28 Dec 2009

How to have moneymaker blog$!

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Have you ever tried to monetize your blog’s visitor traffic? Maybe this is not your intention, but in the current economic downtime most bloggers would rather look for alternative ways to earn some extra income.

But, it’s not that easy. You need traffic, traffic, and much more traffic! Only then, you can turn your blog into a source of income.

How to make money from your blog? Some stuff you can implement to earn some money are:

Use Google Adsense

The most common way to include advertising that matters, in your blog would be to place ads spaces on it. You will get a commission for each visitor who clicks on any of the ads from ads spaces. Additionally, you can also offer ad spaces on your blog for a monthly fee. So, if your blog receives more and more visitors, you can raise this fee.

Request Donations

If you are supporting a social, political, environmental or health cause, you could ask donations. Don’t be timid! All you have to do is include a PayPal link in your blog. Create a group of loyal followers who may later provide you with support through donations.

Be paid for blogging

This is quite easy. If you have a basic blog, you can submit each blogs you own to multiple others and get paid for blogging websites such as Blogitive, Blogsvertise, Review Me, Sponsored Reviews, PayperPost, or LoudLaunch and start writing posts having them as sponsors. PayperPost has the larges quantity of offers available, all paid.

Sell Merchandising

If you are creative, you can design some products with your logo or slogan and sell them. Those who visit your blog can purchase any kind of product that shows your brand. You will be paid a percentage for everything that is sold sold.

Affiliate Sales

In this situation, you get paid for enabling a connection between those who visit your site and other people’s websites that make product sales. You are allowed a percentage of each sale for providing the customer as a commission. For instance, Amazon.com has a great affiliate’s program where you can put books and products on sale, always keeping in mind what your readers might be interested in.

Every penny counts! You could try several of these at a time and get a better grip on how blogs work or you can choose to clean start on whichever strategy appeals to you most. Even though making money from your blog is not your main reason for blogging, you may consider some of these new opportunities for your pocket.

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One Response to “How to have moneymaker blog$!”

  1. Field Turf says:

    Thanks for the great post! keep it coming ;)

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