#MonetizeYrBlog 8: Affiliates
Today, in part 8 of my series on how to monetize your blog, we’re going to look at Affiliates. Really simply, affiliate marketing is when you promo something on your blog, and if that promo leads to a sale, you get […]
#MonitizeYrBlog 7: Consulting–an interview with @ThornyBleeder
Last week we looked at E-Books, something that I’ve been using to monetize my blog for about 4 years, now. Today, we look at consulting. I started this blog for the purposes of marketing my freelance publicity business. The idea was, […]
#MonetizeYrBlog #6: Books and E-books
Today, we look at another way of monetizing your blog: books and e-books. Since June of 2009, I’ve been monetizing my blog by selling books. It all came about innocently enough. I had been teaching workshops at The Alliance for […]
#MonetizeYrBlog #5: Swag
When it comes to monetizing your blog, probably the easiest way to start is by getting access to free products and services in exchange for writing about them. Now, I know this doesn’t actually put money in your pocket. But […]
#MonetizeYrBlog #4: Install a ‘Donate’ Button
Allllrighty! Okay, so! We’ve looked at some of the barriers you might encounter on the road to making some money from your blog (and hopefully been given the tools to overcome them!). We’ve looked at what tools you need to […]
#MonetizeYrBlog #3: The Tools To Get Started
Welcome to the third post in the series on how to monetize your blog. This is the final “prep” post in the series–next week, we’ll start looking at the first way you can monetize your blog. This week, we’ll look […]
#MonetizeYrBlog #2: Do Numbers Count?
Traffic. If you want to monetize your blog, you have to have it. Well, technically, you don’t have to. You can still put ads and the like on your site. You just won’t make any money from them unless you […]
Building a Community Around Your Blog
As an adjunct to my “Monetizing Your Blog” series, I have a guest post for you today from Rob Greenberg. Why create a community around your blog? A sense of community produces devoted and dedicated blog readers– your Army, in […]
#MonetizeYrBlog 1: Treating Your Blog Like a Job
Welcome to my new series of blog posts on Monetizing Your Blog! Every week, for the next 10-12 weeks, I will publish a blog post on this theme. We’re going to start by looking at the issues that might […]