3 Reasons Why You Fail to Monetize Your Blog

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There are many reasons why you may have decided to start a blog.

Maybe you really love to write and you have something important to say. Or maybe you recognize that blogging is a great way to make money online and hope to one day turn your hobby into a thriving business.

Whatever your reasoning might be, just know that if you can hit on the right note and attract the right audience, you will definitely make money blogging with the correct guidance.

To help you along your way, we’re going to share three reasons why you haven’t been able to successfully monetize your blog up to this point. And if you implement these suggestions, you should quickly see your website metrics begin to improve and it won’t be long before you start making some actual money from your blog.

1. Your Website Is Getting Hardly Any Traffic at All

Figuring out how to get consistent traffic is an enigma that many bloggers have a difficult time cracking when they first start out online.

Sometimes they fail to implement the right SEO tactics, and the oodles of traffic that they should be getting from the search engines are going to their competitors.

Other times their website is bogged down because they don’t have the right hosting in place and they’re using up too many resources.

If you think this might be the case for your blog, you have to load test your website sooner rather than later to find out if your traffic is bouncing because your hosting platform just can’t handle it.

Or maybe you’ve failed to build up a presence on social media, and because of it you do not have an instant traffic source to tap into whenever you put up a new blog post.

Whatever the case may be, you have to figure out where you’re going wrong and take the next steps to correct your mistakes. Otherwise you’re never going to get the traffic that you deserve and your website is going to wallow in obscurity forever.

2. You’re Trying to Be Just like Everyone Else in Your Niche

In the beginning, when you first start blogging, it’s probably a good idea to follow the leaders in your niche and create content just like they do. Nobody is saying that this is the wrong way to get started.

But at some point after you begin to feel comfortable as a blogger, you need to tap into your own creative depths and stop being like everyone else in your niche.

If you continue to copy other leaders in your market, people are going to look at your blog as a spam site because you’re pretty much sharing everybody else’s content, even if you’re putting it in your own words.

To avoid making this mistake, you must begin to get creative with your content.

If an interesting news story in your niche comes out, feel free to write about it, but you have to put your own spin on it. That’s how you’re going to make it your own and people will begin to respect you and gravitate toward your blog more often than not.

3. You’re Promoting the Wrong Products

Finally, your failure to monetize your blog may be something as simple as promoting the wrong products.

Have you tested anything else on your audience? If not, you should begin promoting other products immediately to find out how your audience responds.

If they respond positively, you’ll begin making more money very quickly and your blog will soon become a smashing success.

Conclusion

As you can see, you may be making simple mistakes that prevent you from successfully monetizing your blog. Look over the info that we’ve shared today and adjust your strategy accordingly.

Author Bio

Wendy Dessler

Wendy is a super-connector with Outreachmama.com and Toweringseo.com who helps businesses find their audience online through outreach, partnerships, and networking. She frequently writes about the latest advancements in digital marketing and focuses her efforts on developing customized blogger outreach plans depending on the industry and competition.

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