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How to choose a blog topic

This can either be the easiest or the hardest part of starting your blog. The most important thing at this stage is to  choose a niche  which you can call yourself an authority in – the biggest mistake new bloggers make in such a crowded blogosphere is starting a blog without trying to do something surprising or different. For example, if fashion's your thing, instead of combining generic fashion content, you could combine your love for clothes with your big-hearted  concern for the environment  by blogging about environmentally-conscious designers instead? These are the best ways to find a topic for your new blog: Look at other blogs   –  This should be your first port of call. What's already successful? And more importantly, what's missing? Find the gaps in the market Use Google   –  What are people searching for? Use Google suggested searches and auto-complete to discover what people are looking for – if they're searching for it, that shows there's a demand Searc

The biggest challenges when monetising a blog

Nothing worth having comes without hard work and a few challenges. Be under no illusion that blog monetisation takes time. Many bloggers only make pennies from monetising their blog each month – and this is after having worked on their blogs for a while. To have a chance of creating a full-time income through blogging, again, you need to have multiple income streams from a selection of sources. Monetising a blog takes time and relies on you having some traffic. The more readers you have, the more attractive you are to advertisers. As Olli from  The Coco Creativ  suggested: I've had different blogs throughout my blogging journey and the most challenging part of monetizing is always hitting your stride. You have to find the right method of monetization for you. If someone is offering a $900 course, that doesn't mean you should take it; when you find your method, you'll start making money. Many bloggers decide to monetise quite early on in their blogging journey. Blogger  Ursz

How to increase your blog traffic

Once you've created your website, come up with a kick-ass blog topic and you've published your first posts, the big question is – where are all the readers? You can't just expect people to magically find your blog and start reading it. You have to promote it! Here are the best and easiest ways to get more readers for your blog: Promote your blog on social media Credit: NBC As with any business nowadays, you're not likely to get noticed if you don't have  social media accounts . We recommend setting up pages/accounts for your blog on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and even  LinkedIn  (you're essentially your own business anyway, right?). Design these accounts in a similar colour scheme/theme to your blog so your brand is consistent and easily recognisable. Use them to share new posts and tag fellow bloggers/influencers/companies who might share your content and help it to reach an even bigger audience. You could also dabble in some  paid advertising  to h

How to make money from blogging

Once you've got your blog up and running, you can (finally!) start looking into ways to make a profit from it. These are the best and easiest ways to make money as a blogger: Use affiliate marketing on your blog Credit: Tong_stocker –  Shutterstock Affiliate marketing works by adding tracked affiliate links into the text of your blog. You can make a small  commission  every time a reader clicks through to a site you recommend and makes a purchase. The links will lead readers to the website of a brand, and the money you receive is to say 'thanks' for sending some of your lovely readers to their site. Almost all online eCommerce websites have an affiliate program of some sort, like  Amazon ,  Topshop ,  ASOS  and  Apple . Sign up to  Affiliate Window  – a huge affiliate network where you can promote thousands of well-known brands and services from around the world. Money-saving blogger, Claire Roach from  Daily Deals UK , revealed: We mainly use affiliate marketing as our mai