Blog Monetization Tips
Posted by Admin
Posted June 29th, 2008
If you already have a blog and aren’t seeing any income from it, you can start monetizing it quickly. The amount you can make from your blog depends on a few things like quality and traffic, but if it’s a blog you spend time and attention on and have a regular readership from a decent traffic flow, a few extra dollars coming in within 24 hours is very possible.
This main blog monetization method I’ll talk about in this article is “selling advertising space” on your blog. By hosting sponsored text link ads or banner ads in premium sizes and spaces on your blog, you can start to see income from your blog traffic almost overnight - even if you write your blog as a hobby.
Before you get overly excited, you probably shouldn’t expect to see hundreds of dollars straight away but you can make some nice pocket money quickly and regularly from selling advertising to cover website costs such as your domain name registration and hosting fees.
The number #1 and probably most popular, quickest and easiest ways to start selling ad space and get paid for it is to put up Google AdSense ads on your blog. You get paid a few cents to a couple of dollars (depending on the content) for each click of an ad made by a visitor. Unless you have a lot of traffic and a lot of AdSense ads, your earnings my not add up to a large sum - but again, a few cents will add up.
Another blog monetization option is to go through an online ad vendor such as Adbrite where you can advertise your available ad space and negotiate a price for your ad space rental for a defined time period. For example you could offer the top header banner on your blog for $10 a week.
If you want to go about selling ad space on your blog yourself, directly from your website, you can have a simple banner saying “Advertise here” and instructions to contact you directly.
Blog Topic vs. Revenue
Your blog topic and content is a swinging factor for your monetization level. If your blog is on a subject that appeals to a certain demographic that advertisers are willing to spend a lot of money to reach, you’ll be able to turn a larger profit from selling ad space than an unusual topic where the market is undesirable to advertisers.
Take the two topics of Credit Repair to Scuba Diving for example. The Credit Repair niche is very competetive and advertisers spend mega bucks on advertising to generate leads. The Scuba Diving niche is popular, however, the compettion doesn’t spend as much on advertising so for a blog publisher selling ad space, there just isn’t the same kind of money up for grabs.
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