5 EASY WAYS YOU MUST KNOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING

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 Cracking The Mystery of Blogs That Make Money



Passion drives most bloggers to share their experiences, expertise and insider secrets on a topic. But passion alone won't pay the bills. In order to make money blogging, you need to tie all your written content to an income source. There are several ways to monetize a blog, but all of them require some investment of time to get started. Those success stories about bloggers getting rich overnight? Not true. You'll need to start a blog, find an audience and drive traffic regularly before you can start blogging for money. The good news is that if you are willing to put in the effort, you will reap the reward.

But how do you blog for money once you've got some traffic on your site? Once you've got your blog up and running, you can finally start looking into ways to make a profit from it. These are the best and easiest ways to make money as a blogger:

#1. Use affiliate marketing on your blog

Affiliate marketing works by adding tracked affiliate links into the the text of your blog. You can make a small commission every time a reader clicks through to a site you recommended and makes a purchase. The links will help lead readers to the website of a brand and the money you receive is to say thanks for sending some of your lovely readers to their site. Almost all online e-commerce website have an affiliate program of some sort. The key is to be authentic and genuine with affiliate marketing. Write reviews and articles with your honest opinions and only encourage your readers to buy something if you think it's a good product or service for them.

#2. Sponsored posts

Sponsored posts are blog posts that brands or people pay you to create. They're basically an advertorial as they're a paid ad written in an editorial style. Whether you're blogging about the latest products for new moms or personal finance, brands can reach out to you to create sponsored posts on your blog. You can promote your sponsored posts by having a pricing list available on your website on your contact page. In the beginning, though you might choose to do some outreach to local businesses and brands that other bloggers in your niche have partnered with and ask them if they'd be interested in a sponsored post on your blog. Make sure to mention how much traffic your blog brings and how many followers you have.

#3. Online courses and workshops

Most of the people making a lot of money from their blogs are doing through online courses. And it's not only business or wealth focused topics that are doing well. You can find successful blogs on just about any topic or niche monetizing with online courses. Online courses and workshops can bring in one-time payments or, depending on your model, recurring income via subscriptions.

#4. Charge for sponsored social media posts

If you have a strong social media presence, you will be very attractive to brands. Some people actually make their entire blogging income through sponsored posts on social media. You can charge per post/ re-post and the fees can be surprisingly high. You'll just have to work hard on building your followers first. Your social proof  or how many people follow you on social media is seen by brands as evidence that readers will like what you post about them too.

#5. Membership content

Some big bloggers focus on making money blogging by gating content. What does that mean? Some of their content is available to members only, meaning you need to pay to read the exclusive content on their blog. You'll see this a lot with prominent newspaper brands or long time bloggers with big audiences. Some of their blog posts may be available to read but an email membership opt-in form blocks the rest of the article as the article starts to get good enticing you to sign up.

Can you really make money blogging? As we have seen, the answer is yes! But how much money you can make from the blogging is variable. That's the nature of monetizing a blog at the start, however with time bloggers can do very well.

Monetizing a blog takes time and relies on you having some traffic. The more readers you have, the more attractive you are to advertisers.


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Written by: Antony Moturi


DJ | Social Media Specialist | Online Marketer | Content Creator | Sound Engineer

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