5 More Tips For First Time Bloggers

Setup a Professional Branded Email Address

If you’re serious about your blog, then it’s important to have a professional branded email address. This goes a long way in negotiating deals with an advertiser because they think you’re a legit operation. Here is how to easily get a professional branded email address for free. Plus it also helps with email deliverability when sending email newsletters.

Setup Unique Contact Forms for Each Use Case

In the beginning, I had my email address publicly displayed on the blog. This led to tons of spam coming my way. Contact forms are very important and that’s why you will find a contact page on almost every website you visit. It’s also important to have different forms for each use case, so you can easily filter the emails and be more efficient.

There are plenty of WordPress contact form plugins in the market. However, most WordPress contact form plugins are designed for developers. This is why I launched WPForms, with the goal of making it the most beginner-friendly contact form plugin for WordPress. It has more than 6 million active installs with 12,000+ five-star reviews. There is also a free version called WPForms Lite that you can try.

Repurposing Content is a Secret Weapon for Expert Bloggers

You don’t always have to come up with new blog post ideas. Expert bloggers repurpose their content into videos, images, collection articles, etc.. You can also repurpose articles as downloadable ebooks, audio files, or YouTube videos. With a tool like Beacon, you can instantly recycle a blog post into professional ebook by simply pasting the web address of your article.

Diversify Your Income Stream

The easiest way for new blogs to start making money is by displaying ads using Google AdSense. While Google AdSense is great, you need to diversify your income stream. We have seen bloggers losing all their income when AdSense blocked their accounts for a policy violation. There are plenty of ways to make money online from your blog. You can supplement your blogging income with affiliate marketing, selling online courses, offering membership plans, and more. Another way to boost your ad revenues is to monitor who’s advertising on your site. You can then go to them directly to eliminate the middle man.

Consistency is Key

You don’t have to post every day. But you have to be consistent in your schedule. Try to post once a day, 5 days a week if not everyday. Some popular blogs publish several new posts each day. Choose how frequently you will publish and then stick to that frequency. If you are just starting out, then you can start with 3 posts per week and then gradually increase your pace. If you’re not disciplined, then it’s easy to slip and this is how most blogs die. You need to keep yourself motivated and don’t get distracted from your goals.