How to make money with your blog when you have low traffic? How to make money on the internet when you have very few visitors to your blog?
Here is how I could rephrase this question that most bloggers ask themselves when looking for a financial independence on the Internet.
The first good news is that you don't necessarily have to have a popular blog to make money on the internet. Yes, you don't need to have 1000 visitors per day to generate $5000 per month. In fact, it's more a question of strategy than of traffic.
The second good news I'm going to reveal some steps that will allow you to earn money online even if you do not have many visitors.
But, if you've never installed WordPress discover How to Install a WordPress Blog in 7 Steps et How to search, install and activate a WordPress theme on your blog
Then back to why we are here: How to make money on the internet when we have very few visitors on his blog?
The first thing to know is that the monetization of a blog is based primarily on his optimization. No matter what product you sell, or the one you recommend in affiliation, know that without a proper optimization of your blogit will simply not be possible to generate income online.
That being said, let's start with this point.
Step 1: Optimize your blog
This is really where everything starts. A blog is designed according to the actions expected of its visitors. In other words, You must design your blog according to the goals you want to achieve.
A better optimization of your blog will allow you improve your conversion rate. And this is precisely what we are talking about here: conversion.
OKAY. But conversion to what?
In fact, when you create a blog, you do it for very specific reasons. However, people who visit your blog do so for reasons different from yours. The goals they want to achieve by reading your content are usually not the same as the ones you want to achieve with your blog.
You must therefore enable them to achieve their goals (find solutions to the problems they wish to solve)and then invite them to take action that will help you reach yours.
But to convert effectively, you need to optimize.
And that's the difference between create A blog and the design.
With a simple video tutorial, you can create your blog. But to design it, you must also focus on the goals you want to achieve with it.
In one sentence, I will say that the creation of a beautiful blog is technical while its design is strategic. And without a well-crafted strategy, you will not go anywhere.
I will come back to blog design another time. In the meantime, here are a few things to consider when optimizing your blog:
1. Simplicity in design
It is he who gives the famous " first impression " to your visitor. A bad design or too amateur will discredit your blog and complicate your process. You must have a simple, beautiful and practical theme.
On your blog, display only the essentials. Avoid clutter and the superfluous.
2. Content quality
By quality, I am referring here to the effectiveness of the solution (Or the board) you propose, but also how you present your solution (Your content).
A quality article is an article relevant, Useful and that incites to a precise action. You have to publish content that not only offers a solution to the reader, but also encourages them to take concrete actions to solve a problem.
Discover by clicking on this link, the 5 steps to create better content for your blog
As I say very often on this blog, you have to write for educate. People like to be told what to do.
The quality of the article solution is not enough, you must also present it in a way that makes it easier to understand the message you are trying to convey. Present your articles well.
3. The loading time of your blog
A blog that loads slowly will always be a thorn in the feet of the blogger who owns it. Search engines like Google hate blogs that take a lot of time to load. And they are not the only ones, Internet users also hate this kind of blog.
Read also : How to implement dark mode on your site with Divi
The slowness of a blog will always hurt its SEO on search engines. Even worse, most of the visitors they send you will leave your website before he or she has finished loading.
I recommend you read the following article: 7 tips to speed up the loading time of your WordPress blog
4. Calls to action
Optimizing a blog is to design it so that it leads visitors to undertake one or more expected actions. But for a visitor to take action, you must invite them to do so.
Discover more How to generate quick feedback on your WordPress blog
And it is this invitation that we call « call to action ». The call to action on a blog can take the form of a banner ad, hypertext link, pop up, ad at the bottom of your article, etc....
Regardless of the shape chosen, make sure to say clearly (Or show) to your readers what you want them to do once the reading is over.
To learn more about the subject, I recommend this article: What's the best call to action for your blog?
These are the main points on optimization that I have chosen to present to you. You will have more details by reading the articles recommended above.
Unfortunately, optimizing your blog alone will not allow you to make money on the internet. To win, you must have something to sell directly, or through affiliate marketing.
In this article, we will only cover the first option.
Step 2: Create a good product
Create two versions of your product. A complete version and an excerpt. The extract here is the version that you will offer for free to your readers in exchange for an email address, and the full version is the one you will sell on your blog.
To consult also: 10 WordPress plugins to improve the promotion of your products
Here are the different types of products you can create:
- E-books
- Training (videos - audio)
- Coaching
No matter what type of product you choose, make sure utility. Do not create a digital product just because you want to have something to sell, do it because you want to educate people, teach them something specific with an approach that will allow them to achieve better results in less time .
The value of your product will increase your chances of selling it.
Once you have your product ...
Step 3: Create a list of targeted prospects
Create and publish a form for capturing email addresses on your blog. A form that you will place on your sidebar, as well as at the end of each article. These forms will allow you to offer an excerpt from your book in exchange for an email address.
This list of prospects will be very useful when launching your product ... and not only. It will also allow you to improve the traffic of your web site as well as its referencing on the search engines.
Also see our tutorial on: How to create call-to-action buttons that convert
Don't wait until launch day to contact your readers again. So that they don't forget you in the meantime, send them some useful information every now and then.
If not, they could ask you these two questions that do not always augur well: Who are you ? And how do you have my address?
Rather than remember who you are each time, maintain your list. For example, send him the latest articles published on your blog.
Once your email address capture process is set up, you need to move on to the next step...
Step 4: Create an online store
Instead of sell your products and services on other websites, I strongly recommend that you do so on your own. Selling on your own online store will allow you to earn 100% of revenue generated by sales.
Two solutions are available to you:
- Create your own online store: A WordPress plugin for sell your products on the Internet
- Create your online store in less than 30 minutes: How create an online store on the Internet
On your shop, you can also add a live chat system. Believe me, it works! The live chat allowed me to earn more than 30.000 euros in just two years. This is a conversion tool FORMIDABLE.
I recommend this service that I use on BlogPasCher : Zendesk
Step 5: Add an affiliate program
Affiliate marketing allows you to sell more products and services in less time. So, make a lot more money in less time, with the least effort.
Here too, two main solutions are available to you:
- Create your own affiliate program: 10 WordPress plugins to create an affiliate program
- Or have it created in less than 30 minutes: Affiliate program creation service
Having an affiliate program is not enough. You will also need to create promotional tools for your affiliates (banner ads - reminders - text links - etc.). It will also be necessary to propose a tempting commission.
Once you've created your affiliate program, invite other bloggers to join and participate in your product launch. A majority will not even answer you, the minority will answer you but very few will really follow you. This is the harsh reality.
Step 6: Launch your product
Define a launch date, inform your prospects and partners (Affiliates), and launch your product. One week before the launch, send a second snippet of your product to your prospects and affiliates. But this time, add a table of contents.
Some people will unsubscribe, but don't worry. Most of these people would not have bought your product anyway
See also What type of welcome message do you send to your prospects?
The day before the launch at the latest, write and plan to send your sales text by email. If you are using an autoresponder such asAWeber, this should be done in just a few clicks. Anyway, schedule the send for 6H in the morning.
OKAY. We will stop here for today. Unfortunately, I cannot write the rest for you. Only time will allow you to know it. I just wanted to give you some tips on how you can make a lot of money with less traffic.
Also read our guide on How to prepare your blog for traffic overload
As you can see, what matters is not the number of visitors you have, but the strategy.
I hope this process will help you start a profitable internet business from your blog.
Do you have any suggestions? Do not hesitate to share them.
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Recommended Resources
For go further in monetizing your blog or your website, we also recommend reading articles following:
- How to build your success in the world of blogging?
- Corporate blogging: why does it work?
- Blogging: How to overcome the impostor's syndrome
- Blogging: How important is it to be the first to address a topic (the importance of the scoop)
Conclusion
Here ! That's it for this article. We hope this article will help you make money blogging even without heavy traffic.
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Hello, I have just read carefully this article which is really very rich in terms of the quality of the content. I think that this is above all one of the rules that must be adopted when embarking on this type of work: doing quality and informing people with original and enriching content.
Hello,
I want to multiply the visits to my blog, and thus increase my sales.
I find my blog to be succinct, but clear to someone who wants a quick and concise response.
The only drawback is that it is not visited enough, hence the drop in requests; it can range from 1 to 8 / month which are finalized.
I specify that I do not know how to do things that are too complicated and that I would like your advice taken care of, only I have no idea of ​​your prices, which may be a handicap for me.
In addition, I do not or almost do not publish on FB so as not to embarrass my "friends"; who are not clients.
I look forward to your response, and thank you.
Hello,
The best is to send us an email via the contact page or via the live chat of the site which you will find on the home page.
Very interesting article but there is just a point where I do not quite agree. I think it is still to have a fairly significant traffic (200 to 300 visitors / day) but especially targeted to earn more money with these sites.
Hello Samuel. I also really liked this article, but I would like to know the rest of your story! So, did you put the new strategy in place?
I can't wait to read you !!!
Hi Thierry,
I haven't made a sale using my blog yet. And each time I tell myself that it is a question of traffic.
I will change the approach of my strategy and implement the one you advocate and see the results.
Thank you for this article.
Sincerely,
Samuel