Bloggers: Start SELLING as Soon as Humanely Possible

If you’re planning on going several months trying to build up an audience to eventually sell to, you’re in for a major disappointment.

Sure, some lucky people have done it… But here’s the truth of the matter…

Creating a successful, sustainable blog is extremely difficult to do.

But finding a way to monetize your blog from the outset will greatly improve your chances.

Here’s why:

1.) Income Will Keep You Motivated

Blogging is a lot of hard work. If you’re working your ass off day in and day out and not reaping any financial benefit from it, it’s really easy to become discouraged, lose motivation, and eventually give up.

You’ll have to make a lot of sacrifices. You’ll spend less time with your friends and family…

You’ll have painfully late nights. Writing, and writing, and writing, wondering if it’s even worth it.

It won’t be easy, but if you’ve got even a little bit of income coming in, you’ll feel far more appreciated, which will provide you with the motivation you need to keep moving forward.

2.) Income Will Help You Grow Your Audience

It’s frustrating to continually write when nobody is reading...

You’ve probably tweeted your posts...

Maybe tried posting it to your Facebook page…

But, you still barely get any traffic.

And it’s not because your content isn’t good, it’s because your target audience doesn’t know it exists.

To get known and grow your audience you have to have traffic…

And what’s the easiest way to get traffic?

buy it…

There’s no such thing as a traffic problem…

The traffic is out there you just need to get your content in front of it. And buying ads is the easiest way to do that.

But you can’t spend, and spend, and spend without seeing a return on that investment. That’s a fast way to run yourself out of business…

That’s where the monetization comes in. If you’re making money, you can reinvest that money to buy more traffic and grow your blog.

Makes sense, doesn’t it?

3.) You’ll Gain Confidence

You can be the most amazing writer in the world, but if nobody’s reading what you’re writing, you’ll ultimately start second guessing yourself. You’ll begin to wonder if you’ve got what it takes.

Because having a blog without readers is completely frustrating.

But if you’ve got people buying your products, and feeding your growth, that will be huge!

You’ll finally gain the confidence you need to believe in yourself. And when you believe in yourself… That can make all the difference.

4.) You’ll Attract the Right Audience

To create a sustainable blog, you’ll need to attract readers who will ultimately want to buy from you.

If you wait too long to monetize, you won’t have any way of knowing if your readers are buyers or not.

You may be attracting a bunch of casual readers and you’ll have no idea until it’s too late.

But if you try to sell them something, and they’re just not buying, you’ll know something needs to change long before it’s too late.

5.) Your Readers Will Respect You More

To be a successful blogger, you must establish yourself as an authority in your niche. Selling will show you mean business and have confidence in the value you’re providing.

You want people to listen, and learn, and have success stories…

But the truth is, most people won’t take action on the advice you give for free on your blog. They’ll skim the post and think “that’s a good idea”, and then never do anything with it.

But if they pay for it…

They’ll perceive it as being more valuable and actually focus on what you’re teaching. They’ll take notes and be much more likely to take action…

And therefore be much more likely to succeed…

6.) You’ll Learn Your Most Valuable Lessons Before It’s too Late

There’s a lot to be learned from failing. And the earlier you go through these failures, the sooner you’ll be able to learn from your mistakes and eventually become successful.

Don’t wait until it’s too late to start learning these lessons. Don’t wait until you’re about to give up or run out of money before you start learning how to monetize. Because it’ll take a while to get the hang of and it definitely won’t happen overnight.

Conclusion

If you’re in the wrong mindset about your blogging business, I hope this post has inspired you to change your way of thinking and start figuring out how to monetize your blog as soon as humanely possible.

Because starting down this path sooner, rather than later, will definitely improve your chances of success.

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