How do I get started?

1. Sign up: It's totally free! Then follow the provided instructions to put a little javascript snippet onto your blog skin or any web page you like.

2. When visitors view your site they see contextual text ads that automatically adjust to the contents of each page / blog post so that they are always relevant. No flashing images, just relevant text links!

3. When a visitor clicks on an ad link, Google records the click and you get paid for it. Get ready for a monthly check from Google!

First, because AdSense is a very simple and proven solution that already pays for hundreds of thousands of blogs/websites accross the world!

Also, AdSense is provided to you by Google which not only makes it reliable but also trustworthy. Once you have earned money from Google, you can actually trust them to pay it to you!

Finally, because the ads will be contexual, i-e they will be relevant to the content of your blog/site. This way, your visitors will not be offended for seeing the ads on your site.

The more success you have with your blog / website, the more time and money you're going to invest to update it and host it properly.

At some point you may think: wouldn't it just be nice to have my site pay for itself?

Well, that is actually easier to achieve than it sounds! A decent hosting plan should cost you no more than $6.95/month. However, that's quite a low figure here and most people make many many times more than that in ad revenue...

By properly monetizing your blog site it is actually possible to have it pay, not only for the hosting, but also for the time you spend working on it.

The seamlessly never ending quest for getting traffic to your blog will truly, in fact, never end! Most bloggers have been schooled in the ways of obtaining traffic in the more traditional methods, but there are other techniques that live outside of the box of normality, and can have some serious gains if executed correctly.

Below are five ways that should get you thinking in the right mind-set.

1. Create a Controversy. While this method is not uncommon, I don't think it's used as much as it should or even could be. From the earliest days of traditional advertising, slamming your competitor or opponent with valid claims was always a way to draw attention. The same theory applies to bloggers. With so many bloggers out there and competing in the same niche (think "make money online") it's rather easy to find someone to pick on. Now, keep in mind there are ethical and even legal lines you dare not cross (defamation of character, slander, etc...), as it could land you in some real trouble. However, when there are x amount of people in the same room trying to compete for your attention on the same subject, there are bound to be a few that mess up, which gives you an automatic license to pounce on them like a cheetah on a gazelle. By tactfully slamming someone, or proving them wrong, it can bring you a flood of traffic, backlinks, and all kinds of long term rewards. Again, be careful not to get in too deep, and definitely, most definitely expect retaliation!

2. Post Series This one may not be new, but again, it's a method that isn't used as often as it should be. By saying "post series", what I mean is pick a topic (preferably something you're an expert at) do the extra research, and come up with enough content to post 30 days worth - yes, a whole month! Assuming your topic is interesting enough, by creating one new post per day on it, you've effectively turned your blog into a mini-series. Readers will "tune in" religiously every day to read it. Search engines will love it, and if you can actually pull this off, it may be one of the best moves you ever made for your long term success. Note - if you plan on doing this and you announce it to your readers, make sure that you follow through with your promise!

3. Break Web Related News. We all know that news sells, but average, regular bloggers don't have the time, resources, or money to break actual newsworthy news. There are, however, countless opportunities to break web related news on an almost daily basis. With an estimated hundreds or even thousands of startups going online every day, there are plenty of interview opportunities ripe for the picking. It's kind of like a lottery, as most startups fizzle out fast, but imagine if you were the first to interview the founders of a "MySpace" sort of site? Interviews can never hurt you, and if you get lucky and pick the right one, it could build you massive professional credibility over-night! The traffic rewards would be nearly un-imaginable.

4. Don't Re-Invent the Wheel. While some people might disagree with this theory, I personally know that when something works, it's best to run with it. I hate to sound cliché, but "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". What I'm getting at is - write what people want to hear about. Web 2.0, gadget reviews, life hacks...this is all massively popular stuff for a reason. People love it! Most readers can't get enough of this type of content, and even though everyone and their grandmothers are blogging about it - that only means that it's obviously working for them. My only suggestion is to stick with what's popular, but try and put your own spin on it. Writing about what's hot works, think about the news that you watch at night; notice that every channel basically covers the same stories? See what I mean?

5. Write off Schedule. What I mean is, post articles when no one else is posting them. I'm talking about late nights, weekends, and holidays. A lot of bloggers follow that traditional time clock, and while this works for them, you want to give readers fresh new content in different time slots so you aren't competing with the big dogs. This is especially important if you're reporting on similar material. Take a chance and put your best stuff up on a weekend and see how it does. You may be surprised at the traffic boost you receive by doing this. I've done this many times in the past, and although I was hesitant to waste a good article on a weekend, it never failed that the page views were a lot higher than the weekday posts.

hope these tips, at the very least, helped to jump-start that thinking module in your head. There are many more creative ways to boost traffic, but these work, and they work with deadly greatness.

Millions of people have online blogs. Blogging has become the preferred method to share your thoughts with the online community. As a communication tool, or just for fun, blog are great things to have. However, there are ways you can turn the entertaining blog pastime into a lot of money.

Making money with your blog is not a new idea. Some people run business blogs that talk about their industry, advertise their ecommerce website sales and specials, or do straight sales of products. There are five quick and easy methods to turn existing blog traffic into big money.

Method One: Adsense of PPC Advertising

Method One: Adsense of PPC Advertising Google Adsense and other PPC (pay per click) advertising services pay you a certain amount of money every time a person clicks on one of their links. After you sign up, the company will give you a small amount of code to copy and paste into your blog template. When people visit your blog and read about their favorite topic, they may decide to click on the Adsense or PPC ads. Each click earns you money.

Method Two: Affiliate Programs

With affiliate programs, you earn whenever someone clicks, signs up, or makes a purchase through your affiliate link. You can sell products on your blog through affiliate programs and earn a commission on each sale. It is eas to include an affiliate link in your blog post. Writing a bit about the product or giving it a personal recommendation is a great way to earn with affiliate products.

Method Three: Product Sales

Besides selling products through affiliate programs, you can also sell other things through your blog. You can purchase products wholesale, use a drop-shipper, or sell handcrafted items through your blog. Posting about the product in your blog may get visitors excited about the product.

Method Four: Text Link Sales

If you have a good amount of blog traffic, you may be able to sell text advertising spot directly through your blog. There are also websites you can sign up with that match text advertisers with blogs of interest. You would be paid a sum of money to post text ads on your blog. I reccomend check out the Digital Point forums, many people are looking to buy and sell ad space.

Method Five: Posting Blog Ads

Much like posting text ads, there are also companies that match bloggers up with companies and websites that want advertising posted on blogs. These ads usually include an entire blog post touting a product or service, or a “brought to you by” or “visit our sponsor” blurb at the end of a blog post. You will earn money with your blog by writing and placing these ads.


These five methods of blog monetization will have you making money with your blog in no time. Each one is easy to implement in an existing blog. Blogging is very popular on the internet today.

If you are already blogging, you might as well make money with your blog as well!

Making Money Online used to require you to have your own web site, products to sell, and some marketing experience or savvyness, but a new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know and who you know without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.

But often it's hard to tell hype from the real deal. I did a search for "make money online" and "making money online", and much of the information I found out there is just promoting various infoproducts, mostly about Internet marketing. This is the vary reason I decided to create this guide, so everyone has a chance at making money online.

This Article Will Introduce You To Legitimate Companies that Offer Business Opportunities That:

- Pay Cash, Not Points Towards Rewards
- Doesn't Require You To Own A Web-Domain or Your Own Products
- Doesn't Involve Any Hard-Selling
- Yield A High Return for Your Time Investment

Getting Started
Many of us (myself included) start our quest to make money online by reading about it online. You will read about SEO, Internet marketing, making money on eBay, making money with affiliate marketing, and anything else you can find to help you make money online, but how do you know what is the real-deal?

There are hundreds of ways of person can earn money through the Internet, but too a beginner it may be a little confusing. Whether you want to make a few extra bucks or whether you want to generate a comfortable income there are ways. Here are some things you can do to make money online.

In My Experience, These Are The Best Ways To Make Money Online.

1 - Affiliate Programs: The very first thing you should to do is sign up with 1 or two affiliate programs. Such as Clickbank and Commission Junction. As an affiliate you will be promoting other peoples products online and you will receive a set commission (usually around $14-$25). You will then need to find ways of driving traffic to your affiliate pages. If you can get enough people to the sales page then you will get a sale.

Usually for every 200 people that see the page, 1 of them will buy. So as an estimate for every 1000 people you refer to the page 5 of them will buy, and if your making $20 commission then that's $100. There are many different ways you can drive traffic to your affiliate page. Here are some ideas

2 - Bum marketing: is essentially a form of "niche marketing". The theory revolves around search engine optimization (ranking high in google) for articles that include your affiliate link. What you would do is research keywords on sites like Wordtracker that get a decent amount of searches per day, but that don't have that many results (typically under 50,000 when using quotes). After this you would head over to Clickbank and find a product to sell that matches the key phrase / niche. Make sure the product is appealing to your audience.

Then you would write a short 400-600 word article and include the keyword or key-phrase in your title and a few random times through out the body. You would also include a link to your affiliate product at the end of the article. If you submit it to popular article sites like GoArticles, Digg, or Reddit, then there is a good chance that Google will index the your article and include it within the top results for the key-phrase you selected. Once this happens people will click on your article through Google and hopefully some of them will click on your affiliate link and buy your product. Remember, the more people that see your site, the more sales you are likely to achieve.

3 - Blogging: If you've been on the Internet for any short length of time then chances are you know what a blog is. Blogging can be a great way of generating income and a great way to sell affiliate products. There are many different ways of earning money through blogging, and affiliate sales are only one of them. This method takes a little longer than the "Bum Marketing" method, but it pays off nicely over time.

All you have to do is pick a topic that your interested and start writing about it. You can use free blog services, such as Blogger. Once you have a topic (Such as celebrities, horses, cars, etc) all you have to do is start writing away! Once the search engines index your site you will start receiving visitors. In order to make money at this you would need to promote affiliate products in some of the articles you right.

You can also set up Google Adsense which pays your every time someone clicks a link. I highly recommend using Google Adsense on any blog you are writing, sites such as Blogger allow you to incorporate Adsense without ANY html experience, which is great for beginners!

That's it for now, I'll be writing some more detailed articles soon so check back!