How Do You Make Money Blogging?

There are a lot of people who blog today to supplement their income. Some make money and some do not. Some even replace their day jobs! Here’s a look at several ways you can make money by blogging:

  • Google Adsense ads. Contextual advertisements can help you get paid
  • Banner advertising. You may get paid a fee for placing banners on your site
  • Contextual links. Some sites pay bloggers for inserting anchored text links that point to their client’s site
  • Affiliate marketing. You can add ads to your site that point to online shops, information products, and more. The advertiser will pay you a commission rate for every piece you sell.
  • Add an online store to your sidebar
  • Do ghostblogging for companies on their corporate blogs

There are blog networks like Today.com that will pay you a fee per # of page impressions because they run their own revenue earning programs, and blog networks that pay you a percentage of earnings as well.

If you want to get started, a great way to go is to open a Today, WordPress, or Blogger blog and get acquainted with how easy it is to blog. Then read up on various monetization strategies (a popular guide is Atomic Blogging 3.0 )  and  then consider buying your own domain and then registering your own blog.

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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Get Paid to Blog

1 Comment to How Do You Make Money Blogging?

  1. This is a great article of yours. Many people are now considering the option of making money online, especially blogging since it’s one of the “easiest” to do. I just want people to know that it may seem easy, but blogging for profit does take some hard work and dedicated research in order to succeed.

  2. Imee on May 5th, 2009

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