3html:

Stop giving excuses.... No business is easy, even selling pure water.
Lindaikeji has paid her dues, she started early when blogging was next to nothing and stood her grounds while other bloggers of her time quited. It will be wrong to make use of a business strategy of about 10 years ago in this 2018 it won't work.
I know a guy that earn 2000$ a month and he opened the blog 2016 August ... I would have mentioned the blog name but let that be.

Note: I don't share my blogs content to anyone, even if u searched it using this username u won't see it here on nairaland.com.


Am telling u this to up ur game. But blogging is not for everyone

Below was my final visitors of yesterday.


I spend an average of 18hrs a day writing, researching and also studying what people wants on a blog then I composed. See the time I replied u 1:47am, I have been awake since 12am, I will sleep towards 5am..
I don't copy /past its original content, even if u visit my blog u won't see my blog post cos I hide it using a code at the function.php section. It's only visible to Google n other search engines but there is a search box and menus to major articles.



Look below see how my traffic keeps increasing since January 1st..... 2,3rd and 4th almost hitting 20k

my dear you've proved him/her wrong no need for further details. #hardworkpays#

Porn is a very lucrative niche

Bros u talk true

propanet:
Porn is a very lucrative niche

explain

MrMcJay:
Everyone is jumping into blogging and doing the same thing. Sorry for una, nothing again. Even Linda Ikeji isn't making it from blogging like before. Instagram has killed her exclusivity. People now follow celebs directly and get the news themselves.

If you want to blog, why don't you blog on the following and stand out:

Real Estate
Primary and secondary education
Maternity and babycare

These niches aren't saturated and there's constant need for them. There are others but I'll let you discover them.

Absolute truth

3html:
I guess you are right, people now follow celebrities on their instagram and Twitter handle to get the information at first hand.

But truth be told it depends on what u put on about celebrities......
Like Linda ikeji siblings and house
Will buhari contesting for president in 2019?

Is pet edochi dead or alive?
20 nollywood actors that died in 2017
So on n so forth...
But if u now started talking about
Psquare visits unilag and Romans one girl
Buhari commission rail line in Kano
Buhari travel to space
Lindaikeji in cubana hotel ... And mind you you copied this from other blogs and such information is on hundreds of blog too... My brother u won't get traffic unless u want to advertise on Facebook nd Google.


Lindaikeji has diversified.




But to me the biggest blog in Nigeria now is naij.com it has much article that makes sense.... That u hardly find on their homepage except through search engines.


Nairaland on the other hand don't believe in advertisement, I have never seen where seun advertised his blog on Facebook or Google.
But most of my friends are following naij on Facebook.

There is a time your business needs Advert to push it to the next level. I believe by now 5 out of everything 10 of every Internet user in Nigeria should be following nairaland.com on Facebook.

Everyone has different strategies of handling businesses. Quoting Nairaland here as an example is like comparing NGOs with banks, while the former is comfortable with getting to people with average or not much profit the latter is looking for every avenue to make money from each activity. Whatsapp is being used all over the world but you ain't charged a penny yet, and no ad is being sold also. Be focused don't rush over profits. I can tell you that the traffic drawn to Nairaland today most blogs cannot compete with. Stop comparing, different businesses have different goals and their means of achieving those goals vary.

Lazy bloggers who ain't ready to do the real work of keyword research tobbiild a truly niche blog. You think focusing on black celebrity news is what niche blogs are about?

Your mates are quitting jobs for blogging, you are here spewing thrash.

Continue....

webincomeplus:
When some people hear the word "blogging", the first things that come to their minds are "celebrity gossip" and "adsense". And that alone explains why most Nigerian newbie blogger never go far.

Succeeding as a blogger, especially these days, is all about creativity. Gone are the days when blogging for passion would cut it. These days, get ready to blog about what people are actively searching the web for, not necessarily your passion. And you must be ready to look beyond Adsense.

For example, one of my Amazon niche sites earns about $600 monthly. The same site generates just 150-200, visits per day. If I were to rely on Adsense with such meager traffic, I won't earn $100 in one year! Ironically, I recently sold another site of mine that was earning around $120 per month through Adsense. Could you believe this site generates about 2000 daily unique visits? That's 1/5 of what I earn with an affiliate site that attracts less than 10% of the traffic. So, it's not all about Adsense. Adsense is a traffic volume game, and making headway with it takes a lot of time. Of course, it's much easier to reach 100 daily visits than it is to reach 1000 daily visits. And remember, 100 daily visits is enough to fetch you decent profit from Amazon affiliate marketing or any other reputable foreign affiliate program.

I agree with the OP that it's better to have a good job when starting a blog. And that's because blogging doesn't bring overnight returns. Sometimes, it could take up to one year or longer to start fetching decent monthly income. And of you're expecting quick returns from blogging, you'll get frustrated.

Finally, the argument that people should avoid blogging because it's saturated is the dumbest I've heard in recent times. Don't you know that most blogs out there end up being abandoned? Don't you know that more than 70 percent of blogs on the web are actually not fetching their owners anything? So, there's not as much competition as you think. I still started 2 fresh blogs six months ago, and both have started gaining traction, each already generating hundreds of visits daily. And they're even both targeted at Nigerians. So, no matter what, there will always be room for new players who have the sense creativity to stand out and can play their cards right.

please, that your amazon niche site, if you are not using Adsense on it, what ad network are you using ? or is it only through affiliate you earn on it?

nairalandfreak:

Dude... You dont knwo what you are saying.... We make good money, i mean the established ones amongst us.. I was inspired by Linda's story in 2013.. Today i have masters degree people working in my news platform.. And we make good money i mean millions... Even tho i am still an average guy... See sites like Naij make nothing less than 50million a month... Don't forget thta we have what is called direct advert from companies like MTN, BANKS, COCA COLA and so on each pay as high as 600k per month... Imaging having 6 of that kinda ads on your site? That is aside sponsored posts and your adsense gangan... Believe me... Stop beefing... Linda makes that money if you don,'t know.. You dont know!..


Modified * i'm not bragging but by next month i should start making as much as $12000, mind you im not a cheap blogger.. Im a news publisher with 5 people working on my site.. If you do it right you will make money right... It is not for the lazy! Or Dumb!


Modified again.. I wish i could tell you more but from my experience... Linda actually makes more thnan you are even seeing... Trust me!

Below is my earnings and im not even in top 400 in nigeria

wow. mehn this is massive
DETERMINATION
PERSISTENCE

kaymighty:



Everyone has different strategies of handling businesses. Quoting Nairaland here as an example is like comparing NGOs with banks, while the former is comfortable with getting to people with average or not much profit the latter is looking for every avenue to make money from each activity. Whatsapp is being used all over the world but you ain't charged a penny yet, and no ad is being sold also. Be focused don't rush over profits. I can tell you that the traffic drawn to Nairaland today most blogs cannot compete with. Stop comparing, different businesses have different goals and their means of achieving those goals vary.

Oga, Seun is just being in serious joo. Stop giving him unneeded excuses. Even Facebook advertises.

yeyerolling:
explain

People love sex, and as such majority resort to watching porn online these days; no body buys porn CDs anymore. If you can get our local girls preferably secondary school girls to do local porn for you and upload them on your blog it will drive in massive traffic which you can monetize in various ways. People are constantly searching for locally made naija porn on google every minutes but the results are scanty,, whites and every one loves naija ladies assess and pussies ; especially anal sex

propanet:

People love sex, and as such majority resort to watching porn online these days; no body buys porn CDs anymore. If you can get our local girls preferably secondary school girls to do local porn for you and upload them on your blog it will drive in massive traffic which ypou can monetize in various ways. People are constantly searching for locally made naija porn on google every minutes but the results are scanty,, whites and every one loves naija ladies assess and pussies ; especially anal sex

lol u na bad guy.

3html:
I guess you are right, people now follow celebrities on their instagram and Twitter handle to get the information at first hand.

But truth be told it depends on what u put on about celebrities......
Like Linda ikeji siblings and house
Will buhari contesting for president in 2019?

Is pet edochi dead or alive?
20 nollywood actors that died in 2017
So on n so forth...
But if u now started talking about
Psquare visits unilag and Romans one girl
Buhari commission rail line in Kano
Buhari travel to space
Lindaikeji in cubana hotel ... And mind you you copied this from other blogs and such information is on hundreds of blog too... My brother u won't get traffic unless u want to advertise on Facebook nd Google.


Lindaikeji has diversified.




But to me the biggest blog in Nigeria now is naij.com it has much article that makes sense.... That u hardly find on their homepage except through search engines.


Nairaland on the other hand don't believe in advertisement, I have never seen where seun advertised his blog on Facebook or Google.
But most of my friends are following naij on Facebook.

There is a time your business needs Advert to push it to the next level. I believe by now 5 out of everything 10 of every Internet user in Nigeria should be following nairaland.com on Facebook.

I won't advice my enemy to join nairaland, it's a messed up place

yeyerolling:
lol u na bad guy.

Na the koko be that o

What kind of negative advice is this?

You are asking people to get a job as if getting those good (and well paying) jobs is very simple, straight forward and easy.

Get realistic please.

Blogging is one of the ways out for tackling unemployment in the society we find ourselves in today.

Granted, everyone cannot and should not become bloggers but please don't discourage those who really want to attempt.

There's a saying that just because there are a hundred and one restaurants in your area does not mean you cannot set up your own restaurant.

It's all about how to be unique in what you do.

nairalandfreak:

[b]Dude...

Below is my earnings and im not even in top 400 in nigeria...

I've never typed this long on Nairaland

If you are the owner of naijanews.... Greetings I have been analyzing that too I must tell u... U are doing good

sharpwriter:


please, that your amazon niche site, if you are not using Adsense on it, what ad network are you using ? or is it only through affiliate you earn on it?

Only Amazon affiliate marketing, of course.

webincomeplus:
Only Amazon affiliate marketing, of course.

okk

Wise people will avoid blogging like a plague

usoroakpan:
i knw a lot of people think that blogging is a sharp way to success,but am telling you that blogging is harder than studying medicine. I mean professional blogging nt copy and paste. The truth is that blogging sphere is saturated and to be since new comers hav less than 1% chance to succeed except u hav more than 10million naira for promotion just like naij.com. Blogging require sacrifice,and patience,can u sacrife daily and wait 4 d next 4 years to earn. Thats a no. All niches you can think of hav bin filled even useles niches like slippers niche lol. My dear wannabe bloggers dnt be fooled by the income reports bloggers flaunt online,their main aim is to sell something to you, if they were actualy making such money they wil kip shut to avoid competition. Get a job first pls,a gud job that wil be feeding u,leave lindaikeji story alone,there are a lot to her succees than wat u are seeing,if you are webmaster that can calculate traffic and earnings you wil question her kind of wealth

What did you mean by wannabe blogger? We here all know that Blogging is not a day job to come to limelight. Are you thinking that those who venture into it don't know what they will face, you are being fallacious here. Everyone knows the tactics and strategy to use, Yours is different from theirs, How many years have you been blogging, are you enlightened enough before you started? Bloggers can't be talking the way you are talking,

I no too no how dem dey even they make money self.

Most blog wey I dey mistakenly open dey vex me sef...

3html:
I guess you are right, people now follow celebrities on their instagram and Twitter handle to get the information at first hand.

But truth be told it depends on what u put on about celebrities......
Like Linda ikeji siblings and house
Will buhari contesting for president in 2019?

Is pet edochi dead or alive?
20 nollywood actors that died in 2017
So on n so forth...
But if u now started talking about
Psquare visits unilag and Romans one girl
Buhari commission rail line in Kano
Buhari travel to space
Lindaikeji in cubana hotel ... And mind you you copied this from other blogs and such information is on hundreds of blog too... My brother u won't get traffic unless u want to advertise on Facebook nd Google.


Lindaikeji has diversified.




But to me the biggest blog in Nigeria now is naij.com it has much article that makes sense.... That u hardly find on their homepage except through search engines .....

1000% UPVOTE.

webincomeplus:
When some people hear the word "blogging", the first things that come to their minds are "celebrity gossip" and "adsense". And that alone explains why most Nigerian newbie blogger never go far.

Succeeding as a blogger, especially these days, is all about creativity. Gone are the days when blogging for passion would cut it. These days, get ready to blog about what people are actively searching the web for, not necessarily your passion. And you must be ready to look beyond Adsense.

For example, one of my Amazon niche sites earns about $600 monthly. The same site generates just 150-200, visits per day. If I were to rely on Adsense with such meager traffic, I won't earn $100 in one year! Ironically, I recently sold another site of mine that was earning around $120 per month through Adsense. Could you believe this site generates about 2000 daily unique visits? That's 1/5 of what I earn with an affiliate site that attracts less than 10% of the traffic. So, it's not all about Adsense. Adsense is a traffic volume game, and making headway with it takes a lot of time. Of course, it's much easier to reach 100 daily visits than it is to reach 1000 daily visits. And remember, 100 daily visits is enough to fetch you decent profit from Amazon affiliate marketing or any other reputable foreign affiliate program.

I agree with the OP that it's better to have a good job when starting a blog. And that's because blogging doesn't bring overnight returns. Sometimes, it could take up to one year or longer to start fetching decent monthly income. And of you're expecting quick returns from blogging, you'll get frustrated.

Finally, the argument that people should avoid blogging because it's saturated is the dumbest I've heard in recent times. Don't you know that most blogs out there end up being abandoned? Don't you know that more than 70 percent of blogs on the web are actually not fetching their owners anything? So, there's not as much competition as you think. I still started 2 fresh blogs six months ago, and both have started gaining traction, each already generating hundreds of visits daily. And they're even both targeted at Nigerians. So, no matter what, there will always be room for new players who have the sense creativity to stand out and can play their cards right.

Thank you sir

webincomeplus:

Only Amazon affiliate marketing, of course.

But wait o... Amazon things will be purchased more by usa Canada residents and foreigners... how do you gain sufficient foreign traffic to earn you that much?

usoroakpan:
naij is nt a one man blog

Were you at anytime into blogging?

Some truth there but doesn't apply to all, especially if fuel by passion.

This is just a LIE. To make money via blogging requires good blog traffic, and untill then, you can't make money blogging.

Fem months ago, I discovered how to build blog traffic under 30 days, thus the reason for my signature.
I'm also earning via my blog because of this.

Lets stop the discouragement right away！

kaymighty:



Everyone has different strategies of handling businesses. Quoting Nairaland here as an example is like comparing NGOs with banks, while the former is comfortable with getting to people with average or not much profit the latter is looking for every avenue to make money from each activity. Whatsapp is being used all over the world but you ain't charged a penny yet, and no ad is being sold also. Be focused don't rush over profits. I can tell you that the traffic drawn to Nairaland today most blogs cannot compete with. Stop comparing, different businesses have different goals and their means of achieving those goals vary.

Mr man we are talking business here, every business aim at profit at the end of the day.
I made references here so Seun could do same.
Look at Facebook today almost 70% of nigerians have Acount on Facebook... How was that actualize?
Nairaland do make good money from Advert... Seun accept nothing less than 20,000 from any advert here on his GTBank account.

When I talk I know what am saying. Ok

nairalandfreak:

Dude... You dont knwo what you are saying.... We make good money, i mean the established ones amongst us.. I was inspired by Linda's story in 2013.. Today i have masters degree people working in my news platform.. And we make good money i mean millions... Even tho i am still an average guy... See sites like Naij make nothing less than 50million a month... Don't forget thta we have what is called direct advert from companies like MTN, BANKS, COCA COLA and so on each pay as high as 600k per month... Imaging having 6 of that kinda ads on your site? That is aside sponsored posts and your adsense gangan... Believe me... Stop beefing... Linda makes that money if you don,'t know.. You dont know!..


Modified * i'm not bragging but by next month i should start making as much as $12000, mind you im not a cheap blogger.. Im a news publisher with 5 people working on my site.. If you do it right you will make money right... It is not for the lazy! Or Dumb!


Modified again.. I wish i could tell you more but from my experience... Linda actually makes more thnan you are even seeing... Trust me!

Below is my earnings and im not even in top 400 in nigeria...

I've never typed this long on Nairaland

I'd like to have a conversation with you. Would it be alright to pm you?

Strong thing do this guy i swear.

However there is truth in what he is saying. People look at ikeji and expect to buy a country from Blogging in 1-2 years. �

Anyways do what gives you joy. Its important.

the op may be right and wrong at the same time....right in the sense that blogging is not easy answering in the sense that it do sent pay again.....the other dude said he was motivated by Linda story and today he is making it...yeah, I too was motivated when 2 of my friends told me about blogging andi saw with my very eyes what they were earning...I saw real American dollars....
I open my blog by may 24 2016 and by October I earned and receive my first 350 USD....it was a surprise and it continue, til now I do hit an average of 1000USD monthly.....it's depends on your time and sacrifices..what you can offer and what techniques you are using..

You're clearly very ignorant, and this is evident in your thinly veiled cynical remark about the 'source' of Linda Ikeji's wealth.

At her peak, Linda was making more than $2k daily from Adsense alone, and a total monthly haul dangerously approaching N100m. Believe it or not.