Create Direct link to your Files on Google Drive

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Google drive is great and one of most convenient storage service from Google and better than any other cloud host, most of us love to use Google drive as our main cloud storage and if you use to send files and attachments via Gmail then probably you are using it too but you really don't know.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <div align="right" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">The best thing about Google drive is we can upload any kind of file in our account</div> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">and we can share it and use it online tool for opening universal formats like Photoshop documents or other supported formats by Google Document Viewer. Almost all important formats for people from every profession are supported. See this article about</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <a href="http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.in/2011/02/12-new-file-types-supported-in-google.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(50,164,214);outline:none;font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px" target="_blank" title="12 new file types supported in Google Docs Viewer">file types supported in Google Docs</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">(released on 18/02/11).</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Google doc in useful but sometimes we don't want to open files within browser and preferred saving them in our local storage and we can do so by creating direct download links for the files shared or uploaded on Google drive.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <div class="msg announce" style="margin:0px;padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 3em;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1px solid rgb(190,229,248);background-image:url(http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/speaker.png);background-color:rgb(215,239,251);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> Make sure you have shared your files with public or anyone with link.</div><blockquote style="margin:1.571em 0px;padding:0px;quotes:'';font-style:italic;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">  This article is about how you can create "Direct links" for your files on Google drive download them without opening them in the Google doc viewer.</blockquote><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">A normal url for a file on drive looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="http://drive.google.com/file/d/idgoeshere/edit?ups=sharing">http://drive.google.com/file/d/idgoeshere/edit?ups=sharing</a></pre><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">See the Image for better understanding</span></span><img alt="normal url of file stored on Google drive" border="0" height="138" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EezJN3XX-XY/UsXcJd7VbqI/AAAAAAAAByU/WKzvgeyIcmw/Screenshot_010214_101259_PM4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; max-width: 90%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none;" title="How to create direct download link for Google drive files" width="280"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">This link opens the file within the browser using Google doc viewer and if you want to download the press CTRL + S or go to file menu then click on download option but incase if you want to share a direct download link for that file you can change the sharing URL to download link easily.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">If you click to download that file then you will see a file requesting link which redirects to content URL and that requesting link can be used as main base for creating file download link.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=file_id&export=download">https://docs.google.com/uc?id=file_id&export=download</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Just copy file id from sharing URL and replace it with </span><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">FILE_ID </strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">and download URL for your file is ready to shared or placed on websites.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">This works fine for your uploaded files expect Google spreadsheet, Docs, and presentation but there is solution for them too.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <h3 style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Bree Serif',serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Century;font-size:medium">Creating direct download links for Google Doc files</span></h3> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">In case of Google Doc files when we share the file the URL for the file will be like :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/FileIDgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/FileIDgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">When you will download any Google Doc in formats like PDF, Open document format or any other supported format provided by Google the structure for link looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id">https://docs.google.com/document/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Replace the both file id with your URL's file id and doc format file and file format with these :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom:20px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;border:1px solid rgb(228,229,229);width:614px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"> <tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="220" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">docx</td><td valign="top" width="392" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Microsoft word format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="236" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">odt</td><td valign="top" width="395" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Open Document format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="244" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">rtf</td><td valign="top" width="392" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> :  Rich Text format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="249" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">pdf</td><td valign="top" width="389" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> :  PDF format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="252" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">html</td><td valign="top" width="388" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Webpage (zipped)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Bree Serif',serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Century;font-size:medium">Creating direct download links for Google Presentation files</span></h3> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">The same thing we need to change in case of Google presentations file. The sharing URL for file looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing</a></pre><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">If we download any presentation file structure of the download URL will be :- </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Now replace the both file_id with your presentation's file id and format with supported one and that's the URL for your Google presentation file in which format you selected to download it. Google presentation files can be download as MS powerpoint (pptx) and PDF (pdf) formats.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <h3 style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Bree Serif',serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Century;font-size:medium">Creating direct download links for Google Spreadsheet</span></h3> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Spreadsheet files can be also downloaded using the same procedure as Document and presentation files. Shared link for the Spreadsheet looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(50,164,214);outline:none">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing</a></pre> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">If we Download any presentation file the base URL looks like this one:-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/soreadsheet/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(50,164,214);outline:none">https://docs.google.com/soreadsheet/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id</a></pre> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">In the base URL change the both file ID with your Presentation file's ID and formats with supported formats, Spreadsheet can be downloaded as xlsx and pdf format. </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">These are simple tricks which can be followed to create direct links download links to the files stored in Google drive.</span>

Create Direct link to your Files on Google Drive

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Create Direct link to your Files on Google Drive

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Google drive is great and one of most convenient storage service from Google and better than any other cloud host, most of us love to use Google drive as our main cloud storage and if you use to send files and attachments via Gmail then probably you are using it too but you really don't know.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <div align="right" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">The best thing about Google drive is we can upload any kind of file in our account</div> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">and we can share it and use it online tool for opening universal formats like Photoshop documents or other supported formats by Google Document Viewer. Almost all important formats for people from every profession are supported. See this article about</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <a href="http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.in/2011/02/12-new-file-types-supported-in-google.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(50,164,214);outline:none;font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px" target="_blank" title="12 new file types supported in Google Docs Viewer">file types supported in Google Docs</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">(released on 18/02/11).</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Google doc in useful but sometimes we don't want to open files within browser and preferred saving them in our local storage and we can do so by creating direct download links for the files shared or uploaded on Google drive.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <div class="msg announce" style="margin:0px;padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 3em;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1px solid rgb(190,229,248);background-image:url(http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/speaker.png);background-color:rgb(215,239,251);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> Make sure you have shared your files with public or anyone with link.</div><blockquote style="margin:1.571em 0px;padding:0px;quotes:'';font-style:italic;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">  This article is about how you can create "Direct links" for your files on Google drive download them without opening them in the Google doc viewer.</blockquote><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">A normal url for a file on drive looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="http://drive.google.com/file/d/idgoeshere/edit?ups=sharing">http://drive.google.com/file/d/idgoeshere/edit?ups=sharing</a></pre><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">See the Image for better understanding</span></span><img alt="normal url of file stored on Google drive" border="0" height="138" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EezJN3XX-XY/UsXcJd7VbqI/AAAAAAAAByU/WKzvgeyIcmw/Screenshot_010214_101259_PM4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; max-width: 90%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none;" title="How to create direct download link for Google drive files" width="280"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">This link opens the file within the browser using Google doc viewer and if you want to download the press CTRL + S or go to file menu then click on download option but incase if you want to share a direct download link for that file you can change the sharing URL to download link easily.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">If you click to download that file then you will see a file requesting link which redirects to content URL and that requesting link can be used as main base for creating file download link.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=file_id&export=download">https://docs.google.com/uc?id=file_id&export=download</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Just copy file id from sharing URL and replace it with </span><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">FILE_ID </strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">and download URL for your file is ready to shared or placed on websites.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">This works fine for your uploaded files expect Google spreadsheet, Docs, and presentation but there is solution for them too.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <h3 style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Bree Serif',serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Century;font-size:medium">Creating direct download links for Google Doc files</span></h3> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">In case of Google Doc files when we share the file the URL for the file will be like :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/FileIDgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/FileIDgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">When you will download any Google Doc in formats like PDF, Open document format or any other supported format provided by Google the structure for link looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id">https://docs.google.com/document/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Replace the both file id with your URL's file id and doc format file and file format with these :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom:20px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;border:1px solid rgb(228,229,229);width:614px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"> <tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="220" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">docx</td><td valign="top" width="392" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Microsoft word format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="236" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">odt</td><td valign="top" width="395" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Open Document format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="244" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">rtf</td><td valign="top" width="392" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> :  Rich Text format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="249" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">pdf</td><td valign="top" width="389" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> :  PDF format</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" width="252" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">html</td><td valign="top" width="388" style="margin:0px;padding:10px;border:0px none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Webpage (zipped)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Bree Serif',serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Century;font-size:medium">Creating direct download links for Google Presentation files</span></h3> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">The same thing we need to change in case of Google presentations file. The sharing URL for file looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing</a></pre><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">If we download any presentation file structure of the download URL will be :- </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id</a></pre><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Now replace the both file_id with your presentation's file id and format with supported one and that's the URL for your Google presentation file in which format you selected to download it. Google presentation files can be download as MS powerpoint (pptx) and PDF (pdf) formats.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <h3 style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Bree Serif',serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Century;font-size:medium">Creating direct download links for Google Spreadsheet</span></h3> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Spreadsheet files can be also downloaded using the same procedure as Document and presentation files. Shared link for the Spreadsheet looks like this :-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(50,164,214);outline:none">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/d/fileidgoeshere/edit?usp=sharing</a></pre> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">If we Download any presentation file the base URL looks like this one:-</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <pre style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:2em 1em 1em;overflow:auto;background-image:url(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120247492/blogdata/code.png);background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/soreadsheet/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(50,164,214);outline:none">https://docs.google.com/soreadsheet/d/file_id/export?format=fileformat&id=file_id</a></pre> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">In the base URL change the both file ID with your Presentation file's ID and formats with supported formats, Spreadsheet can be downloaded as xlsx and pdf format. </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"> <br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">These are simple tricks which can be followed to create direct links download links to the files stored in Google drive.</span>

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<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">One of the five common business models that most successfulbloggers</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">use to earn their revenue is selling a product. </span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you have your own products to sell, or are primarily dedicated to selling others' products via affiliate marketing, then using a mom blogto drive sales is very effective.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Blogs naturally do well in search engines, and can make it easier for you to rank well in the quest for effective search terms (and that can be <i>quite</i> competitive). This kind of blog is also an excellent way to communicate directly with your customers and put a personal face on your business.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your most effective content will be tutorials and how-tos that utilize the products you're promoting. If those approaches aren't applicable to your product line, then reviews also work well. Additionally, quality product photography is absolutely critical and should be professionally done. When it comes to online retail sales, your goal should be to get your readers to your sale confirmation page in as few clicks as possible.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This kind of blog is very similar to one you would use to promote your own services, but there is less focus on building working relationships with your potential customers. Instead, your main goal is to get people to your product page and to get them to make a purchase right away.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Most blogs that are devoted to product sales don't carry any advertising, because they don't want to distract visitors from making a purchase.</p> <p class="Warning" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This kind of blog is the most difficult to diversify in terms of where your income comes from. That limitation leaves you a little vulnerable to changes in the industry, economy, or even changes in how the search engines rank your site, which can and does happen. Two possible defenses are</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> You can diversify what you sell; for example, you can teach classes or host events that use your product line.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> You can pursue complimentary sponsorship opportunities; for example, you can promote your favorite sewing machine brand if your online store sells fabric and notions.</p></li></ul><p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The best way to promote this kind of blog is by creating valuable content that other bloggers will want to share with their readers. This means your blog posts can't just be about selling products. Instead, they should focus on being informative, entertaining, or educational.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Additionally, intermediate to advanced level search engine optimization skills are going to be very important to your success. You will want to optimize your content for the right keywords, and also optimize your product images so that your blog can be found via Google's Image Search.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You don't need large amounts of traffic to be successful with this kind of blog — instead, you need small amounts of traffic but visitors who are highly interested in your products. And finally, occasional giveaways of free products will draw attention to your blog and help you find new readers.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To summarize, here are four recommended ways to be successful with a blog that promotes product sales:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Create useful content that your potential customers will value and want to share with others.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Learn intermediate- to advanced-level search engine optimization.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Pursue sponsorship opportunities as long as they are complimentary to your business and offer value to your customers.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Focus on finding the right kind of traffic rather than large amounts of traffic.</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> For a good example of this kind of blog, check out <a href="http://papercrave.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Paper Crave</a>. They not only feature their own products, but products from other websites as well — even from sites that would actually be considered their competition. Paper Crave focuses on stunningly beautiful paper products, so they have built a loyal following thanks to their great taste in design.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/99/284099.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

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Instead, your main goal is to get people to your product page and to get them to make a purchase right away.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Most blogs that are devoted to product sales don't carry any advertising, because they don't want to distract visitors from making a purchase.</p> <p class="Warning" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This kind of blog is the most difficult to diversify in terms of where your income comes from. That limitation leaves you a little vulnerable to changes in the industry, economy, or even changes in how the search engines rank your site, which can and does happen. Two possible defenses are</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> You can diversify what you sell; for example, you can teach classes or host events that use your product line.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> You can pursue complimentary sponsorship opportunities; for example, you can promote your favorite sewing machine brand if your online store sells fabric and notions.</p></li></ul><p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The best way to promote this kind of blog is by creating valuable content that other bloggers will want to share with their readers. This means your blog posts can't just be about selling products. Instead, they should focus on being informative, entertaining, or educational.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Additionally, intermediate to advanced level search engine optimization skills are going to be very important to your success. You will want to optimize your content for the right keywords, and also optimize your product images so that your blog can be found via Google's Image Search.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You don't need large amounts of traffic to be successful with this kind of blog — instead, you need small amounts of traffic but visitors who are highly interested in your products. And finally, occasional giveaways of free products will draw attention to your blog and help you find new readers.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To summarize, here are four recommended ways to be successful with a blog that promotes product sales:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Create useful content that your potential customers will value and want to share with others.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Learn intermediate- to advanced-level search engine optimization.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Pursue sponsorship opportunities as long as they are complimentary to your business and offer value to your customers.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Focus on finding the right kind of traffic rather than large amounts of traffic.</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> For a good example of this kind of blog, check out <a href="http://papercrave.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Paper Crave</a>. They not only feature their own products, but products from other websites as well — even from sites that would actually be considered their competition. Paper Crave focuses on stunningly beautiful paper products, so they have built a loyal following thanks to their great taste in design.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/99/284099.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

How to Sell Products as a Mom Blogger

One of the five common business models that most successfulbloggers   use to earn their revenue is selling a product.  If you have your ow...

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<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">use to earn their revenue is promoting themselves as a freelancer or consultant. If you are a freelancer or consultant, then using your</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">blog</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">to attract new clients is one of the most powerful ways you can do so.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your blog should become a part of your <i>sales funnel</i><i>,</i> which is how you lead people from being interested in hiring you to becoming full-blown clients. You do this by offering free or low-cost resources and gradually encouraging your customers to purchase larger products or services from you.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your most effective content will be articles that demonstrate you can fix the problems your clients need help with. Consider building a mailing list to develop relationships with people who prefer e-mail over RSS. And make it easy for readers to contact you — feature your contact form or information prominently on your blog template.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Because the goal of your blog is to get new clients, advertising can sometimes detract from this goal. Most professional blogs in this category don't have enough daily traffic to make advertising worth the time, anyway. There certainly are exceptions to this, especially when you can find advertisers or affiliate programs for products that enhance and don't compete with your services.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">One of the most effective ways to diversify your income on this kind of blog is to create your own training products that make your expertise available at a lower price than in a traditional client relationship. This way you create new revenue while also giving potential clients a way to test the waters with you.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can also create simple service packages of frequently requested projects like Shannon from<a href="http://eightcrazydesigns.com/design-services" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">EightCrazy Designs</a>. Her Design Services page features bundled packages such as an Etsy store banner, avatar, and custom-order image for a flat fee. The best ways to promote this kind of blog online involve social media interactions and search engine optimization.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To summarize, recommended ways to be successful with a blog that promotes your freelance or consulting services are to:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Generate high-quality content that showcases your expertise.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Know your niche so you don't need heavy traffic in order to be profitable.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Minimize advertising so you don't distract readers from hiring you.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Build a sales funnel in which you lead customers into a working relationship with you.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Consider starting an e-mail newsletter.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Diversify the way you earn money by creating your own products to sell.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Set aside time every week to build relationships on LinkedIn,Facebook, and Twitter.</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> A good example of this kind of blog is <a href="http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Escape from Cubicle Nation</a>, written by Pam Slim. Pam exemplifies all the things that make this kind of blog successful, and it shows. She has a wide range of products and services to sell, an engaging blog, an award-winning book, and a textbook-perfect sales funnel.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/02/284102.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

Promote Yourself as a Freelancer or Consultant

One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers   use to earn their revenue is promoting themselves as a freelancer ...

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Promote Yourself as a Freelancer or Consultant

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">use to earn their revenue is promoting themselves as a freelancer or consultant. If you are a freelancer or consultant, then using your</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">blog</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">to attract new clients is one of the most powerful ways you can do so.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your blog should become a part of your <i>sales funnel</i><i>,</i> which is how you lead people from being interested in hiring you to becoming full-blown clients. You do this by offering free or low-cost resources and gradually encouraging your customers to purchase larger products or services from you.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your most effective content will be articles that demonstrate you can fix the problems your clients need help with. Consider building a mailing list to develop relationships with people who prefer e-mail over RSS. And make it easy for readers to contact you — feature your contact form or information prominently on your blog template.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Because the goal of your blog is to get new clients, advertising can sometimes detract from this goal. Most professional blogs in this category don't have enough daily traffic to make advertising worth the time, anyway. There certainly are exceptions to this, especially when you can find advertisers or affiliate programs for products that enhance and don't compete with your services.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">One of the most effective ways to diversify your income on this kind of blog is to create your own training products that make your expertise available at a lower price than in a traditional client relationship. This way you create new revenue while also giving potential clients a way to test the waters with you.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can also create simple service packages of frequently requested projects like Shannon from<a href="http://eightcrazydesigns.com/design-services" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">EightCrazy Designs</a>. Her Design Services page features bundled packages such as an Etsy store banner, avatar, and custom-order image for a flat fee. The best ways to promote this kind of blog online involve social media interactions and search engine optimization.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To summarize, recommended ways to be successful with a blog that promotes your freelance or consulting services are to:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Generate high-quality content that showcases your expertise.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Know your niche so you don't need heavy traffic in order to be profitable.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Minimize advertising so you don't distract readers from hiring you.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Build a sales funnel in which you lead customers into a working relationship with you.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Consider starting an e-mail newsletter.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Diversify the way you earn money by creating your own products to sell.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Set aside time every week to build relationships on LinkedIn,Facebook, and Twitter.</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> A good example of this kind of blog is <a href="http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Escape from Cubicle Nation</a>, written by Pam Slim. Pam exemplifies all the things that make this kind of blog successful, and it shows. She has a wide range of products and services to sell, an engaging blog, an award-winning book, and a textbook-perfect sales funnel.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/02/284102.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

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How to Earn from Advertising and Sponsorship

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">use to earn their revenue is through advertising and sponsorship. </span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Advertising and sponsorship revenue suits a blogbest when the blog gets a lot of traffic or when the blog attracts a very specific interest group.</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> <b>When the blog gets a lot of traffic: </b>This is the "strength in numbers" approach. If you have a product or service that a lot of people want, an advertiser gets to put a message in front of a lot of eyes.</p></li><li> <p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>When the blog attracts a very specific interest group: </b>This is the "target marketing" approach, and it's all about catering to specific needs. For the record, "moms" is not a very specific interest group. Instead, "moms with newborn infants under 6 months" or "moms who are interested in photography" are good examples of the kind of specific groups advertisers are looking for.</p> </li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Blogs focused on advertising revenue should be built to encourage people to stay on the site and view as many pages as possible. There is a reason there are so many slide shows on very large websites — those slide shows serve up an ad impression for every photo in the series.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Other ways that blogs have increased their ad views is by adding forums, multimedia content, or by hiring more writers. This increased interaction makes the website more profitable.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your most effective content will be on topics that are popular and generate a lot of consumer interest. Advertisers love to have their ads appear by related content, so it helps if your blog topic is related to the consumer goods and services that advertise frequently on the Internet.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Quantity is just as important as quality on these blogs, because the more content you have, the more advertising you can display. That means that you need to be willing to write a lot or hire writers.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you have a smaller blog, advertisers will be most interested in you if you're very tightly focused on a niche topic that attracts a large percentage of their potential customers. If not, most advertisers prefer to work with larger sites with a more influential presence.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Because the goal of this type of blog is to increase ad impressions, it's helpful to have an eye for design. The idea is to place as many ads on your pages as possible without letting them become overbearing or distracting. You will also want to encourage readers to view your related blogposts with suggested links at the end of your entries and/or in yoursidebars.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">One effective way to diversify your income on this kind of blog is to work with an ad network that will allow you to sell your own ads, too. Plus, take advantage of affiliate marketing techniques to create new ways to generate revenue from your existing content. Depending on your blog topic, syndicating your content might be an option for you as well.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">One of the best ways to promote this kind of blog is to spend the time necessary to learn intermediate level search engine optimization, because it can be a very huge source of traffic. Additionally, you'll need to set aside time regularly to build incoming links to your blog.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Ensure that there are plenty of ways for your readers to share your content with their friends. AddFacebook Share and Like buttons, Tweet This buttons, or use a service like <a href="http://www.addthis.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">AddThis</a> to give an even wider range of sharing options. And work on building a loyal following that returns to your blog again and again.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here's the short list of ways to be successful with a blog that earns revenue from advertising and sponsorships:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Maintain a high quality and quantity of content that appeals to a large audience and gets updated frequently.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Aim for a very high-traffic site or a smaller site that attracts a very dedicated niche audience.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Use various sources of advertising including ad networks, selling your own ads, and affiliate marketing.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Learn search engine optimization.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Set aside time to promote your content to other bloggers and websites.</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> For a good example of this kind of website, look at <a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">MoneySavingMom</a>. Blogger Crystal Paine earned enough from her blog advertising to pay for her home in cash in 2009.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/05/284105.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

How to Earn from Advertising and Sponsorship

One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers   use to earn their revenue is through advertising and sponsorship. ...

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How to Earn from Advertising and Sponsorship

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">use to earn their revenue is through advertising and sponsorship. </span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Advertising and sponsorship revenue suits a blogbest when the blog gets a lot of traffic or when the blog attracts a very specific interest group.</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> <b>When the blog gets a lot of traffic: </b>This is the "strength in numbers" approach. If you have a product or service that a lot of people want, an advertiser gets to put a message in front of a lot of eyes.</p></li><li> <p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>When the blog attracts a very specific interest group: </b>This is the "target marketing" approach, and it's all about catering to specific needs. For the record, "moms" is not a very specific interest group. Instead, "moms with newborn infants under 6 months" or "moms who are interested in photography" are good examples of the kind of specific groups advertisers are looking for.</p> </li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Blogs focused on advertising revenue should be built to encourage people to stay on the site and view as many pages as possible. There is a reason there are so many slide shows on very large websites — those slide shows serve up an ad impression for every photo in the series.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Other ways that blogs have increased their ad views is by adding forums, multimedia content, or by hiring more writers. This increased interaction makes the website more profitable.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your most effective content will be on topics that are popular and generate a lot of consumer interest. Advertisers love to have their ads appear by related content, so it helps if your blog topic is related to the consumer goods and services that advertise frequently on the Internet.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Quantity is just as important as quality on these blogs, because the more content you have, the more advertising you can display. That means that you need to be willing to write a lot or hire writers.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you have a smaller blog, advertisers will be most interested in you if you're very tightly focused on a niche topic that attracts a large percentage of their potential customers. If not, most advertisers prefer to work with larger sites with a more influential presence.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Because the goal of this type of blog is to increase ad impressions, it's helpful to have an eye for design. The idea is to place as many ads on your pages as possible without letting them become overbearing or distracting. You will also want to encourage readers to view your related blogposts with suggested links at the end of your entries and/or in yoursidebars.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">One effective way to diversify your income on this kind of blog is to work with an ad network that will allow you to sell your own ads, too. Plus, take advantage of affiliate marketing techniques to create new ways to generate revenue from your existing content. Depending on your blog topic, syndicating your content might be an option for you as well.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">One of the best ways to promote this kind of blog is to spend the time necessary to learn intermediate level search engine optimization, because it can be a very huge source of traffic. Additionally, you'll need to set aside time regularly to build incoming links to your blog.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Ensure that there are plenty of ways for your readers to share your content with their friends. AddFacebook Share and Like buttons, Tweet This buttons, or use a service like <a href="http://www.addthis.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">AddThis</a> to give an even wider range of sharing options. And work on building a loyal following that returns to your blog again and again.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here's the short list of ways to be successful with a blog that earns revenue from advertising and sponsorships:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Maintain a high quality and quantity of content that appeals to a large audience and gets updated frequently.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Aim for a very high-traffic site or a smaller site that attracts a very dedicated niche audience.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Use various sources of advertising including ad networks, selling your own ads, and affiliate marketing.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Learn search engine optimization.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Set aside time to promote your content to other bloggers and websites.</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> For a good example of this kind of website, look at <a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">MoneySavingMom</a>. Blogger Crystal Paine earned enough from her blog advertising to pay for her home in cash in 2009.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/05/284105.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

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How to Leverage Your Blog into Career Opportunities

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">One of the five common business models that most successful mombloggers</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">use to earn their revenue is to leverage their</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">blog</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">into a career opportunity. As more and more companies realize the value that mom bloggers bring to the table, many moms are getting outright job offers from companies that want an employee who is on the inside of the mom-blogging community.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">These offers can range from regular corporate jobs to flexible work-at-home positions that offer stable income with great work-life balance.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you are hoping to find a job because of your blog, your most effective content will be resourceful and insightful articles that showcase your knowledge and expertise. You'll want to find a good balance between sharing personal information and professionalism.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Your influence in the mom-blogging community will be a true asset for a potential employer, so you'll want to nurture your online relationships and be a resource to your fellow bloggers as well. Because the goal of this blog is to get hired, you want to get as much brand experience under your belt as possible to build your résumé. It's important for you to develop your online connections into offline relationships.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">So you want to get out to as many blogging and industry events and conferences as your schedule allows. This is your best opportunity to get in front of brand representatives and impress them with your expertise. You also want to pursue any freelance or consulting opportunities you can find, because often temporary work leads to permanent positions.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The most important way to promote this kind of blog is through social media. Potential employers will most likely need you to handle their social marketing initiatives, so you need to be well established onFacebook and Twitter, and perhaps Foursquare or Groupon, especially if the employer is involved in marketing at a local level.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Any experience with Facebook pages, Twitter parties, or coordinating other social media marketing projects will be proof that you can turn your online marketing knowledge into actual campaigns. Writing for larger publications will also help to build your credentials and get your name in front of a larger audience.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To summarize the recommended ways to be successful finding a job with your blog:</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Write resourceful blog poststhat showcase your expertise.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Get out to blogging and industry conferences to network with potential employers.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Demonstrate your social media marketing experience by developing and participating in successful marketing campaigns.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Nurture your relationships with the blogging community by being active on Facebook, Twitter, and other socialnetworks.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Work on finding freelance or temporary work with clients because they may lead to full-time work.</p></li></ul> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Amber Watson-Tardiff is a great example of this scenario. She was able to take her experience in the legal field and as a mom blogger and get hired as the Content and PR Director for <a href="http://legalmarketingmaven.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Legal Marketing Maven</a>. She now works at home making a very respectable full-time income.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/08/284108.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="533">

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