Building a loyal following on your blog isn't going to be easy. It's going to take some time. And while our network of sports sites does get substantial traffic and you will benefit from that traffic, in order to turn your blog into something that makes $100, $200, $1,000 or even $5,000 per month it is going to take a lot of work on your part. It's not going to be easy. But hopefully it'll be fun.
As a blogger the most important thing you can do is write quality content. This builds readership. Quality content also gets linked to from other sites. If a person reads your post and they run a blog, they are quite likely to post a link to your blog because they like your blog and think their readers will like it too.
But after writing you will need to be proactive in trying to market your blog. The single biggest misconception about the internet is the old saying "if you build it they will come." This is simply not the case. As a rule you should be spending almost as much time marketing your blog as you do actually writing blog posts. This comes as a surprise to people, but if you really want to earn money from your blog this is the truth. Keep in mind that making money from your blog is not mandatory. If you just want to write about sports and don't care about the money, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Writing can be fun, educational, and very therapeutic - which is reward enough. But if you want to try and turn your ability to write into money, read through the rest of this post.
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