5 PROVEN WAYS TO BOOST YOUR BLOGGING CAREER

Blogging is in no doubt the best way to amplify your brand name. Blogging sometimes requires an individual to first obtain a domain name and a blog host. This is followed by creating a FREE or PAID blogging platform such as Blogger or Wordpress. Once this is achieved, you can therefore, go aboard on an expedition of formulating content that will be of significance to your readers and followers alike. In order to start a successful blogging career and generate revenues from it, here are the 5 proven steps I took as a beginner:

CREATE AN IDEA

Blogging as a career needs meticulousness and a prior preparation. It is highly essential to make up your mind up on the niche you want to blog about. You equally have to understand your immediate and long-standing blogging objective with regards to the subject you wish to write about. There must also be a patent rationale that communicates what you propose to write during the first few weeks of publishing as well as the rest of your blogging career.

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QUALITY VISUAL CONTENT MUST BE CREATED  

You must ensure to have unique images and graphics that make your contents appealing. The photos, images, videos and other graphic materials that you incorporate in your blogging endeavors can either damage or optimize your blog. In order to get quality visual content, learn the art of graphic design or solicit for the help of an expert.

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BUILD UP STRONG FOLLOWERSHIP AND EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

Passionate followership is a very crucial part of building a successful blogging career. Creating and increasing a mailing list also plays a fundamental role in similar measure when starting and sustaining blogging. A mailing list enables a blogger to push notifications to followers and prospective visitors. This also drives traffic for the new blog as different to totally relying on search engines. 

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CONSISTENT BLOGGING

Carving a niche in your blogging endeavor requires consistency. It is not just about writing a small number of posts and be relaxed. If you want to attract and maintain cult

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TOP 10 TRENDY BUSINESSES WITH HIGH EARNING POTENTIALS FOR THE YEAR 2017

As the year 2016 comes to an intriguing conclusion, there are hues and cries in some quarters while some people became successful in the midst of the global recession witnessed in major parts of the world. In 2016, there were so many job losses while some few jobs were equally created, online businesses witnessed massive boost and booms, just like we had in 2015 the entertainment and media industry also witnessed a revolution and there were greater improvements in contents and revenues from the media universally.

In line with the usual rituals of predictions from preceding economic year, here are lists of business opportunities that will make headlines in 2017:

1.     INFORMATION MARKETING BUSINESS: Many people will be hungry for as much information as they can get and absorb in their brain. When you position yourself out there, and give people the information they want, they will come back for more. This is not to say that Google and other search engines will not be there for people to explore but they will rather have someone do the search, sieve the information, summarizes and serve to them in their mails or mobiles. At least, I have made more money from information marketing compared with the periods I was earning monthly salary working 9-5hours.

2.     ONLINE COACHING BUSINESS:  Everyday, human beings are required to learn something new either as a skill or for knowledge and there are times when we are interested in something for the fun of it and we want to learn more about it. That’s why a coaching business offers a vast way to make some nice earnings. If you are skillful or knowledgeable in a particular field of human endeavor, the year 2017 presents an array of opportunities for online coaching and video courses.

3.     SOFTWARE MARKETING: Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world. The year 2017 will even prove more rewarding for software development companies and marketers.

4.     AGRICULTURE: There is serious global campaign already for amplified agricultural practice due to the food shortage and declines experienced in some parts of developing and poor nations. Government at all levels is driving massive support towards agro-economy as this is the best alternative in the drive for self reliance goal of any nation. Thomas Robert Malthus was the first economist to propose a systematic theory of population. Malthus was of the opinion that food output was likely to increase in a series of twenty-five year intervals in the arithmetic progression 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and so on, population was capable of increasing in the geometric progression 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and so forth.  This scenario of arithmetic food growth with simultaneous geometric human population growth predicted a future when humans would have no resources to survive on, this I believed we have been experiencing in this millennial era and sustainable agricultural practice is the only solution to avoid catastrophe. Between 1900 and 2000 the increase in world population was three times greater than the entire previous history of humanity– an increase from 1.5 to 6.1 billion in just 100 years. (Source…www.ourworldindata.org)

5.     RECYCLING OF WASTE MATERIALS: The search for raw materials and production inputs are becoming increasingly costly because access to foreign exchange through the official route was near impossible while getting it via the black market is a cut-throat venture. The present economic reality serves as energizer for venturing into recycling business due to availability of waste materials in abundance.

6.     VIDEO MARKETING: We are living in the age of video as a matter of fact it is the most compelling way to engage and sell online.  Videos make sales and people are asking for it. Almost all the social media platforms had incorporated videos in their

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HOW TO OVERCOME THE FEAR OF STARTING A BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN

 

DREAM BIG

You must first of all dream and imagine WHAT you want to be? Dreaming in this context does not requires you to lay your beddings and bury yourself under the duvet snoring, dreams here refers to visualization and conceptions born out of the desires to achieve an objective. Secondly, WHERE do you want to be? Where you wish to find yourself within a particular time frame is pivotal to setting your agenda. HOW you wish your life would be? WHEN do you want to make your DREAM a reality, do you have any time frame?

COME UP WITH AN IDEA.

You will need an idea for a business before you do anything else. This should be something you are passionate about, since your new business will consume a great deal of your time and money. Come up with business ideas by identifying things people need which no one else currently provides or things that are trending as a matter of change in taste, fashion, policies of government, or things that isn’t provided in your area, or which you can provide better than anyone else.

CONSIDER IF IT IS PLAUSIBLE.

 Before going too far, think about how plausible your idea is. Is it something that people would actually pay for? Will it turn enough of a profit to be viable? You will also need to be sure that it is possible to implement.

 

 

 

BE SURE IT’S UNIQUE.

 Whatever your idea is, be sure it’s as unique as possible. This will help you eliminate or significantly combat competition, which will make your business more successful. By simply adding a flavor to currently existing product can do the magic.

 

DETERMINE YOUR COST OF OPERATION.

 You will need a solid business plan to present to any investors and the best place to start would be with determining your basic cost of operations. This will outline and help you determine how much money is needed to produce the product or offer the service you intend to offer or produce. Knowing your cost of operations will be vital to determining if your business will be profitable, since you will need to make more than this capital plus operating expenses in order to remain in business.

DETERMINE YOUR POTENTIAL MARKET.

 Be realistic. How many people will realistically use your business? How much will they pay to use your services? If either number is too small in comparison to how much it will cost you to stay in business, then you should reconsider or change your plans.

 

DETERMINE OBSTACLES.

 You will need to plan ahead for all of the problems which can get in the way of running a business, evaluate your competition, if their market share or product offering is too strong and stable, and then you will have a very hard time breaking into the market. No one will want to buy an equally priced or more expensive version of a perfectly good product or service which already exists. You will also need to explore the associated regulations and laws, especially regarding taxes. Make sure there are no prohibitive costs, such as equipment which is too expensive to make the business profitable.

WRITE UP A BUDGET. 

Once you have a general idea of how much money you have to work with, write up a budget for marketing which indicates how much money you have available to spend on advertising. If your business wouldn’t warrant your customers to see you physically before they get the product or services, then you can explore the power of e-commerce, online marketing, referral marketing and the likes as they presently offers the cheapest cost of advertising.

 

CREATE IDEAS FITTING YOUR BUDGET.

 Once you know how much money you have, research the costs of different types of marketing and come up with ideas which fit those methods and are effective for the price range. If you have a lot of money to spend on marketing, for example, you can consider shooting a commercial. If you have almost none, you’ll want to think about ways to use social media effectively, which is very effective for requiring little money.

 

PLAN TIMING AND LOCATION OF MARKETING.

 Once you know what kind of marketing you intend to do, think about the most effective places to advertise and what time of day, month or year are going to work best to reach your target market. You will want to be sure that you are using marketing which is appropriate to the type of people you expect to be interested in your product or services. So consider usability and physical location as well. If your services are seasonal you will want to consider what the best time of year would be to advertise. Also, television advertisements will need to be timed so that the right demographics will be watching when they air. 

TALK TO A BANK OR ANY OTHER SMALL BUSINESS FUNDING INSTITUTIONS. 

Talk with a bank with which you already have a positive relationship. Ask about what kind of business start-up loans they offer and how they can benefit your business. By using a bank you already know, the bank will have easy access to your financial records and will be more confident in investing with you.

DETERMINE WHERE YOUR OFFICE WILL BE SITUATED. 

You will need a space from which to run your business. This can be a home office if you require little space and will not have employees, or it can require an entire workshop or warehouse. It depends on what you will be doing and how big you intend your business to be. Some people’s car actually serves the purpose of office, mobility and pleasure. Nowadays, there are VIRTUAL offices scattered all over the place, you will only need to pay-as-you use or pay for number of calls/correspondence and business meetings you held therein, An example is a firm that provide virtual office is WORKPLACE PLUS  LTD located at NNPC Mulliner Tower Ikoyi Lagos,Nigeria.

 

PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.

 Purchase all of the things you need to start work. This can mean mechanical equipment, computers, telephone, or craft supplies. It all depends on what you are doing. Try to purchase from firms that will offer discounts for starters

 

MAKE USE OF MARKETING AND PR.

 You will want to reach out to potential customers in ways that make them want to use your business. This is especially important when you are first starting, before you have an established, regular customer base. Advertise in a way that catches customers attention at a minimum and hopefully goes beyond to capture their imagination. Be creative and appeal to the right

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