I have been doing far too much reading lately, I mean I’m always reading someones work, how else will I ever learn how things work, and why. I spent two hours pouring over Darren Rowse – 31 Days to Build A Better Blog, my head was so full I had to step away and watch a movie.

After that I poked my nose into another great book by David Risley, Six Figure Blogger BluePrint, getting insight and guidence from David Risley. I have been studying this whole Blogging thing and how to monetize it for a long time now. The hardest part was and is getting focused, figuring out which direction I should be going, what do I know best and is there a need out there.

One thing jumps out at you after reading alot of material on the topic, almost every book or whitepaper seems to have a common denominator. The table of contents in all of these has some version of what you should do first, the best way to describe the first item would be, First Things First.

In almost every case, the very first exercise is to start writing good content. I’m a firm believer in doing just that, but I don’t spend a lot of time fussing over it, write, spellcheck and post is my style. Now depending on the kind of blog or what your going to sell will determine if you should get professional writing help.

There is a blog equation as well, Sound Blogging (Content) + Marketing + Traffic (List) = Money!

That may be over simplifying things but that’s the very lowest you can take Blogging for Money. Don’t get me wrong, this is hard work and there really isn’t a shortcut, you will work, and work hard you will for every reader, page view and dollar your site earns.

There’s only one way to go down this road, you need a healthy attitude, because if you don’t, the journey will be painful. My recommendation is to have a good plan, a healthy attitude and enjoy the journey. More importantly, have a good understanding of the WHY, otherwise you will not see it through. I can’t stress enough the importance of a plan, without it, The Blog Equation won’t be enough.

What do you think?