7 Ways to Monetize Your Blog for 2009
If you run a blog (or have been thinking about starting one) and would like to begin earning money from it, here are seven ways to monetize your blog this year.
1.) One of the ways blog monetization can be accomplished is to use a system which pays you to display text or banner advertisements. Be sure to use a reputable service such as Yahoo! Publisher Network.
2.) You can also monetize your weblog by accepting donations from readers. Using an electronic payment system like PayPal or ProPay makes it easier for such payments to be sent and received.
3.) Monetize your blog by using it to lightly promote a service you can provide, such as editing, programming, selling real estate, designing web pages, etc. Just don’t make your entries too promotional.
4.) Sign up for a search engine affiliate program and put a search box on your weblog. Depending upon the engine, you will either earn a flat rate every time someone uses it to search the web, or a percentage of the revenue from sponsored listings.
5.) Another way to achieve blog monetization is to put merchandise up for sale on a classified or auction site, then link to these items from your blog. Loyal readers will trust you to sell them quality products, and may even buy items to help support the blog.
6.) Earn money from blogging by using services that compensate bloggers for one-time “sponsored” entries about a specific product or company. Services like this include PayU2Blog and PayPerPost.com. Most require that blogs be active for 30-90 days beforehand.
7.) Yet another one of the ways to monetize blog entries is to use a system (such as Today.com) that hosts them for free and gives you a flat rate per entry and/or a share of the ad revenue.
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Blogging | seowhitehats | April 9, 2009
Good job! You had a couple of tips on this list that I hadn’t thought of.
Thanks for this! So Much! I especially liked 4, I’m researching it now!