Blogging for Money

First of all you need to create your blog. A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. For example, this is a blog. Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries.

A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Choose your topic of discussion and publish it. Now that you have one, you have the power to let the virtual community see and read your blog. Another feature of a blog is its ability to give the readers the opportunity to leave comments, making it very interactive in nature.

Making money through blogging is all about having more people visit your site and read your blog. First and foremost, you can encourage people to visit your blog, but the numbers won't mean anything if you don't keep them coming back for more. You'll need to provide useful and relevant content. It's not enough to provide the same substance as every other blogger, or it won't attract much attention. You'll have to come up with something new and unique and provide thought provoking analysis.

Your blog has to say something and say it well. It doesn't mean that you have to be expert at the field you just have to make sure that your talk about your topic and the readers would be interested in it and would comeback for updates.

Once have established traffic on your blog its time to monetize it. Here are a few ways you can make money by blogging:

Pay Per Click Advertising - You can earn a decent income through Google Adsense or other pay-per-click advertisers. While some bloggers report earning a meager income with the pay-per-clicks, it's indeed possible to earn up to six figures. Installing Adsense on your blog is easy; it's just a matter of pasting code on your website. Every time a visitor clicks on one of the links in the ad, you'll earn a percentage of the ad revenue. If you have a popular blog, you can do well.

Flipping Blogs - This has happenes both on an individual blog level but also on a network level (the most famous of these being the 8 figure sale of Weblogs Inc to AOL).

Donations - Some bloggers report earning hundreds of dollars through tip jars alone. Some bloggers place "tip jars" on their blog's sidebars. Tip jars are donation buttons leading to the recipient's Paypal account. While this isn't recommended for every blogger, those who put in hours to provide a useful service are certainly rewarded.

Pay to Blog Sites - There are several websites that will connect you with advertisers who are willing to pay you to blog about their products and services. This can be in the form of opinion or review. Some advertisers prefer you to write freestyle so that it blends with the main content of your blog. In order for your blog to qualify for this program, it will need to be at least 90 days old, and regularly updated. A few of these sites include PayPerPost, Smorty, SponsoredReviews and Blogsvertise.

Growing Your Blogging Business Over Time

Invitation only sites such as Blogads sell ads for placement on high traffic blogs. Bloggers receive a flat fee for every ad sold. The bad news is that Blogads doesn't accept just anyone. If you don't know anyone who can offer a recommendation on your behalf, you could try emailing a request to be placed on the waiting list.

Affiliate links are another way to make money on your blog. It's not as easy to earn with these advertisers as with the pay per click programs. Still, some do well. Many online retailers will pay a percentage of a sale if it results from an advertisement placed on your site. Amazon.com offers a program, or you can visit an affiliate super-site such as Commission Junction to find retailers catering to your particular blog. The flashing, colorful ads are a turn off for many because they're so distracting. Fortunately you can choose codes for the ads that work best for your site.

I give blogging for money a 4 out 5 as everyone can easily do it and the only thing you need is to get targeted traffic to vist your blogs. There are thousands of topics for you to write about and everyone loves to read different things. Find something you know a lot about or something that interests you and start writing about it! This is an excellent way for people who love to write to earn a little bit of extra income every month.

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