I believe that you have seen a lot of blogs are abandoned, their author did not update them, their blogs become a ghost town. You don’t want this to happen to your blog right? And this is where the question comes in, are you really suitable to blog? Do you really need a blog? This is where you should ask yourself these 5 questions below before you start creating your blog. You have to know whether blog is suitable for you, or not. You know, if you want to create a successful blog, then you definitely have to find out the answers to these questions. Without the right direction in blogging, you are not going to create amazing results from your blog.

1. Do you really need a blog?
Yes, have you ever asked yourself this question? Do you really need a blog? For some people, their purpose of having a blog is because they want to earn money online, and they thought that blog is a great money maker, and they start creating their blog immediately without thinking twice. You have to know this, if you want to earn money online, there is not necessarily that you have to start from a blog. You can start with online auction, affiliate marketing and more. I do admit that blog is a great money maker and a great place for beginner to learn about internet marketing. However, you must make sure that your purpose to get online really requires you a blog. Did you know that earning money from blogging is not something that will happen overnight? Did you know that you have to spend a lot of time building up a good quality blog? You have to write great content which visitors are looking for? This is why most of the blogs out there fail. Simply because they thought that blogging is something very easy and they can make fast cash from their blog. After some time they found that they actually have to spend time in building and managing their blog in order to earn money online from it. That is why you have to ask yourself this question before you start blogging, do you really need a blog?

2. How much time do you willing to spend on your blog?
This is another question to ask, you have to know much time you are going to spend on your blog. If your goal is to earn money online, but you are not willing to spend much time into your blog, then maybe you should consider about other money making methods. Blog is just like a real-estate, it will appreciate over time, you have to spend time managing it, you have to spend time building it. Many people thought that they can earn fast cash from their blog, nope, this is wrong. Maybe you can earn a few penny from Adsense in your blog, but if you want to make big money, then you have to spend a lot of time into your blog. You have to understand this, to build a great blog is not only about posting, you have to spend time into marketing your blog as well. It is the same with every other businesses out there. It is just that a blog makes the situation less formal, it is more personal. But you still have to be serious about it and spend time and energy in it.

3. Who is your target audience?
Before you even start making any money from your blog, you have to identify your target audience or market. Let me give you an example here. If your purpose to blog is because you want to reach more audience in your town, then blog maybe is not a suitable marketing tool for you. Newspaper advertising may be more effective than creating a blog which you have to spend time developing it. That is why people often say that you must do your market research before entering into a market. Here is the thing, the more focuses you are in your target audience, the easier you can penetrate the market. This is because you are only posting and talking about your target market, you eventually will become the pro in your market. This is how niche marketing is so much effective. If you have a blog today, I believe you understand what is niche marketing and what it can do for you.

4. What do you want from your blog?
Again, the purpose of your blog. What do you want from your blog? Do you want to earn money online by creating an extra stream of income with your blog, or is it that you want to tell the whole world about yourself? It is up to you, you can have any reasons and purposes for creating a blog. The point here is that you have to be clear of what you want from your blog. Once you know what you expect from your blog, you will be more focus and it will be easier for you to achieve your goals. For some people like politician, they don’t even care how much they can make from their blog, all they want is to create visibility and raise their credibility. Defining the purpose of your blog will help you stay motivated all the time, blogging itself is the source of motivation. If you feel sleepy writing for your readers, then you really should ask yourself whether are you really suitable for blogging, or maybe it is because of you have chosen the wrong topics.

5. Are you willing to provide, educate and help others without asking for anything in return?
This is my favorite question. Blogs are not the same like those ordinary websites. A blog is something more public, you can use a blog to reach out many people at the same time, and it is not all about making money. If your main purpose of having a blog is because you want to earn money online, then you will have a hard time in pulling cash with it. Why? Simply because your visitors will know about this. Think about it, if your blog are full with ads, you keep on posting sales pitch, do you really think that visitors will come back again for more? This is the nature of human, we don’t like sales pitch, whenever there is someone calling you and telling you that he or she is selling something, will you buy? Frankly, it is just not the right approach of doing things. You have to provide before you can receive. If you are helping all your readers from the bottom of your heart, you constantly providing great info that they are looking for, when the time comes, you will make a lot of money, automatically. It is because you have created a good relationship with your readers, they trust you for being such a great guru. You help them, you solve their problems, this is how relationship is created. Therefore, ask yourself this question before you start your blog, and make your first million online.

These are the 5 questions to ask before you start your blog. With these questions here, I believe that you understand more about blogging. Blogging may seem easy, but in fact it is much more complicated than you can think of. Every ingredients for a successful blog are very important, without any one of them, your blog will not stay long on the course. This is especially true if your purpose is to earn money online with your blog. What I can say here is to always create more value, and market your blog. Keep on learning on your path to success.

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Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Shawn
Filed under: Blogging Tips

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