Make Money Blogging - You Can Do It, Too!

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 | Promote Your Blog

If you currently own a blog and have taken steps to promote and monetize your site - or if you are thinking about doing so - this article is for you!

Personal finance is my forte and I am always scoping out new, web 2.0 ways to make money online on top of my full daytime job. I keep a close eye on what is working (for me) and what isn’t by keeping a spreadsheet to tell me which programs my site is using are actually making money and which are not. I am going to present to you the four programs, in order of success ($$$!), that are making me the most money from my beauty, fashion, and fitness blog.

PayPerPost

PayPerPost is an affiliate advertising program that pays you to write about various online products and services. You can choose the “opportunities” that YOU want to write about, and depending on the amount of traffic your site generates I’ve seen opportunities that range from $5 to $150 per post. I made more money in the initial week than any other program on my site. Actually, I made $60 in the first three days (three paid posts) using this program, which isn’t bad in my opinion for the level of traffic that my site generates. Sign up today to start making money with your blog!

PayU2Blog

PayU2Blog is similar to PayPerPost, however all assignments (with the exception of ’special’ assignments) pay a flat rate of $5 per post. And, you must complete all assignments. I have never had a problem with completing an assignment because you can incorporate the provided link/anchor text in whichever way you’d like within your post. It’s an unobtrusive way to make money blogging and everyone wins. This program over time has generated 56% of all revenue I’ve earned from blogging and you get paid biweekly. I love PayU2Blog!

Google AdSense

Google AdSense is a pay-per-click program that allows you to place relevant ads on your site and get paid for page impressions to clicks on on those ads. You can’t be scared to place these babies! The more, the merrier (…your bank account will be) however it takes careful placement, choice of the appropriate ad sizes for your site, and keyword optimization to get the most out of AdSense. Google AdSense is my #3 most successful monetization method on this site. Click here to sign up and start placing relevant ads on your website.

ShoppingAds

Perfect especially for your beauty and/or fashion blog, ShoppingAds is the eBay version of Google AdSense. What’s awesome is that you can specify specific keywords to feature within these ads. Want all MAC, or all Juicy Couture ads? You got it! Click here to sign up for ShoppingAds and get paid on the 1st of every month via PayPal. You also get a $25 bonus just for signing up!

To make the most money from any of these ad programs, remember to write lots, promote your site as much as you can, and tell your friends!

If you have any other money-making sites/methods that are worthy of mention, leave your “two cents” in the comments below. Let me know if you have any questions about the above programs!

Keep your most essential blogging tool running strong by updating your computer memory.

related posts:

• Make Money Blogging: PayPerPost
• Promote Your Blog: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• How To Market Your Blog (Part Three)

8 Comments to Make Money Blogging - You Can Do It, Too!

J
April 26, 2008

Great post! Making money blogging is fun IMO and just feels like free money!

Kendra
April 26, 2008

Thanks for the information. I think it is wonderful that you are willing to help others who want to make money with blogging. Thank You. Oh and by the way, nice blog.

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April 27, 2008

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Pahn
April 27, 2008

definitely Web 2.0 is where I am looking forward to have success in this industry.. I have tried some that would fit my sched before, but it’s not really working much for me since I do not have much of the time.. Like maybe after I get to fix what I have to fix first, then I’ll go for the run with this stuffs.. I already have list of helpful monetizing sites, but I do not yet want to share them unless I have proven it works easy for my visitors, which are in the girly niche..

hehe, you got a nice blog here.. have subscribed to your feeds

kia
April 27, 2008

great post per usual! thanks for showing us =)

Bridget
April 27, 2008

I was going to sign up for PayPerPost but I don’t like putting my SSN on anything. Especially online.

Leanne
April 28, 2008

Great post! I’m planning on signing up to PPP or something like that, However.. I deleted a lot of my wordpress entries a while back so apparently, I need 3 months worth of entries to get accepted :X

dominican_enigma
May 13, 2008

Wow thank you so much for this.

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