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12 Smart Ways to Monetise Your Blog

Posted on 04. Aug, 2008 by Dennis in Internet Marketing

Okay, so you have started a blog. Great! But now you are getting a bit depressed because you are putting a lot of effort in to it but you are not making any money from it. You are thinking about cutting back on the blogging to concentrate on other money making projects. If you are feeling like this, then this article is for you. Below you will find 12 ways that you can monetize your blog. They include:

· Advertising Programs- if you have a blog with a large amount of traffic, then you could sell advertising space on your blog.

· RSS Advertising- This involves writing a paid advertorial post for somebody. Anyone who subscribes to your RSS feed will see this post.

· Sponsorship- if you write a blog in a certain niche, then you can get another company to sponsor your blog, in return for favourable posts.

· Affiliate Programs- Many sites out there like cj.com and clickbank.com allow you to promote others products on a fee per sale basis. You can promote these products on your blog to earn money

· Digital Assets- If you are writing a niche blog, you should consider writing ebooks or reports that you can sell on your blog to earn some cash.

· Blog Networking gigs- If you search on Google, you may come across a blog network in your niche that needs your expert management. They can pay you money for this.

· Business Blog Writing Gigs- If you are good at writing, then you can take advantage of the many businesses out there who are looking to set up a blog by offering your services as their blog writer for a fee.

· Non-Blogging writing gigs- if you are seen as an expert in the field you write about on your blog, then other websites or magazines may pay you to write articles for them as a freelancer.

· Donations- If you have a large readership who enjoy what you are writing, then consider asking them for donations so that you can keep your writing going.

· Flipping Blogs- If you are a quick writer, you could consider flipping blogs as an option. You set up a blog with 10-20 posts on a particular niche, add some Google Adsense or other revenue opportunities, and then offer it for sale.

· Merchandising- If you have a popular blog, then you consider making caps, t-shirts etc to sell. Consider using Cafepress.com to set up your merchandise.

· Consulting & Speaking- Like writing gigs, positioning yourself as an expert in your field through blogging can lead to consulting and speaking gigs to earn money.

If you are interested in blogging, then you should consider some of the above options for monetizing your blog.