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Blogging and Social Media Make Money While Doing What You Love Christine Young aka @YoungMommy FromDatestoDiapers.com
Blogging and Social MediaMake Money While Doing What You Love
Christine Young aka @YoungMommyFromDatestoDiapers.com
About Me With almost 13 years of experience as a blogger, I have enjoyed the freedom it has provided our family.
Blogging and Social Media quickly became a way for me to connect with other like-minded individuals and build relationships, but I was also able to discover some of the best ways to earn money while doing what I love.
I’m excited to show you how you can do this, too!
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Is Blogging For You?
CreativeWriting Skills Passion Desire for
Connection Time
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Blog From Anywhere
What Do You Need?
There are really only a few things you absolutely MUST HAVE to begin blogging:
1. A Desire
2. Time
3. A Plan
3. A Computer or Portable Device
4. Internet AccessChristine Young, 2018
How to Begin
Decide on your niche
or theme and choose
a name for your blog
What do you like to write about?
What type of posts will you want to
share?e of posts will you want to share?
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Choose your blogging
platform and register
your domain name
There are many platforms and hosting
services available to us these days.
There are free options, as well as options that can be purchased monthly or yearly.
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Become Familiar with
Twitter and Instagram
Use the same handle on both
platforms, so as to create
continuity.
Begin interacting across your
social channels.
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Write, publish and
share your first few
blog posts
Include photos in your blog posts that
can be shared on Instagram.
Always share your posts on other
social media platforms.
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How to Make Money
Display Ads
Display ads are graphics or images
similar to billboards or ads in a
magazine.
They are also known as banner ads.e of posts will you want to share?
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Private adsPrivate ads are similar to display ads in that
they also come in the form of buttons or
graphics and usually appear in the sidebars
of blogs.
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Reviews and
Giveaways
Review items or services are generally
given to the blogger in exchange for
an honest review.
As you begin gaining credibility, you
will also be able to charge a fee for
inclusion of these products in articles
or roundups.e of posts will you want to share?
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Sponsored Posts
Many bloggers include sponsored
posts as a way to monetize their blogs.
All sponsored posts must be
disclosed.
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Integrated Campaigns
Promote a product, service, or
company in more than one way.
You are able to charge a premium for
including social media shares, based
on your reach.e of posts will you want to share?
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Affiliate Marketing
Promote a company’s product or
service and earn a commission when
one of your readers clicks through
your unique affiliate link and makes a
purchase.
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Tools
One Sheet
Header and photo
About your blog
URL and Social Handles
Services Offered
Stats
Topics
Pitch
Short and catchy Subject Line
Introduce yourself and your blog
Highlight your value
Propose a mutually beneficial campaign
Link to your One Sheet
“Assume the sale”
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My Services: Additional Resources:Pitch WritingOne Sheet CreationBlog AssessmentSocial Media Consulting
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Questions?
