5 Ways To Profit With Blogs

By Des Landry

Starting a blog can be easy and fun, but if your intention is to make money you better have a plan.

You should develop a blog in much the same way you would develop a website. Before you start a blog you should research the area that you want to write about. This should be focused and something you are passionate about. If you are passionate about gardening than you should write a blog about gardening. You can offer tips about gardening and related links to gardening resources.

Research your niche for keywords and how many people are searching for the subject that you are planning to blog about. This will give you an idea about how big the market is and what kinds of information you need to supply on your blog.

So once you have your blog in mind you need to figure out how you are going to monetize it. Here are 5 ways to make money using your blog.

Affiliate products - You can look through the affiliate networks and come up with products that are related to your subject matter. You can either put these products on a separate page in your blog or weave them through your content with links to those products. Whenever someone clicks on a link and makes a purchase you will earn commission on that sale.

AdSense - Despite popular belief AdSense is not completely dead. However, this should not be your primary income stream, but should be included with other methods of monetization. It costs nothing to add Google AdSense javascript to your blog and you can earn a little something if someone clicks on one of the advertising links. It's another stream of income that is easy to incorporate.

Subscriber Link - Start a mailing list for your blog readers. Once you have a list of email addresses you can send out updates whenever you make a new post on your blog or if you have found a great product recommendation. This is an excellent way to stay in contact with your readers and drive visitors back to your site where they have the opportunity to purchase a product you recommend or offer.

RSS Feeds - You can add an rss feed to your site which allows others to link to your site and visit your site again and again. The other way is to incorporate an rss feed for sites such as Amazon.com or Ebay.com into your blog and visitors can choose to browse products from those sites within your own blog. Again, this can be a great source of affiliate commissions.

Adding a survey or poll to your blog - Surveys or polls can be great ways to keep your blog more interactive and therefore keep people on it longer. Combined with good content a survey can also be used to help you develop your own product to offer your readers such as a custom report or guide book. This not only increases the value to your site, but develops customer loyalty.

The most important part to keep in mind when developing your blog is that you must continue to update it or you will lose readers. A blog should continue to supply readers with useful information on a regular basis. The more useful content you provide the more readers, subscribers and customers you will gain.

Des Landry is an internet marketing coach who teaches people how to generate passive and residual income from home.

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