As a blogger, running a blog about making money online, I need to prove myself, in order to achieve trust from my visitors and hopefully convert them into regulars, who believe in my articles. That is basically a short summary as to what any blogger aims to achieve - user loyalty!

There are a number of ways to achieve user loyalty; I shall just mention two ways below though:

• Proof of earnings - people want to see that I have earned money, ie. not all talk. If you see that someone is practicing what they are preaching, and turning results, then it’s obviously a good idea to read on, if not, what is the point? Take a look at my proof is in the pudding post, to see what I am talking about.
• Recognition - Being noticed and spoken about increase reader loyalty: "If others are interested, then so should I" - This ties up with many of my posts, where I talk about people being like sheep, and following the heard.

Bullet one above, is very much self explanatory, click the link, and see how I turned a 5 digit income in a month. Bullet two, however, is a lot harder to achieve, and often nearly impossible to show, but today I have a great example, which actually features this exactly..

About a week ago, I was interviewed by a fantastic journalist from the Campus Financial Mail. He found my website via one of the popular search engines, and at the time, he was writing an article about South African Web Entrepreneurs, who were making a success using the Internet as their tool. This morning, I logged into my mail account, and to my delight, I saw that the article had been published both on their website, and in the printed edition of the Campus Financial Mail. Above, is an extract from the brilliantly written article on South African Web Entrepreneurs. If you are not a subscriber, you can download the article, by clicking this link.

I cannot stress how important these two points are, if you can achieve these, you will see a huge increase in traffic, as well as an even bigger increase in recognition - basically a snow ball effect.

Thanks to everyone who visits this site, I do hope that you gain from reading my articles!