Blog Monetizing

One of the easiest ways to make money online is through blogging

Blogging in many ways has a good contrast to real life in the sense that you can make money by blogging for others or monetize your blog for the long term (just like in the offline world where you can choose to write for others for a salary or write for yourself and your own business).

One of the best reasons why I would recommend blogging is that it not only has a shorter learning curve compared to other Internet marketing business and if you have the passion for writing on any topic that you want, you can turn your passion into money.

Remember the golden rule in blogging. Unless you have passion, deep passion on the topics that you are blogging about, you have a strong chance of connecting with your readers. Without passion, people will easily see through you that you are only blogging for money (or for the search engine).

When you are just starting out, I would highly recommend you to make money by blogging for more established blogs first to build up your credibility. The reason why is because:

• They have more credibility and you can leverage on the blog’s credibility so that you will eventually build your own.
• Pay-per-post blogging is very useful to make fast money. You can get paid anywhere from $5 to $20 per post.

There are bloggers out there who are willing to pay a monthly salary to commit a fixed number of posts each month. This will put money on the table while you overcome the learning curve for blogging and give you more writing experience.

• Established blogs have more traffic than a blog that starts from scratch. Some blogs allow you to drive traffic to your own blog through the profile page (about the blogger’s page).

You will need to check with your ‘employer’ to see if they will allow you to put up affiliate links (or ANY links to begin with) in their blogs.

You can apply for blogging positions from my friend – Gobala Krishnan (a well known WordPress blogging expert) or from Pay Per Post.

Once you’ve established your name and built enough traffic, you will be able to make money from your blogs through selling products, affiliate programs, and advertising networks.

Here is a list of advertising networks that you can monetize your blog with your writings (at this time of writing):

Google Adsense Kontera

Text Link Ads Review Me AGLOCO

There are much more advertising channels out there. Some of them will allow you to monetize your blog when you are just starting out. Some advertising networks will only approve you based on your traffic (unique visitors a day), Page Rank (a ranking system by Google) and Alexa ranking.

Remember, at the end of the day, content is king. Do not focus so much on making money if you are not good at creating quality content because quality content will ensure that you have a long-term business.

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