| The online college blogger - someone who is | | | | - Get traffic. How do you do that? Well there are |
| often times misunderstood by the public due to | | | | a lot of ways, but for purposes of this article, I'll |
| their nature; they write, and they enjoy it. It's not | | | | give you a whole list in a separate article. So, |
| something lots of people can relate to because | | | | bringing in traffic can either cost you some, or |
| they themselves aren't interested in writing, or | | | | cost you none. The ways it can cost you none is |
| blogging…period. Well, if you're a blogger in | | | | by writing articles on other sites and linking them |
| college, you know how it feels, and I sure as hell | | | | to your site. As you create more articles on sites |
| know how it feels, especially when people ask me | | | | like Squidoo, Hubpages, etc, you get more Search |
| why I love blogging and making money online. My | | | | Engine recognition, and then finally, linking all of |
| reply you ask? "I just do." Here are a few tips to | | | | content you've written from the other sites to |
| help you become a successful college blogger - | | | | your site will give your viewers a home base they |
| take them into consideration and implement what | | | | can come back to. |
| I'm showing you into your websites and blogs in | | | | - Communicate. Who's behind your site? You are! |
| order to see some pretty drastic results in turn. | | | | If your viewers ask a question in an email, be |
| - Write. You've already been doing that, but | | | | sure to reply to them with an informative |
| there's a difference between writing and writing. If | | | | response. This is not to say you'll be able to |
| you write without a meaning - without a purpose, | | | | respond to 5000 emails in a day(unless you're a |
| then why blog at all? If you don't have something | | | | small automated email reader computer thing), but |
| to tell and portray your viewers then don't | | | | by responding to comments and emails, it allows |
| waste your time. If you're willing to put your | | | | the relationship between you and the viewer to |
| heart in soul into what you do, then you will be | | | | grow, which essentially will enable your income to |
| able to make money online in college. | | | | grow as well. |
| - Answer the question given. If someone were to | | | | - Got money? In college, we all want a little extra |
| ask you what 2 plus 2 was, would you say it was | | | | revenue. If you focus on that though, you wont |
| the square root of 16? Hopefully not, unless you | | | | get too far. Make sure that you have a passion |
| plan on majoring in engineering. Just say 4! It's | | | | to talk about that'll keep you motivated, then it's |
| simple and straight to the point. When your | | | | best to monetize your site with ad programs like |
| viewers ask questions, give them the solution. Put | | | | Google Adsense, Adbrite, InfoLinks, Kontera or |
| it to their faces and tell them that's how this or | | | | TextLink Ads (Don't worry, there are a lot more, |
| that system works and guide them so they can | | | | but I'll only give you the popular ones to help you |
| understand where to go. Whether you're talking | | | | get started). |
| about how to add meta tags or how to submit | | | | |
| better quality content, just answer the question | | | | |
| directly with your own spin and you'll get a | | | | . |
| positive response. | | | | |