“How to make money from blogs?”

There are plenty of methods to earn money from a blog, which is making the whole selection like a jungle. The most common version for bigger blogs is to use multiple revenue sources instead of using just one which makes it pretty risky.

To make money from a blog today is very easy comparing to what it has been. All you have to do is write quality content and the income will pretty much come of itself. Here I will give you about 10 areas you can choose as income stream for your own blog.

Sources from income – What can I choose from?

Advertising programs (Contextual ads) – This is the most common and the most simple way of earning cash. The contextual ads will bring you targeted ads which makes the visitor more attracted to the ads and therefore it will lead to more clicks/leads. The most common contextual ad is the Google Adsense program. Another famous contextual ad program is Yahoo Publisher Network and the MSN Adcenter. The latter is one program which has great visions since Microsoft bought a piece of facebook, giving them plenty of advertising spaces.

Affiliate Programs – Affiliates are one of the eldest methods of advertising but it can still be very efficient. This will most likely require a little more effort from your side but could bring lot’s of cash if it’s successfully implemented. When having affiliate links you let the visitors see products in the area about your blog which will make them curious and maybe get them to buy the product(s). Popular affiliate programs are Clickbank, CJ and Amazon.

Digital products – Selling digital products such as e-books and courses are not the most common revenue streams for blog but a very good one if your blog has good reputation. This is not the most recommended solution for smaller blogs who doesn’t have the best reputation.

Donations – This stream is only to recommend if you’re in a niche which gives you the possibilities and it’s not the most ethical choice if you’re having a commercial blog and tricking the people that their donations will be for freeing Willy. When giving people the ability to donate they most likely believe that their money only will be used for better causes, but there’s nothing wrong in having a donation button if the visitors knows where the donation will be targeted at.

RSS advertising – This method is by far the newest in this list. There are not many blogs that makes great money from it but it can be a complement for everyone. This advertising system has been growing during the last year(s) and will be to count with in the future.

Paid posts - During the SEO hype it has opened up a new area of advertisement. Paid posts is a new, profitable way of earning money. Other webmaster around the world buy a post in your blog which will give them a targeted backlink and visitors to their own site/blog/store. This method is used for them to increase their SERPS which then attracts more visitors to their own site. Reviewme.com and payperpost.com are two common places for paid posts. Reviewme pays at least $5 for each blog-post which most commonly is 300 words and has to be unique.

“How to make money from blogs?”

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