How To Make Money From Blogging

Now here’s a surefire way of making money online and it is simply by monetizing your blog such as blogger blog or wordpress blog. There are people who have monetized their blogs so efficiently and they are currently making over $100k a year.

If you have the right attitude and focus then you are on your way to success. With the present tools and plugins that are available especially for wordpress, creating a blog is easier than creating a website. If you are on a budget then you can create a blogger blog in a matter of 5 minutes or less. If you are not sure what to do then there are several videos on YouTube that can give you some much needed assistance.

The main reason that blogs fail to make money is because of the lack of commitment or enthusiasm by the blogger. It therefore means that if you want to make money from your blog you should try to post at each day for the next 30-60 days. Its like any new business, you must put in the time and effort at the start.

1. Your niche must be identified: It is important that you identify your niche and feel comfortable working in that niche, because you are looking at long term success. As a starting point you will want to determine if it is a profitable market. You will need to do research to determine if persons have been:
• Advertising in your niche
• Searching for information on the internet
• Talking and discussing about the topic
. Here are some fields that you can explore but this is not an exhaustive list
- Health and fitness
- Dating
- Internet Marketing
- Pets

2.. By going to the major article directories such as Ezinearticles and Goarticles you can get a good understanding of the niche that you hope to enter. You will also need to visit websites and gather information and study this information thoroughly. When you get sufficient understanding of the topic you can then start writing your own articles.

3. Google Adsense Ads: You can have Google Adsense on your blogs and you will get paid when some clicks your ads It appears that text links work better than banner ads. You will also need to determine where to place your ads on your blog

4. Advertise your blog at forums and free marketing sites. You must be aware of the forum rules because a significant amount of forums do not allow blatant advertising.

5. Affiliate Marketing: You can presell products and services on behalf of companies such as Amazon.com by creating product reviews and when the customer buys the product for example from Amazon , you are given a commission based on an embedded link given to you by the owner of the product so that you can insert in the product review.

Here’s some links to get you started to make serious money from your blog

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Atomic Blogging
Wordpress Affiliate Pro
Exploit Power Blogs
Blogger Generator
How to setup a Wordpress Blog
Blogging to the Bank