Monetizing Your Blog

You've created an amazing blog with tons of great content. Now what?
Well, if you are interested in making money off of your blog, there are a few excellent options out there. In this post I'll try to go over one of the easiest ways of monetizing, which is by using contextual/ pay-per-click advertising. These programs place ads on your website/blog that are specifically targeted to your audience. Whenever a visitor clicks on these ads, you earn. Below are a few great contextual programs.

1. Adsense- Adsense, the advertising program created by Google, is in my opinion by far the best option out there right now for monetizing a blog. Out of all the programs I have used, this has definitely been my top earner. Currently, I am using Adsense exclusively on this blog.

2. Bidvertiser- This is another one of the contextual programs out there right now. Personally, I have NOT done well with this program. The ads do not seem to be as popular with visitors, and they just did not perform well for me.

3. Yahoo Publishers Program- This program seems to be a little bit more exclusive than the two above, but if you get in, then it seems to be a pretty great program and performs almost equally as well as Adsense at times.

4. Chitika- Though this ad company is more well known for its marketplace ads (which I will talk about in another post), it also has begun a fairly good pay-per-click program. Chitika may not have as wide of a variety of ads as Adsense, but I believe that it shows promise to grow.

Hopefully, this should help get you on the path to monetizing your blog. In future posts I will discuss some of the other great options out there.
Good Luck!

Job Opportunity For Bloggers

I have lately been receiving tons of e-mail from people who would like to start blogging, but want a way to immediately begin earning money even before their blog gains popularity. Well, about three months ago I joined the blogging company "Today." Today is unique in that it is simple to begin earning money immediately with them. Basically, the job entails making a blog about whatever you find interesting, and then getting paid for doing so. As soon as I heard about this opportunity I was interested, so I applied. After being accepted, I decided to create a blog on their site about working at home. I then proceeded to make one post each day, and was paid money for every post. I quickly began to accumulate cash, and by the end of the first month I had received a check for around $50, which is amazing for a startup blog. According to Today's website, they take the risk by immediately paying people for creating startup blogs, and only begin to earn money themselves once visitors begin clicking on the blog's ads. In my opinion this is extremely generous, since most companies require you to get a certain number of visitors before you get paid. Around the second month of working with Today.com, the company introduced another writing program, known as "Content Calls." Here, you are paid to write articles for other people and companies. The articles can be on a wide variety of topics, from movie reviews to info on Ireland. The average pay for this is about $5/article, which is also a pretty good starting rate. Recently, Today decided to open up the application process for new bloggers, which is why I am writing this post. Currently, you can sign up to blog at Today and receive a guaranteed $1/post, and $2 per thousand views of your blog. I know that this may not seem like a lot to start out with, but your blog is reviewed monthly, and based on productivity and popularity, the amount can increase. Plus, at the same time, you can earn some extra cash in the Content Call section. I really enjoyed working with this company. Their site is easy to use, and a great way to start blogging. Plus, if you ever need any help with your blog, just send Today an email. From my experience, all of their employees are friendly and happy to help. To get started with Today, you can click the application link that I have posted below. I hope that this opportunity is as much fun for you as it was for me. Enjoy!
Link: Today

Wanna Try Blogging??

So you want to try blogging. Great! Blogging can be a fun way to try to make some extra cash working at home. The first thing that you have to know is ........patience!! Unlike lots of other work at home jobs, you aren't going to be suddenly receiving paychecks from your blog, but with time you could possibly make big bucks off it. (I know at least twenty bloggers who are making a six-figure income just off their blogs ads.) The key is to keep making quality posts on your blog, no matter how discouraged you are.

Before you create a blog, you need to think of something YOU are interested in. A sucessful blog usually has at least a few new posts every week, so you should at least find something that you won't get bored writing about. For example:If you really enjoy hiking, then maybe you could make a blog about the places you are going to hike, and post interesting pictures and posts about them. You could also talk about the supplies that people need to go hiking, as well as interesting trails they could take. Never forget though, if you want people to read your blog, then it has to be interesting to them too!

Ok. Now that you've got a topic in mind, let's get started! The first thing that you will need for blogging is a platform. A platform is what you will host your blog on. The two best known platforms are Blogger and Wordpress. If you are a beginner blogger, then I recommend that you try Blogger first. It can be a lot easier to use when trying to customize your blog, as well as add posts. With wordpress, you are not allowed to use any javascript on your blog, which means no ads or cool money-making additions. The only way around this is if you host your Wordpress blog on your own server, which is not for the faint of heart. Because of this, we will mainly focus on Blogger in this post.

With Blogger, just go to their website and click the "Create Your Blog Now" arrow, and you will be on your way to having your own blog. On the blog set up page, you will see a few things the you will need to fill out. Your blog title needs to be something that clearly describes your blog, but also sounds interesting. The blog address is what people will type into their address bar to access your blog, so try to make it something that is short and memorable. Next, you will go to a page where you choose a template, which is basically a design pattern for your blog. Try to find something that is easy on the eye, and not too cluttered, or else your visitors will just go to a different blog. Don't worry if you have trouble deciding, since you will be able to change it later. Now it's time to start making some posts! You can start off by making a short post introducing your blog to visitors. Talk about walk you are planning to blog on. After typing, click the "Publish Post". Congratulations, you now have your own blog! Try to make a post at least once every other day, to keep visitors coming back. Next week, I'll talk about how you can get more visitors, and also how you can make money blogging. Until then, try to build up some content on your blog.

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