Just a decade ago, blogs were created as a way to release creativity and to share your ideas with others. While much of the content was valuable, few people dreamed that they could make money by sharing their ideas. Today, there are thousands of blogs out there, and some writers are working off of their websites part-time or even full-time.
Before you get started, consider the top six ways you can possibly make money from your blog.
Choose a Professional Venue
Nothing screams amateur more than a subpar website. At the same time, you don’t want to shell out thousands of dollars to a web designer. This is especially the case if you are just starting out and haven’t made any money off of your blog yet. By choosing a professional website builder, you can rest assured that you will have the templates to enhance your quality content.
Choose Automatic Traffic
Another perk to choosing a website builder is that the venue can automatically help increase traffic to your blog. These companies already have relationships with internet marketers, so they can help create ways to enhance traffic to your site based on keywords and your overall content.
Allow Ad Spots
Ads are another primary method of making money with a blog. By featuring national ads on your blog, you can earn some cash every time a reader views the company’s products or services. While the percentage might be minimal at first, the earnings can add up as your blog and web traffic grows.
Solicit Local Ads
If you have a more specific niche, you might consider soliciting local businesses to advertise on your blog. Generally, this method is utilized by more seasoned bloggers because local businesses are more interested in spending money on more established online publications. By keeping your content fresh and relevant, you can create a sizeable portfolio that will eventually convince businesses to advertise on your blog.
Affiliations
Another money-making method is to allow affiliate links on your blog. For example, if there are books relevant to your niche, you can work with the publisher to create an affiliate link on your website. Every time one of your readers purchases the book, you get a percentage of the cut.
Your Own Goods
Are you the author of a book or an e-book? Do you craft your own goods? Then by all means, add these links to your website!
You will find that both your blog traffic and other business ventures grow stronger when they are connected together in this way.
It takes time to make a web presence with your blog, and this isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme by any means. However, with a little bit of time and perseverance, it is possible to make a part-time income off of your quality blog. All you have to do is learn how to match the right money-making opportunities with the great content you write.
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Chris from Fachwirt IHK April 9, 2013 at 11:50 am
As soon as my bog is ready to go and I have enough content on it, I will find out how adsense and affiliate links will work, I’ m very excited to test everything out,
cheers, Chris
Joseph Ofori Danquah March 28, 2013 at 9:31 am
Hi Hesham
I love your great tips.I’m a newbie blogger and I want you to help me get exposure through guest posting.
I hope you will give me chance to be a guest author on your site.Thank you.
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Sudipto March 19, 2013 at 7:27 am
Hey Hesham,
Most of my earning is through affiliate marketing and I think its a nice way to make money. Through ads we can also earn money but its take more time to approve adsense account. Thanks for sharing these tips.
Junaid Akbar January 31, 2013 at 1:03 am
Nice post Hesham, I am very inspired from you therefore i started blogging to make some extra money. Thanks
Tauseef Alam January 11, 2013 at 12:19 am
Hi Hesham
I want to ask one thing, you’ve mentioned about the automated traffic, Do you think this automated traffic helps to grow your blog.
Hesham Zebida January 12, 2013 at 3:50 pm
Automate traffic here means organic traffic, so basically that’s the traffic you get from search!
Tauseef Alam January 13, 2013 at 1:46 pm
Hi
Thanks for clear my doubt. I was thought you’re talking about some traffic exchange technique.
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Sreejesh December 6, 2012 at 10:41 am
You have developed some great products like thesis skin and plugin are another example. There are endless opportunities of getting returns from a blog but its best to focus on money making ways once the blog is in driving a lot of organic traffic and which helps targeting, trying to monetize early isn’t good.
David November 30, 2012 at 6:16 am
You need to write the articles to make the visitors stay on site, this will decrease bounce rate and increase ranking in search engine. Also Google adsence is the best deal.
Bivori Ananda November 20, 2012 at 8:23 am
What could be better if you have your own goods to sell through your blog. But for beginners, Adsense and Affiliate marketing can be a good source of revenue to begin with.
I guess I did not get you properly in first two tips. Do you mean it is better to hire a website designer for blogs?
babanature November 19, 2012 at 6:41 pm
The best way to make money with your blog is to truly know what your audience need. Monetizing your blog with Google adsense is far the best and can yield income at the end of the day.
Jon November 17, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Monetizing is a bit of a trial and error process. Sometimes you know what will work; most times it’s uncertain. I find that articles about particular product is easy to monetize; while more informational articles may be tricky.
One additional method all bloggers should consider is instead of going for the immediate sale/click on the site is to get visitors to sign up for an e-newsletter and then monetize the newsletter. Some bloggers focus exclusively on this method.
Rajesh Namase November 15, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Thanks for sharing these way to make money, I was using only two ways to make money – ad spot and affiliate links, will try other suggested by you.
Harshit Singhal November 13, 2012 at 11:22 pm
I personally like making money through advertisements the most. Though I mostly get private advertisers to contact me directly, even using a medium like BuySellAds isn’t bad for those who are unable to get direct ad sales.
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Vishnu November 13, 2012 at 2:29 am
hey Hesham.. I must really thankyou for sharing this article and especially the last point ” Your own goods” I’ve been thinking to sell my products on my site but i wasn’t sure if it will work or not. But now i’m sure am gonna do it sooner..
Juan November 12, 2012 at 5:38 pm
i just start to try out ad spot for making monay from blog, i hope i will a little from it
Trung Nguyen November 12, 2012 at 4:38 am
I do agree that affiliates marketing is a great way to make money from a blog, I’m using this way to earn money from my blog too. Nice sharing.
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Hamza Sheikh November 10, 2012 at 9:41 am
Hi Hesham,
These are amazing tips to earn money via the blogging. I have recently experienced that direct ads are overtaking many other ways of earning money via blogs. what do you say on this?
Hesham Zebida November 10, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Not true!
Hamza Sheikh November 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm
But I have seen big companies like Nokia, Samsung are spilling lot of money in the online campaigns, a part from the Google Adwords.
I have many friends in my list running their local blogs, and on those blogs they didn’t even able to earn $100, but after the direct ads their earnings boom to $5000.
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saad naeem from seoallrounder November 13, 2012 at 8:16 pm
i think it all depends on the traffic and your ad placements , Adsense is no doubt the highest paying if you put your ads in the annoying places for clicks. direct advertisers ask for too much from small time bloggers.
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Joe Clark November 10, 2012 at 2:31 am
Hi Hesham,
I always like to read your articles, they all seems professionally written and authenticated. Here you talked about selling your own goods ebooks etc, this idea made me think about writing an ebook on SEO. Thanks a lot!
Joe
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Dean Saliba November 9, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Sponsored posts have been an absolute godsend for me to make money with my blogs and I have found them rather easy to pen, I think I have made over $15,000 with them since 2007 and that is not even part time.
Himadri November 9, 2012 at 11:38 am
I was looking for some ways to make some real money from blog as i also write one technology related blog.Your tips are very meaningful and i think if we follow this kind of ways then we will be able to earn a decent amount of money from blog.I will surely try some of your tips and i hope i will be able to earn a decent amount of money thorough this.
Bhavesh Sondagar November 9, 2012 at 9:47 am
HI Hesham Zebida,
I am agree with your points. We can make money from blogs in many ways, I have never tried affiliate marketing but I thinking start with it.Showing ads spot on our website will attract advertisers and we can generate money from the ads spot available on our website.
Thanks for sharing such great information!!
Michael Cheney November 9, 2012 at 5:58 am
Uber informative post. I think well driven traffic and updating is the important factor to eliminate competitors. Just a thought..
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Rishi Mohan November 9, 2012 at 3:49 am
There are lot of competitors around, and to get ads for your blog, you need nothing but traffic and readers. This is as easy as writing in an exam, but traffic and audience is the key to success.
Shorya Bist November 9, 2012 at 3:38 am
Hi Hesham,
Thanks for sharing the useful information,
I also believe that there are many ways we can earn money from our blog, and as you said that intialy blogging was to share the views and only passionate blogger was there on internet
But today scenerio is very different ,bloggers want to earn money from there blog ,they want to grow there business from them.
I myself planning to grow my business with my blog.
Thanks again for sharing the resourceful information with us.
Shorya Bist
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