Warning: Blogging Can Stunt Your Ability To Create An Information Product

One of the things that got me into blogging for bucks is its simplicity. You find something you’re passionate about and then you write about it consistently. Simple.

However, as I’ve realized that the paid content model earns more money than the free content model (I know, duh!), I’ve looked into creating an information product.

It’s been hard though. It’s been hard to even get started. Why? Because most of my writing has been blogging. I’m in blogging mode.

Blogging mode? Well, for me and I bet for many other bloggers, blogging mode is writing about what’s on your mind that day whenever you write the post.

Check out my post topics in September, my highest traffic month. See if you can see a pattern.

• How?s The Packaging And Formatting Of Your Site?
• Blog Design: Improve Your Site Packaging
• Increase Your Profits Exponentially By Targeting Popular Bloggers
• Beat Writer?s Block With These Super Practical Tips
• The Secret To Getting Search Engine Traffic
• Stealing Feed Counts Is Lame
• Positive Online Business Experiences
• Usability and Navigation: Improve Your Site Packaging
• Why Building One Site is Better Than Building Multiple Sites
• Top Blogs Linkbait (Or Why Mark Wielgus Is A Genius)
• 5 Ways To Increase BlogRush Traffic
• 10 Outsourcing Tips That Actually Work
• Spend 37% More Time Writing Your Headline
• 22 World Class Headline Templates
• Are You Using Your Strengths?
• Rookie Blogging Mistake: Posting on the Weekend
• September Recap – Site Design, One Site Vs. Multiple Sites, Outsourcing, and Headlines

It’s a bit random, right? Other than all the posts being about net business, it looks like I didn’t have a plan.

I go from site design to promoting to popular bloggers to writing to SEO to BlogRush to outsourcing to headlines. I’m all over the place.

This is okay with blogs. People expect blogs to cover a lot of topics in the niche. Also, blogs oftentimes cover the news in their niche. And news covers a lot of topics.

I’ve written for five blogs in the last four months. I’m used to blogging mode. Therefore, it’s been hard to focus on creating an information product that’s organized and planned out well.

Blogging is very different from creating an information product. It’s easier to write when you can write about anything in your niche. It’s takes much more mental effort to take one topic and create a quality information product about it. If you’re a blogger and are thinking of selling your content, make sure you know what you’re getting into. The learning curve is steeper than you think.

Here’s what great though. Once you create the product, you’ll have an income stream that’s usually more profitable than ad revenue. Also, you’ll earn good money because bloggers make great salespeople.