The number of blogs has risen from a few thousand in 2004 to
hundreds of thousands today. And when anything grows at this pace there has to
be a reason. And just in case if you are still guessing the reasons, then you
have probably denied yourself the opportunity of making thousands of dollars
with a least minimum effort.
Income Sources for bloggers:
1. Ads: This is the most common way that blogs
make money. But blogs have come a long way from AdSense and BlogAds. That was a
time when these were the only available options but now there are many other
ways getting ads for your blogs and one of the most favoured is Chitika’s
eMiniMalls. Others include Adgenta, Adbrite, AVN etc.
2. Sponsorships: Not many people had explored
this avenue of revenue generation for blogs until recently when suddenly both,
the bloggers, as well as the companies, realized that blogs could be an excellent
way to advertise and sell their products. The sponsorships are generally on
per-post basis.
3. Affiliate Programs: You can tie-up with
various affiliate programs like Amazon.com, Clickbank.com, Linkshare.com etc.
But these are not just the affiliates but they are just a few amongst the
thousands that exist ranging from very small to very large.
4. Services: Bloggers can also make money by
selling different types of stuff on their blogs or by providing services like
eBooks or some courses or teleseminars etc.
5. Writing blogs: There are people who need
someone to write and post new material on their blogs regularly. If you have
enough time then you can make money by writing for someone else’s blog. And if
you have the proper knowledge of SEO then you can make a really cool amount of
money doing so.
6. Pay what you want: Though I won’t suggest
you to take up this kind of earning method but recently I came across a couple
of blogs that were actually making money from whatever people donated to them.
They were offering eBooks and mp3s for free respectively. And well the option
of how much to pay was open for visitors. You could even download stuff without
paying even a penny.
7. Retailing: Of late there have been blogs
that have been trying to sell merchandise too. You can find on sale objects
like t-shirts, pottery, designer glassware and other stuff like that. Though
they have not seen much success, with more publicity and better software
support they are bound to become a huge success.
8. Consultancy: It is quite common for experts
to start their own blogs for their own promotion but the trend has nowadays
spilt over to bloggers with absolutely no background in consultancy making
huge amounts of money by charging their visitors and clients in consulting
business. This is more so because of the kind of reputation that they have
built with their blogs. Blogs have the kind of power that can make you an
expert on a certain topic overnight. Being an expert in a certain field can
surely make you an “overnight
celebrity” and quite rich too.
So, guys happy blogging and money making. Hope even you now
don’t miss out on all these numerous money-making opportunities that blogs have
thrown upon us.
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