Building A Successful Blog - Make A Living Blogging

Make a successful blog, using our step-by-step proven strategy! Passive and beginner friendly!

What you'll learn

The exact strategies I used to scale a blog to 6 figures in revenue in 18 months.

How to build a blog from scratch using Wordpress, in less than an hour.

How to setup your blog to be optimised for site speed metrics.

My SOP’s used to create successful at scale and create your own repeatable processes.

How to monetise your site to generate passive income.

How and when to sell your blog for a profit.

Generate evergreen content ideas for your blog.

Harness AI tools to increase content production.

Optimise blog posts for SEO, to bring organic search traffic to your blog.

Select a profitable niche that will allow your blog to get real traffic.

Requirements

No prior knowledge of blogging is needed.

We will be walking through the basics from site creation, to more advanced monetisation techniques and sale valuations - you will learn it all, regardless of your current experience!

A blog will cost around $5 per month to host. This setup will be detailed in the course, however, it’s an unavoidable monthly cost!

Description

Forrest is a blog owner, finding success with his first blog in the gardening niche which earned around 400 dollars per month. Following this success, Forrest built a blog in the finance niche and earned over $130,000 within 18 months - with 2 months surpassing 20,000 in profit per month.Following this success, Forrest has setup a range of blogs for his own portfolio and business associates, in a variety of niches using his repeatable process to build, grow and scale blogs.Are you looking to build a blog from scratch that can earn you a passive income each and every day? Is your goal to setup multiple blogs each earning you revenue and grow your passive income portfolio?In this course, there are over 7 hours of lectures in which you’ll be learning ‘over the shoulder’ and leveraging Forrest’s 7 years of hands on SEO experience in one of the most packed blogging courses on Udemy.By the end of this course, you will have:Purchased/set up a domain and Wordpress web hosting.Optimised Wordpress for a quick blog.Tweaked your blogs design, based on preference.Installed plugins to skyrocket your blogs success.Conducted agency level keyword research.Written SEO optimised content that actually drives traffic.Used AI to increase your productivity.Chosen and implemented your monetisation strategy to earn money from your blog.A great understanding of your options for generating backlinks.A clear picture of how websites are valued and your option for a future exit.You’re obviously on the fence or seriously considering starting a blog, or you wouldn’t be reading this!So, why should you start a blog?Blogs are digital assets that can earn passive income for you each day.Blogs are evergreen.Websites sell for around 30x multiple of monthly revenue. E.G A blog earning 500 per month is valued at a sale price of 15,000.Owning 2 successful blogs allowed Forrest to buy a property and changed my life.Blogging is a very low investment, with just 5 dollars per month on hosting fees!Blogging isn’t ‘too technical’, thanks to the great tools on the market.All subjects you’re passionate about can earn you money!You’ll be following along over Forrest’s shoulder as you create a blog without all of the fluff and noise! You’ll be using tried and tested methods to get your blog live and on the internet quickly and without spending thousands. You’ll learn exactly how to bring traffic to your blog, which is what will be earning you passive income each month.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Who Am I?

Lecture 2 What You'll Be Learning In This Course

Lecture 3 The Costs Associated With Blogging

Lecture 4 The Mindset Of A Blogger

Section 2: Groundwork

Lecture 5 Understanding The Financial Potential Of Your Blog

Lecture 6 How To Select A Niche

Lecture 7 How To Find A Sub-Niche

Lecture 8 Niches You Should Be Avoiding

Lecture 9 Purchasing A Killer Domain

Lecture 10 Optional - The Power Of Aged Domains

Lecture 11 Why Choose Wordpress As Your CMS

Lecture 12 Purchasing Wordpress Hosting & Domain Setup

Lecture 13 Logging Into Wordpress

Section 3: Blog Setup

Lecture 14 Wordpress Walkthrough

Lecture 15 Basic Wordpress Settings (General & Permalinks)

Lecture 16 Creating User Profiles

Lecture 17 Creating Pages - About Us

Lecture 18 Creating Pages - Privacy Policy

Lecture 19 Creating Pages - Contact Us

Lecture 20 Choosing & Installing A Wordpress Theme

Lecture 21 Setting Up Google Search Console

Section 4: Plugin Setup

Lecture 22 What Is A Plugin & Why Do You Need Them?

Lecture 23 Installing Smush

Lecture 24 Installing Caching Plugin

Lecture 25 Installing Yoast SEO

Lecture 26 Installing CookieYes

Section 5: Blog Design & Refinements

Lecture 27 Creating & Uploading A Favicon

Lecture 28 Creating & Uploading A Logo

Lecture 29 Theme Customisation - Colours & Menu Bars

Lecture 30 The Importance Of Not Being Design Focused

Lecture 31 Testing Core Web Vitals

Section 6: Keyword Research

Lecture 32 What Is Keyword Research & Why Is It So Important?

Lecture 33 Low Competition Keywords Vs High Competition Keywords

Lecture 34 Paid Keyword Research Tools

Lecture 35 Free Keyword Research Tools

Lecture 36 Keyword Research Method 1 - Answer Socrates

Lecture 37 Keyword Research Method 2 - Keyword Chef

Lecture 38 Keyword Research Method 3 - Competitor Analysis

Lecture 39 Keyword Research Method 4 - ChatGPT

Lecture 40 Keyword Research Method 5 - MozBar + People Also Ask

Lecture 41 Creating A Keyword/Blog Topic Hit List

Section 7: Writing Blog Posts

Lecture 42 The Importance Of Blog Posts

Lecture 43 What Makes A Good Blog Post?

Lecture 44 The Ideal Length Of A Blog Post

Lecture 45 Adding Images & Videos To Blog Posts

Lecture 46 Creating A Perfect SOP To Write Blog Posts That Rank

Lecture 47 Using ChatGPT To Increase Content Production Speeds & Eliminate Writers Block

Lecture 48 Creating Captivating Blog Titles Using AI

Lecture 49 The Perfect Volume Of Blog Posts Per Week

Lecture 50 Scheduling Blog Posts In Wordpress

Lecture 51 Finalising A Blog Post For Upload

Lecture 52 SEO Optimising A Blog Post With Yoast

Section 8: Creating Blog Posts Using AI

Lecture 53 What Is AI Content?

Lecture 54 Is AI Content Successful In Search Engines?

Lecture 55 Are There Risks Of Using AI Content?

Lecture 56 How Much Money Does AI Content Cost?

Lecture 57 How To Optimise AI Content On Your Website

Lecture 58 The Risk Of Uploading Bulk Content

Section 9: Monetisation Of Your Blog

Lecture 59 Make Money With Advertising

Lecture 60 Make Money With Affiliate Product Offerings

Lecture 61 Make Money With Guest Posts

Lecture 62 Make Money Selling Your Own Products

Lecture 63 Make Money With An Email List

Lecture 64 Driving Traffic To Affiliate Links Through Organic Posts

Section 10: Generating Backlinks For Your Blog

Lecture 65 What Is A Backlink?

Lecture 66 Method 1 - Buying Backlinks

Lecture 67 Method 2 - Obtaining Links Naturally

Lecture 68 Method 3 - Guest Posts

Lecture 69 Method 4 - Backlink Magnets

Section 11: Using Social Media For Blog Traffic

Lecture 70 The Benefits Of Social Proof

Lecture 71 Pinterest Traffic

Lecture 72 YouTube Traffic

Section 12: Selling Your Blog (Optional)

Lecture 73 Calculating A Blogs Valuation

Lecture 74 Where To Sell Your Blog

Lecture 75 Calculating ROI From Blogs

This course will suit anyone with no experience in making money online or blogging, but keen to learn,This course will suit blog owners looking to reoptimise their blogs for success and scale,This course will suit anyone looking to learn from someone with a real track record of success blogging, rather than just knowledgable on theory,This course will suit anyone who wants to make a living from creating and running blogs/websites