The best bloggers out there are absolutely killing it, earning far more than most people can even imagine. How do bloggers make money? Stick with me, and I will share 10.5 tips from one of the best: how do bloggers make money?
One of the best is Ryan Robinson. Ryan earns more than $30,000 per month simply from his blog. Not bad, right?
In Ryan’s case, it took him over two years to begin generating serious income from his blog. He launched the blog in 2014, and the first monthly income report he published was in 2018 for $9,322. But he has gone on to be a leader in the industry, and one well worth taking note of.
Generating traffic organically takes time and patience but it can pay off. Ryan says he doesn’t expect a new post to rank on page one of Google any sooner than after six months, if they rank at all. Blogging will not get you rich overnight, but if you keep at it then you could build to a serious income over time.
Here’s how Ryan has found success:
1: He writes massive 10,000 word posts. These are enormous authority articles that sometimes rank for the most popular of keywords, such as “business ideas” which is a 100,000 monthly search volume keyword.
2: His favorite post is the listicle; huge, exhaustive lists such as ‘101 Business Ideas’ and ‘70 Genius Ways to Make Money Online.’ These posts could easily be Kindle books but he chooses to place them on his site to bring in traffic.
3: His other favorite type of post is the ‘how to’ guide, such as How to Start a Blog and How to Start a Freelancing Business While Working Full Time. These are long, detailed and all-encompassing guides that Google loves to rank high.
4: 92% of his income comes from affiliate sales. His top three affiliate products are Bluehost, Dreamhost and Flexjobs.
5: Ryan writes about freelancing and making money online because he’s worked as a freelancer and because there is substantial affiliate income to be made in this niche. He doesn’t recommend choosing a niche just because you love it unless you know ahead of time how you’re going to monetize it.
6: Ryan focuses on getting backlinks because Google determines your ‘social status’ with your niche via the number and type of backlinks you have. Some of his backlinks come from major sites such as Hubspot, GoDaddy, Yelp, Money.com, LinkedIn blog and Sitepoint.
7: To get prized backlinks from major players, Ryan schedules a call with them, interviews them and then mentions them in his article. He says this dramatically increases the odds they will back link to you, as opposed to simply writing about someone and then telling them they are mentioned in your article.
8: Ryan continually updates his content and then places an ‘updated on date’ tag next to the title. He does this because Google encourages content creators to continually update their content.
9: He uses personal anecdotes and stories in his articles. He likes to open with a story and continue the personal tone and his own thoughts throughout the article, and it works.
I’ve had a lot of “holy shit” moments trying to sustain a profitable business.
Ryan Robinson
Stay on your course
10: Ryan stays focused on this blog. He hasn’t started a second and third blog on other topics and he’s not doing anything outside of this niche. He does, however, still do some freelancing work, which makes sense since he writes about the freelancing experience.
10.5 Most of his posts don’t do all that well. Crazy as it might sound, his average blog posts only garner a few hundred views per month. And yet his top 15 posts bring in a flood of traffic that compensates. You never know which posts are going to explode, which is why you just have to keep writing your best. Sooner or later, you will hit posts that drive traffic, and that traffic will then discover your other, less popular posts as well. And with proper blogging strategies, quality products and a keen focus on SEO, you will grow your blog over time.
I do encourage you to check out Ryan’s Blog. His site is quite extensive with a ton of resources. There are a lot of resources avaialbe and some great information.
And you’ll want to check out his free tools and resources too. I used his free key word tool to do a little research for this blog. Or check out his AI powered SEO title generator. I think you will find they are great free tools.
This is just another way to answer the question of how do bloggers make money? Provide value. Provide good content in an informative and entertaining way. And of course providing any free tools that provide such a great value goes a long way in driving traffic and monetizing your blog.
Is there one silver bullet for blogging?
There is a lot to know about blogging, and I certainly don’t know much at all. But the one thing I do know, is that there is no one, single solution. Find the right blend that meets you, and your audience. Ryan appears very straight forward and seems to have a genuine desire to provide value to help others. In my opinion, that is a huge first step.
Follow what others successful entrepreneurs and bloggers do. I always find their success stories interesting and inspirational. It isn’t too hard figuring out how Ryan has made money with his blog. Especially today, as he candidly shares so much of his information, and provides value through resources and tools and learning.
However, seeing success and doing it are two different things. No matter how you see it, Ryan’s Blog is impressive and inspirational. And if you’re still reading this to the end, you must be a do’er too. So let’s roll up our sleeves, get to work and find our own path to success. Then we can personally answer the question: How do bloggers make money? How do YOU make money blogging?
I hope to hear from you and learn from your success.
All the best,
Dave
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