When you search Google for blogging books, the only books that rise to the top of the search engine are books written in the late 2010s. However, when you search Amazon, you find a mix of books that help you develop your blogging skills, but also that either have stuck around for quite some time, or they are rockstar books that help you blog.
In general, there are two types of blogging books. The first genre lies in the general all about blogging category and usually helps you work to make money from blogging.
The second genre of books involves the skill of writing and creating great blog posts that readers want to read. In general they involve writing amazing content that beckons readers and hopefully makes you money.
So, Can you Make Money Blogging?
This question runs around the Internet and I have seem it more in blogging Facebook groups that include a wide mix of people. You need to know that not everyone makes money blogging, even if they tell you they do.
Unfortunately, liars abound online, as they seem to believe that if they lie about making money from their blog then they will get more traffic and make more money. But, most of us who have been around the blogosphere for years can sniff them out faster than they realize. In short, they mysteriously disappear because they really cannot make money from their blogging.
Blogging requires a lot of hard work, persistence and solid marketing. For some it works well, and for others, it works some and further others fail completely and leave it.
In short, making money from your blogging cannot be guaranteed, but you can try all of the methods and techniques, studying all there is to making money with your blog.
Once you achieve the blogging guru status, then you market your blog until it increases its traffic. Once that happens, your chances of making money from your blog go up.
Choose the best books to help you build the skills you need to blog, and find a few blogging courses to build your skills.
Why Read Books About Blogging?
Like any new skill, learning how to blog requires study, experience and further, training. While you may need to take a few blogging course from people like Ruth Soukup or Darren Rouse, you need to study the art and skill of blogging.
Further, if you want to make money, and believe that you can achieve it, then you need to learn the skill of building a money-making blog.
Best Blogging How-to Books
Consider the following books resources on how to blog and in some cases, blogging simply for money and note pleasure.
These books are among the best-selling books on blogging.
How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul
by Ruth Soukup
Summary:
This longstanding book stands out as a classic blogging book written by Ruth Soukup. I have read her book and and taken her main blogging course. Ruth began blogging before I did, and launched her own empire. She is a New York Times Bestselling Author.
Blogging All-in-One (for Dummies)
by Amy Lupold Bair
Summary:
This collection of eight books contains in one book, the all-important question about how to create a blog that makes money. She goes into niche marketing, corporate blogging, blogging tools, how to promote and grow your blog and much more. The $25 price tag makes this book a solid investment if you want to know everything you can to make money blogging.
The One Hour Content Plan
by Meera Kothand
Summary:
This popular book contains plenty of great assistance in writing rock star blog posts to help hook and reel in your readers. The book focuses on identifying your niche for building a blogging business. She claims that with her book you can generate enough content for a whole year in sixty minutes or less.
The Blog Startup: Proven Strategies to Launch Smart and Exponentially Grow Your Audience, Brand, and Income Without Losing Your Sanity or Crying Bucketloads of Tears
by Meera Kothand
Summary:
If you want to make money blogging, then Meera’s book helps you launch a blog with a clear plan to make money. This book stands out as a serious guide to launching and building an income-producing blog.
How to Make Money Blogging: How I Replaced my Day Job With My Blog
written by Bob Lotich.
Summary:
This first book in a two book series, was written in 2010, does contain information that remains a bit dated, but Bob shares solid insightful information to help bloggers move from blogger to paid blogger. The second book in the series is titled, Pro-Blogging Secrets, also for sale on Amazon and written in 2014.
Great Books for Creating Amazing Content
While these books many not exactly speak to blog post writing, per se, they do share valuable information for writing content that moves and gets found online.
No matter what your blog topic is, creating content that people want to read and the search engines want to find helps you build a popular blog.
The Content Beast
by Gregory Klein
Summary:
While at the time of writing this post, I cannot find Gregory’s book on Amazon, I know it helps you identify what great content you need to write. Further, I own a copy of it on my own Kindle.
With his humorous methodology, Gregory Klein helps you get organized and connect with the audience you were meant to write blog posts for. He also includes a marketing plan at the end of the book.
SEO 2024: Learn Search Engine Optimization with Smart Internet Marketing Strategies
written by Adam Clarke
Summary:
Adam’s book holds Amazon’s top selling billing for SEO books. Learning how to write for the search engines helps you drive traffic for your blog and includes any type of content you write online.
Get to the Top of Google: The Plain English Guide to SEO
by Tim Cameron-Kitchen
Summary:
When it comes to learning how to simplify writing for the search engines, Tim has you covered. Writing to feed the content beast helps you make money with your blogging while you write for your tribe.
Reading Books Helps You Develop Your Blogging Skills
You cannot go wrong when you read a few books on the craft and skill of blogging. So many people launched blogs over twenty years ago, and thrived.
Yet, during COVID, many struggled with the onset of a crazy pandemic which turned life on its head for many of us. As we all come back and re-think what it means to blog, reading few books and evaluating what you need to do to improve your blogging skills may help you achieve your future goals with your blog.
