I started my first blog in July 2006, but it took over two years until I really started to look at my online endeavors as a business. I founded my main website, Personal Profitability, in October 2008. In the years since it has led to opportunities to earn more and leave my full-time day job thanks to success in online self-employment. If you want to turn your hobby blog into a business, get started with these general guidelines.
Write Great Content Consistently
What is the single most important part of a blog? The content! Consistent, high quality content again and again over time is what helps your blog grow. People discover your blog, it brings readers back, and ensures you get plenty of backlinks.There’s a saying in the blogging community: Content is king. In the decade I’ve been blogging I have seen many trends come and go. Google has introduced penguins and pandas. Yahoo has fallen from a top source of online search to an online property worth less than $5 billion. Facebook has grown from less than 100 million users to nearly 2 billion. But the online demand for high quality online content has never ceased.
