Making Money Blogging - 5 Simple Tips To Get Started

Making money blogging is possible and it does not need to be difficult.You need to understand that blogging is a business and there is work involved, sometimes a lot more than there is with a normal 9 to 5 day job.

Here is more information and 5 simple tips for getting started.

When you have purchased a descriptive domain name that contains your best keyword and a hosting account you basically have everything you need for making money blogging.

Of course, a blog is nothing without helpful content that visitors enjoy reading and find useful. Quality content is something you should focus on.

Do not make the mistake of using the exact same content ( = PLR articles that are not re-written) as hundreds of other bloggers because the point is to have your blog indexed by the search engines and getting organic traffic to your blog.

This "organic traffic" will convert in to sales of products and services over time.Getting organic traffic from the search engines is free but it will take time to get the traffic.The best part is that it will continue for as long as your blog is up and running.

However, you need to be patient and prepared to work for quite some time before you begin to see results.The results will come, just do not give up!

If you decide on purchasing traffic, like PPC (pay per click) for instance, then you need to be prepared to pay a lot of money and your traffic will stop the very minute you stop paying.

#1.Affiliate marketing
This is perhaps the most well known way of making money with your blog.When you do affiliate marketing you are promoting a product or service made by someone else in exchange for a commission.By choosing affiliate products closely related to what you are blogging about, you can recommend these products and earn money.You will get an affiliate link that has your ID coded in it, this way the merchant will know that you referred the sale and can pay you.Often you will get tools like banners, product reviews and text links from the merchant to help you make more sales.

Clickbank is one of the best places to find suitable digital products to sell from your blog.You can get a high commission promoting Clickbank products.(up to 75% of the sales price.)

#2.Google Adsense
Advertising networks like Google Adsense are also very popular ways for making money blogging.

People who have just started their blog get an Adsense account and place lots of ads on their blog because they think that the more they have advertising the more money they will make.In my opinion this is not the case.

You will need a lot of traffic to earn a decent monthly income from Adsense and by carefully placing 1 or 2 ads on the blog and using the right ad formats and section targeting to get the most accurate ads.There is a fantastic ebook called "The Adsense Code" by Joel Comm.I highly recommend reading it and closely following the instructions of the book.

#3. Banner advertising
Another income stream you can add to your blog is banner advertising, selling ad space to others.This method is often used by bloggers who have a decent amount of traffic per month, a Google Page Rank of at least 3, and a reasonably high Alexa ranking.

People are interested in advertising on blogs that get a lot of traffic because this also gets the advertiser traffic when visitors click the banners.The banners should be placed on a highly visible place on your blog like the at the top of a sidebar.By using the best ad format (125x125) you can have several advertisers at the same time.

It is good to remember that too many banners on your blog makes it look cheap.Less banners (max 6) and a higher price per month will earn you the most money and the advertiser will also get the best results of his/her campaign.

#4.Paid blogging
You can start writing sponsored reviews and earning money from it. PayPerPost.com is a website that helps bloggers and other content creators to find advertisers who are willing to sponsor content on many different things.To join PayPerPost.com you need to visit their site and register your blog, then you start writing high quality blog posts based on the offers you get and get paid by PayPal.

Many bloggers are not willing to do sponsored reviews and posts because they have a fear of getting their credibility compromised for doing so.Those who do paid blogging are generally earning a good income from it.

#5.Donations
If you have a blog in a specific niche that gives a lot of value to your readers then you can add a small "Donations" button to your blog.This is a great way for making money with your blog. Donation based income works especially well with blogs that are in the personal development niche.

There is a Wordpress plugin called "Buy Me A Beer" that allows you to place a small button on your blog and it links directly to your PayPal account.Visitors can chip in to give a few cents in your tip jar.

Making money blogging takes time and it is like a real job in many ways.Lots of people make the mistake of creating a blog and putting up a lot of advertisements, they think that people will just visit their site and they will earn a lot of money.

A good blog takes time to build, you will need a lot of great content and links from other sites pointing to your blog.