Many people have become so overwhelmed by the many ways you can make money online. Some have even shared their success stories of how they make millions of dollars on the internet. If you are new to the idea of making money online, you can start on your blog. If you have your own blog by now, you can actually start exploring ways to make money from blogging.
The most popular way to make money from blogging is to advertise. This is also lucrative as businesses are now going to the internet to advertise their products and services. Aside from the internet’s wide reach and global market, it also provides cost-effective advertising for businesses, thus you will never worry about not getting anything to advertise. You just have to work on getting traffic that you can promote their product to.
(1) Google AdSense — this is probably the simplest you can avail in when it comes to publishing ads. Create an account and you will be asked to register your blog. After you are done, you have to allocate a space in your blog where Google can put the ads. This advertising method follows the pay per click method. You are paid for every click of an online reader who is interested on the ads. You have to understand also that the cost per click of these ads can depend on the placement of your ad in your site — that is why your blog should be well-designed.
(2) Displaying ads and banners — if your blog has gained popularity and you have a good volume of traffic in your blog, you may allot a space for advertisers to place their ads on any webpage of your blog, which can be in the form of banners or text links. When advertisers are interested, you can agree on a cost per click for these ads. These forms of advertising often follow a pay per click system, or you are paid every click of the ad. You can also get a higher rate in this form of arrangement because you are directly negotiating with the advertisers. Rates are dependent on what you agree with the advertisers.
(3) Affiliate marketing — this is also one of the most lucrative ways to make money from blogging especially if you have great volume of traffic from the search engines. In affiliate marketing, you will be promoting other people’s product in your blog in any method you want — writing a promotional article about it, displaying an ad or writing product reviews about it. Your earnings will be a commission for the product that you will sell. Commission may vary from program to program and it can range from 10% to 60%. You can also find many affiliate programs online where you can find products to sell, but make sure the products fit your blog’s topic or niche.
(4) Product reviews — You can also find programs like PayPerPost where you are paid to write a review of a product. You will just have to write a regular blog post on the product or service, make a review and add a link to the business’ website. As the name suggests, you will be paid per post of the review at a fix rate set by the advertiser.
These are just among the popular ways to make money from blogging. If your blog is highly informative and useful, you even ask for donations directly from your readers. If you can focus on even a single one from these methods, you will have a long way of making money online.
Carolyn Anderson loves blogging and making money from it. For a comprehensive guide in making money from your blog, check out Atomic Blogging. Also check out Health Biz in a Box, if you want to make money online by selling health-related products.