After years of blogging I am at that stand point from where I don’t plan to come back, I enjoy my work, I enjoy my blogging, and I just love interacting with my readers. You can say blogging was always my passion, while I have seen some people disappear from networks suddenly, what is killing them? I think, may be due to high expectations of earning money, not getting expected response, or simply were they here for some time pass? There are so many things today people can take to like videocasting, lifestreaming, social messaging, networking, etc. the list is just endless, Internet and search engines have opened up great avenues for us and vast field of knowledge and entertainment.

Till recently, everything was fine when suddenly I started getting emails from my networks of friend whether they should quit blogging and take up some other serious job, I thought for a while,  was that a joke, they have been doing all this time? Well some might say no, whatever it may be but that question digged deeper in my heart and that is why I have come up with this blog today, for all the people who have had great misconceptions about blogging industry, I had advice you:

1. To stick to your blogging for its your passion and there are ups and downs, but you need not fear.
2. Certainly blogging is not dead, its an evolving concept, thousands of people are getting hooked to it each day for making money, should you be left out?
3. Evolve yourself out of your daily routine, like reading other’s blogs, getting ideas, interacting with users, etc.
4. By useful to someone through your blogs, make needs meet and solve people’s problem by showing some sympathy and giving helping hand by supporting someone in their cause.
5. Producing content is your mantra, excel ahead in that. Its just not networking and book marking, millions of people search web each day for content.
6. Experiment different mediums for your blogging, you can use best of abilities to achieve your targets by hook or by crook by gathering people over your blogs.
7. People often jump around different mediums and at the end they achieve nothing to call of their own, I want you to build your home base which you can call your own.
8. Build a brand of your own, mediums are not forever they will come and go, a successful entrepreneur is the one who thinks beyond the present that will last forever that is “Brand”.
9. Don’t get too possessive about your blogs, be open to ideas or comments given by people on your blogs, have full RSS feeds on the site. You should know what you want to achieve and blend everything towards that direction.
10. Success doesn’t come in just one day, so don’t abandon your blog if you don’t see any results, it’s an evolving process so let it take its own sweet time. You have given your best so you expect best results which will follow, build more creative contents, and evolve through it and leverage that is the best technique to follow for all the bloggers.

For some, blogging is just not the only profession, people from different industries are taking up blogging not just to make extra money but because they like this job and want to engage some of their time in talking to people, although they might not have full time to write, writing few blogs per week isn’t that big deal. I have few of my friends, some are in to medicine, some are engineers, doctors, etc. they feel that they being left behind, especially when there is so much happening over networks each day because they are partial bloggers they feel that its just hopeless to keep blogging, if you are facing this dilemma, no worries, stick to both of your profession, even when I am a professional blogger I don’t have much time on my hands to engage in what is latest in blogging technology, things will evolve and emerge each working day that doesn’t mean you should stop doing your work. Even I get such overwhelming feelings some times, but see today where I stand, I see beyond present, the best thing you should be thinking, is “that although you don’t follow latest things you at least know what is happening”, from my view point this is more than enough.

There are so many people rushing from one end to another, achieving nothing, is this their final goal? These are mostly the people who are diverted or distracted from their jobs and they are experimenting new things, its not wrong to take up new things but not always there should be some place at the last you can call your own, as I mentioned earlier, something that you can call your “homebase”, the industry which you belong to. I know, I have good hands on writing and I know I have the ability to pull in audience, so I am making maximum advantage of my talent. Lastly my advice to all is keep blogging, your niche is blogging, if you have started off, don’t let it stop in middle and “Blogging Is Not Dead”, for God’s sake keep that fear out of your minds.

Life wasn’t that easy when I started off 5 years ago, firstly, I dint had any finance to start off something of my own which I always dreamt off, since I was a child. I was a regular student going to school, finished my college, etc. until the day I finished my high grads I dint had a bit of idea of what I can do and where I stand today, when I think of my hay days I really think, how life would have been if I wouldn’t have been in to the world of Internet. As they say, they say it right and I completely agree to the old time saying, “Opportunity doesn’t knock twice”, for me there were lots of ups and downs in life and taking up one particular path and that too without guarantee whether I would succeed in it, I took it up with much enthusiasm and vigor and by god’s grace, the dices have turned right for me, today I stand at the peak of mountain of networks which are so entangled inside and so interconnected that even if I wish I would never get out of it, such is my story and if you ask me whether I would leave my profession any time in future, it’s a straight NO, I Love what I am doing and I Love to be one amongst the crowd, talk to them, mingle with them, discuss issues, etc. if you are wondering, after all, what shit I am talking about from the start of my life, let me tell you one thing simple and straight, that might get you some idea of what I am talking about, “Welcome to the world of Blogging Networks”.

I am Chris Peterson from New Jersey, my story might be very similar to common people and if it wouldn’t have been for that one particular incident in my life that changed my whole life I would have been a normal 9 to 5 office goer. As they say success doesn’t come easy, it requires a sheer hard work and dedication to achieve something on in life, without hard work and dedication you are not going to get smooth road to success. Well, to start off, my life had been a roller coaster ride in a pool of galaxy which had no clue which direction to enter and which planet to go for! I was working as a computer administrator in a local school teaching students computers and looking after the school network, then one opportunity stuck in, I was very happy about it at the start but dint quite turned out well the way I had expected, it was an offer from some multinational company, it was a normal job, nothing great, it had irregular working hours and the salary was much less than what I was working for, but to earn for living, I went on it with for nearly 2 years.

In the span of 2 years, I tried to make extra money by working as a salesman in a local outlet or going to other companies with some hope of better pay, etc but nothing really came across to stick to it and so I continued with the same job. Then suddenly one fine day, a friend of mine, David visited me and I told him about my dilemma and so he offered me to work for him so again this came as a golden opportunity for a change. I never knew that this would change my entire life, I had the profile of attending clients call, handling networking problems, taking up website orders, sending yearly bills, accepting payments, it was nothing of very great job but it was good and I liked it, as time passed I got a bit deeper in to what actual technical stuff he was doing and before I could realize I was learning everything relating to Internet, their networks, programming etc. I was totally new to this arena but I continued to learn and once the time came when I started knowing more things than David did and so he offered me partnership in his firm, and then there was no looking back, together we used to go pitching about our company, it was a simple networking company then and we did get some good offers from companies.

Slowly, after 6 months passed I was an expert in the field of marketing, websites, networks, etc. you name it and I had an answer. There were positive happenings in my life as my friend encouraged me to do new things and all turned out successful, we came up with few websites that could make money from Adsense and those websites were optimized to get the maximum output, we made real good money. Then came Blogging, I wondered with the idea whether it would get me success, I tried and it really did, today we are a successful blogging sites with professional panel of writers at our end and I also blog about few topics as and when I get time. Bloggingwithchris was a great success, investors came in and we were better off, then we could really think. We started getting offers from companies to partner with them, some offered us good money for putting their ads on our site. We started with small but made a big impact on our readers, today there are so many unique visitors on my site each day and I personally make a point to visit my site once in a day and look up, what people want and are looking for, from us.

I faced lots of hardships initially, was criticized by other networks, some dint like our websites design, some topics had controversies, etc. but I could just tell one thing, we just improved each day accepting criticisms, it was a welcome from all to criticize us as we were enjoying it to the limit that it helped us improve better and serve people. frankly speaking, I never thought I could make this much money by just blogging, I just loved to interact with people and so came up with the blogs, people loved it and there are our loyal readers who support us big way. Since long time I was waiting for this chance to write something for my loyal readers but never actually got time, my main aim to tell you my life story is giving you inspiration and on a personal note I wanted you to know me as a person than a blogger. You can write to me about any suggestions you have for our site, relating to the content, etc. My advice to you is, “Forget past and walk ahead!”

Freelancers have to do multitasking because they take over different kinds of work, work that belongs to different types of environments. You have to handle the task of marketing, sales, organizing events, etc. there are number of options in the field of marketing the ones that relates to your work type, it is very important to you to decide on the methods which you are actually going to use for your prospective clients. So lets have a little look at the some options which you can follow to reach your target audience.

The first and foremost thing you can do as a freelancer or a writer is to start up with your blog which will help you to make your points clear to your customers through your writings. Start visiting various events like commercial events, business get together, etc. this will give you a chance to meet up new people and also an opportunity to start with a new venture. You can start publishing your products through different icons, or articles in newspapers or magazines. Distributing your business card is a good deal as they are easy on pockets and gives your clients all your information too. Every individual has got some or the other skills, you can make your skills known to people by posting guests blogs and also invite comments, try to attend and give your opinion in meet ups in your area relating to any events or functions or anything. While you are distributing your brochures, place them with printers or related business. you can also organize a bar camp that will help you to meet up people of similar interests, etc. join online networking sites like Linkedin or Twitter that will give you a good hold in your group.

You can post all of your online work and share them with others as samples that will give them an idea about your work related skills. You can be quick in responding varied queries on the site that will make audience interested in you, if you have enough money in the bank and have earned through ads, you can put them in sponsoring some events that will help you make yourself a public figure. You can also suggest some stories to bloggers or a reporter, offering a coupon to your friends or commentors helps as they will start taking keen interest in your work.

Go on to create a free ebook that will help people read the matter, you can also make use of your experience through writing an article for press release, etc. you can also help make events more interesting by giving your suggestions on something and also speaking about your specialties. Try answering the questions in networking sites like linkedin, etc. you can make yourself popular and market by writing blog posts and different types of articles.

You can also develop online partners that will help you make use of your skills to the optimum level, you could also send some good information on products you are planning to market to your clients or prospective clients. You can also go on to provide free consultation to first time clients. Joining a professional organization helps in longer run when you need to make more contacts, you can also add your name to the list of directors through online forms and print them. You can also contribute some of your articles to target companies through newsletters online, you can also choose to volunteer for services which are non profitable.

Let out your services to the companies that can use them, try attending maximum of alumni events for schools. Contact your past clients if they are interested in buying your current products. Joining online forums will help you get a good hold of what is going on in the market and what clients need. Try to donate some of your things and set a prize in some event that will help your market your products indirectly. Survey your target markets through companies online. Make search engine optimization which will help people to reach you easily. Try getting testimonials from your clients and post in online for the people to have a look into it. Make sure to attend class and teach students there, make sure to take yourself any where as the brand business ambassador, try selling your services through varied affiliates marketing. Try working with famous agencies that will help you to market your products.

Try using at least some of the above given suggestions which are not only inexpensive but are easy to follow up, follow simple things that are given that will take you to bigger and better heights. Take some time out from your regular life to attend events and get together, try attending maximum events you can.