Making money through blogging is a new chapter in blogging mania that has gripped the whole world. As the internet evolves, bloggers are trying to find out newer, better, and easier way to make money from it. Though there is no hard and fast rule as to how to entice more visitors to blogs, the more the visitors, the more the money. Adding directories , websites, blogs to own blog definately helps to generate revenues as well as viksitors. However there are few more steps people can opt for that will certainly help them make more money through blogs. Bloggers however need to be clear in their mind as to what they are, professional bloggers or amateur bloggers. Next comes method to increase visibility followed bynecessary steps to regularly make money.

Get Own Domain

Professional blogging is one of the hottest alternative careers today, but the best way to blog is to have your own domain address. The secondary blog addresses like http://yourname.blogspot.com don92t help much in making money. With own domain name that costs less than Rs 500, bloggers can start blogging professionally.

Get Customized Email

One of the best marketing tools to promote a blog is to have own email address. A email address that reads ‘ yourname@yourname.com’ promotes not just the blogger, but also the email and . Every time a blogger sends a mail, he/she promotes the website in a subtle manner, thereby promoting themselves which will ultimately help them make more money. A tip, use gmail for domains, that will allow you bloggers to avail all the best features of gmail yet retaining own identity.

Publish URL in Stationaries

Publish URL with email signatures, on business cards on letter pads and everywhere else where it can help the blogger promote himself and his/her blog.

Add Blogroll

Sign up with websites like blogrolling.com. Add up all the frequently read blogs on the linklist and manage them together with ease.

Activate Ping

If using blogger.com, activating the ping option is the best bet. Pinging allows other websites to know that the blog has been updated. Pinging allows blogs/websites to draw maximum attention for freshness of content.

Register Blog At Directories

Its important that blogs/websites are seen always. So the easiest way to do this is to list the blogs in every possible web directory like dimoz.org. Though directory submissions have to be done manually these web directories are really helpful in enhancing the profile of the blog/website in search engines.

Provide RSS Feeds

Many people use newsreaders to subscribe to their frequently read blogs. Bloggers need to make sure that their website has RSS feeds to enhance their frequency of visits by other blog readers.

Update Daily

Its92 important for bloggers to regularly update content on their website/blogs, as people when they visit their blogs they should be able to find the updated content. The visitors wont come to a blog/website if they find stale content. Updating content requires time, so bloggers need to keep aside some time exclusively for updating content if not daily then atleast in every 2-3 days or maximum once a week. Its a small price to pay to keep viewers/visitors interested in the blog/website.

Comment on Other Blogs/Sites

Bloggers should post comments on blogs/websites that have topics that interest them. Writing comments on the comments section of other blogs/websites is an effective way to introduce their blog/website to others can help in creating fellowship with other bloggers. join a blog community, and follow them through discussion threads. However, bloggers should refrain from commenting for numbers’ sake, rather engage in a healthy discussion. Also bloggers should not type in many URLs after comment. Apart from this writing insensitive comments or plagiarizing other blogs92 content is a strict no-no.

Keep Posts Short, Smart and Sharp

No one likes to read long posts. If long post are necessary, its better to break them into smaller paragraphs and provide sub-headings. Bloggers need to use common sense before sharing personal details. Bloggers should stop chasing, grasping, strangling, or struggling for traffic, through search engines.

Maintain Contact

For a professional blogger regularly checking e-mail, replying to them and checking whether anyone has linked up to blog via trackbacks as well as check RSS feeds is important. Professional bloggers earn through strategically placed ads on their blogs, in tune with the nature of posts. A new blogger can make anywhere between Rs 500 - 5,000. The initial months can be tough but once the blog gets going as a business venture the earnings will go up sufficiently. One can earn anywhere between Rs 50,000 to 1 lakh a month. However professional bloggers should take care to never mix personal and professional matters to ensure regular traffic.

Learn Blogging

A professional blogger mostly learns on his own. However professional new media courses, however, provide a foundation for professional blogging by teaching online web authoring, designing skills and how to use advanced multimedia and software. Using the internet for reporting and writing along with online journalism ethics, backed by proper images and videos. All this training will go a long way when writing own blog. Asian College of Journalism, Chennai offers a postgraduate diploma in New Media. The Indian Institute of New Media and Journalism, Bangalore also offers a graduate and postgraduate diploma in New Media.