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For the new bloggers out there I’ve compiled a list of links for you to read about how bloggers make money with their blogs.
In rummaging through the blogoshere looking for articles on making money with your blog, you run into the word “Monetize” or “Monetization” a lot. Monetize simply means doing something with your blog to make money with it or from it, and there are many ways.
Recently, Daniel over at DailyBlogTips wrote about 28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website. In turn, Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs-Journey dissected Daniel’s article in a kind of a cut-to-the-chase, what works best when monetizing your blog. I love these kinds of blog posts because you get a huge list from a pro blogger of how folks are making money with their blogs and then another experienced pro blogger validates and paves a path for newbies to focus on when and how to consider monetization techniques. Some of the monetization methods Yaro talks about that work better are:
- Banner Advertising - You can sell space on your blog for banners using your own pricing structure - monthly, annually, etc.
- Text Link Ads - Although Google implemented guidelines rgarding TLAs, some folks still use them and are making money.
- Affiliate Marketing - Sell something for someone else on your blog and you get a percentage of the sale.
- Premium Content and Membership/Mentoring Sites - A good example of this is the course Teaching Sells by Brian Clark at Copy Blogger. You pay a monthly or quarterly, etc. fee for premium stuff - information, services, technology, etc.
- Selling your own website or blog
Other ways to make money from your blog is by offering your knowledge and skills as services. Chris Garrett at ChrisG.com has a nice page explaining what services he offers. Michael Martine of Remarkablogger does this as described on his blog consulting page.
Show Me The Money
I think it’s great when bloggers share how they’re making money with their blogs and how much. Here’s a list of bloggers who do that:
Build Traffic (Easier said than done)
One key to making money with your blog is through the traffic that makes its way to your blog. Without traffic, it might be difficult to make money with your blog. Here are a couple key articles that stand the test of time on how to build traffic to your blog.
Steve Pavlina’s How To Build A High Traffic Website (or Blog)
Yaro Starak’s 10 Blog Traffic Tips
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