Make money blogging, for real

Almost everyone that has ever blogged as an amateur has done so because they want to make money blogging. There’s nothing wrong with that at all, because you’re not alone. You know who doesn’t like making money? A communist. But bad punchlines aside, an increasing number of bloggers are discovering that you can make money blogging since blogging is now a very successful medium. The amount of money you can make differs. For some, it’ll be enough to set up a live sportscast, for some it will be a nice stream of passive income. For others, it will be enough to make it a part-time or even a full-time job. Thousands of bloggers make money blogging, and you too can be one of them.

Allow me to mention my choice techniques to make money blogging, and I will try to update this topic, if not this post, regularly. Remember one thing though; every blog is unique in its own way and each will have different ways to make money for you. Some of these tips will work better with some sites than others and the key is to figure out what works for you. I earn a very steady stream of income from blogging, and I hope it can be the same for you too.

Adsense

Adsense can be an amazing tool for bloggers. I have set it to show image and text ads that are displayed in 250×300 windows and it works well provided I end up blending it into the whole site design. There’s no point in having those ads stick out like a sore thumb, is there? Their referral programs aren’t that big of a deal for me, but their regular ads still do the job just fine and are a dominant chunk of my earnings.

Affiliate Programs

All of the affiliate programs I have run at some point or the other add up to a nice chunk of money. Individually, they don’t count for much. Together, they are far more significant though. The thing is that I try to pick out affiliate programs that aren’t lousy though. There’s no point in trying to promote something you don’t believe in yourself. Most of these affiliate programs are of such a high quality that they don’t seem to cheapen themselves and I have even had readers mail me and thank me for putting up the recommendation. I think that’s the biggest validation I could have received.

E-books

At one point, when I was looking to grow my income, I realized I wasn’t selling anything of my own at all. Most of my proceeds were fractions of what was being passed on to those whose products or ads were being showcased on the site. That’s when I set about making e-books for myself. While the price tag on most of these e-books is not colossal (and it never will be), they add up to a lot over months and have quickly grown into a key part of the income I receive from the blog. The one mistake I did make was not making a proper announcement or product launch for these e-books. But I do see my income stream expanding from e-books, and it is something I’d advocate for everyone.