In fact you will see a lot of list about different methods and ways to make money from a website or blog on the internet. But I found these lists and methods completely incomplete and not to the point. It is the main reason that I decided to create a complete list of these method and ways that how to make money from a blog or website. I have tried my best to complete this list with full information. If you know a method that is not listed below, please inform me and we’ll update it.
It should be kept in mind and to be noted that ways to make money with a blog or website are different from ways to make more money from it. Increased traffic of your blog or website or click-through rate will definitely help you to make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money from a website or blog.
As every one suggest that AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. When ever we think about making money from a blog or a website, automatically AdSense comes in our mind. In fact AdSense is not only the way to make money from a blog or website by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method is a PPC ad network.
I have spent a lot of time to search the best and the most suitable list of networks in this article. For easiness and to easily understand the procedure I have divided the list into direct and indirect methods. In addition to it, I also have provided the most suitable examples and links for each point.
After reading this article carefully you will be able to make a lot of money from your website or blog on the internet. You can also tell about other peoples, like your friends and family members about this article so that they also do the same and earn money from it. The list of these networks and related examples and links are provided below. First of all I have focused on direct methods, and it given below.
The most popular option under this category is Google AdSense. But there are also some others ways of making money from a website. There are a number of networks that provide this facility to its users. When you want to obtain the services of these networks, fist of all, you will need to sign up with the network. As you complete you sign up process at the end they will give you a code and you will need to copy and then paste this code on your website or blog, which is ever the case may be. After you complete your copy and past these networks will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
It is also important to note that if you want to earn more money from your website or blog then the profitability of PPC advertising largely depends upon the traffic levels of your blog or website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). It is necessary to make it clear about these terms used in the above paragraph. I have provided a small definition of these terms in the given lines.
What is click-through rate: The CTR largely depends upon the design of your blog or website. For example if you have placed the Ads abode the fold or blended it with content, as a result it will tend to get higher CTRs.
What is cost per click: The CPC depends on the nice of the blog or a website. For instance Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of most profitable niches. In this category you can get a couple of dollars through clicks, while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC. In this case, sometimes, you can receive as low as a couple of cents per click.
In this case the traffic source can also affect the overall CTR rate. For example the organic traffic, the one that comes from search engines like Google, yahoo, MSN, tends to earn more money and also perform very well. The main reason is that these visitors were already looking for something, and they also wants to click on ads, present on your blog or website, more often. On the other hand, the social media traffic, presents low CTRs. The main reason is that these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads. Similarly these visitors only looking and searching for their own interest, and therefore, they only take the main body of the articles and columns. They ignore all the ads and have no interest in them. They have no interest in the ads and it is the main reason that the earning rates are low.
I have spent several hours to search the most relevant, profitable and useful list of popular CPC advertising networks. After completing my research on the subject I found some networks that were most profitable, reliable and also were relevant to the subject. These are given below.
2. CPM Advertising Networks
This is the second most important method for making money from your website or blog. A very large number of peoples are using this method for making money online. They have earned a lot of money from this method also. The services of CPM advertising networks are the same as that of PPC networks. In this case payment will be paid to you according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your blog or website will generate.
What is mean by CPM: Basically the CPM stands for Cost per Mille. It refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions. Now let us calculate how CPM works. It is a very simple and easy to use method. For example if you have a blog or website, and that is able to generates 100,000 page views monthly and displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
In fact the rates of CPM vary with the network. The rates of CPM also depend upon the position of the ad and the format of these Ads. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate, the main reason is that they have access to more advertisers. The CPM rates will be high if you have put the ads to the top of your blog or website. Thus we can say in simple words that the closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. It is also to be noted that if the format of your Ads (in the terms of pixels) is bigger, automatically, you will get the higher rates of CPM.
It is also necessary to be kept in mind that you can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions and more in some special cases. The advertising of CPM tends to make more money and similarly work well on those websites and blogs that have a high page views per visitor ratio.
In fact there are a large number of networks that are claiming for CPM but I found them to be only and only the misguidance. There fore I have tried my best to provide the most relevant and popular list of CPM advertising networks. It is given below. You will need to sign up with them and start making money from these networks.
3. Direct Banner Advertising
Direct banner advertising is also the most important method for making money you’re your blog or website. It is my third choice after PPC and CPM advertising methods. In fact selling your own advertising space is one of the most important methods to monetize your blog and website. The main reason is that it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. It means that the money earned through this method will totally goes to your pocket and you will not pay even a penny to the middle men. There fore, in my opinion, it is the main advantage of using this method. A large number of bloggers and websites owners are using this method for making money. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
Direct banner advertising also have some disadvantage and the most important one is that you will need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.
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This is the fourth important method for making money from your blog or website. It is to be kept in mind that this method of monetization a blog or website becomes less popular, when Google declared and made it clear that those sites that are selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized. But still many website and blog owners are still using this method to monetize their websites and blogs, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The best advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. In this case one can sell text links directly through his website or blog or can use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.
The most popular networks related to the subject are provided below.
5. Affiliate Marketing
Due to the advancement in the world of internet a large number of companies using affiliate marketing to market their products and services. For this reason they use other blogs and websites for marketing their products and services. To proceed forward, it is necessary to make clear the idea about the affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. This type of advertising is also, sometime, called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.
In this case the affiliates can send several potential customers to the merchant using several tools, like banners, text links and product reviews. In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.
A list of some the popular affiliate marketplaces and networks is given below.
6. Monetization Widgets
With passage of time new trends are coming to the internet market. Peoples have generated different new ideas, methods and ways that how to make money from their blogs and websites. Different networks providing different services to the peoples. Therefore latest trend on the web are widgets that allow you to monetize your blog and website and make money from it. Examples of such networks are Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, some works like text link ads, and others yet leverage affiliate links.
Their main advantage and differentiation, however, is that they work as web widgets. These networks and companies making it easier for their users to plug and play the service on its blog or website.
The most relevant list of companies and networks that provide monetization widgets are given below.
This is the seventh most important method for making money from your blog or website. This model was pioneered by PayPerPost. In the beginning much controversy was started. This was related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts. But soon other companies also followed this method. The most important and popular companies and networks were Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
First of all you will need to sign up with these networks. As you join one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. It is important to note that not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website. Its main reason is that it might compromise the editorial credibility. But the ones who do are making a large amount of money from it.
If your blog has a large number of traffic levels you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.
A list of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks are given below for the benefit of my loyal visitors to make money from it in their homes.
8. RSS Feed Ads
As the RSS technology is quickly adopted by millions of Internet users, therefore, website owners are starting to find and search different ways and methods to monetize their blogs and websites. An increasingly popular way for people to read blogs is via RSS. As a result publishers and ad providers have been keen to find ways to place ads in feeds. Recently a large number of blog and website owners have adopted this method for making money from their blogs and websites.
In this category Feedburber has already its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. The other important and most popular network in this category is Bidvertiser which recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
Some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. The most popular examples of this type of are John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim.
Some of the most related links are provided for the benefit of the visitors in the given lines. I hope you will easily understand this and would be able to make money from it.
9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events
It is the ninth (9th) important method for making money from your website and blog. A very large number of websites and blogs are using this method of monetization for making money. If your blog or website has specific columns or events like, podcast on the weekly basis, a series of interview, a monthly survey, or a special project, then you can find different companies to sponsor them individually.
In fact this method increases the monetization options for blog or website owner. On the other hand this method also giving the possibility to advertisers to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.
Mashable is the best example in this category, and therefore, illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”
The second important and most popular example related to this case is Problogger. This also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
10.Premium Content
It is also a method for making money from your website or blog. It is important to note that some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.
The most important example in this category is SEOMoz. In fact they have a very popular blog that are providing a lot of advices and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that an option is given for visitors to decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material. The visitors can take a lot of advantages from it and can make money from it.
11. Private Forums
With the passage of time it is clear that Internet is more populated with free forums. Therefore there is also the possibility to create a private one. In this private forum if the members want to join it they will need to pay a single or recurring fee. Thus it is also a way of making money from your website or blog. Two most important examples are provided here in the given lines.
SEO Blackhat is the first example that charges $100 monthly from its members. They have thousand of members and a result the revenue is more. When the number of member is more the revenue will be more. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members, e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so on.
The second most important example is the Performancing. It has also launched a private forum recently, and its main focus is on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive, and its monthly cost is $10.
These are not only just two examples. There are a lot of possibilities to create a private and profitable forum. For this purpose you will just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth for the members.
After a long time of research on the internet I have found some popular forum software, and a list of these are given in the below lines.
12. Job Boards
I have found it very necessary to mention it here that all popular websites and blogs are trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income from it. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger… you name it.
In order to create the most profitable and active job board you will need, first of all, to have a blog. And its main focus should be on a specific niche, and it is also necessary to have a large amount of traffic.
It should be kept in mind that the best advantage of this method is that it is passive. The job listings will come naturally, when you have the structure in place. You can charge anywhere any amount ranging from $10 up to $100 for each. And as the number of member increases the revenue will automatically increases. But don’t restrict this article to your self. Please also tell about it to your friends and family members so that they also earn some money from these methods.
For the benefits of my all visitors I have tried to provide the most relevant list of popular job board software. It is given below. You can take a considerable advantages from these and earn sufficient amount of money by using these softwares.
13. Marketplaces
The most excellent online marketplace is the Sitepoint. It is to be noted that some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale. These websites and blogs are making a huge amount of money from it.
Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. With the passage of time you can start charging a small fee for the listings of new products.
The problem with this method is that there is no standard software on the web, so you would need to hire a coder to get a marketplace integrated into your website.
You can see an example of a marketplaces being used on EasyWordpress and on Mashable.
14. Paid Surveys and Polls
Another important method for making money online from your website or blog is paid surveys and polls. A large number of websites and blogs are using this method to make money from your blog or websites. By using this method you will be paid when you run a small survey or poll on your website or blog. In this category there are several examples but the most popular one is called Vizu Answers.
When you want to make money from this method then you will be required to sign up with them. Then the next step is to select the kind of surveys or polls that you want to run on your website or blog. It is important to note that most of these services operate under a CPM model.
15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages
In fact this method and concept was made popular by Million Dollar Wiki. But this method was being used on the web for a long time around. The most popular example of such method is Pagerank10.co.uk, you can visit and see that how they are making money from it.
In fact these blogs and websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high Pagerank or high traffic, so that people purchasing a page will be able to benefit in some way.
It would be difficult to implement this method on a small blog. For this method you, first of all, will be needed to have higher amount of traffic. If your blog don’t have sufficient traffic level then you will be unable to implement this one as already mentioned in the above lines. In order to get more traffic you will be required to share your blog on the facebook, twitter, and other social media networks. As the traffic is diverted to your blog then it will be easy to complete your implementation process. This concept is very interesting and could be explored further.
16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors
The other most important method is highlighted posts from sponsors. A large number of blogs and websites are using this method to make some extra money from their blogs and websites. The research study shows that this method and concept was pioneered by Techmeme. But somehow it has not spread to other websites. The process that how it will be working on blog or a website is explained in details in the given lines.
The tech news aggregator displays editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled “Techmeme Sponsor Posts.” On that section posts from the blog of the advertisers get highlighted, sending qualified traffic their way.
It is to be noted that the monthly cost for one spot is $5000 and that they have around 6 sponsors at any given time. It is the most valuable method for earning money from your blog or websites, and it must be working well.
17. Donations
Another mostly used and important method for making money from your blog or website is donation link or button. When you place a “Donate” link or button on your blog or website so it can be an efficient way to earn money. This method is especially valuable and effective if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.
For this purpose it is to keep in mind that personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems. One good example being Steve Pavlina. This webpage has placed a donation button on their site and earning a sufficient amount from it. You can also do the same method in case if you have a blog or website. If don’t have so please create it or purchase it from professional webpage makers.
A small variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me a Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin enables you and you would be in a position to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article. The main purpose of it is asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.
18. In-text Adverting
The other most valuable and mostly used method for making money from your blog or website is In-text Adverting. The In-text adverting networks, like infolinks, Kontera and Vibrant Media, will place sponsored links inside your text. When you sign up with these networks they will provide a code and you will be required to copy and past it in the HTML portion of your blog or website. As you past it and then click on the save changes button all the code will be saved. After that these networks will place some links in your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. When the user or visitors click on it (on double underlines) the blog or site owner will make some money. And as a large number of visitors click on these ads your earning ratio will be higher.
Some peoples refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. But on the other hand a large number of peoples are making sufficient money by using this method. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising. The most important and well known example that is making a considerable amount of money by using these networks is the vneedjobs. The research studies clearly shows it that the earning ratio of this blog is about
19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders
On the internet Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising. This is another way for making money from your blog or website. It is also well known among the blog or website owners. If you are just trying to make considerable amount of money as possible from your blog or website, you could experiment with them.
If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.
Some popular Ad networks that use pop-ups are given below.
20. Audio Ads
Audio ads is the most important method for making money online from your website or blog. It is also called PPP (Pay Per Play). In fact this advertising method was introduced by Net Audio Ads. This concept is very and easy to use. You will be required to simple play a small audio advertising every time a visitor enters into your website. The audio is mostly about five seconds usually. Whenever the user clicks on this audio then they should not be able to stop it. In fact it is creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.
The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $4 to a $6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising. Therefore think much before using it on your blog or website.
21. Selling the Website
Another method which is mostly used by the bloggers and websites owners is selling your website. This method has the potential to generate a big sum of money in a very short period of time.
Market places on online forums such as DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always using this method, and they are active with website buyers and sellers. In fact the mostly used parameter for determining the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number. The multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors.
Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.
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It is one of the oldest money making method on the internet. In this method the peoples are using a blog or a website to promote a related ebook. There fore it is the most efficient method to generate revenue. In the past a large number of websites and blogs have used this method for making money from their websites and blogs. But in fact it is still a very important method for making money. Still a large number of websites are using this method for earning money.
You can either structure the website around the book itself, such as SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.
The most related links for this kind of strategies are given below.
In addition to the methods described in the above lines there are some other methods as well. This method for making money from your blog or websites is selling a hardcover book. In fact a large number of columnists, authors and journalists are using their blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. The most important examples are the Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.
In fact most of these people were already renowned authors before they created their website. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First of all she built her authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.
I have tried my best to provide the most popular list of self publishing and publishing services.
24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes
Blogs and Website templates and WordPress themes become hotter, when a large number of peoples decide to get online presence. There fore it is also a popular method for making money online from your website and blog. Many websites and blogs are providing this facility and they are earning a sufficient amount of money by using this method.
On this segment you have mainstream websites like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.
The most popular and important examples of websites are the Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs. These websites are making money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.
25. Offering Consulting and Related Services
This is the other most important and easy to use method for making money online from your blog or website. You can make money by offering consulting and related services. But it is dependent on your niche. If you are also the author of your blog, the articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certify your expertise on that niche, making it easier to gain customers.
The best example of it is the Chris Garrett. It has also used the same strategy. First of all he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, having high traffic, and then he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.
26. Creating an Email List or Newsletter
Creating an Email lists and newsletters is one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They are offering incredible conversion rates. Similarly they have the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient way.
It is very difficult to create a big list. But if you have a popular website then you can use it to increase the number of subscribers on your list. It is dependent on the popularity of your website or blog, if it is more popular then the result will be that you will have a large number of subscriber members on your website. And as you post some thing on your website it will be sent to all the members that have been subscribed with you. And as the email or newsletter is sent so they will see it in their email. As a result they will again visit your blog or website.
In this category 1scholar and hottalks are the most popular, which have sufficient number of subscribers. And the daily traffic of this blog is also very huge. And if you visit his blog you will find it that right on the top they has a section. In this section they are encouraging the visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. There fore they are considered to be the most famous internet marketers. If you look at my blog carefully you will also see the subscribe option. I am using this for creating and email list and newsletters. By using this method my monthly income has reached to six figures.
The other important example of creating email list or newsletter is Yaro Starak. It also considered as a famous Internet marketer. Visit this and blog you will notice that right on top he also has a section, just like the 1scholar and hottalks, encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Just like my blog, Yaro also making five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.
I have provided below some popular list of software to manage email newsletters. You can visit them and start making money from them. I have provided it only for the benefits of all my readers and visitors.
27. Mentoring programs
Education is one of the most important and valuable asset in this world. It is playing a pivotal role in the development of this world and the peoples as well. Therefore it is a common practice in this world that people are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge, as opposed to mere information. Education is considered to be one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in a similar way.
It is very profitable to create a mentoring program that is related to the niche of your website. But it should be kept in mind that this would be profitable if you are able to manage to structure and promote it adequately. There is a wide range of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles to audio and video lessons.
The best popular example related to it is that Brian Clark leveraged the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and it costs $97 monthly. Sounds expensive, but they have over 1,000 members.
28. Creating a conference around the website
This is the last method in the list of these 28 methods briefly explained above. It is also a commonly used method for making money from your website or blog. This has also been used by large number of websites, but the most successful example of this kind is given in the last paragraph. For example if your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. It is dependent on the size of your audience. If you website or blog has sufficient visitors then the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.
A well know example related to this post is the Search Engine Land. This site has created a series of conferences that visit several cities on theUnited States USA
It should be kept in mind and to be noted that ways to make money with a blog or website are different from ways to make more money from it. Increased traffic of your blog or website or click-through rate will definitely help you to make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money from a website or blog.
As every one suggest that AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. When ever we think about making money from a blog or a website, automatically AdSense comes in our mind. In fact AdSense is not only the way to make money from a blog or website by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method is a PPC ad network.
I have spent a lot of time to search the best and the most suitable list of networks in this article. For easiness and to easily understand the procedure I have divided the list into direct and indirect methods. In addition to it, I also have provided the most suitable examples and links for each point.
After reading this article carefully you will be able to make a lot of money from your website or blog on the internet. You can also tell about other peoples, like your friends and family members about this article so that they also do the same and earn money from it. The list of these networks and related examples and links are provided below. First of all I have focused on direct methods, and it given below.
Direct Methods
1. PPC Advertising NetworksThe most popular option under this category is Google AdSense. But there are also some others ways of making money from a website. There are a number of networks that provide this facility to its users. When you want to obtain the services of these networks, fist of all, you will need to sign up with the network. As you complete you sign up process at the end they will give you a code and you will need to copy and then paste this code on your website or blog, which is ever the case may be. After you complete your copy and past these networks will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
It is also important to note that if you want to earn more money from your website or blog then the profitability of PPC advertising largely depends upon the traffic levels of your blog or website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). It is necessary to make it clear about these terms used in the above paragraph. I have provided a small definition of these terms in the given lines.
What is click-through rate: The CTR largely depends upon the design of your blog or website. For example if you have placed the Ads abode the fold or blended it with content, as a result it will tend to get higher CTRs.
What is cost per click: The CPC depends on the nice of the blog or a website. For instance Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of most profitable niches. In this category you can get a couple of dollars through clicks, while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC. In this case, sometimes, you can receive as low as a couple of cents per click.
In this case the traffic source can also affect the overall CTR rate. For example the organic traffic, the one that comes from search engines like Google, yahoo, MSN, tends to earn more money and also perform very well. The main reason is that these visitors were already looking for something, and they also wants to click on ads, present on your blog or website, more often. On the other hand, the social media traffic, presents low CTRs. The main reason is that these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads. Similarly these visitors only looking and searching for their own interest, and therefore, they only take the main body of the articles and columns. They ignore all the ads and have no interest in them. They have no interest in the ads and it is the main reason that the earning rates are low.
I have spent several hours to search the most relevant, profitable and useful list of popular CPC advertising networks. After completing my research on the subject I found some networks that were most profitable, reliable and also were relevant to the subject. These are given below.
2. CPM Advertising Networks
This is the second most important method for making money from your website or blog. A very large number of peoples are using this method for making money online. They have earned a lot of money from this method also. The services of CPM advertising networks are the same as that of PPC networks. In this case payment will be paid to you according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your blog or website will generate.
What is mean by CPM: Basically the CPM stands for Cost per Mille. It refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions. Now let us calculate how CPM works. It is a very simple and easy to use method. For example if you have a blog or website, and that is able to generates 100,000 page views monthly and displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
In fact the rates of CPM vary with the network. The rates of CPM also depend upon the position of the ad and the format of these Ads. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate, the main reason is that they have access to more advertisers. The CPM rates will be high if you have put the ads to the top of your blog or website. Thus we can say in simple words that the closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. It is also to be noted that if the format of your Ads (in the terms of pixels) is bigger, automatically, you will get the higher rates of CPM.
It is also necessary to be kept in mind that you can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions and more in some special cases. The advertising of CPM tends to make more money and similarly work well on those websites and blogs that have a high page views per visitor ratio.
In fact there are a large number of networks that are claiming for CPM but I found them to be only and only the misguidance. There fore I have tried my best to provide the most relevant and popular list of CPM advertising networks. It is given below. You will need to sign up with them and start making money from these networks.
3. Direct Banner Advertising
Direct banner advertising is also the most important method for making money you’re your blog or website. It is my third choice after PPC and CPM advertising methods. In fact selling your own advertising space is one of the most important methods to monetize your blog and website. The main reason is that it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. It means that the money earned through this method will totally goes to your pocket and you will not pay even a penny to the middle men. There fore, in my opinion, it is the main advantage of using this method. A large number of bloggers and websites owners are using this method for making money. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
Direct banner advertising also have some disadvantage and the most important one is that you will need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.
Related links:
- How to Find Advertisers for Your Website
- Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
- Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners
- Openads Ad Server
- OIO Publisher Ad Platform
This is the fourth important method for making money from your blog or website. It is to be kept in mind that this method of monetization a blog or website becomes less popular, when Google declared and made it clear that those sites that are selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized. But still many website and blog owners are still using this method to monetize their websites and blogs, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The best advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. In this case one can sell text links directly through his website or blog or can use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.
The most popular networks related to the subject are provided below.
5. Affiliate Marketing
Due to the advancement in the world of internet a large number of companies using affiliate marketing to market their products and services. For this reason they use other blogs and websites for marketing their products and services. To proceed forward, it is necessary to make clear the idea about the affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. This type of advertising is also, sometime, called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.
In this case the affiliates can send several potential customers to the merchant using several tools, like banners, text links and product reviews. In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.
A list of some the popular affiliate marketplaces and networks is given below.
6. Monetization Widgets
With passage of time new trends are coming to the internet market. Peoples have generated different new ideas, methods and ways that how to make money from their blogs and websites. Different networks providing different services to the peoples. Therefore latest trend on the web are widgets that allow you to monetize your blog and website and make money from it. Examples of such networks are Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, some works like text link ads, and others yet leverage affiliate links.
Their main advantage and differentiation, however, is that they work as web widgets. These networks and companies making it easier for their users to plug and play the service on its blog or website.
The most relevant list of companies and networks that provide monetization widgets are given below.
Sign up with these networks and start making money from them.
7. Sponsored ReviewsThis is the seventh most important method for making money from your blog or website. This model was pioneered by PayPerPost. In the beginning much controversy was started. This was related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts. But soon other companies also followed this method. The most important and popular companies and networks were Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
First of all you will need to sign up with these networks. As you join one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. It is important to note that not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website. Its main reason is that it might compromise the editorial credibility. But the ones who do are making a large amount of money from it.
If your blog has a large number of traffic levels you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.
A list of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks are given below for the benefit of my loyal visitors to make money from it in their homes.
8. RSS Feed Ads
As the RSS technology is quickly adopted by millions of Internet users, therefore, website owners are starting to find and search different ways and methods to monetize their blogs and websites. An increasingly popular way for people to read blogs is via RSS. As a result publishers and ad providers have been keen to find ways to place ads in feeds. Recently a large number of blog and website owners have adopted this method for making money from their blogs and websites.
In this category Feedburber has already its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. The other important and most popular network in this category is Bidvertiser which recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
Some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. The most popular examples of this type of are John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim.
Some of the most related links are provided for the benefit of the visitors in the given lines. I hope you will easily understand this and would be able to make money from it.
9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events
It is the ninth (9th) important method for making money from your website and blog. A very large number of websites and blogs are using this method of monetization for making money. If your blog or website has specific columns or events like, podcast on the weekly basis, a series of interview, a monthly survey, or a special project, then you can find different companies to sponsor them individually.
In fact this method increases the monetization options for blog or website owner. On the other hand this method also giving the possibility to advertisers to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.
Mashable is the best example in this category, and therefore, illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”
The second important and most popular example related to this case is Problogger. This also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
10.Premium Content
It is also a method for making money from your website or blog. It is important to note that some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.
The most important example in this category is SEOMoz. In fact they have a very popular blog that are providing a lot of advices and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that an option is given for visitors to decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material. The visitors can take a lot of advantages from it and can make money from it.
11. Private Forums
With the passage of time it is clear that Internet is more populated with free forums. Therefore there is also the possibility to create a private one. In this private forum if the members want to join it they will need to pay a single or recurring fee. Thus it is also a way of making money from your website or blog. Two most important examples are provided here in the given lines.
SEO Blackhat is the first example that charges $100 monthly from its members. They have thousand of members and a result the revenue is more. When the number of member is more the revenue will be more. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members, e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so on.
The second most important example is the Performancing. It has also launched a private forum recently, and its main focus is on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive, and its monthly cost is $10.
These are not only just two examples. There are a lot of possibilities to create a private and profitable forum. For this purpose you will just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth for the members.
After a long time of research on the internet I have found some popular forum software, and a list of these are given in the below lines.
12. Job Boards
I have found it very necessary to mention it here that all popular websites and blogs are trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income from it. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger… you name it.
In order to create the most profitable and active job board you will need, first of all, to have a blog. And its main focus should be on a specific niche, and it is also necessary to have a large amount of traffic.
It should be kept in mind that the best advantage of this method is that it is passive. The job listings will come naturally, when you have the structure in place. You can charge anywhere any amount ranging from $10 up to $100 for each. And as the number of member increases the revenue will automatically increases. But don’t restrict this article to your self. Please also tell about it to your friends and family members so that they also earn some money from these methods.
For the benefits of my all visitors I have tried to provide the most relevant list of popular job board software. It is given below. You can take a considerable advantages from these and earn sufficient amount of money by using these softwares.
13. Marketplaces
The most excellent online marketplace is the Sitepoint. It is to be noted that some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale. These websites and blogs are making a huge amount of money from it.
Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. With the passage of time you can start charging a small fee for the listings of new products.
The problem with this method is that there is no standard software on the web, so you would need to hire a coder to get a marketplace integrated into your website.
You can see an example of a marketplaces being used on EasyWordpress and on Mashable.
14. Paid Surveys and Polls
Another important method for making money online from your website or blog is paid surveys and polls. A large number of websites and blogs are using this method to make money from your blog or websites. By using this method you will be paid when you run a small survey or poll on your website or blog. In this category there are several examples but the most popular one is called Vizu Answers.
When you want to make money from this method then you will be required to sign up with them. Then the next step is to select the kind of surveys or polls that you want to run on your website or blog. It is important to note that most of these services operate under a CPM model.
15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages
In fact this method and concept was made popular by Million Dollar Wiki. But this method was being used on the web for a long time around. The most popular example of such method is Pagerank10.co.uk, you can visit and see that how they are making money from it.
In fact these blogs and websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high Pagerank or high traffic, so that people purchasing a page will be able to benefit in some way.
It would be difficult to implement this method on a small blog. For this method you, first of all, will be needed to have higher amount of traffic. If your blog don’t have sufficient traffic level then you will be unable to implement this one as already mentioned in the above lines. In order to get more traffic you will be required to share your blog on the facebook, twitter, and other social media networks. As the traffic is diverted to your blog then it will be easy to complete your implementation process. This concept is very interesting and could be explored further.
16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors
The other most important method is highlighted posts from sponsors. A large number of blogs and websites are using this method to make some extra money from their blogs and websites. The research study shows that this method and concept was pioneered by Techmeme. But somehow it has not spread to other websites. The process that how it will be working on blog or a website is explained in details in the given lines.
The tech news aggregator displays editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled “Techmeme Sponsor Posts.” On that section posts from the blog of the advertisers get highlighted, sending qualified traffic their way.
It is to be noted that the monthly cost for one spot is $5000 and that they have around 6 sponsors at any given time. It is the most valuable method for earning money from your blog or websites, and it must be working well.
17. Donations
Another mostly used and important method for making money from your blog or website is donation link or button. When you place a “Donate” link or button on your blog or website so it can be an efficient way to earn money. This method is especially valuable and effective if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.
For this purpose it is to keep in mind that personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems. One good example being Steve Pavlina. This webpage has placed a donation button on their site and earning a sufficient amount from it. You can also do the same method in case if you have a blog or website. If don’t have so please create it or purchase it from professional webpage makers.
A small variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me a Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin enables you and you would be in a position to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article. The main purpose of it is asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.
18. In-text Adverting
The other most valuable and mostly used method for making money from your blog or website is In-text Adverting. The In-text adverting networks, like infolinks, Kontera and Vibrant Media, will place sponsored links inside your text. When you sign up with these networks they will provide a code and you will be required to copy and past it in the HTML portion of your blog or website. As you past it and then click on the save changes button all the code will be saved. After that these networks will place some links in your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. When the user or visitors click on it (on double underlines) the blog or site owner will make some money. And as a large number of visitors click on these ads your earning ratio will be higher.
Some peoples refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. But on the other hand a large number of peoples are making sufficient money by using this method. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising. The most important and well known example that is making a considerable amount of money by using these networks is the vneedjobs. The research studies clearly shows it that the earning ratio of this blog is about
19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders
On the internet Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising. This is another way for making money from your blog or website. It is also well known among the blog or website owners. If you are just trying to make considerable amount of money as possible from your blog or website, you could experiment with them.
If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.
Some popular Ad networks that use pop-ups are given below.
20. Audio Ads
Audio ads is the most important method for making money online from your website or blog. It is also called PPP (Pay Per Play). In fact this advertising method was introduced by Net Audio Ads. This concept is very and easy to use. You will be required to simple play a small audio advertising every time a visitor enters into your website. The audio is mostly about five seconds usually. Whenever the user clicks on this audio then they should not be able to stop it. In fact it is creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.
The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $4 to a $6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising. Therefore think much before using it on your blog or website.
21. Selling the Website
Another method which is mostly used by the bloggers and websites owners is selling your website. This method has the potential to generate a big sum of money in a very short period of time.
Market places on online forums such as DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always using this method, and they are active with website buyers and sellers. In fact the mostly used parameter for determining the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number. The multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors.
Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.
Some of the related links:
- How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit
- How To Sell A Website – How Much Is Your Website Worth?
- Where to sell a website? How to go about selling it?
Indirect Methods
In addition to direct method there are also some indirect methods. As I have mentioned it in the beginning of this article that I have divided these methods in to direct and indirect methods. There fore after completing the direct methods now I am in the position to provide some helping materials about the indirect methods of making money from your websites and blogs. Some these are given below. I hope you will find it easy and simple than others.
22. Selling an EbookIt is one of the oldest money making method on the internet. In this method the peoples are using a blog or a website to promote a related ebook. There fore it is the most efficient method to generate revenue. In the past a large number of websites and blogs have used this method for making money from their websites and blogs. But in fact it is still a very important method for making money. Still a large number of websites are using this method for earning money.
You can either structure the website around the book itself, such as SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.
The most related links for this kind of strategies are given below.
- Writing an ebook for your blog
- How to sell ebooks
- Processing payments for your ebook
- How to sell digital products online
- List of ebook selling software
In addition to the methods described in the above lines there are some other methods as well. This method for making money from your blog or websites is selling a hardcover book. In fact a large number of columnists, authors and journalists are using their blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. The most important examples are the Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.
In fact most of these people were already renowned authors before they created their website. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First of all she built her authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.
I have tried my best to provide the most popular list of self publishing and publishing services.
24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes
Blogs and Website templates and WordPress themes become hotter, when a large number of peoples decide to get online presence. There fore it is also a popular method for making money online from your website and blog. Many websites and blogs are providing this facility and they are earning a sufficient amount of money by using this method.
On this segment you have mainstream websites like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.
The most popular and important examples of websites are the Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs. These websites are making money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.
25. Offering Consulting and Related Services
This is the other most important and easy to use method for making money online from your blog or website. You can make money by offering consulting and related services. But it is dependent on your niche. If you are also the author of your blog, the articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certify your expertise on that niche, making it easier to gain customers.
The best example of it is the Chris Garrett. It has also used the same strategy. First of all he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, having high traffic, and then he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.
26. Creating an Email List or Newsletter
Creating an Email lists and newsletters is one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They are offering incredible conversion rates. Similarly they have the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient way.
It is very difficult to create a big list. But if you have a popular website then you can use it to increase the number of subscribers on your list. It is dependent on the popularity of your website or blog, if it is more popular then the result will be that you will have a large number of subscriber members on your website. And as you post some thing on your website it will be sent to all the members that have been subscribed with you. And as the email or newsletter is sent so they will see it in their email. As a result they will again visit your blog or website.
In this category 1scholar and hottalks are the most popular, which have sufficient number of subscribers. And the daily traffic of this blog is also very huge. And if you visit his blog you will find it that right on the top they has a section. In this section they are encouraging the visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. There fore they are considered to be the most famous internet marketers. If you look at my blog carefully you will also see the subscribe option. I am using this for creating and email list and newsletters. By using this method my monthly income has reached to six figures.
The other important example of creating email list or newsletter is Yaro Starak. It also considered as a famous Internet marketer. Visit this and blog you will notice that right on top he also has a section, just like the 1scholar and hottalks, encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Just like my blog, Yaro also making five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.
I have provided below some popular list of software to manage email newsletters. You can visit them and start making money from them. I have provided it only for the benefits of all my readers and visitors.
27. Mentoring programs
Education is one of the most important and valuable asset in this world. It is playing a pivotal role in the development of this world and the peoples as well. Therefore it is a common practice in this world that people are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge, as opposed to mere information. Education is considered to be one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in a similar way.
It is very profitable to create a mentoring program that is related to the niche of your website. But it should be kept in mind that this would be profitable if you are able to manage to structure and promote it adequately. There is a wide range of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles to audio and video lessons.
The best popular example related to it is that Brian Clark leveraged the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and it costs $97 monthly. Sounds expensive, but they have over 1,000 members.
28. Creating a conference around the website
This is the last method in the list of these 28 methods briefly explained above. It is also a commonly used method for making money from your website or blog. This has also been used by large number of websites, but the most successful example of this kind is given in the last paragraph. For example if your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. It is dependent on the size of your audience. If you website or blog has sufficient visitors then the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.
A well know example related to this post is the Search Engine Land. This site has created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the