Blogging

You could try an affiliate like Awin, they have a lot of advertisers some of which may be relevant to your blog:

https://www.awin.com/us/publishers

With that level of traffic you should make a few hundred a month depending on how engaged they are and if there are suitable affiliates etc.

First on Google for what keywords?

Good luck with it.

I started blogging a couple of years ago, primarily as a hobby but in an ideal world I'd obviously be earning a little money from it too. I haven't really looked into ads until now so will be putting some time aside over the summer to learn a bit more about it. Although from reading earlier posts, I realise I'm not posting nearly enough to gain a steady viewership.

My blog is a bit niche (documenting street art and graffiti in Belfast, and sometimes further afield) so I find that I don't often have enough to post about, as while there is a great art scene over here, it would be nothing in the same realm of bigger cities like Manchester or London.

Anyway, I look forward to reading some tips and advice on here

DebtFreePlanning wrote: »

Hi,


Can I please ask which host network you are using? I have been looking into setting up my own Blog over the past few weeks but feel that finding the right host is a bit of a minefield so I am slightly confused.

Not sure I would describe it as a minefield. Most are relatively cheap and your outlay will be minimal compared to even a weekly shop.

I used 1 and 1, though my website is currently offline (I will put it back up in due course, but I want to re-evaluate how I work, as I have youtube and udemy courses and want to link them all together)

FaceHeelTurn wrote: »

I started blogging a couple of years ago, primarily as a hobby but in an ideal world I'd obviously be earning a little money from it too. I haven't really looked into ads until now so will be putting some time aside over the summer to learn a bit more about it. Although from reading earlier posts, I realise I'm not posting nearly enough to gain a steady viewership.

My blog is a bit niche (documenting street art and graffiti in Belfast, and sometimes further afield) so I find that I don't often have enough to post about, as while there is a great art scene over here, it would be nothing in the same realm of bigger cities like Manchester or London.

Anyway, I look forward to reading some tips and advice on here

You need to post more. First put your blog address in your profile. Then widen your horizons, look further afield. There is some fantastic street art appearing in Hull at the moment, ever since they found a Banksy. Do your research for ideas for articles. Google street art in wherever. Have a look at this.
http://browsemagazine.co.uk/art-bankside-gallery-hull-hulls-street-art-quarter/
Be careful of copyright and plagiarism though. Can you travel to places and take your own photographs.

Ilona

Ilona wrote: »

You need to post more. First put your blog address in your profile. Then widen your horizons, look further afield. There is some fantastic street art appearing in Hull at the moment, ever since they found a Banksy. Do your research for ideas for articles. Google street art in wherever. Have a look at this.
http://browsemagazine.co.uk/art-bankside-gallery-hull-hulls-street-art-quarter/
Be careful of copyright and plagiarism though. Can you travel to places and take your own photographs.

Ilona

Thanks IIona,

Just heard in the news an entire estate in Hull is being taken over by street artists.

Since my blog is focussed on Belfast street art, I don't want to flood it with art from other cities, although I do have a couple of holidays coming up and I'll certainly be doing a couple of blogs from there.

I will get the blog in my signature though and start posting more regularly; I have been brainstorming some other articles and features I can write about.

Thank you for the advice!