Make Money From Your Blog, Monetize That Traffic.

Your Blog Can Make Money; If Stick to A Proven Plan.

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Blogging for profit. Don’t Quit Your Day Job.

We blog for different reasons but basically the list is a short one. No matter what leads you to the blogosphere you likey cam into it with some income expectations or have come to think about the finacial reward somewher along the way. Hey, you’re human, right? THis is not complicated.

Here are 6 ways to make money from your blog.

You can sell ads – banners or networks like adsense
You can charge for Memberships;
You can sell affiliate products
You can sell your own products
You can write Paid Posts/Reviews
You can also build your business indiresctly by
building your ‘brand’, expertise, and book engagements.

The one bit of advice I’ll give, taken from other succesful bloggers like Gary Vaynerchuk, is to ignore the money until you have built a base of content and traffic first. Trying to monetize a new blog is very hard to do. Get it built, let them come, and then add the income sources over time. At least that’s what those I trust have to say.

I my new blog project I will be dealing primarily with making money with blogs. It will be up soon and I hope to share a post or two here when I have an opportunity.

photo by: Ed Yourdon

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