Many who engage in blogging look forward to the day when they can earn an income from their blog. It can be so exciting to earn money from blogging that it can be easy to make a mistake and get in on a bad deal. If you are a blogger looking to make money blogging you will need to follow a few guidelines. Tips for Making Money from a Blog There are a few options for earning money. There is advertising, text links, sponsored posts and affiliate programs. Once you are more established you can earn money from speaking and … Continue reading →

Affiliate marketing can be a roaring success, a moderate success or it can fall flat. Often falling flat or moderate success can occur despite our best efforts. If that is happening to you then switch to another affiliate. It is perhaps an affiliate that does not resonate with your readers. However, more times than now the reason affiliate marketing fails is due to a lack of work. Affiliate marking does not succeed by placing an ad on a sidebar and forgetting about it. In fact, placing an ad on your sidebar is one of the least successful ways to spreading … Continue reading →

Blogs were first written by those who wanted to share their thoughts, family photos and stories with a small group of people. Most were used to chronicle the lives of person writing the blog. Blogs caught on due to the friendly nature and transparency of the authors. The popularity mounted and soon they evolved into the realm of making money. Once a blogger earns an income from her blog she becomes a professional blogger. When blogs were first conceived I am sure no one ever thought it would give rise to professional bloggers making a living reviewing products and chronicling … Continue reading →

When I started to blog a little over a year ago I never dreamed of making money doing it. I just assumed you blogged for free. Blogging is a pastime, an outlet, a creative space for the writer to share and connect with other bloggers. It never occurred to me that it could also be a job. However, as I have grown into my blogging adventure I see more bloggers monetizing their blog. There are many ways to monetize your blog from selling ad space, becoming an affiliate to writing paid posts. I have been asked about all three but … Continue reading →