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!