NEPA BlogCon 2015: Profiting From Your Passions

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Profiting From Your PassionsElspeth MisiaszekeMarketing Copywriter

• Raised in Bradford County, PA by a stay-at-home dad

• Self-supporting entrepreneur for over (7) years

• I teach sales copywriting to heart-centered entrepreneurs & bloggers

… I believe that…

Meet Elspeth Misiaszek

You Deserve to Profit from Your Passions

Who wants to learn

9 Ways to Use Your Blog to Create a Profit from Your

Passion

According to Wordpress.com…

Total New Blogs in 2014

18,300,771

*That’s 49,997 new blogs per day!

Pick a Blogging Niche

1,000 True Fans • Theory by Kevin Kelly from Technium

1,000 True Fans paying you $100 / year = $100,000 / year

There are 7 billion people in the world

What if your blog had…1,000 True Fans paying $10 /

month = $120,000 / year

Create a membership site specific to your niche.

Memberships for Premium Content

• Ask vendors for first-time-buyer discounts

• Turn old blogs into more detailed blogs • Create member-only printable graphics • Sponsor a forum or group to encourage

engagement

Ask for Advertisers to Join You What types

of businesses would be uniquely

interested in getting to know your 1,000 True

Fans & the rest of your audience?

Smaller Site? Offer More Value

• Get creative with value added options • Leverage the size of your social

media network• Position yourself as an authority

Create Joint Ventures & Grow Your Audience

• Get to know your colleagues & competitors • Ask for the opportunities you’re

seeking • Be sure to give back = to what you

receive

More Ways to Profit from Your Passions…

What happens after you’ve: #1 Picked a niche#2 Engaged 1,000 true fans#3 Created a membership site #4 Asked for advertisers &#5 Started leveraging joint ventures ???

You could …

#6 Write a Book or a Few Mini-Books#7 Expand Your Area of Expertise#8 Offer Coaching & Mentoring Programs #9 Sell Your Blog / Plan an Exit Strategy

There is no right or wrong way to profit from your

passions.

Any questions?

Web: http://emarketingcopywriter.comTwitter: @Elspeth81Email: em@emarketingcopywriter.com

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