Take your hobby to the next level and turn your blog into real income

Anyone who blogs knows that it is a fun, creative way for sharing thoughts and opinions. Now imagine making money from that hobby! This practical, how-to guide shows you how you can get serious about using your blog and implement advertising, sponsorship, partnerships, and affiliate marketing options to turn your hobby into extra income, or even a full-time career.

Helpful examples and featured articles with topic experts and bloggers who have built successful business demonstrate how to promote your business or build a blog-based business.

* Discusses finding your niche, adhering to legal considerations, establishing your disclosure and privacy policies, and dealing responsibly with review requests
* Introduces ideas for advertising and other monetization options and recommends promotional avenues to explore
* Suggests creative ways to keep your blog fresh, unique, and interesting
* Provides tips for monitoring and measuring your success

Professional Blogging For Dummies opens the door to a world of money-making blogging possibilities!

If you want to blog like you mean business, this book is for you. Whether you own a small business or work solo from your kitchen table, this book helps you successfully use your blog as a business. How do you find a niche, plan a strategy, promote your blog, and monetize it? It's all here, and more, in this friendly guide.

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It's all in the approach — tackle things the way professionals do, by setting realistic goals and building a business plan
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Know who everybody is — understand your competition, define your audience, and find your own niche
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Get some people — do you need a lawyer? An accountant? Protect your business blog with trademarks, copyrights, and other important practices and policies
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Mind your money — learn how to monetize your blog, set up a budget, and get paid
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Build a blog that brings 'em in — choose a name and a Web host, and then see how to design a killer blog
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Get the word out — promote like crazy using search engines, social networking, traditional marketing, and PR
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Crunch the numbers — explore ways to measure and analyze your results with Google Alerts, Google Analytics, and FeedBurner

Open the book and find:

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What professional bloggers know
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How to turn a hobby blog into a business
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Different ways to monetize your blog
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Why promotion is the key to blogging success
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The pros and cons of selling in your online store or someone else's
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Design tips to make your blog unique
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Interviews with successful blog-preneurs
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Ten common mistakes and how to avoid them

Learn to:

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Find your niche to build a blog-basedbusiness
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Earn income from your blog
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Create content and a design thatattract readers
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Monitor and measure your success