Blogs For Money: The Pros Do It, Why Then Can't Anyone

Writter: Janel Lester

Blogging is a very imaginative way to make some extra cash. It is not very easy and often discouraging for beginners to make much money with blogging. Blogs only make money if bloggers put in a lot of hard work. Succeeding as a blogger involves combining personal interest and skills with savvy marketing. Careful thought and planning and great strategies are the hallmarks of successful blogs. Implementing these strategies can make a quality blog turn a respectable profit.

One sure-fire formula for success is using advertisements hosted by search engine sites. A popular advertisement service is AdSense, a free Google program. With it, blogs can feature advertisements that are related to their content, but managed by Google. Sites must be up-to-date, unique, and respectable to be Adsense blogs. A savvy blogger will position the ads on the most visible site pages. Whenever a surfer clicks on the ad links, the blogger earns a commission. Once the ads make money, Google will pay the blogger a small portion of that income.

Some, bloggers prefer to earn more than Adsense provides them, and find search engine-hosted ad programs undesirable. These people often offer their advertising space directly to advertisers. The advantage is that they pocket 100% of the payment for each ad placement.

There are also affiliate programs that can financially benefit blogs. These programs allow blog owners to post links to products and services. Bloggers can give excellent reviews and recommendations for a product, which will encourage a reader to access the links. Whenever a purchase is made through the blogger's link, the blogger gets a portion of the sale price. Bloggers must not incorporate false claims to sell products. They should also ensure that the targeted products or services are relevant to the content. Once the blogger wins the readers' trust, the likelihood of more visitors and more sales increases exponentially. Each purchase becomes extra income for the blog owner in the form of a commission from every product or service sold.

Some of the more well-known affiliate programs are Amazon Associates and ClickBank. Some bloggers run multiple affiliate programs on their pages, while others focus on one. The selected affiliate program should be relevant to the blogger's niche and should also market a fast-moving product.

Bloggers can make use of their sites and traffic to sell their own products and services. Bloggers have been known to sell T-shirts, homemade products, and even artwork though their blogs. Bloggers can also sell ebooks, which has become a popular trend in the online industry. Regardless of what bloggers are selling, it is vital that the offered products be of sufficiently high quality.

The key factor in blogging is quality content. There is no chance of bloggers having a financially successful site if the blog is of inferior quality. A quality site will launch the blogger to expert status. With this expert status, bloggers can initiate more ways to make money. These include opportunities to serve as a consultant or speaker as well as to work on other profitable projects.

Blogs that enjoy increased traffic and high revenues are surely the work of bloggers who are dedicated to creating competitive online pages and who are committed to mastering the methods to optimize their blogs’ earning potential. There is a handsome profit to be made by the blogger who views the work as a full-time job. The success of other bloggers can be a good inspiration to new bloggers.