As the heading of this post indicate that today my focus of this article is on, how do bloggers make money from blogs?
Today, therefore, I have decided to share some information with those bloggers and website owners and also to every one that how you peoples would be able to make money from your blogs or websites. In this article my focus will be about the amazing diversity of opportunities that are opening up for bloggers to make money from blogging.
Bloggers are seeking to make money from blogging, and therefore, they are using multiple revenue streams so as not to put all their eggs in one basket. In fact by doing so they decreasing their risk of failure with one network. In case of failure they will have some other option too to minimize their risk.
It is becoming easier and easier to do, therefore, the year 2010 has seen many options opening up for bloggers. I have identified some of the popular methods that bloggers are currently using to make money through blogs.
Chitika’s eMiniMalls and WidgetBucks, Text Link Ads.
Azoogle Ads, Intelli Txt, DoubleClick, Tribal Fusion, Adbrite, Clicksor, AdHearUs, Kanoodle, Pheedo, TextAds, Bidvertiser, Fastclick and Value Click. Of course there is more to come with MSN Adcenter and YPN both in beta testing and with a variety of other advertising system currently in development. It is to be noted that the YPN is only available to US publishers. But soon it will also start its services for the bloggers and website owners of other countries as well in the near future. There is also another network that is BlogAds. It is one of the first blog specific ad networks.
RSS Advertising – As you will also have noted that the past few months of 2010 have seen more advances in RSS Advertising also. Through the RSS advertising many bloggers and websites are making a hill of money. But as improvements are made to the ad programs exploring this I’m sure we’ll see some most successful examples of such type of method.
Sponsorship – In addition to large number of advertising programs that are available to join I have also seen a growing awareness in the business of the value and opportunity that exists for them to advertise directly on blogs. With the passage of time you will be able to hear about some examples of such kind. And this kind of example will have a couple of ad campaigns of my own in the past month. Its best example is Digital Camera Blog. These are not only a few example of such kind. As I told that I know about many blogs that are exploring sponsorship with advertisers at present. Sponsorship is also happening on a post by post basis with some bloggers being paid to write on certain topics by companies, either in one off or a regular fashion. They are able to make big money from their blogs doing so.
Affiliate Programs – Affiliate programs are also a source for making money online with your blog or website. There are large number of companies that providing the services for affiliate programs, the most important and popular are Amazon, Linkshare, Clickbank and Commission Junction. In addition to these there are also thousands of others networks ranging from the large to the very small.
Digital Assets – As the trend indicates that increasing numbers of bloggers have been using and developing other digital assets to earn the streams for revenue to their blogs. The most efficient way of this kind of earning is seeing e-books, courses and tele-seminars being run by bloggers. Its best example is six figure blogging. In fact this type of activity will increase in future with the passage of time and as you gain some experience from your profession. in fact this week I’ve seen several examples of bloggers running courses.
Blog Network Opportunities – As the blogging networks become more popular the bloggers are also being presented with more places to earn an income from their blogging, by writing for and with others. It might be difficult, for you peoples, to get a writing gig with one of the bigger networks in the available networks. There are a large number of blogging networks who are always asking for new professional bloggers to join. Similarly they are also willing to pay bloggers using a variety of payment models. There are different advantages of blogging for yourself or blogging for an established network who will handle a lot of the set up/promotion/admin/SEO etc has its advantages also.
It is crystal clear that a large number of bloggers are combining writing for themselves on their own blogs. In the same way these bloggers are also taking on blog network as additional income streams. They are providing their written materials, on different topics, to these blogging networks and the networks, in exchange, paying them.
Business Blog Writing Opportunities – With the development in blogging sector and with the increase in the usage of blogging more and more businesses are starting blogs. Many of these companies have internal staff take on blogging duties. In addition to internal staff an increasing number of these companies are hiring specialist bloggers to come on and run their blogs for them. I know of a number of bloggers who in the past month or two have been approached for such paid work. Check out Bloggers for Hire if you’re looking for this type of work.
Non Blogging Writing Opportunities – The non blogging writing opportunities is also a useful method for earning money from your blogs or websites. As it is clear that, and more common, a large number of bloggers are being hired to write in non blogging mediums. Manolo’s recent coup of a column in the Washington Post is just one example of this as bloggers are increasingly being approached to write for newspapers, magazines and other non blog websites. In addition to it the rise of bloggers as published book authors.
Donations – In fact tip Jars and donation buttons have been a part of blogging for years now. In fact a large number of bloggers are using this kind of method for making money from their blogs and websites. It is clear that this last year saw a number of bloggers go full time after fund raising drives. Perhaps the most popular example of such kind of method is Jason Kottke’s blog of kottke.org. Due to such type of donation Kottke’s who quit his job and become a full time blogger.
Flipping Blogs – Blog Flipping or selling of blogs was a common and most popular practice in 2005. In this type of method peoples are selling the individual blog that are popular and successful in the earning level of money. In fact this has happened both on an individual blog level as well on the network level. About 20 blogs have been sold this year. The most obvious of these being the 8 figure sale of Weblogs Inc to AOL.
Merchandising –In this method you can know that how an increasing number of bloggers are attempting to make a few extra dollars from their blogs by selling branded products through programs like Cafepress. I didn’t have a lot of success with merchandising their blogs. Few larger blogs are seeing significant sales especially those blogs with a cult following. Here I am not going to provide the detals information about this. I know about one most popular blog which will see sales over $20,000 in case of merchandise in the year of 2005.
Consulting and Speaking – Consultancy and speaking services is also a way of making money. It has been popular for established consultants to add blogs to their businesses. In fact we’re also starting to see some bloggers with no consulting background but still they are able to make money by charging readers for their time in consulting scenarios because of the profile that their blogs have built them. Blogging has the ability to establish people as experts on niche topics and we all know the value of being perceived as an expert. I am going to discuss the story of a blogger who are charging more than $200 per hour for speaking and consulting work. As time rolls on there are more and more ways that bloggers make money from their blogs opening up. Feel free to suggest your own ideas and experiences in comments below.
Today, therefore, I have decided to share some information with those bloggers and website owners and also to every one that how you peoples would be able to make money from your blogs or websites. In this article my focus will be about the amazing diversity of opportunities that are opening up for bloggers to make money from blogging.
Bloggers are seeking to make money from blogging, and therefore, they are using multiple revenue streams so as not to put all their eggs in one basket. In fact by doing so they decreasing their risk of failure with one network. In case of failure they will have some other option too to minimize their risk.
It is becoming easier and easier to do, therefore, the year 2010 has seen many options opening up for bloggers. I have identified some of the popular methods that bloggers are currently using to make money through blogs.
Popular earning Streams for Bloggers – How to Make Money Blogging
Advertising Programs – the past few months have been seen the most valuable changes with the addition of a variety of most viable and popular advertising options for bloggers looking to make money from their blogs. In these popular earning streams the most common way that bloggers seem to earn money online from the contextual ad program of Google – Adsense. In addition to these some others earning options a more recent addition that many are using successfully are given in given lines below.Chitika’s eMiniMalls and WidgetBucks, Text Link Ads.
Azoogle Ads, Intelli Txt, DoubleClick, Tribal Fusion, Adbrite, Clicksor, AdHearUs, Kanoodle, Pheedo, TextAds, Bidvertiser, Fastclick and Value Click. Of course there is more to come with MSN Adcenter and YPN both in beta testing and with a variety of other advertising system currently in development. It is to be noted that the YPN is only available to US publishers. But soon it will also start its services for the bloggers and website owners of other countries as well in the near future. There is also another network that is BlogAds. It is one of the first blog specific ad networks.
RSS Advertising – As you will also have noted that the past few months of 2010 have seen more advances in RSS Advertising also. Through the RSS advertising many bloggers and websites are making a hill of money. But as improvements are made to the ad programs exploring this I’m sure we’ll see some most successful examples of such type of method.
Sponsorship – In addition to large number of advertising programs that are available to join I have also seen a growing awareness in the business of the value and opportunity that exists for them to advertise directly on blogs. With the passage of time you will be able to hear about some examples of such kind. And this kind of example will have a couple of ad campaigns of my own in the past month. Its best example is Digital Camera Blog. These are not only a few example of such kind. As I told that I know about many blogs that are exploring sponsorship with advertisers at present. Sponsorship is also happening on a post by post basis with some bloggers being paid to write on certain topics by companies, either in one off or a regular fashion. They are able to make big money from their blogs doing so.
Affiliate Programs – Affiliate programs are also a source for making money online with your blog or website. There are large number of companies that providing the services for affiliate programs, the most important and popular are Amazon, Linkshare, Clickbank and Commission Junction. In addition to these there are also thousands of others networks ranging from the large to the very small.
Digital Assets – As the trend indicates that increasing numbers of bloggers have been using and developing other digital assets to earn the streams for revenue to their blogs. The most efficient way of this kind of earning is seeing e-books, courses and tele-seminars being run by bloggers. Its best example is six figure blogging. In fact this type of activity will increase in future with the passage of time and as you gain some experience from your profession. in fact this week I’ve seen several examples of bloggers running courses.
Blog Network Opportunities – As the blogging networks become more popular the bloggers are also being presented with more places to earn an income from their blogging, by writing for and with others. It might be difficult, for you peoples, to get a writing gig with one of the bigger networks in the available networks. There are a large number of blogging networks who are always asking for new professional bloggers to join. Similarly they are also willing to pay bloggers using a variety of payment models. There are different advantages of blogging for yourself or blogging for an established network who will handle a lot of the set up/promotion/admin/SEO etc has its advantages also.
It is crystal clear that a large number of bloggers are combining writing for themselves on their own blogs. In the same way these bloggers are also taking on blog network as additional income streams. They are providing their written materials, on different topics, to these blogging networks and the networks, in exchange, paying them.
Business Blog Writing Opportunities – With the development in blogging sector and with the increase in the usage of blogging more and more businesses are starting blogs. Many of these companies have internal staff take on blogging duties. In addition to internal staff an increasing number of these companies are hiring specialist bloggers to come on and run their blogs for them. I know of a number of bloggers who in the past month or two have been approached for such paid work. Check out Bloggers for Hire if you’re looking for this type of work.
Non Blogging Writing Opportunities – The non blogging writing opportunities is also a useful method for earning money from your blogs or websites. As it is clear that, and more common, a large number of bloggers are being hired to write in non blogging mediums. Manolo’s recent coup of a column in the Washington Post is just one example of this as bloggers are increasingly being approached to write for newspapers, magazines and other non blog websites. In addition to it the rise of bloggers as published book authors.
Donations – In fact tip Jars and donation buttons have been a part of blogging for years now. In fact a large number of bloggers are using this kind of method for making money from their blogs and websites. It is clear that this last year saw a number of bloggers go full time after fund raising drives. Perhaps the most popular example of such kind of method is Jason Kottke’s blog of kottke.org. Due to such type of donation Kottke’s who quit his job and become a full time blogger.
Flipping Blogs – Blog Flipping or selling of blogs was a common and most popular practice in 2005. In this type of method peoples are selling the individual blog that are popular and successful in the earning level of money. In fact this has happened both on an individual blog level as well on the network level. About 20 blogs have been sold this year. The most obvious of these being the 8 figure sale of Weblogs Inc to AOL.
Merchandising –In this method you can know that how an increasing number of bloggers are attempting to make a few extra dollars from their blogs by selling branded products through programs like Cafepress. I didn’t have a lot of success with merchandising their blogs. Few larger blogs are seeing significant sales especially those blogs with a cult following. Here I am not going to provide the detals information about this. I know about one most popular blog which will see sales over $20,000 in case of merchandise in the year of 2005.
Consulting and Speaking – Consultancy and speaking services is also a way of making money. It has been popular for established consultants to add blogs to their businesses. In fact we’re also starting to see some bloggers with no consulting background but still they are able to make money by charging readers for their time in consulting scenarios because of the profile that their blogs have built them. Blogging has the ability to establish people as experts on niche topics and we all know the value of being perceived as an expert. I am going to discuss the story of a blogger who are charging more than $200 per hour for speaking and consulting work. As time rolls on there are more and more ways that bloggers make money from their blogs opening up. Feel free to suggest your own ideas and experiences in comments below.