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5 Skills For Making Money Through Your Blog

Last Updated on October 13, 2020 by Ryan Biddulph 39 Comments

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Making money through blogging seems like a Herculean task to many.

The sheer number of ways and means to profit through your blog may cause analysis paralysis.

One pressing problem strickens most bloggers; they mistakenly believe the income streams themselves make money.

This is as silly a notion as believing a hammer can push a nail into a wall on its own.

The carpenter needs to develop the skills to effectively use the hammer towards a certain end.

You need to learn how to develop certain skills to effectively make money blogging through various income streams.

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I can blog about affiliate marketing, writing eBooks, freelancing and creating online courses until the cows come home. The skills you cultivate are the true money makers. The income streams are mere channels through which you earn cash.

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  • 5 Skills To Make Money Through Your Blog
  • 1. Cultivate The Art Of Making Friends
  • 2. Be Patiently Persistent
  • 3: Be Habitually Compassionate
  • 4. Sell The Dream
  • 5. Be Charismatic
  • Your Turn On Making Money Through Your Blog

5 Skills To Make Money Through Your Blog

Develop these 5 skills to make money through your blog.

1. Cultivate The Art Of Making Friends

Making friends is easy to top bloggers but painfully difficult to struggling bloggers.

Top earners seem to make friends with ease. This crowd simply gives, promotes, features and interviews other bloggers more freely than the struggling crowd.

Make friends to make bank. Help *other* bloggers make money by promoting them on social media, by tweeting their latest posts, by referring their services to folks who would be a good fit and by featuring these individuals on your blog.

You need to build a blogging network so that you have a blogging circle who support you.

If you can easily make friends – by helping others – you lay the foundation for making money through your blog.

Related: How To Monetize Your Blog Without Ads? And, Make Money Online

2. Be Patiently Persistent

Being persistent is one thing. Some bloggers keep at it but do so from an impatient, expectant space.

The more prospering crowd helps people, solves problems, makes friends and enjoys the ride as they patiently and calmly persist through the ups and downs we all face as bloggers.

Develop the skill of being patiently persistent. Keep at it. Even if it doesn’t seem to be working out. Maybe you need to change directions. Or maybe you need to stay on course for a bit longer. In either case, if you calmly persist with blogging you will have no issues earning a full-time income over the long haul.

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3: Be Habitually Compassionate

Top-earning bloggers tend to drip with compassion.

These people are really good at feeling your pain and sharing solutions to help you experience pleasure, so you can avoid the pain.

I love helping my readers see and feel any pain they may have been avoiding because being aversive only sustains your misery. By being present with the needs, the hopes, the dreams and the sufferings of our community I can better connect with anybody who stumbles upon my blog.

Successful bloggers are human. This lot may get annoyed sometimes. But largely, if they cross your path on one of your bad days you betcha they will lend a compassionate, caring ear to help you through your struggles.

Develop the habit of being compassionate. Once you can connect with a reader’s problems and struggles they are more likely to connect with you, hire you or buy your products.

People prosper bloggers who genuinely care about their plight.

==> Related: How do bloggers get paid to blog? Find out all ideas to make money and get paid.

4. Sell The Dream

Profiting through blogging is not all about pain points and suffering.

Bloggers who develop the skill of selling an inspired dream generate steady profits online.

I may hit on pain points but I also sell a spectacular dream to connect with my readers.

I help people retire to a life of island hopping through smart blogging. Even if you have no intentions to travel long term you probably want to feast on that dream, at least vicariously through me.

Sell a dream through your blog. Inspire people to move into action to make their dreams come true. If you’ve yet to live your dreams just share your journey toward living your dream life. Being authentic means everything in this regard.

5. Be Charismatic

This is the toughest skill to develop because bloggers generally believe being charismatic is a quality you are born with. Not true.

I was a wallflower for 36 years of my life. I began circling the globe, slowly leaving my shell like a globetrotting turtle.

In the last year or so I noted more interviewers, podcast hosts, and interviewers mention me being charismatic. Exuding that “it” energy. Like, this gal or guy has “it”.

I developed the skill of being charismatic by recording thousands of videos. 8 years ago I was a self-conscious, tense, stiff individual, worried about how I looked and sounded on camera. I rarely filmed videos longer than 2 minutes.

Now I can crack jokes and teach blogging for 6 hours straight, as I did via my blogging audio course.

Although some are born with this skill you can develop charisma through creating videos, through running a podcast and through getting a comfortable meeting and greeting people offline.

Being a charismatic blogger magnetizes you to interviews, features, and all sorts of guest posting opportunities that help you make money through your blog.

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What money making skills can you add to this list?

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About Ryan Biddulph

Ryan Biddulph is a blogger, author and world traveler who's been featured on Richard Branson's Virgin Blog, Forbes, Fox News, Entrepreneur, John Chow Dot Com and Neil Patel Dot Com. He has written and self-published 126 bite-sized eBooks on Amazon. Ryan can help you retire to a life of island hopping through smart blogging at Blogging From Paradise

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  1. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 21, 2017 at 19:28

    Hi Arfa,

    Thanks for the opportunity!

    Ryan

  2. Ahmad Imran says

    May 22, 2017 at 02:30

    Ryan, poinot no. 2 is a great one. Not just persistent but “patiently persistant”. I can totally relate to your point. It is so important for new bloggers to have this concept weaved into their blogging journey. Glad to see you at Arfa’s blog. Nice article.

  3. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 22, 2017 at 03:29

    Ahmad great to see you here buddy πŸ™‚

    Ryan

  4. Natalie says

    May 22, 2017 at 18:25

    Great tips for building a community! Its a lot of hard work but I’m hoping I can do it πŸ™‚

  5. Nadalie says

    May 22, 2017 at 19:30

    Hey Afra,

    Thanks for this! I needed to hear it. I’m kind of tackling selling something on my blog this week and yeah, it’s patience and everything you’ve mentioned above.

    Thanks for the encouragement,

    Nadalie, It’s All You Boo

  6. Fernando Smolders says

    May 22, 2017 at 19:36

    So it’s all about personality? haha
    Thanks for sharing, I like the no.2, sometimes impatient can be our enemy.

    Thanks for sharing πŸ™‚

  7. Arfa Nazeer says

    May 22, 2017 at 21:29

    Ryan,

    Thanks for writing for my blog πŸ™‚

  8. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 22, 2017 at 21:32

    You can Natalie πŸ˜‰

  9. Arfa Nazeer says

    May 22, 2017 at 21:33

    Thanks, Ahmad for visiting and sharing your opinion on Ryan’s post. Point no 2 is definitely a nice one. (And, gaining persistence is the hardest task!)

  10. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 22, 2017 at 21:36

    Awesome Nadalie πŸ˜‰ Glad the post came at the right time.

    Ryan

  11. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 22, 2017 at 21:40

    It helps Fernando πŸ˜‰

    Ryan

  12. Mikaela says

    May 22, 2017 at 23:26

    These are all great points! I have been very persistent and I can see an improvement in my posts from when I started writing to now. I am also working on networking with other bloggers.

  13. silvia says

    May 23, 2017 at 00:27

    That’s so true, enjoying the ride and taking the time to become a part of the community is the best way to build a strong base for your blog. I think being honest, involved and kind to your readers and fellow bloggers is more important than anything.

  14. Saher says

    May 23, 2017 at 00:28

    Such an amazing post????

  15. Brittany says

    May 23, 2017 at 00:47

    I totally agree with being human. Seeing my favorite bloggers be humans who make mistakes makes me feel like I know them even better. Like they’re friends!

  16. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 23, 2017 at 02:18

    If you care for your readers Silvia awesome things happen. Great add!

    Ryan

  17. Emily says

    May 23, 2017 at 19:16

    These are great tips! Every one talks about the procedures and processes, but these soft skills are just as important if not more!

  18. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 24, 2017 at 00:19

    Mikaela that’s great πŸ™‚

    Ryan

  19. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 24, 2017 at 00:20

    Exactly Emily because these skills are the underscoring money makers. Bingo!

    Ryan

  20. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 24, 2017 at 00:21

    Brittany this was a huge turning point with my blog years ago. Being open about my mistakes helped folks connect with me more deeply.

    Ryan

  21. Serena says

    May 24, 2017 at 11:15

    I love this post! These are traits I find the best bloggers have!

  22. Belle says

    May 24, 2017 at 12:33

    Networking is truly important as a blogger (at any stage). I’ve recently have been reaching out to make new blogger friends I hope things pan out.

  23. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 24, 2017 at 17:48

    Thanks for reading Serena πŸ™‚

    Ryan

  24. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 24, 2017 at 17:49

    Awesome Belle. Things will work nicely for you πŸ™‚

    Ryan

  25. Hassaan Khan says

    May 25, 2017 at 01:02

    Hi, Ryan!

    Glad to see you. I believe in being patiently persistent. I think that your passion should drive you nuts, and on the flip side, you show up every day calm and quite believing in the long-term game.

    Keep inspiring us.

    All the best!

  26. Cherryl says

    May 25, 2017 at 01:34

    Really good tips! Thanks for sharing!

  27. Nazeer Ahmed Arijo says

    May 26, 2017 at 10:47

    Excellent tips for intellectual energy to develop blogging with earnings.

  28. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 26, 2017 at 16:08

    Thanks Nazeer πŸ™‚

    Ryan

  29. lovet says

    May 26, 2017 at 19:26

    Hi Ryan, happy to meet you again. Very helpful post. I think “Patient Persistence” is the watchword for any blogger aiming to monetize their blog.

  30. Ryan Biddulph says

    May 26, 2017 at 21:03

    Exactly Lovet and great to see you again πŸ™‚

    Ryan

  31. Farah says

    June 16, 2017 at 01:17

    I love these tips, thanks! πŸ™‚

  32. Ariel says

    June 16, 2017 at 08:42

    Great points! I’ve been working on engagement a lot lately – not only do I get more traffic and love to my own blog, but I find other great quality blogs!

  33. Arfa Nazeer says

    June 17, 2017 at 02:48

    Thanks, Farah!

  34. Kaylee says

    June 21, 2017 at 18:21

    These are all great tips, I think I struggle the most with being patient through the process of growing.

  35. Arfa Nazeer says

    June 21, 2017 at 20:23

    Thanks, Kaylee! Consistency is truly important.

  36. Tara says

    June 22, 2017 at 08:20

    I agree that being charismatic is something that you can learn. It’s not easy, but you can do it!

  37. Arfa Nazeer says

    June 23, 2017 at 21:01

    Absolutely Tara!

  38. Cassy says

    October 5, 2017 at 00:13

    Patience is definitely SUPER important! When people ask how I made my blog profitable and started working with companies, I usually start out by saying that it took me a year of just blogging for myself before companies started taking notice. You often need to build up some credibility before money starts coming in!

  39. Jodi says

    October 5, 2017 at 00:36

    Gosh really great tips! I think these are all so accurate. Charismatic, compassionate are all qualities I am striving to be as an influencer in the blogging world. I think people genuinley want to feel as if you care and want that connection with you. Couldn’t agree with you more!

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