Blogging is a wonderful way to let the world know who you are and to share interesting things regarding your daily life. Many people follow multiple blogs to stay updated on the different content that is being presented to them. Likewise, blogging can make you a lot of money if it is done correctly. In order to make money off of your website, you need to do more than write interesting content and hope that you earn some money off of this.
Sponsored Posts
Sponsored posts entail writing a blog that is linked to one or more external company websites. For example, a company might ask you to write about chicken keeping and they will pay you a small amount of money for making this post public. In the content, you’ll link to their website that sells chicken supplies. You can write a blog about how you’d love to keep chickens, what your future plans are and then link to the external company. These sponsored posts allow you to still keep your content fresh and engaging, but you’ll be earning some money at the same time.
Affiliate Linking
Affiliate linking allows you to link out to several other websites for a fee. You might decide to charge a small fee if someone wants you to link to their domain through your website. You should understand how much you’ll earn from your chosen affiliate program and then work with different companies and domain owners to figure out where to place their link. Most of these affiliates are going to want to know how much web traffic you get each day to ensure their link will be getting a lot of exposure to free ebooks.
Digital Merchandise
Just because you have a web-based blog doesn’t mean that you can’t sell merchandise. Merchandise can be customized and personalized to go according to your site’s theme. For example, if your blog is all about healthy living and fitness, you might want to consider creating your own fitness gear line and selling it directly from your site. You might even want to offer some type of digital content for your visitors to pay for and download, like an eBook.
Premium Content
Premium content will give your visitors access to different areas of your domain that everyday individuals won’t be able to see. This could be a special part of the site that includes exclusive content. It is up to you how much you want to charge for people to have access to this area of your domain, but it is important that the content be worth their while when they actually pay for it.
Donations
Donations are always a great way to bring in a bit of money. These donations help to keep the site active and public so that you can keep posting to your heart’s content. Be sure to make the donation button or link visible and ask your visitors kindly about sending money to keep the blog alive. You’ll be surprised at how many of your guests send money to help you out.
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