How to make money blogging in Nigeria

Well have you started? You need to. I'm talking about blogging. It's no longer news that you can make money online from blogging, unless you're just hearing this for the first time.
You can make money blogging in Nigeria and to do this, you will need to have a blog to start with.

The internet is a very vast medium that has helped connect people across the world, Nigeria inclusive. If you really want to start blogging, i wouldn't advise you to quit your job just yet. Blogging is something you can do even while keeping a job as it involves writing and publishing your work online. It comes from a pool of knowledge that you want to share with other people and a platform by which you can publish your write-ups or thoughts is by means of a blog. To make money from blogging, you need to first of all know what niche or passion you want to blog about, make your blog posts everyday and then commercialize it.

It is said that 70% of Nigerians live below $2 a day, blogging can help you live above this. Bloggers, even in Nigeria can make much more than this.

SO how do you really make money blogging in Nigeria? I would suggest these following steps:

1. Set up a blog. Get one designed for you by a website designer if you want a custom design or you can use a free template like blogger of WordPress.

2. Select a passion you want to blog about for instance - Sports, News, Music, Movies, Lifestyle, fashion, celebrities e.t.c. .

3. Make blog posts everyday. Write about various topics centered around your niche and try to post as much as 500 topics in a month.

4. Commercialize your blog. Now that you already have a lot of blog posts and are still writing, you can make money from your blog by adding products and services from an affiliate account that you've signed up with. You can sign up with Amazon affiliates.

N.B. If you intend to sign up with Amazon a sales affiliate, i would suggest you blog should be centered around topics that people will be willing to buy and you should target people living in the US or UK who are most disposed to buying from amazon stores. If you are targeting Nigeria, i would suggest that your blog should be about products or services that Nigerians can purchase online or you can append your blog to drive traffic to your online company in Nigeria like if you are offering web hosting, domain registration, or credit card facilities.