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  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.
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