Making Money with Blogging
Maybe You Need A “Start Here” Page If You’re Making Money With Blogging
Give your reader what they need when they need it – fast and easy. Perhaps a bit like you, most people will not spend a lot of time clicking through your site unless they see something that interests them.
As you spend time building a blog, creating attractive content, inspiring others and providing helpful information, the truth is that the internet moves too fast to stop and have a second look. Unfortunately, that also means that users move on somewhere else with a similar speed. Google Analytics calls this a “bounce rate” – they bounce off your page.
What if there was a way to make them stop and look a little longer?
Adding a “quick value proposition” within the first 10 seconds of your visitors arrival could provide the necessary exposure for users to get to know what your online presence is about and what you can do for them.
(The average time a person stays on a page is less than one minute.)
As much as you may provide insightful information in a well-crafted blog, you may just be missing a great chance to make money blogging by ignoring the clues. It would not only keep your users on your site, it will improve their experience so that they will return.
What your website needs is a “Start Here” page!
About Page vs Start Here Page
You surely have your “About” page. You’ve rewritten it over and over again to perfection – keep it there.
It lets others know who you are, what your blog is about and what moves you. There’s nothing wrong with that and you are doing well in keeping that information available for people that want to know more about YOU and some general insight on your business and blog.
Your start page is for people that want to know about your business and your blog, more precisely, for those people that want to know where to head to grab exactly what they want.
The page needs to be the starting point to the path that you want them to take – ideally one that goes through plenty of content you created, ending up in plenty of revenue for you.
Think of it as a map for visitors to easily navigate your content. As much quality as it surely has, this is your chance to let people find what they want in an easy way – a people friendly “Site Map”.
Make Navigation Easy
Your Blog start page should include easy-to-follow information that will make your visitors know exactly what they can obtain from it.
Simple information that the page should include:
√ Who you are. It will inform the visitor of your credentials in covering the areas that brought them there. Be concise, you want people to go through it straight to your content.
√ What you offer. If you deliver a service, be detailed about it. If you write about flowers, tell people what to expect.
√ Where they can easily find the required content. Give them a map, structure it easily by subjects and go through what’s most popular. Direct links to content or categories help, a search bar goes a long way.
√ How to connect. Let people know how to reach you at any time in case of need.
√ Have the information ready. Anticipate what people are visiting you for and what they want to find.
Your “Start Here” page may just be the factor that helps them to decide how to start a blog to make money. If you’ve made it this far without one, you can only imagine the lengths it will take you once you’ve decided to include it.
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Terry
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