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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Complete Blogging for Money Guide in 2026: Everything You Need to Know

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We have already talked about what a blog is for those who don't know it. Blogging is something that I always enjoy, and it is my passion. Blogging for money is not just work; it boosts my knowledge and confidence.

This made blogging my full-time professional career. After three continuous years of professional blogging, it becomes more and more exciting day by day.

Complete Blogging for Money Guide in 2026: Everything You Need to Know: eAskme 

Blogging is like diving in a sea; the deeper I go, the more knowledge I get, and I always like to share my knowledge and experiences here at eAskme.

People believe that blogging is not a passion. I know that money is a significant need for life.
Without cash, blogging can never be your top priority.

We make this sacrifice to ensure the security of the future.

Today we will discuss a complete guide about how to start blogging to make money with this money-going guide.

I also include references from my earlier posts so you don't miss anything here.

You should know how you can start a blog yourself. 

We will make it quite easy for every newbie blogger who is just thinking of starting a blog and wants to learn to blog for money.

Blogging is for those who are passionate about it. Otherwise there are a lot of ways available to make money online quickly.

But I have found blogging is the best way to earn money online fast. This article is for those who want to learn the latest techniques about money making and profit from it.

Here I will discuss every vital factor of blogging and share earlier posts to complete this blogging-for-money guide.

If you want to start blogging for money, then make sure that you check the links mentioned in the blogging for money guide; it will make sure that you won't miss anything.

How to start a blog to make money online:

How to Solve Problems With Irresistible Blogging for Money Guide in 2026: eAskme 

In the field of blogging, you don't need to have any professional skills like other jobs.

You just need to know how to express yourself in words, which adds some value for the visitors. Then you can become a blogger.

Still, there are few requirements that you can achieve by hiring others or can do yourself by learning.
Blogging is an online business with the lowest investment.

This is the little investment in blogging.

Birth of a Blog Infographic:

How to Solve Problems With Irresistible Blogging for Money Guide in 2026: eAskme

Topic/Niche of your blog:

Finding a niche or topic idea for the blog is the very first and essential work to do. When I say niche, that means a topic for your blog.

You might be king of all issues and want to start a blog on multiple points, but believe me, people usually like to subscribe to that blog that is the authority on a particular topic, so it is advisable to start a blog on a particular issue.

Even if we talk about search engines, they also prefer blogs/websites dedicated to a single topic, and they quickly rank higher.

The central question here is how to find the problem on your blog.

Let's discuss the tips that will help to start blogging for money:

  • Always choose the subject of your interest and passion. You can write about anything. Only choose the topics that you are passionate about. Your interest will keep you blogging, and you can write more about it.
  • Always pick the topic that you love to read. Because we only learned those things that take our interest.
  • Make sure that you have some knowledge and interest in that particular topic, so when you write, you can add some value to others.If you are new to blogging, then I recommend you write it down on paper. For example, health care, technology, scientific research, photography, baby care, and so on. Now think about at least 20 post ideas and write them down in those columns.
  • While writing the post title, think of the best thing you can write. By the time you complete this task, you will find out on which topic you can start blogging.

This is a significant step because the topic of your interest can make you work on the blog without getting bored.

This also makes sure that you don't blog without passion or dedication. Most of the new blogs die just because there is no continuity and intensity.

To make sure that your burnout period never comes again, always choose a topic that you love to read and talk about.

Now you have decided on a niche for the blog, which will make money for you.

Blogging platform:

There are various platforms available online.

Most of the famous bloggers have started their blogging careers on BlogSpot.

If you are new to blogging, I recommend that you start blogging on the BlogSpot platform, and it will help you learn the basics of blogging easily.

Once you get some skills in fundamentals, then you can move to the other platform, like WordPress.

After learning the basics, you are ready to do some meaningful work now. Create a WordPress blog. Never get confused between a self-hosted WordPress blog and WordPress.com.

A blogger always needs to start with a self-hosted WordPress blog.

Self-hosted WordPress blog means that you will install WordPress on your own hosting and buy a domain, which I will explain further.

Domain Name:

The domain name is the name of your blog, and yes, it is a very crucial and essential part of a blog or site. The URL of a blog or website is known as the domain name, which allows users to visit the blog. For example, www.easkme.co.uk.

When you start on Blogspot or WordPress, the default domain name they give you looks like blogname.WordPress.com and blogname.blogspot.com.

Then you need to buy a custom domain name like www.easkme.co.uk, for which you need to pay around $11 (if you want to buy the cheaper domain name, then contact me).

You should buy a custom domain, as custom domains always work better. So it is still good to make a little investment in the domain name; now the next thing we will cover is “Web Hosting.”

How to pick the best domain name?

To get the answer to this question, you should follow the below-mentioned tips: 

  • I recommend you use the only .com domain. If you are targeting people in India only, then you can use the .in domain also.
  • The domain name needs to be easy to remember, type, and pronounce.
  • The domain name should never confuse the listener.

I always follow two basic rules for selecting a domain:

Long-term venture:

When you plan to do blogging for money or blogging for the long term, then you should buy a domain with the brand name, like Lablnolblog, wikiaskme, etc.

SEO advantage:

If your main goal is to make money online, then choose a keyword-rich domain.

You can have the main topic first and then use a suffix like "resource," "guide," "help," or so on. For example, WikiHealthBlog, tech guides, and so on.

You can use domain name suggestion tools like Ubersuggest or Bustaname to get suggestions for a domain name.

Use your creativity and choose a domain that makes some sense and is easy to make a brand.

Now let's see what should not be done when selecting a domain name:

  • It is not professional to use a blog name as a domain name. You have to target an international audience, so your domain name should look professional.
  • Never using long domain names. Make the domain name below 14 characters. Ex: WikiHealthBlog
  • Never use domain extensions like .net, .info, or anything other than .com, because they usually don't do well in search engines. I always recommend using a domain name extension such as .com or .org.
  • Best local SEO tips for 2026

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Web hosting:

Now when you have learned the necessary steps to blogging or running a blog for some time on a blogging platform like WordPress or BlogSpot, now you should move to self-hosted WordPress.

When I say self-hosted platform, it means to install the blog on the purchased server.

The self-hosted WordPress blog allows you more control, and you are responsible for all actions.

I recommend you get a hosting package from Bluehost.

Why Bluehost?

Because WordPress itself recommended it as the best hosting for WordPress sites and blogs. Now use this guide to installing WordPress on Bluehost hosting.

Bluehost hosting also gives you a free domain along with it, and the cost is $4.95/month, which is in the budget. If you face any issue, then you can let me know in the comments.

Video content is becoming an increasingly popular way to attract an audience and to enhance its engagement.

For bloggers, the size of the video file is often critical, since a heavy video on a free or cheap hosting will take a lot of time to be loaded. Slow video streaming can lower the page rank in the eyes of search engines.

Therefore, you'd better resize both video ads and personal videos to make them weigh less and thus load faster. There are many ways to reduce the size of the video. However, there are either paid or provide a result with quality loss.

Fortunately, there are a couple of tools like Freemake Video Converter that will do the job for free and give you a perfect result. Learn how to reduce or make video file size smaller with instructional video. 

Set up your blog:

Here are a few guides to make your blog perfect and to start its branding:

It can be tricky to make your blog a brand; with time you will learn many things.

Plan your content:

It is always recommended to have a content strategy before starting a blog.

For example, if you choose a niche like “WordPress,” then think of basic questions that people can ask, and you will have ideas to write content titles according to that. Learn keyword research here.

Let's focus on planning content according to the user point of view.

For example, if your blog is a “WordPress blog,” you will find the following answers helpful:

Create a spreadsheet in Excel and write down your ideas.

You can also use a mind mapping tool, but that needs some technical skill. Note down your ideas, and your content planning always keeps you focused.

The plan is the most important part of the blog.

Design of blog:

Blog design is the essential part of blogging; an excellent and simple design helps your visitors become loyal followers.

There are many free and premium themes available online, but I always recommend to you to have a premium theme.

You will get support and stay away from adding links and also get good-quality design for your blog.

Following are the premium themes for WordPress that I recommend.

  • Genesis: This is the best theme framework but also a little bit costly. Get their pro package, as it will allow you to access all their future updates and skins for free.
  • Swift: If you do not know anything about the technicality of themes, then you should go for this WordPress theme and template created by “Satish Gandham,” who gives you priority support.

Theme-junkie: This theme helps you design your theme yourself. You can quickly create your WordPress theme.

These are a few recommendations to start with your blog on WordPress.

WordPress plugins:

There are limitless WordPress plugins for the WordPress platform, and here we will show you some must-have plugins:

  • WordPress SEO by Yoast
  • Smush.it
  • Akismet
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com 
  • W3 total cache
  • SEO-friendly images
  • Google XML sitemap
  • No self-pings
  • EasyWPSEO (paid plugin)
  • PushPress

There are many more plugins available, but these are the must-have plugins for your blog.

Add important pages on your blog:

When you start a blog, you must have a few important pages on your blog as follows:

  • About page: Details about you and your blog.
  • Contact page: Page with an awesome contact form.
  • Privacy policy: Must add privacy policy details of blog.
  • Comment policy: Must add a comment policy to the blog.

Branding of your blog:

You should start working on making your blog a brand from the very first day, as everyone likes to be part of a name.

Follow the above steps and design to complete 50% of the branding. A few additional ways to do branding are the following:

  • First, create the logo for your blog.
  • Then create the awesome Favicon.
  • Also create a page for your blog on all popular social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

First content:

Writing good and quality content can be challenging.

Content not only needs to be good quality but also needs to be useful.

We will also share links to writing tips. Here are a few tips to avoid making any mistake:

When you write an article, always imagine that there is someone who is asking you about it and he has no knowledge.

This will bring all questions that they can ask in front of you.

The content of the article should always cover all the aspects, from basic to advanced, of the topic.

Still, write all details about the issue:

  • Content should have the right length, and that will happen when you write all details about the topic.
  • Write in the first-person tone.
  • Use creative images, take screenshots, or use free photos available on Flickr.

Make Money from Blogging:

The easiest and best way to make money blogging is AdSense. You can check the following articles about AdSense.

When you have a new blog, make sure you use an appropriate number of ads.

Excessive use of advertisements on a blog can make your visitors turn away.

Here are a few tips that you should always keep in mind:

Advanced Ways of Making Money with Affiliate Marketing:

Basics of SEO and search engine optimization of your:

SEO is a vast topic, and we can't complete everything in just one article.

Search engine optimization helps you get traffic from search engines that help you make money online. SEO is divided into three main parts:

  • Off-Site SEO: Backlinks
  • On-Site SEO: Crawling & Indexing
  • On-page SEO: Creating keyword-rich and well-optimized content

Two more things that you need to know about SEO:

  • Social signals: Google Plus is a social network that helps you to get a good ranking.
  • User experience: SEO is all about giving an excellent user experience with content, design, site loading, navigation, readability, and much more.

Must-read articles about SEO:

Traffic:

If you do everything that we have mentioned till now, then you start getting social and organic traffic.

As targeted traffic makes money, we are sharing a few more posts to get more traffic.

Readership:

Detailing is the most significant difference between an A-list blog and an excellent blog.

A list blogger takes care of every single detail of the topic, and it makes their readers become subscribers and followers. So let's see some tips to take a blog to the next level:

Learn from Mistakes:

Also, learn from the mistakes that new bloggers usually make, and that will help you to avoid making such mistakes.

Here we show some articles that will show you the errors favorite bloggers make that cost them money, and they waste their time:

So this is a complete blogging-for-money guide.

Read this complete blogging guide to stay three steps ahead of any favorite blogger.

It takes time to start earning, but when you do, there is no stoppage.

If you do have some questions about making money from a blog or blogging, feel free to ask me in the comments.

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

How to Start a Fintech Blog in 2026?

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Blogging lets you choose from the massive list of popular niches. Fintech is one of the most lucrative niches these days. You get tons of updates to write and share with your readers.

But to start a fintech blog, you need to do a few important things, which include research, WordPress blog setup, domain name, theme setup, installing plugins, and finding resources to get access to the latest information.

How to Start a Fintech Blog in 2026?

To launch a successful fintech blog, you need to get your hands on the information before anyone else publishes about it.

Here is the complete process of how you can start your fintech blog and make it successful.

Fintech Blog:

First, understand what a fintech blog is. Fintech stands for Finance and Technology.

In your fintech blog, you cover topics like finance, stocks, real estate, marketing, debt, funds, startups, investments, payments, blockchain, artificial intelligence, insurance, cryptocurrency, digital wallets, banking, and crowdfunding.

It is necessary that you possess the knowledge of these topics or follow the resources where you can get the latest information.

As a fintech blogger, your job is to ensure that your readers get access to fresh, updated, and useful information.

Key Factors of Fintech Blogging:

Here are the key factors your fintech blog must focus on.

Key Factors of Fintech Blogging

Content:

Content is the king as long as you want to make your blog successful. Use data, reports, charts, and case studies to make your fintech blog appealing.

Share technology, regulatory, and financial updates.

Target Audience:

Understand your readers. There are bloggers who only write for search engines.

But blogging is more about building trust.

It is necessary that you include your personal experience about the topics. It will help build connection with the reader.

Resources:

Do not rely on one resource for information.

Read multiple fintech publications, journalists, and resources to ensure that information you are about to publish is authentic.

Also, mention resources in your blog content.

Learn to read and write.

A blogger’s life is all about learning, writing, and promoting. The more you read, the better you can write about the planned topics. 

Spend at least 30 days reading popular fintech articles prior to launching your own blog. Understand what the audience wants.

News and Events:

Follow fintech news, events, seminars, and announcements. The more information you source, the better content you can write.

Once you follow this information, you get a better understanding of the Fintech blog and its target audience.

Now, the next step is to launch your fintech blog.

How to Start a Fintech Blog:

How to Start a Fintech Blog

Launching a fintech blog is a 5-step process.

Here are the steps that you must follow one-by-one to launch your own fintech blog.

1. Choose Niche:

When you have decided to write about a fintech blog, you need to decide that you want to keep it a microblog or multi-topic blog.

You may start a fintech website only writing about the stock market, or you can also cover topics like AI, blockchain, marketing, business setup, etc.

As a beginner, you should start with 3 categories. Once you have at least 10 articles in each category, you can add more categories.

2. Domain Name:

Domain name selection is becoming a complicated process. I have tried to answer your every question about domain names in this guide.

One- or two-word domains are highly priced. It is better to choose a domain name that does not cost you a fortune.

Here are the tips to buy a domain name:

  • Buy a memorable domain name.
  • Do not use a hyphen in the domain name.
  • Always choose .Com TLD.
  • Keep your domain name under 5 words.

To choose a fintech domain name, you need to visit a domain name registrar website.

In the last 11 years, I have purchased hundreds of domains from different registrars. According to my experience, GoDaddy is still the best place to buy a domain and redirect it to a different hosting.

Popular domain name registrars are

Best Deal: Do not choose a domain name independently. Buy web hosting, and you will get a domain name free for one year.

3. Web Hosting:

Web hosting services provide a free domain name for one year when you buy web hosting for at least 12 months.

Here are the popular web hosting platforms with a free domain with new hosting:

  • Bluehost
  • GreenGeeks
  • Hostinger
  • Hostgator 
  • DreamHost
  • GoDaddy
  • SiteGround
  • InMotion
  • Namecheap.
  • WP Engine
  • IONOS

I have reviewed hosting services and made this list of affordable fintech blog hosting services in 2026.

Best Deal: Buy hosting for 3 or more years to save up to 40%.

You can also buy web hosting during Black Friday or Thanksgiving to save money.

4. Premium WordPress Theme:

WordPress is the most popular and easily customizable CMS for fintech blogging. While there are free themes available for WordPress blogs, it is always best to stick to premium themes.

Here are the reasons why free themes are not the best for fintech blogging:

  • No support
  • No updates
  • Not optimized code
  • Unnecessary codes

Between free and premium WordPress themes, I always choose to buy a theme for my blogs.

Always buy the Fintech blog theme from reliable sellers.

Here are the best WordPress theme providers:

StudioPress, Divi, and Astra are the most popular WordPress themes.

Benefits of buying a WordPress theme:
  • Premium support
  • Customization
  • Regular security updates
  • Clutter-free themes

Hosting and theme play an important role in the success of your fintech blog. It is a must to pay attention to these.

Connect WordPress Hosting, Domain, and Theme:
  • Log in to your WordPress hosting.
  • Open the site and log in to the WordPress dashboard.
  • Upload the WordPress theme and necessary plugins.
  • Create menus, important pages, and a sitemap.

5. Create Important Pages:

It is a must to create important pages for your fintech blog.

Important pages for Fintech Blog are

  • About us: Write what you offer at your fintech blog. The about page is the most visited page of every website. It is necessary to add crucial information for readers.
  • Contact us: Create a contact us page. You can use a plugin or simply display your email address for users to contact you.
  • Privacy Policy: Generate a privacy policy with available tools. Make sure that your privacy policy is GDPR compliant.
  • Sitemap: Create an XML sitemap. You can do it with any SEO WordPress plugin.

Necessary WordPress Plugins for Fintech Blog:

WordPress Plugins for Fintech Blog

Add WordPress plugins to your fintech blog. These plugins offer security, customization, and other features.

Security plugins:

  • Jetpack: It is one of the most used security plugins on WordPress. Jetpack prevents brute-force attacks.
  • Wordfence: WordPress is another popular Wordfence security plugin for fintech blogging. It protects your blog against malicious attacks.

SEO Plugins:

SEO plugins are part of every WordPress blog. These plugins make it easy to SEO-optimize your fintech blog.

  • Yoast SEO: It is a widely used SEO plugin. Yoast SEO comes with free and premium plans. The free Yoast SEO plan allows you to create a sitemap, add a slug, add a description, add schema markup, and do keyword research.
  • All-in-One SEO Plugin: All-in-One SEO plugin is the second most popular WordPress plugin for SEO. It is a Core Web Vitals-friendly plugin. You can use the AIOSEO plugin for keyword research, blog post optimization, and schema markup.

Cache Plugins:

WordPress cache plugins are responsible for generating cache policy.

  • WP Cache: It is one of the most popular cache plugins for WordPress blogs. It optimizes images and caches webpages.
  • W3 Total Cache: It is another cache plugin for fintech blogs. Use it to ensure browser caching. You can use it to integrate CDN.
  • LiteSpeed Cache: It is a fast-caching plugin. Use it when you are hosting a website on a LiteSpeed server.

WordPress Backup Plugins:

If your hosting plan does not have a backup feature, then install one of these backup plugins.

  • BackupBuddy: It is an easy-to-use plugin to back up your fintech blog content. After setup, it will automatically take backups at regular intervals.
  • UpdraftPlus: It is also a WordPress backup plugin.

Other than these, there are many other WordPress plugins you can use.

Note: Only use WordPress plugins that are a must for your blog. Every plugin adds load on your server.

Create and Submit Sitemap:

Create a sitemap for your fintech blog. Submit the sitemap URL to popular search engines.
You must submit your blog sitemap to:

Sitemaps ensure that search engine bots crawl blog pages and posts.

After these steps, your blog is ready to publish content.

How to Write Content for Your Fintech Blog?

As I mentioned earlier, to become a fintech blogger, you must follow the fintech news. Write for your readers.

Take help from Google Trends to follow the latest news, announcements, and events.

  • Read more than one source to verify information.
  • Research the topic using SEO tools and AI tools.
  • Collect data to write a blog post.
  • Create a content calendar to plan your content goal for the next 30 days.
  • Write and optimize content with keywords, queries, titles, descriptions, headings, and subheadings.
  • Use it to create images and infographics.
  • Proofread before hitting the publish button.
  • Publish articles in relevant categories.
  • After publishing your first fintech blog post, the next step is to promote it.

How to Market Your Fintech Blog?

How to Market Your Fintech Blog

Your fintech blog promotion strategies decide the future of your blog.

The success truly depends upon how you market your blog and make it a brand.

Here are the ways to market your Fintech blog:

Social Media:

Create pages with your fintech blog name.

Add your logo and information related to your brand.

Promote pages and ask users to join on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

Advertise:

Use PPC ads to advertise your blog on search engines.

You can also advertise your blog on social media platforms and content-sharing platforms like Taboola.

Organic SEO:

SEO is a great way to promote your blog in SERP.

Optimize your content to satisfy user intent. Follow a clean structure.

SEO optimizations help you to get higher ranking, boost organic traffic, and build trust.

Collaborate:

Collaborate with other bloggers in your niche to grow your reach. Write guest posts, launch events, and attend seminars.

Conclusion: 

These are the steps that you need to launch a fintech blog and make it successful. If you still have any questions, feel free to ask me on Facebook or LinkedIn.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

10 Easiest Online Jobs for College Students

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"Best online jobs", "genuine online jobs for students", "Legitimate online jobs for college students" etc. are some of the recent and most common searches on Google did by every student in some part of their time.

But do you find some genuine way to earn money from your home?

Well, the answer is a no as mostly after searching you land up either in some fake work assignments or earn not even a penny which makes you drop interest from doing any further searches.

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College students can easily make some extra money online as there are so many part time jobs available on the internet that you can do from the comfort of your home only.

Below I am going to tell you about some genuine online jobs that will make you earn some money easily.

1. Freelance Work

Freelance writing work is considered as one of the best and genuine way to earn some good amount of money from your home comfort.

If you have the skill of writing and have some good thoughts that you can implement in words then this job is for you.

Read More: ContentMart

The payment is fixed either on per words or per project or may be on hourly rates. You can opt for this job in your free time and earn some good amount of money as well.

Moreover, there is no time slab of working; one can do this work in their free time also.

Up Work, Fiverr etc. are some of the popular sites for best freelance jobs for you.

2. Create your own YouTube channel

If you have a good knowledge of something may be about computer hacks or some electronic tricks or may be something that you think that you can make video easily and it can be viral too.

Then YouTube is the best platform for you to earn.

Read More: Make Money with Youtube

Just make some good and cool videos, informative though and upload it on your own YouTube channel.

Once you start getting some good views on your videos then you can be offered some ads to show on your videos from which you can earn some good money.

3. Do Online Surveys

Online survey is the only thing that doesn’t need any background skills or any thorough knowledge of anything.

You are paid in online surveys for giving your opinions to some products or services.


Although money paid from the survey is not fixed and neither you can earn a big amount from it that you can pay bills or rent.

You can do online surveys just to get some side penny as it doesn't require any skill or some deep knowledge so you can always opt for this in your free time.

4. Be an Online Tutor

If you have a good academic knowledge then you can use this to earn online easily. Yes, you can apply online at Tutor and teach students the subjects you are best at.

 Not only academics but if you are good at music, art, fashion or something then you can teach this online too.

There are many students who seek some tutor online. And of course, you get a good payout for this.

5. Data Entry Work

Data entry or you can say copy/paste work also. You will be given a spreadsheet or doc file from where you have to copy details and descriptions of some products and put them on the website provided.

It’s a repetitive work so once you learn the work well you can do it easily and in a short time.

Data entry work won’t pay you a lot but as the work is simple and most of the time repetitive so you can prefer to do this in your spare time.

One of the big task here is to find real data entry jobs because most of the companies are scam.

You don’t need to pay for getting any data entry job because real companies never ask for signup fee.

6. Sell your Photographs

Yes, you got it right; you can earn some money by selling your own photography also.

If you are good in taking photos and capturing yourself then you can find many advertisers looking for photos.

Even some article writers need some fresh face in their work.

If your photos satisfy and complete their needs then they can use your photo in ad banner or in their article as per the needs and you will be paid for that. "iStockphoto” is one such platform where you can upload your photo and earn money.

7. Be a Transcriptionist

Well, this position requires no experience at much, you will be given audios that you have to listen properly and type what you hear.

 Although no experience needed, you need to pay attention to hear all details correctly and feed.

This work gives you a good payout, but if you make mistakes in what you hear and type then you won't be paid.

8. Be a T-shirts designer

If you are a good graphic designer and love to make some cool design and arts in your spare time, then this will be a perfect job for you.

Many sites like Sazzle and Teespring are made for you where you can go and upload your self-made designs for t shirts as a recommendation and if it got selected then you will be paid for your design.

9. Virtual Assisting Job.

It is a type of secretarial work but you can do this online also. Your work includes scheduling appointments, making calls to clients, organizing emails just like an office secretary would do.

This job gives you a feel of a 9-5 job but it's not the one. You can work as per your own time slab and can handle one or two clients at a time.

10. Be a Search Engine Evaluator

In this job, you will be getting paid for surfing the web. You just have to test few search engines and provide your honest feedbacks.

Search engines put a lot of efforts in creating and updating their algorithm but a machine is a machine and yes makes some errors so they need humans sometimes for checking the algorithms.

 You can become search engine evaluator and work with search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and more for testing and evaluate search algorithms.

You will be assigned certain keywords or may be a list of, and you have to perform a search query on those given keywords one by one.

The work is to look the search results that you get and give them feedbacks on basis of accuracy, relevancy, and usefulness.

Final Words:

Above mentioned jobs are for online work that a college student can do in his spare time. One should always remember that these jobs won't make you rich.

But can definitely provide you money from which you can manage your daily needs easily.

You don't need to apply for or do all the above-mentioned jobs. Just go through them and choose the one that suits you best in terms of your talent and capabilities.

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

11 Best Substack Alternatives: Make Money with Email Newsletter Platforms

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Do you want to grow more with a newsletter subscription strategy? 

If then, you may have already heard the name of Substack.

Substack is an easy-to-use service that lets you write email newsletters and make money from monthly or annual subscriptions.

 

11 Best Substack Alternatives: Make Money with Email Newsletter Platforms
11 Best Substack Alternatives: Make Money with Email Newsletter Platforms

There is a reason why newsletter websites are popular.

There was a time when my day started with reading the newspaper and ended with watching the news on tv. But the internet has changed everything. Now I catch every headline from my smartphone whenever and wherever I want.

People have shifted their interest from newspapers to online media platforms. This has caused a loss of jobs in the print media industry but increased job opportunities in online media.

With this, the era of email newsletter subscription has started.

Chris Best founded Substack in 2017. Within a couple of years, Substack became popular among bloggers, publishers, journalists, and other content creators.

The clean interface and responsive nature have made Subsctak popular among online content creators and writers. You can not only write and publish content on Substack but can also get paid with subscriptions.

But it doesn’t mean you can publish anything on Substack to earn money online. Substack has content moderation rules you must follow to publish your content on the platform.

You get complete control of your content, email lists, and everything you upload on Substack.

Substack is one solution for every online content publishing need. You can even get legal support at Substack.

 It is not completely free.

Substack crashes 10% of your revenue and a minimal processing fee.

Even though Substack is quite popular, some content creators and writers found its functionality limited.

And this is the time when you are looking for Substack alternatives.

Write.as:

Write.as is an open-source platform with less distraction and more writing.

If you like me, who loves a clean user interface and easy newsletter writing platform, write.as is for you.

With a premium subscription, you will have an ad-free platform to publish your content and get support, built-in RSS, and a custom domain.

I know how publishers and online content creators love custom domains.

If you do not know the importance of a custom domain, check this guide.

Write.as not only counted as the best Substack alternative for writing, publishing, and email newsletters but also because it offers security and privacy, which is quite challenging these days.

You can get consulting services, live chat support, and priority support.

Users can submit published content on multiple platforms with their submission management plan.

You may not get too many features on this platform, but it is simple and clean.

Right now, you can use 3 different fonts: monospace, Series, and sans-serif.

Plan and Pricing:

  • Free
  • Pro –$6/month or $72/year.
  • Team – $300/year or $25/month.

Ghost:

Ghost is another Substack alternative. It is also an open-source platform to publish your content, send email newsletters, gain subscribers, and earn money online.

Ghost helps you turn your audience into your business with a clean design and easy-to-use publishing and email newsletter interface.

You can also access plugins and SEO tools to optimize your online content for search engines.

You can only use subscriptions to monetize your content.

Plans and Pricing:

  • Starter: $11/month or $108/year (up to 500 members)
  • Creator: $31/month or $300/year (up to 1000 members)
  • Team: $63/month or $600/year (up to 600 members)
  • Business: $249/month or $2388/year (up to 500 members)

Patreon:

Patreon allows you to create content exclusively available for premium subscribers. It is a great place to build a strong connection with your subscribers.

Podcasters, Video creators, musicians, visual artists, writers, journalists, gaming creators, nonprofits, local businesses, etc., use Patreon to fund their profession or business.

You can create subscription tiers according to your own choice.

Patreon is free to use but charges 55 to 12% of your monthly revenue and processing fee.

Letterdrop:

Letterdrop is a popular blog and email newsletter publishing platform. It is a popular alternative to Substack that you can use to increase your blog traffic and marketing.

You have multiple ways to monetize your content on Letterdrop, such as paid content collaborations, subscriptions, and sponsorships.

Letterdrop has quite an amazing content calendar, approval process, and content workflow.

You can rank your content ideas according to your set goals. It is also easy to decide what you should write with Letterdrop.

You can publish content using SEO newsletters and blog posts. With Letterdrop analytics, you can check the performance of your content.

Letterdrop integrations allow you to use it with Webflow, Ghost, RSS, WordPress, and Facebook.
You can also use custom domains, colors, fonts, etc.

Steemit:

Steemit is where cryptocurrency meets with blogging and social media.

Users can not only share their content on Steemit but earn when other users comment on your posts or upvote them.

Steemit pays you in cryptocurrency.

You can earn more if your content gets more engagement.

Not only content creators but commenters and even curators get paid.

Steemit is one of the biggest online communities, with more than 1 million active users.

It is not easy to start on Steemit.

To grow, your posts must gain more engagement and a good reputation. It takes time before your profile gets some reputation based on your content engagement.

Medium:

Medium is a popular online publishing and blogging platform.

It is free to use. With more than 100 million active readers, Medium is one of the most engaging online communities and the best alternative to Substack.

Medium has also introduced its partner program that pays you if you have more than 100 active followers.

Experts and even newbie writers can start blogging on the Medium platform.

You can also share your content with the Medium email newsletters feature. Users can subscribe to your newsletter.

Revue:

Revue is now the part of Twitter.

With revue, you can easily create newsletters and integrate them into your Twitter account to gain subscribers to Twitter.

You can easily share your content with Revue newsletters and get paid.

Users can add articles from the web to the newsletters.

Revue makes it easy to grow your subscribers with the help of Twitter integration.

It is free to use revue. But you can only monetize your content if you have a premium revue subscription.

Revue charge processing fee and 5% of monthly revenue.

Hubpages:

Hubpages is one of the oldest sites still active and using revenue-sharing methods.

Hubpages if following a user-generated content monetization strategy.

You will earn money based on the number of views on your Hubpages content.

It is free to use Hubpages and one of the oldest Substack alternatives.

You can also choose premium editing services on HubPages.

Buttondown:

Buttondown is a simple and easy-to-use email newsletter service.

You can use its proofreading and content editing tools to fix your content.

It is easy to set up a premium subscription plan with Buttondown integrations.

You can easily segment your audience using tags on email.

Plans and pricing:

  • Free: $0/month ( Upto 100 subscribers)
  • Basic : $9/month (101-1000 subscribers).
  • Standard: $29/month (1001-5000 subscribers).
  • Professional: $79/month (5001-10,000 subscribers).

TinyLetter:

TinyLetter is for those who want to share newsletters quickly.

You will get a URL for each newsletter that can be used to share on various social networks.

TinyLetter is part of MailChimp Network, and its functions are like Mailchimp.

Professionals or businesses, and individuals can also use it to send newsletters.

TinyLetter is free for the first 5000 newsletter subscribers.

MailerLite:

Mailerlite is a complete email newsletter platform where you can use popups, automation, and analytics.

You can use HTML and text-based email newsletters.

The free plan allows you to send upto 12000 emails.

You can earn money with newsletter subscriptions.

Plans and Pricing:

  • Free: $0/month (12,000 monthly emails).
  • Growing business: $10/month (unlimited monthly emails).
  • Advanced: $21/month (unlimited monthly emails).

Conclusion:

Email Newsletters are not there only to update your subscribers about your latest posts but not you can monetize them with various methods.

You can still use Substack and many of its alternatives to grow your audience.

Here I have shared the 11 best Substack alternatives.

Have you ever used any of them?

Which Substack alternative do you find most useful?

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

23 Step-by-Step Blogging Success! Complete Guide with +1 Bonus Tip

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Blogging success is what makes a blogger stay in the blogging business for a long time. It is the push that a blogger needs during the hard times to stay strong and improve the blogging journey.

A blogger's life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes, it is because of decisions such as niche change, change in audience interest, domain change, or URL change. It can also happen because of algorithm updates, website errors, development issues, or even SEO mistakes.

Step-by-Step Blogging Success: eAskme
Step-by-Step Blogging Success: eAskme


Every time you get stuck at any point or face some issue, you only have one thing to do, and that is to solve that issue.

To ensure that you are on the right way to becoming a successful blogger, you need to have a plan or follow the 23-step-by-step process.

Here is what you must do and follow to achieve blogging success.

23 Step-by-Step Blogging Success:

Do you want to become an A-list blogger?

If yes, then you need to understand the connection between blogging and money. How does blogging for money work? How does a blog attract money and clients? What you should do to attract more clients?
 
These are a few of the questions that you must answer before or during your blogging journey.
 
As a full-time blogger, I know that I need to make more money and invest more resources to be successful.

And, to make more money, the blog should appeal not only to my audience but also to my clients.

The blog that attracts the maximum target audience can easily attract a maximum number of clients and money.

For this purpose, you must think of an excellent blogging that is profitable for you and your clients.

You need a complete blog business plan for success.

Step 2. History of blogging

To earn blogging success, you need to understand its origin. I have compiled all the Blogging historical events in this infographic. Click the image to open the full infographic.

History of Blogging : An Infographic for Every Blogger: eAskme
History of Blogging : An Infographic for Every Blogger: eAskme

Blogging was born in 1990. Till now, blogging has seen many changes. From a personal journal, it became a full-time career option.

Step 3. Understand Cost to Start a Blog

What is the cost of launching a blog?

Every business has a cost. Blogging is also an online business. Where you spend money to launch a blog and promote it. You also invest a lot of time.

But for many, money is always the topic to talk about.

The cost to launch a blog depends upon many factors, such as:

  • Type of domain name (General/Premium)
  • Type of web hosting (Free/Paid)
  • Type of Blog Template (free/paid)

You can launch a blog for free with free domain and hosting. But you have to face the limitations of that platform. Blogger is the best example of a free web hosting platform.

Those who would like to invest in blogging should start a blog on the WordPress Platform. WordPress is the best platform to launch a blog because of the customization, control, and plugins. But you have to spend money to buy a custom domain, web hosting, premium WordPress theme, etc.

A premium blog with customization can cost you between $100-$1000.

Now that you have decided to launch a blog, here are the things that you need to choose before launching your theme.

Step 4. Choose a Profitable Niche?

Success of your blog largely depends upon the niche and your interest in that niche.

First, you need to choose a profitable niche to earn money from it.

Second, you must have interest in that niche. If you choose a profitable blog niche, yet you do not have interest in that, then you cannot turn that blog into success.

Here is the list of most profitable blogging niche that you should choose.

After deciding the blog niche, next you need to choose the custom domain name.

Step 5.Choose a Reliable Web Hosting?

Premium or paid web hosting is always more reliable than free web hosting services. Your web hosting is also important for the SEO of your blog.

There are many premium yet cheap web hosting service providers available, such as:
There are different web hosting plans, such as:
  • Shared Hosting
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • VPS hosting

In the beginning, you can start with a shared hosting plan and later move to VPS or Dedicated hosting.

Understand the difference between Shared and dedicated hosting.

Most of the times, you get a free domain with web hosting plan. If not then you can buy domain from reliable domain service provider.

Step 6.Choose a Custom Domain Name?

The custom domain name is a domain name that you get when you pay the annual fee.

To choose a domain name, you need to take care of many things.

Here is the complete Domain Name guide that will help you select the best custom domain name for successful blogging.

When choosing a domain name, always take note of these tips:
  • Choose a blog name that is easy to remember.
  • Choose a domain name up to 3 words.
  • Always choose a top-level domain extension. (.com, .net, .org, etc.)
Buy a domain name from reliable domain service providers such as GoDaddy, NameCheap, etc.

You can also get a free domain name with hosting from services like Bluehost, Hostgator, etc.

After getting the domain, you should choose a web hosting.

Once you buy a hosting and domain name, the next job is to connect domain name with hosting. You can do it buy pointing your nameservers to web hosting servers.

Step 7. Choose a Premium WordPress Blog Theme?

Your blog design is an essential factor in making your Blog successful. Buy a premium WordPress theme from a Premium Theme Club.

Your blog theme must have the following elements:

  • Responsive
  • Load Faster
  • Matches Core Web Vital Scores
  • SEO Friendly
  • Easy Navigation

If you want to use Adsense on your Blog, then you should buy an Adsense Optimized WordPress theme.

Now that you have a niche, domain, and hosting, it is time to launch a blog.

Step 8. Launch Your Blog in 5 Minutes

Upload your theme on WordPress hosting to make the design go live.

There are many other important things that you need to cover at this point, such as:

There are thousands of WordPress plugins available for every job. But you do not need all of them. Only install the necessary for your WordPress blog.

AI is making it easy for you to create a WordPress Blog.

Now, you can create a WordPress blog in 60 seconds with Astra Starter Templates With ZipWP AI Website builder.

Step 9. Create About Us Page

Now, you are ready to create important pages such as:

Important pages contain important information about your blog and business. You need to optimize these pages and make them accessible to all.

After creating essential pages, you are close to writing a blog post. But it would help if you did not do that.

First, do some research.

Step 10. Keyword Research

Keyword research is vital in the blogging business. Research blogging topics and keywords.

Make an Excel sheet to note down the list of topics you want to cover on your blog.

On the next sheet, add essential keywords in front of the topic.

To find relevant keywords, you can use many keyword research tools, such as:

When using keywords in your blog post, always avoid Keyword Stuffing and Keyword Cannibalization.

You can also improve your keyword research with geo-targeting.

Now, you have the list of topics and related keywords. It is the time to write your first blog post.

Step 11. Write First Blog Post?

Writing your first blog post is one of the most important jobs of a blogger.

It is your blog post that attracts visitors to your blog and establishes your authority in the niche.

Here are the tips for writing amazing blogs on any niche:

Use keywords in the heading, title, and blog post.

Here is how to avoid keyword stuffing:

After writing the blog post, you should proofread it. If you are not an expert, then you can either hire an expert blog writer or a professional proofreader.

After completing the above steps you are ready to hit the "Publish" button.

Step 12. Create Social Media Profiles

The next thing after publishing the blog post is to attract visitors. In the beginning, when no one knows about your blog, the easiest way to attract visitors is by sharing your articles on social media sites.

Here are the most popular social networks where you should share your blog posts:

  • Facebook
  • X (Formerly Known as Twitter)
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Digg
  • YouTube
  • Medium
  • Reddit
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Snapchat
  • Quora

Not only that, but you should also use SEO strategies to promote your blog. In the following steps, you will learn different tips.

Also, add social media buttons on your blog. Make it easy for visitors to share your content.

Step 13. Social Bookmarking Sites with DA/PA

Now, you are ready to share your blog posts on different sites for better exposure.

Social bookmarking sites are the sites where you can easily share your blog posts.

Here are some of the popular sites such as:

You can also use free social bookmarking software to automate the process.

Step 14. Blog Commenting Sites

You should also comment on popular blogs. It will help you build connections with other bloggers.

Write valuable comments on other blogs. It will inspire others to visit your blog and improve your blog traffic. You may also earn backlinks in the process.

Here is the tips to improve your blog comments.

Step 15. Free Blog directories submission

When sharing blog posts in different directories, focus on relevant, and targeted directories. With blog directory submission you will also earn free relevant backlinks.

Step 16. Free Press Release Submission Sites

Submit your press release on relevant press release submission sites to earn backlinks.

Step 17. Submit Sitemap to Search Engines

You should submit a sitemap to search engines to make it easy for them to index your latest blog posts. Crawling and indexing are essential to rank your articles in search results.

Step 18. Search Engine Submission Sites

Check the list of search engine submission sites to submit your blogs easily on websites.

Step 19. Create Android App in one minute

Make an Android App for your blog to make it available for Android users.

There are two ways to get an Android app for your blog:

There are sites that help you make a free Android app in just one minute.

Step 20. App Submission Sites

Submit your Android app on multiple websites to increase the number of downloads. The more people download your app, the more visitors you will have on a regular basis.

Step 21. Monetize Your Blog

Now, as you are promoting your blog post and start getting traffic. it is the time to monetize your blog.

There are many ways you can monetize your blog. But to be successful, you should choose a method that does not annoy your readers.

Step 22. Boost Email Subscribers

Building an email list is one of the must-do jobs for a blogger. Email subscribers become your local audience. They share their email id and name.

In return, they get notifications about new and vital posts. Share announcements with your email subscribers.

Step 23. Make Money with eMail Subscribers

You can also make money with your email subscribers. For this purpose, you need to divide your audience based on their interests.

Now, pitch the product, service, or ideas to the relevant audience, and it will generate sales.

Step 24. Search Engine Optimization

Optimize your blog posts to rank them in search results.

How to Improve Blogging SEO:

Conclusion:

Follow these 24 steps to turn your blog into a brand. These will help your blog grow its traffic, subscribers, social shares, and revenue.

If you still have any questions, ask me.

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