It’s happening more and more…non-writers who start a part-time blog based on experience or a new topic that they love to write about end up with a hugely loyal reader base and end up with a sweet book deal where they find themselves involved in a brand new career.
Case in point – the tremendously addictive blog “Carrots ‘n’ Cake” written by Tina who turned her interest in health and nutrition into her own blog. Over time, her blog hit on a key theme – balance between nutrition and good tasting food. Less than a year later Tina has been approached by a NYC publishing house and now has a publishing contract to produce her first ‘Carrots-‘n’ Cake” book.
Meanwhile she has been featured in Health Magazine, Shape magazine on Health.com as well as Diet.com and Glamour.com.
I currently operate 4 blogs and can tell you that on 3 of the 4 I have been approached about possible book deals as well as other interesting joint venture, speaking and product related opportunities.
So, it goes without saying that having your own blog is a key part of your internet marketing efforts no matter how you decide to turn your effort into money in the future.
Having your own successful blog gives you a platform which can be monetized in a number of ways:
- You can sell advertising space and easily bring in $500-a few thousand dollars a month depending on your traffic and topic
- You can review and market other people’s products and services and get paid commissions, joint venture bonuses as well as finder’s fees
- You can significantly enhance the traffic to other websites you have – whether they be list building, branding or sales focused
- You can leverage your blog position in the market to get additional publicity such as interviews, reviews, and yes…even book deals
One of the main pillars of internet marketing for entrepreneurs is blogging – we go into several training sessions and have ongoing mentorship programs available within Information Marketer’sZone where we take the newest of newbie’s and help you through every step of starting, writing and marketing your blog for maximum traffic and interaction.
Tina shows us what can happen when we stick with our blogging efforts and reach our market in a personal and useful way – are you ready to do the same?
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writer by day—blogger by night 🙂
Yay Tina!!! So happy for her 🙂
I want a book deal! lol.
That is totally my goal! I love health and nutrition and fitness and it’s been an incredible journey for me — and it was all inspired by food bloggers! People like Tina and several others gave me the inspiration to start caring about my body.
It’s so exciting seeing these bloggers that I’ve been reading for years have their dreams come true – or things happen that they never even dreamed of at all!
I’m hoping I’ll be discovered someday, too 🙂 I like the idea of putting together a cookbook for the self-taught cook, like me! I could have used a good one 5 years ago, and I’ve learned so much by trial and error.
Good for Tina! I’ve been following her blog for sometime and her readers are loyal. That’s what it requires!
MizFit and Angela – bloggers as talented at connecting with their readers is soooooo…. powerful. We can all learn from her blogging style, how she “matters” to her readers, he she invites them into her life and how she actually LIVES her topic. All great lessons on how to become someone that matters – and opens the door to paid content opportunties whether they be ebooks, books or even ongoing private membership sites.
Kelly – your blog is awesome too…like all of the tips and pictures, you definitely are following the same path. Oh, and you have a new follower by the way!
Jeff
Congrats to Tina! All her hard work paid off!
Brandi – you are so right, there are lots of opportunities to help people enjoy food even more.
Lindsey – you are so right about how Tina inspires loyalty from her readers. I have to say that Tina’s abiilty to connect with her readers is extremely rare – maybe one in 10,000 blogs do such a good job. Not that it is “hard” per se, but it does require a certain touch, a level of consistency and dedication that is rare among bloggers (not to mention buisness people in general), a good understanding of your market, and knowing what will “inspire” not just inform your readers. Bravo!
Jeff
Tina was the first blog I ever started reading and she definitely got me hooked. I think it’s safe to say I’m not the only person she has inspired to start their own blog. Her approachability and openness goes a long way toward making readers feel welcome.
I’m so excited for Tina! She clearly dedicates a lot of time to her blog and is very passionate about it. I hope to be one day just like her when I grow up 😉
Nice blog Elina – wow, so many great food blogs, I’m loving it!
Oh, hopefully we don’t have to grow up to do this for a living – that wouldn’t be any fun 🙂
This really is excting to see ”healthy living bloggers” being offered books deals.
So great to see such hard working bloggers doing so well! Kudos to Tina!
Tina is awesome and a wonderful inspiration to us all. She has found a balance in her life. Her enthusiasm shines through with her recipes, editorial content and photos!! Best of luck to her!!
The post is quite inspiring. I ‘ll follow the directives cause i really need a book deal.
Congrats! Such a wonderful accomplishment!
I started following Tina right after beginning my own blog. She is very inspiring to say the least. I could only hope to achieve what she has.