Today I thought it would be interesting to actually encourage you to spend some money on your blog, but what do you spend and how much is to much? Well here is a list of 10 things I would purchase for nearly any blog I wanted to get going seriously!
Domain Name- Are you still on blogger or wordpress.com? It’s time to break-loose of the curse and get your own domain name, its only $8.00 per year and nearly everyone can afford that per year, that’s less then 0.02 cents per day!
Web Hosting- You will need good web-hosting if your blog ever becomes popular and trust me when I say Host Gator is the best! In fact I am so confident in Host Gator if you sign up to them right now by visiting my affiliate link I will pay for your domain name! Just shoot me with an email containing the web-address you used to sign up to host gator. Here is my affiliate link: http://secure.hostgator.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=gotlinks
Blog Theme – Its vital that your blog be unique, one of a kind and very easy to follow and read at all times! Purchasing a theme is a great way to do that, I tend to go for custom built ones myself but there are plenty of free ones on the net you can choose from! However if you want a premium paid theme that can easily be customized to fit your needs contact me and we can work something out!
Get Some Banners Made – One thing I believe is very important is banners, sure you may not need them today but in 1 year from now you may need them badly and you will get charged an arm and a leg when that time comes, pay the $20.00/per banner now and save more later on!
Content - There is nothing wrong with paying someone to create some content for your blog, don’t overdo it with paid posts because people want to know the owner behind a blog but if your dry for ideas or just need a break then hire someone for a month to make a post every other day!
Aweber - I am guilty of not yet doing this for my own blog but its on my list of things to do, by getting aweber you can start to form a mailing list that you can actually make money off of by promoting affiliate offers as well as selling your own products! Its a powerful tool that every seriously blogger should be using (me included).
Video Camera- I know video blogging or “vlogging” is not fully here yet but if you get into the vlogging game now, by the time it hits the road you will be set! The earning potential for this is simply massive and I truly believe the early goers will make the big money, that’s why I already started last year!
Decent Computer- I would hope you already have a decent computer and the great thing is blogging doesn’t require much but if you have a slow computer you will have trouble blogging. I would also make sure you have a fast internet connection so you can get the latest scoop first! In regards to a decent computer, if you ever want to offer services of some kind you will need a software of some type and when that time comes you will want a good computer!
Monthly Backup Service- When your blog becomes popular and big with hundreds of posts your database will begin to become hard to manage yourself. So its time to get a company to do it for you, you need to know that they have your back in case something happens… Dare I say it (hackers, virus etc..).
Advertise- Seriously guys, if you want to get your blog bigger quick then spend some dough and advertise on other sites in your niche! Most blogs don’t provided the quality clicks like ours does but some do and you need to find out which ones do. Usually the blogs that do will let you know by posting actual stats to prove it like I do myself.
My name is Shannon and I love to blog. I run multiple blogs and have been blogging for a few years now. You can find out more
Hikss… I spent so much money for blogging
But I still don’t know what video camera for..
@Brillie, Any decent camera will do, don’t need a pro one
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I tend to go for custom built ones myself but there are plenty of free ones on the net you can choose from! However if you want a premium paid theme that can easily be customized to fit your needs contact me and we can work something out
This is hell lot of information for a newbie who wanted to just start off with blogging.
Aweber for list building / subscribers can only be bought via credit card and i can only pay via paypal !
Shannon is there any other services like Aweber? Who accepts paypal too as a payment method for their monthly subscriptions?
@Muneeb, Im almost positive Aweber would if you email them about it
They arent going to pass up on money of any kind 
Not everyone can afford to buy domain name thus buying the web hosting. Like me who live outside US, definitely USD convert to our currency will make the cost of buying domain and web hosting is high.
But somehow learn to make money online at least can help those who like me. Nowadays with USD$25, I think peoples can afford to have decent domain name + web hosting.
@peraduanku, But having own domain and webhosting is a must Buddy. If you really want to make money online.
@indocontest,
its just my opinion. Well i agreed, if you want to be a serious blogger then own domain & webhosting is a MUST! 
yes i know
I like the post. But some of the things on the list are not really important to waste your money on. I would nevr pay someone for content or a banner when it is is to create both of these things for free.
Very good post, interesting to read. Though I also wouldn’t pay for content
Looks interesting – I feel happy when blogger spent time on such things
wow! i like The earning potential through video blogging.
These are great tips, if you ever plan on making money with your blog, you should spend money on your own domain. It will make the blog look more professional, also advertising is key so people will know about you and find your blog. After a while eventually the spending will turn into profit
yeah Blog Theme should be unique,so that anyone easy to follow and read at all times!
Great post Shannnon, There are so many places to advertise a blog. At what point should you start advertising a blog? after 10 20 30 articles?
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Right!If one chooses blogging as business,he must first put money in it.That is the rule!All the tips are useful.
Hey, nice post! I think this post is for people who are serious about blogging and focusing on the areas where they can improve. It may be an investment up front, but most money making ventures are! Thanks for helping out your fellow blogger!
Hey, Great post! It inspired me. I think I am going to move to paid hosting now
, and I am thinking about advertising.
I would put most of my investment into the last item Advertising in whatever forms of promotion for your site you can if you want to make money off of it. A domain name and hosting really is optional. (Yes even for making money off your blog.) Banners/content outsourcing are okay I guess if you want, but spend most of your attention on promotion.
Glad to say I have about 5 or 6 of those for my blogs. I make my banners and headers myself (there’s some decent free software out there) for now, but in the future I will use that too. I like buying some content to let me get ahead of the game on my niche blogs too (only once in awhile), especially for a niche I have somewhat lost interest in recently…
Are you sure I will earn money online? Maybe I should try some. I’ll follow step by step what the ideas you’ve said. And I will be ready for the online world…
well i spent most of ma money on shopping hehe
Very nicely laid out. Sure making money you need some investment upfront, especially in today’s world where everybody wants a slice of your wallet…
yeah Blog Theme should be unique,so that anyone easy to follow and read at all times!
dang… now i’m feeling guilty, especially for not paying for back-ups.
very good post interesting to read
jen x
I’d say my only cost is my hosting + the theme I bought.
As we spend more and more internally and abroad, and ended up as China being our “banker”. What do you feel is a viable solution?
We are considering doing a blog for our company, Auto Glass Cheap, so some of this was very helpful.
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