Note: This post is about getting your mind right when you are already making money blogging. If you are not yet making money blogging, you might want to check out my post on a list of companies that pay you to blog.
Psychology – “Get your mind right.”
A lot of things have been said about blogging and making money but hardly anything has been written about the psychology of this. It is a true “head trip” to blog for money. The long hours doing tedious tasks while trying to keep the inspiration flowing can be daunting. I know in the beginning I was tempted to give it up many times. Now, after close to three years of doing blogging for money, I am glad I didn’t give and I am glad I “got my mind right” with regards to what it’s all about. What’s your take on it?
Scheduling
A big boost to your brain energy and clarity is scheduling. There are many ways to do this and no one way is better than another. Because blogging takes so much of your creative energy it can be hard to focus on what needs to be done in the business aspect of your blogging job. I recommend both a task manager and an online calendar. The two I use are rememberthemilk.com and Google Calendar. You can preserve your great ideas for publishing when you know there is a reminder coming to tell you what to do next. Blogging is so much more complicated than people realize. Scheduling will help you stay on track with fresh, inspired content. For an in-depth explanation of how I use these two tools you can visit my post on Google Calendar and Remember the Milk.
Da Money
If you want to make money, you have to look around and get the companies in your shortcut bar. You have to read their requirements and clip your blog to suit. One company I work for recently required a lot of scripts be taken off their blogs. They claim if you haven’t taken them off, they will delete you from the system. Because I get paid from this company, I showed interest in their request and got all those offending scripts off. Part of being a good blogger is knowing where your revenue comes from and paying attention to your “employers.”
Friendships
To make money in blogging, it helps to have loyal friends in the field. Take time to comment and get to know people whose blogs you visit. In time these friendships could grow into those of people who will Stumble your posts or otherwise help you get the analytics and circulation you want.
Well, those are three important areas. I hope if you are interested in blog money you will see just how important the right psychology is.
