Why build a website to make money :
First steps & pre-requisites - Part 1
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hi my name is robert from amazon associates
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welcome to the first part of why buIld a website to make money after watching
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this video you will know why should build your own website and what skills
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are help for you will also learn how you can find a topic to write about
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enjoy why build a website to make money
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there are a whole range of reasons why people build a website or a block
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foremost website creators fun is the first and foremost reason you will
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eventually build your own community that will read your articles leave comments
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and make acquaintances with interesting and useful people in addition you will
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also learn a lot of technical know-how
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however one of the main reasons is to make money from a meaningful activity
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nowadays it's not unusual for website owners to cover their website coasts and
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make profit some websites can make a full time income but success will not
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come overnight and these website owners spend a lot of time and work very hard
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on monetizing their website skills a blogger or website owner should have
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many people spend a lot of time thinking about whether they have the necessary
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skill set to succeed at creating a website the following skills can be
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helpful enjoying creating articles for your topic when building a website or a
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block the most important thing that will help you to be successful is to create
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interesting useful and compelling content it is really helpful to have a
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genuine interest in what your website is about because the content needs to be
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written and uploaded to your website on regular and consistent basis of course
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it is possible to build a website about something you have no real interest in
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however there is a huge risk
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that's the initial enthusiasm of setting this website up will quickly disappear
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as you may get bored with the subject matter
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this is probably the biggest mistake made by people who are new to internet
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marketing to right well this skill can be difficult to master as writing
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language style and tones can be very subjective the way an author for a
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financial block approaches writing is probably in comfortable with the way a
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blogger for gaming site rights
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therefore you should use a wording guide that will fit to your target group good
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vocabulary spelling and grammar unnecessary but there is no need for you
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to be a perfect offer we searched knowing how to do your research becomes
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important when you write about other topics than your own thoughts and
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experiences it's important to be able to look at something from all possible
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angles and putting together arguments
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discipline and perseverance usually a block of a website will slowly and
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overtime attract a bigger readership that means perseverance is the key
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another important aspect is work discipline because even in phases where
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you are less motivated adding new content regulary is still important
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just as important it is that you are not afraid to fail implement new ideas on
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your website because that's the best way to get new experiences how to find a
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topic to write about the key purpose of your website or blog is to help your
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readers in a choosen market niche this means that you need to answer questions
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which you visitors are asking for help them and solving problems in order to
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build a successful website or blog that will earn you money
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there are certain characteristics that it should have
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evergreen topic you probably want to have a high number of visitors and sales
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every day for this you need to make sure that your topic is non-seasonal for
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example it will be difficult to monetize a christmas-themed website or year on
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because this topic will only gain seasonal traffic
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helpful information a good website or blog is not just about recommending
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products your website should at first have your visitors and provide them with
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useful information if you deliver key information it would walk visitors to
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your website and hopefully they will return to the topic which a product can
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be related to you could build a website about any topic but foreign affiliate
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website it will only work if people are buying products related to the topic
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always think about the customer journey
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what would you search for before buying the product if you don't consider that
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you will generate less sales writing potential the topic you decide on needs
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to have enough material to write about if you make your topic choice too narrow
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then there is the risk of running out of subjects to write about a good subject
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is also distinguished by its future potential finally it's important that
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the topic can still have content created around it in years to come
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thanks for watching in the next video you will learn how to find article ideas
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about your topic and about failures you should avoid before starting a website