Starting blogging can be daunting as there are so many things you want to know and so many things y ou need to know to start. You might want to blog for many reasons, because you want others to know what you have to say, to inform your customers about your website, to share your passion about something with like minded people, or to make money online.

To research everything about blogging yourself and find out all the secrets to being a successful blogger who has truckloads of followers, high page ranking and rakes in the cash, could take you years, not to mention the time and money you’d need to invest.

Instead, there is a simple way to get all the best blogging advice you can. You need a guide that provides good solid advice, that delves into all the details around blogging and how you can turn your passion and interest into a lucrative income stream.

Here are five super tips you need to know before you start chasing all over the Internet for advice.

1. SPECIFIC INFORMATION

Find a guide with every detail of blogging you could think of, including the discoveries made by the author. Make sure the guide is specific and offers a lot of really helpful and practical information. In my own experience, I’ve got loads of ebooks, reports and guides that provide a load of fluffy information, but don’t get into the how to’s and really give you all the information, perhaps because the author is afraid of giving away a great secret.

2. AUTHOR’S PHILOSOPHY

I believe in giving more in order to receive and I’d look for an author who also has the same philosophy of giving more. In this case, I’d expect if someone had taken the time to write an ebook, then they are prepared to share every detail, and disclose their own secrets to successful and profitable blogging. It will not harm the author in any way. It creates a win-win situation and you will get a lot more value back than the few dollars you spend on the information.

3 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

A good guide that you have paid money for, must have good, clear step by step instructions. With these, a blogger can understand how to set everything up and know exactly where he/she is in the process. If the guide has screen shots of all the details, even better as this leaves the new blogger with less chance of not understanding the author’s meaning.

4 – RESOURCES

The blogging guide you choose must provide a list of resources you need to succeed. A list of websites you must use, how to find profitable links and how to find the best keywords to optimise you blog the right way. You should have all the details about setting up your blog, maintaining it, planning your posts and your marketing and how to monetise it and make profit.

5 – SETTING THE STAGE

You need a guide where the author has the right mindset of a businessman with a profitable blog. A successful blogger knows what it takes to do what they do and can advise you about that. The author knows that technical knowledge isn’t enough and educates you about the mindset of a successful blogger so you can follow in their footsteps.

With this information you can copy a successful blogger by following their step by step approach, cutting back the time you need to learn the ropes if you were to do it all by yourself. All you have to do is follow a good blogging guide book and take the advice from a successful blogger. The right ebook will be a one stop shop of helpful hints, useful resources, links to websites and tools you’ll need to be successful. You should also learn the things not to do, when to do certain things, the order in which things must be done and precisely how to do them.

With the right book, you won’t need to keep spending your time and money scouring the Internet for the missing puzzle piece. If you get the right one, you’ll soon be able to follow a leader, step by step, into the world of successful bloggers, making money from blogging.

John Yeo is the author of Blogger’s Paycheck. He is a pro-wedding blogger and social worker who generates $2000 each month of passive income just from his one wedding blog. Check his program out for yourself.

Rebecca Habel
Rebecca’s Resource