The first way you can make money from your blog is by selling Advertising on it. This is a way for advertisers to reach people within a very specific niche market (that niche being the main topic covered in your blog). It could be your blog appeals to a younger demographic, in which case certain advertisers will be more interested than others.
Advertisers will pay in different ways, some will want annual contracts, others monthly, others performance based (in other words if a visitor doesn't do a certain action in relation to their advertisement the won't want to pay you), still others will simply go on the no of times their advertisement is seen. In order to maximise your earnings from advertising you need to know your statistics, and you need to keep accurate logs of them.
Advertisers will not pay you simply because you say my site got X no of views during the past X no of months. They will need to see Google Analytics, and / or any other web logs that you have to prove your claims.
What will appeal to anyone and attract them to advertise with you is the content. If you have fresh content, that is updated regularly then advertisers will see a great advantage in placing their ad's on your blog.
Another form of advertising is Google AdSense. This is very easy to setup and for the blogger just starting out this is probably the best way to go. You simply need to visit google.com/adsense, and sign up for an account. Then you can add their code to your site, making sure it is in the strategic banner and side bar areas, but not dominating the look/feel of your blog. Too many ad's will simply turn Blog readers off.
AdSense is by far the most famous PPC program out there. You can get free Wordpress plugins which help you to add the code and manage the ad's in a Wordpress blog.
If you want to set this up well, it is a great idea to keep the following in mind, that your blog readers don't react well to big changes in your website look/feel. So if you want to do this right, add the AdSense from day one. Then the look and feel will not change so much that visitors to your site will be put off by any changes you later make.
Another way to earn income from your blog is by selling links. This has some great advantages for you. First when you sell a link it requires very little time to setup and maintain. Second they make you monthly income, and it is automatic, in other words you sell the link, and the user pays you a regular monthly payment.
Another way of monetizing your site is to promote affiliate products. Here is a tip, if you include eBay items, and a visitor to your blog clicks on the link, makes a $400 purchase then your commission will be $20 for just one sale.
Clickbank is another great Affiliate program. It is excellent for Blog site owners in part because there are so many different products available, and second because the products are delivered digitally, and increasingly people want instant access for their purchased product.
| Hope this gives you some ideas on how you can monetize your site. To find out more tips on how to Make Money With Your Blog click here: http://www.youblogformoney.com. |
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