How to Make More Money from your Blog

Are you wondering how to make more money from your blog? Or even how to make money by blogging at all? Here are 3 options for beginners to explore to generate a bit of income from your blog alone.

1) PPC Advertisers (Pay Per Click). Some really great PPC Advertisers are Google Adsense, Yahoo! Publisher Network, and Bidvertiser. Adsense is the most popular, but there are other options out there. The most important thing to consider if this route interests you is that you will need to pick a good niche for your blog. What I mean by this, is to pick a topic for your blog that Google Adsense or another advertiser could match with relevant advertisements. For instance, you could very easily advertise weight loss plans or supplements on a blog about fitness and weight loss. On a blog about electronics, advertisements for ipods or HD TVs would go perfectly. But what kind of ads would advertisers place on a blog about your daily life, or on a blog that talks about something new everyday? I don't really know, and neither will they- which means you will either get ads that will not generate any profit or no ads at all.

2) Affiliate Marketing. Basically affiliate marketing is where a merchant will let you advertise a product and you will make a commission of the sales. Some great affiliate marketplaces are Clickbank, Azgoogle Ads, and Commission Junction. For this to be profitable you are going to have to have a blog that not only already has a sizable amount of traffic, but traffic that will actually be interested on whatever it is you are advertising. So again, picking a particular niche is important.

3) Writing sponsored reviews. You can join PayPerPost or Reviewme, and get paid to write reviews about a topic. This may not appeal to some bloggers, because it can take your blog from a personalized outlet for your opinions and creativity to just another way to make some cash. Bot of course, for others just looking to make some money, this can be a profitable option. If it is not obvious already, all you will be required to do is just to write reviews of products in exchange for money.

There are, of course, other ways to make money with your blog. But these three are the easiest to learn, and remember mastery is made in increments, not in leaps. Give some thought to how your blog would be most profitable and research these options to find out which would be best for you. Good luck with turning your blog from just a hobby- to a money making machine!