even try. That doesn’t mean to pick a fight but it is better to stand up for your own convictions. We are different persons and each of us have their own point of views.

Your Opinion is as Good as Mine

Although others with more experience are more likely to have better opinions, it is not always the case. Sometimes their reputation or their being branded as an expert can be their own destruction. So, let us always keep an open mind.

Do not confuse this with being hardheaded. Sometimes our opinions are correct base on our limited source of information, until other information arises. My point is just to be open minded and respect opinions of other people even that of novices.

What do you think? Have you experienced this yourself?

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Can you really make money blogging? Yes, you can.

Can you make a LOT of money? Probably not.

Very few bloggers really make it big. And out of those bloggers who hit it off, their blog is not their main source of income. Even Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net shared that his blog was one of his least money makers.

Don’t make your blog your main source of income. Or else, you’ll go hungry because blogging takes time. A LOT of time. Yes, it’s good to earn money from your adsense or maybe even from your private ads but I doubt the money is enough.

So is blogging really a waste of my time? Not quite! You see, it may take a lot of time and you might not be able to earn a lot from your blog but building credibility and exposure online could very well be the key to your success.

From the words of Brian Clark of CopyBlogger.com:

Copyblogger has allowed me to raise my profile to the extent that I have a wider choice of partners to collaborate with on profitable projects. Most of what I do is behind the scenes—I produce web projects and let other people be the stars.

I will say that my blog is one of the most popular in the world, and yet the revenue it brings in from advertising is laughable compared to what I make with my other online projects.

Have your blog. Build reputation and expand your online network. But have behind the scene projects to earn some moolahs. Brian further explains new ways on how to earn money online on his free report.

I highly recommend reading it.

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