Blogging for Money
In this post, I would like to touch briefly on a few ways to making money through blogging.
It won’t be an in-depth post, just an introductory one. But over the next few posts I will be covering these methods more in detail and sharing my personal experiences.
In no particular order of preference, here they are -
- sponsored reviews
- advertising
- affiliate marketing
- selling your own products
That’s it! The 4 main methods of making money through blogging.
I’ve personally done all the above with varying success. Some of my blogs perform better at some methods while some excel in other methods. All these really boil down to the niche and target market involved.
I’ll briefly touch on the 4 methods now.
Sponsored Reviews – You are commissioned by a 3rd party to write about their products/services/websites. While some people may argue that being paid to review something is hardly ethical, it is a fact that reviews are a very powerful form of word-of-mouth. If you see a positive recommendation for a product by an authoritative person or website, chances are you will form a good impression of that product. The opposite is true. Sponsors realize that, and that is why they are willing to pay good money to have sites write positively about their products. This can be a very good source of income for bloggers. The only catch to this method of blogging for money is that your site will have to be quite popular before you can command a premium fee for your reviews. Most small-time bloggers can earn between $5 – $20 per assignment. Popular bloggers can earn up to a few thousand dollars per assignment. I will be sharing where to go to get such opportunities over my next few posts.
Advertising – You sign up with advertising networks who will give you a piece of code to put on your site, and you are ready to start accepting advertisements. Some ad networks serve ads almost instantaneously while others take forever. Prices are usually set by the clients or the ad networks. As your blog becomes more popular, you can look for advertisers and broker deals yourself. Usually that earns you more money. For beginners, it is recommended that you start out with Google Adsense, as the ads get served almost immediately and you are almost always guaranteed to get ads, unless you are in a very obscure niche. I will be sharing various ad networks and covering advertising more in depth over the next few posts.
Affiliate Marketing – You sell other people’s products and get a commission for your efforts. If you keep a particularly good blog with quality posts and have accumulated a loyal stream of followers, you can sign up with an affiliate network such as Clickbank and look for good products that are related to your niche to market and sell. This can be very good money if your website is very popular. I will be sharing various affiliate networks and covering affiliate marketing more in depth over the next few posts.
Selling Your Own Products – This involves creating your own digital or physical product and selling it via your blog. The concept is almost similar to affiliate marketing except that you are selling your own products, but the fundamentals remain that you have to keep a good blog with a healthy traffic with a niche relevant to your product in order to make sales. And of course, your product must be of quality. I will be covering more of this over my next few posts.
So there you have it. The 4 main methods of making money through blogging.
Over the next few posts, as promised, I will discuss these methods more in detail. Do watch out for them.
In the meantime, do download my free e-book on blogging if you have not already done so - “Aldric’s Guide to Blogging for Money”. It will cover what I have just discussed and more 
Till the next post then!
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