Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Five Easy Ways To Make Money From Your Blog

By Steve Shaw

A blog can be a way to earn some extra money for you. It started as an online diary. As days past blogs transformed to fit a variety of needs, from a place to house an online newspaper to an easy means to begin making money online. Presented below are the five techniques to help you make money from your own blog, no matter what your topic is and how you use your blog.

1. As An AFFILIATE.

Through an affiliate program, you can earn money from your blog. Start choosing a legitimate affiliate program that is available on the web. You can either place a review on your blog about the product with your affiliate link to it or you can place ads at the side of your posts, also with your affiliate link. With affiliate marketing, you don't need to be troubled on building your product.

2. Be an AFFICIONADO

If you decide to make your own product, you can add it into your own blog as another way to earn money. Promoting your product on your own blog is a great idea. People already trust you and maybe they will get interested in your product. You can link your product's website directly to your posts and display banner ads on the side of your blog.

3. Through advertiser's websites

Through contextual advertising like the kind offered at Text Links, will help you generate money from your blog without any hassle on your part. When you sign up with Text Links or some other similar service, your blog post will have an automatic phrase that is hyperlinked. They are the links from the advertiser's websites. Once there is someone who clicks that link, you will get paid. It's different from an affiliate program, since it is commission based, with text links you will be paid even thouhg no one will buy from the advertiser's site.

4. Through ADSENSE

You can earn some extra bucks through Google Adsense and other pay per click programs. These programs will display banner ads on your website. When a visitor clicks on these ads, you will be paid from a few cents to a few dollars. These ads will not be visible within the body of your blog; however they are based on the content of your posts to make it an eye catcher for your audience.

5. As An ASSOCIATE.

When you're already getting traffic for your blog, you can be compensated to post reviews. There are numerous networks that link advertisers to bloggers. Find advertisers from those networks that will post a review on your blog with regards to a specific product or service. You'll be paid after your review. For the best outcome choose a product or service with relevance to your niche.

As you can see, you have a lot of different options when it comes to making money with your blog. Try one or all of these to see what works best for your niche.

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