Yes, you can absolutely earn an income through a lifestyle blog. It’s what I do for a living now, and have been doing for the past 5 years. NO, it’s not easy and it will take up ALOT of your time. So you have to really love what you do for it to become “successful” but it absolutely can be done.
Find Your Niche
These days, there are so many online blogs. Especially ones focused on lifestyle. You have to be able to make yours stand out from the crowd. Work out what your USP is and focus on that to make yours different. Whether referring to do-it-yourself projects or content revolving around parenting, beauty…etc. There is indeed something for everyone in this niche.
So, once you have your blog set up, how do you go about monetising your new blog? Here we take a look at some top tips to keep in mind as well as how to create your very own free web store. Earning a reliable side hustle is actually much easier than you may have been led to believe…once you know how, and where to go looking for it!
Quality Content
The first main suggestion to appreciate involves content creation. The material contained within a blog will ultimately determine its success or failure. This is why it needs to be highly informative and straight to the point. Blogs which employ “filler” content and similar spam-like approaches are likely to fall upon deaf ears. Always remember that quality trumps quantity in this sense.
SEO Friendly Approach
Quality content also revolves around employing the most relevant keywords for the topic at hand. This SEO-friendly approach will help to ensure that Google understands what you are writing about. In turn, your blog will be placed within the correct category and it will list higher within SERP (search engine results page) rankings. This ensures more visibility and therefore, a greater number of inbound hits.
Finally, be sure to provide the reader with useful information. Rehashing existing material from another source will serve little purpose. Visitors are looking to be kept informed. To be presented with novel advice that might not be encountered elsewhere. The uniqueness of your posts will directly relate to the number of loyal followers. Perform extra research if needed and never be afraid to think outside of the box.
Linking Your Blog with Products and Services
One of the best ways to monetise content is to present it alongside related products and services. For instance, let’s imagine for a moment that your lifestyle blog involves describing different types of meditation techniques. In this instance, you could very well choose to market incense candles via a linked e-commerce page.
The material found within a blog will not sell itself and customers rarely pay to read a block of text. The ability to offer useful products alongside lifestyle advice is a great way to capitalise upon your knowledge base.
Stand Out From The Crowd
These days, things like making your own eye-catching templates, banners, media packs and imagery are so easy to do. Plus, you don’t have to be a graphic designer to do it either. There are so many amazing websites and tools you can use to help you.
I made all my banners and logos myself with the help (much help) from online tools. A lot will ask for the general niche of your website. What you might want it to be called and they will give you design samples you can pick from.
Selling Your Items
Being a blog, and not selling anything tangible for people to buy i only use these websites for my banners and logos…etc. However, if you sell products like clothing, for example, it could be a great way for you to design your own clothing line.
They make it easy enough for those who can’t even draw stick people to create amazing things! Plus, you get to see what the finished product will look like before it arrives at your door like this t-shirt mockup design for example.
Stand Out Logo Designs
Over the years of running this blog, i have changed the logos and banners many, many times! I guess as i grew up and matured, so did my taste. I used to love bright and colourful designs. The first one i ever had was bright pink! Then i went into a flowery phase (see image below) for a while. The most recently, the one you see today which is very simple and more classic.
What’s really great with the online websites you can use to design things like your logo is that once you have the design down, you can put it on everything! If you do have things to sell, you can easily transfer the image/logo on to clothing, accessories, stationary – you name it! Plus it’s all in one place so you can do it all at the same time, saving you a lot of time searching, downloading…etc.
Unlike my simple logo, if you wanted something more specific and intricate, you can do that too with their various templates. Plus, if you really like a design but want to tweak something, you can get in touch with their designers directly who i’m sure would be more than happy to help.
Oh, and the best thing is the price. Simple logos like the one below can start at £3.01 – going up to around £25 for the more bespoke, intricate designs.
Lifestyle blogs are extremely popular at the moment, and with the right amount of preparation, this hobby could provide you with a bit of extra income. If you have passion for a particular subject, or for writing, then give it a go! Besides, what do you have to lose? It could become your way of getting that work, life balance you’ve been looking for.
Do you think you could earn an income through a lifestyle blog?
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