Make money from your blog

Many people are very suspicious and doubtful about making money online, when people start up, very often one of the first difficulties they face is the astonishment of family and friends who care about them, but rather than being encouraging think they are crazy and tell them to keep on trying to get a proper job …something will turn up!!! However, there is money to be made in blogging, providing you get it right and that is a learning curve for sure.


1) Pay Per Click Ads

Many bloggers searching for good ways to make money start out with pay per click ads on their blog or website. These are ads that show links and short descriptions of advertisers' websites, matched up to the content of your own site for greater results. You'll earn a small amount of money for every click.


2) Sell Advertisements

This can be a fantastic way to make money from your blog, however it does take time to get your blog up to a level that will attract advertisers. You can't expect to sell ad spots for much money until you build up a good subscriber base and traffic numbers. Once you do, you can sell direct text links, banner ads, mentions within your newsletter and more. Just be sure to choose your advertisers carefully to avoid aggravating your readers. Note - if you don't yet have the subscriber numbers to sell ad spots, consider signing up to paid or sponsored blogging programs such as PayPerPost.

3) Affiliate Programs

There will be an affiliate program for just about any topic around. For example, if you're blogging about how to get organized and de-clutter the home, then you may promote links to places where people can buy storage boxes, organization books and so on. You can usually find an affiliate program for any kind of physical product, though you can promote digital products too - such as eBooks, audiobooks, podcasts and more.

4) Promote A Business

More and more companies and individuals are now setting up blogs to promote their own businesses. For example, if you're a freelance copywriter you may choose to blog about ways in which businesses can improve their ad campaigns. You'll soon start attracting the kind of readers who may be interested in buying your services, while building your brand as an expert copywriter at the same time!

5) Sell It!

Selling your blog isn’t a way to make ongoing money from your blog, but there are times when this becomes the best option. Perhaps you are desperate for the cash, or you've just lost interest in the subject matter. If that's the case then selling it could earn you a nice chunk of cash - especially if the blog is already earning money, gets good traffic and has several loyal followers.


You may find that you have to experiment with these five good ways to make money from your blog - what works for one may not work for another. It all takes time, but if you steadily work on building traffic and readers, your earnings should follow.

Valerie Hartland