My dear friends and
wannabe bloggers,
Choosing Full time
Blogging as your new career is not going to be a cakewalk.
As a matter of fact every 9 out of 10
bloggers fails and if you don’t take it seriously then it is likely that you are
going to fail too.
I started blogging 5
years back & during my 5 years of journey in blogging, I learnt a lot of
things about this profession.
Although I make a great
full time income even CEOs of many companies don’t earn but still I think, I am
learning.
And as per my
experience, I am writing 21 tips that everyone should follow before he/she
thinks of becoming a full time professional blogger.
Blogging is not at all
easy and you need to prepare yourself before you take a plunge.
I hope following 21 tips
are going to change your mind and you might evolve into a professional blogger.
So here are 21 things
that you need to do if you want to be a full time professional blogger.
21. Developing a
Blogger’s Psychology
To become a full time
blogger you have to develop blogger’s psychology. In fact when you are
shifting gears into something new then you always got to develop a psychology.

Whether it is Day
Trading or full time blogging you need to develop a psychology.
For developing a
psychology you need to start hanging around other bloggers.
If you can’t find them
in person then use comment section on popular blogs, blogosphere, go to chat
room, forums, Indiblogger etc and engage with them.
Always pay a visit to a
seminar or conference and try your best to meet other bloggers.
20. Investing Full
Time into Blogging not Part Time
You must have at least
8-10 hours daily if you are thinking of becoming a full time blogger.Otherwise
blogging is not for you.

If you are into 9-5 job
& want to become a full time blogger in future, you need to spend at least
4 hours daily.
Do not imagine just
couple of hours is enough to become a full time professional blogger. Time is
the most important investment that you are going to make.
19. Make Your Mind
that You are Not Going to Make Anything for Next 1 Year
After taking out time
you also need to make your mind that you are not going to make any money for at
least 1 year.

In worst case scenario
it could go up to 2 to 3 years. Yes! You have to prepare your mind that
blogging is not a jackpot that you are going to be rich in just few weeks.
On your way to blogging
career, you are going to learn many things from diverse backgrounds, only then
you can expect some money start flowing.
Checking your AdSense or
Analytics accounts daily will make you demotivated so try to avoid checking
daily.
18. Alternate Source
of Income Until Blogging Starts Paying You
As I said earlier
blogging is going to be a long overhaul and you can’t afford to lose your other
job.

If you are working a
full time 9 to 5 job and that is your only source of income then don’t quit.
You are not going to make any money with blogging for next 2 years.
Its well & good if
you are financially stable or just college pass out because you can have enough
time to set your career in blogging.
17. Knowledge of
Popular Websites and How to Browse Internet Fast and Smartly
As a new comer you will
find surfing on Internet is all about watching YouTube videos and opening
Facebook.

Well browsing is a lot
more than that. If you want to be a professional blogger then you got to learn popular & useful
websites that are present on the
internet.
You need to have good
knowledge of internet. Moreover you have to learn tricks and tips that can make
your surfing fast.
16. Brush Up Your
English Grammar
Initially blogging would
be writing simple articles but as you gain experience it will be about making
it interesting to read.

And to do that you need
to have basic knowledge of English grammar. Even if you can’t write a great
article that gets eyeball but at least it must be free from any grammar
mistakes.
15. Developing Writing
Skills and Vocabulary
Blogging is all about
writing good content as frequently as you can. Today blogging is all about
quality and not quantity.

So it is about how good
you can write as oppose to how much you can write. To write well you have to
use powerful words.
Earlier bloggers used to
create a lot of content and that can be of no use. Those days are gone so you
have to develop good writing skills and vocabulary because quality of content
is the king of blogging.
14. Transforming
Yourself from Dude to Geek
This point is same as
the first point. To become a full time blogger you need to change your
personality.

You got to be a geek
rather a dude. I mean to say you must be ready to spend at least 8 hours a day
in front of your computer.
Obviously this can’t be
done by a dude. You are going to learn a lot of technical things on your way.
13. Developing a
Reading Habit of 3 to 4 Hours Daily
But what are you going
to read? Well! You got to research about top bloggers and read their material
every day.
How they write, how
often they write, and what they write you got to learn everything. And you can
do this only by reading a lot of stuff.
12. Creating a Niche
and Narrative
Before you take a plunge
into blogging you need to decide your niche. You must decide niche of your blog
very early on.

You must be clear in
your mind regarding the niche. It is because you have to build a strong
narrative around this niche.
To be successful in
blogging your niche and developing it is everything.
11. Playing with
Google
Google is the gateway
for all kinds of knowledge. If you have to do basic research work then you need
to know how you are going to use Google search engine.

You need to play around
keywords in order to extract information. So you have to spend some time with
Google familiarizing it.
Your future of blogging
career will depend on Google.
10. Basic as well as
Advanced Knowledge of SEO
Google is the only
search engine that can make or break your blogging career.
SEO is the most
important thing in your professional blogging. Don’t repeat the same boring
tricks of SEO like directory or article submission, commenting etc.
Check quality SEO tools from
Brian Dean & keep on checking
blogs like Moz for updates SEO information.
Google will be the
gateway for all the traffic that you are going to receive on your blog. So
learn SEO now.
9. How to Use Twitter
and Facebook
In short you can say
social media. If you want to get traffic or spread a word about your new blog
then you got to learn Twitter and Facebook.

Twitter is all about
micro blogging. You need to get followers but your tweet must have human touch,
it must not be robotic.
Similarly it applies to
Facebook where you engage with a wiser audience. Check these 10 blogs on Social Media Examiner for regular tips on getting traffic from social
sites.
8. Handling Your Email
Inbox Daily
A professional blogger
subscribes to hundreds of newsletter and other blogs. You receive hundreds of
email daily.

You will receive all
kinds of email and you have to read it so that you prepare better blog posts
enabling your visitors to enjoy while they read.
Reading all the Emails
in your inbox will be very time consuming. So take out time for handling
emails.
7. Making Videos in
Which You Speak to Public
Blogging is evolving
very rapidly and you got to think out of box. You can’t stick to one formula as
you have to keep doing something new.

As you evolve into a
mature blogger you got to learn making videos and presenting yourself to the
audience online. You must feel confidence while you are on camera.
So you better start
preparing from now on.
6. How to Work with
Google Products like WMT,
Analytics &
Adsense
Apart from learning
Google Search engine for SEO you also need to know other products specially Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics and Adsense.
WMP & Google
analytics is very important if you want to check the health of your website or
blog.
Similarly Google Adsense
is for generating revenue. You need to know everything about Google Adsense so that you can increase your revenue.
Learn both of them.
5. Mastering Marketing
and Branding Skills
Only writing and SEO would
not save your day. As a professional full time blogger you have to put an extra
effort.

You also need to know
about marketing and specially branding. Competition is very tough as there are
thousands of other bloggers competing for same space that you are.
So branding of your blog
will be very important.
4. Learn the Art of
Outsourcing
So its always a better
idea to outsource many of the tasks to other freelancers or virtual assistant.
But if you don’t know
the tricks of outsourcing, either you will pay high rates or get poor work.
So getting the quality
work & still paying less is an art & that you will learn by your
experience.
Sites like Fiverr,
Elance, Freelancer.com can help you out to find quality people for outsourcing.
3. A Lot of Technical
Knowledge from Diverse Background
We have already talked
about writing skills, SEO, marketing, branding, freelancing etc. But these are
not enough.

You need to also learn
about web hosting and working with different platforms like WordPress.
2. There is No Holiday
in Blogging
However after some
experience you can take a leave. But initially you have to work very hard.
1. You Need Family and
Friends Support
The last thing that you
always need is support of your family and friends. If nothing is going your way
then you must need someone to cheer up.

So support of your
family members is very important.
Finally I will conclude
by saying after reading these 21 points you still find it difficult to be a
professional full time blogger then you can quit blogging.
There is always another
option.
I Hope you satisfied this …………….
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