Make Money Blogging

As long as you have a blog, you may as well make another stream of income with it…

If you have people coming to your blog on a regular basis, you could easily make some money with the following:

AdSense
By cutting and pasting one snippet of code, or having adsense set up on your blog, you can place Google ads on your blog. It is simple to set up and is an easy way to pull in some revenue from your visitors. Learn more on the Google AdSense page.

Other Ad Systems
Some ad placement services have special features and advertising methods that help increase clicks. A few of these are Chitika.com, PayPerPost.com.

Sell Products
You can join relevant affiliate programs and link to their products in your blog.

You do not need to be supper popular to review products and services from affiliate programs. You can also get free products and services in exchange for reviewing what some companies have to offer. On top of that, you can place their affiliate link in your review.

If you feel good enough about a product, you can create a product page and sell that specific item how you like. Do not be afraid to create your own ads that direct visitors to your own product page!

Sponsorships
If you have a proven traffic record, you can find companies that will “sponsor” your blog and pay you an arranged amount of money each month so that you will place their ad in a prominent place on your blog.

Write a Book
If you have created enough good content on your blog, take the “best of” your blog posts and turn them into a book. Sell your book on your site.

Membership Site
If people are willing to pay for your content, turn it into a “members access only” site.

Watch What Professionals are Doing
Places like EZineArticles.com make their living from ads on their site. You can bet that they have tested, and continue to test, many different ways of making money on their site. Pay attention and try the things they are doing.

Watch what top bloggers are doing and what is working for them. Look at what is popular on sites like Technorati.com and see how these blogs are placing their ads on their pages.

Drawbacks

Here are a few things to understand when it comes to advertising on your blog.

Do Not Make Too Much “Noise”
Try not to place too many ads on your blog. They make it hard for visitors to concentrate and find the content that they are there for in the first place.

If people find that the ads on your site are too invasive they might get tired of it and leave for good.