Alee King

Can you make money blogging? The short answer: Yes!

It may not be the quickest way to earn money. There’s no magic red button that makes it rain cash (it’d be cool though, right?)

But, with a smart approach, persistence and a little “elbow grease”, it can be done.

Here’s the big question:

Where the heck should you start?

In this post, you’ll find a complete beginner’s guide to starting a blog and making it profitable.Let’s dive straight in:

You want to stop wasting time and supercharge your productivity, but you’re not sure how to go about it.

When you work from home, in any capacity – you wear all the hats.

You delegate your own tasks, you keep yourself motivated and productive. The onus is on you to control your own workload.

If your social media posts aren’t captivating your audience and bringing in waves of conversions – you’re missing a huge piece of the puzzle.

Social media can be a powerful component of your marketing strategy.

That’s if you’re able to produce compelling content that’s valuable, useful, and directed specifically at your target market.

Magnetic content on social media has the ability to catapult your business’s website traffic, your email list, and leads.

That means more customers and more revenue.

So you want to gain traction on Pinterest and amplify the number of followers you have.

Don’t we all?

Pinterest is a game-changer for entrepreneurs, bloggers, and even large corporations. It’s mind-blowing how many businesses and bloggers are having massive success with this marketing gold-mine.

It’s no wonder when 70% of all pins saved on Pinterest come from businesses.

If you’re not leveraging Pinterest to grow your business – you’re missing out, big-time.

You’ve just created your first Facebook group.
You expected like-minded people to flock to your group as soon as you put the finishing touches on it.
You have a beautiful cover photo, you’ve set your group rules, and it’s looking pretty snazzy. You’ve done everything right.
But still, nothing.
Absolute crickets.
No rush of people eager to join your community.
You’re beginning to wonder why you bothered to go to all this effort, to begin with.

You’ve tried everything.

You crafted high-quality, valuable content that anyone would be lucky to devour. Your promotion strategy is on point.

Yet, your website traffic remains stagnant.

No massive stampede of visitors eager to read your latest post like you anticipated.

Nothing but crickets.

What gives?

Have your email open rates suddenly plummeted without warning?

Maybe your email list is new, and you haven’t had a chance to grow your list or improve your open rates?

You’ve spent hours crafting the perfect email. Tailored specifically for your audience.

With the right amount of eye-catching visuals and captivating copy. Your email even solved a massive problem for your readers.

You did everything right.

But, every time you hit that refresh button after sending out your latest email campaign – you’re utterly disappointed.

Your open rate is stagnant and you’re at a loss.

What gives?

Social media.
It slowly crept into our lives, little by little. Until it was the focal point of our lives.
Today, 7 in 10 Americans use social media, compared with only 5% in 2005.
Businesses took notice, and social media has since revolutionized the way we do marketing.

You wouldn’t walk the streets aimlessly asking people for their credit card number, would you?
Of course not!
Why?
Because they don’t know or trust you. And you’d be undoubtedly turned away.
The same goes for email marketing – or any type of inbound marketing.
Trust is absolutely paramount when it comes to successful email marketing. Especially if you’re a business trying to make more sales.

You wake up at 10:00 am, you roll over and check your bank balance. You’ve made a few hundred dollars while you were sleeping.

Passive income. The ultimate dream, right?

(Post I wrote on EdenFried.com) If you’re tired of building someone else’s empire and are ready to take the leap and blog full-time, read on, my friend. Here are 7 steps you can take to become a full time blogger.

Let's face it. Traditional marketing efforts don't cut it anymore.
Today, we're seeing less and less of the old tactics, while more digital marketing methods come to the fore.
Inbound marketing, in particular, has become a hot-button issue. But you know that, right?

You're here because you want to generate more inbound leads that drive more conversions in your business.

What if you could increase your leads, conversions, and sales with a few easy-to-implement tweaks to your business? You would, right?

Lead generation is forefront on every business owner's mind, and it should be on yours too. It's the #1 challenge marketers and business owners face, above everything else.

A sub-par keyword research strategy can cost you your entire SEO campaign.

Where do you go when you're searching for information?

The internet, of course.