You chose a niche then you built your profitable blog to subscribe to Google AdSense (or other service) and earn money to get a further income .
In this post we will highlight on the basic requirements you should add to your profitable blog before you start blogging .
So get ready and fasten your seat belt because you are about to experience a fascinating journey !!
Requirement 1 : The template of your niche blog
Because your blog is profitable and based on Google AdSense your template shouldn't has much ornamentation or a lots of widgets because the target is to catch the visitor's eyes to AdSense ads not to the decoration of the blog ;) .
So what are the required properties of the niche blog template ?
1- The template should has small dimensions , with a side bar which can be used to place additional gadgets .
2- There shouldn't be much decoration in the template , you must focus on how to catch the visitor's eyes on the Google AdSense ads not to confuse him .
here is an example of a good niche template and a bad one :
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| an example of a good niche blog template |
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| an example of a bad niche blog template |
Requirement 2 : very important pages you should create
The following pages should be placed in your blog :
1- Privacy Policy page
Google AdSense service made a condition which is putting a Privacy Policy page in the site/blog which AdSense ads will be placed on .
You can download a formula of a Privacy Policy using this link , then create a new static page in your blog (a page, not a post!) , also don't forget to replace "www.YOURSITE.com" with the domain of your blog .
2- Contact Us page
Some visitors may want an Advertisement Exchange with you , some visitors want to ask you some questions about a post in your blog or some visitors want to say "Thank you" because you gave them good information , so you should create a new page and place a contact form in it .
To get a contact form go to this site which help you to build and customize a contact form easily .
After you finish building your contact form create a new static page then change the editing mode to HTML and place the code of the contact form you have built .
3- Terms and Conditions page
Just like a Privacy Policy page Terms and Conditions page has a formula download it from here and replace "www.YOURSITE.com" with the domain of your blog .
4- Who am I ? page (optional)
If there are no information about you then your blog will look like a "ghosts town" ; you must stay near from your visitors , so you should but a piece of information about you such as your name, age, study, hobbies and contact information to allow your visitors to know you more and contact you personally .
If you don't want to make a static page then you can add a "Who am I" gadget which view a picture and some information about you on every page in your blog and you can get it in the Layout section in your Blogger dashboard .
Look to the pages in this blog to aunderstand more .
Requirement 3 : Very important services
FIRST : Analytic Services
We will talk about Google analytics because it's the most common used analytic service .
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| Google Analytics logo |
Google Analytics is a Google service which provides you with a complete analytic information about your site/blog , also Google Analytics will tell you how many visitors they come to your blog via search engines which will make you know your competition ability on the first places in top search engines results .
To subscribe to Google Analytics follow the steps below :
1- Follow this link to open Google Analytics home page .
2- Click Sign in then sign in with your Google account (Gmail account) .
3- Click sign up .
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| Signing up to Google Analytics - Step 1 |
4- Select "Web Site" then fill in the fields with the required information as explained ( under image ) :
Website name : Simply write your blog name or write your blog URL if you want .
Web site URL : Write your blog URL without http:// .
Industry Category : Select the category which your blog is specializing in , if no category is similar with your blog niche then select a near one ,, Industry Category helps Google to give you some suggestions .
Reporting time zone : Select your time zone .
Account Name : Here write your company name or even your name but remember that the account name may contain more than one site and one or more tracking ID .
Data Sharing Settings : Completely optional .
Now click Get Tracking ID .
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| Signing up to Google Analytics - Step 2 |
5- Now will show you your Tracking ID , also will give you a code snippet that you must place in your blog to receive the analytic about your blog (place the code as HTML gadget) ,, also you'll wait for few hours to receive analytic of your blog .
SECOND : Feeds Services
We will talk about Google Feed Burner because it's the most common used feeds service .
Feed Burner is a Google service that allow subscribers to get your blog updates one by one .
Getting Feed Burner account is easy as 1 2 3 !! ,, just follow :
1- Follow this link to Sign up .
2- Sign in with your Google account mail and password .
3- Now write down your blog URL and don't forget to check the option "I am a podcaster!" to verify that you are the owner of the blog .
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| Feed Burner sign up - step 1 |
4- Select the RSS option , it's the most common option .
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| Feed Burner sign up - step 2 |
5- Now write a unique name for your feeds then click next .
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| Feed Burner sign up - step 3 |
6- Congrats!! Now your feeds are ready !!
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| Feed Burner sign up - last step |
Now click "next" to add more options (optional) ,, or click skip to finish .
Preparing the feeds for Email subscription :
1- Click on Publicize .
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - step 1 |
2- Click on Email Subscriptions .
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - step 2 |
3- Click on Activate .
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - step 3 |
4- Copy the HTML code to place it in your blog .
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - step 4 |
5- Go to your Blogger dashboard and enter your blog settings then select Layout and click Add a Gadget .
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - step 5 |
6- Choose "HTML/JavaScript" then paste the HTML code and click "Save" .
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| Feed Burner Email - subscription - step 6 |
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - step 7 |
7- The final look of the gadget in your blog will be similar to this :
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| Feed Burner Email subscription - last step |
THIRD : Mail Lists
It's a fantastic treasure when you have many faithful people following your blog updates one by one , so here is a perfect way to make them stay connected with your blog for ever which is "Mail list" .
Mail list is the perfect way to connect your visitors outside your blog and it allow you give them a "special content" you not provide in your blog posts also you may make them buy some product which is related with your blog niche (use the mail list for affiliate marketing) .
We will talk about MailChimp because it provides you with perfect tools for mail lists management .
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| MailChimp logo |
MailChimp provides you with powerful tools to create mail lists, customize them, building sign up forms and more ...
To sign up to MailChimp follow these steps :
2- Click Sign Up Free .
3- Now enter the required information , it's easy !
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| MailChimp sign up |
4- Will send a confirmation email to the email which you provided while signing up , open it then click the confirmation link to confirm your account .
5- Now log in to your account using the username and password after that it will take you to your dashboard .
Create a List :
6- To create a new list click on Create a List and fill in the required fields , I explained the important fields in this image :
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| explanation of some required information |
Create a Sign up form :
7- After you finish building your list click on Signup forms
8- Select "Embedded forms" to add a signup form in every page in your blog
9- Now customize the form as you like , then copy the HTML code and add it as HTML/JavaScript Gadget in your blogger blog ,, the final look of your form will be similar to this :
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| Mailchimp widget - final look |
Requirement 4 : Very important Gadgets
FIRST : "Related Posts" gadgets
Related Posts gadgets make your visitors see another posts related with the post they read ,, this will rise the average of the visitors and will make them stay in your blog for ling time .
We will talk about LinkWithin as an example of the easy "Related Posts" gadgets .
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| LinkWithin logo |
1- Follow this link to go to Linkwithin page .
2- Fill in the fields with the required information then click Get Widget! (You can change the width as you like) .
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| Get LinkWithin gadget |
3- Now the site will provide you with HTML code , to install it follow these steps :
a- Open your Blogger dashboard .
b- Go to your blog then click Template .
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| Installing LinkWithin widget - step 1 |
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** NOTE ** : No body love to see this widget on the Home page of your blog , so to prevent that paste the LinkWithen code inside this code :
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
Place LinkWithen code here</b:if>
Then paste it just before the closing </body> tag .
e- The final look of LinkWithin widget in your blog will be similar to this :
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SECOND : Social Sharing Buttons
It's very very important to put Social Sharing Buttons in your blog because someone might like one of your posts then immediately press Facebook Like button or Google Plus Recommend button then imagine how many people will see your blog content!! I will let you imagine ^_^
We will talk about AddThis website as an example of social Buttons providers .
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| AddThis logo |
AddThis provides you with stylish buttons and many sharing options to the most common social networks .
to get AddThis buttons follow these steps :
2- Click Get Started - It's Free!
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| AddThis - get started |
4- Customize the buttons as you like just switch ON or OFF, it's easy !
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| Customizing buttons |
This was every thing about what you should add to your blog even before you start blogging and I hope that all information here made you satisfied , also don't forget to share these information with your friends and remember Sharing is Caring!
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