We heard many stories regarding success of bloggers during the introduction of blogger.com , because of these success stories many newbie and IM experts join the bandwagon expecting they will also make their fortune in blogging to their surprised that they don’t make the money they are expecting from blogging as they heard from those people who was become successful in blogging.

Many of them go to forums, write articles, and message board and start complaining and claiming that all those stories of blogging success are all BS and they are all lies.

That’s funny!

Many of them start their blog expecting to grow like techrunch , but that’s a big mistake in their part. To be as big as techrunch you need lot of effort and time.  You don’t need to create a blog as big as techrunch to be successful in blogging, you only need to consider the following  5 things before starting your blog.

1. Keyword research – One of the most important part of starting your blog or even your online money making website. If you disregard this part 95% failure is sure in your new blog or new money making website. Here are some keyword research tool that you may used for free http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ , http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html , http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/, https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

2.  On Page search engine optimization – This is also important part in developing and starting your blog, after researching your keyword, be sure to optimized your site content for the keyword you’ve research. The title tag of your site is one of the most important part of your on page optimization, be sure to include your target keyword in your title. Also include your target keyword to <h1> , <b> tags.

3. Off Page Search Engine Optimization – This is more important than the on page optimization, off page optimization is the process of getting link to your blog or website. It is important to get back link from site that related to your site.

4. Targeted Blog or General Purpose blog? – Many bloggers who failed thought that they will make money if they will create a general purpose blog than targeting a specific niche. It is easier to maintain and make blog successful if you only target a specific niche.

5.  Making money on it – There are many ways to make money from your blog it always depend on what niche you’re targeting. The easiest way of course is google adsense , but you can also make better money from selecting a good paying affiliate programs, or if you have at least let’s say 500 subscriber in your blog and you lose interest of it you can still convert the blog into cold instant cash by selling your blog. Try to sell it at http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace or http://forums.digitalpoint.com