It doesn’t take a lot to figure out that most of the bloggers who are trying to make money online is blogging in the dirty polluted make money online niche. Simon from Teenius.com has written a superb guest post here in this blog on whether you can still make money from the mmo niche or not. I’d recommend you to read that post as he has pointed out valid points about that topic.
Only a small fraction of bloggers in the MMO industry is actually making money (not a secret) from talking some craps about making money and the rest simply do not make anything. Listen, if you are a noob reading this and you’re planning to start a make money online blog then please don’t. Don’t and you’d thank me later, I swear. 😉
Credibility
In any niche, before people could even notice you on something you must establish credibility first and foremost. A good reason why a huge chunk of bloggers aren’t getting read is because they are not credible enough to pay attention to. Who would like to read an “expert” tip written by some Average Joe? “Heck, how would I even know this guy is for real?”
In MMO Niche, the only thing you need is…
…The actual experience of making money online. Yep, that’s right. In this business, today, you’ll never ever succeed talking about making money online if in the first place, you have no idea on how to do it!
I know what you are talking. How about the “follow me as I make money online” or “track the journey of a 12-yr old student on making money” kind of concept? The answer is those concepts are already obsolete. It doesn’t work anymore. A good number of people have probably had some success with that but right now, it’s already outdated and lame!
People are critical. If you speak on something that you really don’t know, even if you’re claiming it’s just your personal opinion, you’re gonna get busted. And the news that “your blog is just a crap” spreads faster than good mentions. You don’t want to ruin your ENTIRE name just because of this mistake.
Dig Deeper in what you really know
“How about you Melvin? You are blogging in the dirty niche; do you have an experience with the crap you’re talking about?” The answer is yes. If you are a long time reader of this blog, you probably already know everything about me. How I started within a sports niche, got into the beginners mistake of using Adsense ONLY, getting into internet marketing, making a ton of money (ton w/c is equal to my standards. 😉 ) with affiliate marketing, engaging into some blackhat, doing freelance work (for startup cash), doing SEO-related stuffs, and a whole lot more.
I probably am qualified (or not) to talk into this niche, but I beg not to. Why? Because mmo is already a niche that has a lot of qualified people to speak into. In fact, these are people who know MORE than what I know.
So instead I just dug deeper and went into the marketing part of blogging. I am an internet marketer, have bought tons of stupid eBooks, got enrolled in a lot of quality coaching programs and have about 3 years of experience. And that’s why I try to incorporate all of this into blogging where I know I’ve done well because of the fact that I have the knowledge on how to market my sites.
Ok enough self promo. We all want to make money online and become (or look like) expert in our own areas. But don’t do the mistake of getting into something, just because you feel it’s ideal. You cannot claim yourself as a blogging expert if you just write crappy articles, you can’t fool people you are a loss weight expert if you yourself aren’t fit.
Hmmm.. Is there something fishy that we need to know about you? 😀
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Hahahaha! How true how true Melvin! I agree with you – actually, my experiences are similar to yours in the MMO arena, with mine dating back to 2005 I think! I just met up one of my internet marketing friends, and I shared with him that my highest in a month is a glorious USD86.51! (never repeated since then though…)
Well, the path that I seem to be leaning to is also blogging as a great marketing platform, be it for branding, SEO or even PPC purposes. The monetisation is also great, for any businesses or for the individual who would love to make money writing on their passion(s) or topics of interest. =)
However, another thing we can consider is the *intention* of the blogger – if the blogger takes the blog as a documentary or a progressive journal where he/she simply jots down their experiences in MMO, and monetises and tests, then I believe it is more ethical and straightforward more than a wanna-be who claims high and mighty, is it not?
I believe Building Credibility is the most important. You need to achieve a certain level in front of your readers.
And also you need to give your readers the best after filtering out.
.-= Agent Deepak | Blogging. Marketing & Success´s last blog ..Blog Launch Post Series and Giveaway =-.
your post has discouraged me….;-(……
i have not enough stories to tell when it comes to money making but i want to be a good helpful blogger
.-= Tushar´s last blog ..Higher Visits = Higher Popularity!!!! Not Always Dude…. =-.
With entire MMO blog in the internet, It is surely that a prove is a must in MMO niche to be believed by MMO readers. It is because MMO is serious thing and a prove make you look a serious and reputable in MMO niche.
.-= Dana @ Blogging Tips Blog´s last blog ..Another Blogging Disaster To Be Anticipated =-.
not really Tushar. I don’t think your blogging in a make money online niche are you? 🙂
Well the main point of this post is that nowadays its hard to make a good reputation when you’re not really reputed to talk on things. Before it used to work but now its different.
Well, you got one point right here. MMO bloggers should only preach stuff that they have practiced. Many times that is not the case.
I wouldn’t quite call myself an MMO blogger (but more a blogger that makes money and shares how LOL). However, I make it a point to write about affiliate products, websites, software etc that I have used myself.
.-= Ajith Edassery´s last blog ..How HTML5 can change your Blog and Blogging? =-.
Before I started writing on my MMO blog I’ve been busy with online businesses from a young age. I found long ago that it’s important to realize what you’re good at and skip over the things that only waste your time.
One problem with the MMO niche is trying to touch on every part of making money online but it’s virtually impossible for a single person to have their hands in every aspect of it. Instead, we’re all good a a handful of things that accounts for the majority of our online income.
For me, freelance writing is my largest money maker so I choose to write predominantly about it. I also dig deep into eCommerce because of my experience working for a successful eCommerce company and my experience as a web designer.
I think this lends to my credibility because I stay transparent. I’m not promising the world to people, just a way to start and begin earning a modest amount online.
.-= Murlu´s last blog ..Minimal Lifestyle For The Online Entrepreneur =-.
Yep thats a great point as well Nigel. People have gotten tired with all those so-called gurus taking their money time and time again
True Murlu. The most reason why a lot of mmo bloggers fail badly is because they claim to teach everything. I mean as you said, there as many ways to make money online but no one can do all of them. People just do what they feel they could and follow an expert into that field.
Nice addition.
Definitely true man, one’s credentials and credibility as well as authority is important in influencing others who are in similar situations.
Reminds me of a saying I heard way back when I was a grass hopper, that goes like this:
“Who you are speaks so loudly, I can’t hear a word you’re saying”
which, when translated means:
If your actions don’t support your verbiage, it really doesn’t matter what you say or how you say it. People will sniff out a fake in under 30 seconds.
.-= James Neil´s last blog ..Content Writing Made Easy =-.