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Can you Really Make Money with your Blog?

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:24 AM PDT

If you own a blog, you may have thought about how you could make money from writing about your interest or passion. You may have thought that it isn’t really possible unless you're hired by an international magazine publisher or have just "got lucky", but that isn’t the case. You can make money with your blog and there is even potential to turn it into a full-time income. But you have to make the right moves when setting out your stall in the beginning stages.

Passive advertising occurs when companies advertise on your blog for some form of exchange. This exchange could be advertising on their website i.e. reciprocal linking, or a monetary sum. The sum could be paid on a regular e.g. monthly basis or each time a click is made on the ad. Or it could be that you get paid if your site visitor clicks through to the advertiser’s site and makes a purchase.

The great thing about this method of monetizing your blog is that there is very little effort required on your part once everything is in place regarding an arrangement between you and the advertiser and where your links and banners are placed on your blog. As you generate more and more traffic, the more clicks your ads will receive.

You can register as an affiliate for a business, whether an offline business that advertises online or a pure online business, such as Amazon. You can place a link on a banner advertising a particular product or you could dedicate a blog post to reviewing that product. Once again, if a visitor clicks through to the product and makes a purchase, you receive a commission.

Another method, which requires less effort in terms of integrating affiliate banners etc. yet more effort in terms of ensuring that your blog has worthwhile content, is to request contributions. If your visitors view your content as valuable and you’re offering it for free, there is nothing wrong with requesting a monetary form of compensation for your time, effort and, not forgetting, expertise. This way, you don’t have to sell your advice and can concentrate on delivering great content.

You may find that you need to rely on an additional income stream whilst you are making headway with the monetization side of your blog. An income stream that allows you to remain online so that it is easier to transition from one money making activity to another is ideal and one such option is taking advantage of spread betting offers with a trading firm such as Cantor Index. You can take advantage of these offers as you learn so the risk is minimal and you could be up, running and profiting in no time at all.

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