7 Steps to Make Money Online With an Authority Blog (The BEST Way to Make Money Blogging)

By Jonathan D. Beebe

If you follow the steps below, and try your absolute BEST not to get distracted by other "shiny things" along the way, your site will not only gain a significant rise in traffic and readers (which means you make money online, especially in the long-term), but your blog/website will be well on it's way to becoming the next "authority" in your online field of choice.

STEP 1: Select a Field You're Interested In

The bottom line is, if you're going the "authority website" route, it's going to be hard to stay persistent with your efforts if you're not interested in the topic you're trying to pursue. A passion for your topic is highly recommended.

STEP 2: Stick to a Consistent, Do-Able Posting Schedule

Notice how I said "do-able"? Make sure you don't burn yourself out. Posting to your blog should only encompass about 20% of your efforts, so make sure you have a consistent schedule that you can keep up with. I prefer two posts a week (Monday and Thursdays).

STEP 3: Guest Post to Established Blogs *Regularly*

Guest posting is simply contacting the owner of another blog in your field and asking if you can contribute an article to their blog. They get high quality content, and you get a back-link to your blog.

If you do this to established blogs in your niche on a regular basis (I recommend weekly for best results, especially in the beginning), the benefits are almost unsurpassable. Not only do you get great links, but you normally get a surge in traffic and an increased likelihood of being approved as a guest blogger on that same blog in the future.

STEP 4: Social Bookmark Your Posts After Publishing

I personally find this process annoying, but I hear it's good for getting initial back-links to your posts and getting them "out there" in the beginning.

The *least* annoying way to take advantage of this is to use IMAutomator.com's free service. It's very easy and takes minimal time away from my other tasks, so I got in the habit of using it for my new blog posts (and my guest posts I submit to other blogs).

STEP 5: Take Advantage of Social Networks

You can do this whatever way you like, as long as you are not over-promoting your stuff or spamming in any way. I honestly don't put much weight on this, as the only social network I use for my online business is Twitter. I simply post a few tips a day (at the most), make some retweets, reply to a few others' tweets, and announce my blog posts.

That usually does it for me as far as social networking goes. You can obviously put more emphasis on this and leverage it however you want, but don't stress out about it too much.

STEP 6: BUILD YOUR EMAIL LIST

I can't stress this enough. If you want your blog or authority site to go anywhere anytime soon, especially amongst the growing competition of other websites out there, you need to be building your list to keep your visitors COMING BACK.

Your list serves as your blog's "insurance" because it's like taking a piece of your niche and saving it for yourself. But you have to treat your list right.

Not only will you increase your sales (as long as you treat your list right by providing them value on a regular basis, and the occasional promotion of a high quality product).

I recommend creating a short, free report that directly pertains to the subject matter of your blog. It doesn't have to be long, but it has to be useful and convenient. Just offer the report in exchange for a name and email address and you'll build your list as you drive traffic to your blog.

I personally use a squeeze page and drive traffic to it using article marketing and forum participation. In fact, all of my article marketing and forum participation efforts are ultimately to drive traffic to my squeeze pages. The high quality list subscribers will end up on my blog eventually anyway.

Guest blogging and social networking drives traffic to my actual blog.

STEP 7: STICK WITH IT***

All the advice I just gave you is useless if you give up eventually. Most people can do it... but only for a few weeks. Some people a few months but the fact is, MOST people give up on the whole thing before they're even able to see results.

HOWEVER, if you do take action on all 7 steps (or 6) on a regular basis, week-in and week-out, you'll start seeing results faster than you think! Stick with it for 6 months and you'll be surprised. Stick it out for ANOTHER 6 months and you'll be absolutely AMAZED.

The bottom line is: whether you decide to go the "authority blog/website" route (as I just described), or use another method when it comes to making money online, you HAVE to STICK WITH IT... and if you can manage that, just about anything will work (granted it's a legitimate method).

Good luck!

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