The following is a guest post by Dr Huria Abdulkadir from moneymakingcow.com.
Blogging has become quite popular over the last decade. There are many different varieties of blogs from personal blogs to business blogs. Blogs are very user friendly and you can make money blogging on your favourite subjects. There are many ways to monetize your blog to earn extra money or build up your blog presence and make a full-time living.
Advertising Programs
One of the initial ways to monetize your blog is to use advertising programs. The most common advertising program is Google Adsense. These are ads that are relevant to the site content and placed throughout the site. Blog owners get paid each time a visitor clicks on the ads.
Another type of advertising program is text ads. These are hyperlinked ads using different words within the body of your blog posts. The words are highlighted much like a hyperlink, but the link sends a reader to an ad. Again bloggers get paid each time an ad is clicked through a text link. The most popular text ad programs are Chitika, AdBrite and MSN Ad center.
Affiliate Programs
An increasing number of blogs use affiliate programs to monetize and make money blogging. Clickbank, Commission Junction and Amazon are affiliate marketing mega-store with thousands of products to offer on your blog. Many of the affiliate products have banners and links that you can place on your blog for added visual effect. Most affiliate programs pay a commission based on sales, however some do pay for specific actions taken by your visitors. Adding affiliate ads to your blog can be lucrative, but you also don’t want to distract people away from your blog. Use affiliate programs with care and do not over crowd your blog with ads.
Sell Ad Space
If you have a popular blog that has a steady flow of daily traffic, you can sell ad space to advertisers in your niche. Advertisers pay a monthly fee to be able to place their ads on your blog. Unlike affiliate programs, you set a specific price of how much you think the ad space is worth. Advertisers are always looking for an opportunity to further promote their product or service. A high traffic blog is prime real estate for high profile advertisers.
Write For Other Blogs
Another good way to make money blogging is to offer your services to other bloggers within your subject. Although it may be difficult to write for some of the higher PR blogs, there are plenty of bloggers willing to pay other bloggers to write for them. This can actually benefit you in two ways. First you get paid to write a blog post and secondly you may even get to place your by-line on the post with a link back to your blog. Not only do you get paid but you get additional traffic as well.
Donations
Many people are placing donation or tip buttons on their blogs as a way to earn a little extra cash. Places like Paypal offer buttons that you can place on your site that people can click on to send you random amounts of money. Most often people write up a small post such as “If you found the information useful, won’t you please support us with a donation” and then add the donation button. You will not get rich off a donation button but it is a cool way to gain a little extra gas money.
Flipping Blogs
Yet another way to earn money blogging on a popular blog is to sell the blog. There are many people that have lucrative businesses doing nothing more than creating popular high traffic blogs and flipping them for profit. Business owner purchase high traffic blogs in their niches to boost sales. There is a lot of work that goes into building and flipping high traffic blogs, but the end result can be extremely lucrative.
There are many ways to make money blogging both directly on the blog and off the blog. Any blog can be monetized to make money with a little research. The key to successful monetization is to keep ads that are relevant to your topic. For off site opportunities, develop a network of associates within the blogging community to find guest posting spots. With a little work you can turn your blog experience into a lucrative and fun way to earn money.
Dr Huria Abdulkadir is the owner of www.moneymakingcow.com, a blog which offers her experience in different legitimate paid jobs from home, and making money from home both online and offline.
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