Matthew Overstreet asked:


You own a blog with a good page rank and decent traffic, but now you want to make money blogging. You want to capitalize on all your hard work and effort, but how exactly, do you make money blogging? There are undoubtedly many ways to make money with a blog, but affiliate marketing is probably the most well known method to start bringing in the cash.

So, what is affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is a method employed by businesses to drive traffic to their websites. When the owner of a website or blog signs up for an affiliate program, the business then assigns a tracking code, text or banner system to the affiliate to place on their website. When a person goes to the blog or website and clicks the link provided, the affiliate program begins tracking the visitors actions. If the visitor proceeds to buy something from the business, a percentage of the sale goes to you.

1. Clickbank

Clickbank features hundreds of eBooks for you to promote. You simply browse their online catalog for various eBooks by topic. When you find something you like, Clickbank supplies you with a tracking code, just like any other affiliate program. You place a link on your blog and the affiliate program tracks any sales generated by your lead.

2. SwordWares.com

SwordWares.com supplies text links and banners to it’s affiliates. Any sales generated from a click-through will land the affiliate 10% in sales profit.

3. Blogitive

Blogitive is a popular method bloggers are using to make money blogging. The site is actually run as an advertising service offered to businesses. A business usually pays around $20 to use the service, and then as a blog owner, you pick an ad to make $5 by promoting it on your website. Just be careful with this last method, since I’ve heard certain websites are beginning to ban or delete blogs that blatantly promote ads from blogitive.

Now that we know which services to use, just realize that neither of them are get rich quick schemes. You could just place these links randomly on your site and expect the money to come rolling in … but it’s not likely. To make money blogging, it’s all about sales. People trust personal recommendation more than a blatant sales page, and that is why blogs are such a good sales engine to capitalize on.

Keep in mind that it’s very possible to make enough earnings from affiliate marketing to actually live on. But, also keep in mind that over 90% of affiliates and blog-owners will never reach that kind of success. It takes time, patience, and education.

Instead of just placing a standalone link or banner, it’s usually good to accompany the link with some kind of opinion or buzz surrounding the product or service. If you have experience with the product or services being sold on a site, let it be known. Get people excited about the products you’re trying to sell, and you can certainly expect to make money blogging.

Tim Stokes asked:


ng is very popular because it’s fun and it is also an excellent way to make money. Many people have a blog, but are not earning a living from it like they could. Here are the top 4 ways to make money blogging today that anyone can do with a little bit of ingenuity and effort.

1. Start your blog around something you have a passion for. The reason this is important is because you will be more likely to stick with it until the income starts flowing in. Plus your blog will be more entertaining and offer useful information if it is something that you look forward to getting up and working on every day.

2. Create blogs that are lively and offer excitement. Today there are many blog themes available that make it very easy for the average blogger to do. These themes make it possible for you to add things to your blog such as graphics, video, audio, comments and other things to make it more interactive. These are all part of presenting a professional blog which will allow you to make more money.

3. Monetize your blog in multiple ways to increase your income. For example you can add affiliate products directly to the text of your blog articles. This makes it easy for your visitor to click on these and purchase products from you.

Other things you can do to make money blogging include adding affiliate products to your sidebar in the form of banners. Still a third thing you can do is sell traffic to other businesses once you have developed a blog that is generating meaningful traffic.

4. One final thing we want to mention is building your RSS subscriber feed list as large as possible. Make it easy for people to subscribe either through your feed or by email.

The larger your list becomes the more money you can make blogging. This allows you to easily keep in touch with all of your subscribers every time you make an update to your blog. This also makes it easy for them to come back to your blog and read it and purchase products from you whenever they are in the mood.

There certainly are other things you can do to make money blogging. However today these are four of the top ways to make money blogging that professional bloggers do every day. With a little bit of effort you can join them and make as much money as you want as well.

Money For Traveling asked:


Have you ever wanted to travel the world and make money for sharing your adventures with the world? Using the web and a simple blog, this couldn’t be easier. There are just a few simple, yet hidden techniques for making a healthy income for blogging about your travels.

In fact, the number of underground travelers who hold no jobs, yet make cash for writing about their  travels is growing by the day. We keep our mouths shut about our techniques as we visit worldwide destinations and get paid for telling the world about it. I know there have got to be great people out there who deserve to travel and want this information, so I’ve decided to share a few of our techniques:

1)   Own Your Blog. Sites like Blogger, Myspace, and BlogSpot are no good for our purposes, because you can’t tweak the site to make a profit very easily. Instead, if you buy a domain for 10 bucks and then install Wordpress, you now have the platform to make it extremely profitable.

2)    Utilize PPC (pay-per-click) to get started. You won’t make a massive income off of this right away, but you can easily make 5-10 bucks a day in the beginning. That may not sound like a lot… but it’s enough for a meal every day or a flight after a month, and the number only gets bigger as your blog grows in readership.



3)    Collect names and email addresses. You want to do this so that you can bring your readers back to your blog. Very few people ‘bookmark’ a site any longer, but if you email your readers every time you post a new article, you will grow your readership at an exponential rate.

4)    Offer an RSS (Real Simple Syndication) subscriptions. Don’t let this intimidate you. Setting this up is as simple as checking a box on your blog’s options. RSS is another way for your readers to keep up-to-date with your blog. Insead of you emailing them, their RSS reader of choice will automatically show them the newly posted content. The more they see your content, the better chance they’ll click on an ad (and therefore, the better chance you’ll get paid)

5)    Sell a product that will interest your readers. Once you are up and running, you will see your readership growing as well. Now it’s time to really monetize your site. This is where affiliate marketing comes in. This is simply taking a commission for any customer you send to another product (considering they buy the product). So, every now and again, make a blog post about the affiliate product you are promoting. When your readers see this, those who are interested will click on your ‘affiliate link,’ and if they buy, you get paid. Easy as that. Becoming an affiliate is always free, and there are thousands of products begging for active affiliates.

By the way, affiliate commissions are typically 50% to 75%. Gigantic, and very profitable.



6)    Create your own product. The only problem with affiliate marketing is that the product is completely out of your control and you only take a part of the cut. Once you have a bunch of blog posts, you can bundle them together and make an ‘ebook.’ Sell this to your loyal readers, and you’ll be surprised at how many of them will pay for the content they’re getting for free anyway!

There are bloggers out there who are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for writing about their passions. My instincts tell me you’d be happy with a few hundred or thousand dollars extra per week, so start taking action on these ideas. They’re not complicated, they just require action. The best part is, once they’re set up, they can all be automated and can take place without your presence!

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Audrey H asked:


I am a little confused on exactly how I would make money by blogging, I mean who pay me and how, once I blog who come to my page and how do I get them there. I really appreciate if some one could break it down for me.

Thanks!

Gianni asked:


I would like to start making money blogging. Can someone lead me in the right direction? There are so many free sites, kits, etc? Don’t know where to start?

Kaye B asked:


Sorry to sound so naive about blogging, how do you make the money ? I don’t even understand it. Can some one help please? Thankyou

loloyomo1 asked:


I am a little tight on cash at the moment and I am wondering how I can make money through writing blogs. I see all these blogging websites that will pay you all over the internet, but it just doesn’t seem to real. What are the requirements, how much can I get payed, how do I start, and what’s the best site for me? Please help. Thanks.