For the last three years, I've been preparing income taxes for people. I like the work, and am happy to talk about tax law when people call with questions. I find it's helpful to teach my clients about aspects of the tax law that apply to their situation. So naturally it made sense for me to create Income Tax Advice.
At first I just wanted to talk about the amusing situations in which I found myself. Then I started sharing advice and teaching about interesting features of tax law. I also found a few articles to share. I hope the blog is helpful or entertaining to visitors. One great thing about it is how focused the AdSense ads are. By keeping my articles all about taxes, the ads are all for tax services and software. Should I write more often, I've little doubt that my blog will climb up the search rankings and visitors will click on those ads.
And that's one reason we do this. While you're probably reading this to learn how to make money online, and are interested in making money with blogspot, there should be a part of you that just likes to write. Because, as I've explained often, you need to post a lot to make your blog interesting to both the people and search engines that visit it. So it should be a labor of love.
Your own cyber soap box
I created The Cantankerous Consumer so I could vent about the stupid things companies do to their customers. Instead of steaming about a negative consumer experience, I use the blog to express my dissatisfaction with the store or other business that doesn't seem to understand customer service.
In my career, I've always been focused on service. To me, my boss, my coworkers, our vendors... everyone is a customer. I treat them all the way I would want to be treated. It's actually easy to deliver good customer service, so I don't understand why so many people go out of their way to not do it. So, it's very frustrating to me when I am subject to bad service.
It's also very satisfying to enjoy great service. To be fair to all, I don't hesitate to let a company know when they've done a very good job. Or tell a manager that one of his or her employees did a really good job. As much as I write about bad service, I'm even happier to tell of good service.
So The Cantankerous Consumer was created to tell it all. And that's what you can do too. If there's a topic about which you like to write, and can write about often, then that's a topic which can be the subject of your blog. Regardless of what your topic is, there are going to be people searching for it (go ahead, enter anything into the free keyword tool and see how many people search for that). If they're searching, they'll find you. If they find you, your traffic will translate to ad clicks. That's how your cyber soap box will become your money maker.
In my career, I've always been focused on service. To me, my boss, my coworkers, our vendors... everyone is a customer. I treat them all the way I would want to be treated. It's actually easy to deliver good customer service, so I don't understand why so many people go out of their way to not do it. So, it's very frustrating to me when I am subject to bad service.
It's also very satisfying to enjoy great service. To be fair to all, I don't hesitate to let a company know when they've done a very good job. Or tell a manager that one of his or her employees did a really good job. As much as I write about bad service, I'm even happier to tell of good service.
So The Cantankerous Consumer was created to tell it all. And that's what you can do too. If there's a topic about which you like to write, and can write about often, then that's a topic which can be the subject of your blog. Regardless of what your topic is, there are going to be people searching for it (go ahead, enter anything into the free keyword tool and see how many people search for that). If they're searching, they'll find you. If they find you, your traffic will translate to ad clicks. That's how your cyber soap box will become your money maker.
Use social media to promote your blog
Once you get your blog set up and have begun making regular posts to it, create a Facebook page and Twitter account associated with your blog. Whenever you post to your blog, send a tweet or post to you page's wall on Facebook.
Tell your Facebook friends about your page, and from there they'll learn about your blog. The more ways you get the word out, the more traffic you'll drive to you and the more money you'll make.
Tell your Facebook friends about your page, and from there they'll learn about your blog. The more ways you get the word out, the more traffic you'll drive to you and the more money you'll make.
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