Profitable Niche blogging - Make money with Robotics

Apr 7, 2008

Profitable Niche blogging - Make money with Robotics

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Robotics Blogging Morning! So you’ve heard about blogging and by the sheerest of coincidences, you are addicted to robotics as well. Right now, you’re probably saying to yourself,

Gosh self! How can I marry my two passions, Robotics and Blogging, and make money from them as well?

What an entirely superb question! It’s really easy to do….and here’s how.

Step 1.) Set up a domain name and put a blog on it.

Sure, you can use something like robotics.blogspot.com, but why be so, well, wimpy? Consider these domain names:

Want cost-conscious domain resources? Check out:

Once you have a domain name, you need to get some products to market. Move onto:

Step 2.) Get an Amazon and eBay affiliate ID.

This is critical, because these two programs will deliver the majority of your commissions.

There are TONS of robotics goodies you can find on eBay and Amazon, including general robotics, Lego Mindstorms, and the like. You really want to focus on these as they deliver rather decent affiliate commissions - here’s what some would look like.

Step 3.) Set up your Robotics Blog

There are three must-do things you have to follow:

Incorporate anti-spam plugins (learn more here)
Set up categories
- I’d recommend to start off simple, like:
  - Robotics News
  - Robotics Research
  - Mindstorms
Add affiliate programs to blog template. Both Amazon and eBay give you tips on how to do this. I generally will add them both to my individual postings and the sidebars.

Kids often get their first introduction to Robotics via Lego Mindstorms….so a Mindstorms category is key.

Next, you need some content about which to write. Move to:

Step 4.) Uncover Robotics Feeds.

Go to Google Alerts and set up a comprehensive alert for

robotics

This will ensure you’ll be kept aware of blog postings regarding robotics, news about robotics, etc.

Then go to Google and search for

robotics rss

You’ll uncover feeds from sites like:

Add the feeds you’d like to your Feedreader.

Next, search for

robotics blog

This will deliver to your blogs that focus on robotics, such as:

Continue adding feeds until you have about 20 of them; that’s enough to provide you with a continuous stream of inspiration.

Step 5.) Post!

Now you can start posting to your Robotics blog. Start off with current news, technology, school happenings and research…and then move into product review resources, Mindstorms tips, etc. Then you can start to review video clips from Youtube like these robotic ones here.

With patience and persistence, you should see your affiliate income grow as your blog becomes known in the robotics industry.

And you don’t have to stop there - you can include affiliate links from robotics sites like

as well.

Hope the above is helpful!

ThankYouVeryMuch,

Owlbert

#BEGIN highlights of this blog writing post:

Beginners robotics blogging tips: Start to review other robotics blogs and pick out 1-2 articles a day about which to write

Intermediate and/or Advanced blogging tips: Incorporate eBay/Amazon robotics resources to your site and

#END highlights of this blog writing post

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pps - and here’s an example of Amazon.com robotics affiliate links too.

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