Now, time for an interview with Daniel Scocco, founder of Dailyblogtips.com. Daniel is a professional blogger. He makes money blogging enough to make a living from his blog.
It was a pleasure to have a chat with him. Check out the Q&A.
Question: Daniel, how did you start blogging? I mean, what made you take the decision to start your own blog?
Answer: Back in 2005 when I got my degree in International Economics I was left with a big document that I had prepared for my thesis. I had put a lot of effort into researching and writing it out, but I was sure that apart from myself only two people would end up reading it, my teacher and my father…. Instead of letting the document sit idle and gather dust, I decided to chop it off into small articles and publish them on the web. That is when I started researching about web publishing models, and when I came across blogging.
Q: How long have you been blogging?
A: Since 2005.
Q: Which is your favorite blog? The one you read to learn from?
A: There are many: Problogger.net, Copyblogger.com, Entrepreneurs-Journey.com, Shoemoney.com and so on.
Q: How much money are you making from your blog?
A: Let’s say I make enough to live by 
.
Q: How long did it take you to start profiting from your blog?
A: For the first six months or so I hadn’t even considered the idea of making money with the blogs. Then one day I read about Steve Pavlina and how he was making a killer income thanks to his blog. That is when I started playing with ads. The first month I made $15 or so.
Q: Did you start blogging just to make money? Or just like a hobby/informative blog?
A: I started it as a hobby.
Q: Do you think the “make money online” niche is too much saturated? Or can new people still profit from it?
A: “Make money online” or “make money” in general will always be saturated, and at the same time new people will always be able to profit from it, cause it is a really intrinsic part of our society.
Q: Have you also been told the “You’re not gonna make it” sentence when telling others your blogging plans?
A: Yes. There were people who came to me at the beginning and I said I should abbandon the whole “work on the Internet” thing and get a real job. I never cared too much about what other people think though.
Q: You’re known for having one of the most usefull blogs, but also for making a good amount blogging and for reaching the first page on Google for some competitive keywords. So I’ll ask you for some tips here:
1) Which tip would you give to bloggers that try to make money blogging?
2) Which tip would you give to bloggers to reach the first page of Google for a particular keyword?
3) The best tip for a blogger?
4) The best advice for a new blogger?
A: 1) Focus on one blog at a time, and make it as useful as possible. This means working hard to put a huge amount of content there that your readers will love.
2) It depends on the competitiveness of the keyword in question. If it is a small keyword, you would just need to write an article about it and get some backlinks. If it is a competitive and profitable keyword, well, you will learn to learn some SEO, or devote your entire blog to the effort.
3) Content is king.
4) Make meaning before you try to make money.
Q: You recently released a great ebook. How is it going? How many new subscribers you got since releasing it? Has your traffic improved too?
A: The ebook is going well. It has been downloaded 5,000 times in two weeks or so. I am not sure about traffic. Last time I checked it was two months ago….
Q: Would you recommend to other bloggers to release their own ebook?
A: If you have something useful to say and experience on the topic, then yes go for it. It is a great way to build your subscriber base or simply to showcase your expertise.
Q: Your blog is focused on general blogging. Do you think you would have more success focusing on just one topic? Would you advice to focus on many topics within a single blog?
A: Equilibrium is always the answer. I think your blog needs to have a clear focus, else it will be hard to attract readers, but at the same time you need to have room to expand over time.
Thanks Daniel, and good luck with future projects.
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Your post is great.
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Sam Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Thank you
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Nice interesting interview there.
Read the whole interview
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That is a very interesting interview taken from a very well known and successful online figure. Thanx for that, nice things learnt here. And as always, it seems that it all comes down to content to succeed as a blogger, as Daniel himself states.
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Sam Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
That’s it. I’ll add marketing too, as a big point.
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Yep. Daniel was very kind. I wish all bloggers were like him.
He’s a pro blogger, but still helps other bloggers, and that makes him even a better blogger.
Thank you for your nice comment.
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Great q and A session..
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Sam Reply:
October 18th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Glad you enjoy Melvin.
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Great interview because i can get great blogging tips in it. Thanks.
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update your blog man
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Sam Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
It gets updated everyday, scroll down the page a bit. This post is just sticky
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