Is WordPress The Best Blogging Platform?
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
So you’re starting a blog! Sweet…. welcome to the dark side 
That’s exactly what I was looking to do when I started down the rabbit hole of HTML, CSS, Javascript, Widgets, Plugins, Themes and all the other CRAP that comes along with setting up a blog…
And everyone told me that WordPress was the ‘Gold Standard’ in blog platforms, so I ran with the herd and set up a blog.
See, A lot of people are not aware of WordPress and the benefits it can give to every internet marketer and blogger interested in seeing their business grow online and get the highest returns and highly improved conversion rates.
But in order to make your blog SING… you need more than just a blog platform like WordPress, or any blog platform for that matter.
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So What DO You Need On Top Of A Blog Platform?
You need a specific service/platform that would help you take full advantage of this particular internet marketing strategy and gain full control of your online marketing system.
NEWS FLASH: WordPress may not be the best blogging platform for this but it certainly provides a host of wonderful benefits that will definitely help novice bloggers find their niche in the blogging community.
Beating The Competition
At WordPress, they offer a service like no other.
WordPress is more than just your ordinary blogging platform because primarily because of the three steps push button solution they provide that can help you manage your blogging activities or online marketing system with guaranteed results.
With WordPress, all your BASIC blogging needs will be taken care of at a push of a button that starts from blog and content creation to strategic marketing and promotion if you are planning to monetize your blogs or earn hefty income from it.
So if you are looking for a viable blogging platform so you can easily communicate and reach out to your target market through blog writing, then you should carefully consider the various services offered by WordPress where you can create highly relevant blogs and site contents in your own domain.
WordPress’ primary focus is content creation for your marketing blogs and the solution they offer is one of the best where you can create a new blog or create an already existing content from several sources, publish it as a MashUp and still get positive feedback.
Why WordPress?
Content creation and blogging is just among the basic range of services offered by WordPress but there are more things to enjoy.
All these additional features are available in a single program which significantly eliminates the need to incorporate various blogging applications just to meet your personal requirements and preferences.
And as a WordPress member, you can get unlimited access to different forums, article syndication, Adsense and Click Bank Ads. You can also easily integrate various sites and plugins to your blog site that range from Flickr Images to Yahoo Answers, YouTube videos, Amazon and Affiliate Data Feeds.
You also get to have unlimited access to a wide collection of articles that are all ready for publishing. The good thing about using WordPress is that you are not just limited to blogging.
Although WordPress may be perceived by others as a mere blogging platform, this actually has more to offer that definitely help even novice bloggers start earning their first blogging income.
Now Here’s The Kicker (Don’t Kick Me)… Why NOT WordPress?
Let me make this clear. I DO NOT personally blog using a generic WordPress platform.
I think it is an awesome blogging platform. However, for bloggers looking to make a significant income using blogging there are much better platforms with built in ‘sales conversion machines.
SETTING UP YOUR BLOG
See my recent article on Creating A Blog From Scratch to learn the ins and outs of setting up a new blog
I would personally hire someone on Odesk or Fiverr.com to install the themes etc (as they are quick, and know what they’re doing).
Next up, ensure you make sure you do basic SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for your WordPress blog so it will be visible to Google… What’s the point in learning how to earn money on a blog, if it’s invisible to your largest traffic source ! (right… there isn’t one)
The Secret Sauce
Without THIS, you will fail, and NEVER know how to earn money on a blog…
Now you’ve got your blog set up, you’re ready to dive head first into blogging.
STOP!
Before you even THINK of starting to write a blog post, shooting a video, or ANYTHING at all… here’s the secret of success.
Act the way you act when you’re with your best friend. With your family, or your alone walking your dog.
Be who you really are.
It’s so easy to look at the ‘gurus’ of blogging, or someone in your specific niche and try and be like them. Here’s some advice. That’s the fastest way to HATE blogging. Why? Because there’s no emotional connection with your readers if you’re constantly trying to give them what you THINK they need.
Give them YOU.
It’s Time. You Have a Blog… Now What!?
START BLOGGING (is it that complicated?)
If you think you need a big following before you start, you’ll never start! Because a following comes over time, and it comes from people actually SEEING, READING and FEELING you.
Over time, you will have more and more people who find your blog, Google loves fresh content, so continuously update your blog and give the ‘Big G’ what it wants.
Start Making Money From Your Blog TODAY (don’t wait to cash in)
Here are 4 simple ideas on how to earn money on a blog.
1) Sign up for affiliate programs in your niche (this is my fave). My niche is affiliate marketing, blogging for money, online marketing etc.
2) Create an information product you could offer. Do you have a special knowledge of knitting with rubber bands? (huh?) If you do, then write about it, and sell your video series teaching people how to do it too! (not sure if there’s a big market, but hey — there’s something for everyone)
3) Sell products and services you love! If you’ve had a great experience with a product, find out if they have an affiliate program.
4) Blog about what you like, and then let your BLOG do all the selling for you… (here’s the magic)
Here’s what I do…
Understand that many who attempt to make money blogging won’t. Why? Because they aren’t great sales people… you like to blog, but don’t necessarily want to be ‘salesy’ – right? And here’s another tip… Most people trying to teach you how to earn money on a blog ARE BROKE!
So what do you do?
Simple -> Blog on a platform that is OPTIMIZED for converting your visitors into paying customers FOR you, designed by people who make money blogging for a LIVING!
Makes sense right?
So here’s the Simple 3-Step Formula for Earning Money on a Blog
Let’s see how this works.
Step 1 – Blog Daily
Every day, you write a blog post on something of interest – could be a social event, your passion, the news, weather, or a very targeted topic (like “how to earn money on a blog”) – see how I did that?
Don’t worry about how to find these “targeted topics”. We help you with that.
Step 2 – Tell Others:
This is our way of marketing – we either advertise our blog, or we share our blog posts with people who would be interested (i.e. I share on my facebook wall, because my friends love seeing what I’m writing about — I’m sure they would love to see what you have for them too!)
Some of our bloggers advertise, use other types of promotion as well (again, inside we teach you how to do this)
Step 3 – Get Money
Now this is the awesome part. See when you have a blog through us, you will have the blog package working for you, and if you choose to be an affiliate, then have the rights to sell the blog package to others…
Check this out – look at those banners at the top, right, and bottom of the screen.
Click on one of the banners and see what happens
You will enter your email address, and be shown a professionally prepared video, explaining how the whole process works…
Once that countdown timer is finished, you’ll be able to buy the blog package for yourself.
Now imagine when someone does this on YOUR blog… YOU get the sale (damn cool.)
Happy Blogging!
Darren Hanser
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