A fun and effective way for you to start earning money blogging
As I discussed in my earlier post, I believe that healthcare providers should start blogging in bigger numbers. But, really, I think everyone should start providing high quality, easily accessible content via blogs, regardless of profession. It does take time, it’s true, and no small amount of bravery (putting yourself out there can be scary) but the promise of earning an income may help you to overcome your fears.
But can you really make money blogging? Yes. A little over a year ago, I began a blogging course called Blog Mastermind with blogger and Internet marketer, Yaro Starak. I was drawn into his way of thinking first by reading about his incredible Blog Profits Blueprint which he offered for free on his blog, Entrepreneurs-journey.com. I read the blueprint in about 45 minutes - once I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down. Here was what I had been waiting for, a way to make money simply by sharing what I’m learning, thus helping my family and eventually (hopefully) taking the pressure off of patient visits when I’m in clinical practice! Fantastic!
I started this blog, Deepest Health, immediately. Unfortunately, my way through the course got a little choppy and I actually ended up having to quit before the end. However, the information I gleaned from those couple of months was more than enough to catapult me from making nothing to making several hundred dollars. I have to admit that, because of the intensity of my schooling (and the rest of my responsibilities) I wasn’t able to do things exactly as Yaro instructed. However, going back over my notes and really implementing what he taught me now has already brought great benefits - resurgences in traffic and a threefold increase in daily income! He’s really got something special.
He’s opening his training program again, newly updated, incorporating the lessons he learned during his last implementation. I can recommend this to anyone who is interested in making an income blogging. I’m happy to talk to you about my experiences in the course - through email or comments.
As is Yaro’s way, he’s offering some great free content as he launches his new membership site. He does this first and foremost because he likes sharing what he learns - but of course he hopes that you will be impressed enough with the free content to consider becoming a paid member. I should also disclose that if you buy into Yaro’s membership program through my link, I will get a commission. I appreciate that extra income and pledge to use it to improve my blog here and also put together my new blog, naturalmedicinesuccess.com, coming soon. On to the free resources…
First, definitely check out the Blog Profits Blueprint - this is an incredible FREE guide that will help you understand the basic way that blogging works and how it generates income. Download the Blog Profits Blueprint.
Second, head over to Yaro’s site and watch his excellent, informative videos that cover his unique take on how to take making money online with blogs to the next level. I was amazed at the quality of this content - I’m already using it to help take Deepest Health to an even wider audience.
Third, sign up using the links on any of those pages I sent you to or by following this link directly to Yaro’s sales page. I promise that you will not be disappointed in your experience. Yaro will take you through the earliest stages (setting up the blog) and step-by-step help you to get up to full functionality, making money and having a great time. I have learned that there are some things that don’t work as well in the natural medicine niche of blogging, and that’s why I’m considering developing a course of my own. But you can easily get up and running and making a profit while getting your face, your name and your unique perspective out there using Yaro’s methods. He offers excellent customer service and connects you with a community of folks who are walking the path alongside you. I found that the member connections were one of the best parts of the program - I think you will, too.
Anyway - thanks for letting me go slightly off topic, here. I really believe that the more natural medicine (and associated) bloggers we have out there, the better health we will have as a community of human beings. I hope you share this opinion and are ready to share your voice with the world. If you do sign up and get a blog going, please contact me as soon as you do and I will put your blog address up on my soon-to-be-created natural medicine blog subpage. I’ll be your first high-quality link, helping you build traffic from search engines and starting your meteoric rise to the highest strata of blogging. :)
Thanks again,
Eric
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Why should healthcare practitioners have a blog?
About a month ago, I had a very interesting conversation with a manager of the local branch of a popular bank while setting up a checking account. He was a nice guy and very chatty. At some point, he asked me what I do for a living. I talked about being in school and my partner mentioned that I do make money blogging online. He smirked and chuckled and said, “Wow, I’ve just never felt self-absorbed enough to do that!” I think he realized that this was a somewhat insulting thing to say, but I laughed and we went on with our transaction.
I think this highlights an important misconception that people have about blogging. Many folks have the erroneous belief that a blog is, essentially, an online journal. Nothing could be further from the truth. While some people do use their blogs to talk about their lives, their political opinions, their cats, their religious beliefs or their love for particular sports teams - this usage is just skimming the surface of the deep power of this method of communication.
Sometimes, when I realize how easy it is for me to write something like this post and get it out to thousands of people, I’m blown away. In the history of the world, it has never been so simple to communicate a message to so many. It’s a great power. I believe that it brings with it a great responsibility. That responsibility is to get accurate, timely and powerful information out to people who need it. Many of us have something important to share with others, though we might not know it. Even people who feel like relative failures in life may have something very important to teach to others - maybe simply how to avoid the mistakes they’ve made in life.
For health care providers, the power of blogging can help fulfill one of the most important duties of a physician. This duty is enshrined in the stated principles of naturopathic medicine:
The physician as teacher: Docere
“A cooperative doctor-patient relationship has inherent therapeutic value. The physician’s major role is to educate and encourage the patient to take responsibility for their own health. The physician is a catalyst for healthful change, empowering and motivating the patient to assume responsibility. It is the patient, not the doctor, who ultimately creates/accomplishes healing. Teaching with hope, knowledge, and understanding, the physician acts to enable patients to heal.
This quote borrowed from the fine authors at naturodoc.com
Education is a crucial tool in any physician’s kit. This education comes at every level of treatment. We tell the patient what we are doing when examining them, what the results mean in language they can understand, we tell them what sorts of treatments we are considering and what the outcomes are likely to be. We explain to our patients how different features of their lifestyle may be affecting their condition and what they can do about this. We help them to understand how to take in their medications appropriately and so on. Blogging is, perhaps, not so helpful for the majority of this type of information. However, I believe we have an even more important educational role.
Particularly as natural medicine practitioners, there is a lot we learn about how the body works and how the human being might best interact with his/her environment for maximal health. We come to an understanding of nature and how human beings can operate most in harmony with her principles. We have an “outsiders” perspective on the way healthcare is practiced in this country, and have important things to communicate about that. We also have our personal perspectives to share, many stories to tell and so much more. In this contemporary era, we have cheap and easy ways to communicate all of this information. Blogging is chief among them.
When we educate the public using blogging, we make our own jobs easier. Gradually, the average level of understanding about our medicine will increase. This helps us from a business perspective but also in the way of having more shared understanding about health and healing with our patients. We can also use a database of articles as information to refer our patients to in the future. For instance, if a patient with cancer comes in for treatment and you recently wrote a 10 article series about treating cancer with food and lifestyle changes, you can easily point them to your blog or print out the articles for them to read. What a benefit for our patients!
We also begin to network with other health care practitioners. In particularly small fields, this may be an incredible resource. If you are the only practitioner of whatever-it-is in your state, you may feel quite isolated. By writing to a blog frequently, other practitioners may find you through a quick Google search or some other medium - great friendships can be born! I have already met several people through blogging. I’m glad to call them my friends and colleagues!
Blogging can also be a secondary (or even primary) source of income. While I don’t make a ton of money from my blog, I also don’t try very hard to do so! I am looking into ways to expand my web properties and thus be able to bring in a little more money. Why think about income generation? I believe that the more streams of income I have flowing toward my family, the less pressure there will be on generating income from patient visits. Thus, I can keep my prices low and make Chinese medical care more accessible for more people. It’s not difficult to make money blogging, it just takes some patience, persistence and the willingness to bravely put your thoughts into the public realm.
If you are interested in starting a blog, I encourage you to do so. In the future, I would like to begin an online course for natural medicine professionals interested in entering into the world of blogging. But, for now, I have an excellent suggestion for anyone who would like to start making money using this incredible communication method. I’ve already rambled on enough here, so I’ll put it in a separate post. Look for it this evening - it will include a great video and links to other resources. I encourage you to read it through and watch the videos, then come back and tell me what you think.
Eric
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New features of Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine
I can’t overlook an opportunity to put my entire blog title in a post title, sorry. :) I just wanted to quickly point out that I’ve made a few changes to the site.
1. In order to increase community interaction, I’ve added recent comment and trackback sections to the far right sidebar. Believe it or not, people are finding this site for the first time every day and they often comment to quite old posts! By monitoring this sidebar widget, you can keep up with the latest conversation on well aged articles.
2. In order to try to pay for my last year in Classical Chinese Medicine at NCNM, I’ve added a few monetization features. I’ve always run a few ads, which I hope haven’t been too intrusive. I’ve added an Advertise page (still tweaking it) where interested companies/websites can purchase ad space and sponsored reviews. I hope that you, my intrepid readers, will give your blessing for these changes. I intend to make them seamlessly integrated and no detraction to your reading experience. Any paid reviews will be indicated as such, except when compensation is simply a review copy of the book/product being reviewed. Ads will be minimal, highly relevant, and well placed. Please email me any concerns.
3. I have recently updated my Year of Sagely Living page. The story has been less than fascinating, I’m afraid, but hopefully the experience has some worth to folks. I expect some months will be more prolific than others - as with everything. I’m looking forward to February’s business/strategy focus, as lots of that energy has been coming into my field of awareness as of late.
Anyway, thanks for reading. I really appreciate it.
Eric
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