How to Create Ways to Blog for Profit

How to Create Ways to Blog for Profit

When you start blogging for profit, you should be consistent with your efforts.  You should blog regularly – daily if possible, but at least several times a week.  There are a few ways you can make money as a blogger.

Build a list from your blog so that whenever you have a new blog post, you can notify people about it.  Also have an RSS system set up for people who use RSS feed readers to get notified of your new content.

Whenever you have a list, it gives you a certain amount of power – the power to instantly communicate with your target audience when you are selling or promoting products.

Because of this, you have to make sure that you don’t abuse that power by spamming their email with useless or irrelevant offers.  If you do this, you build a reputation as a spammer.

Sell ad space for a certain amount of profits. You can arrange a specific area of your blog for ad space that people rent on a monthly basis, paying the ad revenue to you directly.

If you go this route, make sure you have specifics in place to control what kinds of ads can get placed on your blog – all the way down to the colors and animation of it if you want.

Sign up for AdSense, too.  This can help you get clicks and revenue.  You can put different sized ad banners on your blog, from buttons to skyscraper ads.  You can include images or go with just text.

One thing you have to remember whenever you place any ads on your blog is that yes, it gives you some money when people leave your site for somewhere else – but in leaving, it also means someone else is capturing their name and email address and selling something to them, not you.

Promote tangible products as an affiliate. You can sign up as an Amazon Associate and promote anything they sell there that they offer a commission on.  Using our menopause example, if you promoted a chilled pillow, you could earn a percentage of each sale from your blog post.

Promote digital products as an affiliate.  Digital products can be found at sites like ClickBank.com.  You can sign up for free and get a hoplink (affiliate link) where you earn around 50% for each sale.  JVZoo is another wonderful affiliate site for online products, and JVZoo also provides the option to you as a seller of your own products.

Create your own products and sell them from your blog.  You don’t have to promote other people’s stuff.  Why not create an info product (eBook, video or audio course) and teach something you blog about in more depth – or in a more comprehensive manner?

Offer services from your blog.  Freelancing like writing, graphics, or other services can be offered right from your blog.  Coaching is something you can offer.  Many people pay top dollar for one on one coaching sessions via Skype or even email!

Blogging can be a very fun and very profitable venture if you approach it correctly.  Don’t make the mistake of flying by the seat of your pants.  If you do this, your blog will be scattered with topics, have no set monetizing plan, and you’ll end up unhappy with the effort you've put in.

With proper planning and enthusiasm, you’ll never need to look for “blogging jobs” again – in fact, you might be the one putting out feelers for a professional blogger to come on board and help you with your content needs!  Being in a position of power makes a world of difference.