A flagship blog is one in which you blog the most often and keep completely white hat. This means you don’t use it solely for the purposes of making money (however, they can make money in the long run.) You can use your flagship blog for various purposes. You can build your reputation on the topic that you blog about, you can also use it for advertising purposes, and for applying to affiliate programs that require a website to apply.
A blog that you choose as your flagship blog should be in a topic that you can talk about non-stop. You know the type of topic that your friends get sick of hearing about? I only recommend this because if you choose something that you’re not interested in, you will stop blogging and never really get the blog off of the ground.
Traffic Comes Naturally
The best thing about a blog that you love is that the traffic picks up naturally. People who enjoy the topic will begin to link to your blog. Over time, you are getting free, natural backlinks that the search engines love.
You Build a Brand
Branding is important if you plan on making money with your flagship blog. Just take a look at some of the most popular blogs out there. Some make tons from advertising because of their brand. They have made themselves the “goto” in their particular niche.
It’s Fun
Honestly, I have a lot of fun blogging on my flagship blogs because they are in topics that I truly have an interest in. I enjoy reading the comments and replying to them. It has to be fun or you will eventually stop.
How to Start
The best way to start is by purchasing your own domain. Don’t rely on free services. You will want to own your blog. Buy the domain and get your own hosting. You don’t want to leave your content in the hands of another company that can cancel your account for any reason. You will want complete control.
Next, you will need to blog at least 3 to 4 times per week if not more. Great flagship blogs are constantly updated. The best ones are updated every single day. This is another reason it needs to be on a topic you absolutely love.
Make Money
Yes, you can and will eventually make money from your flagship blogs if you really want to. You can charge for ads, use PPC advertising, or even sell it for a huge amount if it becomes big enough.
The key is don’t slack. Create your flagship blog with care. Use good SEO and write good stuff so that people will link back. Most of all, have fun with it and it won’t seem like a chore.
Tags: blogging, blogging for money, flagship blogs
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The concept of blogging has never explained this better anywhere. This post instigates more interest in blogging..
Thanks
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Yes, Eartha, a flagship blog is key, although a true labor of love!
Mine had been operational for about a month and is still getting my “sea legs” like the sailors say.
One blogging pro I follow occasionally is Yaro Starak (not a plug, he’s good!) He talks a bout “pillar articles: there are 6 or 7 pillars, one about you, one about your market, one about your solutions, etc.
So that might be another resource for your readers for their flagship blogs.
Check my Blog out if you get a chance, I’d be interested in your thoughts. It’s http://www.DoWhatYouLike.com.
PS, I like how you formatted your blog layout, nice and clean!
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I just started my blog a few days ago. It’s a record of my journey – a ‘should I be self employed or shouldn’t I’ piece. I’ve been posting 2 articles a day and would like to ask how long it takes for the search engines to actually index the site.
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I don’t have a definite answer, however, from my own experience with new sites it can take as long as a week to get indexed. If you can get backlinks from web sites with high pagerank that will speed up the process. In the mean time, just keep posting as the more often you post, the more the search engines will crawl the site.
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