Easy Ways to Earn Money at Blog

There are some articles that discuss about how to make money through the blog, but I think it is still lacking, and here are some that I have collected to make money from blogs. Since there are many opportunities to develop and produce an important point in the blog, not only uand but also experience. Here is how to make your blog make money.

1. PPC Advertising Networks
Google AdSense is the most popular choice in this category, but there are others. Basically you need to register with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. Network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will get a certain amount of money for every click.

Advantages of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CPR) and cost per click (CPC). CPR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed fold or blended with live content, for example, tend to get higher CPR. CPC, on the other hand, depending on the website either. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a few cents per click).

Source of the traffic can also affect the overall level of CPR. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors are looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents the CPR is very low because visitors tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.

List of most popular CPC advertising networks:
2. CPM Advertising Networks

CPM ad network does exactly as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (ie, page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.

A blog that generates 100,000 page views per month showing a banner ad with a $ 1 CPM, therefore, will earn $ 100 per month.

CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. Larger format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.

You can get as low as $ 0.10 and as high as $ 10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (eg, online forums, magazines and so on).

List of popular CPM advertising networks:

• Casale Media
• Burst Media
• Value Click
• Advertising.com
• Tribal Fusion
• Right Media

3. Ads Banner Ads

Selling advertising space is empty, then it is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to bypass the middleman commissions and to determine your own price. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728 × 90 leaderboard, the 120 × 600 skyscraper, the 300 × 250 and 125 × 125 square button.

The downside of direct banner advertising is that you have to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.

Related links:

• How to Find Advertisers for Your Website
• Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
• Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners
• Openads Ad Server
• OIO Publisher Ad Platform

4. Text Link Ads

After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.

Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.

The advantage of this method is that it does not interfere. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.

Text link and network markets:
5. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly, products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.

Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.

In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate markets and networks.

List of popular affiliate markets and networks:
7. Sponsor Review

PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging models.

Join one sponsored market review will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a variety of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the people who do not make good money from it.

If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting out the middleman commissions.

List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:
8. RSS Feed Advertising

With the rapid adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize new content distribution channel.

Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.

Finally, some blogs are also choosing to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.

Related links:
9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events

If your website has specific columns or events (eg, a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually.

This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.

Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the "Daily Poll" and the "Web 2.0 Invites."

Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
10.Premium Content

Some websites and blogs give part of their content for free, and charge for access to premium content and exclusive tools.

SEOmoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on various topics related to SEO. In addition, visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $ 48 monthly and grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.

11. Private Forum

While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a personalized which members have to pay a single or recurring fee to join.

SEO Blackhat charges $ 100 monthly from its members, and they have thousands of them. Obviously to fill as the price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members (eg, secret techniques, tools, and so on).

Performancing also launched a private forum recently, focused on the networking aspect. This is called a Hive, and the monthly fee is $ 10.

These are just two examples. There are many possibilities to create a private and profitable forum, you just need to find interesting angle that will make it worth for the members.

List of popular forum software:

    vBulletin
    Simple Machines Forum
    phpBB
    Vanilla

12. Job Board

All the popular blogs trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger ... anything.

Needless to say that in order to create an active and profitable job board you need first to have a blog focused on a specific niche, and a decent amount of traffic.

The advantage of this method is that it is passive. Once you have the structure in place, the job listings will come naturally, and you can charge anywhere from $ 10 to $ 100 for each.

List of popular job board software:

    JobThread
    Web Scribe Job Board
    SimplyHired Job-o-matic
    Jobbex

13. Market

Sitepoint is the online marketplace by excellence. Some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale.

Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. Over time you could start charging a small fee for new product listings.

The problem with this method is that there is no standard software on the web, so you'll need to hire a programmer to get the market integrated into your website.

You can see an example of the use on EasyWordpress marketplaces and on Mashable.

14. Paid Surveys and Polls

There are services that will pay the money to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular is called Vizu Answers.

Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site. Most of these services operate under a CPM model.
15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages

Million Dollar Wiki made this concept popular, but it is used on the web for a long time around (check Pagerank10.co.uk example).

These websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high or Pagerak high traffic, so people buy page will be able to benefit in some way.

Applying this method on a small blog would be difficult, but the concept is interesting and could be explored further.

16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors

Techmeme probably pioneered this idea, but somehow it has not spread to other websites. Gatherer display technology news editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled "Techmeme Sponsor Posts."

On the part of the blog post of the advertisers get highlighted, sending traffic their way qualified. Considering that the monthly cost for one spot is $ 5000 and that they have around 6 links at any given time, it should work fine.

17. Donations / Donation

Placing a "Donate" link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.

Personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems (one good example being Steve Pavlina).

A slight variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin allows you to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article, asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.

18. In-text Adverting

In-text adverting networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once users roll the mouse over the link ads will appear. If the user clicks on it the site owner will make some money.

Some people make good money with this method, but others refrain from using it due to interference. It is also interesting to note that very few major sites are experimenting with in ad text.

19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders

Pop-ups are a common form of advertising on the Internet has not intrusive. If you are just trying to make as much money as possible from your website, you could experiment with them.

If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.

Ad networks that use pop-ups:

    Tribal Fusion
    PayPopup
    PopupAd
    Adversal

20. Audio Ads

Also called PPP (Pay Per Play), this advertising method has been introduced by the clean audio ads. the concept is pretty simple: play a small audio advertising (usually 5 seconds) every time a visitor goes to your website. Users should not be able to stop it, creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.

The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $ 4 to $ 6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising, so think twice before using it.

21. Sell ​​Website / Blog

Selling your website could be your last resource, but it also has the potential to generate a large amount of money in a short time.

Market places on online forums like DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always active with website buyers and sellers. Keep in mind that they most used parameter to determine the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number (the multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors ).

Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.

22. Selling Ebook

Perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies on the web, using a website to promote a related ebook is a very efficient way to generate revenue.

You can also construct websites around the book itself, as SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.


23. Sell ​​Hardcover Books

Many writers and journalists use blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. Examples include Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.

While most of these people are well-known authors before they created their website, one could also follow the other way around. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First he built his authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.


24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes

As more and more people decide to get an online presence, website templates and WordPress themes become hotter and hotter.

In this segment you have a main website like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.

Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs are two examples of websites that make money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.

25. Offering Consulting and Related Services
Depending on your niche, you can make money by offering consulting and related services. If you are also the author of your blog, articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certification of expertise in that area, making it easier to gain customers.

Chris Garrett used a similar strategy. First he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, and afterwards he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.

26. Creating Email List or Newsletter

Email lists and newsletters is one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They offer incredible conversion rates, and the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient manner.

Creating a big list is a difficult task, so if you have a popular website, you can utilize to increase the number of subscribers on your list.

Yaro Starak is a famous Internet marketer, and if you visit his blog you will notice that right on top he has a section encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Yaro generate five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.

List of software to manage email newsletters:

    AWeber
    SendStudio NX
    PHP Autoresponder
    Constant Contact

27. Mentoring program

People are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge (as opposed to mere information). Education is one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in the same way.

Creating a mentoring program related to the niche of your website could be very profitable if you manage to structure and promote it adequately. There are a variety of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles audio and video lessons.

Brian Clark reap the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and a $ 97 monthly fee. Sounds expensive, but they have more than 1,000 members.

28. Creating a conference around the website

You can create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, if the event could attract thousands of people, then you can make money directly from conference stage and sponsors.

SEO for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities in the United States and other countries as well. The conference called Search Marketing Expo, certainly of tickets sold through the thousands of dollars.