Is blogging that and what is the future Of blogging let's talk about this today Because i've got this question so many Times from people who are on the verge Of starting a blog Is it too late to start a blog this year Would it make you feel better if i told You i was asking myself this same Question in 2017 when i started my blog And other bloggers were asking the same Question in 2015 and before that but the Reality is every year people start new Blogs and many of them will make a Full-time income with their blogs in Just a couple of years of consistently Working on them [Music] Hi i'm anastasia and i started my blog Anastasiablogger.com about four years Ago and honestly it was the best Decision i ever made by the end of the First year of blogging i made over one Thousand four hundred dollars in the First month when my blog was accepted to Mediavine it's a display advertising Management company i was making some Money with a blog even before that but The first income report above a thousand Dollars a month happened by the end of The first year and soon after i decided To quit my day job and focus on the blog Since then i've published many income Reports and you can check this one for Example for the month when i made over
40 000 with my blogging business i will Give you a link to that video up there And in the description down below and You could say well good for you Anastasia but that's your story well Allow me to respectfully disagree i can Actually give you some numbers to Convince you if we look up the Popularity of the search term blogging In google trends for the last five years Worldwide you will find that this Keyword has a pretty stable interest now I understand why this question if Blogging is that is so consistent Because everyone who starts a blog goes Through a very difficult phase when you Put in a lot of work and you're not Seeing almost any results maybe you can See some visitors coming to your site But definitely you won't make enough Money to replace your full-time income With blogging right away not in the First year of blogging for sure so During this first year of blogging so Many people just can't keep working they Give up too early but if you start your Blog with the right expectations and With a lot of patience then your efforts Will pay off for sure and you know Blogging is not going anywhere it's a Fact that every year more and more People will search for information Online Before they make purchasing decisions to
Learn something new to find some Parenting advice you know when i was a Child my mom had a thick book with Recipes in the kitchen nowadays everyone Just goes online to find something Interesting to cook for dinner even your Grandmother probably doesn't use those Old hardcover recipe books anymore Basically every time you search on the Internet for any information you're Looking for blogs that shared something On this topic and if you think about it This whole internet thing has been Really a big part of our life for what About 20 years now and people have been Asking if blogging is dead for the last 10 years right Now how about newspapers have they been Around for like 10 20 years before they Started seeing serious problems in the Market being replaced by online Information to make the point i even Looked it up and found that the first Newspapers were published at the very Beginning of 17th century around 1605-1607 so about four centuries later Are newspapers that probably people Don't get all the information from Newspapers in the 21st century because We all have the internet now but Newspapers are still here to stay so i Think blogging is not even close to the Stage that newspapers reached by this Point in their development cycle
Blogging is probably really close to its Best most prosperous times it's true if You start a blog today in most of the Niches there will be some competition You won't be the first in your niche but We can't say the same about any market If you're not the first one does it mean That there is no space or market for you To start your own product if it was true We would have just a couple of brands in Each category of products but we have Hundreds of automobile brands thousands Of fashion and clothing brands and there Is room for everyone when the market is Growing and when there is demand for That kind of product yes it's true that Blogging is consistently evolving over These years and every time there is a Change people use it as a new excuse to Ask and now now is blogging that Clickbait articles have been claiming That seo is that for about 10 years now Link building has been dead for about The same amount of time guest posting is That i found an article on search engine Journal that was questioning if guest Posting is dead since 2012. Here we are 10 years later and guess What is still the best opportunity to Grow your domain authority on a new blog Guest posting on a high quality Authoritative non-spammy website in your Niche it's true that if you don't follow The trends in the blogging world and you
Don't update your strategies for what You used to do five or ten years ago Then yes your blog might be more dead Than alive and if you're not sure which Strategies are outdated and you wanted To ask me then the best place to do it Is in the comments below this video i Personally reply to as many questions in The comments as i can so don't miss this Opportunity because well i know about Blogging a thing or two and will be Happy to share with you what i learned Don't forget to like this video Subscribe to my channel and hit the bell Button if you don't want to miss my new Videos i will be very thankful for your Likes and comments on the video because Your support genuinely can make my day Thank you so much for watching my Channel and giving me your feedback by The way if you're just about to start a Blog i have a free 7 day online course For you check out the link up there and Also in the description below this video And sign up for this course and i'll Send you instructions and video Tutorials via email to help you get Started with your blog and also very Importantly in one of these lessons i Will explain to you exactly how you can Make money with your blog i'm pretty Sure that you're starting a blog not Just for fun but actually make money With it right so sign up for my free
Course to get your blog started the Right way check the links up there and Down there you also need to understand Something about blogging these days it's Not just a blog in itself that can make You money a blog and content marketing Is a great tool for growing any other Business you could be an interior Designer and start a blog covering your Niche and through the content on your Blog you could find a ton of clients for Your business so the blog could make you Money with ads and affiliate products But on top of it you can use it Strategically to get people into your Email list and then funneling them into Becoming your customers over 10 years Ago i used to work as an editor and Translator for an online magazine that Covered all things related to search Engine optimization seo and you know What kind of business financed this Magazine our editorial team we all were Literally employees of an seo agency it Later became one of the leading digital Marketing agencies in the country they Used this online magazine to promote Their agency indirectly by inviting Their professionals and experts to write Guest posts do interviews and of course The company name were always mentioned There also our magazine organized Industry conferences we indirectly Helped the seo agency find contacts with
The best specialists of the industry and It was helping the hr team as well we Were educating the market about seo we Were building trust with potential Clients they would find out through our Magazine about this seo thing they Understand it was quite difficult and They'd eventually find through our Magazine that they can hire our seo Agency to do this work for them no one Else on the market understood why they Were paying full-time salaries to keep An editorial and this magazine couldn't Make any profits for the first three or Four years because we kept growing the Team and we couldn't make enough ad Dollars even to cover our own salaries But this online magazine or essentially The content marketing department was Totally worth it for the seo agency and For growing their main business Sorry i went into all of these details Maybe i could give you another example On a less techy market if you are a Nutritionist and you want to find Yourself more clients probably it would Be smart to start a blog about healthy Eating habits and you could educate your Audience through your articles then Maybe send them some informative emails If you do this first they will be better Prepared to trust you with their health Right so again i get your worries i know It's not easy for an average person to
Invest hours upon hours of work up front In a blog maybe for about a year or so Before you see any financial reward of This work blogging doesn't work the same As getting yourself a new job and Getting paid from the first month this Is why i personally don't recommend Anyone to start a blog from a place Where you're not financially stable the Best way to start it as a side hustle And work on it in your free time at Least in the first year while keeping Your old main income stream and another Important factor is that i think you Should have at least some level of Interest in the topic that you're going To cover in your blog you know there are Some niches that can make you higher Profits and faster you can watch my Other video where i made a review of the Best and most profitable blogging niches I'll give you a link up there and in the Description down below but when you pick One of these niches it's not enough for It to be just profitable you should also Enjoy researching more information on This topic and creating content on it if You don't enjoy it you will likely give Up too early before you see your first Thousand dollars from blog if you want To learn more actionable things about Building a blog you can open my site on This tab anastasiablog.com blogging and You will find so much more information
About specific strategies that i use to Grow my blog and just to remind you if You are about to start your blog i have A free 7-day course waiting for you all The links are up there and in the Description down below before you leave This page i have manually picked for you A few of my other videos that will help You grow your blog and your audience and Make more money with it check them out Here and there see you in the next Videos [Music]