So you’ve started a blog, built up a nice readership, traffic is starting to flow, and links are coming in, what do you do next? Monetize! Making money from your blog is a very rewarding process, because essentially you are indirectly paid to do something that you’ve probably been doing for free just for the fun of it. Revenue from your blog can become (over time) very large, and possibly to the extent that you would need a team to manage it. Of course, this level of success is every blogger’s dream, but on the way to financial freedom, you have to start somewhere. Listed below are five easy ways to start monetizing your blog. Enjoy!
1. Google AdSense
This one is almost a given. Even if you’re blog is an hour old, you can slap a few Google AdSense ads on it. The likelihood of making any money that soon is slim, but it’s just nice to know that you can quickly have a way for possible extra income. The general consensus amongst A-List bloggers is that you shouldn’t consider putting Google AdSense (or monetizing at all) until around the three month mark. This isn’t true for everyone, but overall three months is suggested. This is because by the three month mark, if you’ve posted helpful content regularly, you should have a decent amount of traffic coming in. To make money with Google AdSense, you get paid when someone clicks on one of the ads, so you don’t have to be a scientist to know that the more traffic you get, the more money you stand to make. This applies with every monetizing method available.
2. Kontera ContentLink
Kontera is a great way to start making extra money with your blog because of its uniqueness in how it’s deployed. When you are approved by Kontera to install the ad code on your blog, you’ll notice certain keywords in your posts being double-highlighted. These are ContentLinks, and every time someone clicks on one, you get paid. While it’s not much per click, it can really add up over time, and when you start having thousands of visitors per month, Kontera can be a major chunk of your income. Perhaps the greatest asset in using Kontera is since it utilizes existing keywords that were written by you, it takes up virtually no extra space on your blog. Advertisement clutter can be a big turnoff on most blogs, and by using Kontera, you don’t have to worry about this.
3. Affiliate Links
If you’re interested in making money with a blog, chances are good that you’re at least somewhat familiar with affiliate programs. When you place affiliate links on your blog, and someone clicks through and purchases their product or service, you get a commission. These can be great money-makers if used correctly, and one of the best ways to do deploy affiliate links is to insert them in relevant posts. Let’s say you are writing a post about the importance of article submission; you could quickly find an article submission software that offers an affiliate program, and place that link within the post so that it ties in together. Easy sales can be made this way, rather than just blatantly posting the links on your sidebar, header, or footer. Some of the wealthiest people on earth made their fortunes from capitalizing on affiliate programs.
4. PayPerPost.com or SponsoredReviews.com
Both sites basically offer the same thing. Companies will pay you (depending on how popular you are and your traffic levels) to review their products/services on your blog, and often handsomely. In order for bloggers and these companies to connect, PPP or SponsoredReviews have marketplaces where bloggers can accept review opportunities for cold, hard cash. Usually paid monthly or bi-monthly, revenue from doing paid reviews is often one of the main sources for income each month – especially when your blog becomes popular. It isn’t unheard of for big bloggers to make upwards of $400-$700 per review.
5. RSS Feed Ads
This source is geared towards those with higher feed counts, but simply stated, if you have a decent amount of readers that primarily read your blog through a feed reader, you can actually have ads placed at the bottom of the feed (from Feedburner.com for example) and whenever they are clicked, you get paid. Again, unless you have a large subscribership, the proceeds will be little to none, but over time, and as your blog grows in popularity; feed ads can be another large part of your monthly income.
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